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AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Minneapolis 4, Minnesota
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Founded 1869
Catalog Record for 1953-1954
Announcements for
19561955 and 1955-1956
Vol. XVI, No. 3
Catalog Number
April, 1954
THE AUGSBURG BULLETIN
Published bi-monthly and one additional issue in Ap...
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Minneapolis 4, Minnesota
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Founded 1869
Catalog Record for 1953-1954
Announcements for
19561955 and 1955-1956
Vol. XVI, No. 3
Catalog Number
April, 1954
THE AUGSBURG BULLETIN
Published bi-monthly and one additional issue in April by Augsburg College and
Theologicol Seminary at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered as secondtloss matter March
21, 1947 at the post office at Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the act of August 24, 1912.
Accreditation
and Membership in Educational
Associations
Augsburg College is accredited by the
North Central Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, the regional accrediting agency. It is approved by the Minnesota Department of Education. It is a
member of the Association of American
Colleges, the National Lutheran Educational Conference, the Association of Minnesota Colleges, and the State Council of
Minnesota Colleges.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Academic Calendar . . . . . . . .
Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . .
Administration
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Committees of the Faculty
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The Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
General Information
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Financial Information
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Student Community Life .
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The College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Academic Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Graduation Requirements
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Curriculums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Divisional Organization .
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Student Personnel Services
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CoursesofStudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Division of Religion and Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Division of the Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Division of the Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Division of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics . . . .
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The Theological Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 3
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General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Courses of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !$.!....,+..
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Student Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. I I
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
CALENDARS
For 1954-55and 1955-56
FIRST SEMESTER
I955
I954
Freshman Days
Sept. 9-13
Registration
Sept. 9, 10,
Classes begin
Sept. 14, 8:00 a.m.
Sept. 17
Late Registration Fee
Sept. 17
Oct. 22-24
Homecoming
Oct. 28-30
Nov.
Sept. 9-13
Sept. 9,
13
10, 11,
Sept. 14, 8:00 a.m.
13
12,
End of &st half of Semester
Nov.
Nov. 25, 26
Thanksgiving Recess
Nov. 24, 25
Dec. 17, 4:zo p.m.
Christmas Recess begins
Dec. 16, 4:20 p.m.
1955
Jan. 3, 8:00 a.m.
Classes begin after Christmas
1956
Jan. 3, 8:00 a.m.
Jan. 20-26
College Examinations
Jan. 24-27
Seminary Examinations
Jan. 23-26
Jan. 26
First Semester Ends
Jan. 25
Registration for Second
Semester
Jan. 16-31
10
10
Recess
Jan. 17 to Feb.
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Jan. 19-25
SECOND SEMESTER
Feb. 2, 8:00 a.m.
Classes begin
Feb.
Feb. 5
Late Registration Fee
Feb. 4
Feb. zz
Washington's Birthday
Feb.
End of first half of Semester
April 4
April
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8:00 a.m.
22
Easter Recess begins
Mar. 27, 4:2o p.m
April 12, 8:00 a.m.
Easter Recess ends
April 3, 8:00 a.m.
May 27
Seminary Commencement
May 25
College Examinations
May 2 5 to June
May 30
Decoration Day
May 30
May 29
June 3, 8:00 p.m.
Baccalaureate Service
June 3
College Commencement
June 4. 8:00 p.m.
April 6, 4:20 p.m.
May 26 to June
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REV. ERNESTG. LARSON,President, Minneapolis, Minn.. . Term
REV. CLARENCE
J. CARLSEN, Vice-President, Minneapolis,
Minn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Term
MR. G. S. MICHAELSEN, Secretary, Minneapolis, M i . . . Term
MR. R. E. MYHRE, Treasurer, Minneapolis, Minn.. . . . . . . Term
REV. D. W. LYNGDAL,
Duluth, Minn.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Term
MR. EVEN OSE, Thief River Falls, Minn. . . . . . . . . . . . .. Term
MR. IVER H. IVERSON,
min not, N. D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Term
k v . GEORGEJ. KNUDSON,Marinette, Wis. . . . . . . . . Term
MR. GILBERTBERG, Seattle, Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . Term
expires 1954
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1956
1958
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1957
Advisory Members
DR. T. 0. BURNTVKDT,
President, Lutheran Free Church, Minneapolis, Minn.
DR. BERNHARDCHRISTENSEN,President, Augsburg College and Theological
Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn.
ADMINISTRATION
BERNHARDCHRISTENSEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .President
MAILTINQUANBECK. . . . .Dean of the Colkge and Director of Veterans Agairs
JOHN M. STENSVAAG.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dean of the Theological Seminary
BURTONP. FOSSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Business Manager
K. BERNERDAHLEN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dean of Students
GERDAMORTENSEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dean of Women
..fi r . . Efi CL e . . . . . . . .Director of Public Relatims
MILDREDJOEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registra~,Secretary of the General F a d t y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Secretary of the Theological Famlty
MELVINA. HELLAND.
AGNESB. TANGJERD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Librarian
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Placement
CARL R. HAMMAREERG.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cdlege Pastor
FREDEL WINDMANN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assistant Treasurer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Field Representative
S. V. HJ-ELMELAND
IRWGHOEL.. . . . . . .Purchasing Agent, Supervisor of Buildings a d Grounds
AINO SINKO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Food Sewice
BERNHARDT
J. KLEVEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Curator of the Musewm
IVER B. OLSON.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arcbivkt
CARL WOYKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Publicity Director
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Registrar
.W.
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.bd. e . e ..& . . . Admissions Counselor
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REV. CLIFFORDM. JOHNSON.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Building Fund
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Office Staff: Beatrice Nelson, Secretary to the President and the Dean of the
College; Arthur C. Engen, Bookkeeper; Lyla Bratland, Secretary to Business
Manager; Bertha Lilehei, Secretary, Student Personnel Office; Lyla Olson, Secretary, Public Relations Office; Tena Mehus, Clerk, Registrar's m c e ; Mrs.
Arnold Drange, Secretary, Placement Bureau; Joyce Nelson, Secretary, Admissions Ogce; Ruth Hanson, Secretary, Building Fund Office; Borghild Estness,
Secretary, Registrar's Office; David Rokke, Student Employment Manager; Mrs.
Erna Staub, Secretary, Library; Donna Storley, Faculty Secretary, Mimeographing; Mrs. Mavis Hafstad, Receptionist and Switchboard Operator.
Resident Counselors in Dormitories: Memorial Hall, Lloyd Kallevig; Sivertsen Hall, Mrs. Eleanor Cotton Miller; Miriam House, Miriam Majander; Morton
Hall, Darlene Deem; Edda House, Alice Swenson.
Supervisor of Hmekeeping: Olga Hermunslie.
MEDICAL n A F F
Dr. C. R. Wall and Dr. S. V. Thorson, Physicians; Alice Swenson, R.N.,
Nurse; Bernice Olson, R.N., Assistant Nurse.
COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY
Administration: Christensen, Quanbeck, Stensvaag, Dahlen, Fosse, C. Strommen,
Miss Mortensen, Miss Joel.
Curriculum: M. Quanbeck, Christensen, Nash, Olson, Stensvaag, Kleven, Miss
Joel.
Admissions and Scholarship: Miss Joel, Quanbeck, Thorson, Nash, Hammarberg.
Student Personnel: Dahlen, Miss Mortensen, M. Strommen, Savold, E. W. Anderson, Hammarberg.
Library: Helland, Miss Pederson, Landa, Aldre, Chrislock.
Athletics: Soberg, E. W . Anderson, Bertness, M. Strommen, Walton.
Social: Mrs. Fylling, Miss Mortensen, Dahle, Mrs. Bergman, Mrs. Peterson.
Studies: Miss Joel, Trautwein, R. Anderson, Colacci, Mrs. Nelson.
Convocations: Thut, Miss Lund, Sonnack, E. Nelson (student members also
included in this committee).
Student-Faculty: Dahlen, Miss Mortensen, Soberg, Miss Segolson (student members also included in this committee).
Teacher Education: Bertness, Urdahl, Sateren, Miss Tangjerd.
Religious Life: Strommen, Sonnack, Landahl (student members also included
in this committee).
1953-1954
Faculty Council: M. Quanbeck, Miss Lund, Miss Pederson, L. Quanbeck, Thelander, Thorson, Chrislock, Dahlen, Hammarberg, Colacci, Mrs. Peterson,
Mrs. Nelson, Savold.
Board-Faculfy Committee: Urdahl, Miss Segolson, Sonnack (Board members also
included in this committee).
The Faculty
AUGSBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
BERNHARD
M. CHRISTENSEN,
Th.M., Ph.D., President und Professor of Theology
A.B., Augsburg College, 1922; Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1922-25;
ThM., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1927; Ph.D., Hartford Seminary
Foundation, 1929. Additional study: Columbia, Chicago, Berlin, G ~ t t i n ~ e n .
Teaching: Oak Grove Seminary, Fargo, North Dakota, 1925-26. Pastoral
work, Broololyn, New York, 1928-30. At Augsburg since 1930. President
since 1938.
~ A R ERMISCH,
L
Ph.D., S.T.D., Professor Emeritw of C h r c h History
A.B., Schwerin, 1897; C.T., Wartburg Seminary, 1900; B.D., Chicago
Theological Seminary, 1914; S.T.M., 1925; S.T.D., 1933; A. M., University of Minnesota, 1925; Ph.D., 1927. Pastor 1900-21. Teaching: Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 1921-25; University of Minnesota, 1925-29.
At Augaburg 1928-1952.
h h ~ v mA. HELLAND,
S.T.M., Ph. D., Professor of New Testommt, Secretary
of tbe Theological Faculty
A.B., Augsburg College, 1915; C.T., Augsburg Theological Scxnhqy,
1918; S.T.M., Hartford Seminary Founddon, 1919; Ph.D., 1930. Additional study; Grenoble, Chicago. Educational Missionary in Madagascar,
1921-38; Professor of New Testament, Lutheran Theological Seminary,
Ivory, Madagascar, 1938-40. A t Augsburg since 1941.
IVER B. OLSON,AM., Th.B., Associate Professor of S y s t d i c Theology
A.B., Augsburg College, 1935; Th.B., Augsburg Theological k u h r y ,
1936; A.M., University of, Minnrs~ta, 1945. A d d i b d study: Chicago,
Minnesota, Luther Theological Seminary, Chicago Lutheran Theological
Seminarp. Teaching: Oak Grove Seminary, 1936-39; University of Mhuesota, 1945-46. Pastor, Sand Creek, Wisconsin, 1939-44. Adviser oo SPAN
Group in Scandinavia, 1950. At Augsburg since 1945.
PAUL G. SONNACK,
A.B., Th.B., Assistant Professor of C h r c h History
A.B., Augsburg College, 1942; C.T., Augs'burg Theological Seminary, 1945;
Th.B., 1947. Additional study: Divinity School, University of Chicago.
Pastor, Moose Lake, Minn., 1945-47. At Augsburg since 1949.
JOHN M. STENSVAAG,
S.T.M., Ph.D., Professor of Old Testamunt
A.B., Augsburg College, I 93 6 ; Th.B., Augsburg Theological Seminary,
1939; S.T.M., Hartford Seminary Foundation, I 940; Ph.D., 194I. Additi& study: Johns Hopkii. Pastor, Minneapolis, Minn., 1942-46. At
Augsburg since 1942.
ERLINGM. TUNGSETH,C.T., Guest Lecturer in Practical Theology, 1953-54
A.B., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., 1940; C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1944. Teaching: Augsburg College, 1943-44, 1946-47.
FREDERICNORSTAD,
A.B., C.T., S.T.M.* Special Lecturer, Director of Chaplaincy Service, Lutheran Welfare Society of Minnesota.
*In cooperation with the Lutheran Welfare Society of Minnesota.
AUGSBURG COLLEGE
KARL ERMISCI-I, Ph.D., S.T.D., Professor Emeritzu of G m a n
For statement of academic preparation and experience, see Theological
Seminary Faculty listing.
P. A. SVEEGGEN,
A.M., Professor Emeritus of English
A.B., University of Minnesota, 1908; A.M., 1909. A d d i t b d s d y : &4hnesota, Chicago. Teaching: Asmistant in English, Univc*
of -es~m,
1908-10; Ellsworth College, 1913-11. At Augsburg I~IJ-1952.
MANIVALDALDRE, M.S., Assistant Professor of Cbemjstry
Diploma of Chemical Engineer, Estonian State University of Technology,
T a b , Estonia, 1941; MS., University of Minnesota, 1951. Teaching:
Amhant in Chemistry, Estonian State University of Technology, 1941-42.
At Atigsbug since 1949.
C. WESLEYANDERSON,
M.Mus., Instructor in Music
A.B., Macalester College, 1930; A.A.G.O., Northwestern University, 1936;
MMus., Northwestern University, 1937. Teaching: Roosevelt High School,
Minneapolis; Michigan State College; Minneapolis College of Music. At
Augsburg since I 9 5 3.
ERNEST W. ANDERSON,M.Ed., Associate Professor of Health and P W d
Edwrtion, BaRetbdl C w c b
A.B., Augsburg Callege, 1937; M.Ed., University of Minnesota, 1947.
Teaching: High Sohool, 1937-41. U. S. Army, 1941-46. At Augsburg
since 1946.
RAYMOND E. ANDERSON,AM., Assistmt Professor of Speecb
B.S., University of Ivfjnn~ita,1946; A.M., 1950. Additiond study: Minnenesota. Teuching: University of; Vermont, 1949. U. S. Navy, 1946. At
Augsburg since 1949.
FRANKARIO, A.B., Instructor in Physical Education
A.B., Augsburg College, 1950. Additional study: M h e s t a . U. S. Army,
1943-46. At Augsbwg since 1950.
PEGGY
SMITH B ~ E YB.S.,
, Instrwtor in MllSjc
B.S., University of .Minnesota, 1949. Additional study: University of Minnesota. At Augsburg since 1953.
EVABAVOLAK,
AM., Instructor in Bwiness Administration
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1928; A.M., 194s. Additional study: Minnesota. Teaching: High School, 1931-42; Northern State Tea~hersCollege,
A b e r d ~ S.
, Dak., 1942-47; H?mline University, St. Paul, Minn., 1947-50;
University of Minnesota, 1950-52. At Augsburg since 1952.
HAROLD
J. BELGUM,A.M., M. Soc. Work, Instructor in Sociology
A. B., Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1933; A.M., University of Iowa,
1937; M. Soc. Work, University of Minnesota, 1951. Teaching: Mission
House College, Plymouth, Wis., 1934-3 8 ; Elmhurst College, 1938-42; Lakeside School for Boys, Seattle, Wash., 1942-44. Assistant Executive Secretary,
Director caf Social Work Services, Lutheran Welfare Society of Minnesota.
A t Augsbug since 1954.
LUCYMAE E. BERGMAN,M.S., Instructor in Speech
B.S., Kansas State Teachers College, 1934; M.S., 1935. Additional study:
University of Minnesota. Teaching: High School, 1935-39; University of
Minnesota, 1939-47. A t Augsburg since 1952.
HENRYJ. BERTNESS,A.M., Assistant Professor of Education
A.B., Augsbug CaUege, r 947; A X , Unhcrsity of Minnesota, 1948. Additional study: Miunesora. Washington. U. S. Navy, 1943-46. teach in^:
Tacoma Public Schools, 1948-49. A t Augsburg since 1949.
A.M., Assistant Professor of Hisfory and Political Science
CARLCHRISLOCK,
A.B., Augsburg College, 1937; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1947. Additional study: Minnemta. Teaching: High School, 1939-44; Tracy Junior
College, 1947-48; Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. D., 1948-5 I. At Augsburg since 1952.
MARIOCOLACCI,Th.D., D.Litt., Assistant Professor of Classical Languuges
Pontificium Atheneum Roman Major Seminary, Th.D., 1932; Pontifical
Biblical Institute de Urbe, Rome, L.R.B., 1934; University of Naples,
D.Litt., 1940. Teaching: Regional Seminary, Benevento, Italy, 1935-40;
Mario Pagano College and Normal Institute, Campobasso, Italy, 1941-49.
A t Augsburg since 1952.
.
LELAND9.DAHLE, M.S., Instructor in Chemistry
B.A., St. Olaf College, 1950; M.S., Purdue University, 1952. U. S. Armed
Forces, 1944-46. At Augsburg since 1952.
K. BERNERDAHLEN,A.M., Dean of Students mad Associate Professor of English
A.B., Augsburg College, 193I; A.M., University of Minnseota, 1940. Mditioa;ll 6mdy: Mbwu. Teaching: High School, 193 1-39; Crosby-Ironton
Junior College, I 940-41. U. S. Army Ak Forces, 1942-41. A t Augsburg
since 1941.
BURTONP. FOSSE,B.B.A., B.M.E., Business Manager
B.B.A., and B.M.E., University of Minnesota, 1949. U. S. Army, 1943-46.
Industrial Engineering Work, 1949-5 3. At Augsburg since 1953.
CLARICE A. h-LLING, B.S., Assistant Librarian
A.B., Augsburg College, 1940; B.S., University of Minnesota, 1941. Teaching: High School, 1941-43. Minneapolis Public Library, 1943-53. A t Augsburg since 195 3.
MIKELISGEISTAUTS,
Cand.rer.nat., Instructor in Art
Cand.rer.nat., University of Latvia, Riga, 1940;Academy of Art, Latvia,
Riga. Teaching: Private Studio, 1938-49.At Augsburg since 1952.
CARLR. HAMMARBERG,
A.M., Assisktlt Professor of Psychology and Education
A.B., Gustavus Adolphus CoIIegr, 1932; A.M., University of Minnesota,
1948. Additional study: Minnesota. Teaching: Bethany College, Lindsborg,
Kan., 1948-53. tit Augsburg since 1953.
MELVINA. HELLAND,S.T.M., Ph.D., Professor of Greek ond Religion
For statement of academic preparation and experience, see Theological
Seminary Faculty listing.
ALMAM. JENSEN, A.M., Assistant Professor of Sociology
A.B., Colorado State CoI1ege of Education, 1 9 2 7 ; A.M., 1928. Additional
smdy: Minnesota, Copenhagen. Teaching: Eesrera State Teachers Cdege,
Madiwn, South Dakota, 1921-25; Dickinson Stare Teachers W e g e , 192836; Colondo State College of Education, 19 3 6-37. Educational research:
University of Minnesota and State Department of Education, 1937-39;
Minnesota Historical Society, 1941-44. At Augsburg since 1943.
MILDRED
V. JOEL, A.M., Registrar
rind Assistant Professor
A.B., Augsburg GIIcge, 1940; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1947. Additional srud y : Szrbtdrcwan, Minnesota. Teaching: High School, 1941-46.
At Augsburg since r947.
EBBA I. JOHNSON,A.B., B.S. in L.S., Assistant Librarian
A.B., University of Minnesota, 1950;B.S. in L.S., 1953.At Augsburg since
'952-
MEMI B. KINGSLEY,A.M., Assistrrnt Professor of Spanish
A.B., Maryville College, r936; A.M., Uni~ersiryof Mexiw, 1944. Additional study: Columbia, Minnmta. Teaching : Wagner College, Staten
Island, N. Y., 1941-42;Friends School, Bmklyn, N. Y., 1946-47. A,t
Augsburg since 1947.
BERNHARDT
J. &EVEN, Ph.D., Professor of History and Political Science
A.B., Augsborg College, 1922; A. M, University of Minnesota, 1930;
Ph.D., 194r. Addirional study: Hamard. Teaching: High Schml, 192215: Whsaton Cauege, 1946-47. At Augsburg, 1937-46,and since 1947.
W. LAMARRKOPP, A.B., Instructor in Germun
A.B., Goshen College, Indiana, 1952.Additional study: University of Minnesota. A t Augsburg since 19~3.
ARNOLDM. LAHTI,A.B., Instructor in Physics
.4.13., Western Washington CoIlege. Bellingham, Wash., 1947 and 1948.
Addirional m d y : Unircrsicy of Minnesota. Teaching: Western Washington
College, 1947-48: ToIedo Jr. High, 1948-49;University of Minnesota,
1951-1:.
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BJARNEE. LANDA,PhD., A t r d t c Professor of
hgwgas
A.B., Vass Statt Cdege, N m y , 1925; 0,Unhtnity of Southern
Gdifornia, 1928: U ,1930;Ph.D., Univ-tg
of W r a , r952. Teaching: High School, 1930-31; University of Minnesota, 1938-42; Fisk University, 1945-47. U. S. O&e of Censorship, 1942-45. A t Augsburg since
CARL
W. LANDAHL,
M.Mus., Instructor in Mwic
A.B., Ud&ty
d Minnwtg rg3r; BXw., C o I d m School of Mllfit,
Chicago, 1933; XMtvi., 1934; BD., C&omia Baptist neologicd Seminary, 1950. Teaching: Pdvate Teaching, Chicago, 1931-40; Dnkota WBleyan Unberzity, Mitchell, S. D.,1940-42;Northwestern khwls, ?&meapolis, 1950-59. A t Augsburg since 1952.
AUDREYLANDQUIST,
MMus., I n s t m t o r in P i m o ond Organ
B.S., University bf Minnesota, 1940; B,Mus., & c P h d School of Music,
1940; M.Mus., 1944. Teaching: Ma~Phail School of Music rime 1937.
A t Augsburg since 1946.
ROBERT
E. LARSEN,A.M., Assistant Professor of Philosophy
A.B., Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1944; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1952. Additional study: Minnesota. Teaching Waldorf College, 194648. A t Augsburg since 1953.
GERTRUDE
S. LUND,A.M., Instructor in Secretarial Science
AB., Augsburg College, 1936; AM., UniPckty of Minnesom, 1911.
Teaching: High School, 1943-41; West C m d SchQol of A & d e
Morris, 1945-47; Duluth Business University, 1947-48; High S ~ h d 1948,
49. A t Augsburg since 1950.
ELEANORCOTTON~ ~ L L E RA.M.,
,
Imtructos in English
A.B., Wheaton College, Wheaton,
1940; A.M., Wheaton College, 1945.
Additional study: South Dakota State College. Teaching: High School,
1940-43, 1945-46; South Dakota State College, 1949-53. At Augsburg
since 1953.
m.,
MUTON, A.M., Instructor in English.
A.B., University of Minnesota, 1948; A.M., 1951. Additional study:
Minnesota. Armed Forces, 1943-46. A t Augsburg since 1949.
JOHN
GERDA
MORTENSEN,AM., Dean of Women and Professor
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1923; A.M., Columbia University, 1928.
Additional study: Minnesota. Teaching: Junior High School, 1917-21; Hankow Private School, Hankow, China, 1934-3 5. A t Augsburg since 1923.
ARTHURNASH, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
A.B., Augsburg College, I 922; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1938.
Additional study: Minnesota; Seminar to Australia, 1934-35. U. S. Army
Air Force, 1942-46. Dean, Augsburg College, 1946-50. A t Augsburg since
1922.
EDORC. NELSON,
M.Ed., Assistmt Professor of Pbysical Education m d Coach.
of Football md Baseball
AB., Augsburg College, 1938; &Ed., University of Minneso~, 1948.
Teaching: High School, 1938-41. U. S. Army, 1941-46. A t Augsburg since
1946.
&EN
Y. NELSON,
Ph.D., h i s k f f l Profer~orof H m e Economics
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1938; M.S., 1941; Ph.D., rgTz. Twding:
H g h S h l , 1938-42; Warem hkhigan CoIIege, K a ~ u f i a ~ m1942-44;
,
University of California, 1944-46; Iowa Srare Teachers College, Su 1948,
1949. At Augsburg since 1951.
IVERB. OLSON,
A.M., Th.B., Associate Professor of Scandinavian
For statement of academic preparation and experience, see Theologicd
Seminary Faculty listing.
ANKEPEDERSON,
A.M., A~soriate Pro~PISOI.of English
A.B., Augsburg College, I gj 2; A.M.,Universiry of Minnesota, I 9; 5 . Addir k n d study: Minnwta, ColumKia. Tnching: High Scbml, 1945-46;
Sari Matm Junior College, California, one semesttr, 1946. At Augburg,
1932-44, and since 1946.
LAVONNE
PETERSON,A.M., Instructor in Physical Education for Women
A.B., Augsburg College, 1950; A.M., University of Montana, 1953. Additional study: hhnesota, Montana, MacPhail School of Music. At Augsburg
since 1950.
LAWRENCEA. QUANBECK,
A.B., Director of Admissions
A.B., Augsburg College, 1947. Additional study: Minnesota. U. S. Navy..
1944-46. Minneapolis YMCA, 1947-1 I. A t Augsburg since 195 I.
TIN QL~ASBECX,
Ph.D., Dem
of Ihe Comegc and Professor a j Edlccstion
A.B., Augsbwg ColIege, ~ 9 2 9 A.M.,
;
University of Minnesota, 1933: Ph.D.,
1952. High S r b d admioistrarion, k t o n r ~ c Minn.,
,
1929-36. Teaching:
W d d ~ r fa U e g t , 1936-38. Registrar, Augsburg College, r 939-46; Dta,
1942-46 and since 1950. A t Augsburg since 19rS.
LELAND B. SATEREN,
A.M., Professor of Music
AB., Augsburg College, 1935 ; A.M., Universirp of Minnesota, 194 j. Additional study: Campsicion with Donald F e r g w n (-Minneapolis), 1941-43.
Teaching: Ehgh School, 193 y-39. M d c Director, Radio Starion KUOM,
University of Minnesota, 1940-4 3. Educational Director, Civilian Public
Service, 1444-46. At Augsbwg 1941-43.and since 1946.
A. M. SAVOLD,A.B., Assistant Professor of Music
A a . , Luther College, 1941. Teaching: Beman County Agriculture and'
Tnining SchmI, Maddock, N. D., 1934-37; Lvnberton Pdblic Schools,
1941-42 and 1946-48. U. S. Armed Forces, 194s-45; Glenwood Public
Scboofs, 1948-52. A t Augsburg since 1952.
RUTH SEWLSON,M.S., Professor of Home Economics
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1925; M.S., 1938. Additional study: Minnesota and Syracuse University. Teaching: High School, 1925-28; University of Minnesota, 1928-44; Washington State College, Summer 1936.
A.t Augsburg since 1944.
GEORGESOBERG,A.B., C.T., Professor of Mathematics
A.B., Augsburg College, 1926; C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1950.
Additional study: Minnesota. A t Augsburg since 1926.
PAULG. SONNACK,A.B., Th.B., Assistant Professor of Religion
For statement of academic preparation and experience, see Theological Seminary Faculty listing.
M. STENSVAAG,
S.T.M., Ph.D., Professor of Religion
For statement of academic preparation and experience, see Theological
Seminary Faculty listing.
JOHN
CLAIRE. STROMMEN,A.B., Director of Public Relations
A.B., Augsburg College, 1946. Teaching: High School, Springfield, Minn.
Insurance salesman, 1946-13. At Augsburg since 195 I.
~MERTON P. STROMMEN,
A.B., l%.B., College Pastor and Assistant Professor of
Religion
A.B., Augsburg College, 1943; C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary,
1944; Th.B., 1951. Additional study: Minnesota. Pastor, Mora, Minnesota,
1944-47. At Augsburg since 1947.
OLIlP H. SWENSON,A.M., Instructor in Sociology
A.B., Gustavus Adolphus College, 1943; A.,M., University of Minnesota,
19 50. Teaching: Gustavus Adolphus College, 1947-49, 1950-5 I. Probation
Ofice, Hennepin County, 191 I-. A t Augsburg since 1953.
AGNESB. TANGJERD,
AM., Librarian and Associate Professor of Library
Science
A.B., St. O l d College, 1920; B.S. in L.S., University of h&mesota, 1939;
A.M., 1944. Additional study: Minnesota. With Zion Society for Israel,
1922-28. Teaching: High School, 1929-3 6. Eau Claire Public Library,
1936-38. At Augsburg since 1940.
DANIELB. TETZLAFF,B.S., Instructor in Brass Instrzlments
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1946. Additional study: University of Minnesota. Teaching: Southern College of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 1948;
Hamline University, 19 5 2-5 3. At Augsburg since 1953.
ROY PHUIP THELANDER,M.S., Instructor in Biology
A.B., University of Utah, 1949; M.S., 1950. Additional study: Minnesota.
U. S. A m y Air Forces, 1942-46. Teaching: Part-time, University of Utah,
1947-50. At Augsburg since 1950.
GERALDH. THORSON,A.M., Assistant Professor of English
A.B., Augsburg College, 1943; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1948. Additional study: Grenoble, Wisconsin, Oslo, Minnesota, Columbia, U. S.
A m y , 1943-46. Teaching: Wagner College, 195 I. At Augsburg since 1946.
JOHN THUT,
A.B., M.Mus., Assistant Professor of Voice
A.B., Goshen College, 1923; B.Mus., American Conservatory of Music,
1929; M.Mus., 1936. Additional study: Minnesota. Teaohing: Bethel College, 1924-27; h e r i c a n Conservatory of Music, 1931-44; Colorado State
College of Education, 1946-47. YMCA War Prisoners Aid, England and
Belgium, 1944-46. A.t Augsburg since 1947.
VERA THUT, B.Mus., Instnrctor
in Piano
B.Mus., American Conservatory of Music, 1927. Additional study: American Conservatory of Music and Minnesota; Master Class Work with
Silvio Scionti; Robyn Normal Teachers Training Course; Studied under
Kurt Wanieck. Teaching: American Conservatory of Music, 1926-46;
Colorado State College of Education, 1946-47. At Augsburg since 1947.
A.M., Associate Professor of Sociology
JOEL S. TORSTENSON,
A.B., Augsburg College, 1938; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1940. Additional study: Minnesota. Director of Education and Public Relations, Midland Cooperative Wholesale, 1945-47. A t Augsburg 1938-42, and since
'947.
MARGARETSATERENTRAUTWEIN,A.M., instructor in English
A.B., Augsburg College, 1937; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1953. Additional study: Minnesota. Teaching: High School, 1937-47. At Augsburg
since 1949.
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V E.
T TRAUTWEIN,
N
A.M., Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education
A.B., University of Nebraska, 1935 ; A.M., Columbia, 1940. Additional
study: Hamard, Hawaii, Minnesota. Teaching: High School, 1936-42;
Dean, Norfolk Junior College, 1942. Staff, Education and Training m c e r ,
V. A., Fort Snelling, 1946-48. Research Assistant and Counselor, University of Minnesota, 1948-50. U. S. Army Air Force, 1942-46. A t Augsburg
since 1950.
ERLINGJ. URDAHL,A.M., Associate Professor of Biology and Psychology
A.B., Concordia College, 1930; A.M., University of Minnesota, 1940. Additional study: Minnesota. Teaching: High School, 1931-35. Principal, Cannon Fdls, Minnesota, 1935-41. At Augsburg since 1943.
S w r r D. WALTON,Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business Administration ad
Economics
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1947; Y.B.A., Harvard University, 1949;
PbD., Iowa State College, 1953. Teaching: Iowa State College, 1949-52.
University of Minnesota, 1912-5 3. At Augsburg since 1953.
General Information
PURPOSE
Augsburg College is a four-year liberal arts college sponsored
by the Lutheran Free Church for the purpose of giving young
people an opportunity to obtain a broad education in a Christian
environment. In addition to a general education, students may prepare themselves for such vocations as high school teaching, business administration, medical technology, secretarial work, parish
work, missions, and social work. They may prepare for further
study in the fields of dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, and theology, as well as for graduate study in various fields.
The Skminary, with its facilities on the same campus, offers a
three-year rheological course leading to a Bachelor of Theology
degree. Its purpose is to prepare pastors and missionaries for the
Lutheran Free Ohurch.
LOCATION
Augsburg College and Theological Seminary is located in the
Riverside Park area of South Minneapolis, across the Mississippi
River from the University of Minnesota and within walking distance of the main business section of the city. Science Hall, containing the administration offices, is located at the corner of Seventh Street and Twenty-first Avenue South. Augsburg students
have the advantage of getting their college education in a metropolitan center pulsating with industrial, social, and cultural activities. They have access to libraries, museums, and art collections.
They may hear the best in music and lectures. Minneapolis is
recognized throughout the nation as a vital center of religious
life and activity. Outstanding leaders in many fields both from
other parts of America and from foreign countries are frequent
visitors. College students in the Twin Cities have abundant opportunity to contact present day life at one of its focal points.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Augsburg was begun as a seminary in I 869, at Marshall, W'~sconsin. It was the first theological seminary started by Norwegian
Lutherans in America. Through an arrangement with a private
institution known as Marshall Academy the Seminary was housed
in the academy building. Students who needed further preparation in academic subjects were to obtain this in the academy. This
arrangement failed to work out satisfactorily; so the theological
group moved to a private dwelling, where classes continued until
1872. In the autumn of that year the Seminary was removed to
Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a building had been erected for its
use. In the same year the school was incorporated under the laws
of Minnesota. The aim of the institution was to train ministers
for the Lutheran congregations which were being organized in
growing numbers in the pioneer settlements that were spreading
rapidly over the Northwest.
The college was established when it became evident that in order
to get students who were adequately prepared for theological
study a college department was needed. So in 1874 a college curriculum was planned which provided for one year of preparatory
studies and four years of college work along two lines, a classical
course to prepare students for theology, and a scientific course to
prepare for the professions. The latter course, however, had to be
discontinued, partly for lack of funds and partly because too
few students selected the course. The first college students were
enrolled in 1874 and the first class was graduated in 1879.
In 1900 a high school course covering three years was established
which in 1910 was expanded to a standard four-year course. This
was discontinued in 1933. In the years 1916-1919 the college
course was thoroughly revised. As a result of this and of subsequent growth, the earlier classical course was greatly modified and
supplemented by social and scientific studies and a more general
emphasis upon the study of the humanities. In recent years there
has ,been continuous study and modification of the curriculum including the introduction of a number of new majors to meet the
developing needs of the students. The Divisional organization was
adopted in 1945. At the present time majors are offered in 17 fields.
Coeducation was introduced in the College in 1921.
In the Theological Seminary there has likewise been a continuing revision of the curriculum and the addition of new courses.
The requirement of a six-month period of internship was added
in 1939. Standards of admission have ,been raised so that a bachelor's degree or equivalent is now the required scholastic preparation. While the Theological Seminary has its own organization, the
Seminary and the College function in close cooperation. Long
experience has proved this arrangement to be mutually wholesome
and stimulating.
Five presidents have served Augsburg during the course of its
history. The terms of o6ce of two of these cover a span of over
half a century. The first president was August Weenaas, who
served from 1869 to 1876. He was succeeded by Georg Sverdrup,
1876 to 1907. Sven Oftedal served from 1907 to 1911 and was
followed by George Sverdru~,whose term extended from 191I to
1937. H. N. Hendrickson served as acting president from 1937
until 1938. Bernhard Christensen, the present president, has served
since that time.
FUNDAMENTAL AIMS
The educational purposes of Augsburg College and Theological
Seminary spring from the conviction that Christianity is the fundamental force for good in human life. All the aims of the College,
as well as those of the Seminary, are bound together by this principle. To express more distinctly the meaning of this, the following statement of aims has been formulated by the College faculty:
T o lead the student to cr deeper understanding and personal
realization of the truth and pvwer of the Chistian Gospel, to
the end that he may become an eeective participant in the
evangelical and missionary task of the Church and an earnest
advocate of the Christian way of life both for the individual and
for society.
To familiarize the student with the clcltare of our own and
other civilizatiolts, not only for the enjoyment this knowledge
affords but also for the development of a more sympathetic
understanding of our fellow men throughout the world.
T o develop the student's ittterest in the attahment of the
comnum pwposes of our counhy, so that he may work for the
welfare of our institutions and for the preservation of our
liberties in community and nation, and also develop an enlightened interest and participation in human affairs throughout the rest of the world.
T o cdtivate in the student a Christian social spirit, in order
that he may realize in his life a right balance between what he
expects of others and the service he will render his fellow men.
To teach t h e student t o discipline his own urges, interests,
amhtiuns, and demands in a way that will effectively contribute toward the development of good character.
To train t h e student in scientific methods of study and also
develop his understanding of the relations of science to the
welfare of humanity.
To stimulate intellectual interest and develop s c h o l l y insight, so that the student may learn to think with accuracy
and comprehension a t the same time as he experiences an understanding of truth which will help him to integrate the findings of science with the deepest spiritual reality.
To awaken and foster in the student a n intelligent appreciation and enjoyment of t h e best in t h e fields of t h e fine arts.
T o guide the student in the understanding of social relationships in order that he may take his place in groups and gatherings with propriety and grace, motivated in his conversation
and conduct by the principles of Christian courtesy and sincerity.
T o provide guidance fw the student in the discovery and
clarification of his aptitudes and his life Purposes so that as
early as possible he may plan his educational program wisely.
T o train students in vocational and professicmaZ lines, giving full preparation for high school teaching, business administration, home economics, and parish work; furnishing partial
training towards the study of medicine, dentistry, nursing, engineering, law, and social service, and offering a four-year
college course preparing for the study of theology.
T o help the student develop certain skills, as in language,
music, physical activities, use of the library, laboratory work,
and typewriting, together with other skills, which will increase
his eaciency in the various relationships of life.
T o agord t h e student wholesome recreational experience which
will contribute toward an effective use of leisure time and develop such qualities as leadership, sportsmanship, and self-control, with good recreational habits, thus providing a constant
source of social and personal satisfaction.
T o instruct t h e student in principles, attitudes, and ideas
pertaining to health, and also to train him in practices and
skills which will promote his physical and mental well-being
and make him better fit to meet the responsibilities of life.
The work of the whole institution, both the Seminary and the
College, is done on the basis of Christianity. The students who
come are invited to take up their college work with the distinct
understanding that the Christian spirit is determining in all things.
They are asked to cooperate willingly in the program of the school
towards that end. The entire program of the school, curricular and
extra-curricular, and the discipline thought wise in order to make
possible the carrying out of this program, spring from the aim "to
see all things through the eyes of Christ."
Enrollment in Augsburg College and Theological Seminary presupposes on the part of the student full cooperation in the ways
prescribed for the attainment of these aims.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CONTROL
From I 870 to I 890, Augsburg was supported by the NorwegianDanish Lutheran Conference. The merger of that church body
with two others, in 1890, resulted in the afdiation of Augsburg
with the newly created United Norwegian Lutheran Church. Due
to cMerences concerning the control of Augsburg a division arose,
and in x 897 congregations whose sympathia were deeply rooted in
Augsburg formed the Lutheran Free Church. The resulting close
association, in educational and spiritual activity, of Augsburg and
the Lutheran Free Church has been marked by complete harmony
of purpose and ideals for more than half a century.
The control exercised by the Lutheran Free Church is indirect.
The Annual Conference of the Church nominates the members
of the Augsburg Corporation and the Board of Trustees. The Corporation through the Board of Trustees exercises direct control
over property, finance, and personnel. Academic control is vested
in the President and the Faculty.
In addition to the income from student tuition and fees, which
has materially increased with the growth and development of the
College, rhe chief financial support of the institution comes from
the congregations of the Lutheran Free Church. In recent years a
growing circle of friends also outside the Lutheran Free Church,
both alumni and others, have contributed financially to the sup-
port of the school. Augsburg welcomes and invites such support on
the part of all who believe in her program of vital Christian education.
MEMBERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
Augsburg College is fully accredited by rhe North Central Association of Colleges and Secondmy Schools as a degree-granting
institution. It is a member of the Association of American Colleges, the National Lurheran Educational Conference, the Association of Minnesota colleges, and the State Council of Minnesota Colleges.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Augsburg Alumni Association has as its goal to enable the
graduates of the College and Seminary to maintain effective contact and cooperation with one another and with their A h a Mater.
The annual meeting is held at Commencement time each year.
Regional meetings also are held from time to time.
The present ogcers are: Henry J. Bertness, President; Esther
Aune, Vice-president; Marian Lowrie, Recording Secretary; Gloria
Nelson, Harvey Peterson, and Kennet,h Sorenson, Advisers.
THE AUGSBURG FOUNDATION
The Augsburg Foundation, formerly the Augsburg Foundation
Fellowship, is an association of alumni, former students, and other
friends of Augsburg, having as its purpose to give united and
systematic support, ,both spiritual and financial, to the school. The
Foundation was estgblished in 1941 by joint action of the Board
of Trustees and the Alumni Association. Its work is directed by a
General Committee of nine members. A Foundation Day is held
each year.
EDUCATIONAL PLANT
BUILDINGS
The Main, erected in 1900, contains the Chapel, the Library,
the Seminary classrooms and oflices, and a number of college classrooms and oflices.
Science Hall, erected in 1948-49, is a large and completely modern college building. It includes, besides the administration of-
fices, well-equipped laboratories for Chemistry, Physics, Biology,
and Home Economics, as well as the student organization &ces,
the Student Center, a small auditorium, classrooms, and faculty
osces. On the fourth floor is the Tower Prayer Chapel.
Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall, erected in 1938, is a modem,
fireproof dormitory affording living quarters for about 150 men.
On the ground floor of this building is the college cafeteria and
dining hall.
Sivertsen Hall, acquired in 1939, is a comfortable dormitory
accommodating about 50 women.
Morton Hall, erected in 1888, Edda House, purchased and
remodeled in 1948, and Miriam House, acquired in 195 I, are
smaller dormitories for women, each accommodating about 20
students.
During 1947 two new buildings were added, both located on
~ 3 r Avenue
d
across the Square from the older part of the Campus.
The Gymnasium, an adequate temporary structure, was erected for
the College by the Federal Works Agency as a part of a program
providing educational facilities for veterans. The Music Hall was
acquired by purchase and remodeled to serve the needs of the
Music Department.
Quite a number of dwellings have been acquired in recent years
in the expanded campus area, which are used for faculty and
student housing until this need can be met through more permanent structures. Also three temporary housing units have been
erected by the Federal Works Agency on the campus ground.
The President's Home, a residence of modern architectural
design, located at the south of the Square, was erected in 1949.
Some years ago the beginning was made of a Museum for the
school. Members of the Alumni Association have presented many
t
s
. There are several collections: a Madagascar Cdvaluable d
lection, a Santal Collection, and a considerable collection of rare
minerals, curios, etc. Contributions to the Museum are invited.
In the spring of 1929 the Augsburg Archive Society was organized. The purpose of this organization is to gather and preseme
documents, books, and other articles of historical value. To house
the Archives a fire-proof room which was provided in the Main
has been replaced recently by a large room on the ground floor of
Science Hall. Here are now found a fine collection of periodicals,
old and rare books, manuscripts, letters, and pictures, and also
about I ,000 volumes of Norwegian-American literature, affording rich resources for scholarly research. Further contributions
to the Archives should be sent to Prof. Iver Olson, Archivist.
The collections in the Library aggregate about 27,700 volumes
exclusive of pamphlets.
About three hundred of the best periodicals, and pamphlets dealing with various subjects, and a number of serials devoted to the
interests of special fields are received currently.
Students have access to the Library daily from 7:45 A. M. to
1o:oo P. M. On Saturday the Library closes at 4:30 P. M.
In the Twin City area other libraries are located-which make
their holdings available to Augsburg students, notably, the St.
Paul and Minneapolis public libraries, the latter of which issues
library cards to out-of-town students for each school year; the
James Hill Reference Library in St. Paul, which has one of the
finest reference collections in the Northwest; and the University
of Minnesota Library, which is within walking distance of the
Augsburg campus and is a splendid source of materials for research
papers. Each year Augsburg students make extensive use of all
these libraries.
NATURALSCIENCELABORATORIES
The laboratories of the Natural Sciences are located in the
Science Hall.
Three laboratories and two storerooms for Biology are located
on the second floor; three laboratories and a large storeroom for
Chemistry, and a laboratory and the .two storerooms for Physics
are located on the third floor.
To facilitate instruction the college provides many excellent
visual and auditory aids. Available for classroom use, and for the
use of other college activities, are the following: Two 16mm.
sound movie projectors, two 3 I/4x4 inch slide projectors, three
2x2 slide projectors, a Balopticon, a sound amplification system,
two film strip projectors, and a magnetic tape recording machine.
There is also a well equipped photography department.
The Auditorium in Science Hall is fully equipped for visual
education classes and lectures. Several classrooms are dso provided
with facilities for projection.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Evening classes are held as a community sexvice for adults not
enrolled in the day school. Announcement of course to be offered
are made in the fall. Information about the evening school may
be obtained from the o6ce of the Dean.
OF NURSING
AFFILIATIONWITH SCHOOLS
Student nurses in the Schools of Nooursing
at the Lutheran Deaconess and Swedish Hospitals in Minneapolis receive much of their
first semester of instruction at Augsburg College. Application for
admission to the Schools of Nursing should be made to the hospitals directly.
In cooperation with the Minneapolis General Hospital, Augsburg offers work which enables the student to receive a college
degree with a major in Medical Technology. The first three years
of this work are taken at Augsburg and a final twelve-month program is completed at the hospital.-
Financial Information
STUDENT EXPENSES
A considerable part of the income on whiah Augsburg operates
is derived from endowment and from gifts, a major part of the
latter coming from the supporting church. Therefore, the fees
charged the student do not constitute h e whole cost of his education, for he enjoys the benefits of the gifts of those who 'believe
in and support rhe work of the school. Fm theological students,
the church assumes the full cost of tuition; a statement of other
expenses in attending the seminary is given in the Seminary section of the catalog.
GENERALEXPENSES
FOR ONE SEMESTER'
Tuition in College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00
This covers instruction, use of the library, and admission
to all athletic events.
h k s , &C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.00 t0 40.00
Student activity fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.00
Health fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.o~
5.00
Matriculation fee (for those registering the first time) . . .
Key deposit (refundable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I .oo
Locker (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I .oo
Mail box fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.5 o
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $245.50 to 260.50
Students registered for more than the maximum number of
credit hours (17 in the College) are charged at the rate of $10.00
for each additional credit hour a week per semester.
Special students will pay at the rate of $17.00 per credit hour
up to 1 1 credits. Those who register for 12 or more credit hours
will pay the regular tuition charge.
The fee for auditing a course is $7.50 per credit hour.
Special students and auditors enrolled for 5 hours or more of
class work per week pay the student activity fee and health fe.
Subject to change.
ROOMAND BOARDPER SEMESTER'
Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 63.00
Board (estimate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I 60.00
SPECIALFEES
Late registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Change of registration after the beginning of the second
week of classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Registration with the Placement Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Placement fee, depending upon the methad of
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.oo to
Graduation fee. for seniors in both the College and the Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Final examinations taken at another hour than the one
scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Examination making up an incomplete or a condition . . . . .
Comprehensive examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 .00
1.00
2.00
5.00
7.50
2.00
2.00
.
5 oo
MUSICFEESPERSEMESTER
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Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Organ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brass (private instruction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brass (class instruction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Piano rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Organ rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chord Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Piano
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Art I and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00
Art 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Home Economics 2, 36, 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Home Economics 39 and 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Biology 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I .oo- 2.00
Biology, 1,2,3N,4, 52, 5 3 , a n d f s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
Biology 7N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chemistry I, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chemistry 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chemistry 3N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chemistry5,6,~1,5~,53,
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Physics I, 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physics 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physics 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physics 51 and 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secretarial Studies 2, 8, 5 I, and 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secretarial Studies I, 5 3, and 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Education 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Room and Board
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OiX-campus students
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Special, music, or course fees
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$247.50 to 295.50
PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS
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S q t d s and Felmwy. Parena may dqmit money in advan* at
the school or the d e n t may d e dx papent whenhe tegbter~s.
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tuition fee, room fee, and minimum board bill is paid at registration together with all special course and miscellaneous fees. T h e
balance may be paid in monthly installments during the semester.
To defray the cost of the plan a charge of $1.00 is made for each
payment on the student's account after registration.
Subject to change.
REFUNDS
Students who cancel their registration before the middle of any
semester pay tuition at the rate of $14.00 per week for the time
during which they have been in attendance. Students who cancel
out after the middle of the semester receive no refund of tuition.
No refunds are made of the Matriculation and Student Activity
fees. Course fees are paid at the rate of 10% per week ,by students
who cancel out before the middle of the semester.
Papments for board and room are refunded in proportion to
the time students have been in residence. Students who move out
of dormitories but do not cancel out of school are charged the full
semester room rent.
STUDENT AIDS
Financial aids in the form of loan funds, scholarships, grantsin-aid, and employment assistance are available a t Augsburg. Students must meet certain requirements to qualify for loans or
scholarships. The college gives assistance to students in securing
work both on and off the campus.
Several loan funds have been established to assist students in
working out their financial problems. Loans may be arranged at a
reasonable rate of interest for various periods of time.
The Gewral Studmt Loan Fund, established through the gifts
of many individual donors, is chiefly maintained by contributions from the Augsburg College Women's Club. It extends assistance to members of all classes.
The Charles and Nora Crmch Student Loan Fund, established
in 1954, likewise extends assistance to members of all classes.
The Jhnand Anna Jorgiw Gregory Theological Studmt Lorvn
Fuwd is available to students who are preparing for the ministry.
The Student Aid Fund of the Zion Lutheran Hour, established
under the auspices of Zion Lutheran Church of Minot, North
Dakota, likewise extends loans to students preparing for the minis~ry.
Arrangements for the loans are made through a conference with
the Dean of Students, chairman of the faculty committee on
student loans. In addition ro arranging loans, the committee
counsels students on h c i d matters w i d rhe objective in mind
of helping rhe mudent work out a sat$factorg plan for 'hisfinances.
Prize Scholarships, amounting t o tuition for the second half of
the Fr&a
year, are offered to the highest ranking boy and
the highest ranking &I in each Minnesota high school graduating
class. A number of su& schoIamhips are alsu awarded to other
outstanding high school graduates selected by the Scholarship Committee.
The Opseth Memorial Music Scho1arsh;iP was established in 1953
in memory of Henry P. Opseth, former head of the Music Department and director of tbe Augsburg Cullege Choir. It is awarded
annually to a sophomore w j d ~ student
r
of outstanding promise
or achievement in the field of music.
The Gewge Svmdmp Gadaate F~Elws&$ was atabhhed by
the Board of Trustees of Augsburg in 1947 to honor the menory
of George Sverdrup, Praident of Augsburg from r91 x to 1937.
It is awarded annually to an Augsburg graduate of outstanding
character and abiLity who plans to prepare further for the mcatiOn
of teaching. The amount of the Fellowship is five hundred dollars.
The Keith E. H o # w n M&I
Sckohshifi was established in
1945 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Hoffman of Minneapolis in
memory of their son who gave his life in the conquw of Okinawa.
The d o l a d i p wnsists of the income from a fund of $ I ,075 and
is awarded annually t o a student selected on the basis of academic
achievement, personal character, and ability in the field of athletics.
T& Lastberan E r o f k h d SchIarshij of $300 is provided by
the Lutheran Brotherhood Life Insurance Society and awarded
each fall to an outstanding Lurheran college senior. The student
is selected by the college in the spring of the junior year on the
basis of religious leadership and &ohtic standing.
The Alcgsburg College Wotnen's Club Scholarship awards, totaling $400, are granted each year to two or more students of outstanding character and excellent scholarship.
T h Adolph Pmlson Mem&Z Prize, from a fund established
by members of the Paulson family in memory of Professor Adolph,
Paulson who taught Social Science at Augsburg from 193o to I 93 5,
is awarded annually to a college student for the best essay written
on an assigned subject in the general field of Christian Sociology.
The amount of the prize is $40.00.
The Celia Fredricksm Schlursbip consists of the income from
a fund of one thousand dollars. It is awarded annually to an Augsburg student from the Lamberton, Minnesota, parish of the Lutheran Free Church.
The Greater Augsburg Alumni AssocilEtim Scholarship of $250
is awarded annually to an outstanding alumnus of Augsburg in
order to encourage and assist promising students in the carrying
out of projects of graduate study.
The Women's Missionary Federation Scholarship is awarded by
the Federation to returned missionaries pursuing further study or
to Lutheran students of recognized Christian character and good
scholastic records who are making preparation for mission work
in evangelistic, medical, educational, literary, agricultural, or other
fields approprite for missionary work. The scholarship is granted
for one year at a time in amounts varying from $so.oo to $250.00
per year for academic and professional training. Higher awards are
possible for graduate work or medical study.
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE
The employment service, located in the Placement Ogce, has
been successful in placing hundreds of men and women students
in pairt-time positions. The types of work secured are of many
kinds, including recreational leadership, restaurant work, domestic
service, sales work, and secretarial and clerical work.
Students ai-e employed by the college in many activities. For
these positions preference is given to upper-class students who
have maintained a good scholastic average.
Assistance in securing summer employment is also provided
each spring by the Employment Service.
Application forms for part-time employment on or off campus
may be secured from the Admissions or Placement Offices.
Student Community Life
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CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT
The influences which mould life and character on a college campus are of many kinds. While the exercises of classroom, laboratory,
and library form the organizing basis of college activity, they need
to be supplemented by other than academic forces. These intangible
but very real supplementary iQuences have much t o do with
creating the spirit of an institution. At Augsburg d e h i t e emphasis is placed upon the maintenance of a wholesome spirit of
Christian community living. Students are urged to give conscious
attention to this personal and spiritual side of their development
and thus contribute toward the prevalence of a vital and happy
Christian atmosphere on the campus.
It is the earnest desire of those who direct the policies of Augsburg that the institution may constantly be permeated by an atmosphere in which the quest for Truth as it is in Christ is prayerf d y fostered in each life.
All students are required to register for two class hours per week
in one of the courses offered in Religion. There are numerous voluntary religious activities in which students are encouraged to
participate. Spiritual Emphasis Week is held twice each year. It is
assumed that every Augsburg student will h d a church home
in Minneapolis and attend its services regularly.
I t is expected of each student that his life, conduct, and influence, both on and 06 campus, shall be worthy of a member of a
Christian College. Those who do not feel drawn to this quality
of life and to the fellowship in which it is nourished should not
seek to be enrolled at Augsburg. A truly Christian spirit and
environment must be the product of the united effort and prayer
of faculty, students, and administration.
THE CHAPEL SERVICE
The heart of Augsburg's program of Christian education is the
daily Chapel Service, where the faculty and students gatfier for
united worship, prayer, and a brief meditation upon the Word of
God. Regular attendance is expected of all students.
DISCIPLINE
The Christian ideals of Augsburg give no room for such demoralizing practices as gambling, drinking, frequenting of public
dances, indiscriminate attendance at movies, and objectionable
card playing. Students enrolled at Augsburg are expected, therefore, not to participate in such practices.
Augsburg reserves the right to dismiss or to discipline any student who is not amenable to advice and direction. The school likewise reserves the right to dismiss any student whose general conduct or influence is unwholesome. Such a student may be removed
although no formal charge is made against him.
CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES
Augsburg's location in Minneapolis gives its students unique
opportunities to make use of some of the finest educational and
cultural advantages offered in the Upper Midwest. Excellent
art collections are to be found in The Minneapolis Institute of
Arts and the Walker Art Gallery. The Twin City libraries are
large and extensive in their services. The Historical Museum in
St. Paul gives access to large collections of historical material. The
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra programs and other concerts
afford rich opportunity for music appreciation.
In the Twin Cities are located both the University of Minnesota
and several colleges, affording contacts which are conducive to intellectual and cultural stimulus and development.
CONVOCATION
Regular convocation programs are held at Augsburg throughout
the year. These programs aim to acquaint the campus community
with outstanding personalities and problems in various fields. A
wide range of interests is covered, including the scientiiic, political,
social, religious, and artistic.
RECREATION AND SOCIAL LIFE
"No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures." To learn to enjoy the
right form of recreational activities is an important aspect of preparation for life. At Augsburg there is a definite attempt to encourage the formation of helpful recreational habit-patterns, not
only as regards the definitely planned play-program supervised and
directed by the Department of Physical Education, but as regards
the use of leisure time in general. Wholesale social activities of of
many kinds are fostered and encouraged.
STUDENT AREAS
The Student Center, the Student Council Room, the Augsburgian and Augsburg Echo Offices in Science Hall are headquarters
for many student events and provide opportunity for students,
both campus and city, to meet informally and to promote student
activities. The recreation room at Sivertsen Hall, the gymnasium,
the Dining Hall, and the reception rooms in the various residences
provide opportunities for informal social gattherings and for study
and discussion groups.
The Tower Prayer Chapel in Science Hall is open during the day
for times of quiet and meditation. Smaller groups may request the
use of the chapel for devotional meetings.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Student activities are regarded as an integral part of the educational experience of college students. The oflice of Coordinator
of Student Activities has been created to provide centralized services, continuity, and concern for the e~ectivefunctioning of all
student activities.
The program of student activities is organized through the
Student Council. College direction is provided by the StudentFaculty Committee, the Coordinator of Student Activities, and
the faculty sponsors of the several organizations. The Student-Faculty Committee serves as a liaison lbetween the Student Council and
the Faculty Council.
STUDENT
GOVERNMENT
The Student Society. Its purpose is to guide student affairs and
to provide students with training in practical democracy and in
developing student initiative and leadership. An organization of
the entire student body, it is the agency for student government
on the campus. It delegates the authori'ty "to promote and govern
the all-student activi,tiesmof the college to The Augsburg Student
Council. The president of the Council and the major chairmen
are elected by The Student Society. Other memibers are elected
by each of the College classes and The Theological Seminary as
their representatives. A local council of the National Stdent
Association has !ken formed by the Student Council.
Associated Women Students consists of all women enrolled in
Augsburg College. The purpose of this organization is to provide
an organization for self-government, to create a sense of hacrmony
and fellowship among the women of the College, to promote and
maintain a high standard of honor and integrity in matters of
personal conduct, and to encourage participation in college activities.
Memorial Hall Hmse Council is made up of the counselors and
representative students from each house in Memorial Hall. The
members aid in establishing policies for the residents, and assist in
maintaining order in che Hall.
Class Organizations. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
each have their own class organization and participate in student
government.
ACADEMIC
Aristotelians. Membership is open to students who specialize in
the natural sciences. Programs are planned to develop and further
the scientific interests of the students.
The Business Club draws membership from the Business and
Secretarial Studies classes. The development of professional interests is the major objective.
T b German Society. This organization is for the purpose of
cultivating an appreciation of the German language and culture.
The Home Economics Club, open to all students in &at department, is an organization promoting professional attitudes toward
all aspects of home and community life.
The Nmse Club. This club is composed of students who are
interested in Norwegian history, literature, music, and art.
The Spanish Club gives members of the Spanish classes opportunity to exercise Ithe use of their knowledge in informal gatherings.
ARTS
The Camera Club. Camera fans meet regularly to exahange ideas
about their hobby and to develop skill in photography.
The Drama Club has been formed 'to give interested students
opportunity for self-expression in the field of the drama.
Film Society. Students interested in lbringing iilms to the campus subscribe to a series each year. Discussions follow on the sociological, psychological, or literary merits of the production.
Forensics. Augsburg is annually represented by men and wornen debaters at intercollegiate contests which are held in various
colleges in Minnesota and neighboring states. There are also local
and intercollegiate contests in oratory. Reading recitals and plays
are additional means of oral expression.
Music. A comparatively large number of students take part in
the musical activities of the school. These are composed of the
choirs and the band and a variety of smaller groups. The aim of
these organizations is to spread the Christian Gospel &rough the
fellowship of music and song.
Membership in the choral organizations and the band is based
upon musical aptitude and interest. College credit is given to members who fulfil the requirements outlined by the Department of
Music.
The Augsbzcrg Cdkge Choir consists of albout sixty memlbers.
From year to year che Choir has toured in various parts of the
United States, singing an average of twenty-five to thirty concerts
during each season. The itinerary has included the West Coast,
East Coast, Canada, and the Midwestern states.
The Augsburg C h a l Club serves as a preparatory choir, and
also trains for concerts which are given both in the Twin Cities
and in ocher parts of Minnesota and neighboring states.
The Augsburg College Concert B d presents regular concerts
on tour. In addition, it gives practical experience in instrumental
music and &us furnishes training for the prospective teacher.
The Male C h u s affords opportunity to those interested in this
special type of group singing. The chorus meets once a week.
In addition to the Choir, Choral Clulb, Male Chorus, and Band,
there are at Augsburg many smaller musical groups, both vocal
and instrumental. For many years Augsburg has sent out duos,
trios, quartets, and similar groups among the churches. These organizations are usually formed and directed by the ,students themselves, subject to the approval of the music department.
Each year the chairman of Music and of Speech together with
faculty representatives of the Music and Speech departments
and a student chairman, sponsor a light opera. The 195 3 presentation was Gilbert and Sullivan, HMS P h f o r e ; the 1954 presentation was Gilbert and Sullivan, The M i U o .
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra F m m , inaugurated in I 9 5 31954, invites Augsburg students and faculty to sdbscribe to a
series of six concerts of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra at
Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus at
a special rate. The subscribers constitute a forum for discussion of
musical art. Speakers at the forums at Augsburg in 1953-1954
were Antal Dorati, conduct'or of the Symphony; John K. Sherman, Arts Critic of the Star-Tribune; and Isaac Stern, violinist.
The Writers Club. This organization is composed of students
interested in creative writing. Members submit articles for group
criticism at the regular meetings. This group annually sponsors a
"Creative Night" where all types of creative arts, music, painting,
sculpture, as well as writing, are demonstrated and exhibited.
ATHLETICS
All students and faculty are admitted t o home athletic contests
upon presentation of their athletic cards, which are distributed at
the beginning of the school year.
Physical Edzlcatim and Recreatim. Under the direction of
the Department of Physical Education a wide range of activities
of a recreational nature is arranged for general student participation. Every student is urged to find some activity in which to participate for his own pleasure and recreation.
Co-Rec, or recreational sports, evenings are arranged twice a
week for both men and women to provide recreation and to foster
and increase interest in recreational games and sports.
Imtrmural Athletics. Through the intramural department
competition is maintained in touchball, basketball, table rennis,
badminton, softball, handball, volleyball, horseshoe, tennis, and
shdeboard. Climaxing the intramural program is the Conference Extramural Meet, a special Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference event in which champions of all intramural sports
of member schools compete for Conference intramural championships.
The "A" Club. Membership in the "A" Club is limited to
men who have won a major A at Augsburg. The aim of this organization is "to bind the 'A' men of the past, present, and future
into a more intimate bond of fellowship, and to keep the athletics
of Augsburg on the highest possible plane."
Women's Athletic Association. The Women's Athletic Association is an honorary organization. Membership is gained by participation in d i v i d u d and group recreation activities with awards
given on a point basis. The Augsburg W.A.A. is a member of
the Minnesota Athletic Association of College Women.
The Pep Club is organized to develop a vigorous interest in support of the college games and sports.
Imtercollegiate Athletics. Augsburg is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The college is represented annually by teams in football, basketball, baseball, track,
tennis, and golf.
It is the purpose of Augsburg to provide an intercollegiate
athletic program which is in harmony with its Christian philosophy. This philosophy is to 'be reflected in the conduct and outlook of lboth the players and =he spectators. The educational program of the college recognizes that recreation and play are a
fundamental part of human life, and that t'&s phase of life needs
to be cultivated if physical, mental, and emotional health are to
be maintained. Intercollegiate athletics, as a phase of that program, gives recognition to the fact that competitive play can contribute to the development of student interests, skills, insights, and
loyalties.
More specifically, the following outcomes are sought: ( I ) The
student participating in athletics should acquire and exhibit, 'both
in and out of athletics, such ,basic qualities of character as self-
discipline, honesty, sense of fair play, and cmperation. ( 2 ) The
participant should develop the knowledge, interests, and skills
which will be of special use to him in such vocations as teaching
and coaching or recreational leadership, or in his own recreational
activities. Far from being set apart from his educational goal or in
any way competing with it, the student's participation in intercollegiate athletics must either contribute directly to this goal or
be complementary to his other educational activities. ( 3 ) The student spectator should acquire and exhibit some of the finer qualities of Christian character, such as self-restraint, sense of fair play,
appreciation of high grade performance on the part of both opponents and fellow-students, and respect for individual personality.
(4) The intercollegiate a~hleticprogram should contribute to the
development of a unified and healthy "schml spirit". Enthusiasm
for intercollegiate athletics or other cocurricular activities should
not overshadow pride in high scholastic achievement, nor can it
take the place of a well-rounded and effective intramural and general recreational program.
CITIZENSHIP
Brotherhood Week. The last week in February is devoted to
developing Christian concepts of brotherhood, with speakers for
the Campus Chest Fund Campaign speaking for Brotherhood.
Future Teachers of America. The Martin Quanbeck chapter on
the Augsburg campus is open to all students who are interested in
education and especially those preparing for the teaching profession. The program is designed to develop professional understanding and attitudes.
*Human
Relatiom Club is an organization of students w'ho
major in one of the social sciences or d o are particularly interested in human relations.
Organized Field Trips. Various departments arrange for field
trips to places of special interest, such as the State Prison, State
Capitol, social settlement houses, and industrial and financial institutions.
rr9elitical Action Conference. Students interested in history or
political science cooperate with the NSA chairman and the head of
the history department in sponsoring a three-day conference on
Political Action during March.
The Republican Club and the Young Democratic-Farm-Labor
Club are organized to faster interest in political activity and good
government, and to provide an opportunity to discuss issues of
the day.
SPAN. Augsburg participates in Student Project for Amity
Among Nations, a Minnesota organization for students who quali.fy for study abroad according to its program.
The Co-Ed Toastmasters Club. This Augsburg Club is open to
both men and women interested in improving public speaking
techniques.
Student Projects. Augsburg students participate in a large number of projects, such as Campus Chest Fund Campaign, Library
Drive, +he Minneapolis Community Chest Fund, Red Cross,
March of Dimes, Blood Bank, Lutheran World Action, and community surveys.
PUBLICATIONS
Students interested in journalism can get practical experience in
campus publications. All student publications are under the supervision of the Board of Publications, composed of students and
faculty advisers. Each year this board edits the Student Handbook
and Directory.
The Augsburg Echo, a bi-weekly newspaper, offers opportunities for a selected number of students to participate in both journalistic and creative work.
The Augsburgian yearbouk provides outlets for students whose
interests lie in writing, photography, and art.
All publications are student operated. Their primary function
is t o present ehe Augsburg story from day to day and year to
year from the perspective of the student.
RELIGIOUS LIFE
The Religious Life Committee is ,the unit through which the
students and faculty endeavor to promote a religious program
that will supplement and enhance the inherent Christian program
of the college. Co-chairmen of this council are &e student Director
of Religious Activities and the College Pastor. Areas for which
this committee carries responsibility or concern are the Mid-Week
services, dormitory devotions, $iritual Emphasis Weeks, prayer
meetings, and 'similar volunteer group meetings.
This council also serves as a coordinating agency for all volunteer Christian organizations on campus. The two principal organizations are listed as follows:
Missimz Society. This organization promotes mission concern
through a program of study, fellowship, worship, and service. A
highlight of the year is the Mssion Festival.
Lwtberan Student Assochtimz. This group seeks to serve as a
stimulus and outlet for Christian faith and life. Students participate in regional and national LSA Conferences.
SOCIAL
Students at Augsburg are given opportunity for social training
and social recreation. The Student Council &rough the Chairman
of Social Activities, assisted by a Committee on Social Education,
sponsors a monthly all-school activity of a social nature which all
students are urged to attend. Most of these are informal. The Sophomores and Juniors sponsor semi-formal banquets. The Associated
Women Students and a number of other organizations sponsor
teas, dinners, and social affairs on and off campus.
AWARDS
Honors are given each spring at the Honor Convocatiun in
recognition of students who have taken noteworthy part in student activities.
The C h s of 1918 Oratorical Cup was presented to the College
as a prize to arouse interest in oratory. The name of the winner
of the annual contest is engraved upon the cup, which is to remain in the possession of the College and is placed on exhibition
in the % i c e Hall.
The 1927 Class Cup for Scholarship is awarded to the Senior
student of highest scholastic standing who has attended for at least
two years.
The 1925 Class Cup in Athktdcs is awarded to the athlete who
has made outstanding records both in athletics and in scholarship.
Tbe Harold A. Johnsm Trophy, presented by Gerald L. Johnson in 1943, is awarded annually to the student who is judged to
be the most valuable player on the basketball team.
Student Personnel Services
ADMINISTRATION
College students face many new opportunities and not a few
problems. Some problems disappear soon after the student has
enrolled .but in many cases others appear during the four years
of college. In order to help students to make the most of the
opportunities and to provide help in the solution of problems,
Augsburg College has developed a number of services for students.
These include Freshman orientation, vocational and aptitude testing, counseling, housing and food service, health service, recreation
and leisure time activities, hancial aids, student employment service, and extra-curriculdr activities. Graduating seniors and alumni
benefit from the services of the Placement Oflice. The administrative phase of these services is centered in the of6ce of the Dean
of Students. Plans and policy are formulated by the Student Personnel Committee.
FRESHh4A.N ORIENTATION
Freshmen and other new students participate in "Freshman
Days" before the beginning of classes in the fall semester. The
students take tests, inspect the college facilities, and become acquainted with heir fellow students, with the faculty, and especially with their own faculty counselors. Several conferences with
the faculty counselors are scheduled for the students, during
which they plan their program of study.
All freshmen enroll-in a class in Orientation. In this course,
the students learn about standards and requirements of various
areas of college life. Methods and habits of study and related
techniques are explored. Personal health, social adjustment, personal
finances and vocational aims are discussed.
TESTING
A battery of aptitude, ability and interest tests are administered free to all new students during Freshman Days. College aptitude scores, English and reading ability scores are obtained far
later use by counselors in helping students plan their programs.
Personal adjustment scores and vocational interest scores help the
students select occupational goals and future careers.
COUNSELING
The purpose of counseling is to give the student individual
help in all areas of adjustment to college life. The insight and
techniques of adjustment learned will also serve him later in life.
Each new student is assigned a faculty counselor who may serve
for two years. Counselors for juniors and seniors are their major
advisers. The deans and other administrative oi3icers are general
counselors to all students.
The Faculty counselor helps the student plan his educational
program in accordance with 'his life aims and interests. The student {becomesaware of his own abilities and aptitudes through the
analysis and interpretation of test data by his counselor.
Through a system of referral, students may obtain counsel from
any member of the faculty, or from qualiiied persons within the
college community.
VOCATIONAL COUNSELING
Vocational counseling is introduced to freshmen through the
use of a vocational interest test. An Occupational Information
iile in the college library provides study materials for vocational
planning. Career conferences annually bring many professional
people to the campus for group sessions and individual counseling
on job opportunities. By means of such informational material
and *he help of his counselor, the student is able to make a vocational choice appropriate to his ability and vocational interests.
PERSONAL COUNSELING
Students who have difticult personal problems may iind help
through discussing the prdblem with their counselor. Finances,
social adjustments, and church activities are common topics of
discussions. Students v h o have spiritual prablems may confer with
their counselors, or other faculty members, particularly the College Pastor and members of the Department of Religion.
HOUSING
Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall provides housing for about
I yo men. Fifty women are accommodated at Sivertsen H d , with
House and Edda House
Morton Hall housing twenty, %am
each housing eighteen women.
The college maintains several small apartments for married studena. Applications may be made in the o6ce of the Dean of Students.
Students not living at home must five in college-operated housing, and must take their meals in the college dining hall. Students
may under certain conditions be permitted ,tomake other arrangements, after consultation with the Dean of Women or the Dean
of Students.
Residence halls are open to new students a day before regular
schedules 'begin and are closed wi& twenty-four hours after che
term closes. The rule applies also to vacations. Students who wish
to stay in residence halls during vacations must have special permission from the Deans.
Room rent and b a r d must :bepaid in advance. Rooms are furnished except for bed linen, towels, and blankets. The women
may also provide their own ,bedspreads and drapes. Laundry
facilities are available in each unit. Residents are held responsible
for any beakage or injury to furniture, fixtures, or equipment,
beyond ordinary wear and tear.
ROOM APPLICATION
Application for rooms should be sent to the Dean of Students
or the Dean of Women as soon as the student receives notice of
acceptance. Room assignments are made in order of application.
Residents are reassigned for the next year before August first. '
After all residence halls have been filled, students are assisted
in finding rooms in private homes. The oflice of the Dean of Students maintains a selected list of available housing.
FOOD SERVICE
The ground floor of Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall houses
a cafeteria and dining hall, a social room, and a private dining
room available to students and other groups upon request.
All students, campus and off campus, share in the privilege of
using these service units. The dining hall will furnish food at
cost to student groups, for special parties or picnics.
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
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The Student Health Service provides campus dispensary service
during school days with a registered nurse in charge. The College
Physician has daily office hours on campus for consultation and
for emergency treatment. Physical examinations arc given all entering students. Correcrive treatment is provided where needed,
and a school-wide program of recreation and physical training is
conducted. I d r r n a t y rooms are adjacent to the dispensary. T h e
Health Service is housed in a ground floor section of Memorial
Hall, the men's residence.
Students, faculty, and stafi have chest X-rays taken semi-annually through the cooperation of the Hennepin County Tuberculosis Association Mobile Unit.
PLACEMENT SERVICE
The Placement Bureau assists seniors and alumni in securing
P0s;tions. Continuous contact is maintained with business, governmental, welfare, and educational institutions and organizations
a t the local as well as the state and national levels. Interviews are
arranged both on and off the campus. A registration fee and a
small placement fee are charged.
The employment service which assists students in obtaining
part-time employment is also located in the Placement Oflice.
Augsburg College
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
Admission Procedure
Application for admission should be made on the regular admission form, which can (be secured from the Office of Public M a tions of from t h e Oflice of the Regimar. These forms are generally available also in Mmnesota high schools. The application,
together wi& t h e high school record, p r k o u s college record, if
any, two letters of recommendation, and a small photograph,
should be sent to the Office of PubIic Relations. A student seeking
adrmssion in t h e fall semester should apply not later than Septernkt 1 5 and for rhe spring semester by February I .
Requirements for Admission
~ u g s b u College
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admits as students, men and women of g o d
moral character and sound health who appear to have the ability
to succeed in college. Escimate of ability is determined by rank
in the high school graduating cIass and in the college aptitude test.
The normal basis for admission is the completion of the courses
of grades nine to twelve in an accredited high school. No definite
pattern of subjects is required, but it is recommended that rhe last
four years of high school include four units of English, or three
units of English and two of a foreign language, two units of social
studies, and one unit of mathematics. A unit is defined as a course
covering one academic year and equivalent to at least 120 hours
of classwork. Graduates of unaccredited high schools are considered for admission on the basis of their rank in high school and
their achievement in a college aptitude examination and an English
achievement test.
Applicanrs who are not high school graduates bur who give
evidence of sugcient maturity are considered for admission upon
recornmmdation and on rhe bash of achievement in a college aptitude test, English achievement test, and General Educational
Development Tests on literary materials, social science materials,
and natural science materials.
For most graduates of Minnesota high schools the results of the
college aptitude and English achievement tests are available in ad-
vance if they have been taken in the state-wide testing program.
The General Educational Development tests are available to service
men through the Armed Forces Institute. All tests may, however,
be taken at Augsburg by arrangement with the Registrar.
The College reserves the right to reject the applications of students whose previous records or aptitudes, as measured by tests,
indicate they may have difliculty with college work.
Deficiencies
Applicants who have been accepted for admission with a deficiency in English will be required to register for a special course
in English. Such deficiency and the requirements with regard
to additional training will be determined at the beginning of
the Freshman year by means of tests. The requirements include
the attainment of definite standards as to spelling, grammar, pronunciation, and general correctness in the use of the English lanPage.
Transfer and Advanced Standing
Students are accepted by transfer from other institutions if they
did satisfactory work and were otherwise in good standing there.
If their previous work was unsatisfactory, they will be admitted
at Augsburg only under special circumstances.
Advanced standing, that is, credit for courses completed, is
granted to students d h o present satisfactory transcripts from accredited institutions. In certain cases advanced standing is granted
on &e basis of comprehensive examinations.
Admission of Veterans
Veterans, qualiiied for educational benefits under any of the
government programs, may study at Augdburg and receive these
benefits. The veteran must secure a c e d c a t e of eligibility from
the regional office of the Veterans Administration. Application
for benefits must be made in advance of registration, except that
veterans who are eligible for assistance under Public Law 5 50 may
make application for entitlement when they enroll at rhe college.
In order to receive college credit for experience in the military
services, the veteran must present a photostatic or certiiied copy of
his Separation Record at the Registrar's W c e . Evaluation will
be made according to the recommendations of rhe American Council on Education. Veterans who have completed basic or recruit
training will be granted a total of 4 semester credits, 2 in health
and 2 in physical activities. Some college credit is given for the
completion of the work in certain service schools and for some
courses taken through the Armed Forces Institute.
Registration
Students who have been accepted for admission should register
on the days designated in the Calendar for this purpose. Students
who register later than three days after classes begin are charged
a late registration fee of $3.00. No student may register for or
enter a course later than .two weeks after the beginning of classes.
In registering, care ~hould\betaken to include the Lower Division
requirements during the first two yms. However, if such registration is delayed beyond the second year, a student will neither be
required nor permitted to register beyond the allowed number of
credit hours per semester in order to make it up.
No credit will )begiven a student for any subject for which he
has not registered. The college reserves the right to cancel any
course for which there is not sugcient registration.
Registration means that the student accepts all the rules and
regulations established by the school.
The normal registration is 16 credit hours. A credit hour is
defined as one recitation period a week throughout a semester.
The privilege of registering for more than 17% credit hours
may be granted only to students who have gained an average
record of By or two honor points per credit, in their previous
college studies. Exceptions to this rule may be made under certain
conditions determined by the Admissions and Scholarship Committee. No student is permitted to carry work for more than
20 credits per semester.
Students working part-time are urged to arrange the amount of
their registration accordingly.
~ H A N G E OF REGISTRATION AND CANCELLATION
In case a student desires to make any changes in his registration,
he must obtain a form from the Registrar's oflice on which he may
make application, stating clearly his reasons for desiring the change.
Approval of the teachers concerned and the student's adviser
and the Registrar must be obtained before a change will be permitted. A course which is abandoned without being cancelled through
the Registrar's Oilice will result in a grade of F.
Changes of registration which involve the adding of courses
cannot be made later than two weeks after the beginning of classes.
Changes which involve canceling a course cannot be made after
the middle of the semester.
A fee of $1.00 is charged for each change of registration after
the lbeginning of the second week of classes.
A student who finds it necessary to leave school before the end
of a semester must cancel his registration at the Registrar's o6ce
in order to remain in good standing.
By arrangement with the University of Minnesota, students may
register for courses at the University. But such registration will
not be allowed unless the student has a grading of C average, or
I honor point per credit, in his courses at Augsburg. Also, the
combined number of credits in any semester must not exceed 17.
The credits thus gained a t the University may be transferred to
Augsburg College and counted towards graduation.
Classification
In order to be classified in one of the college classes, a student
must be carrying a minimum of twelve hours of work in which
college credit is given.
Classification is based on the attainment of the following number of credit hours together with an equal number of honor points:
Sophomore, 24; Junior, 58; Senior, 92.
Classification for the Catalog, the Student Directory, and for
all other purposes is determined by this regulation.
Probation and Elimination
There will be a meeting of the Admissions and Scholarship Cornrnittee a t the end of each semester to consider students who are
doing unsatisfactory work, in order to drop from the rolls those
students for whom further attendance is deemed inadvisable.
Freshmen who obtain honor point ratios of .5 or below, Sophomores
.6 or below, and Senior College students .8 or below, as well as
students with 6 or more credits of F, at the end of a semester are
placed on probation during the semester that follows. They remain on probation until an honor point ratio of I is attained for
one semester. A student is not allowed to remain in college on
probation for more than two semesters consecutively, except by
special permission.
In order to be eligible for membership in inter-collegiate athletics, a student must have obtained in his last semester a passing
grade in at least 12 hours of college work, 6 of which must be C
or better.
Class Attendance
Regular attendance in class is required. Students who h d it
necessary to be absent because of illness or for other reasons should
confer with their teachers.
Students are expected to arrange the hours of part-time employment so that work does not contlict with classes. Any exception
to this rule must be agreed to by the teacher of the class affected
and must be approved by the Dean of the College.
A record of attendance is kept by each teacher, and periodic
reports are submitted to the Registrar. A t the end of the semester,
a record is made of the total absences of each student for the
semester.
Absences for tours, field trips and other instructor-arranged
activities are cleared with the Dean of the College. Lists of participants, with information as to exact periods albsent, are issued
by rhe Dean to all instructors involved.
Teachers deal wirh tardiness as they see fit. Students arriving in
class late must assume responsibility for reporting their presence
to the teacher.
Examinations
GENERALRULES
Students are urged to plan their work well from the very beginning since tests are given periodically throughout the semester.
During the first part of each semester reports of the grades attained
are made to the Registrar and the counselors. In addition to this,
h d reports are made at the close of each semester.
Regular written examinations are held at the close of each semester. N o student or class may arrange to take a h a 1 examination
in any course before the examination week.
Absence from a final examination without a s d c i e n t reason
will result in a grade of failure in the course concerned.
A student who has to be absent from a h a 1 examination because of a conflict with outside work from which he cannot obtain an excuse may arrange to take such an examination during
some period after the time on which the subject is scheduled.
If a student has obtained permission from the proper authorities
to take a h a 1 at another hour than the one scheduled, he is charged
a fee of two dollars for such an examination. The fee is to be
paid to the Treasurer of the school, and, before the student takes
an examination, he must obtain a statement from the Registrar's
oflice and bring it to the teacher concerned. The teacher will give
no examination before he has this statement.
A condition or an incomplete received at the end of the semester
must be removed within the first five weeks of classes of the following semester of attendance or within a year if the student has
not 're-enrolled. Extension of this time may be made by the Registrar's Of3ice in cases of illness. If incompletes and conditions are
not removed within the time allowed, the condition automatically
becomes a failure and the incomplete may be changed to a passing
grade only when the average of the previous work is suf3iciently
high. The final grade after the condition examination is taken
may not be higher than D A fee of $2.00 is charged for an examination making up an incomplete or a condition received at the
end of a semester.
Comprehensive examinations may be ,permitted in courses in
which the Admissions and Scholarship Committee feels the student
has adequate preparation or background. Students who wish to
take a comprehensive examination must apply in writing to this
committee. When permission is granted, the necessary approval
forms may be secured at the oilice of the Registrar. A fee of $5.00
is charged for each examination and must be paid in advance.
Examination questions and the answers will be filed in the Registrar's oilice.
Grade Values
A-Superior,
g honor points per credit
%Very good, 2 honor points per credit
I honor point per credit
&Satisfactory,
M a s s a b l e , no honor points per credit
F -Failure, minus I honor point per credit
E--Condition
I -Incomplete
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to qualify for the Bachelor of Arts degree, certain requirements must be met with regard to credits, courser, and
grades. A student who ~ l a n sto graduate from Augsburg is urged
to study the requirements as outlined in this section of the catalog
and: in the department in which he plans to major. It is the responsibility of the student to see that
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Minneapolis 4, Minnesota
Founded 1869
CATALOG RECORD FOR
1954 - 1955
and
1 955 - 1956
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
1956 - 1957
and
1957 - 1958
VOL. XVIII, NO. 1
CATALOG NUMBER
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1956
THE AUGSBURG BULLETIN
Published bi-monthly and one a...
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Minneapolis 4, Minnesota
Founded 1869
CATALOG RECORD FOR
1954 - 1955
and
1 955 - 1956
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
1956 - 1957
and
1957 - 1958
VOL. XVIII, NO. 1
CATALOG NUMBER
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1956
THE AUGSBURG BULLETIN
Published bi-monthly and one additional issue in April by Augsburg College and
Theological Seminary at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered as second-class matter March
21, 1947, at the post office at Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the act of August 24, 1912.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Academic Calendar
4
General Information
5
Financial Information
14
Student Community Life
21
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The College
33
Academic Administration
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Curriculums
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Courses of Study
55
Division of Religion and Philosophy
Division of the Humanities
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Division of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics .-----.......-86
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Division of the Social Sciences
The Theological Seminary
94
General Requirements
94
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Courses of Study
97
104
Board of Trustees
Committees of the Faculty
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The Faculty
Graduates
Student Enrollment
Index
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CALENDARS
For 195657 and 1957-58
FIRST S
E
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1 957-58
1956-57
Freshman Days
Sept.
Sept. 12-15
Registration
!%pt. 11-14
Sept. 17, 8:oo a.m.
College Classes 'bgin
Sept. 16, 8:oo t m
Sept. 17, 8:00 a.m.
Seminary Convenes
Sept. 16, 8:00 a.m.
Sept.
Late Registration Fee
sept. 19
Oct. 19-21
Homecoming
Nm. 1-3
Nov. 13
End of first half of Semester Nov.
!%pt.
11-16
20
10-11
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Thanksgiving Recea
Nov. 28, 29
Dec. 19, 4:so p.m.
Christmas Recess begins
Dec. so, 4:2o p.m.
Jan. 3, 8:00 a.m.
Classes Resume
Jan. 6, 8:00 a.m.
Jan. 21-25
College Examinations
Jan. 22-28
Jan. 22-25
Seminary Examinations
Jan. 23-28
Jan.
First Semester Ends
Jan. 28
NOV.
22,
23
2 j
Jan. 14-30
Registration for
h
d
Jan. 16-3 I
Semester
SECOND SEMESTER
Jan. 31, 8:00 a.m.
Classes begin
Feb. 3, 8:00 a.m.
Feb. 4
Late Registration Fee
FA. 6
Feb.
Lincoln's Birthday
Feb. I 2
12
Mar. 30
End of first half of Semester April
April 17, 4:zo p.m.
Easter Recess begins
April 2, 4:2o p.m.
April 23, 8:oo a.m.
Easter Recess ends
April 8, 8:oo a.m.
May 24
Seminary Commencement
May 28
May 24-31
College Examinations
May 23-29
May 30
Decoration Day
h,fa~ 30
June
Baccalaureate Service
June
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College Commencement
June
2
2
June 3
2
GENERAL INFORMATION
PURPOSE
Augsburg College is a four-year liberal arts college sponsored by
the Lutheran Free Church for the purpose of giving young people
an opportunity to obtain a broad education in a Christian environment. In addition to securing a general education, students may prepare themselves for such vocations as high school teaching, business
administration, social work, medical technology, secretarial work,
parish work, and missions. They may prepare for further study in the
fields of dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, and theology,
as well as for graduate study in various fields.
Augsburg Theological Seminary, with its facilities on the same campus, offers a three-year course of study leading to a Bachelor of
Theology degree. Its chief purpose is to prepare pastors and missionaries for the Lutheran Free Church.
LOCATION
Augsburg College and Theological Seminary is located in the Riverside Park area of Minneapolis, across the Mississippi River from the
University of Minnesota and within walking distance of the main
business section of the city. Science Hall, containing the administration offices, is located at the corner of Seventh Street and Twenty-first
Avenue South. Augsburg students have the advantage of getting their
college education in a metropolitan center pulsating with industrial,
social, and cultural activities. They have access to libraries, museums,
and art collections. They may hear the best in music and lectures.
Minneapolis is recognized throughout the nation as a vital center of
religious life and activity. Outstanding leaders in many fields both
from other parts of America and from foreign countries are frequent
visitors. College students in the Twin Cities have abundant opportunity to contact contemporary American life at one of its focal points.
ACCREDITATION
Augsburg College is accredited by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the regional accrediting agency.
It is approved by the Minnesota Department of Education for the
training of secondary school teachers.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Augsburg was begun as a seminary in 1869, at Marshall, Wisconsin.
It was the first theological seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans
in America. Through an arrangement with a private institution known
as Marshall Academy, the Seminary was at first housed in the academy
building. Students who needed further preparation in academic subjects were to obtain this in the academy. This arrangement failed to
work out satisfactorily; so the theological group moved to a private
dwelling, where classes continued until 1872. In the autumn of that
year Augsburg Seminary was removed to Minneapolis, Minnesota,
where a building had been erected for its use. In the same year the
school was incorporated under the laws of Minnesota. The aim of the
institution was to train ministers for the Lutheran congregations which
were being organized in growing numbers in the pioneer settlements
that were spreading rapidly over the Northwest.
The college was established when it became evident that in order
to get students who were adequately prepared for theological study
a college department was needed. So in 1874 a college curriculum
was planned which provided for one year of preparatory studies and
four years of college work along two lines, a classical course to prepare students for theology, and a scientific course to prepare for the
professions. The latter course, however, had to be discontinued, partly
for lack of funds and partly because too few students selected the
course. The first college students were enrolled in 1874 and the first
class was graduated in 1879.
In 1900 a high school course covering three years was established
which in 1910 was expanded to a standard four-year course. This
was discontinued in 1933. In the years 1916-1919 the college course
was thoroughly revised. As a result of this and of subsequent growth,
the earlier classical course was greatly modified and supplemented by
social and scientific studies and a more general emphasis upon the
study of the humanities. In recent years there has been continuous
study and modification of the curriculum including the introduction
of a number of new majors to meet the developing needs of the students. The Divisional organization was adopted in 1945. At the present
time majors are offered in 17 fields.
Coeducation was introduced in the College in 1921.
In the Theological, Seminary there has likewise been a continuing
revision of the curriculum and the addition of new courses. The requirement of a six-month period of internship was added in 1939.
Standards of admission have been raised so that a bachelor's degree
or equivalent is now the required scholastic preparation. While the
Theological Seminary has its own organization, the Seminary and the
College function in close cooperation. Long experience has proved
this arrangement to be mutually wholesome and stimulating.
Five presidents have served Augsburg during the course of its history. The terms of office of two of these cover a span of over half a
century. The first president was August Weenaas, who served from
1869 to 1876. He was succeeded by Georg Sverdrup, 1876 to 1907.
Sven Oftedal served from 1907 to 1911 and was followed by George
Sverdrup, whose term extended from 1911 to 1937. H. N. Hendrickson
served as acting president from 1937 until 1938. Bernhard Christensen,
the present president, has served since that time.
FUNDAMENTAL AIMS
The educational purposes of Augsburg College and Theological
Seminary spring from the conviction that in the Christian religion
there are revealed the most basic truths concerning both man and
God, and that Christianity is the fundamental force for good in human
life and society. All the aims of the College, as well as those of the
Seminary, are integrated with this principle. To express more distinctly
some major aspects of its program of Christian higher education, the
following statement of aims has been formulated by the college faculty:
T o 2ead the student to a deeper understanding and personal experience of the truth and power of the Christian Gospel, to the end
that he may become both an effective participant in the work of
the Christian Church and an earnest adirocate of the Christian way
of life.
To familiarize the student with the culture of our own and other
civilizations, not only for the enjoyment this knowledge affords
but also for the development of a more sympathetic understanding
of our fellow men throughout the world.
To develop the student's interest in the attainment of the common
purposes of our country, so that he may work for the welfare of
our institutions and for the preservation of our liberties in community and nation, and also develop an enlightened interest and
participation in human affairs throughout the rest of the world.
T o cultivate i n the student a Christian social spirit, in order that
he may realize in his life a right balance between what he expects
of others and the service he will render his fellow men.
T o teach the student to discipline his own urges, interests, ambitions, and demands in a way that will effectively contribute toward
the development of good character.
T o train the student i n scientific methods of study and also develop his understanding of the relations of science to the welfare of
humanity.
T o stimulate intellectual interest and develop scholarly insight,
so that the student may learn to think with accuracy and comprehension at the same time as he experiences an understanding of
truth which will help him to integrate the findings of science with
the deepest spiritual reality.
T o awaken and foster i n the student an intelligent appreciation
and enjoyment of the best i n the fields of the fine arts.
T o guide the student in the understanding of social relationships
in order that he may take his place in groups and gatherings with
propriety and grace, motivated in his conversation and conduct by
the principles of Christian courtesy and sincerity.
T o provide guidance for the student in the discovery and clarification of his aptitudes and his life purposes so that as early as
possible he may plan his educational program wisely.
T o train students in vocational and professional lines, giving full
preparation for high school teaching, business administration, home
economics, and parish work; furnishing partial training towards
the study of medicine, dentistry, nursing, engineering, law, and
social service, and offering a four-year college course preparing
for the study of theology.
T o help the student evelop certain skills, as in language, music,
physical activities, use o the library, laboratory work, and typewriting, together with other skills, which will increase his efficiency
in the various relationships of life.
\
To afford the student wholesome recreational experience which
will contribute toward an effective use of leisure time and develop
such qualities as leadership, sportsmanship, and self-control, with
good recreational habits, thus providing a constant source of social
and personal satisfaction.
T o instrut the student in principles, attitudes, and ideas pertuining to health, and also to train him in practices and skills which
will promote his physical and mental well-being and make him
better fit to meet the responsibilities of life.
Students who enroll at Augsburg are invited to take up their college
work with the distinct understanding that the Christian spirit is determining in all things, They are expected to cooperate wholeheartedi~in
the program of the school towards that end. The entire program of the
school curricular and e*a-curricular,
and the discipline necessary
to make poscfible the carrying out of this program, v r i n g from the
aim "to see all hings through the e p s of Christ."
FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CONTROL
From 1870 to 1890, Augsburg was supported by the NorwegianDanish Lutheran Conference. The merger of that church body with
two others, in 1890, resulted in the a5liation of Augsburg with the
newly created United Norwegian Lutheran Church. Due to differences
concerning the control of Augsburg, a division arose, and in 1897 congregations whose sympathies were deeply rooted in Augsburg formed
the Lutheran Free Church. The resulting close association, in educational and spiritual activity, of Aug'sburg and the Lutheran Free
Church has been marked by complete harmony of purpose and ideals
for more than half a century.
The control exercised by the Lutheran Free Church is indirect. The
Annual Conference of the Church nominates the members of the
Augsbu~gCorporation and the Board of Trustees. The Corporation
through the Board of Trustees exercises direct control over property,
finance, and personnel. Academic control is vested in the President
and the Faculty.
In addition to the income from student tuition and fees, which has
materially increased with the growth and develop~nentof the Callege,
the chief financial support of the i n s t i t ~ i o ncomes from the congcgstions of the Lutheran Free Church. In recent years a praning circle
of friends also outside the Lutheran Free Chu~ch.both alumni and
others, have contributed financially to the support of the school. Augsburg welcomes and invites such support on the part of all who believe
in her program of vital Christian education.
MEMBERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Augsburg College is fully accredited by the North Central Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary School as a degree-granting institution.
It is a member of the American Council on Education, the Associatioll
of American Colleges, the Lutheran Educational Conference, the Association of Minnesota Colleges, and the State Council of Minnesota
Colleges.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Augsburg Alumni Association has as its goal to enable the
graduates of the College and Seminary to maintain effective contact
and cooperation with one another and with their Alma Mater. The
annual meeting is held at Commencement time each year. Local Augsburg clubs are promoted, and a bi-monthly bulletin is published. The
affairs of the Association are under the leadership of the Board of
Directors. Mr. Kenneth Lower is the Executive Secretary and editor of
the Bulletin. The Alumni Ofice is located in Science Hall.
THE AUGSBURG FOUNDATION
The Augsburg Foundation, formerly the Augsburg Foundation
Fellowship, is an association of alumni, former students, and other
friends of Augsburg, having as its purpose to give united and systematic support, both spiritual and financial, to the school. The Foundation was established in 1941 by joint action of the Board of Trustees
and the Alumni Association. Its work is directed by a General Committee of nine members. A Foundation Day is held each year.
EDUCATIONAL PLANT
BUILDINGS
The Main, erected in 1900, ,contains a large number of classrooms
and offices, the Chapel, and the museum.
Science Hall, erected in 1948-49, is a large and completely modem
building. It includes the general administration offices, well-equipped
laboratories for Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Home Economics; the
student organization offices and the student center; a small auditorium,
and several classrooms and faculty offices. On the fourth floor is the
Tower Prayer Chapel.
The George Sverdrup Library, named in honor of Augsburg's fourth
president, was erected and dedicated in 1955. Adjacent to Science Hall
and of similar contemporary architectural design, it contains spacious
reading rooms, seminars, work rooms, a visual-education center, the
Augsburg Archives, and a number of classrooms and faculty offices.
There is stack space for approximately 100,000 volumes.
The classrooms and offices of the Theological Seminary are located
in one section of the Library building.
Sverdmp-Oftedal Memorial Hall, erected in 1938, is a modern, fireproof dormitory affording living quarters for about 150 men. On the
ground floor of this building is the college cafeteria and dining hall.
Sivertsen Hall, acquired in 1939, and remodeled in 1955 as a wing
of the new Residence for Women, provides comfortable modern housing for 45 women students.
The beautiful new Residence for Women, adjoining Sivertsen Hall
at 6th Street and 24th Avenue, was erected in 1955. It provides excellent and completely modern housing for 105 women students, as well
as apartments for the resident head and her assistants.
Morton Hall, erected in 1888, and Miriam House, acquired in 1951,
are smaller dormitories, each housing about 20 students.
The Gymnasium, an adequate temporary structure, was erected in
1947 for the College by the Federal Works Agency as a part of a program providing educational facilities for veterans.
The Music Hall was acquired by purchase, also in 1947, and ha*
been remodeled to serve the needs of the music and drama departments.
A large number of dwellings have also been acquired in recent years
in the expanded campus area, and are in use for faculty, staff, and
married student housing.
The President's Home, a residence of modern architectural design
located at the south of the Square, was erected in 1949.
THE MUSEUM
The Museum is located on the ground floor of the Main. Members
of the Alumni Association have presented many valuable gifts. There
are several collections: a Madagascar Collection, a Santal Collection,
and a considerable collection of rare minerals, curios, etc. Contributions
to the Museum are invited. Professor Kleven is the curator.
THE A R C H I ~ S
The Augsburg Archive Society was organized in 1929, for the purpose of gathering documents, books, and other articles of historical
value. For a number of years a fire-proof room in the Main housed
the archives collections. With the erection of the George Sverdrup
Library in 1955, adequate, fire-proof quarters for the archives were
provided. Here are now found a fine collection of periodicals, old and
rare books, manuscripts, letters, and pictures, and also about 1,000
volumes of Norwegian-American literature, affording extensive resources for scholarly research. Contributions to the Archives should
he sent to Prof. Iver Olson, Archivist.
The beautiful and spacious new George Sverdrup Library provides
a central study-workshop for both faculty and students. It contains
about 30,000 volumes, exclusive of pamphlets, all available on open
stacks. The two large reading rooms have book stacks and reading
tables arranged in such a way that a place for study is always close
.to the books one may need. Additional conveniences include conference rooms, where from 2 to 6 students may study together, and
seminar rooms for larger groups or small classes. A typing corner is
provided in the ground floor reading room.
The library subscribes to about 300 of the best periodicals and
pamphlets dealing with a large variety of subjects as well as a number of serials devoted to the interests of special fields.
In the Twin City area other libraries are located which make their
holdings available to Augsburg students, notably, the St. Paul and
Minneapolis public libraries, the latter of which issues library cards
to out-of-town students for each school year; the James Hill Reference
Library in St. Paul, which has one of the finest reference collections
in the Northwest; and the University of Minnesota Library, which is
within walking distance of the Augsburg campus. Each year Augsburg
students make extensive use of all these libraries.
The laboratories of the Natural Sciences are located in the Science
IIall. Three laboratories and two storerooms for Biology are located on
the second floor; three laboratories and a large storeroom for Chemistry, and a laboratory and two storerooms for Physics are located
on the third floor.
To facilitate instruction the college provides many excellent visual
and auditory aids. The audio-visual center is l~catedon the ground
floor of the Library. Available for classroom use, and for the use of
other college activities, are the following: Two 16 mm. sound movie
projectors, one combination 2x2 inch slide projector and 16 mm. film
strip projector, one 3x5 slide projector, a Balopticon, a sound amplification system, and magnetic tape recording machines. There is also a
well equipped photography department.
The auditorium in Science Hall is fully equipped for visual education classes and lectures. Several classrooms are also provided with
facilities for projection.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Evening classes are held as a community service for adults not enrolled in the day school. Announcement of courses to be offered are
made in the fall. Information about the evening school may be obtained from the office of the Dean.
Student nurses in the Schools of Nursing at the Lutheran Deaconess
and Swedish Hospitals in Minneapolis receive much of their first
semester of instruction at Augsburg College. Application for admission
to the Schools of Nursing should be made to the hospitals directly.
In cooperation with the Minneapolis General Hospital, Augsburg
offers work which enables the student to receive a college degree with
a major in Medical Technology. The first .three years of this work are
taken at Augsburg and a final twelve-month program is completed at
the hospital.
SPAN
Augsburg participates in the SPAN (Student Project for Amity
among Nations) program. This is a joint venture of the University of
Minnesota and several colleges in the state. Qualified students are
selected to spend a summer in informal study abroad. Applications are
made in the spring of the Sophomore year.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A considerable part of the income on which Augsburg operates is
derived from endowment and from gifts, a major part of the latter
coming from the supporting church. Therefore, the fees charged the
student do not constitute the whole cost of his education, for he enjoys
the benefits of the gifts of those who believe in and support the work
of the school. For theological students, the church assumes the full
cost of tuition; a statement of other expenses in attending the seminary
is given in the Seminary section of the catalog.
GENERAL EXPENSES PER SEMESTER1
.. .
Tuition in College
$2m.00
Books, etc.
2 5 . 0 to 40.00
Student activity fee I - - . - 8.00
Library fee ..
-.- 7.50
Health fee
5.00
Matriculation fee (for those registering the first time)
5.00
Key deposit (refundable)
1.00
Locker (optional) -.
- 1.00
Mail box fee
.50
Total
$253.00 to 268.00
Students registered for more than the maximum number of credit
hours (17 in the College) are charged at the rate of $10.00 for each
additional credit hour a week per semester.
Special students will pay at the rate of $17.00 per credit hour up
to 11 credits. Those who register for 12 or more credit hours will pay
the regular tuition charge.
The fee for auditing a course is $7.50 per credit hour.
Special students and auditors enrolled for 7 credit hours or more
of class work per week pay one-half of the student activity, health,
and library fees.
ROOM AND BOARD PER SEMESTER'
Iioom
Board (estimate)
1 Subiect to change.
...$65.00 to 80.00
160.00
A limited number of rooms are available at the lower cost.
Men students are required to buy and use a minimum of
$125.00 of meal book coupons per semester, women students
$100.00.
SPECIAL FEES
Late registration
Change of registration after the beginning of the second week
of classes
Registration with the Placement Bureau ,
Placement fee, depending upon the method
of placement
$ 3 . 0 to
Graduation fee, for seniors in both the College and Seminary..
Final examinations taken at another hour than the one
scheduled
---Examination making up an incomplete or a condition -----------Comprehensive examination --Transcript of credits (after first one which is free) ---..~.---------~-MUSIC FEES PER SEMESTER
Piano
Voice
Organ -Erass or Wood wind (private instruction)
Rrass or Wood wind (class instruction) --..
Piano stodio rental8(one hour per day)
Organ reap1 -Vctice studio rental (one hour per day)
Choir -.-Choral Club -
. . . $35.00
- 35.00
_
-
-
--
COURSE FEES PER SEMESTER
-.--
--
35.00
40.00
14.00
8.00
20.00
4.00
5.00
2.50
4.00
Art 1 and 2
Art 3 and 4 - 2.00
3.00
Home Economics 2, 36, 76 ----5.00
Home Economics 39 and 40
...............
Biology 60 ....................................................................1.00-2.00
2.50
-.----.- -Biology, 1, 2, 3N, 4, 52, 53, and 55
Biology 7N
-.
4.00
Biology 13, 14, 25, 26, and 54
5.00
1 Subject to change.
Chemistry 1, 2
--Chemistry 4
Chemistry 3N Chemistry 5, 6, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55
Physics 1, 2 Physics 3
-Physics 5 and 6 Physics 51
Physics 52
Secretarial Studies 2, 8, 51, and 52
Secretarial Studies 1, 53, and 54
Education 96 --
--
ESTIMATED EXPENSES PER SEMESTER'
Resident students
General expenses -.
$253.00 to 268.00
223.00 to 240.00
Room and Board
Special, music, or.course fees
2.00 to 35.00
Total, appro~imately
3478.00 to X3.00
Off -campus students
$253.00 to 268.00
General expenses -Special, music, or course fees
-- 2.00 to 35.00
Total, approximately ..............................$25500
.........
to
....
303.00
...
These estimates do n6t include transportation, clothing, or
personal expenses.
PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS
Student accounts are due in full at the time of registration in September and February. Parents may deposit money in advance at the
school or the student may make the payment when he registers. Recognizing that payment of fees in full at registration poses a financial
problem in some cases, the college has instituted a "deferred payment
plan". In this plan the college will accept, at the time of registration
in September and again in February, a
of $150.00 in the
case of resident. students and $75.00 for off-campus students. The
balance may be paid in monthly installments during the semester. To
defray the cost of the plan a charge of $1.00 is made for each payment on the student's account after registration.
1 Subjea to change.
REFUNDS
Students who cancel their registration before the middle of any
semester pay tuition at the rate of $14.00 per week for the t'ime during
which they have been in attendance. Students who cancel out after
the middle of the semester receive no refund of tuition. No refunds
are made of the Matriculation and Student Activity fees. Course fees
are paid at the rate of 10% per week by students who cancel out before the middle of the semester.
Payments for board and room are refunded in proportion to the
time students have been in residence. Students who move out ,of dormitories but do not cancel out of school are charged the full semester
room rent.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Financial aids in the form of loan funds, scholarships, grants-in-aid,
and employment assistance are available at Augsburg. Students must
meet certain requirements to qualify for loans or scholarships. The
college gives assistance to students in securing work both on and off
the campus.
LOAN FUNDS
Several loan funds have been established to assist students in working out their financial problems. Loans may be arranged at a reasonable rate of interest for various periods of time.
The General Student Loan Fund, established through the gifts of
many individual donors, is chiefly maintained by contributions from
the Augsburg College Women's Club.
The Olaf Rogne Fund, established in 1954, extends assistance to
students in the Seminary.
The Charles and Nora Crouch Student Loan Fund, established in
1954, extends assistance to members of all classes.
The Senior Loan Fund, established by the class of 1955, is available
to selected graduating seniors.
The John and Anna Jorgine Gregory Theo2ogical Student Loan Fund
is available to students who are preparing for the ministry.
The Student Aid Fund of the Zion Lutheran Hour, established by the
Zion Lutheran Church of Minot, North Dakota, likewise extends loans
to students preparing for the ministry.
Arrangements for the loans are made through a conference with the
Dean of Students, chairman of the faculty committee on student loans.
In addition to arranging loans, the committee counsels students on
financial matters with the objective in mind of helping the student work
out a satisfactory plan for his finances.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
Forty Freshman Scholarships, amounting to tuition for the second
half of the Freshman year, are offered to outstanding high school
graduates.
The American Indian Scholarship was established in 1955 by Spring
Lake Park Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. It is a scholarship of
$200.00 to be applied on tuition at Augsburg College. It is to be
awarded to an American Indian student selected on the basis of
scholarship and economic need.
The Henry P . Opseth Music Scholarship was established in 1953 in
memory of Henry P. Opseth, former head of the Music Department
and director of thk Augsburg College Choir. It is awarded annually
to a sophomore or junior student of outstanding promise or achievement in the field of music.
The Marilyn Solberg Voice Scholarship in memory of Marilyn
Yvonne Solberg, a member of the Augsburg College Choir from 1950
until the time of her death in 1953, was established in 1955 by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iver Solberg and her brother, Dorvan. It is
awarded to an Augsburg student for outstanding promise or achievement in the art of singing.
The George Sverdrup Graduate Fellowship was established by the
Board of Trustees of Augsburg in 1947 to honor the memory of
George Sverdrup, President of Augsburg from 1911 to 1937. It is
awarded annually to an Augsburg graduate of outstanding character
and ability who plans to prepare further for the vocation of teaching.
The amount of the Fellowship is five hundred dollars.
The Keith E. Hoffman Memorial Scholarship was established in
1945 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Hoffman of Minneapolis in memory
of their son who gave his life in the conquest of Okinawa. The scholarship consists of the income from a fund of $1,075 and is awarded
annually to a student selected on the basis of academic achievement,
personal character, and ability in the field of athletics.
T w o Lutheran Brotherhood Scholarships of $300 each are provided
b y the Lutheran Brotherhood Life Insurance Society and awarded each
fall to outstanding Lutheran college seniors. The students are selected
by the college in the spring of the junior year on the basis of religious
leadership and scholastic standing
The Augsburg College Women's Club Scholarship awards, totaling
$400, are granted each year to two or more students of outstanding
character and excellent scholarship.
The Adolph Paulson Memorial Prize, from a fund established by
members of the Paulson family in memory of Professor Adolph Paulson who taught Social Science at Augsburg from 1930 to 1935, is
awarded annually to a college student for the best essay written on an
assigned subject in the field of Christian Sociology. The amount of
the prize is $50.00.
The Celia Fredrickson Scholarship consists of the income from a
fund of one thousand dollars. It is awarded annually to an Augsburg
student from the Lamberton, Minnesota, parish of the Lutheran Free
Church.
The Greater Augsburg Alumni Association Scholarship of $350 is
awarded annually to an outstanding alumnus ~f Augsburg in order to
encourage and assist promising students in the carrying out of projects
of graduate study.
The Women's Missionary Federation Scholarship is awarded by the
Federation to returned missionaries or to Lutheran students of recognized Christian character and good scholastic records who are making
preparation for mission work. The scholarship varies from $50.00 to
$250.00 per year. Higher awards are possible for graduate work or
medical study.
GRANTS-IN-AID
A few grants-in-aid are made to students in good standing who are in
special need of financial assistance. To qualify for a grant, a student
r.11ust make application, providing information about his own and his
family's resources and anticipated expenses.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
The employment service, located in the Placement Office, has been
successful in placing hundreds of men and women students in parttime positions. The types of work secured are of many kinds, including recreational leadership, restaurant work, domestic service, sales
work, and secretarial and clerical work.
Students are employed by the college in many activities. For these
positions preference is given to upper-class students who have maintained a good scholastic average.
Assistance in securing summer employment is also provided each
spring by the Employment Service.
Application forms for part-time employment on or off campus may
be secured from the Admissions or Placement Offices.
STUDENT -COMMUNITY LIFE
The influences which mould life and character on a college campus
are of many kinds. While the exercises of classroom, laboratory, and
Library form the organizing basis of college activity, they need to
be supplemented by other than academic forces. These intangible but
very real supplementary influences have much to do with creating the
spirit of an institution. At Augsburg definite emphasis is placed upon
the maintenance of a wholesome spirit of Christian community living.
Students are urged to give conscious attention to this personal and
spiritual side of their development and thus contribute toward the
prevalence of a vital and happy Christian atmosphere on the campus.
It is the earnest desire of those who direct the policies of Augsburg
that the institution may constantly be permeated by an atmosphere in
which the quest for Truth as it is in Christ is prayerfully fostered in
each life.
All students are required to register for two class hours per week
in one of the courses offered in Religion.
There are numerous voluntary religious activities in which students are encouraged to participate. Spiritual Emphasis Week is held twice each year. It is assumed
that every Augsburg student will find a church home in Minneapolis
and attend its services regularly.
It is expected of each student that his life, conduct, and influence,
both on and off campus, shall be worthy of a member of a Christian
College. Those who do not feel drawn to this quality of life and to the
fellowship in which it is nourished should not seek to be enrolled at
Augsburg. A truly Christian spirit and environment must be the
product of the united effort and prayer of faculty, students, and
administration.
THE CHAPELSERVICE
The heart of Augsburg's program of Christian education is the daily
Chapel Service, where the faculty and students gather for united worship, prayer, and a brief meditation upon the Word of God. Regular
attendance is expected of all students.
REI;IG~OUS
PROGRAM
The Religious Life Committee, composed of students and faculty,
endeavors to promote a religious program that will stimulate growth
of Christian life in the Augsburg community. Co-chairmen of this
council are the student Director of Religious Activities and the College
Pastor. Areas for which this committee carries primary responsibility
are the Mid-Week services, Spiritual Emphasis Weeks, prayer meetings, and informal group meetings.
This committee also serves as a coordinating agency for all volunteer
Christian organizations on campus. The two principal organizations
are the Lutheran Student Association and the Mission Society.
The Mission Society promotes interest in missions through a program of study, fellowship, worship, and seriice. A highlight of the
year is the Mission Festival, a week-end conference devoted to the
study of missionary activity, and recruitment of workers. The Lutheran
Student Association seeks to serve as a stimulus and outlet for Christian faith and life. Students participate in regional and national LSA
Conferences, and conduct a schedule of meetings on campus.
The Concordia Society is an organization for all the students in the
Theological Seminary.
Regular convocation programs are held at Augsburg throughout
the year. These programs acquaint the campus community with outstanding personalities in various fields. A wide range of interests is
covered, including the scientific, political, social, religious, and artistic.
Students at Augsburg are given many opportunities for social training and recreation. The Student Council through the Chairman of
Social Activities, assisted by a Committee on Social Education, sponsors each month an all-school social activity which all students may
attend. Most of these are informal. The Sophomore and Junior classes
sponsor semi-formal banquets. The Associated Women Students and
a number of other organizations sponsor teas, dinners, and social
affairs on and off campus.
"No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures." To learn to enjoy the
right form of recreational activities is an important aspect of preparation for life. At Augsburg there is a definite attempt to encourage the
formation of helpful recreational habit-patterns, not only with regard
to the planned play program supervised by the Director of Recreation
and the Department of Physical Education, but also with regard to
the use of leisure time in general.
Augsburg's location in Minneapolis gives its students unique oppqrtunities to make use of some of the finest educational and cultural
advantages which the Northwest has to offer. Excellent art collections
are to be found in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker
Art Center. The Twin City libraries are .extensive in their services.
The Historical Museum in St. Paul gives access to large collections of
historical material. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra programs
and other concerts afford rich opportunity for music appreciation.
Many students and faculty attend Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
concerts by virtue of a special college season ticket arrangement.
Season tickets are available also for other University concerts and
the University Theater drama programs. Symphony Forums are held
.on campus each year, with speakers from the Orchestral Association
or the Orchestra.
A bi-weekly bulletin, Events of Interest in Minneapolis, listing pro.
grams, concerts, art displays and exhibitions is compiled and issued
from the Student Personnel Office.
STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES
Institutional services to students are organized and administered
in accordance with plans and policies established by the Student Personnel Committee. Included are such services as Counseling, Testing,
Freshman Orientation, Student Records, The Student Health Service,
Housing and Food Service, Placement, S t u d a t Employment, and Coordination of Student Activities. The administration of these services
is centered in the Office of the Dean of Students.
Under the counseling program at Augsburg each student is assigned
a faculty counselor to assist him in the planning of his total college
program. All faculty members participate in counseling. The broad
intellectual interests of the faculty member are combined with the
professional skill and techniques of trained counselors to provide
counseling at various levels, and in many areas of student needs. Personal, social, and spiritual problems as well as vocational choice and
financial needs are given consideration.
As far as possible, the work of obtaining the necessary data about
the individual student and organizing the total program of counseling
is carried out by the Office of the Dean of Students in accordance with
the plans and policies established by the Student Personnel Committee.
These plans include testing, assignment of counselors, scheduling of
group conferences and counseling periods. Each new student is assigned a faculty member who is his counselor for two years. When
a student enters the Upper Division, he chooses a major field of study.
The major adviser then becomes his counselor. Faculty counselors
confer with their counselees at regular intervals throughout the year
and at other times as the needs of the individual student appear. If a
serious problem develops which demands professional skill and more
time than the professor has to spend in counseling, the student is referred by way of the Office of the Dean of Students to professionally
qualified counselors. The Dean of Women and the Dean of Students
are special counselors to the women and the men, respectively.
Students receive vocational counseling in conference with their
counselors, and have frequent opportunities to confer with persons who
are eminently successful in the particular professions selected by
students as their tentative occupational choices. An Occupational Information file in the college library provides materials for a study of
vocations. The Orientation course, required of all freshmen, includes a
unit on vocational planning. The results of a vocational interest test
are available for all students.
Students who have various personal problems are encouraged to seek
help through counseling conferences. Often students have been able
to solve problems of finances, social adjustment, and personality
through counseling sessions.
Those who have spiritual problems may confer with the College
Pastor, or with members of the Department of Religion as well as
with their faculty counselor. By a system of referral, students may
receive counsel from any member of the faculty, or from qualified
persons beyond the college community. The Personnel deans are available at all times for special counseling conferences.
The college physician is consulted in regard to all problems pertaining to physical and mental health.
Counselors and major advisers strive to help students develop their
latent abilitjr. Students who distinguish themselves acad&nically are
named on the Dean's List, and are thereby qualified to participate
in a study program designed to develop their special talents to the
highest degree. Honor societies such as the Augsburg Guild of Honor
and Lambda Iota Tau recognize students who have excelled in several
areas.
All new students are given a battery of tests during Freshman Days.
College aptitude scores, English, and reading ability scores are used
by counselors to help students plan their initial programs. Personal
adjustment scores and the vocational interest test profile help the
students learn to know more about themselves, in order to make the
best choice of subjects and occupational goals. Sophomores participate in a nation-wide testing program. Seniors also take a nationally
standardized test.
Freshmen and other new students participate in Freshman Days
before the beginning of classes each semester. The students take tests,
inspect the college facilities, and become acquainted with their fellow
students, with the faculty, and especially with their own faculty counselors. The faculty counselors and students have several conferences
during which they plan the student's program of study.
All freshmen enroll in a class in Orientation. In this course, the
students learn about standards and requirements of various areas of
college life. Methods and habits of study and related techniques are
explored. Personal health, social adjustment, personal finances, and
vocational aims are discussed.
RECORDS
Individual student records are kept in the Records Office under the
supervision of the Registrar. These records include admissions data,
academic achievement, student participation and achievement in nonacademic activities, test scores, reports of counseling and other information.
The Student Personnel Office maintains a file of clubs and societies,
including the constitutions, activities, schedules, and membership roster.
THE STUDENT
HEALTHSERVICE
The Student Health Service provides campus dispensary service
with a registered nurse in charge. The college physician has daily office
l~ours on campus for consultation and for emergency treatment.
Physical examinations are given all entering students and seniors.
Corrective treatment is prescribed where needed. Infirmary rooms are
adjacent to the dispensary. The Health Service is housed in a ground
floor section of Memorial Hall, the men's residence hall.
Students, faculty, and staff have chest X-rays taken semi-annually
through the cooperation of the Hennepin County Tuberculosis Association Mobile Unit. The Department of Physical Education conducts a
program of recreation for all students. All freshmen are required to
take a course in personal and community health.
Students not living at home must live in college operated housing
and take their meals in the college dining hall. Under certain conditions, students may make other arrangements after consultation with
the Dean of Women or Dean of Students.
Residence halls are open to students a day before regular schedules
become effective, and close a day after the term closes. Students who
wish to stay in residence during vacations must apply for the privilege.
Rooms are furnished except for bed linen, towels and blankets.
Laundry facilities are available in each residence. Bed linens and towels
may be rented at a reasonable cost. This service includes laundering,
pick up and delivery.
Augsburg's beautiful new Residence for Women, located at Sixth
Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue South, adequately houses one hundred fifty women, and provides a lounge, recreation facilities, and
grill service for all students. Sverdrup Ojtedal Memorid Hall, a men's
residence hall, houses one hundred fifty men, and also contains the
college dining rooms, and the student health service.
The Placement Bureau assists seniors and alumni in securing positions. Continuous contact is maintained with business, governmental,
welfare, and educational institutions and organizations at the local
as well as the state and national levels. Interviews are arranged both
on and off the campus. A registration fee and a small placement
fee are charged.
An employment service, located in the Placement Office, assists students in obtaining part time remunerative work. Many students find
it possible to pay part of their college expenses by this income. Employment can be obtained more satisfactorily after students have been
at the college for a time, and consequently, it is .desirable that a new
student should have sufficient funds to pay his entire expenses for at
least one semester.
Students are employed by the college in many phases of its opera-
tion. For these positions preference is given to upper-class students
who have maintained a good scholastic average and have a good employment record.
Assistance in securing summer employment is also provided for students each spring.
The Christian ideals of Augsburg give no room for such demoralizing practices as gambling, drinking, frequenting of public dances,
indiscriminate attendance at movies, and objectionable car'd playing.
Students enrolled at Augsburg are expected, therefore, not to participate in such practices.
Augsburg reserves the right to dismiss or to discipline any student
who is not amenable to advice and direction. The school likewise
reserves the right to dismiss any student whose general conduct or
influence is unwholesome. Such a student may be removed although
no formal charge is made against him.
Disciplinary problems, other than academic failure, are handled
through the Office of the Dean of Students. In all cases, careful investigation and counseling precedes any action.
OF STUDENT
ACTIVITIES
COORDINATION
The Coordinator of Student Activities assists student officers to
maintain effective functioning of student activities, and keeps on file
the club constitutions, rosters, and schedules of meetings. Faculty
sponsors are approved by the Coordinator.
The program of student activities is a primary responsibiiity of the
Student Council, legislative and executive body of the Augsburg Student Society. Faculty concern and responsibility for all student activities and the co-curricular program is assigned to the Faculty Council.
Liaison between the Student Council and the Faculty Council is the
function of the Student-Faculty Committee, whose special responsibility it is to promote student activity, and to keep the college activities
calendar. The Calendar is kept in the office of the Coordinator of Student Activities.
A weekly bulletin of events is furnished all college personnel by
the offiee of Student Personnel.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The Augsburg Student Society, comprisingGthe whole student body
of Augsburg College and Theological Seminary, is organized to conduct student affairs, develop student initiative and leadership, and
provide opportunity for practical experience in the democratic processes of group activity.
The administration of student government is delegated to the Student
Council, a representative group of twenty-five students elected by the
various classes. The top five positions are nominated and elected
directly by the Student Society.
Each of the college classes has its own officers and participates in
student government through its representative on the Council.
Augsburg is a member of the National Student Associution. The local
NSA Council is elected by the Student Council.
The Student Council directs several service projects of interest to
the college community. These projects include the annual Campus
Chest Campaign, Political Action and Brotherhood weeks, and two
Leadership Training projects.
Counseling of freshmen by upper class students is conducted through
Campus-Brother Campus-Sister groups.
Associated Women Students, composed of all the women students,
provides opportunity for the women to develop a degree of self g ~ v ernment. It aims to create a sense of harmony and fellowship, to promote and maintain high standards of honor and integrity in personal
conduct, and it encourages participation in all college activities. It is
affiliated with the Intercollegiate Associated Women Students, a national organization.
The Student Council office and the Council Room adjoin the Augsburg Echo and Augsburgian offices on the ground floor of Science
Hall. The student post office and Student Center occupy a prominent
place on the same floor, and serve as a focal point for student
activities.
The Augsburg Echo, the college newspaper, is published by a student
staff. The top staff members are named by The Board of Publications,
one of the Student Council agencies. The Faculty adviser teaches
courses in journalism. Staff members enrolled in the classes earn
academic credit.
Augsburg's yearbook, the Augsburgiun, provides a pictorial record
of the activities of the year. Work on the annual provides opportunity
for creative expression in artistic design as well as in photography.
A student editor, named by the Board of Publications, with the
assistance of the Registrar, compiles the annual Student Handbook
and Directory.
CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM
The enthusiasm and energy of students motivate them to pursue
their interests beyond the classroom. For most effecthe participation,
Several of
students with similar interests have united to form cI&.
these are extensions of courses beyond the class room. Others are
devoted to interests not offered in the curriculum. New clubs are
formed as the occasion demands.
STUDENT
CLUBS
The Aristotelian Society unites those who have a common interest
in scientific knowledge and experimentation. Thus they may develop
their interest in the various branches of science and perhaps infuse
some of that spirit of interest thrmghout the college.
The Art Club is organized to satisfy the student's creative urge in
the field of art, to educate members, as well as others, in the field of
art and all that it contains, and to promote an interest in art among
the student body.
The Business Club draws membership from the Business and Secretarial Studies classes. The development of professional interests is
the major objective.
The Canera Cbb is composed of camera fans who meet regularly
to exchange ideas about their hobby and to develop skill in photography.
The Cosmopolitan Club brings together foreign and American students who have a mutual interest in the cult'ure, language and people
of the various countries.
The Drama Society provides for its members an opportunity to
learn from participation in stage presentations and from field trips,
as well as from reading and seeing plays produced. Membership is
open to all students.
The F ~ u r eTeachers of America offers to its members associate
membership in professional education associations and strives to
acquaint future teachers with the importance of teaching as a profession. Interest in education or in the teaching profession is the only
requirement for membership.
The Home Economics Club, open to all students in the Home Economics Department, aims to promote professional attitudes toward all
aspects of home and community life.
The Public Aflairs Federation aims to stimulate interest in public
affairs and give students opportunity to participate actively in local,
state, and national politics, and in other human relations activities.
The Writers Club includes students who enjoy creative expression
in various forms of writing. The members share their literary efforts
in an informal atmosphere, and benefit from mutual criticism.
The Choir has about sixty members selected from all classes. In
addition to local concerts, the choir goes on tour each year to various
parts of the United States and occasionally to Canada.
BAND
THE AUGSBURG
COLLEGECONCERT
The band meets for rehearsal at a regularly scheduled period four
times per week. The concert band makes an annual tour and presents
public concerts in Minneapolis. A pep band entertains at athletic
contests.
THE AUGSBURG
CHORAL
CLUB
The choral club is composed of approximately fifty members. It
participates in school programs and concerts and makes short tours
annually.
THE MALECHORUS
This organization is for men who like to sing in a men's group.
Rehearsals are held twice a week. The Chorus sings at various churches
in the Twin City area and makes short tours in the vicinity.
FORENSICS
Augsburg College participates in intercollegiate debating, both in
Minnesota and in the neighboring states. Students may also participate
in local and intercollegiate oratorical contests.
THE "A7' CLUB
Membership in the "A" Club is limited to men who have won a
major A at Augsburg. The aim of this organization is "to bind the 'A'
men of the past, present, and future into a more intimate bond of
fellowship, and to keep the athletics of Augsburg on the highest
possible plane."
WOMEN'SATHLETICASSOCIATION
Membership in the Women's Athletic Association is gained by participation in individual and group recreational activities with awards
given on a point basis. The Augsburg W.A.A. is a member of the
Minnesota Athletic Association of College Women.
AND RECREATION
PHYSICALEDUCATION
Under the direction of the Department of Physical Education, a
wide range of recreational activities is arranged for general student
participation. Every student is urged to participate in some activity
for his own recreation and relaxation.
An intramural program provides competition in a variety of team
sports as well as individual performance activities. Climaxing the intramural program is the Extramural Meet, a tournament for the winners
of intramural schedules in various colleges.
Augsburg is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference. The college is represented annually by teams in football,
basketball, hockey, baseball, track, tennis, and golf.
PURPOSE AND PHILOSOPHY OF INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS
It is the purpose of Augsburg College to provide an intercollegiate
athletic program which is in harmony with its Christian philosophy.
This philosophy is to be reflected in the conduct and outlook of both
the players and the spectators. The educational program of the collegerecognizes that recreation and play are a fundamental part of human
life, and that this phase of life needs to be cultivated if physical,
mental, and emotional health are to be maintained. Intercollegiate
athletics, as a phase of that program, gives recognition to the fact that
competitive play can cnntribute to the development of student interests,
skills, insights, and loyalties.
More specifically, the following outcomes are sought: (1j The student participating in athletics should acquire and exhibit, both in and
out of athletics, such basic qualities of character as self-discipline,
honesty, sense of fair play, and cooperation. (2) The participant
should develop the knowledge, interests, and skills which will be of
special use to him in such vocations as teaching and coaching or re-,
creational leadership, or in his own recreational activities: Far from
being set apart from his educational goal or in any way competing
with it, the student's participation in intercollegiate athletics must
either contribute directly to this goal or be complementary to his
other educational activities. (3) The student spectator should acquire
and exhibit some of the finer qualities of Christian character, such
as self-restraint, sense of fair play, appreciation of high grade ,performance on the part of both opponents and fellow-students, and respect for individual personality. (4) The intercollegiate athletic program should contribute to the development of a unified and healthy
"school spirit." Enthusiasm for intercollegiate
athletics or other cocurricular activities should not overshadow pride in high scholastic
achievement, nor can it take the place of a well-rounded and effective
intramural and general recreational program.
HONORS AND AWARDS
The 1925 Class Cup in Atfitics is awarded to the athlete who has
made outstanding records both in athletics and in scholarship.
The Harold A. Johnson Trophy, presented by Gerald L. Johnson
in 1943, is awarded annually to the student who is judged to be the
most valuable player on the basketball team.
The Class of 1918 Oratorical Cup was presented to the college as a
prize t o arouse interest in oratory. The name of the winner of the
annual contest ishengraved upon the cup, which is to remain in the
possession of the college and is placed on exhibition in the Science
Hall.
The 1927 Class Cup for Scholarship is awarded to the senior student
of highest scholastic standing who has attended Augsburg for at least
two years.
Omicron Chapter of Lambda Iota Tau, a national honor society, is
open to English majors who have attained a high scholastic average
and have presented a paper on a literary topic before a public audience.
The Augsburg Guild of Honor is an organization to recognize and
honor those members of the senior graduating class who have shown
themselves to be well rounded individuals, excelling to an outstanding degree in scholarship, leadership, and participation in extra-curricular activities.
The Dean's List includes students who have achieved an honor point
Augsburg
ratio of 2.5 or better in the previous semester of work a t m
College.
AUGSBURG COLLEGE
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Application for admission should be made on the regular admission
form, which can be secured from the Office of Admissions. This
form is generally available also in Minnesota high schools. The application, together with the high school record, previous college record,
if any, two letters of recommendation, a small photograph, and an
admissions deposit of $10.00 should be sent to the Office of Admissions. The deposit, which will be applied on first semester tuition,
is refunded if the application is not accepted or if it is withdrawn
by the applicant before August 1. A student seeking admission in the
fall semester should apply not later than September 10 and for the
spring semester by January 30.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
Augsburg College admits as students, men and women of good
moral character and sound health who appear to have the ability to
succeed in college. Estimate of ability is determined by rank in the
high school graduating class and college aptitude tests, and by the
high school record or previous college record.
The normal basis for admission is the completion of the courses of
grades nine to twelve in an accredited high school. No definite pattern
of subjects is required, but it is recommended that the last four years
of high school include four units of English, or three units of English
and two of a foreign language, two units of social studies, and one
unit of mathematics. A unit is defined as a course covering one academic year and equivalent to at least 120 hours of classwork. Graduates of unaccredited high schools are considered for admission on the
basis of their rank in high school and their achievement in a college
aptitude examination and an English achievement test.
Applicants who are not high school graduates but who give evidence
of s d c i e n t maturity are considered for admission upon recommendation and on the basis of achievement in a college aptitude test, English achievement test, and General Educational Development Tests on
literary materials, social science materials, and natural science materials.
For most graduates of Minnesota high schools the results of the
college aptitude and English achievement tests are available in advance if they have been taken in the state-wide testing program. The
General Educational Development tests are available to service men
through the Armed Forces Institute. All tests may, however, be taken
at Augsburg by arrangement with the Registrar.
The College reserves the right to reject the applications of studepts
whose previous records or aptitudes, as measured by tests, indicate
they may have difliculty in doing college work.
DEFICIENCIES
Applicants who have been accepted for admission with a deficiency
in English will be required to register for a special course in English.
Such deficiency and the requirements with regard to additional training will be determined at the beginning of the Freshman year by
means of tests. The requiremenb include the attainment of definite
standards as to spelling, grammar, pronunciation, and general correctness in the use of the English language.
TRANSFER AND ADVANCED STANDING
Students are accepted by transfer from other institutions if they
did satisfactory work and were otherwise in good standing there. If
their previous work was unsatisfactory, they are admitted to Augsburg
only under special circumstances.
Advanced standing, that is, credit for courses completed, is granted
to students who present satisfactory transcripts from accredited institutions. In certain cases advanced standing is granted on the basis of
comprehensive examinations.
ADMISSION OF VETERANS
Veterans, qualified for educational benefits under any of the government programs, may study at Augsburg and receive these benefits.
The veteran must secure a certificate of eligibility from the regional
office of the Veterans Administration. Application for benefits must
be made in advance of registration, except that veterans who are
eligible for assistance under Public Law 550 may make application
for entitlement when they enroll at the college.
In order to receive credit for experience in the military services,
the veteran must present a photostatic or certified copy of his Separation Record at the Registrar's Office. Evaluation is made according to
the recommendation of the American Council on Education. Some
college credit is given for the completion of the work in certain service
schools and for some courses taken through the Armed Forces Institute.
REGISTRATION
Students who have been accepted for admission should register on
the days designated in the Calendar for this purpose. Students who
register later than three days after classes begin are charged a late
registration fee of $3.00. No student may register for or enter a
course later than two weeks after the beginning of classes.
In registering, care should be taken to include the Lower Division
requirements during the first two years. However, if such registration
is delayed beyond the second year, a student will neither be required
nor permitted to register beyond the allowed number of credit hours
per semester in order to make it up.
- No credit will be given a student for any subject for which he has
not registered. The college reserves the right to cancel any course for
which there is not sufficient registration.
Registration means that the student accepts all the rules and regulations established by the school.
The normal registration is 16 credit hours. A credit hour is defined
as one recitation period a week throughout
a semester.
The privilege of registering for more than 17% credit hours may
be granted only to students who have gained an average record of B,
or two honor points per credit, in their previous college studies. Exceptions to this rule may be made under certain conditions determined
by the Admissions and Scholarship Committee. No student is permitted to carry work for more than 20 credits per semester.
Students working part-time are urged to arrange the amount of
their registration accordingly.
CHANGE OF REGISTRATlON AND CANCELLATION
In case a student desires to make any changes in his registration,
he must obtain a form from the Registrar's o6ce on which he may
make application, stating clearly his reasons for desiring the change.
Approval of the teachers concerned and the student's adviser and the
Registrar must be obtained before a change will be permitted. A
course which is abandoned without being cancelled through the Registrar's Office will result in a grade of F.
Changes of registration which involve the adding of courses cannot
be made later than two weeks after the beginning of classes. Changes
which involve canceling a course cannot be made after the middle of
the semester.
A fee of $1.00 is charged for each change of registration after the
beginning of the second week of classes.
A student who finds it necessary to leave school before the end of
a semester must cancel his registration at the Registrar's office in
order to remain in good standing.
UNIVERSITY COURSES
By arrangement with the University of Minnesota, students may
register for courses at the University. But such registration will not
be allowed unless the student has a grading of C average, or 1 honor
point per credit, in his courses at Augsburg. Also, the combined number of credits in any semester must not exceed 17. The credits thus
gained at the University may be transferred to Augsburg College and
counted towards graduation.
CLASSIFICATION
In order to be classified in one of the college classes, a student
must be carrying a minimum of twelve hours of work in which college
credit is given. Classification is based on the attainment of the following number of credit hours together with an equal number of
honor points: Sophomore, 24; Junior, 58; Senior, 92. Students are
classified by this regulation at the time of their registration each
school year.
PROBATION AND ELIMINATION
The Admissions and Scholarship Committee meets at the end of each
semester to consider the status of students who are doing unsatisfactory work. Freshmen who obtain honor point ratios of .5 or below,
Sophomores .6 or below, and Senior College students .8 or below, as
well as students with 6 or more credits of F, at the end of a semester
are placed on probation during the semester that follows. They remain
on probation until an honor point ratio of 1 is attained for a semester.
A student is not allowed to remain in college on probation for more
than two semesters consecutively, except by special permission. He is
dropped for low scholarship if he fails to maintain a satisfactory
scholastic record.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance in class is required. Students who find it necessary to be absent because of illness b r for other reasons should confer
with their teachers.
Students are expected to arrange the hours of part-time employment so that work does not conflict with classes. Any exception to this
rule must be agreed to by the teacher of the class affected and must
be approved by the Dean of the College.
A record of attendance is kept by each teacher, and periodic reports
are submitted to the Registrar. At the end of the semseter, a record
is made of the total absences of each student for the semester.
Absences for tours, field trips and other instructor-arranged activities are cleared with the Dean of the College. Lists of participants,
with information as to exact p i o d s absent, are issued by the Dean
to all instructors involved.
Teachers deal with tardiness as they see fit. Students arriving' in
class late must assume responsibility for reporting their presence to
the teacher.
EXAMINATIONS
Tests are given periodically throughout the semester. In the course
of each semester, reports of the grades attained are made to the
Registrar who forwards them to the counselors and students. Final
reports are sent at the close of each semester to the parents and
students.
Written examinations are regularly scheduled at the close of each
semester. No student or class may arrange to take a final examination
in any course before the examination week.
Absence from a final examination without a sufficient reason will
result in a grade of failure in the course concerned.
A student who has to be absent from a final examination because
of a conflict with outside work from which he cannot obtain an excuse
may arrange to take such an examination during some period after
the time on which the subject is scheduled.
If a student has obtained permission from the Dean of the College
to take a final examination at another hour than that scheduled, he is
a fee of two dollars for such an examination. Before the stues the examination, he must obtain a statement from the Registrar's office and bring it to the teacher concerned. The teacher will
give no examination before he has this statement.
CONDITIONS AND INCOMPLETES
A condition or an incomplete received at the end of the semester
must be removed within the first five weeks of classes of the following
semester of attendance or within a year if the student has not re-enrolled. Extension of this time may be made by the Registrar's O5ce
in cases of illness. If incompletes and conditions are not removed
within the time allowed, the condition automatically becomes a failure
and the incomplete may be changed to a passing grade only when
the average of the previous work is sufficiently high. The final grade
after the condition examination is taken may not be higher than D.
A fee of $2.00 is charged for an examination making up an incomplete or a condition reecived at the end of a semester.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS
Compre)lensive examinations may be permitted in courses in which
the Admissions and Scholarship Committee feels the student has adequate preparation or background. Students who wish to take a comprehensive examination must apply in writing to this committee.
When permission is granted, the necessary approval forms may be
secured at the office of the Registrar. A fee of $5.00 is charged for
each examination and must be paid in advance. Examination questions and the answers will be filed in the Registrar's office.
GRADE VALUES
3 honor points per credit
A-Superior,
%Very
good, 2 honor points per credit
C-Satisfactory,
D-Passable,
F-Failure,
&Condition
1 honor point per credit
no honor points per credit
minus 1 honor point per credit
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to qualify for the Bachelor of Arts degree, certain requirements must be met with regard to credits, courses, and grades. A
student who plans to graduate from Augsburg is urged to study the
requirements as outlined in this section of the catalog and in the
department in which he plans to major. It is the responsibility of the
student to see that he includes the required subjects at the right time
in his program of studies. The faculty advisers, the Dean, and the
Registrar will gladly assist him in planning his program.
Lower Division Requirements
For a general college education and as a basis for study in professional
fields students are required to complete the following credits in lower
division courses :
Religion
Each semester, 2 credits
English
6 credits
Course 1-2. Students exempted from
Freshman English must earn 6 credits
above Freshman English.
Speech
3 credits
Course 11.
Fine Arts
2 credits
MU. 7, 8, Phil. 15, 60 or any literature
H. Ec. 3, a,
course satisfies this requirement.
Foreign Language
8 credits
Students who have studied a foreign language for three years in high school and
students with majors in Home Economics
are exempted from this requirement.
Social Sciences
6 credits
Hist. 1-2, 21, 22, or Soc. 1, and 3 other
credits in Sociology, or Phil. 15, 16.
Natural Sciences
8 credits
Health and Physical Education
3 credits
Courses 2, 3 and 4. Students with majors
in Home Economics will substitute H. Ec.
68 for P. E. 2.
Psychology
4 credits
Required in certain fields.
Orientation
1 credit
Required of all Freshmen.
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
Major and Minors
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'A student is required to complete a major and one or more minors
for graduation. The major subject is determined by the student's
aims as well as by his particular interests and aptitudes as shown in
f work he does in the Lower Division.
-It is well for the student to know in his Freshman year what major
line of study he will pursue. Students who are still undecided as to
their major choice when they appear for registration in the junior
year, should, before they register, consult with a faculty counselor
and with heads of the various departments to determine their field
of major work. In planning the major, a student is required to consult with the Head of the Department offering the major. Majors are
offered in the following areas: Religion, Philosophy, Greek, English,
Speech, Music, History, Sociology, Social Science, Business Administration, Business Education, Secretarial Studies, Home Economics,
istry, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Physical Edu-
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For major and minor requirements as to houys cf credit see departmental statements.
Electives are planned with the purpose of properly distributing a
student's choices among the fundamental fields of knowledge and culture, as well as among the correlatives of the major. Juniors and
Seniors should, as a rule, choose their electives from courses designated as Upper Division Courses, that is courses numbered 50 or
above. At least thirty credits in Upper Division Courses must be completed for graduation.
Total Credits and Honor Points
The amount of work required for graduation comprises a minimum
of 128 credits with an average grade of C, or one honor point for each
credit taken. A credit equals one recitation period a week throughout
one semester.
Honor points are computed at the rate of one honor point for each
credit with a grade of C, two honor points for each credit with a
grade B, and three honor points for each credit with a grade of A.
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In order to qualify for the A.B. degree a student must demonstrate
proficiency in the writing and speaking of English.
M- Magna Cum Laude
2.5-2.79+
Cum Laude
2.1-2.49+
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be eligible for these honors, the student must hwr compked
at least two years of work at Augsburg, and his record at Augsburg,
as well as his total record must meet the requirements as given above.
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
CURRICULUMS
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
which prepares students for the Christian ministry as pastors or mis
choice of courses even in the Freshman year.
Physical Education . . . . . .
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Freshman English
New Testament Greek
Foreign Language . . . .
Humanities or Philosophy
.
History or English
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6
or English Literature, 6 Cr.
New Testament Greek
6
or English Literature, 6 Cr.
Typewriting
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6
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Youth Work in the Church
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Principles of Christian Education
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History or English
Philosophy or Logic
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Economics or Education or Political
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CURMCULUMS
PARISH
AND MISSIONARY WORKERS
The purpose of this course is to train men and women for effective
service in the Church at home or abroad; that is, as teachers in vacation, week-day and Sunday schools, as youth leaders, and as parish
workers. The course is so arranged that the student will, upon its satisfactory conclusion, receive the A.B. degree and also a certificate
indicating that he is a q u a u e d parish worker.
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Students interested in becoming parish workers should consult with
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Mr. Stensvaag, parish work adviser.
The suggested schedule provides for a minor in Religion and makes
it possible to plan for a major in Home Economics, History, English
or Sociology. It is also possible to plan for a major in Religion with a
minor in some other field. The courses essential for the securing of the
Parish Worker's Certificate are italicized in the outline below.
Freshman
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Freshman English . . . .
Natural Science . . . .
Typewriting . . . . .
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Sophomore
Basic Bible . . . . . . . .
Principles of Sociology
Social Problems . . . . .
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Orientation . . . . .
Physical Activities .
Electives . . . . . .
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Religion
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Beginning Speech . . .
Types of Public Speech
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3
General Psychology .
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Health
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First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Foreign Language . .
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Senior
T h e Missionary Enterprise . . . . . z
Principles of Christian Education. . 2
T h e Christian Churches . . . . . . z
T h e Lutheran Church . . . . . . . . z
Social Psychology or Urban Sociol. . . . . . . . . . 3
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Recreatiimal Activities
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Youth Work in the C h w c h . . .
Edrrcational Psychology . . . . . . . . .
H y m n s and Music o f the Church.
Fundamentals o f Journalism . . . .
Crafts . . . . . . . . . . 1'. . . . . . . . .
Fields of Social Work . . . . . . . .
Secretarial Practice
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Fine Arts
Electives
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HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING
Each state sets certain requirements for obtaining a teacher's certificate. The course outlined below satisfies the requirements for a e r tificate for teaching in Minnesota at the junior and senior high school
level. The same program will meet the demands set by most of the
neighboring states. The student should apply to the Department of
Education for admission to the Education curriculum during his Sophomore year. Admission will be determined by a committee on the basis
of scholarship and other qualifications. Students should prepare for
competency in at least two subject-matter fields that are also taught in
the high schools. In addition to departmental majors, broad majors for
teaching may be secured in natural science, social science, and business
education.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
European Civilization . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Foreign Language or Natural
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . - . . . . . . 2
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - . . . . - .4
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Sophomore
Religion . . ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Foreign Language or Natural
............. 8
Science . . . . .
Psychology . . .
Fine Arts . . . . .
Electives . . . . .
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Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4
Educational Psychology . . . . . . . 3
Teaching in High School . . . . . . . . 3
Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Group Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2
Electives in Major or Minor . . . .14
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Senior
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Religion
Principles of Guidance . . . . . . . . . . 3
Issues in Contemporary Education. 3
Student Teaching . . . . . . . . . . .4or 5
Special Teaching Methods . . . . . . . . 4
.
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14
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VOCATIONS IN HOME ECONOMICS
From the vocational point of view, the work in the Department of
Home Economics is intended to prepare students for homemaking,
to equip them for the teaching of home economics in high school,
and to give them the first two years of the training required for such
vocations as dietetics, institution management, home economics in business, home economics and journalism, and home economics extension.
Each student who plans for a vocation in this field should consult
members of the home economics staff about the details of the program
when she begins her college work. A curriculum for a home economics
education major is given below. Courses in italics are not required for
a general home economics major.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Principles of Physics . . . . . . . - . . . .4
Principles of Chemistry . . . . . . . - . 4
Art in Daily Living . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Clothing Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Clothing Construction . . . . . . . . . . 2
Sophomore
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Economics ....................
3
Marriage and Family ............ 3
Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Child Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
32
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Educational Psychology . . . . . . . 3
Group Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s
Teaching in High School . . . . . . . . 3
Bacteriology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Color and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Home Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Family Health . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . 2
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
-
Senior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Special Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Student Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principles of Guidance . . . . . . . . . .
Contemporary Issues in Education.
Home Management Problems . . . .
Home Management Laboratory . . .
Advanced Clothing Construction. .
...................
Electives
32
Electives must be in the minor field which the student selects.
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
z
8
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BUSINESS
The program in business administration is intended for students
who are planning for work in the fields of business and industry. In
addition to giving preparation for a business vocation the following
suggested course of study leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . .
European Civilization or Sociology.
Principles of Accounting . . . . . . . .
Foreign Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
Sophomore
4
6
6
6
8
I
.
.
2
I
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . ,
United States History .
Business Law . . . . . . . .
Advanced Accounting
Business Finance . . . . .
Money and Banking .
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . .
Religion
Speech
Natural Science . . . . . . . , . - . . . .
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principles of Economics . . . . . . . .
Introduction to Statistics . . . . . . . Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
.
.
4
3
..
.
...
8
4
6
3
4
Senior
Religion , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Marketing or Industrial
Management . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Labor and Management Relations. . 3
Public Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3
F i e Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -16
.
.
LAW
The following suggested two-year, pre-law program is planned especially to meet the needs of students who purpose to transfer to the Law
School at the University of Minnesota. It is possible to modify the
program for admission to other law schools.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Principles of Accounting . . . . . , . 6
Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 6
European Civilization . . . . . . . . 6
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
General Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Physical Activities . . . . . . . . . . . I
...
..
.
. .
. .
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Sophomore
Religion
Christian Ethics . . - . . . . . - . . . . - .
Principles of Economics . . . . . . . .
American Government . . . . . . . . . .
Logic
Introduction to Philosophy . . . . .
History of England . . - . . . . . . . . .
Natural Science , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
2
6
6
3
3
3
8
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SOCIAL
WORK
A rapid expansion of the field of social work during the past twenty
years has created an acute lieed for trained social workers. Positions
are available in public agencies on federal, state, county, and municipal
levels; in private agencies sponsored by churches or other community
organizations; in group work, case work, or community organization.
In response to this need, Augsburg College has developed a cumculum designed to do two things: (a) equip graduates for immediate
employment in social work positions that do not ,require post-graduate
training and (b) prepare students for further study in graduate schools
of social work.
Augsburg College is an active member of the Minnesota Conference
on Social Work Education. During recent years graduates of Augsburg
have secured positions in both public and private welfare, in probation work, child welfare, group work, and case work.
The following courses are recommended for students interested in
Social Work. The courses which are italicized should be taken by all
such students.
Sophomore
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . .
Freshman English . . . .
European Civilization
Principles of Sociology
S o d Problems . . . . .
Foreign Language . . . .
Orientation . . . . . . . .
Physical Education . ,
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Religion ...................... 4
American Government . . . . . . . . . . 6
Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Elementary Statistics ........... 3
Rural Sociology ................ 3
Urban Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Principles of Economics . . . . . . . . . 3
Fields of Social Work . . . . . . . . . . 3
History of Philosophy . . . . . . . . 6
Sociul Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Abnormal Psychology . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
.
Senior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction to Metbods of Social
Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,
3
Public Welfare . . . . . . . . ........ 3
Crtntinology . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 3
Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 3
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Student may complete a course leading to the Bachelor of Arts
degree with a major in Medical Technology by completing three years
of work at Augsburg College and twelve months at General Hospital,
Minneapolis. This course prepares them for examination for certification in Medical Technology. It is recommended that students in this
curriculum choose a minor in an unrelated field. The following program is suggested.
6
Sophomore
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General Psychology
Speech . . . . . . . .
Foreign Language
Fine Arts . . .
. .
Electives
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . .
Freshman English .
General Zoology . .
Social Science . . .
Orientation . . : . . .
Health . . . . . . . . . .
Physical Education
Electives . . . . . . - . .
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Analytical Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Quantitative Analysis . . . . . . . . . , 5
Bacteriology . . . . . - . . . - . . .4
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I S
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Senior
Lectures, laboratory and ~ractical
work at General Hospital for
twelve months.
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DIACONATE
A program whereby a Deaconess candidate can prepare for service
in the areas of parish work, social service, high school teaching, missionary work, nursing, or secretarial work may be arranged in consultation with the Directing Sister of the Lutheran Deaconess Home,
the Dean of Women, and the Registrar.
NURSING
Most hospitals prefer that applicants to their school of nursing have
at least one year of college. In rnany instances two or more years of
college work are desirable. The following pre-nursing curricu~umis suggested for those planning to enter a four-year school of nursing. Those
who plan on a three-year nursing program should try to select courses
ih college which will not duplicate the courses they will study in the
school of nursing which they plan to attend.
Sophomore
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . .
Freshman English
General Zoology . . .
Health
. . . . . . . .
Sociology . . . . . . . .
Elements of Nutiition
Orientation . . . . . . . .
Physical Education . . . .
Electives
..........
Religion .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .4
History or Political Science . . , . . . 6
Psychology . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Child Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis
............... 8
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
-
The following courses of the School of Nursing of the Lutheran
Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, are offered at Augsburg
College. This is a part of the three-year course offered by the hospital.
Application for admission to the School of Nursing should be made to
the Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First Year
Religion . . . . . . . . - - . . . . . . . . 2
Anatomy and Physiology
.....4
Bacteriology . . .
,,.
.,. . 3
Chemistry
..............3
Psychology
, ,
......... 2
Second Year
Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
ENGINEERING
A student may take two full years of pre-engineering at Augsburg
before transferring. The course outlined below applies <tothe fields of
aeronautical, electrical agricultural, civil, and mechanical engineering
and engineering mathematics at the University of Minnesota. The
chemistry and chemical engineering programs will be slightly different. Students planning to enter this program should complete higher
algebra and solid geometry in high school.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
FreshEnglish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction to Mathematical
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engineering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
-
Sophomore
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Elementary Calculus aqd Diflerential Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Modern Physics . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 4
Electricity and Magnetism . . . . . . 4
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Psychology or Principles of
Sociology and Social
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 or 6
-
34 or 36
Statics may be taken at the University of Minnesota in the first
quarter of the junior year, except for the courses in civil and mechanical engineering, in which case it may be taken in evening school or
summer session.
DENTISTRY
Preparation for the study of dentistry can generally be completed
in two years. The following schedule will meet the requirements for
admission to most dental schools. Students planning to enter this curriculum should study algebra and plane geometry in high school.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction to Mathematical
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Orientation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . I
-
Sophomore
Religion
...........-.... 4
European Civilization . . . . . . . . . . 6
Zoology . . . . . . . . . - . - . . . 8.
Organic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . - 8
General Physics . . - - . . - - . . . .8 .
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CURRICULUMS
MEDICINE
Most medical schools require a minimum of three years of college
education. but premedical students often find it advantageous to complete their college work before entering the medical school. The following program will meet the requirements of most medical schools.
but it is advisable for the student to study the requirements of the
medical school to which he plans to apply
.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction to Mathematical
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
-.
Junior
Religion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Organic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Sophomore
Religion . . . . . . . . . . .
History or Philosophy
Zoology . . . . . . . . . . .
General Psychology . .
Analytical Chemistry
Quantitative Analysis
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . .
Senior
Religion . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sociology .....................
German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physical Chemistry ............
Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
6
5
4
10
SECRETARIAL
WORK
The first year of the following program provides preparation for
certain office positions. Completion of the second year provides more
advanced training. A student who has had similar courses in high
school may be admitted to advanced classes on the basis of his proficiency in the subject. An outline of the requirements for teaching business subjects in high school appears under Secretarial Studies.
Fit Year
.4
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Elementary Shorthand . . . . . . . . . 6
Elementary Typewriting . . . . . . . I
Intermediate Typewriting . . . . . . . t
Principles of Accounting ........ 6
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
32
Second Year
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Speech . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . - . Advanced Typewriting . . . . .
Advanced Shorthand . . . . .
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secretarial Practice . . . . . . .
Of6ce Machines . . . . . . . . . .
Consumer Education . . . . . .
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
COURSES OF STUDY
COURSES OFFERED
Descriptions of the courses offered in 1956-58 are given on the
following pages. Unforeseen circumstances may necesskate making
changes. Courses with inadequate registration may be cancelled. Students should consult the schedule of classes to determine definitely the
current course offerings.
NUMBERING OF COURSES
Odd numbers are used for first semester courses and even numbers
for second semester courses. The Roman numerals I, I1 after the
descriptive title also indicate the semester in which the course is to
be offered.
Numbers 1 through 49 indicate lower division courses which are
primarily for freshmen and sophomores. Numbers 50 through 99 are
upper division courses intended for juniors and seniors.
Two course numbers joined by a hyphen (1-2) indicate that the
course is a continuation course and both semesters of it must be
completed before credit is given. Course numbers separated by a
comma (1,2) indicate that it is a year course, but students may receive
credit for one semester without completing the other.
CREDITS
Credits shown are in terms of semester credits. For continuation
courses, the total credits for the year are given. A two-credit course
geenrally meets twice a week and a three-credit course three times a
week. In the case of laboratory courses, the hours of meeting per week
are more than the credits given. A semester is approximately 18 weeks
in length. The normal load for a student is 16 credit hours per semester.
AUG~BURG
COLLEGE
DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATION
The college courses are organized into four divisions in order to
make interdepartmental coordination more convenient and cooperative
aims more easily achieved. A chairman is appointed for each division.
Major and minor requirements are indicated in the departmental
statements.
DIVISIONOF RELIGIONAND PHILOSOPHY
Religion
Philosophy
DIVISIONOF THE HUMANITIES
Greek, Latin, Hebrew
English, Journalism, Speech
German, Scandinavian, French, Spanish
Music, Art
DIVISIONOF THE SOCIALSCIENCES
History, Political Science, Geography
Sociology
Psychology, Education
Library Science
Business Administration and Economics
Secretarial Studies
Home Economics
DIVISIONOF THE NATURAL
SCIENCES
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Mathematics
Health and Physical Education.
DIVISION OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Through the study of religion and philosophy, the individual is apprised of
the central realities of life and encouraged to build on the certainties of the
Christian faith. The work proceeds on the assumption that Christianity alone
can furnish a unifying principle which gives meaning to human existence. The
student is challenged to accept this point of view--to relate himself to Christ
as the center, to evaluate all his studies and experiences in the light of revealed
truth, and to make consistent use of all his talents and training. The goal to
be desired is the development of an informed and integrated Christian personality dedicated to the realization of God's kingdom on earth.
Department of Religion
The courses in Religion are designed to give the student a working knowledge of the Bible, to acquaint him with the history, doctrines, and ethics of the
Church, and to prepare him for effective service in the congregation. The fundamental aim in instruction is to lead as many as possible to personal faith in
Christ, and to nurture the Christian life.
All full time students are required to register for two class hours ,per week
in one of the courses offered in religion during each semester of their studies.
Registration in New Testament Greek satisfiies this requirement.
Major, 28 credits. Minor, r t credits. Credits in New Te
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Minneapolis 4, Minnesota
Founded 1869
CATALOG RECORD FOR
1956
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
1958
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Minneapolis 4, Minnesota
Founded 1869
CATALOG RECORD FOR
1956
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1957
and
1957
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1958
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
1958
- 1959
and
1959
VOL. XX, NO. 1
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1960
CATALOG NUMBER
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1958
THE AUGSBURG BULLETIN
Published bimonthly and one additional
issue in April
by Augsburg College and
Theological Seminary at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Enfered as second-class matter March
21. 1947, at the post osce at Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the act of August 24, 1912.
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Academic Calendar
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General Information
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Financial Information
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Student Community Life The College -
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Academic Administration
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Curriculums
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Courses of Study
53
Division of Religion and Philosophy
55
Division of the Humanities ....-.
59
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Division of the Social Sciences
Division of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
General Requirements
96
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Courses of Study
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Board of Trustees
Administration
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The Theological Seminary
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Committees of the Faculty
The Faculty
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Graduates
Student Enrollment
Index
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CALENDAR
1958 - 59 and 1959 - 60
FIRST SEh4ESTER
Sept. 11-16
Freshman Days
Sept. 10-15
Sept. 11, 16
Registration
Sept. 14, 15
Sept. 17
College classes begin
Sept. 16
Sept. 17
Seminary convenes
Sept. 16
s p t . 17
Late registration fee
Sept. 16
Oct. 24-26
Homecoming
Oct. 23-21
Nov.
End of first half of semester
Nov.
Nov. 27, 28
Thanksgiving recess
Nov. 26, 27
Dec. 19, 4:zo p.m.
Christmas ,recess begins
Dec. 18, 4:zo p.m.
Jan. j, 8:00 a.m.
Classes resume
Jan. 4. 8:00 a.m.
Jan. 19-23
College examinations
Jan. 20-26
Jan. 20-23
Seminamry examinations
Jan. 21-26
Jan. 23
First Semester ends
Jan. 26
Jan. 16-29
Registration for Second
Semester
Jan. 18-Feb.
12
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SECOND SEMESTER
Feb. 2, 8:00 a.m.
Classes begin
Feb. 3. 8:00 a.m.
Feb.
2
Late registration fee
Feb. 3
Feb.
12
Lincoln's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
April 3
End of first half af semester
Feb.
22
April
I
Maroh 2j, 4:20 p.m. Easter recess begins
April 13, 4:zo p.m.
March 3 I , 8:oo a.m. Easter recess ends
April 19, 8:00 a.m.
May
Seminary Commencement
May 27
May 25-29
Collage Examinations
May 27-June 3
May 30
Memorid Day
May 30
May 31
Bac,cala.ureate Service
June 5
June
College Commencement
June 6
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GENERAL INFORMATION
PURPOSE
Augsburg College is a four-year liberal arts college sponsored by
the Lutheran Free Church for the purpose of giving young people
an opportunity to obtain a broad education in a Christian en\''Ironment. In addition to securing a general education at the college level,
students may prepare themselves for such vocations as high school teaching, business administration, social work, medical technolog!-, secretarial work, parish work, and missions. They may prepare for further
study in the fields of dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, and
theology, as well as for graduate study in various fields.
Augsburg Theological Seminary, with its facilities on the same campus, offers a three-year course of study leading to a Bachelor of
Theology degree. Its chief purpose is to prepare pastors and missionaries for the Lutheran Free Church.
LOCATION
Augsburg College and Theological Seminary is located in the Riverside Park area of hlinneapolis. rrithirl t r a l k i ~ pJ i s t a n c ~uf the main
I~usir~ess
section 01 tl~rcil!. Science Hall. containing the administration cifficeh. is located at lhe corner nf 5 e ~ e n t hStreet and Twenty-first
A\eriue South. .Iugshurg studenb have tlic a d r a ~ ~ t a gofe getting their
~ o l l t : ~ ceducalion
:
i n a metropolitan renter pulsating with industrial.
social. and cultural activitira. They hare acre33 to libraries. museums.
a11tl art ccrllcctiarls. The! m a v hear the best in music and lectures.
Minneapolis is recognized throughout the nation as a vital center of
relieil~ui life and nctitily. Out5ta11dii1gleaders in many Gelds both
from ,,her part9 of hrncrica and from fureipri ct~untriesare frequent
vi~iit~rb.
College students iu t l ~ r . Twill Cities have abundant opportunity tn contact conternporar?- :llnerican life a t one of its foc:aI points.
ACCREDITATION
Augsburg College is accredited by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the regional accrediting agency
for colleges and universities. It is approved by the Minnesota Department of Education for the training of secondary school teachers. The
teacher education program in home economics has been approved for
the preparation of teachers of federally aided high school departments
in this field.
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
AND
THEOLOGICAL
SE~ARY
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Augsburg was begun as a seminary in 1869, at Marshall, Wisconsin.
It was the first theological seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans
in America. Through an arrangement with a private institution known
as Marshall Academy, the Seminary was at first housed in the academy
building. Students who needed further preparation in academic subjects were to obtain this in the academy. This arrangement failed to
work out satisfactorily; so the seminary moved to a private dwelling,
where classes continued until 1872. In the autumn of that year Augsburg Seminary was removed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a
building had been erected for its use. In the same year the school was
incorporated under the laws of Minnesota. The aim of the institution
was to train ministers for the Lutheran congregations which were being
organized in growing numbers in the pioneer settlements that were
spreading rapidly over the Northwest.
The college was established when it became evident that in order
to get students who were adequately prepared for theological study
a college department was needed. In 1874 a college curriculum was
planned which provided for one year of preparatory studies and four
years of college work along two lines, a classical course to prepare
students for theology, and a scientific course to prepare for other
professions. The latter course, however, was later discontinued, partly
for lack of funds and partly because too few students selected the
course. The first college students were enrolled in 1874 and the first
class was. graduated in 1879.
In 1900 a high school course covering three years was established
which in 1910 was expanded to a standard four-year course. This
was discontinued in 1933. In the years 1916-1919 the college course
was thoroughly revised. As a result of this and of subsequent growth,
the earlier classical course was greatly modified and supplemented by
social and scientific studies and a more general emphasis upon the
study of the humanities. In recent years there has been continuous
study and modification of the curriculum including the introduction
of a number of new majors to meet the developing needs of the students. The Divisional organization was adopted in 1945. At the present
time majors are offered in 17 fields.
Coeducation was introduced in the College in 1921.
Recent years, especially since the close of World War 11, have witnessed a greatly increased enrollment and a corresponding expansion of
physical facilities both in campus area and in buildings.
In the Theological Seminary there has likewise been a continuing
revision of the curriculum and the addition of new courses to meet
changing needs. The requirement of a six-month period of internship
was added in 1939. Standards of admission have been raised so
that a bachelor's degree or equivalent is now the required scholastic
preparation.
While the Theological Seminary has its own organization, the Seminary and the College continue to function in close cooperation and as
integral parts of one institution.
Five presidents have served Augsburg during the course of its history. The terms of office of two of these cover a span of over half a
century. The first president was August Weenaas, who served from
1869 to 1876. He was succeeded by Georg Sverdrup, 1876 to 1907.
Sven Oftedal served from 1907 to 1911 and was followed by George
Sverdrup, whose term extended from 1911 to 1937. H. N. Hendrickson
served as acting president from 1937 until 1938. Bernhard Christensen,
the present president, has served since that time.
FUNDAMENTAL AIMS
The educational purposes of Augsburg College and Theological
Seminary spring from the conviction that in the Christian religion
there are revealed the most basic truths concerning both man and
God, and that Christianity is the fundamental force for good in human
life and society. All the aims of the College, as well as those of the
Seminary, are integrated with this principle.
Students who enroll at Augsburg are invited to take up their college
work with the distinct understanding that the Christian spirit is determining in all things. They are expected to cooperate wholeheartedly in
the program of the school towards that end. The entire program of the
school, curricular and extra-curricular, and the discipline necessary to
make possible the carrying out of this program, spring from the aim
"to see all things through the eyes of Christ."
To express more distinctly some major aspects of its program of
Christian higher education, the following statement of aims has been
formulated by the college faculty:
T o lead the student to a deeper understanding; and personal experience of the truth and power of the Christian Gospel, to the end
that he may become both an effective participant in the work of
the Christian Church and an earnest adirocate of the Christian way
of life.
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AND THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
T o familiarize the student with the culture of our own and other
civilizations, not only for the enjoyment this knowledge affords
but also for the development of a more sympathetic understanding
of our fellow men throughout the world.
T o develop the student's interest in the attainment of the common
purposes of our country, so that he may work for the welfare of
our institutions and for the preservation of our liberties in community and nation, and also develop an enlightened interest and
participation in human affairs throughout the rest of the world.
T o cultivate in the student a Christian social spirit, in order that
he may realize in his life a right balance between what he expects
of others and the service he will render his fellow men.
T o teach the student to discipline his own urges, interests, ambitions, and demands in a way that will effectively contribute toward
the development of good character.
T o train the student i n scientific methods of study and also develop his understanding of the relations of science to the welfare of
humanity.
T o stimulate intellectual interest and develop scholarly insight,
so that the student may learn to think with accuracy and comprehension at the same time as he experiences an understanding of
truth which will help him to integrate the findings of science with
the deepest spiritual reality.
T o awaken and foster i n the student an intelligent appreciation
and enjoyment of the best in-the fields of the fine arts.
T o guide the student in the understanding of social relatio'nships
in order that he may take his place in groups and gatherings with
propriety and grace, motivated in his conversation and conduct by
the principles of Christian courtesy and sincerity.
T o provide guidance for the student in the discovery and clarification of his aptitudes and his life purposes so that as early as
possible he may plan his educational program wisely.
T o train students in vocational and professional lines, giving full
preparation for high school teaching, business administration, home
economics, and parish work; furnishing partial training towards
the study of medicine, dentistry, nursing, engineering, law, and
social service, and offering a four-year college course preparing
for the study of theology.
T o help the student develop certain skills, as in language, music,
physical activities, use of the library, laboratory work, and typewriting, together with other skills, which will increase his efficiency
in the various relationships of life.
To afford the student wholesome recreational experience which
will contribute toward an effective use of leisure time and develop
such qualities as leadership, sportsmanship, and self-control, with
good recreational habits, thus providing a constant source of social
and personal satisfaction.
To instruct the student in principles, attitudes, and ideas pertuining to health, and also to train him in practices and skills which
will promote his physical and mental well-being and make him
better fit to meet the responsibilities of life.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CORTTROL
From 1870 to 1890, Augsburg was supported by the NorwegianDanish Lutheran Conference. The merger of that church body with
two others, in 1890, resulted in the affiliation of Augsburg with the
newly created United Norwegian Lutheran Church. Due to differences
concerning the control of Augsburg, a division arose, and in 1897 congregations whose sympathies were deeply rooted in Augsburg formed
the Lutheran Free Church. The resulting close association, in educational and spiritual activity, of Augsburg and the Lutheran Free Church
has been marked by unity of purpose and ideals for more than half a
century.
The control exercised by the Lutheran Free Church is indirect. The
Annual Conference of the Church nominates the members of the
Augsburg Corporation and the Board of Trustees. The Corporation
through the Board of Trustees exercises direct control over property,
finance, and personnel. Academic control is vested in the President
and the Faculty.
In addition to the income from student tuition and fees, which has
materially increased with the growth and development of the College,
the chief financial support of the institution comes from the congregations of the Lutheran Free Church. In recent years a growing circle
oI friends also outside the Lutheran Free Church, both alumni and
others, have contributed financially to the school. Since 1951, business
and industry have given significant support through the Minnesota
Private College Fund. Augsburg welcomes and invites support on the
part of all who believe in her program of vital Christian education.
MEMBERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Augsburg College is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary School as a degree-granting institution.
It is a member of the American Council on Education, the Association
of American Colleges, the National Lutheran Educational Conference,
the Association of Minnesota Colleges, and the Council of Minnesota
Private Colleges.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Augsburg Alumni Association has as its goal to enable the
graduates of the College and Seminary to maintain effective contact
and cooperation with one another and with their Alma Mater. The
annual meeting is held at Commencement time each year. Local Augsburg clubs are promoted, and a bi-monthly bulletin is published. The
affairs of the Association are under the leadership of the Board of
Directors. The Alumni Office is located in Science Hall.
THE AUGSBURG FOUNDATION
The Augsburg Foundation is an association of alumni, former students, and other friends of Augsburg, having as its purpose to give
united and systematic support, both spiritual and financial, to the
school. The Foundation was established in 1941 by join,t action of the
Board of Trustees and the Alumni Association. Since 1956 its activities
have been closely coordinated with the development program of the
college.
EDUCATIONAL PLANT
BUILDINGS
The Main, erected in 1900, ,contains a large number of classrooms
and offices, the Chapel, and the museum.
Science Hall, erected in 1948-49, is a large and completely modern
building. It includes the general administration offices, well-equipped
laboratories for Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Home Economics; the
student organization offices and the student center; a small auditorium,
and several classrooms and faculty offices. On the fourth floor is the
Tower Prayer Chapel.
The George S v e r d r u ~Library, named in honor of Augsburg's fourth
president, was erected and dedicated in 1955. Adjacent to Science Hall
and of similar contemporary architectural design, it contains spacious
reading rooms, seminars, work rooms, a visual-education center, the
Augsburg Archives, and a number of classrooms and faculty offices.
There is stack space for approximately 100,000 volumes.
The classrooms and offices of the Theological Seminary are located
in one section of the Librarv building.
Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall, erected in 1938, is a modem, fireproof dormitory affording living quarters for about 150 men. On the
ground floor of this building is the college cafeteria and dining hall.
Sivertsen Hall, acquired in 1939, and remodeled in 1955 as a wing
of Gerda Mortensen Hall, provides comfortable modern housing for 45
women students.
The beautiful new Gerda Mortensen Hall located at 6th Street and
24th Avenue, was erected in 1955. It provides excellent and completely
modern housing for 125 women students, as well as apartments for the
resident 'head and her assistants.
Morton Hall and Miriam House are smaller dormitory houses, each
accommodating about 20 students.
The Gymnasium, a temporary structure, was erected in 1947 for the
College of the Federal Works Agency as a part of a program providing
educational facilities for veterans.
The Music Hall was acquired by purchase, also in 1947, and ha?
been remodeled to serve the needs of the music and drama departments.
A large number of dwellings have also been acquired in recent years
in the expanded campus area, and are in use for faculty, staff, and
married student housing.
The President's Home, a residence of modern architectural design
located at the south of the Square, was erected in 1949.
The Museum is located on the ground floor of the Main. Members
of the Alumni Association have presented many valuable gifts. There
are several collections: a Madagascar Collection, a Santal Collection,
and a considerable collection of rare minerals, curios, etc. Contributions
to the Museum are invited. Professor Landa is the curator.
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
AND THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
THE ARCHIVES
Archive Society was organized in 1929, for the purpose of gathering documents, books, and other articles of historical
value. For a number of years a fire-proof room in the Main housed the
archives collections. With the erection of the George Sverdrup Library
in 1955, adequate, fire-proof quarters for the achives were provided.
Here are now found a large collection of periodicals, old and rare
books, manuscripts, letters, and pictures, and also about 1,000 volumes
of Norwegian-American literature, affording extensive resources for
scholarly research. Contributions to the Archives should be sent to Prof.
Iver Olson, Archivist.
The beautiful and spacious new George Sverdrup Library provides
a central study-workshop for both faculty and students. It contains
about 30,000 volumes, exclusive of pamphlets, all available on open
stacks. The two large reading rooms have book stacks and reading
tables arranged in such a way that a place for study is always close
.to the books one may need. Additional conveniences include conference rooms, where from 2 to 6 students may study together, and
seminar rooms for larger groups or small classes. A typing corner is
provided in the ground floor reading room.
The library subscribes to about 325 of the best periodicals dealing
with a large variety of subjects, as well as a number of serials devoted
to the interests of special fields.
In the Twin City area other libraries are located which make their
holdings available to Augsburg students, notably, the St. Paul and
Minneapolis public libraries, the latter of which issues library cards to
out-of-town students for each school year; the James Hill Reference
Library in St. Paul, which has one of the finest reference collections
ir! the Northwest; and the University of Minnesota Library, which is
within walking distance of the Augsburg campus. Augsburg students
make extensive use of all these libraries.
The laboratories of the Natural Sciences are located in the Science
Hall. Three laboratories and two storerooms for Biology are located on
the second floor; three laboratories and a large storeroom for Chemistry, and a laboratory and two storerooms for Physics are located
on the third floor.
To facilitate instruction the college provides many excellent visual
and auditory aids. The audio-visual center is located on the ground
floor of the Library. Varied equipment is available for classroom use
and other college activities. This equipment includes: movie projectors,
slide and filmstrip projectors, a sound amplification system, a tape
recorder, an Episcope, phonographs, and a microcard reader. Records,
slides, maps, filmstrips, and microcards are also housed in this center.
Science Auditorium, as well as several classrooms, is equipped with
facilities for projection.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Evening classes are held as a community service for adults not enrolled in the day school. Announcement of courses to be offered are
made in the fall. Information about the evening school may be obtained from the office of the Dean.
Student nurses in the Schools of Nursing at the Lutheran Deaconess
and Swedish Hospitals in Minneapolis receive much of their first
semester of instruction at Augsburg College. Application for admission
to the Schools of Nursing should be made to the hospitals directly.
In cooperation with the Minneapolis General and Swedish Hospitals,
Augsburg offers work which enables the student to receive a college
degree with a major in Medical Technology. The first three years of
this work are taken at Augsburg and a final twelve-month program is
completed at the hospitals.
SPAN
Augsburg participates in the SPAN (Student Project for Amity
among Nations) program. This is a joint venture of the University of
Minnesota and several colleges in the state. Qualified students are
selected to spend a summer in informal study abroad. Applications are
made in the spring of the Sophomore year.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A considerable part of the income on which Augsburg operates is
derived from endowment and from gifts, a major part of the latter
coming from the supporting church. Therefore, the fees charged the
student do not constitute the whole cost of his education, for he enjoys
the benefits of the gifts of those who believe in and support the work
of the school. For theological students, the church assumes the full
cost of tuition; a statement of other expenses in attending the seminary
is given in the Seminary section of the catalog.
GENERAL EXPENSES PER SEMESTER1
Tuition (Covers instruction, library, etc.) ..................................$250.00
Student activity fee (Covers school paper, annual, and other
.
9.00
student projects)
Health fee
6.00
5.00
Matriculation fee (for those registering the first time) .....
Key deposit (refundable)
1.00
Locker (optional)
1.00
Mail box fee
..
.
.50
.
Total
.$272.50
Books are estimated at $25.00 to $M.00.
Students registered for more than the maximum number of credit
hours (17 in the College) are charged at the rate of $12.00 for each
additional credit hour a week per semester.
Special students will pay at the rate of $22.00 per credit hour up
to 11credits. Those who register for 12 or more credit hours will pay
the regular tuition charge.
The fee for auditing a course is one-half the fee charged when it is
taken for credit.
Students and auditors enrolled for 7 to 11credit hours of class work
per week pay one-half of the student activity, and health fees.
ROOM AND BOARD PER SEMESTER1
Room
Board (estimate)
1
Subject to change.
..-$68.00 to 85.00
- 180.00
A limited number of rooms are available at the lower cost.
Men students are required to buy and use a minimum of
$150.00 of meal book coupons per semester. women students
$125.00.
SPECIAL FEES
Late registration fee per day (after classes begin) ......................
Change of registration after the beginning of the second week
of classes .
....
Registration with the Placement Bureau
Placement fee, depending upon the method
of placement ....
$3.00 to
Graduation fee, for seniors in both the College and Seminary..
Final examinations taken at another hour than the one
.......
scheduled -....
..........
.......
Examination making up an incomplete or a condition ............
Comprehensive examination -. . .
Transcript of credits (after first one which is free) ....................
MUSIC FEES PER SEMESTER
Piano
$35.00
Voice
35.00
.40.00
Organ
40.00
Brass or Wood wind (private instruction) Private instruction, per lesson
.
..
3.00
..........
14.00
Brass or Wood wind (class instruction)
. 8.00
Piano studio rental (one hour per day)
20.00
Qrgan rental (one hour per day)
4.00
Voice studio rental (one hour per day)
Choir ................................................................................................ 5.00
Concert Band
5.00
COURSE FEES PER SEMESTER1
4.00
Art 1. 2
2.00
Art7, 8 .3.00
Home Economics 2, 36, 75
.
5.00
Home Economics 39, 40
Biology 60 ....................................................................................1.OO. 2.00
2.50
Biology, 1, 2, 3N, 4, 52, 53, 56 -........
.
.
5.00
Biology 7N, 13, 14, 25, 26, and 54
.
1 Subiect ta change
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
AND THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
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Chemistry, 3N, 4
Chemistry 5, 6, 53, 54, 61, 62, 66, 71, 91, 92
Physics 3, 5, 6, 6 , 73, 74 .
.
Secretarial Studies 2, 8, 51, 52
Secretarial Studies 1, 53, 54
Education 97
A
5.00
7.50
5.00
.. 2.50
1.50
15.00
..
.
,
Note: These fees cover cost of material and repair of equipment but
not breakage.
ESTIMATED EXPENSES PER SEMESTER1
Resident students
General expenses .......................................................................$272.50
Room and Board ......................................................$ 2 . 0 0 to 265.00
Special, music, course fees, and books .................... 27.50 to 75.50
Total, approximately ............................................. 548.00 to 613.00
Off-campus students
-General expenses .
Special, music, course fees, and books --A
Total, approximately -
$ 2 7 2 . 5 0
27.50 to 75.50
300.00 to 348.00
These estimates do not include transportation, clothing, or
personal expenses.
PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS
Student accounts are due in full at the time of registration in September and February. Parents may deposit money in advance at the
school or the student may make the payment when he registers. Recognizing that payment of fees in full at registration poses a financial
problem in some cases, the college has instituted a "deferred payment
plan." In this plan the college will accept, at the time of registration
in September and again in February, a payment of $200.00 in the
case of resident students and $100.00 for off-campus students. The
balance may be paid in monthly installments during the semester. To
defray the cost of the plan a charge of $1.00 is made for each payment
on the student's account after registration.
The college reserves the right to with-hold transcript of record or
diploma until all college bills have been paid.
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Subiea to change.
REFUNDS
Tuition and fees for a student cancelling his registration before the
middle of any semester will be charged at the rate of 10 per cent per
week or fraction thereof, except for matriculation and special fees,
which are not refundable. There is no fee refund after the middle of
the semester.
Payments for board and room are refunded in proportion to the
time students have been in residence. Students who move out of dormitories but do not cancel out of school are charged the full semester
room rent.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Financial aids in the form of loan funds, scholarships, grants-in-aid,
and employment assistance are available at Augsburg. Students must
complete an application form and meet certain requirements to qualify
for financial aids. The college gives assistance to students in securing
work both on and off the campus.
LOAN FUNDS
Several loan funds have been established to assist students in working out their financial problems. Loans may be arranged at a reasonable rate of interest for various periods of time.
The General Student Loan Fund, established through the gifts of
many individual donors, is chiefly maintained by contributions from
the Augsburg College Women's Club.
The Olaf Rogne Fund, established in 1954, extends assistance to
students in the Seminary.
The Charles and ~lloraCrouch Student Loan Fund, established in
1954, extends assistance to members of all classes.
The Senior Loan Fund, established by the class of 1955, is available
to selected graduating seniors.
T h e John and Anna Jorgine Gregory Theological Student Loan Fund
is available to students who are preparing for the ministry.
T h e Student Aid Fund of the Zion Lutheran Hour, established by the
Zion Lutheran Church of Minot, North Dakota, likewise extends loans
to students preparing for the ministry.
Arrangements for the loans are made through a conference with the
Dean of Students, chairman of the faculty committee on student loans.
In addition to arranging loans, the committee counsels students on
financial matters with the objective in mind of helping the student work
out a satisfactory plan for his finances.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
Forty Freshman Scholarships of $300 each are available to outstanding high school graduates. Half of the $300 is applicable on the tuition
for the second semester of the Freshman year. The remainder is divided
between the Sophomore and Junior years provided the student's scholastic record is 2.0 or better.
The American Indian Scholarship was established in 1955 by Spring
Lake Park Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. It is a scholarship of
$200.00 to be applied on tuition at Augsburg College. It is to be
awarded to an American Indian student selected on the basis of
scholarship and economic need.
The Henry P . Opseth Music Scholarship was established in 1953 in
memory of Henry P. Opseth, former head of the Music Department
and director of the Augsburg College Choir. It is awarded annually
to a sophomore or junior student of outstanding promise or achievement in the field of music.
The Marilyn Solberg Voice Scholarship in memory of Marilyn
Yvonne Solberg, a member of the Augsburg College Choir from 1950
until the time of her death in 1953, was established in 1955 by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iver Solberg and her brother, Dorvan. It is
awarded to an Augsburg student who has music as a major or minor
and who s h w s outstanding promise or achievement i-n -the -a-rt of
singing.
The George Sverdrup Graduate Fellowship was established by the
Board of Trustees of Augsburg in 1947 to honor the memory of
George Sverdrup, President of Augsburg from 1911 to 1937. It is
awarded annually to an Augsburg graduate of outstanding character
and ability who plans to prepare further for the vocation of teaching.
The amount of the Fellowship is five hundred dollars.
The Keith E . Hoffman Memorial Scholarship was established in
1945 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Hoffman of Minneapolis in memory
of their son who gave his life in the conquest of Okinawa. The scholar-
ship is awarded annually to a student selected on the basis of academic
achievement, personal character, and ability in the field of athletics.
T w o Luthran Brotherhood Scholarships of $300 each are provided
by the Lutheran Brotherhood Life Insurance Society and awarded each
fall to outstanding Lutheran college seniors. The students are selected
by the college in the spring of the junior year on the basis of religious
leadership and scholastic standing.
The Augsburg College Women's Club Scholarship awards, totaling
$400, are granted each year to two or more students of outstanding
character and excellent scholarship.
The Adolph Paulson Memorial Prize, from a fund established by
members of the Paulson family in memory of Professor Adolph Paulson who taught Social Science at Augsburg from 1930 to 1935, is
awarded annually to a college student for the best essay written on an
assigned subject in the field of Christian Sociology. The amount of
the prize is $50.00.
The Iver and Marie Iversen Scholarship was established in 1957
through a grant from Mr. Iver Iversen of Brooklyn, New York. It is
awarded annually to a student in the College or Seminary. The award,
in the amount of $250, is made on the basis of need, scholarship, and
interest in Christian service.
The Celiu Fredrickson Scholarship consists of the income from a
fund of one thousand dollars. It is awarded annually to an Augsburg
student from the Lamberton, Minnesota, parish of the Lutheran Free
Church.
The Greater Augsburg Alumni Association Scholarship of $500 is
awarded annually to an outstanding alumnus of Augsburg in order to
encourage and assist promising students in the carrying out of projects
of graduate study.
The Women's Missionary Federation Scholarship is awarded by the
Federation to returned missionaries or to Lutheran students of recognized Christian character and good scholastic records who are making
preparation for mission work. The scholarship varies from $50.00 to
$250.00 per year. Higher awards are possible for graduate work or
rrledical study.
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COLLEGE^
AND
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
GRANTS-IN-AID
A few grants-in-aid are made to students in good standing who are in
special need of financial assistance. To qualify for a grant, a student
must make application, providing information about his own and his
family's resources and anticipated expenses.
EMPLOYME!NT SERVICE
The employment service, located in the Placement Office, has been
successful in placing hundreds of men and women students in parttime positions. The types of work secured are of many kinds, including recreational leadership, restaurant work, domestic service, sales
work, and secretarial and clerical work.
Students are employed by the college in many activities. For these
positions preference is given to upper-class students who have maintained a good scholastic average.
Assistance in securing summer employment is also provided each
spring by the Employment Service.
Application forms for part-time employment on or off campus may
be secured from the Admissions or Placement Offices.
STUDENT COMMUNITY LIFE
The influences which mould life and character on a college campus
are of many kinds. While the exercises of classroom, laboratory, and
library form the organizing basis of college activity, they need to
be supplemented by other than academic forces. These intangible but
very real supplementary influences have much to do with creating the
spirit of an institution. At Augsburg definite emphasis is placed upon
the maintenance of a wholesome spirit of Christian community living.
Students are urged to give conscious attention to this personal and
spiritual side of their development and thus contribute toward the
prevalence of a vital and happy Christian atmosphere on the campus.
It is the earnest desire of those who direct the policies of Augsburg
that the institution may constantly be permeated by an atmosphere in
which the quest for Truth as it is in Christ is prayerfully fostered in
each life.
All students are required to register for two class hours per week
in one of the courses offered in Religion. There are numerous voluntary religious activities in which students are encouraged to participate. Spiritual Emphasis Week is held twice each year. It is assumed
that every Augsburg student will find a church home in Minneapolis
and attend its services regularly.
It is expected of each student that his life, conduct, and influence,
both on and off campus, shall be worthy of a member of a Christian
College. Those who do not feel drawn to this quality of life and to the
fellowship in which it is nourished should not seek to be enrolled at
Augsburg. A truly Christian spirit and environment must be the
product of the united effort and prayer of faculty, students, and
administration.
The heart of Augsburg's program of Christian education is the daily
Chapel Service, where the faculty and students gather for united worship, prayer, and a brief meditation upon the Word of God. Regular
attendance is expected of all students.
The Religious Life Committee, composed of students and faculty,
endeavors to promote a religious program' that will stimulate growth
of Christian life in the Augsburg community. Co-chairmen of this
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council are the student Director of Religious Activities and the College
Pastor. Areas for which this committee carries primary responsibility
are the Mid-Week services, Spiritual Emphasis Weeks, prayer meetings, and informal group meetings.
This committee also serves as a coordinating agency for all volunteer
Christian organizations on campus. The two principal organizations
are the Lutheran Student Association and the Mission Society.
The Mission Society promotes interest in missions through a program of study, fellowship, worship, and serdice. A highlight of the
year is the Mission Festival, a week-end conference devoted to the
study of missionary activity, and recruitment of workers. The Lutheran
Student Association seeks to serve as a stimulus and outlet for Christian faith and life. Students participate in regional and national LSA
Conferences, and conduct a schedule of meetings on campus.
The Concordia Society is an organization for all the students in the
Theological Seminary.
Regular convocation programs are held at Augsburg throughout
the year. These programs acquaint the campus community with outstanding personalities in various fields. A wide range of interests is
covered, including the scientific, political, social, religious, and artistic.
Students at Augsburg are given many opportunities for social training and recreation. The Student Council through the Chairman of
Social Activities, assisted by a Comlnittee on Social Education, sponsors each month an all-school social activity which all students may
attend. Most of these are informal. The Sophomore and Junior classes
sponsor semi-formal banquets. The Associated Women Students and
a number of other organizations sponsor teas, dinners, and social
affairs on and off campus. Social dancing is not approved of at
Augsburg.
"No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures." To learn to enjoy the
right form of recreational activities is an important aspect of preparation for life. At Augsburg there is a definite attempt to encourage the
formation of helpful recreational habit-patterns, not only with regard
to the planned play program supervised by the Director of Recreation
and the Department of Physical Education, but also with regard to
the use of leisure time in general.
STUDENT
COMMUNITY
LIFE
'C
MUSICAND THE FINEARTS
Augsburg's location in Minneapdis gives its students unique oppqrtunities to make use of some of the finest educational and cultural
advantages which the Northwest has to offer. Excellent art collections
are to be found in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker
Art Center. The Twin City libraries are .extensive in their services.
The Historical Museum in St. Paul gives access to large collections of
historical material. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra programs
and other concerts afford rich opportunity for the enjoyment of music.
Many students and faculty attend Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
concerts by virtue of a special college season ticket arrangement.
Season tickets are available also for other University concerts and
the University Theater drama programs.
A bi-weekly bulletin, Events of Interest in Minneapolis, listing programs, concerts, art displays and exhibitions is compiled and issued
from the Student Personnel Office.
STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES
Institutional services to students are organized and administered
in accordance with plans and policies established by the Student Personnel Committee. Included are such services as Counseling, Testing,
Freshman Orientation, Student Records, The Student Health Service,
Housing and Food Service, Placement, Student Employment, and Coordination of Student Activities. The administration of these services
is centered in the Office of the Dean of Students.
Under the counseling program at Augsburg each student is assigned
a faculty counselor to assist him in the planning of his total college
program. All faculty members participate in counseling. The broad
intellectual interests of the faculty member are combined with the
professional skill and techniques of trained counselors to provide
counseling- at various levels, and in many areas of student needs. Personal, social, and spiritual problems as well as vocational choice and
financial needs are given consideration.
As far as possible, the work of obtaining the necessary data about
the individual student and organizing the total program of counseling
is carried out by the Office of the Dean of Students in accordance with
the plans and policies established by the S t d e n t Personnel Committee.
These plans include testing, assignment of counselors, scheduling of
group conferences and counseling periods. Each new student is assigned a faculty member who is his counselor for two years. When
a student enters the Upper Division, he chooses a major field of study.
The major adviser then becomes his counselor. Faculty counselors
confer with their counselees at regular intervals throughout the year
and at other times as the needs of the individual student appear. If a
serious problem develops which demands professional skill and more
time than the professor has to spend in counseling, the student is referred by way of the Office of the Dean of Students to professionally
qualified counselors. The Dean of Women and the Dean of Students
are special counselors to the women and the men, respectively.
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Students receive vocational counseling in conference with their
counselors, and have frequent opportunities to confer with persons who
are eminently successful in the particular professions selected by
students as their tentative occupational choices. An Occupational Information file in the college library provides materials for a study of
vocations. The Orientation course, required of all freshmen, includes a
unit on vocational planning. The results of a vocational interest test
are available for all students.
Students who have various personal problems are encouraged to seek
help through counseling conferences. Often students have been able
to solve problems of finances, social adjustment, and personality
through counseling sessions.
Those who have spiritual problems may confer with the College
Chaplain, or with members of the Department of Religion as well as
with their faculty counselor. By a system of referral, students may
receive counsel from any member of the faculty, or from qualified
persons beyond the college community. The Personnel deans are available at all times for special counseling conferences.
The collegt physician is consulted in regard to all problems pertaining to physical and mental health.
Counselors and major advisers strive to help students develop their
latent ability. Students who distinguish themselves acad'imically are
named on the Dean's List, and are thereby qualified to participate
in a study program designed to develop their special talents to the
highest degree. Honor societies such as the Augsburg Guild o j Honor
and Lambda Iota T a u recognize students who have excelled in several
areas.
All new students are given a battery of tests during Freshinan Days.
College aptitude scores, English, and reading ability scores are used
by counselors to help students plan their initial programs. Personal
adjustment scores and the vocational interest test profile help the
students learn to know more about themselves, in order to make the
best choice of subjects and occupational goals. Sophomores participate in a nation-wide testing program. Seniors also take a nationally
standardized test.
Freshmen and other new students participate in Freshman Days
before the beginning of classes each semester. The students take tests,
inspect the college facilities, and become acquainted with their fellow
students, with the faculty, and especially with their own faculty counselors. The faculty counselors and students have several conferences
during which they plan the student's program of study.
All freshmen enroll in a class in Orientation. In this course, the
students learn about standards and requirements of various areas of
college life. Methods and habits of study and related techniques are
explored. Personal health, social adjustment, personal finances, and
vocational aims are discussed.
Individual student records are kept in the Records Office under the
supervision of the Registrar. These records include admissions data,
academic achievement, student participation and achievement in nonacademic activities, test scores, reports of counseling and other information.
The Student Personnel Office maintains a file of clubs and societies,
including the constitutions, activities, schedules, and membership roster.
The Student Health Service provides campus dispensary service
with a registered nurse in charge. The college physician has daily office
l~ours on campus for consultation and for emergency treatment.
Physical examinations are given all entering students and seniors.
Corrective treatment is prescribed where needed, including psychiatric
referral. Infirmary rooms are adjacent to the dispensary. The Health
Service is housed in a first floor section of Memorial Hall, the men's
residence hall.
Students, faculty, and staff have chest X-rays taken semi-annually
through the cooperation of the Hennepin County Tuberculosis Association Mobile Unit. The Department of Physical Education conducts a
program of recreation for all students. All freshmen are required to
take a course in personal and community health.
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In its residence program, the college aims to develop in the students
Christian character, self-control, and thoughtful consideration of others.
All students not living at home must live in college operated or college
approved housing and take their meals in the college dining room.
Under certain conditions students may make other arrangements after
consultation with the Dean of Women or the Dean of Students. Single
students are not permitted to live in apartments.
Residence halls are open to students a day before regular schedules
become effective, and they close a day after. the term closes. Students
who wish to stay in residence during vacations must apply for the
privilege. Rooms are furnished except for bed linen, towels and blankets.
Laundry facilities are available in each residence. Bed linens and towels
may be rented with laundering service at a reasonable cost. This service
is required of all women students. An optional linen service is available
to men students.
Gerda Mortensen Hall, the residence for women, located at Sixth
Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue South, houses 160 women and provides a lounge, recreation facilities, and a room with grill service available to all students. Sverdrup-Oftedal Memorial Hall houses 150 men
and also contains the college dining rooms and the student health
service.
Students engage a room at the beginning of the fall semester for
the entire school year. Room reservations with deposit of $15 are required of all single students residing outside the Twin Cities. This
deposit is applied to the first semester's room rent. For new students it
should accompany the Admissions Deposit. Rooms for new students are
assigned in the late summer according to the date of application. Present
students must make room application and submit the deposit by May
15. After May 15 reservations for present students are assigned on
the same basis as for new students. Students who find it necessary to
cancel their room reservation will receive full refund of the deposit
if the cancellation is received by August 1, and half refund if it is
received by September 1.
City or suburban students may make application for residence housing. Their names will be placed on the waiting list, and they will be
assigned to rooms in regular order as vacancies occur. The room
deposit of $15 is required and is refundable in full should no room
become available.
PLACEMENT
GRADUATE
The Placement Bureau assists seniors and alumni in securing positions. Continuous contact is maintained with business, governmental,
welfare, and educational institutions and organizations at the local
as well as the state and national levels. Interviews are arranged both
on and off the campus. A registration fee and a small placement
fee are charged.
EMPLOYMENT
STUDENT
An employment service, located in the Placement Office, assists students in obtaining part time remunerative work.
OF STUDENT
ACTIVITIES
COORDINATION
The Coordinator of Student Activities assists student officers to
maintain effective functioning of student activities, and keeps on file
the club constitutions, rosters, and schedules of meetings. Faculty
sponsors are approved by the Coordinator.
The program af student activities is a primary responsibility of the
Student Council, legislative and executive body of the Augsburg Student Society. Faculty concern and responsibility for all student activities and the co-curricular program is assigned to the Faculty Council.
Liaison between the Student Council and the Faculty Council is the
function of the Student-Facdty Committee, whose special responsibility it is to promote student activity, and to keep the college activities
calendar. The Calendar is kept in the office of the Coordinator of Student Activities.
A weekly bulletin of events is furnished all college personnel by
the office of Student Personnel.
COMMUNITY STANDARDS AND DISCIPLINE
The Christian life implies an intimate relation to the person of Christ.
Although the claims of this life may not be indentical to, in fact may
go far beyond, the claims of any particular community, every community operates under some standards of life and conduct that give
character to it. Out of the religious and cultural traditions of Augsburg
has grown a way of life which is approved by the college and which it
regards as helpful in the development of its particular type of community. Those who elect to enroll at Augsburg are expected to be
guided by these general standards of conduct.
Confidence is placed in the individual student, but his habits and
conduct are matters of sincere concern and attention. It is the aspiration
of Augsburg to strengthen in each student the highest standards of
honesty, integrity, and charity in all his relationships and activities. Although the college does not accept full responsibility for the enforcement of all regulations as they pertain to the off-campus life of the
student, it is concerned about his behavior in every situation. It also
recognizes the original jurisdiction of the parent in the home.
Disciplinary problems are first dealt with through counseling. Those
not solved in this way are channeled to a faculty-student Committee on
Discipline through the office of the Dean of Students. In all such cases,
careful investigation and the privilege of a hearing precede any disciplinary action. The college reserves the right to dismiss any student whose
continuation in college is deemed undesirable.
In dealing with the alcohol problem, Augsburg seeks to have its students refrain from all use of alcoholic beverages. It specifically forbids
the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in dormitories, in
any college-approved place of residence, or at any college-sponsored
event. Any student who appears under the influence of alcohol is subject
to severe disciplinary action.
Every student is expected to know the college regulations, those
stated in the catalog as well as any additional ones that may be issued
for a given year.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The Augsburg Student Society, comprising the whole student body
of Augsburg College and Theological Seminary, is organized to conduct student affairs, develop student initiative and leadership, and
provide opportunity for practical experience in the democratic processes of group activity.
The administration of student government is delegated to the Student
Council, a representative group elected by the Student Society and the
various classes. Each of the college classes has its own officers and participates in student government through its representative on the
Council.
Augsburg is a member of the National Student Association.
The Student Council directs several projects of interest to the college
community. These projects include the annual One Appeal Campaign,
Leadership Training workshops, Courtesy Week, and Political Action
Week.
Counseling of freshmen by upper class students is conducted through
a College Brother-College Sister program.
Associated Women Students, composed of all the women students,
provide.; opportunity for the women to develop a degree of seIf government. It aims to create a sense of harmon? and fellowship, to promote and maintain high standard5 of honor and integrity in personal
conduct, and it encourages participation in all college activities. It is
affiliatd with the Intercollegiate Associated Women Students, a national
organization.
The Student Council office and the Council Room adjoin the Augsburg Echo and Augsburgian offices on the ground floor of Science
Hall. The student post office and Student Center occupy a prominent
place on the same floor, and serve as a focal point for student activities.
PUBLICATIONS
The Augsburg Echo, the college newspaper, is published by a student
stsff. The Faculty adviser teaches courses in journalism. Staff members
enrolled in the class earn academic credit.
Augsburg's yearbook, the A u g b u r g h , pra~-idesa pictorial record
of the activities of the year. Work on the annual provides opportunity
for creative expression in artietic dwign a5 we11 as in photography.
The top staff members of the Augsburg Echo and the Augsburgian
constitute the Board of Publication.
A student editor, named by the Board of Publications, with the
assistance of the Registrar, compiles the annual S t u d e ~Handbook
a r ~ dDirectory.
CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM
The enthusiasm and energy of students motivate them to pursue
their interests beyond the classroom. For most effective participation,
students with similar interests have united to form clubs. Several of
these are extensions of courses beyond the class room. Others are
devoted to interests not offered in the curriculum. New clubs are
formed as the occasion demands.
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AUGSBLJRG
COLLEGE
AND THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
STUDENT
CLUBS
The Alpha Delta Theta, Sigma Chapter, is a professional sorority
open to students preparing for medical technology. Membership is
based upon scholarship, character and professional potential.
The Aristotelian. Society unites those who have a common interest
in scientific knowledg,e and experimentation. Thus they may develop
their interest in the various branches of science and perhaps infuse
some of that spirit of interest throughout the college.
The Art Club is organized to satisfy the student's creative urge in
the field of art, to educate members, as well as others, in the field of
art and all that it contains, and to promote an interest in art among
the student body.
The Business Club draws membership from the Business and Secretarial Studies classes. The development of professional interests is
the major objective.
The Camera Club is composed of camera fans who meet regularly
to exchange ideas about their hobby and to develop skill in photography.
The Cosmopolitan Club brings together foreign and American students who have a mutual interest in the culture, language and people
of the various countries.
The Augsburg Society for Dramatic Arts provides for its members an
opportunity to learn from participation in stage presentations and from
field trips, as well as from reading and seeing plays produced. Membership is open to all students.
The F ~ u r eTeachers of America, Martin Quanbeck Chapter, offers to
its members associate membership in professional education associations
and strives to acquaint future teachers with the importance of teaching
as a profession. Interest in education or in the teaching profession is
the only requirement for membership.
The Home Economics Club, open to all students in the Home Economics Department, aims to promote professional attitudes toward all
aspects of home and community life.
The Public Aflairs Federation aims to stimulate interest in public
affairs and give students opportunity to participate actively in local,
state, and national politics, and in other human relations activities.
The Social Service Club is an organization of students preparing for
professional work in the field of Social Service.
The Writers Club includes students who enjoy creative expression
in various forms of writing. The members share their literary efforts
in an informal atmosphere, and benefit from mutual criticism.
THE AUGSBURG
COLLEGECHOIR
The Choir has about sixty members selected from all classes. In
addition to local concerts, the choir goes on tour each year to various
parts of the United States and occasionally to Canada.
The band meets for rehearsal at a regularly scheduled period four
times per week. The concert band makes an annual tour and presents
public concerts in Minneapolis. There are also a Varsity Band and
Imstrumental Ensembles.
THE AUGSBURG
COLLEGECANTORIANS
This Women's Chorus participates in school programs and concerts
and makes short tours annually.
THE MALECHORUS
The Chorus sings at various churches in the Twin City area and
makes short tours in the vicinity.
FORENSICS
Augsburg College participates in intercollegiate debating, both in
Minnesota and in the neighboring states. Students may also participate
in local and intercollegiate oratorical contests.
THE 'A" CLUB
Membership in the "A"- Club is limited to men who have won a
major A at Augsburg. The aim of this organization is "to bind the 'A'
men of the past, present, and future into a more intimate bond of
fellowship, and to keep the athletics of Augsburg on the highest possible
plane."
WOMEN'SATHLETICASSOCIATION
Membership in the Women's Athletic Association is gained by participation in individual and group recreational activities with awards
given on a point basis. The Augsburg W.A.A. is a member of the
Minnesota Athletic Association of College Women.
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
AND RECREATION
Under the direction of the Department of Physical Education, a
wide range of recreational activities is arranged for general student
participation. Every student is urged to participate in some activity
for his own recreation and relaxation.
An intramural program provides competition in a variety of team
sports as well as individual performance activities. Climaxing the intramural program is the Extramural Meet, a tournament for the winners
of intramural schedules in various colleges.
INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS
Augsburg is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference. The college is represented annually by teams in football,
basketball, hockey, wrestling, baseball, track, tennis, and golf.
PURPOSE AND PHILOSOPHY OF INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS
It is the purpose of Augsburg College to provide an intercollegiate
athletic program which is in harmony with its Christian philosophy.
This philosophy is to be reflected in the conduct and outlook of both
the players and the spectators. The educational program of the college.
recognizes that recreation and play are a fundamental part of human
life, and that this phase of life needs to be cultivated if physical,
mental, and emotional health are to be maintained. Intercollegiate
athletics, as a phase of that program, gives recognition to the fact that
competitive pIay can contribute to the development of student interests,
skills, insights, and loyalties.
More specifically, the following outcomes are sought: (1) The student participating in athletics should acquire and exhibit, both in and
out of athletics, such basic qualities of character as self-discipline,
honesty, sense of fair play, and cooperation. (2) The participant
should develop the knowledge, interests, and skills which will be of
special use to him in such vocations as teaching and coaching or re-,
creational leadership, or in his own recreational activities. Far from
being set apart from his educational goal or in. any way competing
with it, the student's participation in intercollegiate athletics must
either contribute directly to this goal or be complementary to his
other educational activities. ( 3 ) The student spectator should acquire
and exhibit some of the finer qualities of Christian character, such
as self-restraint, sense of fair play, appreciation of high grade performance on the part of both opponents and fellow-students, and respect for individual personality. (4) The intercollegiate athletic program should contribute to the development of a unified and healthy
"school spirit." Enthusiasm for intercollegiate athletics or other cocurricular activities should not overshadow pride in high scholastic
achievement, nor can it take the place of a well-rounded and effective
intramural and general recreational program.
HONORS AND AWARDS
The 1925 Class Cup i n Athletics is awarded to the athlete who has
made outstanding records both in athletics and in scholarship.
The Harold A . Johnson Trophy, presented by Gerald L. Johnson
in 1943, is awarded annually to the student who is judged to be the
most valuable player on the -basketball team.
The Class of 1918 Oratorical Cup was presented to the college as a
prize t o arouse interest in oratory. The name of the winner of the
annual contest ishengraved upon the cup, which is to remain in the
possession of the college and is placed on exhibition in the Science
Hall.
The 1927 Class Cup for Scholarship is awarded to the senior student
of highest scholastic standing who has attended Augsburg for at least
two years.
Omicron Chapter of Lambda Iota Tau, a national honor society, is
open to English majors who have attained a high scholastic average
and have presented a paper on a literary topic before a public audience.
The Augsburg Guild of Honor is an organization to recognize and
honor those members of the senior graduating class who have shown
themselves to be individuals excelling to an outstanding degree in
scholarship, leadership, and participation in extra-curricular activities.
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The Dean's List includes students who have achieved an honor point
ratio of 2.5 or better in the previous semester of work at Augsburg
College.
AUGSBURG COLLEGE
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Application for admission should be made on the regular admission
form, which can be secured from the Office of Admissions. This
form is generally available also in Minnesota high schools. The application, together with the high school record, previous college record,
if any, two letters of recommendation, a small photograph, and an
admissions deposit of 815.00 should be sent to the Office of Admissions.
The deposit, which will be applied on first semester tuition, is partially
refunded if the application is not accepted or if it is withdrawn by the
applicant before August 1. A student seeking admission in the fall
semester should apply not later than September 1 and for the spring
semester by January 15.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
Augsburg College admits as students, men and women of good
moral character and sound health who appear to have the ability to
succeed in college. Estimate of ability is determined by rank in the
high school graduating class and college aptitude tests, and by the
high school record or previous college record.
The normal basis for admission is the completion of the courses of
grades nine to twelve in an accredited high school. No definite pattern
of subjects is required, but it is recommended that the last four years
of high school include four units of English, or three units of English
and two of a foreign language, two units of social studies, one
uuit of mathematics and one or two units of science. A unit is defined
as a course covering one academic year and equivalent to at least 120
hours of classwork. Graduates of unaccredited high schools are considered for admission on the basis of their rank in high school and
their achievement in a college aptitude examination and an English
achievement test.
Applicants who are not high school graduates but who give evidence
of sufficient maturity are considered for admission upon recommendation and on the basis of achievement in a college aptitude test, English achievement test, and General Educational Development Tests on
literary materials, social science materials, and natural science materials.
For most graduates of Minnesota high schools the results of the
college aptitude and English achievement tests are available in advance if they have been taken in the state-wide testing program. The
General Educational Development tests are available to service men
through the Armed Forces Institute. All tests may, however, be taken
at Augsburg by arrangement with the Registrar.
The College reserves the right to reject the applications of students
whose previous records or aptitudes, as measured by tests, indicate
they may have difficulty in doing college work.
TRANSFER AND ADVANCED STANDING
Students are accepted by transfer from other institutions if they
did satisfactory work and were otherwise in good standing there. If
their previous work was unsatisfactory, they are admitted to Augsburg
only under special circumstances.
Advanced standing, that is, credit for courses completed, is granted
to students who present satisfactory transcripts from accredited institutions. In certain cases advanced standing is granted on the basis of
comprehensive examinations.
ADMISSION OF VETERANS
Veterans, qualified for educational benefits under any of the government programs, may study at Augsburg and receive these benefits.
The veteran must secure a certificate of eligibility from the regional
office of the Veterans Administration. Application for benefits must
be made in advance of registration, except that veterans who are
eligible for assistance under Public Law 550 may make application
for entitlement when they enroll at the college.
In order to receive credit for experience in the military services,
the veteran must present a photostatic or certified copy of his Separation Record at the Registrar's Office. Evaluation is made according to
the recommendation of the American Council on Education. Some
college credit is given for the completion of the work in certain service
schools and for some courses taken through the Armed Forces Institute.
REGISTRATION
Students who have been accepted for admission should regi..qter on
the days designated in the Calendar for this purpose. Students who
register late are charged a late registration fee of $1.00 per day after
classes begin. No student may registe~f o r OF enter a course later than
two weeks after the beginning of classes.
In registering, care should be taken to include the Lower Division
requirements during the first two years. However, if such registration
is delayed beyond the second year, a student will neither be required
nor permitted to register beyond the allowed number of credit hours
per semester in order to make it up.
No credit will be given a student for any subject for which he has
not registered. The college reserves the right to cancel any course for
which there is not sufficient registration.
Registration means that the student accepts all the rules and regulations established by the school.
The normal registration is 16 credit hours. A credit hour is defined
as one recitation period a week throughout a semester.
The privilege of registering for more than 1'7% credit hours may
be granted only to students who have gained an average record of B,
or two honor points per credit, in their previous college studies. Exceptions to this rule may be made under certain conditions determined
by the Admissions and Scholarship Committee. No student is permitted to carry work for more than 20 credits per semester.
Students working part-time are urged to arrange the amount of
their registration accordingly.
CHANGE OF REGISTRATION AND CANCELLATION
In case a student desires to make any changes in his registration,
he must obtain a form from the Registrar's office on which he may
make application, stating clearly his reasons for desiring the change.
Approval of the teachers concerned and the student's adviser and the
Registrar must be obtained before a change will be permitted. A
course which is abandoned without being cancelled through the Registrar's Office will result in a grade of F.
No course may be added after the first two weeks of classes. A course
may not be cancelled after the first six weeks of classes. A fee of $1.00
is charged for each change of registration after the first week of classes.
A student who finds it necessary to leave school before the end of
a semester must cancel his registration at the Registrar's office in
order to remain in good standing.
UNIVERSITY COURSES
By arrangement with the University of Minnesota, students may
register for courses at the University. But such registration will not
be allowed unless the student has a grading of C average, or 1 honor
point per credit, in his courses at Augsburg. Also, the combined number of credits in any semester must not exceed 17. The credits thus
gained at the University may be transferred to Augsburg College and
counted towards graduation.
CLASSIFICATION
In order to be classified in one of the college classes, a student
must be carrying a minimum of twelve hours of work in which college
credit is given. Classification is based on the attainment of the following number of credit hours together with an equal number of
honor points: Sophomore, 24; Junior, 58; Senior, 92. Students are
classified by this regulation at the time of their registration each
school year.
PROBATION AND ELIMINATION
The Admissions and Scholarship Committee meets at the end of each
semester to consider the status of students who are doing unsatisfactory work. Freshmen who obtain honor point ratios of .5 or below,
Sophomores .6 or below, and Senior College students .8 or below, as
well as students with 6 or more credits of F, at the end of a semester
are placed on probation during the semester that follows. They remain
on probation until an honor point ratio of 1 is attained. A student is
not allowed to remain in college on probation for more than two semesters consecutively, except by special permission. He is dropped for low
scholarship if he fails to maintain a satisfactory scholastic record.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance in class is required. Students who find it necessary to be absent because of illness or for other reasons should confer
with their teachers.
Students are expected to arrange the hours of part-time employment so that work does not conflict with classes. Any exception to this
rule must be agreed to by the teacher of the class affected and must
be approved by the Dean of the College.
A record of attendance is kept by each teacher, and periodic reports
are submitted to the Registrar. At the end of the semseter, a record
is made of the total absences of each student for the semester.
Absences for tours, field trips and other instructor-arranged activities are cleared with the Dean of the College. Lists of participants,
with information as to exact periods absent, are issued by the Dean
to all instructors involved.
Teachers deal with tardiness as they see fit. Students arriving in
class late must assume responsibility for reporting their presence to
the teacher.
EXAMINATIONS
Tests are given periodically throughout the semester. In the course
of each semester, reports of the grades attained are made to the
Registrar who forwards them to the counselors and students. Final
reports are sent at the close of each semester to the parents and
students.
Written examinations are regularly scheduled at the close of each
semester. No student or class may arrange to take a final examination
in any course before the examination week.
Absence from a final examination without a sufficient reason will
result in a grade of failure in the course concerned.
A student who has to be absent from a final examination because
of a conflict with outside work from which he cannot obtain an excuse
may arrange to take such an examination during some period after
the time on which the subject is scheduled.
If a student has obtained permission from the Dean of the College
to take a final examination at another hour than that scheduled, he is
charged
a fee of two dollars for such an examination. Before the student takes the examination, he must obtain a statement from the Registrar's office and bring it to the teacher concerned. The teacher will
give no examination before he has this statement.
CONDITIONS AND INCOMPLETES
A condition or an incomplete received at the end of the semester
must be removed before the end of the following semester or within a
year if the student has not re-enrolled. If incompletes and conditions
are not removed within the time allowed, the condition automatically
becomes a failure and the incomplete may be changed to a passing
grade only when the average of the previous work is sufficiently high.
The final grade after the condition examination is taken may not be
higher than D. A fee of $2.00 is charged for an examination making
u p an incomplete or a condition received at the end of a semester.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS
Compre)lensive examinations may be permitted in courses in which
the Admissions and Scholarship Committee feels the student has adequate preparation or background. Students who wish to take a comprehensive examination must apply in writing to this committee.
When permission is granted, the necessary approval forms may be
secured at the offiee of the Registrar. A fee of $5.00 is charged for
each examination and must be paid in advance. Examination questions and the answers will be filed in the Registrar's office.
GRADE VALUES
3 honor points per credit
A-Superior,
&Very
good, 2 honor points per credit
C-Satisfactory,
D-Passable,
F-Failure,
1 honor .point per credit
no honor points per credit
minus 1 honor point per credit
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to qualify for the Bachelor of Arts degree, certain requirements must be met with regard to credits, courses, and grades. A
student who plans to graduate from Augsburg is urged to study the
requirements as outlined in this section of the catalog and in the
department in which he plans to major. It is the responsibility of the
student to see that he includes the required subjects at the right time
in his program of studies. The faculty advisers, the Dean, and the
Registrar will gladly assist him in planning his program.
Lower Division Requirements
1:or a general college education and as a basis for study in professional
fields, students are required to complete the following credits in lower
division courses:
Religion
Each semester, 2 credits
English
6 credits
Course 1-2. Students exempted from
Freshman English must earn 6 credits
above Freshman English.
3 credits
Course 11.
Fine Arts
2 credits
H.Ec. 3, 64, Mu. 7, 3, Phil. 60, Sp. 29,
or any literature course satisfies this requirement.
Foreign Langzmge
8 credits
Students who have studied a foreign language for three years in high school and
students with majors in Home Economics
are exempted from this requirement.
Social Sciences
Hist. 1-2; 21, 22; or Soc. 1, 2.
6 credits
Natural Sciences
8 credits
Health and Physical Education
3 credits
Courses 2, 3 and 4. Students with majors
in Home Economics will substitute H. Ec.
63 for P. E. 2.
Orientation is required of all Freshmen.
Major and Minors
A student is required to complete a major and one or more minors
for graduation. The major subject is determined by the student's
aims as well as by his particular interests and aptitudes as shown in
the quality of work he does in the Lower Division.
It is well for the student to know in his Freshman year what major
line of study he will pursue. Students who are still undecided as to
their major choice when they appear for registration in the junior
year, should, before they register, consult with a faculty counselor
and with heads of the various departments to determine their field
of major work. In planning the major, a student is required to consult with the Head of the Department offering the major. Majors are
offered in the following areas: Religion, Philosophy, English, Speech,
Music, History, Sociology, Social Science, Business Administration,
Business Education, Secretarial Studies, Home Economics, Biology,
Physics, Chemistry, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Physical Education.
For major and minor requirements as to hours of credit see devartmental statements.
Electives
Electives are planned with the purpose of properly distributing a
student's choices among the fundamental fields of knowledge and culture, as well as among the correlatives of the major. Juniors and
Seniors should, as a rule, choose their electives from courses designated as Upper Division Courses, that is courses numbered 50 or
above. At least thirtv credits in Upper Division Courses must be completed for graduation.
Total Credits and Honor Points
The amount of work required for graduation comprises a minimum
of 128 credits with an average grade of C, or one honor point for each
c:.edit. A credit equals one recitation period a week throughout one
semester.
Honor points are computed at the rate of one honor point for each
credit with a grade of C, two honor points for each credit with a
grade of B, and three honor points for each credit with a grade of A.
English Proficiency
In order to qualify for the A.B. degree a student must demonstrate
2 proficiency in the writing and speaking of English.
Residence Requirement
To receive the A.B. degree the candidate must spend at least the
concluding year for such a degkea in residence.
DEGREE WITH DISTINCTION
The A.B. degree with distinction is conferred as follows:
Distinction
Honor point n&
Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
To be eligible for these honors, the student must have completed
at least two years of work at Augsburg, and his record at Augsburg,
as well as his total record must meet the requirements as given above.
CURRICULUMS
The following courses of study are outlined as guides for the student
and his adviser in plann,ing a program which will prepare him for the
vocation of his choice.
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
Completion of the pre-seminary curriculum qualifies the student for
admission into the three-year course in the Theological Seminary,
which prepares students for the Christian ministry as pastors or missionaries. The following program gives the approximate pre-seminary
course. It does not include a major or a minor. The student should seek
the counsel of the Seminary adviser as early as possible since the major
selected by the student may affect the choice of courses even in the
Freshman year.
The Seminary adviser for candidates for Augsburg Seminary is Mr.
Stensvaag; for candidates for other Seminaries, Mr. Helland.
Sophomore
Freshman
.
Basic Bible
Orientation
. .
Freshman English .
Foreign Language
..
Healcth .
European Civilization
Physical Education
.
Electives
4
I
6
8
z
6
I
4
Junior
New Testament Greek
Speech
. .
.
History
.
Sociology or Economics or Political
Science or Education
.
Electives
. ..
Natural Science
Psychology
Foreign Langua,ge .
Typewriting .
New Testament Greek
Electives .
8
4
6
I
8
6
Senior
6
6
6
6
8
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Religion
Youth Work in the Church
Philosophy
. .... ....
English Li,terature
..
Electives
. . . . . .
z
2
6
6
16
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The foreign language requirement includes 14 semester credits in
Greek, and 14 smester credits in Latin, German, or Norwegian.
PARISH
AND
MISSIONARY WORKERS
The purpose of this course is to train men and women for effective
service in the Church at home or abroad; that is, as teachers in vacation, week-day and Sunday schools, as youth leaders, and as parish
workers. The course is so arranged that the student will, upon its satisfactory conclusion, receive the A.B. degree and also a certificate
indicating that he is a qualified parish worker.
Students interested in becoming parish workers should consult with
Mr. Stensvaag, parish work adviser.
The suggested schedule provides for a minor in Religion and makes
it possible to plan for a major in Home Economics, History, English
or Sociology. It is also possible to plan for a major in Religion with a
minor in some other field. The courses essential for the securing of the
Parish Worker's Certificate are italicized in the outline below.
Freshman
Basic Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . .6
Natural Science . . . . . . . . . 8
Typewriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Principles of Sociology
..... . 3
Social Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Orientation
................. I
Physical Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
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Sophomore
Religion . .
. . . . .
Beginning Speech . . . . .
Types of Public Speech .
Foreign Language . . . .
General Psychology . .
Health
. . . . . . . . . .
First Aid . . . . . . . . . .
Electives
..........
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Junior
The Missionary Enterprise . . . . . . z
Principles of Christian Education . 2
The Christian Churches
. . . . z
The Lutheran Church . . . . . . . r
Social Psychology or Urban Sociol......... 3
OgY - Actiltg
, ,
, , . .
. 3
Story Telling . .
,
. . . .I
Elementary Shorthand . . . . . . . . 6
Recreational Activities
. . . I
Electives
. .
.
10
Senior
Parish Work
............ z
Youth Work in the Church
. .
z
Edt~caticmal Psychology . . . . . . . 3
Hymns and Music of the Church
z
Fzindamentals of Jozrmalism . . . . . z
Crafts . . . . . . . . . . :', . . . . . . . . s
Fields of Social Work . . . . . . . 3
Secretarial Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Fine Arts
, ,
........ 2
Electives
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.
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HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHING
Each state sets certain requirements for obtaining a teacher's certificate. The course outlined below satisfies the requirements for a certificate for teaching in Minnesota at the junior and senior high school
level. The same program will meet the demands set by most of the
neighboring states. The student should apply to the Department of
Education for admission to the Education curriculum during his Sophomore year. Admission will be determined by a committee on the basis
of scholarship and other qualifications. Students should usually prepare
for competency in at least two subject-matter fields in which high
schools offer work. In addition to departmental majors, broad majors
for teaching may be secured in natural science, social science, and
business education.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
European Civilization . . . . . . . - . . . 6
Foreign Language or Natural
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.2
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign Language or Natural
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Educational Psychology . . . . .
Teaching in High School
.
,
Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Group Activity . . . . . . . . . .
Electives in Major or Minor . . .
Senior
............... 4
Religion
Principles of Guidance . . . . . . . . . . 3
Issues in Contemporary Education. 3
Student Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . 4 or I
Special Teaching Methods . . . . . . . . 4
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Sophomore
VOCATIONS IN HOME ECONOMICS
f o r k in the Deparhent of Home Economics is intended to prepare
students for homemaking, ta e q i p them for the teaching of home
economics in high school. and to give them the first two years of the
training required for such vocations as dietetics. institution manage~ e n t home
.
economics and journalism, and home manomics in business.
Each student who plans for a vocation in this field should consult
members of the home economics staff about the details of the program
when she begins her college work. X curriculum for a home economics
education major is given below. A graduate who completes this curriculum qualifies for certification by the Minnesota State Board for
Vocational Education to teach in federally aided secondary school home
economics departments. Courses in italics are not required for a general
home economics major.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Orientation
. . . . . . - - - . . . - . . .I
P.hysica1 Education . . . . . . . . . I
English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 6
Zoology* or Anatomy . . . . 8 or 4
Art in Daily Living . . . . . . . . . 3
Clothing Selection . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Clothing Constraction . . . . . . . 2
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Junior
Religion . . . . . . . , . . . .
4
Educational Psychology . . . . . . . 3
Group Activity . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tefiching in Secondary Schools . . . . 3
Bacteriology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z
Color and Design . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . 3
Home Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Family Health . . . . . . . . . . . . z
Sociology or Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Principles of Economics . . . . . . . . 3
Sophomore
Religion
.................... 4
Pspcholagy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Marriage and Family Relations . . 3
Principles of Physiscs . . . . . . . . - - 4
Chemistry 5-6* or
Chemistry 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 or 4
Child Development . . . . . . . . . z
Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o or z
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Senior
Religion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. 4
Special Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Student Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Principles of Guidance . . . . . . . . . . 3
Issues in Contemporary Education . 3
Home Management Problems . . . . . 2
Home Management La'bora.tory ... 2
Advanced Clothing Construction . . 2
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Electives must be in the minor field which the student selects.
*Strongly recommended for students who contemplate graduate study
in home economics or work in the areas of nutrition, foods or textiles
research.
BUSINESS
The program in business administration is intended for students
who are planning to work in the fields of business and industry. In
addition to giving preparation for a business vocation the following
suggested course of study leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Sophomore
Freshman
Religion
Freshman English
Foreign Language
Principles of Accounting
Introduction to Business
Orientation
Henlrh
Physical Education
Elective
Junior
.
Religion
United States History
. ..
Business Law
Public Finance or Money and
.
. . .
Banking
Taxation or Cost Accounting
Electives
Religion
Psychology
. . ,
Speech
. .
....
Principles of Economics
Introduction t o Statisti,cs
Natural Science . .
Electives .
.
3
3
13
Senior
Religion
. . .
4
Business Finance or Marketing . . 3
Industrial Mana)gement or Labor3
Management Relations . . .
Seminar in Business Administration . 3
Fine Arts
,
. . 3
Electives
. .
. 16
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4
6
3
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LAW
The following two-year program is suggested for students who plan
to study law.
Freshman
Religion
.
. .
Freshman English
Principles of Accounting
. .
Sociology .
European Civilization
. .
Orientation
General Psychology
Pihysical Aotivities
Sophomore
Reli,gion
Christian Ethi,cs
.
Principles of Economics
American Government .
Logic
.
. . ... .
Introduction to Philosophy
History or Literature
..
Natural Science
.
.
SOCIAL WORK
A rapid expansion of the field of social work during the past twenty
years has created an acute need for trained social workers. Positions
are available in pubIic agencies an federal, state, county, and municipal
levels; in private agencies sponsored by churches or other community
organizations; in goup work, case work, or community organization.
In response to this need, Augsburg College has developed a curriculum designed to do two things: (a) equip graduates for immediate
employment in social work positions that do not erequire post-graduate
training, and (b) prepare students for further study in graduate schools
of social work.
Augsburg College is an active member of the Minnesota Conference
on Social Work Education. During recent years graduates of Augsburg
have secured positions in both public and private welfare, in probation work, child welfare, group w o ~ k ,and case work.
The following courses are recommended for students interested in
Social Work. The courses which are italicized should be taken by all
such students.
Sophomore
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . .
Freshman English . . . .
European Civilization
American Government . . . . . . . . . . 6
Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Principles of Sociology
Social Problems . . . .
...........
Foreign Language . . . .
Orientation . . . . . . . .
Physical Education . . .
Health . . . . . . . . . . . .
Elementary Statistics
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Principles of Economics . . . . . . . . . 3
Senior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fields of Social Work . . . . . . . . . . .
History of Philosophy . . . . . . . . . .
Criminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electives
3
Rural Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Urban Sociology ...............
3
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3
6
3
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Introduction to Methods of Social
Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Social Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Abnormal Psychology . . . . . . . . . 3
Fine A ~ t s . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 3
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . .16
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Students may complete a course leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Medical Technology by completing three years
of work at Augsburg College and twelve months at General Hospital
or Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis. This course prepares them for
examination for certification in Medical Technology. It is recommended
that students in this curriculum choose a minor in an unrelated field.
The following program is suggested.
Sophomore
Freshman
................ 4
Religion
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chemistry $-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Orientation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . I
Foreign Language - . . . . - . . . . . . . . 8
Junior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Onganic Chemistry . . . . . . . . .
General Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General Zoology
..............
Health . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .
Elective . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
.8
4
3
8
2
3
Senior
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chemistry 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bacteriology . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 4
Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
-
Lectures, lzboratory and ~ractical
work at General or Swedish Hospita1 for twelve months . . . . . . 3 2
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Students taking this program must register at Augsburg as well as at
the affiliated hospital in their senior year.
DI ACONATE
A program whereby a Deaconess candidate can prepare for service
in the areas of parish work, social service, high schod teaching, missionary work, nursing, or secretarial work may be arranged in consultation with the Directing Sister of the Lutheran Deaconess Home, the
Dean of Women and the Registrar.
NURSING
Most hospitals prefer that applicants to their school of nursing have
at least one year of college. In many instances two or more years of
college work are desirable. The following pre-nursing curriculum is suggested for those planning to enter a four-year school of nursing. Those
who plan on a three-year nursing program should try to select courses
in college which will not duplicate the courses they will study in the
school of nursing which they plan to attend.
Freshman
,
~
,
Religion . . . . . .
4
Freshman English
. . . . . . . . .6
General Zoology
. . . . . . 8
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Elements of Nutrition .
- 3
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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,
~
Religion
. . . . . . . . . . . .4
History or Political Science . . . . . . 6
Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Child Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electives
................7
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The following courses of the School of Nursing of the Lutheran
Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, are offered at Augsburg
College. This is a part of the three-year course offered by the hospital.
Application for admission to the School of Nursing should be made to
the Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First Year
Anatomy and
Bacteriology
Chemistry .
Psychobgy .
Second Year
Physiology . . . . . . . . 4
. . . . . . . . ., . 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
. . , . . . . . . . . . .2
I2
Sociology
.
.
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. . . . . .
2
2
Students enrolled in the School of Nursing at Swedish Hospital, Minneapolis, take courses in Chemistry, and Human Anatomy and Physiology at Augsburg College. Applications for admission to this program
should be made directly to Swedish Hospital.
ENGINEERING
A student may take two full years of pre-engineering at Augsburg
before transferring. The course outlined below applies 'to the fields of
aeronautical, electrical, agricultural, civil, and mechanical engineering
and engineering mathematics at the University of Minnesota. The
chemistry and chemical engineering programs will be slightly different. Students planning to enter this program should complete higher
algebra and solid geometry in high school.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction to Mathematical
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engineering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
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Sophomore
Reli3gion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Elementary Calculus and Differential Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l o
Introduction to Atomic and Nuclear
. . . . . . . . 4
Physics . . .
Electricity and Magnetism
..
4
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Psychology or Sociology I , 2 . 4 or 6
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Statics may be taken at the University of Minnesota in the first
quarter of the junior year, except for the courses in civil and mechanical engineering, in which case it may be taken in evening school or
summer session.
DENTISTRY
Preparation for the study of dentistry can generally be completed
in two years. The following schedule will meet the requirements for
admission to most dental schools. Students planning to enter this curriculum should take higher algebra and plane geometry in high school.
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . .
. 6
General Chemistry and Qualitative
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction to Mathematical
Analysis
. . .lo
Orientation
.............. I
Health . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . z
Physical Education
. . . . . , .. I
Sophomore
Religion
.......- European Civilization . . .
Zoology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Organic Chemistry . .
...
General Physics
. . . .
4
6
8
8
8
MEDICINE
Most medical schools require a minimum of three years of college
education, but premedical students often find it advantageous to complete their college work before entering the medical school. The following program will meet the requirements of most medical schools,
but it is advisable for the student to study the requirements of the
medical school to which he plans to apply.
Students who have not had higher algebra in high school will need
to add Second Course Algebra to the curriculum given below.
Sophomore
Freshman
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Freshman English . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General Chemistry
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COURSES OFFERED
DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE COURSES offered in 1960-62 are given on the
following pages. Unforesem circumstances may necessitate making
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Courses of Study
COURSES OFFERED
DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE COURSES offered in 1960-62 are given on the
following pages. Unforesem circumstances may necessitate making
changes. Courses with inadequate registration may be cancelled. Students should consult the schedule of classes to determine definitely the
current course offerings.
NUMBERING OF COURSES
Odd numbers are used for first semester courses and even numbers
for second semester courses. The Roman numerals I, I1 after the
descriptive title also indicate the semester in which the course is to
be offered.
Numbers 1 through 49 indicate lower division courses which are
primarily for freshmen and sophomores. Numbers 50 through 99 are
upper division courses intended for juniors and seniors.
Two course numbers joined by a hyphen (1-2) indicate that the
course is a continuation course and both semesters of it must be completed before credit is given. Course numbers separated by a comma
(1,2) indicate that it is a year course, but students may receive credit
for one semestm without completing the other.
SYMBOLS
f Continuation course. To receive credit for this course a student must
complete both semesters.
# Course may be taken with consent of the instructor irrespective of
prerequisites.
CREDITS
CREDITSSHOWN are in terms of semester credits. For continuation
courses. the total credits for the year are given. A two-credit course
generally meets twice a week and a three-credit course three times a
week. In the case of laboratory courses, the hours of meeting per week
are more than the credits given. A semester is approximately 18 weeks
in length. The normal load for a student i? 16 credit hours per semester.
DIVlSIOjVAL ORGANIZATION
THE COLLEGE COURSES are organized into four divisions in order to
make interdepartmental coordination more convenient and cooperative
aims more easily achieved. A chairman is appointed for each division.
Major and minor requirements are indicated in the departmental
statements.
DIVISIONOF RELIGIONAND PHILOSOPHY
Religion
Philosophy
Greek, Latin, Hebrew
English, Journalism, Speech
German, Scandinavian, French, Spanish
Music, Art
History, Political Science, Geography
Sociology
Psychology, Education
Library Science
Business Administration and Economics
Secretarial Studies
Home Economics
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Health and Physical Education
Division of Religion and Philosophy
MR. P. A. QUANBECX,
Chairman
THROUGHTHE STUDY of religion and philosophy, the individual is apprised
of the central realities of li,fe and encouraged to build on the certainties of the
Christian faith. The work proceeds on the assumption that Christianity alone
can furnish a unifying principle which gives meaning to human existence. The
student is challenged to accept this point of view-to
relate himself to G r i s t
as the center, to evaluate all his studies and experiences in the light of revealed
truth, and to make consistent use of all his talents and training. The goal to
be desired is the development of an informed and integrated Christian personality dedicated to the realization of God's kingdom on earth.
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION
THE COURSES in Religion are designed to give the student a working knowledge of the Bible, to acquaint him with the history, doctrines, and ethics of the
Church, and to prepare him for effective service in the congregation. The fundamental aim in i n ~ t r ~ c t i oi n. ~to lead as many as possible to personal faith in
Christ, and to nurture the Christian life.
The graduation requirement is 14 credits in the Department of Religion. Of
these credits, 8 must be lower division and at least 4 must be upper division
credits. Courses 9, 58, and 60 fulfill major and minor requirements but do
not fulfill the religion requirement for graduation.
Students are required to take one two-credit course each semester during
their first two years and six credits during their last two years. In this area the
sequence required of Freshmen is Basic Bible. Total hours to ,be earned by transfer students will be determined by classification given them a t the time of admission. Six credits from Greek 5 I , 52, 53, or 54 may apply toward the religion
requirement.
Major, 28 credits. Minor, 2 2 credits. Upper division credits in Greek may
apply toward the major or minor in religion.
I,2. BASICBIBLE. Fr. I, 11.
2, 2 Cr.
A brief introduction to the Bible followed by a study of the Old Testament,
including the history of Israel and special attention to one or two Old Testament books. The second semester is devoted to the study of the New Testament
with special attention to two or three books including Romans. Reading assignments include the entire New Testament.
3, 4. CHURCHHISTORY. I, 11.
z, z Cr.
A survey of the main events in the history of the Church for the purpose of
developing a more intelligent and appreciative church membership.
Division of Religion and Philosophy / 4 5
7. CLASSICS
IN CHRISTIAN
I)EvoTIoN. I.
2 Cr.
The approaches to the Christian life as seen in some of the classical devotional
writings of different periods in the history of the church.
8. THE MISSIONARY
ENTERPRISE.11.
2 0.
The missionary motives, means, and results are studied as these are seen in their
varied emphases in the history of missionary work in heathen lands.
PRINCIPLES
OF CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION.I.
2 Cr.
Seeks to develop a fundamental understanding of Christian education, its history,
objectives, and methods, especially as applied to Sunday School and Vacation
Bible School teaching.
9.
lo. HYMNSAND IMUSIC OF THE CHURCH. n.
See Course 10 under the Department of Music.
2
Cr.
Upper Bvision Courses
5 I, 5 2. COMPARATIVE
RELIGION. I, 11.
2, 2 Cr.
A study of the origin, growth, teachings, and social results of ten or twelve of
the great non-Christian religions of the world.
OF CHRISTIAN
DOCTRINE.Prereq. 3, 4. I.
3 Cr.
5 3 . FUNDAMENTALS
The fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith and attention to the historical
development of some of these doctrines.
CHRISTIANE m ~ c s . Prereq. 3, 4 , 5 3 or #. 11
3 Cr.
The problems of human duty are studied in the light of various human philosophies of morals. Validity is determined by reference to the Word of God. The
main emphasis is on the new life in Christ, its creation, development and
preservation, and its manifestation in the various phases of life.
54.
5 5. THELUTHERANCHURCH. Prereq. 3 , 4 or #. I.
2 Cr.
The Lutheran Church, its doctrines and practices, with special reference to
some of the confessional writings. Attention is given also to Lutheranism in
America and to the basic princi.ples of the Lutheran Free Church.
5 6 . THE CHRISTIANCHURCHES. Prereq. 3, 4 or #. 11.
2 Cr.
Aims to give the student an insight into the origin, development, doctrinal
psition, and practices of the various branches of the-Christian Church.
1 8 . PARISHWORK. 11.
2 cr.
Seeks to familiarize the student with the work of parish organization and visitation. Ranges in scope from soul-care to surveys. Class lectures are supplemented by actual field work.
4 6 / Division of Religion and Philosophy
60.
YOUTHWORKIN
THE
CHURCH. II.
r Cr.
A study af principles, methods, and materials in youth work for the purpose of
developing effective Christian leadership in this sphere.
61. GODAND MAN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. I.
3 cr.
The rich and varied aspects of the Hebrew life with God discovered and made
significant for our day through the study of a number of great passages,
including selections in Isaiah and the Psalms.
62. THEMESSAGE
OF THE NEWTESTAMENT. 11.
3 Cr.
A discovery of the essence of the Christian faith through a careful study of
representative sections, including passages in the Gospel of John and the Letters
to the Ephesians and the Hebrews.
TO CONTEMPORARY
THEOLOGICAL
THOUGHT.
INTRODUCTION
Prereq. 3, 4 o r #. I.
3 Cr.
A study of some representative trends in Christian theological thought today,
as seen from the perspective of the enduring theological task of the Christian
Church.
63.
64. THE CHRISTIAN
FAITHIN THE MODERNWORLD. 11.
3 Cr.
A study of the Christian faith in its relationship to the secular movements and
rival faiths of modern Western civilization. The course is designed to give to the
student an understanding, from the standpoint of the Christian faith, of the
present conflicts and crises in Western culture.
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
THE COURSES
IN PHILOSOPHY seek to assist the student to become conversant
with the great men and intellectual movements i n the history of Western
civilization, to cultivate an understanding of the principles of sound reasoning,
and to develop a mature understanding of the foundations of our knowledge in
such areas as religion, art, and morals.
Major, 24 credits. Minor, 1 8 credits. Courses 23, 24, 41, 42 are required for
the major. Courses 23, 4 1 , 42 are required for the minor.
23.
LOGIC. I.
3 Cr.
A study of the formal rules governing valid inference. The course includes a
brief introduction to the notation of symbolic logic.
24. INTRODUCTION
TO PHILOSOPHY.11.
3 Cr.
By means of reading selected source material, supplemented ,by cclssroclm lecture
and discussion, the student is acquainted with the terminology of philosophical
discussion. Selected philosophical problems are treated, including those of ethics,
metaphysics, and theory of knowledge.
Division of Religion and Philosophy / 47
HISTORYO F PHILOSOPHY. I, 11.
3. 3 Cr.
An historical survey of the outstanding men and movements in the development
of philosophical thought from the Greeks through Kant. Some reading in
selected primary sources.
41, 42.
Upper Division Courses
53. PLATOAND ARISTOTLE. Prereq. 42. I.
3 Cr.
A careful study and analysis of selected writings of each of these two great
philosophers. Extensive reading required. (Offered 1961-62.)
AND AQUINAS. Prereq. 42. 11.
3 Cr.
54. AUGUSTINE
A careful study and analysis af the most important philosophical writings of
each. Extensive reading required. (Offered 1961-62.)
3 cr.
6j. RATIONALISM.Prereq. 42. I.
A study of this important movement through the writings of its chief exponents: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz. Extensive reading required. (Offered 196162.)
3 0.
64. EMPIRICISM.Prereq. 42. 11.
A study of this important and influential movement through the writings of its
outstanding modern representatives. Emphasis is placed upon the works of Locke,
Berkeley, and Hume. (Offered 1961-62.)
65. GERMANIDEALISM.Prereq. 42. I.
3 Cr.
A study of Kant and his immediate successors. Reading of selected primary
sources supplements classroom lectures and discussion. The first half of the
course is devoted entirely to a careful study of the philosophy of Kant. (Offered
1960-61.)
66. EXISTENTIALISM.
Prereq. 42. 11.
3 Cr.
A study of modern existentialism from Kierkegaard to the present day. Emphasis is placed upon the reading of selected primary source materials. (Offered
1960-61.)
7 I . CONTEMPORARY
PHILOSOPHY.Prereq. 42. I.
3 Cr.
An historical survey of the main currents of philosophical thought since Kant.
Some reading in primary sources. (Offered 1961-62.)
OF ART. Prereq. 23 or 24. 11.
3 Cr.
72. FORMSAND PHILOSOPHY
The spirit and substance of art and the art experience in their various forms
through demonstrations, lectures, and readings in the philosophy of art. (Offered
1961-62.)
85. PHILOSOPHY
OF RELIGION. Prereq. 3 credits in Philosophy. I.
3 Cr.
An inquiry into the nature of religious faith and experience. (Offered 1960-61 .)
86. MORALPHILOSOPHY. Prereq. 3 credits in Philosophy. 11.
3 Cr.
An inquiry into the nature of moral experience, and an analysis of the language
of moral discourses. (Offered 1960-61.)
Division of the Humanities
IT IS THE PURPOSE of the Division of the Humanities to transmit to the students
a knowledge of and interest in the cultural heritage of mankind, and to assist
the student in &ding his place within this culture. The Division seeks to
stimulate the student's desire to acquaint himself with the cultural treasures
as these are found in language, literature, and the h e arts, and to seek an expression of these upon the basis and within the framework of the Christian faith.
DEPARTMENT OF NEW TESTAMENT GREEK, LATIN,
AND HEBREW
THECOURSES in this department aim to give the students a direct insight into
our biblical and classical heritage. Hebrew and New Testament Greek are tools
by which a student may gain a more complete understanding of the Scriptures.
A knowledge of New Testament Greek is a standard prerequisite for admission
to most theologicaI seminari&.
Combined Major in Greek and Latin: 20 credits in New Testament Greek and
1 4 credits in ,Latin.
NEW TESTAMENT GREEK
Minor:
20
credits.
,
1 - 2 4 ELEMENTSOF NEW TESTAMENTGREEK. I, 11..
8 Cr.
In addition to the theoretical and practical study of the grammar cd the Greek
language of the New Testament, the course will cover the manuscript transmission of the Greek text of the New Testament with the description of the
main uncial manuscripts and ancient versions.
Upper Division Courses
5 I , 52. ADVANCED
NEW TESTAMENT
GREEK. Prereq. 2. I, II.
3. 3 Cr.
Selections &om the Synoptic Gospels and Acts. Special emphasis is given to
parsing and syntax of the Greek text.
53, 54. GREEKEXEGESIS.Prereq. 52. I, 11.
3. 3 Cr.
Selections from the Pauline and Catholic Epistles. S.pecial emphasis is given to
the syntactical and exegetical approach to the Greek text.
LATIN
I-2.t
BEGINNINGLATIN. Fr. I, 11.
Grammar and exercises in translation.
8 Cr.
3, 4. CZSAR,
AND ST. AUGUSTINE. Prereq. 2. So. I, 11.
3. 3 Cr.
Continuation of grammar ,and syntax. Reading from Caesar's Galhc WIW and
St. Augmtine's Confessions. (Offered 1960-61 .)
Division of the Humanities / 49
HEBREW
83-84.f HEBREWFOR BEGINNERS.I, 11.
See Course 9-10 under Theological Seminary.
85, 86. HEBREWEXEGESIS.I, 11.
See Course 17, 1 8 under Theological Seminary.
6 0.
2,
2
Cr.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
T m DEPARTMENT
OF E-UCLIF~ a h to train students in t h e proper use ofEnglish in oral md wrirtcn expfiwion: to increvc proficiency in reading uld
U
I a n a l p k g literary texts; to acqusinr the scudents with the dmeIopment d
the literatute of England and America; and to instill a deeper understanding
of the fundaments! truths and realiries o f life revcdcd in great Iiteraturc.
The department prepares specifically for the teaching of English in secondary
schools and for graduate study.
Freshman English is required of all students. The department may exempt
a few well qualified students from course I. Those exempted fmm course I
may satisfy the English requirement by courses z and 21. Students who do not
achieve a satisfactory standard in their writing in course I must repeat the
course before they enroll in course 2.
All students are required to take an English test at the end of the sophomore
year and must demonstrate a proficiency in writing in order to qualify for the
A.B. degree.
Major: 28 credits above course 2, including courses 21, 22, 31, 32, 51, $2,
61, 62, and 74.
Minor: z I credits above course 2, including courses 21, 3I , 32, 5 I, 52, 61,
and 62.
Teaching Major: 28 credits above course 2, including the courses listed for
the non-teaching major plus 71 and the second year of a foreign language.
Teaching Minor: 2 1 credits above course 2, including the courses listed for
the non-teaching minor plus 71.
A minor in speech, library science, or a foreign language is recommended for
those who plan to teach English in high school.
Students who plan on graduate study in English should include courses 76,
78, 92, 94, 95, history 12, German, and French.
Recommended sequence of required courses for major: sophomores, first
semester, 21, 31; second semester, 22, 32; juniors, first semester, 51, 61, 74;
second semester, 52, 62, plus 71 for teaching majors.
A. IMPROVEMENT
OF READING. Fr. (Wered both semesters.)
I Cr.
Designed to improve reading speed and comprehension. May be taken by upper
classmen, but only freshmen may receive credit.
1-2. FRESHMANENGLISH. ( M e r e d both semesters.)
6 Cr.
A study of language, composition, and literature. Themes and a reference paper.
Required of all students. Students who do not meet the minimum requirements
in the entrance English tests are placed in special sections meeting five hours a
week.
50
/ D i ~ d i o nof
thc Hzrmanities
5. ENGLISHFOR THE FOREIGN-BORN.
I.
z Cr.
AII introduction to colloquial English. Training in speaking, writing, and
listening. To be taken by foreign-born students before Freshman English.
9. COMMUNICATION
FOR NURSES. I.
2 Cr.
A study of the communication skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
12. FORMSOF JOUKNALISTIC
WRITING.
See course 12 under Journalism.
IT.
2
Cr.
21, 22. LITERATURE
OF THE WESTERN
WORLD. Prereq. 2.
3, 3 Cr.
Reading, analysis, and discussion of some of the world's great classics. Various
literary movements and the influence of the classical tradition. Course 2 1 offered
both semesters. Course zr offered I1 semester 1960-61; both semesters I 961-62.
25. EXPOSITORY
WRITING. Prereq. 2. I.
z Cr.
Practice in the writing of exposition and argumentation. Reading and analysis
of models.
CREATIVE
WRITING. Prereq. 2. 11.
2 Cr.
Writing of description and narration. Study of techniques in rhe composition
of fiction, poetry, and drama. Individual and group projects.
26.
31.
MEDIEVAL
LITERATURE.Prereq.
2.
I.
z Cr.
Literature of the Middle Ages, chiefly English. Special attention given to
Chaucer.
32.
RENAISSANCE
LITERATURE.Prereq.
2.
11.
z Cr.
Literature of England from 1485 to the death of Shakespeare. Some attention
given to non-English works.
Upper Division Courses
JUNIORENGLISH. Prereq. 2. (Offered ,both semesters.)
I Cr.
Designed to develop correctness in writing and usage. Recommended for students
who rank low in the sophomore English test.
56.
5 I,
52.
AMERICAN
LITERATURE.Prereq.
?.
I, JI.
2,
z Cr.
The growth of American literature from colonial times to the present. Its
themes, techniques, and place in intellectual movements.
5 5.
THEMODERNSCANDINAVIAN
NOVEL. I.
Scc course 5 5 under Scandinavian Language and Literature.
5 6.
THEMODERNSCANDINAVIAN
DRAMA- n.
z cr.
See course 5 6 under Scandinavian Language and Literature.
57. THEBRITISHNOVEL. Prereq.
2.
I.
2
Cr.
The development of the novel in England. A study of the major novelists and
their novels. (Offered 1961-62.)
Division of the Hilmanities / 5 I
58. MODERNFICTION. Prereq. 2. 11.
3 cr.
The modem novel and short story. British, American, and continental writers.
yy. MODERNPOETRY. Prereq. 2. I.
Analysis of the techniques of modern poetry.
3 Cr.
60. MODERNDRAMA. Prereq. 2. 11.
3 Cr.
A survey of the chief dramatists from the time of Bsen. Representative plays
studied as literature and as theater.
BRITISHLITERATURE
O F THE SEVENTEENTH
AND EIGHTEENTH
CENTURIES.
3 Cr.
Prereq. 2. I.
The principal authors from John Donne through Samuel Johnson. Discussion
of literary movements and historical backgrounds.
61.
OF THE NINETEENTHCENTURY. Prereq. 2. 11. j Cr.
62. BRITISHLITERATURE
Romantic and Victorian literature in England. Stress placed on major writers of
prose and poetry.
71. INTRODUCTION
TO MODERNENGLISH. Prereq. 2.
5 cr.
The study of American English vocabulary, sounds, and grammar. Designed to
give prospective high-school Englis4 teachers an introduction to the study of
language. (Offered I Sem., 1960-61; ZI Sem. 1961-62.)
2 Cr.
72. LITERARY
CRITICISM. Prereq. 2. I.
A study of basic texts, with emphasis on principles and issues which have
special relevance for modern thought. (Offered 1961-62.)
3 Cr.
74. SHAKESPEARE.Prereq. 32 or #.
Reading of some of the plays. Attention given t o the princitples of drama and
the historical background. (Offered I1 Sem., 1960-61; I Sem. 1961-62.)
76. MILTON. Prereq. 61 o r #. II.
2 Cr.
A study of Milton's major poems and selected prose works in relation to the
important intellectual movements of the seventeenth century. ( m e r e d 196162.)
z Cr.
78. CHAUCER. Prereq. 3 I or #. 11.
Chaucer's poetry in relation to the thought and culture of the Middle Ages.
Emphasis on The Canterbury Tales. (Offered 1960-61.)
83. MODERNBRITISHLITERATURE. Prereq. 6 crs. in Br. lit. or #. I.
a cr.
The important literary movements of the present century in England, concentrating on leading authors and notable productions. (Offered 1960-61.)
8 5 . CONTEMPORARY
AMERICANLITERATURE.Prereq. yz or 8. 1.
Major writers since World War I. (Ofiered 1961-62.)
2
Cr.
92. ENGLISHSEMINAR. Prereq. Sr. and English major or minor. 11.
2 Cr.
Methods and problems of bibliography and research. Selected topics in American
and British literature.
52
/ Division
of the Humanities
STUDY. Prereq. Jr. or Sr. major and consent of de94, 95. INDEPENDENT
partment chaiman. Offered both semesters.
I , I Cr.
JOURNALISM
r 1. SURVEY
OF MASSCOMMUNICATIONS.
I.
z Cr.
Attention is given to patterns of operations in mass media with emphasis on
analysis of content and audiences. Contributions of other disciplines to the
reporting of news and the functions of the press and other communication
agencies in the formation of public opinion are studied.
12. FORMSOF JOURNALISTIC WRITING. 11.
2 0.
An introduction to news, feature, and editorial writing. Some attention given to
editing and headline writing.
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH
THISDEPARTMENTaims to foster in students those speech skills which contribute to meaningful self-expression and effective leadership. I t seeks to
develop platform skills, intelligent speech compositions, and critical listening
habits. It aims, through courses in intempretative reading and drama, to stimulate an appreciation of fine literature and drama.
The department offers a major in general speech which .prepares the student
to teach speech in the secondary schools and to take graduate work in speech,
theater, or speech pathology.
II
All students are required to earn 2 credits in speech for graduation. Speech
is designed especially for this requirement.
Students needing help with speech problems such as stuttering, lisping, foreign
dialect, and excessive stage fright should contact the head of the department
for individual attention.
Mapr: 24 credia above Speech I I. For education students courses I z, 3 I, 32,
66, and 76. Philosophy 23 is required of all majors.
Minor: 18 credits ambove Speech
I 1.
For Education students courses 12, 3 I,
32, 5 1 or $3, and 66.
I I.
BEGINNINGSPEECH. SO. Offered both semesters.
Basic prablems of effective speaking and critical listening.
12.
ARGUMENTATION.
50. II.
Applications of logic in public speaking, discussion, and debate.
2
Cr.
3 Cr.
16. STORYTELLING
AND CREATIVE
DRAMATICS.SO. Il.
z Cr.
Selection of stories for various age groups. Techniques, observation, and practice
id story telling and creative dramatics. Recommended for parish workers and
elementary school teachers. (Offered 1960-61.)
Division of the Hxmanities / 5 3
DEBATE.I, 11. Open to all students.
21-2z.t INTERCOLLEGIATE
z Cr.
Practice in debating the intercollegiate debate question of the year. Participation
in intercollegiate debate tournaments.
25. INTERCOLLEGIATE
SPEECH. Open to all students. I.
Preparation for and participation in intercollegiate speech contests.
I
Cr.
TO DRAMATIC
ARTS. Open to all students. I.
3 Cr.
29. INTRODUCTION
An introduction to the history of the theater and to the theories of drama and
dramatic production. (Offered 1960-61.)
3 I . INTERPRETATIVEREADING.So. I.
3 Cr.
Basic principles of oral interpretation of literature. Practice .in reading various
kinds of prose, poetry, and drama.
3 Cr.
32. ACTING. So. 11.
An introduction to the art of acting. Practical work in pantomime and improvisation; participation in dramatic presentations.
Upper Division Courses
5 I. GROUPLEADERSHIP
AND DISCUSSION.Jr., Sr. I.
z Cr.
Theories of leadership; principles and types of discussion. Practice in group
discussion techniques. (Offered I 960-61 .)
53. ADVANCED
PUBLICSPEAKING. Jr., Sr. I.
2 Cr.
An introduction to classics in rhetoric; analysis of great speeches; practical work
in speech writing. (Offered 1961-62.)
5 5. PERSUASION
AND PROPAGANDA.
Jr., Sr. I.
z Cr.
The psychology of persuasion; techniques used in public speaking, advertising,
selling, and propaganda. Ethical implications of persuasive techniques. (Offered
1960-61.)
2 Cr.
64. STAGECRAF~.Jr., Sr. 11.
A study of stage design, scene construction and theatrical lighting, with emphasis on the problems of the amateur stage. Laboratory exercises. ( m e r e d
1361-62.)
3 Cr.
66- STAGEDIRECTION.Prereq. 32. Jr., Sr. TI.
Theory and practice of stage direction with laboratory exercises in planning
productions and conducting rehearsals.
76.
SPEECHPATHOLOGY.Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
Physical and psychological factors underlying normal and abnormal speech. An
introduction to principles and methods of speech correction.
54 / Division of the Humanities
92. SPEECH SEMINAR. Sr. 11.
z Cr.
Selected topics in rhetorical theory; individual projects with emphasis on rhe
uie of primary sources and the methodology of research.
94. DRAMASEMINAR. Sr. 11.
z Cr.
Selected topics in drama; individual projects as indicated by personal needs and
interests.
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
THIS DEPARTMENT
aims to impart to the student the knowledge of a modem
language as a 'factor in stimulating a sympathetic interest in the people for whom
it is the main channel of expression. It also aims to aid the student in developing
an understanding of the idiom of a particular language and a mastery of the
rules of grammar and pronunciation. It furthermore seeks to develop an interest
in the history, literature and life of the people whose language he is learning,
and to transmit to American life the best of their cultural and religious heritage.
A special aim is to provide language facility and technical training for those who
plan to teach, study theology, or become candidates for higher academic degrees.
GERMAN
Minor, 20 credits.
8 Cr.
I-2.f BEGINNING
GERMAN. I, 11.
A study of the grammar and vocabulary of the German language so that the
student attains a reading knowledge.
3, 4. INTERMEDIATE
GERMAN. I, 11.
3, 3 c r .
This course continues to build up the vocabulary of the student through the
study of easy (prose and poetry. Special work in conversation is required of all
students planning to teach.
Upper Division Cou.rses
1I , 12. GERMANLITERATURE.I, 11.
Reading of standard authors. Brief survey of German literature.
3. 3 Cr.
SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Minor, 24 credits.
I-2.f BEGINNING
NORWEGIAN.Fr. I, II.
8 Cr.
Reading, translation, spelling, and exercises in writing and in pronunciation.
3, 4. INTERMEDIATE
NORWEGIAN.SO. I, 11.
3, 3 c r Further study of grammar. Reading of standard authors. Brief survey of Norwegian literature. Composition.
I I.
SCANDINAVIAN
HISTORY.
I.
3 Cr.
A brief survey of the history of the Scandinavian peoples, with history of
Norway as the core. (Offered 1961-62.)
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I 6.
MODERNSCANDINAVIA.
11.
3 Cr.
A survey of social thought and life in Scandinavia since 1814, with special
emphasis upon recent developments. (Offered 1961-62.)
Upper Division Courses
THEMODERNSCANDINAVIAN
NOVEL. Jr., Sr. I.
Cr.
The course includes selected novels by Jonas Lie, Sigrid Undset, Selma Lagerlgif,
and others. Knowledge of a Scandinavian language not required. ( m e r e d
1960-61.)
5 5.
2
56. THEMODERNSCANDINAVIAN
DRAMA. Jr., Sr. 11.
t Cr.
The course includes dramas by Bjernson, Zbsen, and Stridberg. Knowledge of
a Scandinavian language not required. (Offered 1960-61.)
FRENCH
Minor, t o credits.
I-2.t BEGINNINGFRENCH. I, H.
8 Cr.
The course includes the study of French sounds and their spelling, the essentials
of grammar, oral and written work, and the reading of suitable selections from
French literature.
3, 4. INTERMEDIATE
FRENCH. I, 11.
3, 3 Cr.
One half of the time is devoted to the further study af grammar, composition,
and oral work. The other half is spent in reading representative types of French
literature.
Upper Division Courses
5 I. SURVEY
OF FRENCHLITERATURE.I.
3 Cr.
A study of the authors and literary movements of the seventeenth, eighteenth,
and nineteenth centuries.
52.
FRENCHPHONETICS,CONVERSATION,
AND COMPOSITION. 11.
3 CC
A thorough study of French sounds, phonetic symbols, drill on pronunciation,
phonetic readings, various types of oral work, memorization, dictation and
composition.
SPANISH
Minor,
20
credits.
8 Cr.
I-z.? BEGINNINGSPANISH. I, 11.
Stresses pronunciation, the essentiat of grammar, elementary conversation, and
background reading in Spanish on the I.atin American countries.
Includes further study of grammar, oral and written work, and the reading d
short stories, novels, and plays in the Spanish language.
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of the Humanities
Upper Division. Courses
5 I . SURVEY
OF SPANISHLITERATURE.I.
3 Cr.
A study of Spanish literature from the Poema del Cid to modern times. Lectures in Spanish, reading of representative works and reports.
52. SPAXBH CONVERSAT~ON
~m Cornsmow. 11.
3 cr.
A course aiming to fncilitate free expression in Spanish through conversation
and composition, including original themes. Lzhratory, including audio-visual
aids, inregrared wirh classroom work and instruction.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
THE DEPARTMENT
OF MUSICoffers training to students who wish to become
teachers of music, directors of choral and instrumental ensembles, or who are
primarily interested in performance, as well as preparatiod for those who expect
to pursue specialized study in the field of music. General instruction is afforded
other students who also wish to broaden their cultural background with an
understanding of and appreciation for the music of the masters. Emphasis is
laid upon the rich musical heritage of the Christian Church.
Major: 40 credits. Excepting 3 and lo, courses I through 58, 61-6r* or 6364*, 6 9 , 77 or 78, 80, and 10 credits in applied music, of which 4 must be in
private lessons in voice or on an instrument, and 4 as a member of a musical
organization. At least 2 credits in private instruction must be earned in the
junior and senior years. Non-education studears may subsrirute 10 for 77 or 78.
One public performance in their area of specialization is required of juniors
y
in
and seniors. This requirement may be fuifilled by s a r i ~ f ~ c t o rparticipation
the monthly Performance Smnhtrs. Fomzl public recitals are encouraged and,
upon recommendation of the department, may be given in fulfillment of the
requirement.
Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors are required to attend monthly Performance
Seminars. Freshmen are encouraged to attend. The seminars are student recitals
which provide opportunity for public performance and acquaint the students
with a repertory of musical excellence.
All majors are required to pass a piano proficiency examination, preferably by
the end of the sophomore year. Ir includes: the major and minor scales in a
moderate tempo; three pieces in different styles, such as (a) a Bach invention
or a dance from one of the suites, (b) one of the easier sonatas of Haydn,
Mozart, or Beethoven, and (c) one of the shorter pieces by a nineteenth or
twentieth century composer; sight-reading songs af hymn-tune grade.
Minor: 2 6 credits. Excepting 3 and 10, courses I through 5 8 , 61-62" or 6 3 64*, and 6 credits in applied music, 2 of which must 'be in private lessons in
vocal or instrumental music.
A maximtlm of 10 credits in applied music may count toward the Bachelor
of Arts degree.
"A student in education should prepare for both vocal and instrumental work.
Therefore, unless he takes both technique courses, he should take Choral Technique if his applied music is largely instrumental, and Instrumental Technique
if hi applied music is largely vocal.
I , z. THEORY.
I, 11.
z, z Cr.
A basic course in the fundamentals of music, including the principles of nota-
tion, major and minor scales, intervals, triads, rhythms; aural skills; sight
reading, dictation, and part singing.
3. INTRODUCTION
TO MUSIC. 11.
z Cr.
A course for non-majors. To promote understanding and enjoyment of music.
Fulfills the fine arts requirement.
7, 8. HISTORYAND LITERATURE
OF MUSIC. I, 11.
2, 2 Cr.
An historical survey of western music from its beginnings to 1900. Supple-
mented by musical scores and recorded performances.
10. HYMNS
AND MUSICOF THE CHURCH. 11.
2 G.
Development of the music cd the Christian Church, with special attention to
Protestant hymnody. Designed for the general student, organists, choir directors,
and pre-theological students. Fulfills the requirements of a course in religion.
I 5-16.?
HARMONY.
I, 11.
4 cr.
Application of the study of scales, intervals, and chord formation in written
exercises. Written work includes harmonization of figured bass and given
melodies as well as opportunity for simple creative writing.
Upper Divisionl Courses
5 5, 5 6. ADVANCED
HARMONY.Prereq. z, 16. I, U.
2, 2 Cr.
Continuation of I 5-16, with advanced work in harmonization of figured bass
and given melodies. Modulation, advanced chord formations, the use of suspensions, retardations, and ornaments of music.
CONDUCTING.Prereq. 2, or z Cr. in piano, organ, or equivalent.
Jr. I, 11.
2, z Cr.
Techniques of conducting choral and instrumental music; organization and
administration of choral and instrumental ensembles in school, church, and
community. Students in music education should ,take the course in their junior
year.
57, 58.
61, 62. INSTRUMENTAL
TECHNIQUE.
Prereq. z. Jr., Sr. I, H.
z, z Cr.
Class instruction in string, reed, brass, and #percussion instruments, preparing
the prospective public school music teacher and director for work in band and
orchestra.
63, 64. CHORALTECHNIQUE.
Prereq. z. Jr., Sr. I, 11.
2, z Cr.
Class instruction in the ,fundamentals of voice culture as related to choral
ensemble. For public school music teachers and directors of vocal music.
69.
TWENTIETHCENTURYMUSIC. Prereq. 8, 56. Jr., Sr.
I.
z Cr.
A survey of western music with emphasis on contemporary trends.
77. COUNTERPOINT. Prereq. 5 5. Sr. I.
z Cr.
Strict counterpoint in one, two, three, and tour-part writing in all the species.
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78. MUSICALANALYSIS. Prereq. $ 5 and 77 o r #. Sr. 11.
z Cr.
A detailed study of the structure and form of music, together with the study of
the harmonies constituting any musical composition.
80, 81. SENIORSEMINAR. Prereq. Sr. and Music Major. I, 11.
I , I Ct.
Advanced topics in music. Choral, vocal, and instrumental literature. Bibliographies and research.
APPLZED MUSZC
Vocal and instrumental instruction is available to all students. Beginners must
complete two semesters of private lessons in order to receive credit. Others
receive one credit for a minimum of sixteen thirty-minute lessons per semester.
Occasional lessons are available without credit. For statement of fees see under
Financial Information.
I, I Cr.
PIANO. I, 11.
Technique as needed, repertory, pedormance, accompanying. Music majors and
minors must pass the proficiency examination. Only those credits earned after this
examination has been passed apply toward the major o r minor.
ORGAN. Prereq. Basic piano technique and consent of instructor. I, II. I , I Cr.
Technique as needed, repertory, performance, hymn playing, accompanying.
I, I Cr.
VOICE. I, 11.
Includes correct habits of pronunciation and articulation, breath control,
flexi,bility, ear training in some cases, and interpretation of song classics, both
sacred and secular.
WOOD-WINDINSTRUMENTS. I, 11.
I, I
Cr.
BRASSINSTRUMENTS. I, 11.
I, I
Cr.
2
Cr.
I, I
Cr.
CHOIR.;
I, 11.
CONCERTBAND. I, 11.
WOMEN'S CHORUS(Cantorians) . I, 11.
%, % Cr.
%, % Cr.
o Cr.
These organizations exist not only for the benefit of the music student but
for any student who wishes to participate in groups affording opportunity for
musical expression.
PERFORMANCE
SEMINAR I, 11.
o Cr.
DEPARTMENT OF ART
THE D E P A R ~ E N OF
T ART endeavors to further the student's technical and
conceptual understanding of art. Besides experience in the disciplines of drawing,
painting, and sculpture, emphasis is given to the function of a r t in history
Dfvisim of the Humanities / 59
and religion. Because of the impact art has on contemporary life, students are
encouraged to find opportunities in teaching, graduate study, commercial designing, and avocational art.
Minor: 16 credits, including I, 17 or 18, 21 or 22, and 71.
I.
BASICDESIGN. Offered both semesters.
3 Cr.
Theory and application of basic art principles, in drawing, painting, l e t t e ~ h ~ ,
.and sculpture.
ART IN DAILYLIVING. I.
See course 3 under Department of Home Economics.
3.
3 Cr.
17, I 8. O m PAINTING.I, 11.
2, z Cr.
Investigation of the technical and expressive possibilities of oil paint. Still life,
landscape, and portrait painting.
21, rz. SCULPTURE.
I, 11.
2 , z Cr.
Design in three-dimensional form. Modeling of portraits, human figures, and
animal forms. Ceramic and plaster casting.
32. WATERCOLOR
PAINTING.11.
z Cr.
Use of transparent and opaque water color techniques, with emphasis on landscape painting.
Upper Division Courses
64. HISTORY
AND APPRECIATION
OF ART. CI.
See course 64 under Department of Home Economics.
3 Cr.
71. HISTORY
OF PAINTING.I.
3 Cr.
A historical survey of painting in western civilization from early Mediterranean
cultures to modern times.
The 65-voice Augsburg College Choir,
directed b y Leland B. Sateren, and the
55-piece Augsburg College Band, directed by Mayo Savold, perform distinctive music works and tour annua2ly.
Division of the Social Sciences
MR. CHRISLOCK,
Chairman
IT IS THE GENERAL PURPOSE of the work in this division to improve the
student's understanding of human relationships and his appreciation of their
importance and value, especially in their Christian interpretation. The work
proceeding under the guidance of the faculty in this division is therefore
intended to develop a higher grade of citizenship and to improve the individual's
adaptation to his vocation.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
THE WORK
OF THIS DEPARTMENT is designed to give the student an understanding and appreciation of the events, functions, motivations, and operations
of the .phenomena in the fields of History and Political Science. I t affords
preparation for graduate study and for teaching in secondary schools.
HISTORY
Major, 30 credits; minor, 2 1 credits. Students with a major or minor in
history who plan to teach in this field must include History 21 and 22. For
non-majors, ~rere~uisites
may be waived on consent of the instructor.
I , 2.
WESTERN
CIVILIZATION.
Fr. I, 11.
3. 3 Cr.
This course is a rapid survey of European history from ancient times and up to
the present. Designed to lay the foundation for ,future work in History.
21, 22. UNITEDSTATESHISTORY.
So. I, TI.
3. 3 Cr.
A survey of the life of the American people, and the development of their ideas
afid institutions. First semester, from early explorations to 186s; second semester,
the 'beginning of the reconstruction period to the present.
Upper Division Courses
52. ENGLAND
TO I 8 3 2.
Prereq. I , 2. Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
Emphasis placed on the constitutional development of England. (Offered 196061.)
5 3. HISTORY
OF CANADA.Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
The development of Canada from early explorations u, the present, with
emphasis on Canadian-United States relations. (Oflered 1961-62.)
5 5 . CONTEMPORARY
UNITED
STATES. Prereq. 21, 22. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
The United States from about 1900 to the present. Seminar offered in connection with this course may be taken 'fbr one additional credit on approval of
kstructor.
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AMERICANDIPLOMATICHISTORY. Prereq. 6 Cr. in History or Pol. Sci.
or #. Jr., Sr. II.
3 Cr.
The history of American foreign policy. The period from 1898 to the present
is emphasized. Seminar offered in connection with this course may be taken for
one additional credit on approval of instructor. (Offered 1961-62.)
56.
AND PROBLEMS
OF SOUTHAND SOUTHEAST
ASIA.
GOVERNMENTS
Jr., Sr. I.
See course 57 under Political Science
57.
58. POLITICSAND PROBLEMS
OF THE MIDDLEEAST. Jr., Sr.
See course 58 under Political Science.
H.
3 Cr.
3 Cr.
3 Cr.
61. ANCIENTHISTORY. Prereq. I, 2. Jr., Sr. I.
A cultural and political history of ancient civilizations and their contribution
to modern cultures. (Offered I 960-6 I .)
63. MEDIEVALEUROPE,300-1200. Prereq. I , 2. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
From the decline of Rome, through the political, economic, and cultural revival
of 12th century Europe. (Offered 1961-62.;
64. MEDIEVAL
EUROPE,1200-1500.
Prereq. I, 2. Jr., Sr. II.
3 Cr.
hledieval culture at its height in the 13th century, the rise of western monarchies,
decline of the medieval ,papacy and empire, late Middle Ages and the 'Italian
Renaissance. ( m e r e d 1961-62.)
3 cr.
65. EARLY MODERNEUROPE, I 500-1648. Jr., Sr. I.
Emphasizes the religious crises of the Reformation and the religious wars.
(Offered 1960-61.)
3 cr.
66. EARLYMODERNEUROPE,164-1789. Jr., Sr. II.
A study of divine-right absolutism of Louis XlV and its influence in Europe,
contrasting political pattern af England, scientific developments and their
effects on areas of thought, 18th century background of the French Revolution. (Offered 1960-61.)
Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
A ,political and cultural survey of these countries from ancient times to the
nineteenth century. (Offered 1961-62.)
67.
PRE-NINETEENTHCENTURYINDIA, CHINA, AND
JAPAN.
AND JAPAN, I 850 TO PRESENT. Jr., Sr. n.
3 Cr.
68. CHINA
A survey of the internal developments in China and Japan, their relations with
each other and with the West. (Offered 1961-62.)
FRENCHREVOLUTION
AND EARLYNINETEENTH
CENTURYEUROPE.
3 Cr.
Prereq. 12 credits in History. Jr., Sr. I.
Political, economic, social, and cultural development in Europe from 1789 to
I 8 50. The French Revolution, Napoleon, the Restoration, the Revolution of
1848.
7I.
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LATE NINETEENTHCENTURYEUROPE. Prereq. 12 credits in History.
Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
Political, economic, social, and cultural development in Europe from, 1848 to
1914. The national unification of Germany and Italy, the rise of imperialism,
and the background of World War I.
72.
Jr., Sr. I.
75. HISTORYOF POLITICALTHEORY.
See course 75 under Political Science.
TWENTIETH
CENTURYEUROPE. Prereq.
3 Cr.
credits in History. Sr. 11.
z Cr.
A survey of recent developments in the world, extending from the outbreak of
World War I to the present. Seminar offered in connection with this course
may be taken for one additional credit on approval cif instructor.
82.
12
99. SEMINARIN NORTHWEST
HISTORY. Prereq. #., Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
A study of various areas of the history of Minnesota and the Northwest. A
research paper is required. (Offered 1960-61.)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Minor: I 5 credits.
AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT.I, 11.
6 cr.
A study of the Constitution; civil rights; federal, state, and local governments;
citizenship; and popular control of government.
41-42.$
Upper Division Courses
5 6. AMERICANDIPLOMATIC
HISTORY.
11.
See course 56 under History.
3 Cr.
57.
GOVERNMENTS
AND PROBLEMSOF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
ASIA. Jr.,
Sr. I.
3 Cr.
The emergence of the new national states in this area; their political and
economic problems. (Offered 1960-61.)
58. P O L I ~ CAND
S
PROBLEMS
OF THE MIDDLEEAST. Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
A survey of the contemporary political and economic problems in the Middle
East. (Offered 1960-61.)
PUBLICFINANCE. Prereq. 41-42 or Economics I 1 for Political Science
3 Cr.
minors. Jr., Sr. I.
See course 61 under Business Administration and Economics.
61.
Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
75. HISTORYOF POLITICALTHEORY.
A survey of the high points in the development of political theory from the
Greeks to the present. (Offered 1961-62.)
GEOGRAPHY
14. HUMANGEOGRAPHY.Fr., So. 11.
A study of geographical factors affecting mankind.
3 Cr.
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Combined Major in Social Sciences for Teaching: 24 credits in History (including History 2 I and 22) and Geography; Sociology I, 2; Economics I 5 , 16;
Political Science 4 1 -42.
Minor in Social Science: 6 credits each in History and Sociology; Political
Science 4 1-42; and 3 credits in Economics.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS DEPARTMENT are to help students attain a better
understanding of society and its social problems, as well as to prepare studenu
for social service, for graduate training in social work, and for graduate study in
Sociology. Beyond understanding of society and its problems and beyond
academic competence, the Department aims to explore the relevance of Christianity to effective social service.
Major, 24 credits including Sociology I , 2 . Reuired in addition are History
1-2, or 21, 22; Psychology 5 .
Minor, I 5 credits including Sociology I , 2. Required in addition are History
1-2, or 21, 22.
Introduction to Statistics is recommended for majors and minors in Sociology.
For other recommended courses see under Social Work curriculum.
I.
INTRODUCTION
TO SOCIOLOGY.Fr., So. I.
3 Cr.
An introduction to the field of Sociology, examining its methods, techniques,
and general concepts as they apply to an analysis of American society.
2.
SOCIALPROBLEMS.Fr., So. 11.
3 Cr.
The dynamic processes at the root of contemporary problems. Problems of
personal, family and community disorganization are selected for special study.
4. INTRODUCTION
TO STATISTICS.Fr., So. 11.
See course 4, under Business Administration and Economics.
3
e.
5 . SOCIOLOGY.I.
2 Cr.
An introduction to the field of sociology, designed especially for student nurses.
I 6.
MODERNSCANDINAVIA.11.
See course r 6 under Scandinavian Language and Literature.
3 Cr.
2 I.
RURALSOCIOLOGY.So. I.
3 Cr.
Structure, function and change of rural society with special attention to the
problems of,contemporary rural A.merica.
URBANSOCIOLOGY.SO. 11.
3 Cr.
Study of the city as to historical background, causes of growrh, social communities, maladjustments, urban planning, housing problems, health factors,
cultural centers, and rural-urban relationships.
22.
42. ~ ~ A R R I A G EAND FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS.II.
See course 42 under Department of Home Economics.
3
cr.
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Upper Division; Courses
5 I. CRIMINOLOGY.
Prereq. I. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
A study of the nature of delinquency and crime in contemporary society. An
examination of causal factors, methods of apprehension, treatment, and prevention of delinquency and crime.
52. RACERELATIONS
AND ,MINORITY
PROBLEMS.Prereq. I. Jr., Sr. 11. 3 Cr.
The dynamics of prejudice, racism, and discrimination, together with an
examination of social action programs. (Offered 1960-61.)
5 6. LABOR
AND MANAGEMENT
RELATIONS.Jr., Sr. I1
3 Cr.
An analysis of the socio-economic roles of labor and management in a dynamic
society. (Offered 19.61-62.)
3 Cr.
57. FIELDSOF SOCIALWORK. Prereq. I. Jr., Sr. I.
An introductory exploration of the scope, nature, and functions of social work.
A survey of private and public social agencies in the field of family welfare,
child welfare, medical social work, group work, and other community agencies.
3 G60. PUBLICWELFARE. Prereq. I. Jr., Sr. H.
An introduction to the historical development, basic concepts, legislative policies,
organizational structure, and institctional functions of social welfare, including
a survey of contemporary public welfare and social security. (Offered 1960-61.)
Prereq. I, Psy. 5 . Jr., Sr. I.
3 a61. SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.
Society and the individual, the socialization .process, the development of personality, the impact of group norms. Selected forms of collective behavior
such as crowd, rumor, and audiences.
PSYCHOLOGY.
62. ABNORMAL
See course 62 under Psychology.
3 Cr.
64. INTRODUC~ON
TO METHODS
OFSOCIAL
WORK. Prereq. #. II.
3 Cr.
Princi.ples and procedures of case work and group work designed especially for
students who anticipate entering the field of social work. (Offered 1961-6s.)
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
PSYCHOLOGY
THE CURRICULUM IN PSYCHOLOGY is designed to acquaint students with the
data and methods used in the scientific study of human behavior. The work in
psychology is further designed to aid the student in more adequately understanding, predicting, and modifying his own behavior as well as that of his
#fellowmen.
Minor: 15 credits.
Division of. the Social Sciences / 6y
GENEU PSYCHOLOGY.
Offered both semesters.
y.
3 Cr.
A study of the basic processes underlying human behavior. The general principles, methods and problems of psychology are discussed.
7. GENERAL
PSYCHOLOGY.I.
z Cr.
An introductory course intended for student nurses. Special emphasis is placed
upon normal and abnormal reactions to stress and frustration, mental hygiene,
and to methods of therapy.
10. PSYCHOLOGY
OF ADJOSTATENT.
Prereq. y . So. 11.
3 Cr.
Motivations of man with emphasis on behaviors necessary for adequate living,
theories of adjustment, defense mechanisms and adjustive techniques considered
with respect to personality and mental hygiene.
Upper Division Courses
61. SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.Jr., Sr. I.
Sec course 61 under Department of Sociology.
3 Cr.
62. ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY.
Prereq. y. Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
The sociological, psychological, and biological factors involved in neurotic and
psychotic behavior. Modern methods of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Community organization for mental hygiene.
64.. EXPERIMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY.Prereq. y. Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
Experiments to illustrate the basic methods used by psychology as a contemporary science. Demonstrations and experiments in human and animal
learning, problem-solving, perception, measurement of abilities and personality
traits. One two-hour and one three-hour period per week. (Offered 1961-62.)
IN PSYCHOLOGY.
Prereq. y, and 8.Jr., Sr. 11.
1-2 Cr.
66. TOPICS
A study of special problems. For students desiring to continue investigations
begun in the regular courses or to carry out individual research on topics of
their choice.
71. EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY.Jr. I.
See course 71 under Education.
3 Cr.
EDUCATION
THE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM has been designed primarily for those preparing
to do public school teaching, although any student who is preparing to work
with youth is encouraged to study in this area. The work in this department
will qualify the graduate ifor teaching on the elementary or the junior and
senior high school level, as well as for further study in the field of education.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATIOh7
PLANNING FOR elementary school teaching are required to follow
STUDENTS
the prescribed course of study. See under curriculum for Elementary Education.
Formal admission to the program takes place in the sophomore year. During
this year the student has regular conferences with the Director for orientation
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ar;d counseling purposes, and is tested in the subject matter of the fields which
are taught in elementary schools. Students with deficiencies may be required to
take additional work. Each student wishing to complete the program must
make written application on the form provided and must be recommended by
the Director and approved by the Committee on Teacher Education.
2, 2 Cr.
50,51. CHILDPSYCHOLOGY.Prereq. Psy. 5 , Jr. I, 11.
This is a study of child development and the process of learning. I t includes
consideration of the techniques of studying children.
METHODSAND MATERIALS
OF THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLCURRICULUM.
Prereq. Psy. 5, and concurrent registration in Ed. yo and 1 1 . Jr. I, 11.
3, 3 c r .
A study of the methods and the materials o;f the curriculum of the elementary
school in the fields of mathematics, science and health, physical education, music,
and art; it utilizes staff assistance from several of the academic departments involved. Special attention is given to the content of the mathematics program of
the elementary school.
5 2 , J 3.
METHODSAND MATERIALSIN SOCIALSTUDIES
AND THE LANGUAGE
ARTS
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. Prereq. 5 I . Sr. I.
j Cr.
The methods and the materials of the curriculum of the elementary school in
the fields of social studies and language arts.
54.
IN THE
Prereq. 53. Jr. I, 11. Sr. I.
5 y, 56, 57. %SERVATION OF TEACHING.
A combination of laboratory experience and seminar. Students spend two to
three hours a week in observing teaching in an elementary school and may
assist the room teacher with certain classroom tasks. One seminar or discussion
hour a week. I credit per semester.
J
8.
TEACHING
OF READING. Prereq. 5 I. Sr. I.
3 Cr.
Deals with the problems of teaching reading to elementary school children. T h e
materials and methods are studied in the context of learning theory.
19.
CHILDREN'SLITERATURE.Prereq. 5 I. Sr. I.
3 Cr.
This is a study of literature suitable for children of elementary school age. I t
requires extensive reading and evaluation of books.
60.
SEMINARIN TEACHING.
Prereq. 5 5. Sr. 11.
2
Cr.
This deals with the practical problems o;f teaching as they arise in the student
teaching experience.
62.
DIRECTED
TEACHING
IN
THE
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. Prereq. 55. Sr. 11.
8 Cr.
Students spend half days for a full semester observing, assisting the regular
teacher, and much of the time in actual teaching in cooperating schools.
Supervision is carried out by the classroom cooperating teacher and the college
staff.
Division of the Social Sci,mces/ 67
SEGONDARY EDUCATION
ADMISSION
TO THE SECONDARY EDUCATION CURRICULUM requires an application
to be approved .by the Committee on Teacher Education. Application must be
made during the second semester of the sophomore year if the student is to
complete the program in the regular time of two years. Approval is granted on
the basis of a satisfactory health report, favorable personality characteristics,
and a minimum in scholastic achievement of 1.5 honor point ratio in the major,
a 1.0 ratio in the minor, and a 1.0 ratio for the over-all average. Except in
special fields the applicant should be preparing for competency in at least two
subjects that are taught on the high school level, that is, he should complete
a major and a minor or two majors.
All students admitted to the secondary education curriculum must secure
two credits of Group Activity usually to be taken in connection with Ed. 71
and 72. They are also required to have a course in health and three semester
hours in general psychology, the latter to be completed before taking Ed. 71.
For a proposed course of study see under Curriculum for High School Teaching.
71. EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY.Prereq. Psy. 5, Jr. I.
3 Cr.
A study of human development, learning, and adjustment in order to better
understand human behavior, especially the behavior of adolescents in a school
context.
72. TEACHING
IN SECONDARY
SCHOOLS. Prereq. 71. Jr. 11.
3 Cr.
This course has three parts: a study of the purposes and programs of secondary
schools; developing personal competency in planning instructional activities; and
developing the ability to evaluate the outcome of instruction.
73, 74. GROUP ACTNITY. I. 11.
I, I Cr.
This is not given as a separate course, but offered in connection with Education
71,72; Religion 9, 58; Physical Education 6, I I, 13, 14, 81,82. The nature
of the experience will vary with the course with which i t is associated, and
nlay include such activities as teaching, supervising recreation, and advising
clubs. The cooperation of the agencies involved is necessary, with reports from
the supervisor and the student to the teacher of the course with which the
work is connected, A student may not receive more than z credits in Group
Activity.
76. PRINCIPLESOF GUIDANCE. Prereq. 71.Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
A study of the guidance function of the classroom teacher, tools and techniques
used in studying students, and methods appropriate for student guidance,
including counseling.
78. ISSUESm CONTEMPORARY
EDUCATION. Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
The purpose of the course is to develop skill in perceiving and defining current
problems in education, to gain an understanding of possible solutions, and to
develop some ability to evaluate the various solutions proposed. The relation
of the problems to the development of American education and to a philosophy
of education is stressed.
OF NATURAL
SCIENCESIN
79. TEACHING
THE
SECONDARY
SCHO~L. Sr. I.
2
Cr.
68 / Division of the Social Sciences
81.
TEACHING
OF BUSINESS
IN
THE
a3. TEACHING
OF MATHEMATICS
IN
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
THE
z Cr.
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
2
Cr.
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
2
Cr.
85.
TEACHINGOF SOCIALSTUDIES
IN
87.
TEACHINGOF HEALTH
EDUCATIONAND PHYSICALEDUCATION
M THE
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
s Cr.
88.
TEACHING
OF MUSICIN
THE
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
89. TEACHINGOF MUSICIN
THE
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
91.
THE
TEACHINGOF HOME ECONOMICS
nu
m E
JT.
11.
2
cr.
2
Cr.
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
z Cr.
AND ADULTE D U C A ~ OIN
N HOMEECONOMICS.Sr. 11. z Cr.
92. EVALUATION
93.
TEACHING
OF ENGLISHIN
THE
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
OF MODERNLANGUAGES
IN
94. TEACHING
THE
z Cr.
SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
z Cr.
95 . TEACHINGOF SPEECHIN THE SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Sr. I.
2 Cr.
Courses 79 through 91 include the study of the materials, organization, and
teaching procedures of the field for which they are given; applications of the
principles of teaching are made in the specific field. Usually, each student is
required to take two of these courses to prepare 4or student teaching; this
means one course related to the major and one to the minor. Prerequisites are
a major or a ,minor in the field and Education 7 2 .
97. STLTDENT
TEACHINGIN m E SECONDARY
SCHOOL. Prereq. 72. Offered
4-5 Cr.
both semesters.
Observation, participation in teaching activities, and experience in actual control
of the classroom situation. Direction of the program is shared by the college
supervisor and selected critic teachers.
99. TOPICS
IN EDUCATION.Offered both semesters. Sr.
1-2 Cr.
Independent study offering students an opportunity to explore areas of specialization in education. Each student does research and presents a report of hi
tindings on the requirements, present status, and future possibilities of his own
field of interest. Conducted largely on a seminar ,basis. Open to seniors with the
approval of the department.
LIBRARY SCIENCE
THE FOLLOWING COURSES prepare the student to meet the state requirements
for a minor in library science. They train him in making a wise choice of books
for the. school library, in preparing books and other library materials for
circulation, in administering a school library, and in making intelligent and
effective use of library tools for hi own needs as a teacher.
M i o r , 16 credits.
Division of the Socid Sciences / 69
55-56.?
OF
BASICFUNCTIONS
THE
SCHOOLLIBRARY.So., Jr. I, TI.
3 Cr.
Designed to acquaint the student with the place of the library in the school
and community; local public, county, state, and national services; standards;
relations with school administration, faculty, students, and community; the
budget; planning, housing, and equipment; library records; organization of
materials; school library administration. Two credits first semester; one credit,
second.
57-58.i
4 Cr.
ELEMENTARY
MATERIALS.Jr., Sr. I, 11.
Library materials for the elementary school lhrary; book selection, principles
and standard lists; correlating the library holdings with the grade curriculum;
reviewing of individual titles. Sources. (Offered 1960-61.)
6 Cr.
59-60.? SECONDARY
MATERIALS.Jr., Sr. I, 11.
Introduction to book selection; book selection in subject fields, including reference books and related fiction; periodicals and other non-,book materials, standard lists for book selection; reviewing of individual titles. Sources. (Wered
1961-62.)
61. PRACTICAL
~ ~ T H O D S . Prereq. 5 6. Sr. I.
I Cr.
Giving the student practice experience in school libraries; teaching the use of
thc library; weeding and withdrawal procedures.
2 Cr.
62. READINGGUIDANCE. Prereq. 56. Sr. 11.
Remedial reading in the school as it relates to the school library, reading ladders;
student's personal library; professional literature in the field; lists, testing,
and records; guiding individual students in their recreational reading.
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND
ECONOMICS, AND SECRETARIAL STUDIES
THE
OBJECTIVE OF m I s DEPARTMENT is to help students gain a broad
knowledge and sound perspective of business and our economic society. The
business major prepares a student for positions in the business community. T h e
economics major provides the background necessary for further study in
gaduate school. Together with secretarial studies, the department also provides
a teaching major and minor.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS
Major in Business Administration: 36 credits, including courses
16, 53, 72. In addition, Psychology 5 is required.
I , 2,
3, 4, 15,
Major in Economics: 24 credits, including courses 4, 15, 16, 60, and twelve
credits from 51, 54, 56, 61, 62. In addition, I, z, and Math. 13 are required.
Minor in Business Administration: 21 credits, including courses I, z, 3, 15,
16, and six credits in Upper Division courses.
Minor in Economics: 15 credits, including courses 15, 16 and nine credits
from 51, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62.
70
/ Division oj
the Social Sciences
I, 2, PRINCIPLES
OF A C C O U N ~ N GSO.
. I, 11.
3, 3 c r .
An introduction to the principles of accounting and their application to the
single proprietorship, partnership, and corporation; preparation of hancial
statements; and procedure in recording and classifying business transactions.
Meets four hours per week.
3. ILVTRQIY~CT~OK
TO Busn~ss. Fr. I.
f Cr.
An introductory survey of busincss and b&ws mamgement including a study
of rhc varicry, namre and inrerrrlariomhip of problems of 8 b m i u aperation.
~
Finance, p w n n e i , prduction, marketing, internal organization and control,
and governrnenrd relationships are a few o f the topics cowred.
INTRODUCTION
TO STATISTICS.SO. 11.
3 Cr.
A course in scientific methods of dealing with the collection, organization,
comparison and interpretation of numerical data. The technique of constructing
graphs and tables, as well as &dina measurer of central tendencies, variability,
correlation and sound rnethds of sampling.
4.
I 5, I 6.
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOWCS. So. I, 11.
3, 3 Cr.
The foundations of economic analysis; ,production, employment and prices; and
public policy. The objective is to promote interest in economic problems and
the ability to use economic analysis in reaching judgments about economic
policy problems.
Upper Division, Courses
5 I. MONEYAND BANKING. Prereq. 15, 16. Jr., ST. I.
3 Cr.
The influence of money and banking on economic activity and of monetary and
fiscal policies which might be adopted to yield a stable general price level with
high levels of output and employment. (Offered 1960-61.)
53. BUSINESS
LAW. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
Legal rules relating to contracts, agency, negotiable instruments, property and
business organizations.
54. MARKETING. Prereq. I 1, 16. Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
An introductory course in which the functions and institutions of marketing
are studied. Problems in selecting channels of distri,bution and in determining
merchandising and pricing plicies are also considered. (Offered 1961-62.)
RELATIONS. Jr., Sr. 11.
56. LABORAND MANAGEMENT
See course 56 under Department of Sociology.
3 Cr.
58. INDUSTRIAL
,MANAGEMENT.Jr., Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
The more important production procedures commonly employed in progressive
manufacturing plants, and their relationship to the attainment of management
objectives. (Offered 1960-61.)
3 Cr.
59. COSTACCOUNTING.Prereq. I, 2. Jr., Sr. I.
Essential features of accounting for manufacturing concerns with particular
reference to the securing of unit costs of manufactured products; job order and
process costs. (Offered 1960-61.)
Divisim of the Social Sciences / 7 I
60. INTERMEDUTE
ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS.Prereq. 15, 16. Jr., Sr. 11. 3 Cr.
An advanced course in economic analysis, problems, and policies. (Offered 196162.)
61. PUBLICFINANCE. Prereq. I 5, 16. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
Governmental taxation, spending and ,borrowing, and the impact of governmental finance on economic activity. (Offered 1961-62.)
3 Cr.
62. CORPORATION
FINANCE. Prereq. 2. Jr., Sr. 11.
The various methods in financing of private businesses, and the means of
financing short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term asset requirements of
corporations. (Oflered 1960-61.)
63. TAXATION.
Prereq. 2. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
This course will give particular emphasis to the income tax, attempting to give
a knowledge of tax requirements, procedures and prablems as they relate to
business and individuals. ( m e r e d I 961-62.)
72. SEMINAR
IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION.
Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
Coven p ~ b l e m sof special concern to business majors and serves as a capstone of
previous work. The course is designed to encourage advanced study by students
in areas of particular interest to them.
SECRETARIAL STUDIES
THESE COURSES ARE PLANNED to prepare students for stenographic and secretarial positions in business ofices, to assist in the preparation for the teaching
of business education in high schools, for parish secretarial work, and to provide
an opportunity for the development of business skills for personal use.
Graduation major: 31 credits above I , including 2, 3-4, 8, 5 1, 52, 53-54,
Business Administration I , 2, 3, 53.
Business education major: 37 credits above I, including courses listed for
graduation major plus Business Administration I 5, 16. Minor, 25 credits above
I, including 2, 3-4, 8, 51, 52, 53-54, and Business Administration I, 2, or
I 5, 16. S
i
x credits less will be required on the majors or minor, if the student
can demonstrate satisfactory achievement in course 3-4.
I.
ELEMENTARY
TYPEWRTTING.
M e r e d both semesters.
I Cr.
A course for the development of the fundamental skills of typewriting. Three
hours per week.
2.
INTERMEDIATE
TYPEWRITING.
11.
2 Cr.
Problems in typing tabulations, manuscript typing, use of carbons, addressing
envelopes, and in letter arrangements. Four hours per week.
3-4.t ELEMENTARY
SHORTHAND.I, n.
6 Cr.
Fundamentals of Simplified Gregg Shorthand Dictation and transcription. Four
hours per week.
8. OFFICE MACHINES. Prereq. 2. Offered both semesters.
2 cr.
The operation of the calculator, adding machine, mimeograph, mimeoscope,
spirit duplicator, and the transcription machine. Two hours per week.
72
/ Divisim
of
the Social Sciences
Upper Division Courses
5 1. ADVANCED
TYPEWRITING.Prereq. z or equivalent. I.
z Cr.
Further development of typewriting technique in ,business lemer arrangement,
billing, tabulating, and the typing of legd documents. Open ro students having
attained a speed of 5 0 words per minute. Four hours per week.
5 z. SECRETARIAL
PRACTICE. Prereq. z, 3-4, 11.
3 Cr.
Dictation, business letterwriting, filing, telephonhg, me of bwiness and legal
forms, personality development, writing appIication Ieerers, nad making application for a job. Mimeographing also taughr for chose who include this as a
part of the parish worker's course. Four hours per week.
53-14.? ADVANCED
SHORTHAND.Prereq. 4 or equivalent. I, 11.
4 Cr.
Advanced study of Gregg shorthand. Rapid dictation. Open to students who
can take dictation at a minimum of 80 words per minute. Four hours per week.
DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS DEPARTMENT are threefold: to provide courses that
will help students to solve personal, home, and family living problems; to ofTer
training for homemaking; and to offer training for the teaching of home
economics. Graduates are qualified to teach in federally aided home economics
departments. Courses are open to all students and recommended for general
education.
Non-teaching major: 33 credits; courses are I, z, 3, 8, 39, 40, 42, 44, ~ 7 ,
66, 67, 71, 73. Also required are: Chemistry 5 or 5-6 or 5-52; Physics 3;
Economics 11; Sociology I; Biology 1-2 or 4 or 13-14,and 54; Psychology 5
and 3 additional credits in Social Science.
Non-teaching minor:
22
credits, including
I,
3 , 8, 39, 40, 42, and 44.
Teaching major: 38 credits; courses listed for non-teaching major plus 33
and 75. Also required of students preparing to teach Home Economics are
Education 91 and 92.
I. CLOTHINGSELECTION,
CAREAND REPAIR. I.
3 Cr.
Line and design in dress, wardrobe planning, clothing costs and budgets,
quality in ready made garments, textile fabrics, problems related to storing
and caring for clothing. Three single class hours per week.
2. CLOTHING
CONSTRUCTION.11.
z Cr.
Laboratory experience in making three simple garments from fabrics of dieerent
fiber content. One lecture and two double laboratory ,periods per week.
3. ART IN DAILY
LIVING. I.
3 Cr.
A study of art as it is met in the activities of everyday living. Open to all
students.
Division of tbe Social Sciences / 73
8. ELEMENTSOF NV~RITION.
TI.
A study of the nutrienrs n e c e s s q for maintenance of good health
all of life starting from prcnaral needs and continuing through old
emphasis is placed on the needs of the college student. Dietaries of
bers and published recommended dietaries will be analyzed. Three
periods per week.
3 Cr.
throughout
age. Special
class memsingle class
3 3. COLORAND DESIGN. I.
3 Cr.
Principles of design and color related to selecting and arranging household furnishings. Lettering and simple poster designing. Some craft experience. Home
Economics 3 prerequisite for Home Economics majors. Three double laboratory
periods per week.
36.
CRAFTS.
11.
2
cr.
Laboratory experience in various crafts which can be done at home or at camps
with simple equipment. Two double laboratory periods per week. (Offered
1961-62.)
AND MANAGEMENT,Prereq. 8 o r #. I, II. 3, 3 Cr.
39, 40. FOODPREPARATION
Laboratory experience in food preparation, menu planning, and table service.
Study of time and money management as related to family meals; food preservation; food costs and purchasing of food. Three double laboratory ,periods per
week.
42.
MARRIAGEAND FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS.11.
3 Cr.
P, coprse applying principles of cultural living to everyday problems of home
life. Discussions of personal family relationships, preparation for marriage, the
Christian home and its influence in the community, and related subjects.
Regular lectures, talks by guest speakers, illustrated lectures, and tours.
r Cr.
44. CHLLDDEVELOPMENT. 11.
The physical, mental and social development of the young child. Observations
in local nursery schools; a two week play school is conducted at the college fbr
10 to 12 children of pre-school age. One lecture period plus one double
laboratory period per week.
Upper Division Courses
57.
T ~ x m s . I.
2
Cr.
Study of textile fibers, fabrics, and finishes with special emphasis on selection,
use, and care of common household and clothing textiles. Two double laboratoxy
hours a week. (Offered 1961-62.)
64. HISTORYAND APPRECIATIONOF ART. 11.
3 Cr.
A study of the historical development of architecture, decoration, costume,
furniture, painting, and sculpture. Three regular hours scheduled and field trips
arranged. (Offered 1960-61 .)
66. HOMEPLANNING AND FURNISHING. 11.
3 Cr.
This course includes a consideration of housing, an analysis of floor plans, a
study of the design of exteriors and interiors, and problems in selecting,
arranging, and conserving home furnishings. Home Economics 3 and 33 prerequisite for Home Economics Education majors. Three double laboratory periods
per week.
74 / Division of the Social Sciences
67. FAMILYHEALTH. I.
z Cr.
Basic facts and practical application of home care of the sick. Problems relating
to environmental disease, prevention of illness and safety measures, as well as to
individual health problems within the family group.
71. HOMEMANAGEMENT
PROBLEMS.I.
z Cr.
Consideration of problems relating to planning, directing, guiding, and coordinating the resources of the home for happy, satisfying family living.
HOME MANAGEMENT
LABORATORY.I.
t Cr.
Actual experience in the regular activities of homemaking such as meal preparation and service, entertaining, care of the house and equipment. Also experience
in various aspects of management met in home living such as management of
money, time, energy, and equipme-nt. Six weeks residence in a home management
house with one conference hour per week. Food costs to be determined by the
group.
73.
z Cr.
74. CONSUMEREDUCATIONAND INCOME MANAGEMENT. U.
The wise choice of consumer goods and services available on the market and
the necessity of a careful plan for spending are topics which will be considered
for the purpose of helping the student receive greater satisfaction from the use
of money income.
75. ADVANCED
CLOTHINGCONSTRUCTION. Prereq. 2. I.
z Cr.
Laboratory experience in making garments of wool. More advanced problems in
fitting and construction are used than those in Course 2. Some experience also
given in planning and constructing garments for children. Two three-hour
laboratory periods per week. (Offered 1960-61.)
Many practical demonstrations are carried
out in the home econ o m i c s department.
T h e help studem in
their personal develop
ment, prepare them for
the responsibilities of
home-making and give
training for a professional career.
Division of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics
MR. NASH, Chairman
ITLS THE PURPOSE of this division to provide training In methods and techniques of natural science and mathematics; to inrerpret Natural Science in the
light of the Word of
to acquaint rhe student with the significance of
science and rnathem~dccin 2 modern, changing world; ro emphasize a sound
mind and a strong b d y : ra train for vocations ia ~ a r i o ufields; and to equip
the student with r scientific bsckgmund which will enrich his life and the
liws of his felbw men.
a;
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
THE AIM OF ~ I I SDEPARTMENT
is to give the student a broader scientific background through the study of Biology, to further the use of leisure time, and to
prepare for vocations or graduate study.
Major, 28 credits, including courses 13-14, 25-26, and at least 3 Upper
Division courses not including 60. Also required are 8 credits in Chemistrp.
Minor for high school teaching, 20 credits, including courses 13-14, 25-26,
and at least one Upper Division course not including 60.
'
I-2.i
GENERALBIOLOGY. Fr. I, 11.
6 Cr.
A study of the broad principles of biology to meet the needs of non-science
majors. Two lectures and one double laboratory period per week.
3. HUMANANATOMY
AND PHYSIOLOGY.
Fr. I.
4 Cr.
A professional course in human anatomy and physiology with special emphasis
on structure. For student nurses. Two lectures and two double laboratory periods
per week. Students who have credit for Biol. 4 will not receive credit for
Biol. 3.
HUMANANATOMY
AND PHYSIOLOGY.
Fr. 11.
4 Cr.
A professional course in human anatomy and physiology with emphasis on
both structure and function. Two lectures and two double laboratory periods
per week. Students who have credit for Biol. 3 will not receive credit for Biol. 4.
4.
7. GENERALBAC~ERIOLOGY.
I.
3 Cr.
A survey of the animal kingdom with emphasis on the habitat, morphology,
diseases. Laboratory techniques. Designed especially for student nurses. TWO
lectures and two double laboratory periods per week.
I 3-14.?
GENERALZOOLOGY. Fr. I, 11.
8 cr.
A survey of the animal kingdom with emphasis on the habitat, morphology,
physiology, adalptation, and- reproduction of type animals. Biological principles
are emphasized Two lectures and two double laboratory periods per week.
76 / Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
25-16.? GENERALBOTANY. So., Jr. I, 11.
8 Cr.
A study of the morphology and physiology of higher plants, followed by a
survey of rhe plant kingdom. Emphasis is also placed o n botanical principles.
Flowering plants are idenrified in the spring. Three lectures and two single
laboratory periodr per week.
Upper Division Courses
5 I. GENETICS. Prereq. 13-14, or 25-26. So., Jr. I.
4 cr.
A study of the laws involved in heredity and variation. Special emphasis is
placed on the practical application of the genetical laws. Four lectures per week.
(Offered 1961-62.)
52. ECOLOGY.Prereq. 13-14 or 25-26. So., Jr. II.
4 Cr.
A survey of local ecological communities, and a study of the general principles
of biological association and succession. Two lectures and one double laboratory
period or field trip per week. (Offered 1961-62.)
53. GENERALENTOMOLOGY.Prereq. 13-14. Sr. I.
3 Cr.
A study of the habitat, morphology, physiology, reproduction, and classification
of insects. Two lectures and one double laboratory period per week. (Offered
1960-61.)
Prereq. Chem. 6. 11.
4 Cr.
54. GENERALBACTERIOLOGY.
A review of the general field of bacteriology, including the cause, control, and
prevention of important diseases. Training in modern laboratory techniques. Two
lectures and two double 1aboratory.periods per week.
cr-
PLANTS. Prereq. 25-26. Sr. 11.
3
56. TAXONOMYOF FLOWERING
Taxonomy af flowering plants. Special emphasis is placed on systematic principles, systems of classification, rules of nomenclature, etc. Two lectures and
one double laboratory period per week. (Offered 1960-61.)
58. COMPARATIVE
ANATOMYOF VERTEBRATES.Prereq. 13-14. TI.
4 Cr.
A camparative study dealing with the taxonomy, morphology, and evolution
of the larger vertebrate phyla. Two lectures and two double laboratory periods
per week. (Offered 1961-62.)
60. BIOLOGYSEMINAR. Sr. 11.
A review of biological techniques. (Offered 1960-61.)
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
IT IS
THE PURPOSE of this department to give students an understanding and an
appreciation of the nature of matter and the ways by which this has been
elucidated. The curriculum in chemistry provides an opportunity to examine
the chemical aspect of the structure, the power, and beauty of one of the great
intellectual accomplishments of man-modern science, and it provides dramatic
examples of effective ways to handle certain types of problems.
Division of hTatural Sciences and Mathematics / 77
Courses in chemistry are offered not only as part of a liberal arts education,
but also to prepare for: ( I ) high school teaching, ( 2 ) the study of medicine,
dentistry, ~ h a r m a c ~medical
,
technology, nursing, and allied professions, ( 3 )
-graduate study, and (4) the chemical profession.
Major: 24 credits. Minor: 16 credits. Also strongly recommended are: Physics
J , 6; Mathematics 13, 14. Course 3 does not count toward the major or minor.
Recommended for pre-medical students: I J , 16, 53, 54, 61, 78; for pre-dental
students and majors in medical technology: J , 6, 32, 61; for graduate study:
I 5 , 16, and all courses above 50.
Majors will participate in informal, bi-weekly seminars during the junior and
senior years.
See under Curriculums for a course of study to meet recommendations of
the American Chemical Society.
3 Cr.
3. ELEMENTARY
CHEMISTRY.Fr. I. Prereq. H. S. Chem. or #.
Study of inorganic, organic, physiological, and pathological chemistry. Designed
especially to meet the needs of the Schools of Nursing of Lutheran Deaconess,
Swedish, and Fairview Hospitals. Two lectures and two hours of laboratory per
week.
INTRODUCTORY
CHEMISTRY
AND QUALITATIVE
ANALYSIS.Fr. I, 11.
4, 4 Cr.
For pre-dental, home economics, elementary education, medical technologists,
and other students not majoring in chemistry. Laws and theories of chemistry
and of non-metals and metals and their compounds. Organic chemistry is considered. Systematic semimicro qualitative analysis of cations is the main laboratory work the second semester. Three lectures and four hours of laboratory
per week.
5, 6.
AND QUALITATIVE
CHEMISTRY. Fr. I,
17, 16. INORGANIC
TI.
4. 4
(3.
For majors in chemistry, including pre-medical students; others by permission
of instructor. An intensive course. First semester devoted to fundamental principles and second to inorganic chemistry and qualitative analysis. Three lectures
and four hours of laboratory per week. Prereq.: High school chemistry, elementary algebra, and geometry.
32.
ELEMENTARY
ORGANIC
CHEMISTRY.Prereq. 5 or 15. So. 11.
4 Cr.
Designed for pre-dental students, medical technologists, and home economics
students. Aliphatic and aromatic compounds with frequent reference to biochemistry. Three lectures and four hours of laboratory per week.
Upper Division Courses
5 3. 54.
ORGANICCHEMISTRY.Prereq.
I 6.
So. I,
TI.
4. 4 Cr-
The important classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. Cbrrelations based
on elementary molecular orbital theory and modern concepts of reaction mechanisms. Laboratory work is study of technique and the preparation and study
of typical organic compounds. Three lectures and four hours of laboratory per
week.
78 / Division of h7atural Sciences and Matkmatics
61. QUANTITATIVE
ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY.Prereq. 6 or 16. Jr. I.
4 Cr.
Gravimetric and volumetric analysis. Ionic equilibria with many problems to
solve. Some contact with instrumental analysis. Two lectures and six hours of
laboratory per week.
72. ADVANCED
ORGANICAND QUALITATIVE
CHEMISTRY.Prereq. 54. Jr. 11.
4 Cr.
Lectures stress mechanism of organic reactions. Laboratory is qualitative analysis
of organic compounds and mixtures. The ultraviolet and infrared spec,trophotometers are utilized. Two lectures and six hours of laboratory per week.
O NPHYSICALCHEMIS~RY.Prereq. 54 and Math 14. Jr.
78. I N T R ~ D U C ~TO
11.
4 Cr.
For premedical students. Thermodynamics, thermochernistry, equilibrium, soluticns, electrochemistry, kinetics, colloids, states of matter, gas laws, and atomic
structure. Three lectures, one recitation, and three hours of laboratory per week.
82, 83. PHYSICAL
CHEMISTRY.Prereq. 54 and Math 52. Jr. 11, Sr. I. 3, 3 Cr.
For prospective graduate students and industrial chemists. Atomic structure,
states of matter, gas laws, thermodynamics, thermochemistry, equilibrium,
solutions, phase rule, electrochemistry, kinetics, and colloids. Three lectures per
week.
84, 85. PHYSICAL
CHEMISTRY
LABORATORY.
Jr. II, Sr. I.
I, I Cr.
Laboratory course to accompany Chemistry 82, 83. Four hours per week.
86. ADVANCED
PHYSICAL
CHEMISTRY.Prereq. 83. Sr. II.
3 cr.
Topics introducing statistical thermodynamics, introductory quantum chemistry,
and theories of chemical binding. Three lectures per week.
85 . INSTRUMENTAL
TECHNIQUES.
Prereq. 61 and 83. Sr. 11.
I Cr.
A laboratory course, usually taken with Chem. 86. Instrumental analysis
utilizing optical and electrochemical methods of measurement. Four hours of
laboratory per week.
ADVANCED
INORGANIC
CHEMISTRY.Prereq. 78 or 82. Sr. 11.
4 Cr.
Review of atomic structure. Nuclear chemistry, the ~eriodictable, h~drides,
and coordination chemistry. Preparations of inorganic compounds utilizing hottube reactions, air free systems, and similar techniques. Three lectures and four
hours of laboratory per week.
90.
93, 94, 9 5 , 96. CHEMISTRYSEMINARS.Jr., Sr. I, 11.
o Cr.
During the junior and senior years all chemistry majors will participate in these
informal bi-weekly seminars to discuess topics of general interest.
97, 98. CHEMISTRY
RESEARCH. Sr. I, 11.
Cr. Arr.
During the senior year each chemistry major preparing for graduate study in
chemistry, will participate in independent research in cooperation with a staff
member.
Division of ATlotarpl Sciences and Mathem~tics/ 79
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
RECEXT DEYELCIPME~-TS in rhe field of phgsics make it imperafive dut excelleut
training be provided for those who intend to continue their smdies in gradlute
schml or who inturd ro p u m r a career in the teaching of physics. Ir is the
zim of this department ro assure the needed training far both of these groups
and m provide cht nun-science major with sugcient bckgrouud to make i t
possible for him to foIIow, with some degrec of comprehension, rht dmtloprnents in the geld of science zs they come to him from the medium of &su'entXc publica&ns.
Major: 27 credits including courses 5 3 , 5 4 .
Minor: I 6 credits.
Courses 2 and 3 do not apply toward the major or minor.
2.
D a s c m - r t v ~-~ST~ONOMY*FI, XI.
3 Cr.
A study of our galaxy with parriculnr ernphasi on the origin of our wfar
q r c m and the dkcribution and composition of the plancts aud srarr The location of wme of rhc more prominent consrcllarions and the use of the telesurpe
znd specrrmrope will h scudied. J h r c e lcceures pcr week. P e d i c evening
meetings ra observe the sky.
3. PRINCWLW
OF PHYSICS.Prereq. elementary algebra. Fr. I.
3 Cr.
A lecrure, demonstration-labratory course in the principles of physics including
mechanics, fluids, h a t , illecrriciry, magnetism, light and sound. Thii course is
intended for studma in home economics and c l e m e n t a ~education, and others
who Gsh some hasic information in rhc field of physics. T h e e lectures, one
mo-hour hboratory. Students with high school physics m a y nor: receive credit
for Physics 3 except hi). permission of r n m c w r .
GENERAL
PHYSICS. Prereq. Math I 3 or concurrent registration in Math I 3.
Fr., So. I.
4 fi.
A general course in mechanics, sound, and heat. Three lectures, one quiz, and
one two-hour laboratory period per week.
5.
6. GENERALPHYSICS. Prereq. 5. Fr., So. 11.
4 cr.
This course is a continuation of Phys. 5 and covers electricity, magnetism, and
light. Three lectures, one quiz, and one two-hour laboratory period per week.
Upper Division Courses
INTRODUCTION
TO ATOMICAND NUCLEAR
PHYSICS. Prereq. 6, and Math.
3 Cr.
5 I or concurrent registration in Math. 5 I. So., Jr. 11.
The hydrogen atom, optical and X-ray spectra determination of "e" and "e8'/m,
radioactivity, disintegration of nuclei, nuclear fission. Three hours lecture per
week.
52.
ELECTRICITY
AND MAGNETISM.Prereq. 6, and Math. 5 I or concurrent
3 Cr.
registration in Math. 5 I . So., Jr. I.
Electric and magnetic fields, potential, D.C. circuits, A.C. circuiu, electrical
instruments. Three hours lecture per week.
53.
So /Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
E L E C T R I C AND
I ~ MAGNETISM.Prereq. 53 and Math. 5 2 or concurrent
registration in Math jz. So., Jr. 11.
3 Cr.
Continuation of Physics 53, including also electronics and field theory.
54.
OPTICS. Prereq. 6 and Math. 51 or concurrent registration in Math. 51
Jr. I.
3 Cr.
Geometrical and physical optics dealing with topics such as reflection and refractior. by both plane and spherical surfaces, less aberrations, interference,
diffraction, polarized light. (Offered 1960-61.)
57.
61, 62. MECHANICS.Prereq. 6 and Math. 51. Jr. I, 11.
3, 3 Cr.
Introduction to vector algebra and vector analysis, forces, motion of a particle,
motion of a rigid body, work, kinetic energy, vibrations in one dimension,
motion in a conservative field.
63. 64. ADVANCED
PHYSICSLABORATORY.
Prereq. concurrent registration in
an upper division physics course. Jr., Sr. I, 11.
I , I Cr.
Experiments will be penformed in electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear
physics, optics, heat and mechanics. One three-hour period per week.
Prereq. 6, and Math. 51 or concurrent
HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS.
registration in Math. 5 I. Jr., Sr. I.
3 Cr.
A study of temperature, heat, expansion, change of state, ideal gases, first and
second laws of thermodynamics, h e ~ tengines. (Offered in 1961-62.)
71.
3 Cr.
72. MATHEMATICAL.PHYSICS.
Prereq. 6, and Math. 5 I . Sr. II.
Discussion of the equations of mathematical physics with applications to various
fields such as mechanics, thermodynamics, heat flow, electricity and magnetism,
optics. (Offered 1961-62.)
.
73, 74. ADVANCED
PHYSICSLABORATORY.
Prereq. concurrent registration in
I , I Cr.
an upper division physics course. Jr., Sr. I, 11.
Experiments will be performed in electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear
physics, optics, heat and mechanics. One three-hour period per week.
Combined Science Major f o r Teaching: 46 credits, including Chemistry y, 6,
(or 15, 16) 32, 61; Biology 13-14 and 25-26; Physics 5, 6, and 6 credits in
Upper Division courses.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS aims to give students a working knowledge
of mathematics sufficient for solving the simpler problems of life, also to
afford students in special fields the mathematical foundation needed for a fuller
understanding of their subjects. I t aims to open to those who major in the
subject a wider horizon with experience that will make them ef3icient workers
in their chosen fields and also give them confidence to pursue further study.
Major, 26 credits; minor, 20 credits.
Courses I, 2, 5 and 6 do not count toward the major or minor in mathematics, but I and 2 must be completed as prerequisites to other courses.
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics / 81
I.
SECONDCOURSEALGEBRA.Prereq. elem. algebra. Fr. I.
o Cr.
Fundamentals of algebra continued and proper foundation laid for more advanced work in mathematics. Four hours per week. For students who did not
have higher algebra in high school.
2.
SOLIDGEOMETRY.Prereq. plane geometry. Fr. 11.
o Cr.
Geometry applied to solids and planes. Area and volume formulas developed.
Spherical triangles and polygons introduced. Four hours per week.
5. ENGINEERING
DRAWING.Prereq. 2 or equivalent. I.
3 Cr.
Elements of drafting with .an introduction to the use of graphs and formulas.
Eight hours a week.
6. ENGINEERING
DRAWING
AND DESCRIPTIVE
GEOMETRY.Prereq. 5. TI. 3 Cr.
Methods of representation. Graphical and alrtebraic solutions. Eight hours a
week.
TO MATHEMATICAL
ANALYSIS.Prereq. higher algebra
3, I 4. INTRODUCTION
or equivalent. Fr., So. I, 11.
5, 5 Cr.
This is an integrated course including college algebra, trigonometry and plane
analytical geometry.
I
Upper Division Courses
ELEMENTARY
CALCULUS
AND DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS.Prereq. I 3,
14. So., Jr. I, 11.
5. 5 Cr.
Fundamental concepts are introduced. Formulas for differentiation and integration, and solutions for various types of ordinary differential equations are
developed and applications made.
5 I , y 2.
53. SOLIDANALYTICAL
GEOMETRY.Prereq. 14. Sr. I.
3 Cr.
Lines and planes in space are studied and their equations developed. Quadratic
surfaces and transformation are given their proper emphasis.
51.
THEORYOF EQUATIONS.Prereq. Math. y I. Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
This course inc1,udes the study of complex numbers, determinants and other
topics that aid in the solution of equations af higher degree.
6 I , 62. ADVANCED
CALCULUS.Prereq. 52. Jr., Sr. I , TI.
3. 3 Cr.
Operations with infinite series, derivatives, integrals, partial differentiation, implicit functions, line integrals, vector analysis, and complex variables. Emphasis
is placed on applications to physics and engineering problems.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
THE AIM OF THE DEPARTMENT of Health and Physical Education is to promote
health and physical fitness through a well-rounded physical education program,
to develop character and good sportsmanship, to further ,the worthy use of
leisure time, and to ~rovide an effective training program for prospective
teachers of health and physical education.
e s /Division of Nat~iralSciences and Mathematics
All students are required .to take a physical examination by the college
physician as a part of the registration procedure before participating in any
phase of the ~hysicaleducation program.
One year of physical activities, course 3 and 4, is required of all students.
Major for men: 3 2 credits, including courses 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 8, 11, 12, 23, 51,
57, 58, 73, 74 and 84. Biology 4 also required.
Major for women: 29 credits, including courses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 17,
18, 23, 57, 58, 73, 74, and 84. Biology 4 also required.
Minor, r r credits, including courses 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 8, 11, 12, 51, 73, 74 for
men; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13,14, 17,1 8 , 73, 74 for women.
PERSONAL
A N D COMMUNITY
HEALTH. Fr. Offered ,both semesters. 2 Cr.
A study of modern concepts and practices of health and healthful living applied
to the individual and the community.
2.
3, 4. PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES. (Men). Fr., So. I, 11.
Two hours per week.
3, 4. PHYSICAL
ACTNITIES. (Women). Fr. I, 11.
Two hours per week.
%, % Cr.
5. INTRODUCTION
TO
HEALTH EDUCATION,PHYSICALEDUCATION,AND
R E C R E A ~ O NFr.
. I.
2 Cr.
A brief preview of the three present day interrelated fields of health education,
pbysical education, and recreation.
I Cr.
6. RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES. Fr. 11.
Theory and practice in teaching recreational activities, social recreation, quiet
games, low organized games, noon hour activities, camp nights, relays, and
modified games. Two hours per week.
8. FIRSTAID. Fr., So. 11.
American Red Cross First Aid Course.
I
Cr.
I I.
TEAM
SPORTSAND LEAD-UPGAMES. (Men). So.
2 Cr.
A study of technique, rules, and teaching of lead-up games for soccer, speedball,
and volleyball. Team games: Touch football, softball, speedball, soccer, and
volleyball. Three hours per week. (Offered I1 Sem. 1960-61; I Sem. 1961-62.)
I 2.
INDIVIDUAL
AND DUAI. SPORTS. (Men). So. 11.
2 Cr.
Theory and practice in teaching badminton, shuffleboard, handball, aerial darts,
table tennis, horseshoes, tennis, archery, golf, and bowling. Three hours per week.
2 , 2 Cr.
13, 14. TEAMSPORTSFOR WOMEN. So.
Theory and ~racticein zhe coaching and of6ciating of field hockey, soccer,
baske~ball, volleyball, and softball. Three hours per week. (Offered I1 Sern.
1960-61; I and I1 Sem. 1961-62.)
2 Cr.
17. SELF-TESTING
ACTIVITIES. (Women). So.
Theory and technique of teaching stunts and tumbling. Body mechanics. Three
hours per week. (Offered 11 Sem. 1960-61; I Sem. 1961-62.)
Divisia of Natural Sciences and Mathemtics
/ 83
\
I 8.
INDIVIDUAL
AND DUALSPORTS. (Women). So. 11.
z Cr.
Theory and practice in teaching skating, skiing, ,badminton, table tennis, s h d e board, archery, tennis, golf, and bowling. Three hours per week. (Offered
I y 60-.6 I.)
23. RHYTHMS. So. I.
Simple rhythmic games, folk and square dancing.
z Cr.
z Cr.
29. OFFICIATING. (Men). So. I.
Instruction and application of technique and rules of 05iciating in football,
hockey, basketball, baseball, and track.
Upper Division Courses
5 1. SELF-TESTING
ACTIVITIES. (Men). Jr.
z Cr.
Theory and practice in teaching individual and dual stunts, apparatus, tumbling,
boxing, and wrestling. Three hours per week. (Offered II Sem. 1960-61; I Sem.
1961-61.)
57. KINESIOLOGY.Prereq. Biology 4. So. I.
2 Cr.
This is a study of body movements and the mechanics in the effecting of
escient movements.
5 8.
PHYSICAL
EXAMINATIONS
AND ADAPTED
PHYSICALEDUCATION. Prereq.
Biol. 4, and P.E. 57. Jr. 11.
z Cr.
Procedures and interpretation of physical examinations. Analysis of functional
and organic a~bnormalities and suggested adapted activi,ties for atypical cases.
I Cr.
66. INSTRUCTOR'S
COURSEIN FIRSTAID. Prereq. 8. Jr. 11.
Methods and materials in teaching the American Red Cross First Aid Course.
PRINCIPLESAND CURRICULUM
OF HEALTH EDUCATION
AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION.Prereq. 5 . Sr. I.
j Cr.
Aims, scope and objectives of health and physical education. Analysis and
evaluation of the elementary and secondary school health education and physical
education curriculum.
73.
ORGANIZATIONAND ADMINISTRATIONO F HEALTH EDUCATIONAN D
PHYSICALEDUCATION.Prereq. 5 . Sr. 11.
3 Cr.
Problems of organization, administration, and supervision of health education
and physical education.
74.
8 I. COACHINGOF SPORTS:FOOTBALI.AND BASKETBALL.Sr. I.
2 Cr.
Theory and techniques of coaching. Seniors only, or approval of instructor.
82. COACHINGOF SPORTS: BASEBALL
AND TRACK.Sr. II.
z Cr.
Theory and techniques c*f coaching. Seniors only, or approval of instructor.
84. TESTSAND MEASUREMENTS
IN PHYSICAL
EDUCATION.Sr. 11.
I Cr.
A survey and evaluation of tests in physical education. (Offered 1961-62.)
86. COMMUNITY
RECREATION.Jr., Sr. 11
z Cr.
Problems of community recreation including programs and program planning,
a survey of activities, and the organization and administration of recreational
work. (Offered 1960-61.)
Curriculums
The following courses of study are outlined as guides for the student
and his adviser in planning a program in accordance with his major
field of study and vocational objective.
GENERAL LIBERAL ARTS
THE COURSE OF STUDY given below suggests a sequence which may be
followed to include the required general education courses. For electives, students should take care to include all courses required for the
major field of study. Requirements for the major are listed under
departmental headings.
FRESHMAN
I Sem. I1 Sem.
Cr.
Cr.
Religion L, Z
.2
2
English 1, 2 ............... . 3
3,
3
History or Sacfalogy
.3
Foreign Lanwage ......... . 4
4
Natural Science
..3 or 4
3 or 4
Physical Education 3. 4 .... M
M
.............
......
.......
JUNIOR
SOPHOMORE
I Sem, I1 Sem.
Cr.
Religion 3, 4 ............... .Z
Foreign Language ......... -3
Social Science
.3
Natural Science
Electives ................... .P
.............
............-
Cr.
2
3
SENIOR
ISem. I1 Sem.
Cr.
Cr.
Religion .................... .3
3
Speech
2
Social Science or History . 3
Electives ................... 10
12
-
I Sem. I1 Sem.
Cr.
Fine Arts .................. . 3
Literature or Philosophy
.Electives .................. .14
..
Cr.
3
14
THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
COMPLETIONOF
THE PRE-SEMINARY curriculum qualifies the student for
admission into the three-year course in the Theological Seminary, which
prepares students for the Christian ministry as pastors or missionaries.
The following program gives the approximate pre-seminary course. It
does not specify a major or a minor. The student should seek the
counsel of the Seminary adviser as early as possible since the major
selected by the student may affect the choice of courses even in the
Freshman year.
The Seminary adviser for candidates for Augsburg Seminary is Mr.
Sonnack; for candidates for other Seminaries, Mr. Helland.
FRESHMAN
I Sem. I1 Sem.
Cr.
.2
Basic Bible ................
Freshman English ......... . 3
Foreign Language ........ . 4
Western Civilization ...... . 3
Physical Education ........ $4
Natural Science ........... . 3
Electives .................... 2
Cr.
2
3
4
3
95
3
2
SOPHOMORE
I Sem. I1 Sem.
e.
Religion .................... Z
Fine Arts ...................Natural Science ........... ,Psychology ................. . 3
Foreign Language ......... 3
Typewriting ............... .1
New Testament Greek ... - 3
Electives ....................3
Cr.
2
3
3
Curriculums / 8 5
JUNIOR
I Sem. I1 Sem.
Cr.
Cr.
3
.3
3
2
.....
.....................
N e w Testament Greek
Speech
History ..................... 3
Sociology or Economics or
Political Science ........ - 3
Electives ................... .5
SENIOR
I Sem. II Sem.
Cr.
Cr.
Religion ................... .2
Y o u t h W o r k in t h e Church2
Philosophy ................ . 3
English Literature ........ . 3
Electives .................... 8
The foreign language requirement includes 14 semester credits in
Greek, and 14 semester credits in Latin, German, or Norwegian.
PARISH AND MISSIONARY WORKERS
THE PURPOSE
OF T H ~ SCOURSE is to train men and women for effective
service in the Church at home or abroad; that is. a teachers m vacation, week-day, and Srmday schools, as youth leaders, and as parish
workers. The course is so arraned that the student will, upon its
satisfactory conclusion, receive the A.B. degree and a h a certzcate
indicating that he o r she is a qualified parish worker,
Students interested in becoming parish workers should consult with
the chairman of the department of religion.
The suggested whedule provides for a minor in Religion and makes
it p o ~ i b l eto plan for a major in History. English: Philosophp, or
Sociology. It i s also possible to plan for a major in Religion with a
minor in some other field. The courses essential for the securing
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ACC199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ACC221
Introduction to Financial Accounting
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to business activities, basic concepts and fundamentals of accounting, the accounting cycle, and
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ACC199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ACC221
Introduction to Financial Accounting
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to business activities, basic concepts and fundamentals of accounting, the accounting cycle, and
preparation of financial statements.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ACC222
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
4 Semester Credits
A continuation of ACC 221. Introduction to cost accounting for manufacturing. Basic concepts and fundamentals of
managerial accounting, planning and controlling processes, decision-making, and behavioral considerations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ACC221(Introduction to Financial Accounting)
ACC295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Lectures, discussions, meetings with members of the staff or visiting faculty regarding research methodology and
readings in the areas of business administration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
ACC299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ACC322
Accounting Theory and Practice I
4 Semester Credits
An analysis of financial accounting with emphasis on accounting theory pertaining to financial statements, income
concepts, valuation concepts, FASB statements, and other relevant issues as applied to assets.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ACC222(Introduction to Managerial Accounting)
ACC323
Accounting Theory and Practice II
4 Semester Credits
A continuation of ACC 322. An analysis of financial accounting with emphasis on accounting theory pertaining to
financial statements, income concepts, valuation concepts, FASB statements, and other relevant issues as applied to
liabilities and stockholders’ equity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ACC322(Accounting Theory and Practice I)
ACC324
Managerial Cost Accounting
4 Semester Credits
Accounting tools for heavy manufacturing systems as well as for managerial decision making. Planning, budgeting,
standard cost systems, as well as other quantitative and behavioral topics.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation), BUS242(Principles of Management); 1 of
BUS379(Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT373(Probability
and Statistics I); ACC221(Introduction to Financial Accounting), ACC222(Introduction to Managerial Accounting),
MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
ACC326
Tax Accounting
4 Semester Credits
The more common and important provisions of planning and compliance for income taxes.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS331(Financial Management), FIN331(Financial Management); ACC221(Introduction to
Financial Accounting), ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ACC397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ACC399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ACC423
Auditing
4 Semester Credits
Internal and external auditing procedures. Emphasis on the CPA’s role to form the basis of opinion on a set of
financial statements.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); ACC323(Accounting Theory and
Practice II)
ACC425
Advanced Accounting
4 Semester Credits
Accounting for business combinations, consolidations, governmental accounting, partnership accounting, and fund
accounting.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ACC323(Accounting Theory and Practice II)
ACC495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Lectures, discussions, meetings with members of the staff or visiting faculty regarding research methodology, and
current national and international business problems and policies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
ACC499
Independent Study/Research
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS105
Introduction to American Indian Studies
4 Semester Credits
Designed to introduce students to the content areas of the American Indian Studies curriculum, this course includes
an overview of American Indian history, federal Indian policy, land issues, reservation and urban issues, crosscultural influences, and American Indian literature, art, music, and language.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS205
Contemporary American Indians
4 Semester Credits
In this topics-oriented course, students focus on issues that face contemporary American Indians, including tribal
sovereignty and identity politics, treaty rights, language retention and education, religious freedom, and Indian
activism.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS208
Native American Women and Film
4 Semester Credits
Beginning with issues of representation and a history of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native American woman as
princess figures, sexualized maidens, or squaws, we will expand our conceptualization of Native American women
by putting into conversation a variety of voices that talk back to or address mainstream stereotypes of Native
American women. Our goal is to expand our conceptualizations of Native American women and their important roles
in society by examining a variety of cultural issues as they are presented through documentary and fiction films
made by and about Native American women.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS233
Women: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
4 Semester Credits
This course examines a variety of issues concerning the biological, evolutionary, and historical origins of women’s
roles and status in society. Comparative roles of women are examined in tribal contexts across various indigenous
cultures. Studies include the role of women in Native American and African tribes, peasant societies of eastern
Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, and China.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS264
American Indian in the Cinema
4 Semester Credits
Indians in the Cinema surveys various images of American Indians created by Hollywood and television. Focusing
on films from the 1910s to the present, the course provides an understanding of how American Indians were
portrayed in film historically, how this image has evolved over the past century, and how it is reflective of Western
cultural and racial ideologies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS305
Indigenous Issues of Central America
4 Semester Credits
This travel seminar explores issues faced by indigenous peoples of Guatemala, Nicaragua, or Mexico. Each group
faces similar challenges that manifest differently due to the political, social, and cultural influence about sovereignty,
land rights, economy, religion, cultural survival, women’s issues, and political movements through site visits of the
dominant culture in each country. Students will learn and interact with indigenous organizations. This course is crosslisted with Women’s Studies. May be taken in conjunction with WST 490 or AIS 490.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS320
American Indian Women
4 Semester Credits
Through life histories of Indian women, the course examines the vital roles and contributions of women in past and
present tribal cultures. It explores the continuity of women’s roles over times and the changes in these roles,
precipitated by the influences of Western colonialism. The course also assesses how American Indian women have
crossed cultural boundaries and influenced non-tribal communities through their activism and traditionalism. This
course is cross-listed with women’s studies.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS332
Native American Storytelling
4 Semester Credits
The objective of this course is to study Native American storytelling from a cultural perspective. An appreciation of
oral traditions will be emphasized and studied within the broader context of world mythologies. Students will be
expected to perform storytelling and to research the various tribal storytelling traditions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS355
Themes in American Indian Literature
4 Semester Credits
The course is structured around a number of writers working within a particular theme such as Native Voices of
Minnesota, Voices from the Southwest, Poetics and Politics of Native Writing, Women and Power in Native
Literature, Urban-Reservation: Homing, and American Indian film-literature adaptation. Students focus on primary
texts, comparing and contrasting theme, voice, aesthetic, or cultural emphasis as it shifts or arises across the group
of texts. Course cross-lists with English.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS364
Indigenous Filmmakers
4 Semester Credits
Indigenous Filmmakers introduces students at the junior and senior level to the exciting and expanding field of
indigenous media—specifically films made by Native Americans. We will explore the political and social forces at
work behind the American indigenous film movement, which responds to mainstream film’s portrayal of Native
Americans and provides an extraordinary range in perspectives and views that inform Native American cultures.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS408
Native American Women and Film
4 Semester Credits
Beginning with issues of representation and a history of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native American woman as
princess figures, sexualized maidens, or squaws, we will expand our conceptualization of Native American women
by putting into conversation a variety of voices that talk back to or address mainstream stereotypes of Native
American women. Our goal is to expand our conceptualizations of Native American women and their important roles
in society by examining a variety of cultural issues as they are presented through documentary and fiction films
made by and about Native American women.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of AIS105(Introduction to American Indian Studies), AIS205(Contemporary American Indians),
AIS233(Women: A Cross-Cultural Perspective), AIS264(American Indian in the Cinema), WST201(Foundations in
Women's Studies), WST205(Intro to Lesbian and Gay Studies), WST208(Native American Women and Film),
WST241(Environmental and River Politics), WST265(Women in American Culture), WST281(Topics)
AIS490
Keystone: Indigenous Issues of Central America
4 Semester Credits
This travel seminar explores issues faced by Indigenous peoples of Guatemala, Nicaragua, or Mexico. Each group
faces similar challenges that manifest differently due to the political, social, and cultural influences of the dominant
culture in each country. Students will learn about sovereignty, land rights, economy, religion, cultural survival,
women’s issues, and political movements through site visits and interaction with Indigenous organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Individual courses designed to investigate specific topics such as Minnesota Indians, Contemporary Indigenous
Issues of North and South America, and American Indian Literature Seminar.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AIS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
An independently designed research project.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ANT141
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
4 Semester Credits
This course serves as an introduction to cultural anthropology. Course objectives include providing students with an
understanding of anthropological methods and theories, the concepts of race and culture, an appreciation and
awareness of differing cultures, and an awareness of the role cultural anthropology has in understanding
contemporary human problems.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
ART100
Special Topics
4 Semester Credits
Selected courses dealing with special topics, offered occasionally in the department.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART102
Design
4 Semester Credits
A study of design is the unifying foundation for the visual arts. Two- and three-dimensional projects demonstrate
theory and application of basic design elements and principles.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART105
Introduction to Architectural Drawing
4 Semester Credits
This course develops basic skills involved in perceiving and representing the material environment through the study
of sketching and drawing skills.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART106
Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Arts
4 Semester Credits
Introduction and practice of Chinese calligraphic painting and writing.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART107
Drawing
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to foundational drawing from direct observation, memory, and reference. Traditional and experimental
media and methods are explored to develop technical and formal skills in support of individual expression.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART118
Painting I
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to observational and experimental approaches and techniques in acrylic or oil painting. Color theory,
composition, painting methods, and individual expression are emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART122
Plein Air Sketching I
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to traditional sketching media and approaches for drawing en plein air, outside and on location. Portable,
all-weather materials and processes, and perceptual techniques are emphasized to create a sketchbook of drawings
from direct observation.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART132
Photography I
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces the technical skills, creative applications, and vocabulary of black-and-white film photography.
Technical lectures and demonstrations cover 35mm camera operation, film processing, and black-and-white
darkroom printing. Class lectures, readings, field trips, and research introduce students to the canon of photographic
history, including a broad range of genres, historical contexts, and artistic practices. Students need a 35mm single
lens reflex camera.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART180
Introduction to Community-Based Photography
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces the technical skills and creative applications of black-and-white photography with coursework
that integrates partnership and service. Art 180 combines art and social research concepts to help students
understand how the arts foster community building and engagement. Class lectures, demonstrations, ssignments,
and service will introduce students to documentary work that will be presented as portfolio to a nonprofit partner.
Students need a 35mm single lens reflex camera.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART210
Drawing for Design in Architecture
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to and exploration of the conceptual function of drawing in architecture. Exploration of the history of
drawing in architecture, critical review of drawing conventions and systems, and examination of drawing processes
as modes of perception and cognition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART105(Introduction to Architectural Drawing)
ART215
Web Design I
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an introduction to designing for the Internet. Students will learn basic skills for interactive
design and will become familiar with design software to execute their designs.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART221
Sculpture I
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to sculpture and three-dimensional design through the exploration of the inherent properties of
various materials and processes.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART223
Print Making I
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to traditional and experimental media and methods of printing. Intaglio, relief, and mono/unique
methods are explored.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART224
Publication Design
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to design concepts and production for publication design. Theory and practice of coordinating visual
imagery and typography for print publications using page layout software.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART225
Graphic Design I
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an introduction to the practice of graphic design. Design principles are explored in creating and
organizing through visual communication. The focus of this class will be building the foundation in design programs
such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, and discovering the visual language necessary to develop as
creative problem solvers.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART231
Pre-Columbian,Colonial, & Contemporary Mexican Art
4 Semester Credits
This course aims to develop an understanding and appreciation of Mexican art from the Pre-Columbian, colonial,
and contemporary periods, with emphasis on Frida Kahlo and the muralist movement of Diego Rivera, David Alfredo
Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. Students will participate in numerous excursions to many museums as well
as archaeological and historical sites.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART233
Collaborative Printmaking: A Press Free Approach
4 Semester Credits
This online course is designed to engage creative, imaginative, and technical processes to produce prints without a
press and to interpret works of art. Students learn water-based printmaking techniques while exploring several kinds
of collaboration. Students critically analyze works of art produced by themselves and their peers, and through this
analysis they will articulate different theories of aesthetics.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART240
Art History Survey
4 Semester Credits
A survey of art of the Western world from prehistoric to modern times.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART243
History of Architecture to 1750
4 Semester Credits
History of architecture and city planning from antiquity to 1750, as illustrated by Western and non-Western examples.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART244
History of Architecture after 1750
4 Semester Credits
History of architecture and city planning since 1750, as illustrated by Western and non-Western examples.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART247
Life Drawing
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to traditional and experimental methods and techniques for drawing the human figure through direct
observation of the live nude model. Perceptual proportions, planes, and individual expression of the human form in
space are emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART249
The Designed Environment
4 Semester Credits
This course addresses the designed environment, investigating architecture, landscape architecture, and urban
design. Class sessions consist almost exclusively of extensive walking tours and site visits to prominent examples of
design excellence.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART250
Ceramics I
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the making of pottery with an emphasis on handbuilding and throwing techniques combined with
theory, concept, and form.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART257
Watercolor Painting I
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to foundational techniques, and observational and experimental approaches to watercolor painting.
Exploration of color theory, composition, and individual expression are emphasized. Includes some painting outside
on location.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART265
Computer Drafting for Stage and Architecture
4 Semester Credits
Computer Drafting for the Stage and Architecture is an introduction to using AutoCAD LT for drafting on the
computer. Students will learn how to use basic AutoCAD commands to input information, organize, layout and print
2-D drafting plates, with an emphasis on drafting for the theater and architecture.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math), MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level 2)
ART280
Hand Papermaking and Book Arts I
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to hand papermaking, box building, and bookmaking; emphasizes the interplay of text, image, and form
in the contemporary artist's book.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
ART290
Tribal Arts and Culture
4 Semester Credits
An exploration of the rich heritage of visual arts from indigenous communities of North America, surveying the
dynamic nature of Native American art spanning from pre-European contact into the present while exploring the
political nature of that trajectory as it encounters cultural change, Western aesthetics, and Western concepts of art.
Students will meet Native artists, visit a variety of Native American art galleries and exhibitions, and learn about the
cultural, social, and political context surrounding Native American art.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): ENL111(Effective Writing)
ART299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART300
Special Topics
4 Semester Credits
Selected courses dealing with special topics, offered occasionally in the department.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART305
Junior Exhibition and Review
0 Semester Credits
Junior Exhibition and Review showcases the junior art major’s emerging style and content in a group exhibit to focus
exploration in support of the upcoming senior exhibition. A committee of art department faculty and staff conduct a
formal review of the exhibition. Junior art majors prepare and present an artist statement at the review. (Prereq.:
Completion of 16 credits)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART306
Advanced Chinese Calligraphic Arts
4 Semester Credits
Advanced practice of Chinese calligraphic painting and writing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART106(Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Arts)
ART315
Web Design II
4 Semester Credits
Exploration of the latest technologies used in the theories and practice of animation, interactive programming, and
advanced digital design.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART215(Web Design I)
ART320
Typography
4 Semester Credits
Study of the history, development, structures, and application of traditional and contemporary typography;
exploration of letterforms using digital, hand-set type, and hand lettering.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ART102(Design), ART105(Introduction to Architectural Drawing), ART106(Introduction to
Chinese Calligraphic Arts), ART107(Drawing), ART118(Painting I), ART132(Photography I), ART210(Drawing for
Design in Architecture), ART215(Web Design I), ART221(Sculpture I), ART223(Print Making I), ART224(Publication
Design), ART225(Graphic Design I), ART240(Art History Survey), ART243(History of Architecture to 1750),
ART244(History of Architecture after 1750), ART247(Life Drawing), ART249(The Designed Environment),
ART250(Ceramics I), ART280(Hand Papermaking and Book Arts I), ART290(Tribal Arts and Culture), ART315(Web
Design II), ART352(Women and Art), ART360(Watercolor Painting), ART382(Scandinavian Arts),
ART385(Prehistoric and Ancient Art), ART386(Medieval Art), ART387(Renaissance and Baroque Art),
ART388(Modern Art), ART389(American Art)
ART322
Plein Air Sketching II
4 Semester Credits
Advanced study of drawing en plein air emphasizes creating a sketchbook outside on location to explore advanced
observational technique, significant experiential engagement, complex composition, and emerging personal style
using portable all-weather materials and processes.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART122(Plein Air Sketching I)
ART330
Graphic Design II
4 Semester Credits
This studio course explores and develops concepts used in solving design problems through visual communication.
Students will explore the various tools necessary in this discipline, such as typography, layout, color, information
design, branding, packaging, and illustration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART225(Graphic Design I)
ART332
Photography II
4 Semester Credits
Advanced study that focuses on refining the skills and visual vocabulary introduced in ART 132. Emphasis on
portfolio development using advanced black-and-white materials. Semester projects encourage individual creativity
and examination of critical issues in contemporary photography. Students must provide their own 35mm camera.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART132(Photography I)
ART333
Digital Photography
4 Semester Credits
This advanced course explores the technical, creative, conceptual, and ethical aspects of digital photography.
Through a series of lectures, demonstrations, projects, critiques, and guest presenters, students will expand their
knowledge of photography using digital technology within the fine arts context. Students will also spend time
shooting assignments, working in the computer lab, attending exhibitions, reading the text, and writing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ART132(Photography I), ART180(Introduction to Community-Based Photography),
ART332(Photography II)
ART340
Digital Imaging
4 Semester Credits
Exploration of visual communications in the electronic environments using various software programs to create
digital images, animation, and digital games.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART349
The Designed Environment
4 Semester Credits
This course addresses the designed environment, investigating architecture, landscape architecture, and urban
design. Class sessions consist almost exclusively of extensive walking tours and site visits to prominent examples of
design excellence.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ART351
Ceramics II
4 Semester Credits
Advanced work in ceramics explores clay, glaze, and firing technology with a continued emphasis on throwing and
handbuilding techniques combined with theory, concept, and form.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART250(Ceramics I)
ART352
Women and Art
4 Semester Credits
A study of the creative role of women in the visual arts, including the fine arts, the traditional arts, and the arts of
Native American women.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ART355
Painting II
4 Semester Credits
Advanced study in acrylic or oil painting emphasizes individual expression and emerging style through advanced
color theory, series development, and exploration of individual subject matter, approach, and method.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART118(Painting I)
ART357
Watercolor Painting Il
4 Semester Credits
Advanced study in watercolor painting emphasizes individual expression and emerging style through advanced color
theory, series development, and exploration of individual subject matter, approach, and method.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART257(Watercolor Painting I)
ART368
Print Making II
4 Semester Credits
Continued exploration of intaglio, relief, and mono/unique methods. Use oflarger formats, multiple plates, and an
emphasis on color are encouraged.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART223(Print Making I)
ART380
Hand Papermaking and Book Arts II
4 Semester Credits
Advanced exploration in hand papermaking and book arts, emphasizing individual research and expression.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART280(Hand Papermaking and Book Arts I)
ART382
Scandinavian Arts
4 Semester Credits
The visual arts in Scandinavia from the Stone Age to the present, including architecture, folk arts, painting, sculpture,
and design.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART385
Prehistoric and Ancient Art
4 Semester Credits
The art of the Ice Age through the Roman period to the fourth century A.D.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART386
Medieval Art
4 Semester Credits
Early Christian through late Gothic and proto-Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ART387
Renaissance and Baroque Art
4 Semester Credits
European painting, sculpture, and architecture, from the 14th through the 18th centuries.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ART388
Modern Art
4 Semester Credits
Painting, sculpture, and architecture from Neoclassicism through the present.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ART389
American Art
4 Semester Credits
A study of early colonial through contemporary American art, architecture, and folk arts.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART390
Tribal Arts and Culture
4 Semester Credits
This course surveys the rich and dynamic heritage of visual arts from indigenous communities of North America,
spanning from pre-European contact into the present. Students will meet Native artists, visit a variety of Native
American art galleries and exhibitions, and learn about the cultural, social, and political context surrounding Native
American art. ART390 is open to art history students only.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters); ART240(Art History Survey)
ART396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ART398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ART405
Senior Exhibition and Faculty Review
0 Semester Credits
Senior Exhibition and Faculty Review is a practical approach, exemplifying best visual arts practice and showcasing
the senior art major’s body of work through a solo or two-person exhibit. A committee of two art department faculty
and one outside department faculty/staff of choice conducts a formal review of the exhibition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART305(Junior Exhibition and Review)
ART478
Sculpture II
4 Semester Credits
Advanced work in sculpture and three-dimensional design.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ART221(Sculpture I)
ART498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ART499
Independent Study/Research
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ASL101
Beginning American Sign Language I
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to deaf culture and the signs and syntax of ASL. Students observe the demonstration of signs,
practice their own signing, and learn the facial expressions and body language needed to communicate clearly with
deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
ASL102
Beginning American Sign Language II
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to deaf culture and the signs and syntax of ASL. Students observe the demonstration of signs,
practice their own signing, and learn the facial expressions and body language needed to communicate clearly with
deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): ASL101(Beginning American Sign Language I)
AUG101
Augsburg Seminar
0 Semester Credits
A weekly seminar linked to a course or course pair that integrates course content with learning strategies and
community-building opportunities beneficial to beginning college students. While the content course is graded on a
traditional point basis, Augsburg Seminar is graded Pass/No Credit. Permission to complete the seminar if the
student withdraws from the linked content course(s) is at the discretion of the instructor(s). (P/N grading only)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
AUG102
Augsburg Seminar
0 Semester Credits
This individualized directed study course is available through moodle (course management system) only to students
who did not pass AUG 101. Assignments involving reflection and engaging with campus offices and programs guide
students’ progress toward graduation and future careers. A fee is charged during the semester when all
requirements are satisfactorily completed. Contact the Director of AugSem for more information.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO102
The Biological World
4 Semester Credits
The basic concepts of biology pertaining to both plants and animals are emphasized. The nature of science and the
approach used by scientists to gather and analyze data and propose and test hypotheses are considered. (Three
one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Does not apply to the major or minor.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math),
MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level 2)
BIO102L
The Biological World Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): BIO102(The Biological World) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO103
Human Anatomy and Physiology
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the structure and function of the human body. (Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. A student
may not receive credit for both BIO 121 and 103. Does not apply to the major or minor.) Students are strongly
encouraged to take CHM 102 or another chemistry course before taking this class.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), MUS101(Materials of Music I), MUS111(Aural Skills
I)
BIO103L
Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): BIO103(Human Anatomy and Physiology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO118
Environmental Biology
4 Semester Credits
Analyze the most important issues in environmental biology with special emphasis on biodiversity, drawing
particularly from examples in Mexico. Students will learn about theoretical and applied issues regarding the
ecological framework of tropical America through lectures, required readings, fieldwork, and lab work. This course
may be used as a substitute to meet the ENV 120 requirement in the ENV major, and meets the Natural Sciences
LAF.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO118L
Environmental Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): BIO118(Environmental Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO121
Human Biology
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to basic biological principles with a human perspective and application. Includes discussion of the
molecular and cellular basis of life, genetics and genetic disease, selected organ systems and disease, and the
sustainability of life on Earth. (Three hours lecture, one three-hour lab. A student may not receive credit for both BIO
121 and 103. Does not apply to the major or minor in biology. Students are strongly encouraged to take CHM 102
before taking this class. )
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO121L
Human Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): BIO121(Human Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO150
Introductory Biology Workshop
2 Semester Credits
An elective workshop for students concurrently enrolled in BIO 151 Introductory Biology. Students will explore topics
covered in BIO 151 in more depth using AVID-based strategies for succeeding in college-level biology courses. P/N
grading only.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO151(Introductory Biology) *concurrent registration is required*, CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
BIO151
Introductory Biology
4 Semester Credits
First of a two-semester sequence. An introduction to biology for science majors, including cell and molecular biology,
energy metabolism, genetics. BIO 151 and 152 must be taken in sequence except by permission of instructor. (Three
hours of lecture, three hours laboratory, some Saturday field trips.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
BIO151L
Introductory Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): BIO151(Introductory Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO152
Evolution, Ecology and Diversity
4 Semester Credits
Second of a two-semester introductory sequence. An introduction to evolution, ecology, and biological diversity for
science majors. (Three hours of lecture, four hours laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO113(Introductory Organismal Biology), BIO151(Introductory Biology)
BIO152L
Evolution Ecology and Diversity Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of All of BIO113(Introductory Organismal Biology), BIO114(Intro Genetics Evolution and Ecolo); All
of BIO151(Introductory Biology), BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity)
BIO253
Introductory Cellular Biology
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to structure and function in tissues, cells, and subcellular organelles. (Three hours lecture, four hours
laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry II), CHM116(General Chemistry II);
SOPHMRCREDTS(Sophomore Credit Level)
BIO253L
Introductory Cellular Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO255
Genetics
4 Semester Credits
A study of the principles of heredity. The course integrates classical transmission genetics, molecular genetics, and
genomics. Special topics will include epigenetics, developmental genetics, and human disease genetics.
Contemporary genetic model systems will be utilized in laboratory experiments. (Three hours of lecture, four hours of
laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT163(Introductory Statistics),
MAT248(Biostatistics), PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I); BIO151(Introductory Biology),
BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity), CHM116(General Chemistry II)
BIO255L
Genetics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO255(Genetics) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO297
Directed Study: Research in Biology
2 Semester Credits
Directed research with a faculty mentor. No more than two terms may be applied to minimum graduation
requirements. Requires permission of instructor and chair of the department. (Pass/No Pass only)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO351
Invertebrate Zoology
4 Semester Credits
A study of the invertebrate animals stressing classification, morphology, behavior, life history, and phylogeny. (Three
hours of lecture, four hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO151(Introductory Biology), BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity)
BIO351L
Invertebrate Zoology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO351(Invertebrate Zoology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO353
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
4 Semester Credits
Comparative anatomy, functional morphology, and evolutionary morphology of vertebrates. A study of vertebrate
anatomy integrating the perspectives of embryology, morphology and phylogeny. (Three hours of lecture, four hours
of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO151(Introductory Biology), BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity)
BIO353L
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO353(Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO355
Genetics
4 Semester Credits
A study of the principles of heredity. The course integrates classical transmission genetics, molecular genetics, and
genomics. Special topics will include epigenetics, developmental genetics, and human disease genetics.
Contemporary genetic model systems will be utilized in laboratory experiments. (Three hours of lecture, four hours of
laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT163(Introductory Statistics),
MAT248(Biostatistics), PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
BIO355L
Genetics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO355(Genetics) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO361
Plant Biology
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the diversity and evolution of algae and plants. Topics on plant anatomy, physiology, phylogeny,
ecological and economic importance, and plant-microbe interactions are integrated throughout. (Three hours of
lecture, four hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO151(Introductory Biology), BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity)
BIO361L
Plant Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO361(Plant Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO369
Biochemistry
4 Semester Credits
The course addresses the chemical structure and function of the major biological macromolecules. Key topic areas
are protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms, thermodynamics, intermediary metabolism, and metabolic
regulation. (Three hours lecture, four hours laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO215(Introductory Cellular Biology), BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology); 1 of
MAT114(Precalculus), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT164(Introductory Biostatistics),
MAT248(Biostatistics), PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I); CHM351(Organic Chemistry I)
BIO369L
Biochemistry Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO369(Biochemistry) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO397
Internship *
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO215(Introductory Cellular Biology), BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology)
BIO471
Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology
4 Semester Credits
An examination of mechanisms of molecular genetics, recombinant DNA technology, cell-signaling, cell cycle control,
the cytoskeleton and select additional topics. (Three hours of lecture, four hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO369(Biochemistry)
BIO471L
Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO471(Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO473
Animal Physiology
4 Semester Credits
A study of digestion, respiration, circulation, excretion, movement, and sensory perception as well as neural and
hormonal control of these functions, emphasizing vertebrates. (Three hours of lecture, four hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO215(Introductory Cellular Biology), BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology); 1 of
MAT114(Precalculus), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT248(Biostatistics),
PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
BIO473L
Animal Physiology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO473(Animal Physiology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO474
Developmental Biology
4 Semester Credits
A study of development from the embryonic to adult stages. The course will focus on the physiological, molecular,
and morphological changes that occur during development. Additional topics to be covered will include evolutionary
developmental biology (evo devo), teratology, stem cells, regeneration, and cell death. (Three hours of lecture, four
hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO215(Introductory Cellular Biology), BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology)
BIO474L
Developmental Biology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO474(Developmental Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO475
Neurobiology
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the nervous system. Topics to be studied include the electrical activity of neurons, sensory and
motor systems, mechanisms of learning and memory, animal behavior, and human cognition. (Three hours of
lecture, four hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology)
BIO475L
Neurobiology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO475(Neurobiology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO476
Microbiology
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the study of microorganisms. Environmental, industrial, and medical issues are discussed, with
particular attention paid to human pathogens. (Three hours lecture, four hours laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO215(Introductory Cellular Biology), BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology)
BIO476L
Microbiology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO476(Microbiology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO481
Ecology
4 Semester Credits
A study of interactions between organisms and the biotic and abiotic environment. Topics include physiological
ecology, energy flow, nutrient cycling, a survey of biomes, population and community ecology, and conservation.
(Three hours lecture, four hours laboratory, some Saturday field trips.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry II), CHM116(General Chemistry II); 1 of MAT114(Precalculus),
MAT145(Calculus I), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT248(Biostatistics), PSY215(Research Methods and
Statistics I); BIO152(Evolution, Ecology and Diversity)
BIO481L
Ecology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO481(Ecology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO486
Immunology
4 Semester Credits
A study of the mechanisms by which the immune system can recognize and neutralize or destroy foreign molecules
and organisms. Aspects of immune dysfunction in allergy, autoimmunity, cancer and immunodeficiency are included.
(Three hours of lecture, four hours of laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO255(Genetics), BIO355(Genetics); BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology)
BIO486L
Immunology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO486(Immunology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO490
Biology Keystone
2 Semester Credits
A seminar course that fulfills the keystone requirement. Several important biological issues that have ethical and
societal implication and ramifications are explored, including the topics of the vocation of a scientist, connections
between faith and science, and moral, ethical, and societal challenges faced by scientists. For senior biology majors.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO495
Special Topics in Biology
4 Semester Credits
Courses covering special topics not otherwise covered by our other course offerings. Topics may vary.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO495L
Topics: Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO495(Special Topics in Biology) *concurrent registration is required*
BIO497
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BIO499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BIO215(Introductory Cellular Biology), BIO253(Introductory Cellular Biology)
BUS199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS200
Exploring Business as a Vocation
4 Semester Credits
This course is intended to introduce you, the student, to the possibility of pursuing a career in business as a
vocational calling. In this course you will be exposed to the key areas of business operations including: management,
marketing, management information systems/technology, finance, accounting, and international business.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS242
Principles of Management
4 Semester Credits
Development of the theory of management, organization, staffing, planning, and control. The nature of authority,
accountability, and responsibility; analysis of the role of the professional manager.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS254
Entrepreneurship
4 Semester Credits
The process of transforming an idea into an organization that can market this idea successfully. Examines the
construction of a viable business plan with attention to the resources needed for success.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS264
Statistical Literacy for Managers
4 Semester Credits
Critical thinking about statistics as evidence for management decisions. Analysis of business cases involving nonfinancial data. Focus on predicting, understanding, and managing variation: modeling, sampling, optimizing, etc.
Reviews descriptive and inferential statistics. Uses spreadsheets for statistical analysis (trends and confidence
intervals). Includes the generation and analysis of survey data. Uses Monte Carlo simulation in business forecasting.
Communicate results in a form that facilitates decisions by non-quantitative managers. Attention to alternate choices,
sub-optimization, and unanticipated onsequences. Optional topics include process control, six-sigma, data mining,
and dashboard metrics. Additional evening sessions are required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); MIS260(Problem Solving for
Business)
BUS295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Lectures, discussions, meetings with members of the staff or visiting faculty regarding research methodology and
readings in the areas of business administration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
BUS299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS301
Business Law
4 Semester Credits
Legal rules relating to contracts, agency, negotiable instruments, property, and business organizations under the
Uniform Commercial Code.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
BUS340
Human Resource Management
4 Semester Credits
Personnel function in business, acquisition, and utilization of human resources; desirable working relationships;
effective integration of the worker with the goals of the firm and society.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation), BUS242(Principles of Management)
BUS362
International Business
4 Semester Credits
This course views international business from a global perspective, including views of the U.S. government and
perspectives of foreign governments. Each topic is supported with real-life case studies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics); 1 of
ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective
Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation),
BUS242(Principles of Management), MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
BUS379
Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
4 Semester Credits
How to read and interpret data to make better business decisions. Topics include descriptive statistics and statistical
inference (confidence intervals and statistical significance). Software used is either Minitab or Excel.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); MAT171(Discrete Mathematics
For Computing); MIS260(Problem Solving for Business)
BUS396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS440
Strategic Management
4 Semester Credits
Concepts and principles related to long-range planning. Taught from a managerial viewpoint with examples from
various industries and sectors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation), BUS242(Principles of Management)
BUS461
Global Business Management: Mexico and Emerging Markets - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics); 1 of
BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation), BUS242(Principles of Management)
BUS465
International Management
4 Semester Credits
This course analyzes several factors influencing behavior in the workplace and the board room, including skills
needed to manage across national borders.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation), BUS242(Principles of Management); 1 of
ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective
Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
BUS479
Intermediate Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
4 Semester Credits
Advanced statistical methods using computer software. Specific topics may include multivariate modeling (linear and
logistic), Monte Carlo simulation, queuing models, data mining, web analytics and ANOVA.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS264(Statistical Literacy for Managers), BUS379(Quantitative Methods for Business and
Economics)
BUS495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
BUS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM102
Chemistry for Changing Times
4 Semester Credits
Designed for the liberal arts student. Emphasis is upon developing basic chemistry concepts using examples
primarily from inorganic chemistry. Does not count toward a chemistry major or minor. CHM 102 includes a lab
section.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math), MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level 2)
CHM102L
Chemistry for Changing Times Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): CHM102(Chemistry for Changing Times) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM115
General Chemistry I
4 Semester Credits
This is the entry course for chemistry and related science majors, including biology and physics. Course topics
include an introduction to matter and measurements, chemical equations, stoichiometry, energetics, electronic
structure, and bonding theory. QF course. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory. High school
chemistry recommended. Fall and Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
CHM115L
General Chemistry I Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): CHM115(General Chemistry I) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM116
General Chemistry II
4 Semester Credits
A continuation of Chemistry 115. Emphasis on equilibrium and solution chemistry including kinetics and
electrochemistry. QF course. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Spring and Summer)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): CHM115(General Chemistry I)
CHM116L
General Chemistry II Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): CHM116(General Chemistry II) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM351
Organic Chemistry I
4 Semester Credits
Important classes of organic compounds with special emphasis on mechanisms and multi-step synthesis.
Descriptive material is correlated by means of modern theories of chemical bonds, energy relationships, and reaction
mechanisms. (Three one-hour lectures, one four-hour laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry), CHM116(General Chemistry II)
CHM351L
Organic Chemistry I Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM351(Organic Chemistry I) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM352
Organic Chemistry II
4 Semester Credits
Important classes of organic compounds with special emphasis on mechanisms and multi-step synthesis.
Descriptive material is correlated by means of modern theories of chemical bonds, energy relationships, and reaction
mechanisms. (Three one-hour lectures, one four-hour laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry), CHM116(General Chemistry II); CHM351(Organic Chemistry
I)
CHM352L
Organic Chemistry II Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM352(Organic Chemistry II) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM353
Quantitative Analytical Chemistry
4 Semester Credits
Covers gravimetric and volumetric analysis and solution equilibrium in detail and gives an introduction to
electrochemical and spectrophotometric techniques of analysis. The laboratory involves quantitative analysis of a
variety of samples, and includes trace analysis. QA course. (Three hours of lecture, one four-hour laboratory. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry), CHM116(General Chemistry II); 1 of MAT105(Applied
Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
CHM353L
Quantitative Analytical Chemistry Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM353(Quantitative Analytical Chemistry) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM362
Chemical Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics
4 Semester Credits
Studies three of the fundamental theoretical concepts of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics,
and kinetics. (Three one-hour lectures, one four-hour laboratory).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM116(General Chemistry II), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT146(Calculus II), PHY121(General Physics
I), PHY122(General Physics II)
CHM362L
Chemical Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM362(Chemical Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics) *concurrent registration is
required*
CHM367
Properties of Polymers
4 Semester Credits
Presents polymer chemistry as an interdisciplinary chemistry relying on the organic, analytical, and physical
chemistry prerequisites to unfold the details of macromolecules. Spring, odd years)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM352(Organic Chemistry II), CHM361(Physical Chemistry I)
CHM368
Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Structure, and Spectroscopy
4 Semester Credits
Studies fundamental theoretical concepts of physical chemistry including: quantum mechanics with molecular
structure, spectroscopy, and interactions applications. (Three one-hour lectures, one four-hour laboratory).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM116(General Chemistry II), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT146(Calculus II), PHY121(General Physics
I), PHY122(General Physics II)
CHM368L
Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Structure, and Spectroscopy Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM368(Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Structure, and Spectroscopy) *concurrent registration is
required*
CHM397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM464
Advanced Organic Chemistry
4 Semester Credits
Laboratory work is organized around the problems of identifying organic compounds. Lecture topics include theory
and structure-spectra correlations for IR, UV, NMR, and mass spectroscopy; use of the literature, and advanced
topics in organic synthesis. (Three hours of lecture, four hours of laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM352(Organic Chemistry II), CHM353(Quantitative Analytical Chemistry), CHM361(Physical
Chemistry I)
CHM464L
Advanced Organic Chemistry Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM464(Advanced Organic Chemistry) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM470
Principles of Medicinal Chemistry
4 Semester Credits
Medicinal chemistry examines the organic chemistry of drug design and drug action. Students study the mechanisms
of drug transport across biological membranes, absorption, distribution, and drug excretion; the relationship between
structure and activity; molecular recognition process in drug-receptor interactions; enzyme mechanisms; and the
metabolic pathways by which drugs are detoxified. Also studied are the concepts used in the design of therapeutic
substances. A prior course in biochemistry is recommended. (Spring, even years)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM352(Organic Chemistry II)
CHM481
Advanced Analytical Chemistry
4 Semester Credits
Emphasis on instrumental methods of analysis. Atomic, molecular, and electron spectroscopy, radiochemical,
chromatography, thermal, and electroanalytical methods are covered. (Three hours of lecture, one four-and-one-half
hour laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM353(Quantitative Analytical Chemistry), CHM361(Physical Chemistry I)
CHM481L
Advanced Analytical Chemistry Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM481(Advanced Analytical Chemistry) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM482
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
4 Semester Credits
Study of inorganic substances and their reactions using electrostatic and molecular orbital models. Reactivity and
bonding in coordination, cluster, and organometallic compounds are considered. The laboratory consists of
preparations using a variety of techniques. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM352(Organic Chemistry II), CHM361(Physical Chemistry I)
CHM482L
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CHM482(Advanced Inorganic Chemistry) *concurrent registration is required*
CHM491
Chemistry Seminar
0 Semester Credits
This seminar, which has no course credit, is a weekly meeting of chemistry majors under the direction of the
Augsburg Chemistry Society. Juniors and seniors are expected to participate, with seniors presenting papers.
Outside visitors are also invited to participate.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Study of a specific area building upon inorganic, analytical, physical, and organic chemistry.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM497
Introduction to Chemistry Research
0 Semester Credits
Chemistry majors planning research careers need research experience before graduation that may be obtained by
working on a summer research project (not counted as a course) or by research participation during the academic
year (that may be counted as a course). Cooperative education is an excellent opportunity to be involved in industrial
research projects.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CHM499
Independent Study/Research
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM111
Public Speaking
4 Semester Credits
The course focuses on speech preparation, organization, audience analysis, style, listening, and overcoming speech
fright. Note: Students may take only one of either COM 111, COM 112, or COM 115 for credit. (Fall, spring)
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
COM112
Contest Public Speaking
4 Semester Credits
Theory and practice of preparing speeches for delivery in formal and contest situations. Students are expected to
attend three interscholastic speech tournaments and compete in at least two of the following: informative speaking,
persuasive speaking, speaking to entertain, and/or communication analysis. Note: Students may take only one of
either COM 111, COM 112, or COM 115 for credit. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM115
Scientific and Technical Public Speaking
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to public speaking for students majoring in scientific or technical fields. Includes the same
foundational material as introduction to public speaking, including: delivery, argumentation, persuasion, and
audience analysis. This material is then applied to specific contexts common in technical fields, with special attention
to distinguishing expert or lay audiences, and the use of technical vocabulary and notation systems. Note: Students
may take only one of either COM 111, COM 112, or COM 115 for credit.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
COM120
Mass Media and Popular Culture
4 Semester Credits
This course is a survey of the mass media in popular culture. Students will examine the different types of mass
media and will gain an understanding of what popular culture is and why it is important. The course examines the
importance of media criticism and the impact that media have had on culture and society. Students are encouraged
to think critically about media and media consumption.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
COM199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM243
Studio Production
4 Semester Credits
This is an introductory television production course utilizing three cameras in a live studio environment. This course
emphasizes the demands of live television production, such as collaborative team effort, pre-production, time
management, and meeting deadlines. Through a series of exercises, students learn the skills required to produce a
live 30-minute news magazine program. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM247
Documentary History and Theory
4 Semester Credits
This course studies the history of film’s nonfiction art form, as well as the theoretical methods of engaging the world
through a lens. Through the study of selected documentaries, students will identify and analyze the filmmaker’s point
of view and the methods used to deliver the message.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
COM254
Interpersonal Communication
4 Semester Credits
A study of the dynamics of human interaction through verbal and non-verbal messages; emphasis on factors that
build relationships and help to overcome communication barriers.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM280
Introduction to Communication Studies
4 Semester Credits
An introductory survey course designed to acquaint students with the world of ideas that serves as the foundation for
the field of communication studies.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
COM281
Research Methods
4 Semester Credits
This course focuses on the differing methods used by communication scholars to ask and answer questions about
the nature of human interaction. It examines various types of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative,
such as experimental research, survey research, ethnographic research, textual analysis, content analysis, and
historical/critical research.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level)
COM299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM321
Business and Professional Speaking
4 Semester Credits
This course explores advanced issues in public address including delivery and performance, vocal control,
persuasion, audience adaptation, argument construction, and speaker credibility. The class uses a series of
speeches, ranging from impromptu speaking and persuasion to job interviewing and sales presentations, in order to
hone students’ speaking skills.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of COM111(Public Speaking), COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and
Technical Public Speaking), SPC111(Public Speaking)
COM329
Intercultural Communication
4 Semester Credits
This course explores cultural differences and their implications for communication, including differences in values,
norms, social interaction, and code systems.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
COM345
Organizational Communication
4 Semester Credits
An examination of communication in organizational settings. Focuses on topics such as superior-subordinate
relationships, management styles, motivation of employees, organizational culture, effective use of meetings, and
sources of communication problems.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM351
Argumentation
4 Semester Credits
Develops critical thinking skills by study of the theory and practice of argument, evidence, fallacies, and refutation.
Includes how to build and analyze public arguments that confront students in their everyday lives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of COM111(Public Speaking), COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and
Technical Public Speaking), SPC111(Public Speaking); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing),
ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement
Level); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
COM352
Persuasion
4 Semester Credits
Examination of the process of influence in a variety of social contexts, paying special attention to the psychological
aspects of persuasion.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of COM111(Public Speaking), COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and
Technical Public Speaking), SPC111(Public Speaking); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level
3); 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry II), CHM115(General Chemistry I), CHM116(General Chemistry II),
COM281(Research Methods), ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics),
HON220(The Scholar Scientist), MAT114(Precalculus), MAT129(Practical Applications of Math),
MAT137(Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I), MAT138(Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II),
MAT145(Calculus I), MAT146(Calculus II), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT173(Mathematics of Finance),
MIS260(Problem Solving for Business), PHY103(Conceptual Physics), PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I),
QFCOM(QF COM Transfer Course), QFENL(QF ENL Transfer Course), SCI110(Natural Science I)
COM355
Small Group Communication
4 Semester Credits
A study of group dynamics and leadership with emphasis on decision making, leadership styles, and conflict
management.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
COM398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
COM405
Nonverbal Communication
4 Semester Credits
This course focuses on the nonverbal elements of communication. Nonverbal communication encompasses all
communication except the spoken word. In order to fully explore the functions of nonverbal communication in
everyday life, students will conduct a research project that looks at nonverbal communication in depth.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): COM280(Introduction to Communication Studies)
COM415
Advanced Critical Media Studies
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the role that various media, such as film, television, and the internet play in shaping and
influencing society. Topics covered include theories of influence and effects, representations of gender, race, and
class, ownership and democracy, and new media. After taking this course, students should possess heightened
understanding and appreciation of media’s significance and impact in the world.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): COM120(Mass Media and Popular Culture)
COM480
Public Relations/Promotional Communication
4 Semester Credits
Public relations in the modern world of communication, marketing, and business. An overview of public relations as a
career and a survey of basic promotional communication in profit and nonprofit organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM490
Keystone: Critical Conversations about Vocation
4 Semester Credits
A synthesis of communication theories and application of those theories to each student’s sense of vocation. This
course satisfies the Keystone requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of COM254(Interpersonal Communication), COM354(Interpersonal Communication);
COM280(Introduction to Communication Studies)
COM495
Communication Topics
4 Semester Credits
Selected topics in communication with emphasis on the use of primary sources and methodology of research.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM498
Independent Study/Research *
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
COM499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CSC160
Introduction to Computer Science and Communication
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to computer science topics in hardware, software, theory, and computer communications: algorithm
design, logical circuits, network concepts, the Internet, and programming.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
CSC170
Introduction to Programming
4 Semester Credits
A study of problem-solving, algorithm development, and programming using a high-level programming language.
(Three hours of lecture, one-and-one-half hours of lab.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra),
MPL(Math Placement Level 3); CSC160(Introduction to Computer Science and Communication)
CSC170L
Introduction to Programming Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CSC170(Introduction to Programming) *concurrent registration is required*
CSC199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CSC210
Data Structures
4 Semester Credits
Data structures such as linked lists, stacks, and queues; recursion. (Three hours of lecture, one-and-one-half hours
of lab.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MPL(Math
Placement Level 4); 1 of MAT145(Calculus I), MAT171(Discrete Mathematics For Computing); CSC170(Introduction
to Programming)
CSC210L
Data Structures Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CSC210(Data Structures) *concurrent registration is required*
CSC240
Intro to Networking and Communications
4 Semester Credits
Principles and methods of data communications, information theory, distributed processing systems, network
protocols and security, standards, network management, and general computer interfacing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); CSC160(Introduction to Computer
Science and Communication)
CSC272
UNIX and C
4 Semester Credits
Study of UNIX operating system and the C programming language. It is assumed that the student has a knowledge
of programming methods and has done programming in some other language.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CSC170(Introduction to Programming)
CSC299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CSC320
Algorithms
4 Semester Credits
A systematic study of algorithms and their complexity, including searching and sorting algorithms, mathematical
algorithms, scheduling algorithms, and tree and graph traversal algorithms. The classes P and NP, NP-complete
problems, and intractable problems.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MPL(Math
Placement Level 4); 1 of MAT145(Calculus I), MAT171(Discrete Mathematics For Computing); CSC210(Data
Structures)
CSC345
Principles of Computer Organization
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to computer architecture, binary representation of data, processors, instruction sets, and assembly
language programming.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MPL(Math Placement Level 4); CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC352
Database Management and Design
4 Semester Credits
Structure of database management systems, query facilities, file organization and security, and the development of
database systems.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC353
Database Architecture and Design
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the physical design and tuning of database systems. Topics include data storage, indexing, query
processing, and transaction processing with a focus on the relation database. Advanced topics include security,
other types of databases (e.g., distributed databases, client-server architectures, object-oriented), emerging
technologies, and applications.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC373
Symbolic Programming and Artificial Intelligence
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to programming in functional, symbolic languages, such as Lisp or Scheme. A study of the
foundation algorithms used in the field of artificial intelligence. Applications to selected problems from artificial
intelligence.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC385
Formal Logic and Computation Theory
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to sentential and first-order logic including logical connectives, proof theory, and quantification.
Formal models of computation including finite state automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines.
Incompleteness and uncomputability.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT122(Calc For Social and Behavioral Scie), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT171(Discrete
Mathematics For Computing); CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CSC398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
CSC399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
CSC431
Introduction to A I Robotics
4 Semester Credits
Robot components, robotic paradigms, mobile robots, task planning, sensing, sensor fusion, basic control concepts.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC450
Programming Languages and Compilers I
4 Semester Credits
Principles that govern the design and implementation of programming languages. Topics include formal languages,
programming language syntax and semantics, parsing, and interpretation. Emphasis on design issues.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of CSC385(Formal Logic and
Computation Theory) *concurrent registration is acceptable*, PHI385(Formal Logic and Computation Theory)
*concurrent registration is acceptable*; CSC320(Algorithms)
CSC451
Programming Languages and Compilers II
4 Semester Credits
Continuation of CSC 450: compilers, data structures, control structures, and the run-time environment. Emphasis on
implementation issues.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CSC385(Formal Logic and Computation Theory), PHI385(Formal Logic and Computation
Theory); CSC345(Principles of Computer Organization), CSC450(Programming Languages and Compilers I)
CSC457
Computer Graphics
4 Semester Credits
A study of the foundational algorithms required for computer graphics. Topics include geometric algorithms,
geometric modeling, graphics techniques, graphical user interfaces, human-centered software development,
computer animation, virtual environments and 3D immersive rendering.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MPL(Math Placement Level 4); CSC210(Data Structures)
CSC495
Advanced Topics in Computer Science
4 Semester Credits
Study of advanced topics from areas of computer science not included in other courses. This course may be
repeated, but may not be counted more than twice as part of the requirements for the major.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
CSC499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECE345
Foundations of Preprimary Education
3 Semester Credits
Students gain understanding about philosophical, theoretical, historical, pedagogical, societal, and institutional
foundations of preprimary education. Attention is given to efforts of modern programs to adapt instruction to
developmental levels and experience backgrounds of young children and to work in partnership with parents and
other social service agencies. Field experience (20 hours) is a critical part of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); PSY105(Principles of Psychology), PSY250(Child Development)
ECE346
Learning Environments for Preprimary-Aged Children
3 Semester Credits
Students gain an understanding of how to recognize and construct, developmentally appropriate pedagogy and
practice. Attention is given to the integration of literacy within the classroom environment; importance of learning
through play; using different assessments of the classroom environment, student performance and program
evaluation; classroom management strategies; etc. Field experience (30 hours) is a critical part of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); ECE345(Foundations of Preprimary Education)
ECE347
Immersion and Teaching Competence
3 Semester Credits
Students gain an understanding of how to deliver developmentally appropriate instruction and experiences. Field
experience (40 hours) is a critical part of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); ECE345(Foundations of Preprimary Education), ECE346(Learning
Environments for Preprimary-Aged Children)
ECE488
Student Teaching: Preprimary
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised classroom experience. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECE489
Student Teaching: Preprimary
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised classroom experience. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECE545
Foundations of Preprimary Education
3 Semester Credits
Students gain an understanding of philosophical, theoretical, historical, pedagogical, societal, and institutional
foundations of preprimary education. Attention is given to the efforts of modern programs to adapt instruction to
developmental levels and experience backgrounds of young children and to work in partnership with parents and
social service agencies. Field experience (20 hours) is a critical part of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission), PSY105(Principles of Psychology),
PSY250(Child Development)
ECE546
Learning Environments for Preprimary-Aged Children
3 Semester Credits
Students gain an understanding of how to recognize and construct, developmentally appropriate pedagogy and
practice. Attention is given to the integration of literacy within the classroom environment; importance of learning
through play; using different assessments of the classroom environment, student performance and program
evaluation; classroom management strategies; etc. Field experience (30 hours) is a critical part of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECE545(Foundations of Preprimary Education), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
ECE547
Immersion and Teaching Competence
3 Semester Credits
Students gain an understanding of how to deliver developmentally appropriate instruction and experiences. Field
experience (40 hours) is a critical part of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECE545(Foundations of Preprimary Education), ECE546(Learning Environments for PreprimaryAged Children), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
ECO112
Principles of Macroeconomics
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to macroeconomics: national income analysis, monetary and fiscal policy, international trade.
Application of elementary economic theory to current economic problems. May be taken independently of ECO 113.
ECO 112 and 113 may be taken in either order.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
ECO113
Principles of Microeconomics
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to microeconomics: the theory of the household, firm, market structures, and income distribution.
Application of elementary economic theory to market policy. May be taken independently of ECO 112. ECO 112 and
113 may be taken in either order.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
ECO199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECO299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECO312
Intermediate Macroeconomics
4 Semester Credits
Determinants of national income, employment, and price level analyzed via macromodels. Attention paid to areas of
monetary-fiscal policy, growth, and the role of expectations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); ECO112(Principles of
Macroeconomics)
ECO313
Intermediate Microeconomics
4 Semester Credits
Theory of resource allocation, analysis of consumer behavior, firm and industry; the pricing of factors of production
and income distribution; introduction to welfare economics.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ECO315
Money and Banking
4 Semester Credits
Functioning of the monetary and banking systems, particularly commercial banks, and the Federal Reserve System
and its role in relation to aggregate economic activity. Emphasis placed on monetary theory and policy.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics)
ECO318
Management Science
4 Semester Credits
Provides a sound conceptual understanding of the modern techniques of management science to prepare students
to make better business and economic decisions. Emphasis is on applications such as transportation, marketing,
portfolio selection, environmental protection, the shortest route, and inventory models.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics); 1 of
MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
ECO350
Labor Economics
4 Semester Credits
Analysis of labor markets, labor as a factor of production, determination of collective bargaining, labor legislation,
and effects upon society.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ECO360
International Economics
4 Semester Credits
A study of the underlying forces affecting the economic relations among nations. Development of the basis for
international trade, balance of payments, exchange rate systems, and commercial policy.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ECO365
Environmental Economics
4 Semester Credits
This course applies economic principles to the management and utilization of society’s environmental resources. It
analyzes the role of externalities and the public policy approaches designed to address those market failures,
including command/control and incentive-based strategies. Policy issues examined include air and water pollution,
global environmental issues like ozone depletion and global warming, and environmental policy for developing
countries.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ECO370
International Economic Development
4 Semester Credits
This course studies the major factors that affect the economic standard of living in the developing world. It examines
such issues as poverty and income inequality, population growth, education and health of society, agricultural
production, environmental externalities, and the role of international trade and foreign assistance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ECO397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ECO399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ECO416
Mathematical Economics
4 Semester Credits
Mathematical economics with emphasis on the application of mathematical tools to the areas of micro and
macroeconomic theory.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ECO312(Intermediate Macroeconomics), ECO313(Intermediate Microeconomics), MAT245(Calculus
III), MAT246(Linear Algebra)
ECO490
Research Methods in Econometrics
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an introduction to the application of statistical models and methods to economic problems.
Emphasis is on use of econometric software to analyze data and to test hypotheses.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra),
MPL(Math Placement Level 3); ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics)
ECO495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Lectures, discussions, meetings with members of the staff or visiting faculty regarding research methodology and
current national and international economic problems and policies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ECO499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS495CE
Topics for Paraprofessionals
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS505CE
Behavior Management: ENVOY Training
1 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS506CE
Health Care Externship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS508CE
Paideia Seminar Writing to Learning
1 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS527CE
Adv Stdnt Lrning through Assessment
1 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS541CE
Advanced Paideia Institute
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS542CE
Paideia Training
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS543CE
Paideia Institute- varible crredit -formerly EDU539
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS544CE
The Paideia Trainer
2 Semester Credits
The Augsburg Paideia Trainer course is designed to provide the Paideia practitioner with opportunities to develop
leadership skills in the area of Paideia training. The goal is to improve knowledge and skills through conducting
Paideia training seminars.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS545CE
Paideia: Curriculum Development
2 Semester Credits
This course is designed to assist Paideia practitioners in developing curricular units for seminars. Participants in the
course will integrate the three columns of didactic, coaching, and seminars to create a cohesive unit around a
content standard or great idea. Special focus will be placed on selection of seminar texts, content standards, stages
of seminar questions, and methods of evaluation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS585CE
AP Courses APPROVED BY AAC cont ed 2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS590CE
Topics Grad Edu, General and TPT Cont Ed only-variable credit
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ECS595CE
Topics AP Not Approved 1stand2nd ti-Variable credit
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC110
Teaching in a Diverse World
4 Semester Credits
This course is designed to engage students in both an examination and critique of their own schooling and
education. It is meant to support students in developing a socio-political consciousness necessary for successful
teaching in a diverse society (Ladson-Billings, 1995). Students in this course will be asked to come to a better
understanding of their own desires to become educated people while simultaneously learning to critically examine
the pathways and barriers that exist for students of color and other marginalized youth in schools today. Through
participatory action research, students will explore a self-directed method of inquiry (problem-posing, problem
solving) and hopefully learn how to claim their own education.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC200
Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting
3 Semester Credits
Career exploration and overview of the teaching profession. Emphasis on historical and philosophical foundations of
the American school system. Field service experience in an urban P-12 school is required.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
EDC206
Diversity/Minnesota American Indians
3 Semester Credits
This course will examine human diversity and human relations. It will provide an awareness and critical analysis of
how prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes impact us personally, as well as how these elements impact our
schools and communities. Also addressed in this course is the Minnesota Standard of Effective Practice 3.G:
Understand the cultural content, worldview, and concepts that comprise Minnesota-based American Indian tribal
government, history, language, and culture.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC210
Diversity in the School
2 Semester Credits
Emphasis on the study of values, of communication techniques, and of the major minority groups in Minnesota for
the development of interpersonal relations skills applicable to teaching and other professional vocations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC211
Minnesota American Indians
2 Semester Credits
An overview of cultural content, world view, and concepts that comprise Minnesota-based American Indian tribal
government, history, language, and culture.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC220
Educational Technology
2 Semester Credits
Psychological and philosophical dimensions of communication through the use of instructional technology. Selection,
preparation, production, and evaluation of effective audio-visual and computer-based materials for teaching/learning
situations. Computer training will be included in this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC310
Learning and Development in an Educational Setting
3 Semester Credits
A survey of educational psychology topics as applied to teaching and learning. Special emphasis is placed on
classroom applications of theoretical constructs. Field service requirements in an educational program or P-12
school.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC330
Building the Public Good: Public Achievement and Organizing
2 Semester Credits
This course advances the idea of democracy as a society created through the public work of everyday citizens. That
work may occur in schools or community organizations but it requires participants to think about their place as citizen
professionals and in other civic roles as agents and architects of democracy. It will address how to effectively create
change and examine concepts and ideas central to the role the citizen in public life and provide a knowledge base
about basic organizing for the public good whether it be in schools or the broader community. Both EDC 330 and
EDC 331 will run over the span of two semesters.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
EDC331
Practicum in Public Achievement
2 Semester Credits
This course advances the idea of democracy as a society created through the public work of everyday citizens. That
work may occur in schools or community organizations but it requires participants to think about their place as citizen
professionals and in other civic roles as agents and architects of democracy. It will address how to effectively create
change and examine concepts and ideas central to the role of the citizen in public life and provide a knowledge base
about basic organizing for the public good, whether it be in schools or the broader community. Both EDC 330 and
EDC 331 will run over the span of two semesters.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC353
International Education
3 Semester Credits
This course presents an examination and comparison of selected Western and non-Western educational systems as
well as an investigation of possible careers in international education.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC410
Learners with Special Needs
3 Semester Credits
The study of students with disability, special needs, and giftedness. Emphasis on techniques and resources to help
all students achieve maximum outcomes, and special focus on needs of urban students. Fieldwork experience
required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC488
Topics in Education
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC490
School and Society
3 Semester Credits
Emphasis on points of view about the role of school in modern society, relationships with parents and community,
collaborative models, leadership, and professional development. Serves as final theoretical preparation for student
teaching.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EDC500
Reading Leadership in the K-12 Schools
2 Semester Credits
In this course students are introduced to the leadership roles in literacy education and provided time and space to
specifically focus on themselves as readers and as teachers of reading. This course is intended to promote a culture
of reading among all who are preparing to be reading leaders.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC506
Readership, Literature, and New Literacies
3 Semester Credits
This course aims to cover the range and breadth of reading choices that exist for children and adolescents in a
literature classroom, and how best to implement these choices to foster voracious, critical readers.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC514
Research Methods
3 Semester Credits
Evaluation and documentation of programs, projects, and ideas as they relate to leadership theories and practice.
Qualitative and quantitative tools will be discussed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC515
Reading Leadership: Reading Theory and Research
3 Semester Credits
Throughout this course, reading leaders will investigate a wide range of reading research and theory, and explore
how theory and research support reading assessment and instruction in a K-12 setting.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC522
Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting
3 Semester Credits
Career exploration and overview of the teaching profession. Emphasis on historical and philosophical foundations of
the American school system. Field service experience in an urban P-12 school is required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC533
Learning and Development in an Educational Setting
3 Semester Credits
A survey of educational psychology topics as applied to teaching and learning. Special emphasis is placed on
classroom applications of theoretical constructs. Field service requirements in an educational program or P-12
school.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC535
Reading Leadership: Assessment and Instruction with Elementary Readers
3 Semester Credits
During this course, reading leaders will investigate the reading process, the link between assessment and
instruction, and reading strategies that support and sustain reading of emergent to early readers. Field experience
required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC544
Learners with Special Needs
3 Semester Credits
The study of students with disability, special needs, and giftedness. Emphasis on techniques and resources to help
all students achieve maximum outcomes, and special focus on needs of urban students. Fieldwork experience
required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC545
Reading Leadership: Assessment and Instruction with Middle and High School Students
3 Semester Credits
During this course, reading leaders will explore current methods, theories and materials used with transitional
readers in content area instruction; the link between assessment and instruction; and reading strategies that support
and sustain reading of middle and high school learners. Field experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC553
International Education
3 Semester Credits
This course presents an examination and comparison of selected Western and non-Western educational systems as
well as an investigation of possible careers in international education.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC566
Diversity/Minnesota American Indians
3 Semester Credits
This course will examine human diversity and human relations. It will provide an awareness and critical analysis of
how prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes impact us personally, as well as how these elements impact our
schools and communities. Also addressed in this course is the Minnesota Standard of Effective Practice 3.G:
Understand the cultural content, worldview, and concepts that comprise Minnesota-based American Indian tribal
government, history, language, and culture.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC570
Teacher Leadership
3 Semester Credits
This course will explore generative questions about leadership, change, and our own paradigms, visions and values.
We will investigate what it means to be a teacher leader and the ways in which teachers provide leadership.
Examining theoretical models and conceptual frame works from interdisciplinary fields will offer a variety of
perspectives for providing effective teacher leadership. Participants will also have an opportunity to reflect on the
foundational question of “who am I as a leader”.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC580
School and Society
3 Semester Credits
Emphasis on points of view about the role of school in modern society, relationships with parents and community,
collaborative models, leadership, and professional development. Serves as final theoretical preparation for student
teaching.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC585
Leadership Application Project
3 Semester Credits
The leadership application project is either a research-based study or a curriculum-based project that links issues of
leadership and education with the degree candidate’s personal interests. The character of the project will vary with
the nature of the investigation, but will always be application oriented. The central component of the LAP is the
demonstration of leadership ability through a concrete project appropriate to the candidate’s workplace or place of
service. P/N grading.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC588
Topics
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC591
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC592
Action Research I
3 Semester Credits
This course will introduce students to qualitative action research, a form of research that simultaneously contributes
to the practical concerns of people while furthering the goals of social science. It requires active self reflective inquiry
and collaboration. Action research is used in real situations, and is aimed at solving real problems. The goal of action
research is to gain better knowledge of one’s practice while improving the situation in which the practice is
conducted. First course in a two-course sequence.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC593
Action Research II
3 Semester Credits
The second term of this course involves intensive data analysis, writing and sharing of the degree candidate’s
research. It requires active self-reflective inquiry and collaboration. The course will culminate with a symposium in
which student work will be presented in a public forum. P/N Grading.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), EDC592(Action Research I), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate
Education Department Admission)
EDC594
Performance Assessment Project
3 Semester Credits
This performance assessment course will require the students to integrate their knowledge about leadership, their
sense of themselves as education leaders, and their understanding of a specific teaching/learning problem into a
solution to the problem and a process for change. P/N grading.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC598
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC599
Independent Study
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
EDC998
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDC999
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EDU491
Practicum and Seminar in Special Education
3 Semester Credits
A supervised field placement in a facility for an exceptional population plus on-campus seminar. Students planning to
take this course should consult with the special education director about a placement prior to registering for the
course. (Prereq.: completion of all other courses in special education minor or consent of instructor. Open to all.)
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
EED199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED200
Elementary Education Earth Science
3 Semester Credits
This course is designed to provide hands-on investigations that model modern inquiry learning and teaching
strategies. It meets the basic earth science subject matter standards for initial licensure. This is a content intensive
course. Plan to spend much time outside of class reading and completing assignments.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED203
Physical Science for Elementary Teachers
3 Semester Credits
Students will participate in hands-on experiments to explore properties of and changes in matter; position, motion,
and force; light, heat, electricity, and magnetism; and kinds of ways to transfer energy. All elementary MSEPs for
physical science are met in this course. For elementary education majors only.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED225
Foundations of Literacy
3 Semester Credits
An initiation into K-6 elementary literacy instruction, focusing on the fundamentals of linguistics and literacy
development in children, with special attention to English language learners. This course aims in particular to
develop students’ base knowledge as the prerequisite for later courses in literacy.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED295
Topics in Education
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED298
Directed Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED311
K-6 Methods: Health
1 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for health at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED312
K-6 Methods: Physical Education
1 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for physical education at the kindergarten and elementary
levels.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED325
K-6 Methods: Literacy
3 Semester Credits
Continued instruction in and discussion of literacy K-6 instruction, development, and assessment. This course aims
to investigate research and practices involved in K-6 literacy instruction by examining the competing theories
regarding literacy, the research findings that give support to these theories, and a range of practical approaches to
teach literacy in an elementary setting. Students must be registered concurrently for EED 326.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission); EED225(Foundations of Literacy)
EED326
Elementary Reading K-6 Field Experience
1 Semester Credits
Observation, analysis, and preparation of assessment tools and reading materials for K-6 students in an elementary
classroom setting. Students must be registered concurrently for EED 325.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
EED331
Middle School Methods Writing
2 Semester Credits
This course will focus on writing strategies and processes appropriate to middle level students. Emphasis will include
the writing process, types of writing, and integrated writing across the curriculum. This course is required for students
seeking elementary licensure with a communication arts/literature specialty.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED336
Advanced Literacy Methods
2 Semester Credits
The focus of this course is on formal and informal assessment tools, response to intervention, and differentiated
instruction in a K-6 literacy setting. (Prereq: MTLE and admission to the department and successfully completed
EED 225/325.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED341
K-6 Methods: Art
1 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for visual arts at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED342
K-6 Methods: Music
1 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for music at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED350
K-6 Methods: Mathematics
3 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for mathematics at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Field service in a mainstreamed K-6 classroom required. MAT137 recommended prior to taking this course.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
EED360
K-6 Methods: Science
3 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for analyzing and translating elementary science curriculum,
considering different instructional strategies, models of instruction, and authentic assessment techniques. Additional
focus on scientific inquiry from the perspective of a learner, teacher and scientist and translation of theoretical
constructs to an elementary classroom. Field service in a P-6 classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED370
K-6 Methods: Social Studies/Thematics
2 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for social studies and thematic teaching at the kindergarten
and elementary levels.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED380
Kindergarten Methods
2 Semester Credits
Study and use of a variety of techniques and resources for teaching kindergarten. Fieldwork experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED386
K-6 Methods: Children's Literature
2 Semester Credits
This course focuses on the study of literature for children and young adolescents. It includes wide reading across the
genres represented in children’s literature, to evaluate the quality of the literature read, exploring children’s response
to literature, and using children’s literature in teaching and learning.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED481
Student Teaching: Elementary K-6
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised classroom experience. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED483
Student Teaching: Elementary K-6
4 Semester Credits
Supervised classroom experience. Required for licensure. Successful completion of student teaching occurs upon
satisfactory completion of degree program and program portfolio. Meets Augsburg Experience requirement. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to department)
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED485
Student Teaching: Elementary K-6
4 Semester Credits
Supervised classroom experience. Required for licensure. Successful completion of student teaching occurs upon
satisfactory completion of degree program and program portfolio. Meets Augsburg Experience requirement. (Prereq.:
PPST and admission to department)
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED488
Topics in Education
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED495
Topics in Education
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
EED524
Foundations of Literacy
3 Semester Credits
An initiation into K-6 elementary literacy instruction, focusing on the fundamentals of linguistics and literacy
development in children, with special attention to English language learners. This course aims in particular to
develop students’ base knowledge as the prerequisite for later courses in literacy.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED525
K-6 Methods: Literacy
3 Semester Credits
Continued instruction in and discussion of literacy K-6 instruction, development, and assessment. This course aims
to investigate research and practices involved in K-6 literacy instruction by examining the competing theories
regarding literacy, the research findings that give support to these theories, and a range of practical approaches to
teach literacy in an elementary setting. Students must be registered concurrently for EED 326.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission); EED225(Foundations of Literacy)
EED550
K-6 Methods: Mathematics
3 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for mathematics at the kindergarten and elementary levels.
Field service in a mainstreamed K-6 classroom required. MAT137 recommended prior to taking this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
EED560
K-6 Methods: Science
3 Semester Credits
Examination and preparation of materials and resources for analyzing and translating elementary science curriculum,
considering different instructional strategies, models of instruction, and authentic assessment techniques. Additional
focus on scientific inquiry from the perspective of a learner, teacher and scientist and translation of theoretical
constructs to an elementary classroom. Field service in a P-6 classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
EED598
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
ENL000
Writing Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL101
Developmental Writing
4 Semester Credits
A preparatory course for ENL 111 Effective Writing, this course is required of students identified by the English
Placement Test as needing additional preparation in composition. Students receive course credit, but this course
does not fulfill the graduation requirement in writing. The minimum passing grade for this course is 2.0.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL111
Effective Writing
4 Semester Credits
Emphasis is on exposition, including learning research techniques, and writing critical reviews. Attention is given to
increasing students’ effectiveness in choosing, organizing, and developing topics; thinking critically; and revising for
clarity and style. A writing lab is provided for those needing additional help. The minimum passing grade is 2.0.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG101(Developmental Writing), ENL101(Developmental Writing), WPL(Writing Placement
Level)
ENL112
Advanced Effective Writing
4 Semester Credits
Advanced Effective Writing follows the same purposes and procedures as ENL 111; placement is determined by a
writing sample submitted by students upon entry to the College. The minimum passing grade is 2.0.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL217
English as a Second Language
4 Semester Credits
Understanding spoken American English, speaking, reading college-level materials, and writing are the skills
emphasized in these two courses. Testing determines placement in these courses; and testing, as well as course
performance, determines whether the ELL requirement is met. Students continue in ELL until the requirement is
completed but can receive credit for only two courses.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL218
English as a Second Language
4 Semester Credits
Understanding spoken American English, speaking, reading college-level materials, and writing are the skills
emphasized in these two courses. Testing determines placement in these courses; and testing, as well as course
performance, determines whether the ELL requirement is met. Students continue in ELL until the requirement is
completed but can receive credit for only two courses.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL220
Intermediate Expository Writing
4 Semester Credits
This course builds on the practices and methods of Effective Writing. Its workshop format stresses style and
organization, the process of revision, self and peer evaluation, and the relationship between reading and writing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL221
Intermediate Expository Writing About the Arts
4 Semester Credits
A variant of English 220, this course also builds on the methods of Effective Writing, but in this version students work
on content related to subjects in the world of art and literature. Particularly aimed at art, theatre arts, and film majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL223
Writing for Business and the Professions
4 Semester Credits
This practical course is designed to improve writing skills for those entering business and professional careers.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL226
Introduction to Creative Writing
4 Semester Credits
The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the process of creative writing and to various genres,
emphasizing poetry and short fiction, but including journal keeping and creative prose.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL227
Journalism
4 Semester Credits
An introductory newswriting course with an emphasis on writing for the print media. Students consider how to
recognize news, gather and verify facts, and write those facts into a news story.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL228
Broadcast and Online Journalism
4 Semester Credits
This is an introductory newswriting course with an emphasis on writing for broadcast and online media. Students use
an intensive practice model to learn the basics of newsgathering, writing, and production for television, radio, and the
Internet.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL240
Introduction to Literary Study
4 Semester Credits
This course develops students’ critical and analytical skills in reading and appreciating all kinds of literary texts and
genres, including poetry, fiction, and drama. Emphasis is placed on learning fundamental terms and concepts that
serve future literary inquiry and enjoyment.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL241
Introduction to Cinema Art
4 Semester Credits
An investigation of the cinematic qualities, theoretical principles, and technical and aesthetic evolution of the film
medium. Includes the viewing and analysis of both feature length and short films, illustrating the international
development of film form and selected aesthetic movements.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL250
American Voices
4 Semester Credits
American Literature is made up of many voices that are distinct from one another in any number of ways. This
course foregrounds those voices that are usually identified by dint of ethnic rubrics. In each iteration, a specific ethnic
literature such as Hispanic, Asian American, or Jewish literature will be emphasized. Check the departmental web
page for further information or contact the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL251
Introduction to African American Literature
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to the foundations, development, and production of modern African-American
literature from its origins in the 18th century to the present. It will explore various literary genres, representative
authors, epochal texts, and ideological movements that have contributed to the shaping of the African American
literary tradition.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL255
American Indian Literature
4 Semester Credits
American Indian Literature offers a survey of contemporary American Indian writing, including non-fiction, fiction,
poetry, and drama. The course explores the richness and diversity of American Indian literature, and the ways in
which literature reflects and illuminates American Indian culture and traditions. The course emphasizes close
readings of literature and public speaking skills through in-class presentation and small group discussion.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL260
Authors
4 Semester Credits
A chance to investigate closely an author of significant influence in various cultural contexts. Course subjects may
include “Shakespeare on Page, Stage, and Screen,” “Tolkien’s Life, Times, and Works,” “The Cinema of Orson
Welles,” “Mark Twain in the 20th Century,” and others. Check the departmental Web page for the title of a given
section.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL270
Themes
4 Semester Credits
This course traces a specific theme through changing historical, literary, and cultural contexts. Course subjects may
include “The Heroic Journey,” “Literature and Landscape,” “Utopian Visions,” and others. Check the departmental
Web page for the title of a given section.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL280
Genres
4 Semester Credits
Students will consider literary and cultural developments that fix generic conventions and ways authors subvert or
challenge those conventions. Course subjects may include “History of Mystery Fiction,” “The Short Story,” “Sports
and Literature,” “Victorian Thrillers,” “The Musical on Stage and Screen,” and others. Check the departmental Web
page for the title of a given section.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL290
Explorations in Language and Theory
4 Semester Credits
An introductory course in applied literary or language theory. Course subjects may include “Cinema and Sexuality,”
“Strategies in Reading the Novel,” “Challenging the Gaze,” “Language and Society,” and others. Check the
departmental web page for the title of a given section.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL291
Thailand: Teaching ESL
4 Semester Credits
In this course, offered alternate years, students will spend approximately three weeks in May in Thailand. During this
time, students will visit temples and sites in Bangkok, Chiangmai, and Prachuab Kirikhan. They will learn about Thai
Buddhism, government, traditional customs, and culture. Students will also spend several days teaching English to
Thai students in a Thai secondary school.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL320
Fiction One
4 Semester Credits
Students draft a collection of short stories and critique others’ work in the writing workshop environment. Throughout
the term, students will also read classic and contemporary short fiction, analyzing and examining the work of
established writers as they learn to identify successful short fiction while creating their own work.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ENL226(Introduction to Creative Writing)
ENL321
Fiction Two
4 Semester Credits
A writing workshop in which students will revise a body of short fiction, redrafting and polishing at least four short
stories of varying lengths for inclusion in a portfolio of work. Students will also be expected to create at least one new
work of short fiction during this workshop term.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ENL320(Fiction One)
ENL322
Poetry One
4 Semester Credits
Students draft a collection of poems and critique others’ work in the writing workshop environment. Students will
learn to identify successful poetry as they create their own poems; they will read published poetry and listen to new
and established poets reading their own work.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ENL226(Introduction to Creative Writing)
ENL323
Poetry Two
4 Semester Credits
In this writing workshop, students write and revise a collection of poems to be produced as a chapbook. Some of the
poems written during this semester will be experiments with formal verse, such as villanelles and sestinas.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ENL322(Poetry One)
ENL324
Creative Non-Fiction
4 Semester Credits
In this writing workshop, students develop a portfolio of creative works in the “fourth genre,” which may include
memoir; personal essays; flash nonfiction; researched feature stories; mixed media, hypertext, and fragmented
nonfiction; and lyric essays.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL226(Introduction to Creative Writing)
ENL325
Playwriting I
4 Semester Credits
An introductory course in writing for theatre. Students will learn the basics of dramatic structure, methods of script
analysis, and techniques for the development of playscripts from idea to finished product.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
ENL326
Playwriting II
4 Semester Credits
A playwriting workshop with emphasis on the revision process and the continued development of craft. Students will
revise, redraft, and polish an original one-act play, as well as create one new, short piece of theatrical writing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL325(Playwriting I), THR325(Playwriting I)
ENL327
Advanced Reporting
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to gathering, analyzing, and presenting quantitative data by using computers and
other sources. The course also incorporates off-campus resources to provide students with real-world experience of
how data are incorporated into print, broadcast, and online journalism. This course is designed for persons wishing
to explore use of quantitative data and for those preparing to enter the communication professions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL227(Journalism), ENL228(Broadcast and Online Journalism); 1 of MAT105(Applied
Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry II), CHM115(General Chemistry I),
CHM116(General Chemistry II), HON220(The Scholar Scientist), MAT114(Precalculus), MAT129(Practical
Applications of Math), MAT137(Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I), MAT138(Mathematics for Elementary
Teachers II), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT146(Calculus II), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT173(Mathematics of
Finance), PHY103(Conceptual Physics), QFCOM(QF COM Transfer Course), QFENL(QF ENL Transfer Course),
SCI110(Natural Science I)
ENL328
Screenwriting
4 Semester Credits
An introductory course in writing for film, this course will take students from story outline to the creation of a
screenplay draft. In addition to writing their own scripts, students will review feature films and analyze work written by
each member of the class, giving detailed critical analysis and engaging in discussion of aesthetics, craft, and form.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL226(Introduction to Creative Writing), ENL228(Broadcast and Online Journalism)
ENL330
Shakespeare
4 Semester Credits
Study of the bard’s major plays-comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances-for their literary, dramatic, and cultural
significance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory), THR250(Script Analysis:
Foundations of Theater)
ENL332
British Literature: Renaissance and Reformation
4 Semester Credits
A survey of 14th- to 17th-century British literature, with attention to its European contexts. Begins with the
Reformation of the 14th century and Canterbury Tales and ends with the Puritan Revolution and Paradise Lost.
Themes include “the enchantment of evil”; the hero as lover and courtier; utopian dreams and the literature of
conquest; the writer as politician; and the challenges to religious certainty in a post-Ptolemaic universe. Major writers
include Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, More, and Donne.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL333
British and American Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries: Strange Shores
4 Semester Credits
British and American writers of this period are surveyed, with attention to the historical, intellectual and social
influences of the major literary movements on both sides of the Atlantic.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL334
Reason and Romanticism
4 Semester Credits
This class investigates the literary texts now called Romanticism within the history and culture of late 18th- and early
19th-century Britain. The famous “big six” poets (Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats) will be
studied in the context of poetic predecessors and influences (Burns, Cowper, Smith) and contemporary talents in
other genres, including Austen, Wollstonecraft, and Scott.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL336
Age of Victoria
4 Semester Credits
If America was the world’s cultural and political leader in the 20th century, Britain was the leader of the 19th century.
Students will study the literature and culture of Queen Victoria’s England and her empire from the 1830s through
1914 in all four major genres of poetry, fiction, drama, and essay.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL337
The British Novel
4 Semester Credits
This course traces two great structuring ideas - the love plot and the education plot - in the rise and development of
the British novel in the 18th and 19th centuries. The course spans 150 years of literary history, while studying and
critiquing the ways literary theorists and historians have explained and theorized British fiction. Authors surveyed
include Defoe, Richardson, Austen, Trollope, Bronte, Eliot, and others.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL338
British and Commonwealth Drama
4 Semester Credits
A variable survey of drama in English by British and Commonwealth playwrights, organized historically and/or
thematically. Sample topics include “Mysteries and Moralities,” “London Onstage,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” and
“What Is My Nation?” Readings range from the Middle Ages to the present.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory), THR250(Script Analysis:
Foundations of Theater)
ENL339
Modern British and Irish Writers
4 Semester Credits
Writers of the first half of the 20th century are surveyed, with attention paid to their contribution to modernism,
experimentation, and literary form. Virginia Woolf, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Henry Green, D.H. Lawrence,
Samuel Becket, and Muriel Spark are among the authors surveyed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL350
Readings in African American Literature
4 Semester Credits
This course offers a chance to look in depth at authors, themes, historical influences, and theoretical issues
surrounding both classical and emerging minority literature. The course’s focus varies. A specific ethnic literature or
a specific writer may be emphasized; at other times topics that cross the boundaries of minority literatures will be
examined. Check the departmental web page for a given section’s emphasis.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG245(Introduction to Literature), ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing),
ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study),
ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices), ENL251(Introduction to African American
Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors), ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres),
ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL351
19th Century American Literature
4 Semester Credits
Covers the intellectual and social environment that affected the writers of the period. Many different genres - slave
narratives, romances, tall tales, epic poetry - are considered. Douglass, Jacobs, Thoreau, Melville, Hawthorne,
Twain, Emerson, Dickinson, James, and Wharton are among the authors surveyed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL352
American Literature from 1900 to 1945
4 Semester Credits
Naturalism, the rise of modernism, the development of social protest literature, significant movements such as the
Harlem Renaissance, and other major developments of the period are charted. Cather, Dreiser, Elliot, Fitzgerald,
Faulkner, Hemingway, Hughes, and Hurston are among the writers considered.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL353
American Literature from 1945
4 Semester Credits
Writers surveyed include O’Connor, Bellow, Baraka, Baldwin, Ellison, Erdrich, Roth, Pynchon, Oates, Kingston,
Mailer, Williams, Wideman, Morrison, as well as contemporary fiction writers represented by the Best American Short
Stories anthologies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL354
Contemporary American Poetry
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the work of poets who have come into prominence since mid-20th century as represented in the
anthology Contemporary American Poetry. Attention will be given to younger and/or less prominent poets
represented in the Best American Poetry series.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL355
Themes in American Indian Literature
4 Semester Credits
The course is structured around a number of writers working within a particular theme such as Native Voices of
Minnesota, Voices from the Southwest, Poetics and Politics of Native Writing, Women and Power in Native
Literature, Urban-Reservation: Homing, and American Indian film-literature adaptation. Students focus on primary
texts, comparing and contrasting theme, voice, aesthetic, or cultural emphasis as it shifts or arises across the group
of texts.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL358
Readings in American Drama
4 Semester Credits
A variable survey of American drama from the early 20th century to the present, organized historically and/or
thematically. Sample topics include "American Families", "Blacks and Whites", and "Sex and Self on the American
Stage". Readings range from O’Neill and Treadwell to Shanley and Parks.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory), THR250(Script Analysis:
Foundations of Theater)
ENL360
The Classical Tradition
4 Semester Credits
A study of the major works of Greek and Roman literature, including Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Virgil, through
Dante. Works are studied with reference to their mythological foundations, their cultural background, their influence
on later literature, and their enduring relevance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL361
The Medieval World
4 Semester Credits
A survey of medieval literature from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the 14th century, this course emphasizes
themes of cultural collision and synthesis: pagans - both classical and “barbarian” - and Christians; Islam and
Christendom. Attention is paid to heroic traditions (myth, epic, saga, romance, hagiography); the literature of courtly
and profane love; and visions of heaven and hell.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL362
Renaissance to Modern Literature
4 Semester Credits
Study of masterpieces of literature, chiefly European, from the Renaissance to the modern period, including such
authors as Moliere, Cervantes, Rabelais, Voltaire, and Ibsen.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL365
Contemporary Post Colonial Fiction
4 Semester Credits
This examination of contemporary world fiction includes work by authors from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the
Middle East, and fiction written by indigenous authors worldwide. The course explores novels in relation to language,
culture, and gender in an age of globalization and fragmented nationalisms, considering fictions in their literary,
cultural, and social contexts. Cross-listed with Women’s Studies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL367
Women and Fiction
4 Semester Credits
The course studies novels and short stories by women across cultures. Emphasis on the conditions that have
affected women’s writing (including race and class), the reflection of women’s unique experience in their writing, and
the ways in which women writers have contributed to and modified the Western literary heritage. This course is
cross-listed with Women’s Studies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG245(Introduction to Literature), ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing),
ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study),
ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices), ENL251(Introduction to African American
Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors), ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres),
ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory)
ENL368
Readings in World Dramas
4 Semester Credits
A variable survey of drama in translation from around the world, organized historically and/or thematically. Sample
topics include “Classical Theaters,” “Spanish and Latin American Drama from the Renaissance to the Present,”
“Social Issues in Contemporary World Drama.”
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL251(Introduction to African American Literature), ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors),
ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations in Language and Theory), THR250(Script Analysis:
Foundations of Theater)
ENL371
History of Cinema
4 Semester Credits
A chronological survey of the development of cinema from the inception of the moving image in the late 19th century
through the emergence of film as one of the most important popular art forms of the 20th century. Emphasis will be
placed on important international cinematic artistic movements, such as Italian neorealism and the French New
Wave, on cultural contexts that influenced the reception of film art, and on technological advancements that altered
the medium and influenced both narrative and documentary filmmakers.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors), ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations
in Language and Theory)
ENL380
Introduction to the English Language
4 Semester Credits
A structural and historical overview of theoretical and social issues concerning the English language, including
theories of language acquisition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors), ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations
in Language and Theory)
ENL385
Language and Power
4 Semester Credits
Students will consider both spoken and written examples of language as a means of establishing, maintaining, or
revoking power. They will also pay attention to gender differences in the use of language and analyze ways in which
speakers and writers can both create and revise reality via the language they use.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors), ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations
in Language and Theory)
ENL391
Thailand: Teaching ESL
4 Semester Credits
In this course, offered alternate years, students will spend approximately three weeks in May in Thailand. During this
time, students will visit temples and sites in Bangkok, Chiangmai, and Prachuab Kirikhan. They will learn about Thai
Buddhism, government, traditional customs, and culture. Students will also spend several days teaching English to
Thai students in a Thai secondary school.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL394
Composition Theory and Practice
4 Semester Credits
Students will examine composition as a relatively new field of study, one in which research in such areas as
cognition, language acquisition, gender differences in language, and code switching are relevant. Using both spoken
and written language, students will apply various theoretical positions to the language they and others use to
communicate in a range of linguistic tasks. Recommended for licensure and potential graduate students.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL240(Introduction to Literary Study), ENL241(Introduction to Cinema Art), ENL250(American Voices),
ENL255(American Indian Literature), ENL260(Authors), ENL270(Themes), ENL280(Genres), ENL290(Explorations
in Language and Theory)
ENL396
Internship in Teaching Writing
4 Semester Credits
This course is required for all Communication Arts/Literature licensure students. It is normally taken with students
enrolled in English 101, Developmental Writing. Interns prepare class presentations, assess student writing, and
learn methods useful in teaching composition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
ENL397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL410
Advanced Studies in Literature
4 Semester Credits
Potential course subjects include “The Beats,” “American Indian Writers Speak,” “The Unteachable Novel,” “Studies
in the American Romance,” “Black and White and Red All Over: Film Noir, Communism, and Race,” and others.
Check the departmental web page for the subject of a specific term, and get a complete course description in the
English Department.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL330(Shakespeare), ENL332(British Literature: Renaissance and Reformation),
ENL333(British and American Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries: Strange Shores), ENL334(Reason and
Romanticism), ENL336(Age of Victoria), ENL337(The British Novel), ENL338(British and Commonwealth Drama),
ENL339(Modern British and Irish Writers), ENL350(Readings in African American Literature), ENL351(19th Century
American Literature), ENL352(American Literature from 1900 to 1945), ENL353(American Literature from 1945),
ENL354(Contemporary American Poetry), ENL355(Themes in American Indian Literature), ENL358(Readings in
American Drama), ENL360(The Classical Tradition), ENL361(The Medieval World), ENL362(Renaissance to Modern
Literature), ENL365(Contemporary Post Colonial Fiction), ENL367(Women and Fiction), ENL368(Readings in World
Dramas), ENL371(History of Cinema), ENL380(Introduction to the English Language), ENL385(Language and
Power), ENL390(Media Ethics and Theory), ENL394(Composition Theory and Practice)
ENL420
Advanced Studies in Writing
4 Semester Credits
The writing keystone is a final, summative seminar emphasizing collaboration, professional standards, and the
creation of a publishable or performable completed product. The topic changes; check the departmental Web page.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL320(Fiction One), ENL321(Fiction Two), ENL322(Poetry One), ENL323(Poetry Two),
ENL324(Creative Non-Fiction), ENL325(Playwriting I), ENL327(Advanced Reporting), ENL328(Screenwriting),
THR325(Playwriting I)
ENL427
Advanced Studies in Media , Ethics, and Theory
4 Semester Credits
This course acquaints students with the concepts and functions of the news media in global society, exploring the
interaction of ethical and legal principles of American journalism and considering the role of the news media in
historical, economic, and technological contexts. The course will analyze situations that have arisen in the past and
situations that arise now in a digitized information world. Students will study the special position given the media in
the United States and will consider First Amendment protections and the media’s responsibilities to inform the public
in a free and democratic society.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL220(Intermediate Expository Writing), ENL221(Intermediate Expository Writing About the
Arts), ENL226(Introduction to Creative Writing), ENL227(Journalism), ENL228(Broadcast and Online Journalism); 1
of ENL324(Creative Non-Fiction), ENL325(Playwriting I), ENL327(Advanced Reporting), ENL328(Screenwriting)
ENL430
Advanced Studies in Theory and Method
4 Semester Credits
Through a focus on particular issues and problems in literary studies, this course engages students in a variety of
past and current critical theories. Possible course topics include “Is There a Gay Literature?” “Realism
Reconsidered,” “Cognition, Meaning and Interpretation,” “Eco-criticism and the Nature of Reading,” “Readings in
Theory,” and others. Check the departmental Web page for the subject of a specific term, and get a complete course
description in the English Department.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL330(Shakespeare), ENL332(British Literature: Renaissance and Reformation),
ENL333(British and American Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries: Strange Shores), ENL334(Reason and
Romanticism), ENL336(Age of Victoria), ENL337(The British Novel), ENL338(British and Commonwealth Drama),
ENL339(Modern British and Irish Writers), ENL350(Readings in African American Literature), ENL351(19th Century
American Literature), ENL352(American Literature from 1900 to 1945), ENL353(American Literature from 1945),
ENL354(Contemporary American Poetry), ENL355(Themes in American Indian Literature), ENL358(Readings in
American Drama), ENL360(The Classical Tradition), ENL361(The Medieval World), ENL362(Renaissance to Modern
Literature), ENL365(Contemporary Post Colonial Fiction), ENL367(Women and Fiction), ENL368(Readings in World
Dramas), ENL371(History of Cinema), ENL380(Introduction to the English Language), ENL385(Language and
Power), ENL390(Media Ethics and Theory), ENL394(Composition Theory and Practice)
ENL498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Honors studies must be directed by a professor chosen by the student and approved by the department.
Independent study projects not designated for honors must be approved by the Chair of the department.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL510
Residency in Creative Writing I
4 Semester Credits
A ten-day intensive community experience in which writing students participate in genre workshops; seminars on
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting and playwriting; readings, screenings and stagings; lectures and discussions
on academic writing, literary studies, translation and adaptation, pedagogical strategies and publishing. Meetings
with mentors, introduction to online course delivery systems and sessions on the writing life and the business of
writing included. Three residencies required (ENL 510, ENL 520, ENL 530) with varying focus depending on the
candidate’s status as an entering, second year or graduating student.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL511
Mentorship I
4 Semester Credits
Studio experience. One-on-one creative work with a faculty mentor who guides the student’s production of work and
study of craft. Mentor provides written and oral commentary on creative work submitted throughout the term by the
student, in a virtual studio environment using electronic classroom and other communication tools. Creative analysis
of canonical and contemporary readings in the field also required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL512
Critical and Creative Reading I
4 Semester Credits
Reading as writers: Study of canonical and contemporary literary works, screenplays, and dramatic works as well as
texts on the creative process, keeping in mind that MFA candidates must become expert readers as they become
expert writers. Close attention to techniques chosen by writers, impact of those choices on work, and development of
awareness of student’s own writing process.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL513
Mentorship II
4 Semester Credits
Studio experience. One-on-one creative work with a faculty mentor who guides the student’s production of work and
study of craft. Mentor provides written and oral commentary on creative work submitted throughout the term by the
student, in a virtual studio environment using electronic classroom and other communication tools. Creative analysis
of canonical and contemporary readings in the field also required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL514
Critical and Creative Reading II
4 Semester Credits
Reading as writers: Study of canonical and contemporary literary works, screenplays, and dramatic works as well as
texts on the creative process, keeping in mind that MFA candidates must become expert readers as they become
expert writers. Close attention to techniques chosen by writers, impact of those choices on work, and development of
awareness of student’s own writing process.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL520
Residency in Creative Writing II
4 Semester Credits
A ten-day intensive community experience in which writing students participate in genre workshops; seminars on
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting and playwriting; readings, screenings and stagings; lectures and discussions
on academic writing, literary studies, translation and adaptation, pedagogical strategies and publishing. Meetings
with mentors, introduction to online course delivery systems and sessions on the writing life and the business of
writing included. Three residencies required (ENL 510, ENL 520, ENL 530) with varying focus depending on the
candidate’s status as an entering, second year or graduating student.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL521
Mentorship III
4 Semester Credits
Studio experience. One-on-one creative work with a faculty mentor who guides the student’s production of work and
study of craft. Mentor provides written and oral commentary on creative work submitted throughout the term by the
student, in a virtual studio environment using electronic classroom and other communication tools. Creative analysis
of canonical and contemporary readings in the field also required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL522
Critical and Creative Reading III
4 Semester Credits
Reading as writers: Study of canonical and contemporary literary works, screenplays, and dramatic works as well as
texts on the creative process, keeping in mind that MFA candidates must become expert readers as they become
expert writers. Close attention to techniques chosen by writers, impact of those choices on work, and development of
awareness of student’s own writing process.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL523
Mentorship IV
4 Semester Credits
Studio experience. One-on-one creative work with a faculty mentor who guides the student’s production of work and
study of craft. Mentor provides written and oral commentary on creative work submitted throughout the term by the
student, in a virtual studio environment using electronic classroom and other communication tools. Creative analysis
of canonical and contemporary readings in the field also required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL524
Critical and Creative Reading IV
4 Semester Credits
Reading as writers: Study of canonical and contemporary literary works, screenplays, and dramatic works as well as
texts on the creative process, keeping in mind that MFA candidates must become expert readers as they become
expert writers. Close attention to techniques chosen by writers, impact of those choices on work, and development of
awareness of student’s own writing process.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENL530
Residency in Creative Writing III
4 Semester Credits
A ten-day intensive community experience in which writing students participate in genre workshops; seminars on
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting and playwriting; readings, screenings and stagings; lectures and discussions
on academic writing, literary studies, translation and adaptation, pedagogical strategies and publishing. Meetings
with mentors, introduction to online course delivery systems and sessions on the writing life and the business of
writing included. Three residencies required (ENL 510, ENL 520, ENL 530) with varying focus depending on the
candidate’s status as an entering, second year or graduating student.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENV100
Environmental Connections
4 Semester Credits
An interdisciplinary introduction to current environmental issues. The course depends on ecological visions of the
world and examines the connections we share as people living simultaneously in human community and in physical
environments. In examining these connections, we depend on the insights offered by political science, biology,
economics, literature, sociology, chemistry, and history as well as experiential education and service-learning. The
issues examined in this class — neither remote nor abstract — exist in our everyday lives, and a central feature of
the course is the application of knowledge gained in the class to a campus project.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
ENV120
Environmental Science
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the systematic study of the environment from physical, biological, chemical, and quantitative
perspectives.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
ENV120L
Environmental Science Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): ENV120(Environmental Science) *concurrent registration is required*
ENV310
Environmental Politics Field Seminar
4 Semester Credits
This course will provide students with the opportunity to explore first-hand the environmental politics in the United
States or various other locations depending on the offering. Students will apply concepts learned in earlier
environmental studies courses and engage in field research on a topic of their choice, as a step toward their
keystone research project for the major. Locations include the Mississippi River, Central America, and Tanzania,
depending on the term.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENV100(Environmental Connections), POL241(Environmental and River Politics)
ENV397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENV399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ENV490
Environmental Studies Independent Project
4 Semester Credits
An independently-designed project (approved by the program director and a committee of three environmental
studies faculty representing at least two academic divisions) that displays a student’s ability to synthesize
interdisciplinary approaches, demonstrate higher-level learning, and examine vocational issues through the study of
an environmental problem. Vocational questions will also be formally explored.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CHM106(Principles of Chemistry II), CHM116(General Chemistry II); BIO152(Evolution, Ecology
and Diversity), ENV100(Environmental Connections), ENV399(Internship), HIS316(U.S. Urban Environmental
History), SWK210(Environmental Justice and Social Change)
ENV492
The City and Environment Keystone
4 Semester Credits
Intended for advanced Metro-Urban and Environmental Studies majors, this course requires the successful
completion of an applied group project or independently-designed thesis.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): ENV100(Environmental Connections), ENV120(Environmental Science), ENV399(Internship),
HIS316(U.S. Urban Environmental History), SWK210(Environmental Justice and Social Change)
ENV499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESE199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESE220
Introduction to Human Geography
3 Semester Credits
This course is designed as an introduction to the principal concepts, approaches, and perspectives of the study of
geography through the examination of world geographic patterns and processes. Major topics include population
distribution; cultural characteristics and cultural landscapes; political integration and disintegration; economic land
use; settlements and urbanization. This course will meet the Minnesota Standards of Effective Practice in Geography
for middle school and high school social studies license.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESE298
Directed Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESE299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE300
Reading/Writing in the Content Area
3 Semester Credits
The study and use of a variety of middle school and secondary techniques and resources to teach reading and
writing through the content areas. Field experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE310
5-12 Methods: Social Studies
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of the social sciences in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies
and curriculum development. Middle school portion required in social studies is taught as ESE 311 Middle School
Methods: Social Studies. Field service in a middle school classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE311
Middle School Methods: Social Studies
2 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of the social sciences in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies
and curriculum development. Middle school portion required in social studies is taught as ESE 311 Middle School
Methods: Social Studies. Field service in a middle school classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE325
Creating Learning Environments
3 Semester Credits
An introduction to assessment, lesson planning, and classroom organization based in the Minnesota Graduation
Rule, state testing, and national standards. Emphasis will be placed on creating environments conducive to learning.
Fieldwork experience required. Note: Students seeking 5-12 Health and K-12 PE licenses do not need to take this
course. One of the main aims of this course will be to continue the process of thinking, talking and writing effectively
about questions and matters of education. This will be informed by class readings, field work and observations,
personal experiences and class discussion. It is a goal of the course that students leave more informed about
different modes of thinking and learning and, by extension, different modes of teaching and how to effectively relate
these forms of cognition both verbally as well as in the written word.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE330
5-12 Methods: Mathematics
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of mathematics in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and
curriculum development. Middle school portion required in mathematics taught concurrently as ESE 331 Middle
School Methods: Mathematics. Field service in a middle school classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE331
Middle School Methods: Mathematics
2 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of mathematics in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and
curriculum development. Middle school portion required in mathematics taught concurrently as ESE 331 Middle
School Methods: Mathematics. Field service in a middle school classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE340
5-12 Methods: Natural Science
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of the natural sciences in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies
and curriculum development. Middle school portion required in science taught concurrently as ESE 341 Middle
School Methods: Science. Field service in a middle school classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE341
Middle School Methods: Natural Science
2 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of the natural sciences in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies
and curriculum development. Middle school portion required in science taught concurrently as ESE 341 Middle
School Methods: Science. Field service in a middle school classroom required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE350
5-12 Methods: Literature and Reading
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of literature and reading in the middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional
strategies and curriculum development. Also required for elementary concentration in communication arts/literature.
Fieldwork experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE351
5-12 Methods: Speaking and Listening
2 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of speaking and listening in middle and high schools. Emphasis on instructional
strategies and curriculum development. Required for communication arts/literature license.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE360
K-12 Methods: Visual Arts
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of visual arts in the schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and curriculum
development. Fieldwork experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE370
K-12 Methods: Music
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to the teaching of music in the schools. Emphasis on instructional strategies and curriculum
development. Fieldwork experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE481
Student Teaching: Secondary
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE483
Student Teaching: Secondary
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE485
Student Teaching: Secondary
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE488
Topics in Education
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESE498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
ESE500
Reading/Writing in the Content Area
3 Semester Credits
The study and use of a variety of middle school and secondary techniques and resources to teach reading and
writing through the content areas. Field experience required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
ESE525
Creating Learning Environments
3 Semester Credits
An introduction to assessment, lesson planning, and classroom organization based in the Minnesota Graduation
Rule, state testing, and national standards. Emphasis will be placed on creating environments conducive to learning.
Fieldwork experience required. Note: Students seeking 5-12 Health and K-12 PE licenses do not need to take this
course. One of the main aims of this course will be to continue the process of thinking, talking and writing effectively
about questions and matters of education. This will be informed by class readings, field work and observations,
personal experiences and class discussion. It is a goal of the course that students leave more informed about
different modes of thinking and learning and, by extension, different modes of teaching and how to effectively relate
these forms of cognition both verbally as well as in the written word.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL310
Second Language Acquisition
2 Semester Credits
This course provides examines the process of acquiring an additional language. Multiple theories of second
language acquisition, the differences between first and second language acquisition, and recent work in
neurolinguistics will be examined. The class is designed for people who plan to teach, thus attention will be paid to
the implications of research for language instruction.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL320
Introduction to Linguistics
2 Semester Credits
This course addresses three central goals of language study: 1.) Understanding “grammar” as a human capacity that
allows us to learn, use, and understand language; 2.) Understanding the structure of language and the components
of language study; and 3.) Describing features of the English language: its sound system, its word formation
processes, its sentence structures, and its rules for meaning
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL330
History and Structure of the English Language
3 Semester Credits
This course provides a thorough study of English grammar. Intended for future ESL teachers, the course focuses on
developing students’ ability to describe language and effectively teach language structures. The history and
development of the English language and the phenomenon of language change will also be covered.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ESL310(Second Language Acquisition), ESL320(Introduction to Linguistics)
ESL340
ESL Literacy
3 Semester Credits
By focusing both on theory and practical skills, future ESL teachers will learn methods and strategies for planning
and implementing literacy instruction for English Language Learners. The interaction of language learning and
literacy, first language literary, biliteracy, and literacy assessment will all be explored. This course includes a 20-hour
field placement.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ESL310(Second Language Acquisition)
ESL410
ESL Testing and Evaluation
2 Semester Credits
This course provides an overview of procedures and instruments used in identifying and assessing English learners.
State and national policies regarding ELL assessment will be covered. Current uses of standardized language
proficiency tests and academic content tests will be discussed. The course also examines classroom and authentic
assessment and seeks to build teacher skill in these areas.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ESL340(ESL Literacy)
ESL420
ESL Methods
3 Semester Credits
This course provides an overview of English as a second language teaching methods and materials, focusing on
preparing students to design and teach standards-based ESL lessons and curriculum units. The basic principles
underlying ESL pedagogy and techniques for teaching students at different levels will be examined. Includes a 20hour field experience.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ESL310(Second Language Acquisition), ESL330(History and Structure of the English Language),
ESL340(ESL Literacy), ESL410(ESL Testing and Evaluation)
ESL481
Student Teaching: Elementary
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL483
Student Teaching: Elementary
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL485
Student Teaching: Secondary
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL487
Student Teaching: Secondary
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL490
Language, Culture, and Schools
3 Semester Credits
This course explores the way relationships among language, culture, schools and society impacts the school
experience and language minority students. The course connects concepts from sociolinguistics and examines how
educators can best create school environments that serve the needs of their English learners.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ESL310(Second Language Acquisition), ESL340(ESL Literacy)
ESL510
History and Structure of the English Language
3 Semester Credits
This course provides a thorough study of English grammar. Intended for future ESL teachers, the course focuses on
developing students’ ability to describe language and effectively teach language structures. The history and
development of the English language and the phenomenon of language change will also be covered.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL520
ESL Literacy
3 Semester Credits
By focusing both on theory and practical skills, future ESL teachers will learn methods and strategies for planning
and implementing literacy instruction for English Language Learners. The interaction of language learning and
literacy, first language literary, biliteracy, and literacy assessment will all be explored. This course includes a 20-hour
field placement.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL530
Language, Culture, and Schools
3 Semester Credits
This course explores the relationships between language, culture, schools and society and the way that these
relationships impact the school experience of language minority students. The course provides an introduction to the
study of sociolinguistics and examines how educators can best create school environments that serve the needs of
their English learners.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ESL540
ESL Methods
3 Semester Credits
This course provides an overview of English as a second language teaching methods and materials, focusing on
preparing students to design and teach standards-based ESL lessons and curriculum units. The basic principles
underlying ESL pedagogy and techniques for teaching students at different levels will be examined. Includes a 20hour field experience.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FAR111
Beginning Farsi I
4 Semester Credits
An introductory sequence in Basic Modern Persian (Farsi). Aims to develop communicative skills in understanding,
speaking, translating into English, and reading phonetic transcriptions, while exploring the culture of Iran and other
Farsi-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tadjikstan.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
FAR112
Beginning Farsi II
4 Semester Credits
An introductory sequence in Basic Modern Persian (Farsi). Aims to develop communicative skills in understanding,
speaking, translating into English, and reading phonetic transcriptions, while exploring the culture of Iran and other
Farsi-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tadjikstan.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): FAR111(Beginning Farsi I)
FAR295
Special Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): FAR112(Beginning Farsi II)
FIA206
Sights and Sounds of Europe
4 Semester Credits
FIA 206 Sights and Sounds of Europe Visit key cultural and historical sites and attend musical performances in
European cities to learn to see and listen deeply. Respond to these experiences through sketching, and art and
music appreciation.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
FIN240
Personal Finance
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to personal financial planning and budgeting, credit management, income taxes, insurance, real estate,
investments, retirement, and estate planning.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FIN331
Financial Management
4 Semester Credits
This course includes financial statement analysis, risk and return, security valuation, capital budgeting, capital
structure, and working capital management.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ECO112(Principles of Macroeconomics), ECO113(Principles of Microeconomics); 1 of
MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); ACC221(Introduction to Financial Accounting)
FIN397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
FIN399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
FIN433
Financial Theory: Policy and Practice
4 Semester Credits
This course includes readings and case discussions on markets, financial strategy, capital structure and payout
policies, raising capital, risk management, corporate restructuring, and corporate governance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS331(Financial Management), FIN331(Financial Management)
FIN438
Investment Theory
4 Semester Credits
This is an introduction to investment decision-making and portfolio management-theory and practice. Other topics
include valuation principles and practices, risk and return analysis, and derivatives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS331(Financial Management), FIN331(Financial Management); 1 of ENG111(Effective
Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating
Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
FIN460
International Finance
4 Semester Credits
This course develops tools for practicing multinational financial management including: currency exchange rates,
risk, forecasting, spot and forward rates, hedging, international monetary and trade flows as represented in the
accounting and macroeconomic identities for current account and trade deficits. This course extends the framework
of financial management to include international transactions as well as ethical considerations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS331(Financial Management), FIN331(Financial Management)
FLM180
Film Sight and Sound
4 Semester Credits
This is a beginning-level production course that explores the language of film by way of its aesthetic roots,
technological history, and the vocabulary associated with visual story telling. Students will analyze scenes at the
shot-by-shot level while learning the creative potential of the moving image. Students then incorporate these lessons
into their own work.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM216
Film Production I
4 Semester Credits
This is an introductory film production course that explores the short narrative story form. Students will write, shoot,
and edit four 16mm silent black & white films. This course explores the collaborative nature, technical requirements,
and creative demands of telling stories through film.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): FLM180(Film Sight and Sound)
FLM230
Scenic Painting: Paint for Stage, Film and Faux Application
4 Semester Credits
Scenic Painting is an introductory study of the art of scenic painting for the stage, film, and faux application. Through
a series of foundational painting projects, reading assignments, informal lecture, discussion, and a final cumulative
painting project students will develop the required skills and understanding of what it means to be a scenic artist and
what role the scenic artist plays in artistry of theatre and film.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM260
Documentary Production I
4 Semester Credits
This is an introductory video production course that explores documentary’s nonfiction art form. Through a series of
four video projects, students learn the elements and structure of stories that observe the world through a lens.
Emphasis will be placed on research and story development, as well as learning through collaboration during
production.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): COM247(Documentary History and Theory), FLM180(Film Sight and Sound)
FLM295
Film Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM312
Film Production II
4 Semester Credits
This intermediate 16mm production course builds on the lessons and skills learned in FLM 216, with the addition of
negative color photography and synchronized sound. Each student creates three narrative film projects with a
collaborative team where they experience the tasks of writing, directing, shooting, and editing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM328
Screenwriting
4 Semester Credits
An introductory course in writing for film, this course will take students from story outline to the creation of a
screenplay draft. In addition to writing their own scripts, students will review feature films and analyze work written by
each member of the class, giving detailed critical analysis and engaging in discussion of aesthetics, craft, and form.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM348
Intermediate Video Production
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the potential of digital cinema. Building on the lessons learned in COM 247, emphasis will be
placed on the visual aesthetic of the digital image while exploring the craft of storytelling. Each student will produce
projects in each of film’s three main genres: narrative, documentary, and experimental.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): FLM260(Documentary Production I)
FLM390
Documentary Film: Location Keystone
4 Semester Credits
This is a short-term study abroad seminar designed to fulfill the Augcore Keystone requirement. Any Film Studies,
Communication Studies, American Indian Studies, and English students with good standing may enroll in the 390
course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): COM247(Documentary History and Theory), FLM216(Film Production I)
FLM397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM420
Issues in Contemporary Cinema
4 Semester Credits
This course will examine cultural, artistic, commercial, and theoretical concerns that occur in world cinema today.
Our purpose is to help students both contextualize the cinema they see in appropriate and insightful ways, and to
provide a sophisticated critical apparatus to help them read films as texts and to interpret the cinema’s larger societal
value and impact.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of COM247(Documentary History and Theory), ENL371(History of Cinema)
FLM490
Film Studies Keystone: Critical Conversations about Film and Vocation
4 Semester Credits
FLM 490 is a keystone course required for the major, and enrollment is normally restricted to students who have
nearly finished their coursework. This final production seminar emphasizes the creation of both a team-produced
long-form video and individual vocational portfolios required for the transition to professional life.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): FLM216(Film Production I), FLM260(Documentary Production I), FLM420(Issues in Contemporary
Cinema)
FLM495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Selected topics in film with emphasis on professional standards at every step of the finished project.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FLM499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE111
Beginning French I
4 Semester Credits
Aims to develop communication skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Through conversations,
classroom practice, and readings, these courses work toward the discovery of French culture and way of life.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE112
Beginning French II
4 Semester Credits
Aims to develop communication skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Through conversations,
classroom practice, and readings, these courses work toward the discovery of French culture and way of life.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of FRE111(Beginning French I), FRELANG(French Language Placement)
FRE199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE211
Intermediate French I
4 Semester Credits
Selected articles, interviews, and literary readings are the basis of practice in communication, vocabulary building,
and developing greater ease in reading and writing French. Review of basic structures and grammar. Laboratory
work.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of FRE112(Beginning French II), FRELANG(French Language Placement)
FRE212
Intermediate French II
4 Semester Credits
Selected articles, interviews, and literary readings are the basis of practice in communication, vocabulary building,
and developing greater ease in reading and writing French. Review of basic structures and grammar. Laboratory
work.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of FRE211(Intermediate French I), FRELANG(French Language Placement)
FRE295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE311
French Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Explores topics of current interest in both oral and written form to build fluency, accuracy, and facility of expression in
French. Emphasis on vocabulary enrichment, grammatical refinements, effective organization of ideas. A
prerequisite to other upper division courses.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of FRE212(Intermediate French II), FRELANG(French Language Placement)
FRE331
French Civilization: Historical Perspective
4 Semester Credits
A study of the diversified development of the French from their beginnings to the modern period. Special attention to
cultural manifestations of French intellectual, political, social, and artistic self-awareness. Readings, reports,
extensive use of audio-visual materials. In French.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): FRE311(French Conversation and Composition)
FRE332
French Civilization Today
4 Semester Credits
Topics in 20th-century problems, ideas. Cultural manifestations that promote understanding of French-speaking
people and their contributions to the contemporary scene. Readings, reports, extensive use of audio-visual materials,
and periodicals. In French.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): FRE311(French Conversation and Composition)
FRE351
Survey of French Literature I
4 Semester Credits
The study of major French authors and literary movements in France through the reading of whole literary works
where possible. Lectures, discussion, oral and written reports in French.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): FRE311(French Conversation and Composition)
FRE353
Survey of French Literature II
4 Semester Credits
The study of major French authors and literary movements in France through the reading of whole literary works
where possible. Lectures, discussion, oral and written reports in French.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): FRE311(French Conversation and Composition)
FRE399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE411
Advanced French Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
By means of reading, speaking, and writing on topics of intellectual, social, or political interest, the student acquires
extensive training in key modalities at an advanced level. Attention to accuracy and effectiveness, characteristic
levels of expression, refinements in style and organization.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); FRE311(French Conversation and
Composition)
FRE495
Special Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
FRE499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GER111
Beginning German I
4 Semester Credits
Aims at developing basic skills. Classroom practice in speaking, understanding, and reading and writing basic
German. Goals: ability to read extended narratives in simple German, insights into German culture, and participation
in short conversations.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
GER112
Beginning German II
4 Semester Credits
Aims at developing basic skills. Classroom practice in speaking, understanding, and reading and writing basic
German. Goals: ability to read extended narratives in simple German, insights into German culture, and participation
in short conversations.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of GER111(Beginning German I), GERLANG(German Language Placement)
GER199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GER211
Intermediate German I
4 Semester Credits
Aims at developing basic skills into working knowledge of German. Review of basic structures with emphasis on
extending range of vocabulary and idiomatic expression through reading and discussion of materials representing
contemporary German life and literature.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of GER112(Beginning German II), GERLANG(German Language Placement)
GER212
Intermediate German II
4 Semester Credits
Aims at developing basic skills into working knowledge of German. Review of basic structures with emphasis on
extending range of vocabulary and idiomatic expression through reading and discussion of materials representing
contemporary German life and literature.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of GER211(Intermediate German I), GERLANG(German Language Placement)
GER295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GER299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GER311
German Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Aims at developing facility in the use of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions most common
in colloquial German. Intensive practice in speaking is supplemented with exercises in written composition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of GER212(Intermediate German II), GERLANG(German Language Placement)
GER331
German Civilization and Culture I
4 Semester Credits
Follows the cultural and social development of the German-speaking peoples from the prehistorical Indo-European
origins (ca. 3,000 B.C.) to the Thirty Years War (1648). In German.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): GER311(German Conversation and Composition)
GER332
German Civilization and Culture II
4 Semester Credits
Survey of cultural currents that have shaped Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since the Age of Enlightenment. The
contemporary scene is considered in view of its roots in the intellectual, geopolitical, artistic, and scientific history of
the German-speaking peoples. In German.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): GER311(German Conversation and Composition)
GER351
Survey of German Literature I
4 Semester Credits
The prose, epic, and poetry readings in this course chronicle the German experience from Charlemagne to
Napoleon; from Luther to Kant; from Hildegard of Bingen to Goethe, Schiller, and the Romantics; and offer a way to
relive the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
GER354
Survey of German Literature II
4 Semester Credits
The literary, cultural, and scientific background of the new millennium has many German-speaking roots in the works
of figures like Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Einstein, Kafka, Rilke, Hesse, and Brecht. Selected readings of prose, poetry,
and plays bring alive the drama and conflicts that characterized the birth of the modern age.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): GER311(German Conversation and Composition)
GER399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
GER411
Advanced German Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Aims at developing and refining the student’s use of German as a vehicle for expressing ideas and opinions.
Emphasis on written composition including control of style. Oral practice through use of German as classroom
language.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); GER311(German Conversation and
Composition)
GER495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GER499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GRK113
Beginning New Testament Greek I
4 Semester Credits
The first course in a two-semester sequence of New Testament Greek. Students will be introduced to the syntax,
grammar, and vocabulary of New Testament Greek with the goal of reading proficiency.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GRK114
Beginning New Testament Greek II
4 Semester Credits
The second course in a two-semester sequence of New Testament Greek. Students will be introduced to the syntax,
grammar, and vocabulary of New Testament Greek with the goal of reading proficiency.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRK113(Beginning New Testament Greek I)
GST001
C.A.P.
0 Semester Credits
Program (CAP). During individual meetings, students will work with an academic skills coach to develop study skills,
address affective needs, and transition to college life. Meeting time is arranged with skills coach. (.0 course; P/N
grading only; Prereq: conditional admit status).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GST009
Augsburg Experience Internship
0 Semester Credits
A transcript notation is given for the academic learning inherent in an approved not-for-credit/internship/work
experience. Reflection activities and work-learning evaluations are conducted by the Center for Service, Work, and
Learning. With approval, a non-credit/internship completed by juniors or seniors will fulfill the Augsburg Experience
graduation requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
GST100
Critical Thinking
4 Semester Credits
Designed to develop critical thinking skills, this course strengthens the ability of students to comprehend, analyze,
synthesize, and evaluate ideas and arguments. New students with fewer than 28 semester credits in transfer are
placed into GST 100 based on their past academic record. Students must pass GST 100 with a minimum grade of
2.0 or better. Students waived from this course may take this class only with permission of the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GST108
AVID Elective
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GST140
Introduction to the Liberal Arts
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the philosophy of the liberal arts curriculum and improving those skills important to academic
success: reading, comprehension, notetaking and textbook reading, time management, vocabulary, test-taking,
organization, concentration and memorization, learning style, conflict management, assertiveness training, and
motivation strategies. This course may not be taken by students who have completed 32 credits.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GST200
Quantitative Reasoning/Statistical Literacy
4 Semester Credits
This course focuses on critical thinking about statistics and its use as evidence in arguments, with an emphasis on
interpretation, evaluation, communication, and analysis of statistically-based arguments. Topics include association,
causation, observational studies, experiments, risk, confounding, bias and chance. Common techniques involving
statistical opportunism, conditional reasoning using English to describe and compare rates and percentages
presented in tables and graphs, and the use of standardization to take into account the influence of confounders are
reviewed. Emphasis is on interpretation, evaluation, communication, and analysis of statistically-based arguments.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra),
MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
GST295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
GST309
Augsburg Experience Work Connections Semimar
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS101
The Beginning of Western Culture
4 Semester Credits
An analysis of the primary civilizations in the Near East, the classical world of Greece and Rome, and the Middle
Ages of Europe into the 13th century.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS102
The Shaping of Western Civilization
4 Semester Credits
A consideration of European institutions and values from the waning of the Middle Ages through the remodeling of
Europe by Napoleon.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS103
The Modern World
4 Semester Credits
A study of the main currents in Western civilization from the time of Napoleon to the present.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS104
The Modern Non Western World
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to various centers of cultural and political power in Asia and Africa of the last 200 years.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS120
America to 1815
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the relations between Native, European, and African peoples from first contacts to the War of 1812,
drawing on social, cultural, and environmental history as well as political and economic history. The course will move
topically as well as chronologically through the colonial and early national period. Themes include the legacies of
massive ecological and demographic change, the colonial competition for North America, Indian-white conflict and
collusion, the enslavement of African Americans, the creation of the United States, and internal as well as foreign
conflicts in that nation’s early years.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
HIS121
19th-Century United States
4 Semester Credits
A survey of United States history from 1815-1900, drawing on social, cultural, and environmental history as well as
political and economic history. The course will move topically as well as chronologically through the years in which
the United States came to prominence despite internal dissent and violence. Themes include the emergence of a
national identity, political system, and economy, slavery, expansion, and empire-building, regional differences, the
Civil War and its aftermath, and industrialization.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
HIS122
20th-Century United States
4 Semester Credits
A survey of United States history from 1900 to the present, drawing on social, cultural, and environmental history as
well as political and economic history. The course will move topically as well as chronologically through the modern
era. Themes include industrialization and urbanization, the significance of gender, race, and ethnicity in American
culture, the growth of a strong federal government, the emergence of the United States as a world power, the
creation of a consumer society, the rise of identity politics, and the passing of American hegemony.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
HIS140
Topics in World History
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS150
Latin American History
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the histories of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean from the 1790s to the 1990s.
Centering our analysis in the Latin American experience, we will examine cultural trends, social interactions, and
economic development as well as the relations that each of these regions shared with the United States. Special
attention will be paid to independence movements, neocolonialism, dependency and underdevelopment, ecological
transformations, the Latino/a diaspora, and the struggles of indigenous communities.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS155
Cultural Conflict and Change in Latin America
4 Semester Credits
An exploration of selected topics and case studies from Latin American history with special emphasis on the role of
women in history. Focuses on the development of gender, class-based, and racial/ethnic oppression and the history
of resistance and social change in Latin America from the conquest to the present day. Examines the Pre-Columbian
period, the conquest and colonial periods, and concludes with the post-war period in Central America.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS162
20th-Century South Asia
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the processes of colonialism, nationalism, de-colonization, and independence in the area now
politically known as India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Upper division students will have additional assignments and
different exams from lower division.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS195
Topics in History
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to selected historical topics not regularly offered in lower division classes. The specific topics to be
offered will be announced prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS225
History of the Twin Cities
4 Semester Credits
The Minneapolis and St. Paul area serves as a case study for the themes of frontier urbanization, industrialization,
and economic change; transportation, immigration, and ethnicity; and urban politics and reform.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS234
Minnesota History
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the racial, ethnic, political, and economic history of Minnesota, from the earliest inhabitants
(Ojibwe and Dakota), through the period of British and French exploration, and to the development of statehood.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS236
American Indian History
4 Semester Credits
A study of the native people of North America from the pre-Columbian period through European exploration and
settlement to the present, emphasizing American Indian contributions to world culture, tribal structure, and
intergovernmental relations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS241
Topics in African American History
4 Semester Credits
Selected topics in African American history not regularly examined in other departmental offerings. The specific
topics to be offered will be announced prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS242
History of African American Civil Rights, 1619-1915
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the development of African American civil rights focusing on legal, economic, and political issues
influenced by race and class, emphasizing emancipation and integration of slaves and former slaves.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS243
History of African American Civil Rights, 1915-1972
4 Semester Credits
A continuation of HIS 242 with special emphasis on the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip
Randall, Charles Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS249
The Designed Environment
4 Semester Credits
This course addresses the designed environment, investigating architecture, landscape architecture, and urban
design. Class sessions consist almost exclusively of extensive walking tours and site visits to prominent examples of
design excellence.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS280
The History Workshop
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces history majors and minors to the historian’s craft. Students will examine the development of
the discipline of history, the methods of analysis used by professional historians today, and the varieties of
applications for history in professional careers and public life. Students will also gain and sharpen the research and
writing skills critical to their success in upper-level history courses. Guest speakers and off-campus site visits will
enhance course content.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
HIS282
The History of Women Since 1848
4 Semester Credits
This course examines in comparative perspective women’s changing political, economic, social, and sexual status
since the 19th century, with attention given to social, racial, and ethnic, and sexual differences among women.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS300
Public History
4 Semester Credits
Public history is the practice of historical methods with non-academic audience in mind. This survey explores the
components of public history, many of its venues, and pressing issues in the field through examination of a range of
topics (including, but not limited to): local history, historical memory, archives, exhibits, oral histories, documentaries,
publishing, museums, historic sites, and historic preservation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS311
Topics in Women's History
4 Semester Credits
Exploration of selected topics in women’s history not regularly examined in other departmental offerings. The specific
topic to be offered will be announced prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS316
U.S. Urban Environmental History
4 Semester Credits
A chronological exploration of the interactions between Americans and the nonhuman world, with particular attention
to urban and suburban areas. Topics include the commodification of nature, the death of the organic city, political
movements organized around nature, ways of knowing nature, environmental justice, and relationships between
culture and nature. Additionally, students will use both primary sources and fieldwork to explore the specific
environmental history of a Minneapolis neighborhood.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS323
Modern China
4 Semester Credits
A selective treatment of Chinese history since the Opium War of 1839; the erosion of China’s isolation and collapse
of the imperial system; and the Nationalist and Communist revolutions of the 20th century.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS327
Racism and Resistance in Southern Africa and the United States
4 Semester Credits
This course explores historical parallels of the development in southern Africa and in the United States, strategies of
resistance, the successes and limitations of political victories over apartheid and racism, and the lingering economic,
social, political, and psychological effects of racism.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS331
Topics in United States History
4 Semester Credits
In-depth exploration of selected topics in United States history not regularly examined in other departmental
offerings. The specific topics to be offered will be announced prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS332
History of United States Foreign Relations
4 Semester Credits
A survey of United States foreign relations from the American Revolution through the Cold War, emphasizing
changing definitions of war and peace, tensions between internationalism and isolationism, and the emergence of
the United States as an economic and military power.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS335
American Urban History
4 Semester Credits
A study of urban development from colonial and frontier beginnings through the age of industrialization to the
present, including the dynamics of urban growth and planning, politics and reform, and the growth of urban culture.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS336
American Labor History
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the history of work and the worker, primarily in the late 19th and 20th centuries, emphasizing the nature
of work, working class life and community, evaluation of organized labor, and the relationship of workers and union to
the state.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS338
American Legal History
4 Semester Credits
An examination of the social, economic, and intellectual factors in American history that, combined with English and
colonial antecedents, contributed to the emergence of our modern legal system.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
HIS343
The North American West
4 Semester Credits
This course reckons with the contest of colonial powers in North America, the American conquest of the region, the
role of the federal government in shaping the West, the rise of the most urban part of the United States, and the
important role that the West plays in modern American culture. Themes include the persistence of Native peoples,
ethnicity, race, and gender in Western daily and political life, the creation of an international borderlands, and the
ecological transformation of Western landscapes.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS346
Namibia and South Africa: A Historical Perspective
4 Semester Credits
A survey of Namibia and South Africa including the experience of indigenous peoples, the impact of South African
occupation, the war for independence, and the roots of apartheid and its institutionalization.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS348
Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century
4 Semester Credits
An introductory historical survey of the Soviet Union, beginning with a brief examination of Russian history before
turning to the Russian Revolutions of 1917, the rise of Stalin, the Cold War, and the emergence of Gorbachev. The
course will emphasize political, diplomatic, economic, and cultural history.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS349
The Designed Environment
4 Semester Credits
This course addresses the designed environment, investigating architecture, landscape architecture, and urban
design. Class sessions consist almost exclusively of extensive walking tours and site visits to prominent examples of
design excellence.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
HIS350
Latin American History
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the histories of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean from the 1790s to the 1990s.
Centering our analysis in the Latin American experience, we will examine cultural trends, social interactions, and
economic development as well as the relations that each of these regions shared with the United States. Special
attention will be paid to independence movements, neocolonialism, dependency and underdevelopment, ecological
transformations, the Latino/a diaspora, and the struggles of indigenous communities.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
HIS352
The Holocaust in German History
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the development of modern Germany from its unification in 1871 through the aftermath of
World War II, focusing on the Third Reich and the Holocaust. Through diverse course materials (memoirs, film,
posters, etc.), students will analyze the National Socialist regime and the horrors it wrought, and explore the
experiences of “ordinary Germans,” including women, children, Jews and other minority groups.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS354
Modern Britain and Ireland
4 Semester Credits
This course will take a distinctively interdisciplinary approach (sources will include literature, film, music, and artwork)
to explore a period of dramatic change in British politics, society, culture, and international status.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS355
Cultural Conflict and Change in Latin America
4 Semester Credits
An exploration of selected topics and case studies from Latin American history with special emphasis on the role of
women in history. Focuses on the development of gender, class-based, and racial/ethnic oppression and the history
of resistance and social change in Latin America from the conquest to the present day. Examines the Pre-Columbian
period, the conquest and colonial periods, and concludes with the post-war period in Central America.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS357
Mexican History, Culture, and Cosmovision
4 Semester Credits
An exploration of Latin American history from Pre-Columbian times through the conquest and colonial periods up to
modern Latin America. The course will use a gendered lens to focus on Mexican history, culture and cosmovision.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HIS101(The Beginning of Western Culture), HIS102(The Shaping of Western Civilization),
HIS103(The Modern World), HIS104(The Modern Non Western World), HIS120(America to 1815), HIS121(19thCentury United States), HIS122(20th-Century United States), HIS150(Latin American History), HIS155(Cultural
Conflict and Change in Latin America), HIS162(20th-Century South Asia), HIS195(Topics in History), HIS225(History
of the Twin Cities), HIS234(Minnesota History), HIS236(American Indian History), HIS241(Topics in African American
History), HIS242(History of African American Civil Rights, 1619-1915), HIS243(History of African American Civil
Rights, 1915-1972), HIS249(The Designed Environment), HIS280(The History Workshop), HIS282(The History of
Women Since 1848), HIS299(Directed Study)
HIS360
Ancient Egypt and Classical Greece
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the history of ancient Egypt and classical Greece from c. 3200 to 323 BC, and uses a variety
of written and visual sources in an attempt to understand these societies. In addition to the “traditional” political
narrative, it also looks at social, economic, and cultural aspects of life in antiquity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS361
Hellenistic Greece and Rome
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the history of Hellenistic Greece and Rome from c. 800 BC to 476 AD, and uses a variety of
written and visual sources in an attempt to understand these societies. In addition to the “traditional” political
narrative, it also looks at social, economic, and cultural aspects of life in antiquity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS369
The Early and High Middle Ages
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the history of Europe and the Mediterranean from c. 300 to 1350 AD, and uses a variety of
written and visual sources in an attempt to understand medieval society. In addition to the “traditional” political
narrative, it also looks at social, economic, and cultural aspects of medieval life.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
HIS370
The Late Middle Ages to 1648
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the history of Europe from c. 1300 BC to 1648 AD, and uses a variety of written and visual
sources in an attempt to understand late medieval society. In addition to the “traditional” political narrative, it also
looks at social, economic, and cultural aspects of life in this period.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS374
Medieval Crusades
4 Semester Credits
This course examines Western Europe’s crusading era (1095-1291 AD), a time when warriors from the Christian
West attempted to “take back” the Holy Land from its Muslim occupiers. Through a close reading of primary sources,
we will examine such issues as pilgrimage, holy war, and the complex relationships between East and West,
between Muslims and Christians. We will pay particular attention to the question of historical representation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS378
Medieval Church
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the history of the medieval church from Constantine the Great to Martin Luther (c. 300 to c.
1517 AD). It uses a variety of written and visual sources in an attempt to understand the medieval church and its
influence, not only in religious matters, but also in the social and political spheres. Cross-listed with REL378.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
HIS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS440
Topics in World History
4 Semester Credits
This course will investigate topics in world history that are not included in regular course offerings. The specific topics
to be offered will be announced prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS462
20th-Century South Asia
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the processes of colonialism, nationalism, de-colonization, and independence in the area now
politically known as India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Upper division students will have additional assignments and
different exams from lower division.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
HIS474
World and the West
4 Semester Credits
Europe’s discovery of the rest of the world, cultural interaction and conflict, the building of European empires in Asia
and the Americas, and the breakdown of these imperial systems at the end of the 18th century.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HIS480
History Senior Seminar
4 Semester Credits
This course is required for the major, and enrollment is normally restricted to students who have nearly finished their
coursework. Selected topics will be announced prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); HIS280(The History Workshop)
HIS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HON100
Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I
4 Semester Credits
Honors section of REL100. Some students (e.g., some science majors) may need to defer the course and take
HON100 in another term.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HON111
Effective Writing for Liberating Letters
4 Semester Credits
This course takes a problem-based, process-oriented approach to expository writing. Attention is given to choosing,
organizing, and developing topics; thinking critically; reading closely; and revising carefully for clarity and style. The
minimum passing grade is 2.0.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen); 1 of
ENG101(Developmental Writing), ENL101(Developmental Writing), WPL(Writing Placement Level), WPL(Writing
Placement Level)
HON120
The Scholar Citizen
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the Honors Program. Course content focuses on great primary texts focusing on the connections
between learning and citizenship, or the public uses of knowledge (e.g. Plato’s cave). (Includes theater lab)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HON120L
The Scholar Citizen Theatre Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HON120(The Scholar Citizen) *concurrent registration is required*
HON130
Liberating Letters: Humanist Tradition
4 Semester Credits
Interdisciplinary humanities survey course that explores the Western tradition of letters through significant texts and
modern context. Students stage courtroom trials where great authors, characters, or ideas are challenged and
tested. Based on the medieval liberal arts trivium of grammar, rhetoric, and logic. This course is linked with HON 111
and both courses share texts, assignments, and some class sessions. Students are strongly encouraged to register
for both courses in the same term.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON200
Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning II
4 Semester Credits
Honors version of REL 200. See REL 200 for content and requirements.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen); 1 of
HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning I)
HON220
The Scholar Scientist
4 Semester Credits
Inspired by the medieval quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music), this course addresses systems of
quantitative thought, including logic, computing, and formal systems.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen); 1 of
MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
HON230
Arts and the City
4 Semester Credits
Interdisciplinary fine arts course where students attend museums, galleries, concerts, plays, and other significant
arts events while researching and writing critical and historical critiques of central theories and approaches to the fine
arts.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON240
Science, Technology, and Citizenship
4 Semester Credits
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary lab science course. Physics, biology, and chemistry are used to critically examine a
key national or global issue.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON240L
Science, Technology, and Citizenship Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen);
HON240(Science, Technology, and Citizenship) *concurrent registration is required*
HON250
The Social Scientist
4 Semester Credits
Problem-based/question-based course in social sciences involving at least two social science disciplines and several
faculty.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON340
Junior Colloquium: The Scholar as Leader
0 Semester Credits
Taught by the dean and/or president of the College, this seminar explores themes of leadership and service in the
public context. (0.0 credit; P/N)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON375
Student Created Learning Experience
0 Semester Credits
This course will only be used for student created learning experiences that fulfill a lifetime activity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HON380
Student Created Learning Experience
1 Semester Credits
May take many forms as determined by the student and faculty creating the learning experience (may be 1, 2 or 4
credits, and may use traditional or P/N grading options).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HON450
Augsburg Honors Review: Research Thesis Requirement
0 Semester Credits
Students in the fall semester of HON 450 practice and complete a structured process for collecting,synthesizing,
applying, and documenting research and academic writing. Students should take this course in conjunction with
another course within which they will produce a research-based paper. A final research paper is required to complete
450. Students also solicit and evaluate manuscripts for the Honors Review (0.0 credit, P/N only) .Students in the
spring semester of HON 450 edit and publish the Honors Review, a national journal for undergraduate scholarship
that resides at Augsburg College. Students will evaluate and select potential articles for the journal, shepherd those
manuscripts through an external review process by faculty referees, and publish the journal by the end of the term.
This course will assist students in developing evaluative, copy-editing, layout, and publication design skills (0.0
credit, P/N only).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON470
Student/Faculty Collaboration: Research Thesis Requirement
0 Semester Credits
Students register for this course to fulfill the honors research requirement through a student/faculty research
collaboration. (0.0 credit, P/N only)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HON490
Honors Senior Seminar
4 Semester Credits
This course integrates and synthesizes themes from all four years of the Honors Program. It also expands upon the
themes of HON 120 by studying primary texts related to philosophy, rhetoric, vocation, and meaning.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), HON120(The Scholar Citizen)
HON499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE001
Foundations of Fitness
0 Semester Credits
This course is required of all Augsburg students outside the HPE majors. It seeks to improve the student’s
knowledge and understanding of the components of physical fitness and how they contribute to personal lifelong
health and well-being. This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills needed to assess, monitor, and
discipline oneself to maintain a lifestyle of fitness and wellness.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE002
Lifetime Activity
0 Semester Credits
Lifetime activity courses are designed to improve proficiency in a selected physical activity. Students will be able to
understand and demonstrate basic skills, strategy, and rules of the activity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE104
Components of Fitness Training
4 Semester Credits
This course implements a performance-based approach designed to enable the student to become well educated in
strength and cardiovascular training. The proficiencies will address the specifics of knowledge and performance in
fitness training. This course will implement optimal research based theories for improving aerobic and muscular
strength for the purpose of designing an individualized strength and aerobic conditioning program. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE110
Personal and Community Health
4 Semester Credits
Concepts and practices of health and healthful living applied to the individual and the community.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
HPE114
Health and Safety Education
2 Semester Credits
Principles and practices of safety education in school and community life. National Safety Council First Aid and CPR
certification. (Fall, Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE115
Chemical Dependency Education
2 Semester Credits
An analysis of chemical use and abuse and what can be done for the abuser. Includes information about school
health education and services. (Fall, spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE205
Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science
2 Semester Credits
An introduction to the professional field of health, physical education, and exercise science. Includes history, current
trends, and professional opportunities related to health, human performance, and wellness. Students also will
examine the components of a balanced, healthy lifestyle. (Fall, Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE215
Health and Exercise Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Study of the impact of psychological, behavioral, social, and biological interactions on exercise and health. Specific
physiological and psychological benefits associated with exercise are addressed along with health promotion,
intervention, and adherence. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE220
Motor Learning and Development
2 Semester Credits
The study of the processes associated with developing motor skills and performance, and how this relates to motor
development. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE254
Introduction to Developmental/Adapted Physical Education
2 Semester Credits
A general overview of developmental/adapted physical education from early childhood through grade 12. The role of
school-based health and physical education programs for students with disabilities will be addressed. Fieldwork
experience is a requirement in this course. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE275
Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries
2 Semester Credits
Emphasis placed on preventing and treating common athletic injuries. Practical experience in taping and training
room procedures. A lab accompanies this course. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE114(Health and Safety Education)
HPE275L
Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE275(Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries) *concurrent registration is required*
HPE280
Coaching Theory
2 Semester Credits
Theory, philosophy, organization, and supervision of coaching. Includes psychology of sport and how psychological
factors affect participation in sport. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE300
Nutrition for Exercise Science
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an integrated overview of the physiological requirements, food sources, and functions of
carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals and their impact on health and performance. Students will
evaluate and design nutritional regimens to support optimal athletic performance, ultimately examining nutritional
supplements, ergogenic aids, and anabolic steroids and the safety and efficacy of legal and banned substances.
(Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO103(Human Anatomy and Physiology), HPE104(Components of Fitness Training)
HPE304
Advanced Fitness Training
4 Semester Credits
This course is designed to examine and apply advanced personal training research. Participants will be exposed to
established training methods for developing advanced workouts as well as a variety of breakthrough exercises that
may result in fitness improvements. Ultimately, the student will create and optimize aspects of different training
phases in a year-round program design. In addition, the content of this course is focused toward the knowledge and
skills required for the NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): BIO103(Human Anatomy and Physiology), HPE104(Components of Fitness Training),
HPE114(Health and Safety Education), HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science)
HPE305
Stress Management
2 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to concepts related to stress and stress management. Along with the study of the
role of stress in dysfunction of the human body, individual assessments and reflection are used to assist students in
developing a greater understanding of the role of stress in their life. Individual stress management plans will be
constructed. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE315
Exercise Testing and Prescription
2 Semester Credits
This is a course in exercise testing and prescription relative to the cardiopulmonary system. The course is designed
to provide the student with an understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological responses of the body to
clinical exercise testing and to develop a basis for the exercise prescription in health and disease. The content of this
course is focused toward the knowledge and skills required for taking the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
(HFS) exam.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); HPE357(Measurement in Health,
Physical Education, and Exercise Science) *concurrent registration is required*
HPE316
Human Sexuality
4 Semester Credits
A study of the psychological, social, and biological components of human sexuality. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE320
School Health Curriculum
2 Semester Credits
Techniques for developing a course of study in school health based upon growth and development for grades K-12.
Examination of national standards and pedagogy for health education, curriculum, and assessment included. (Fall
even years)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE110(Personal and Community Health)
HPE324
K-6 PE Games and Activities
2 Semester Credits
This course integrates theory and practice in teaching age- and skill-appropriate activities to elementary students.
Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and
Exercise Science)
HPE334
7-12 Sport Skills and Activities
2 Semester Credits
Theory and practice in skills and teaching selected games and activities. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in
this course. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and
Exercise Science)
HPE335
Outdoor Education
2 Semester Credits
A course designed to provide knowledge and develop skills in a variety of outdoor educational activities and to study
the natural environment in which these activities occur. The course will include a three-day camping/hiking trip.
Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Fall even years, spring even years)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), HPE114(Health and Safety Education),
HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science)
HPE336
Trekking the Mountains: An Outdoor Cultural Excursion
4 Semester Credits
A course designed for a multifaceted exploration of mountainous regions of the world, while developing the outdoor
trekking experience. This eleven-day trip will include immersion, as well as trekking in beautiful and less traveled
regions of the country. While trekking, one is provided opportunity for leadership and personal growth and
development, as we share leadership and logistrics for the excursion.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE340
Organization and Adminstration of Physical Education Programs
2 Semester Credits
A survey of management, leadership, and decision making for physical education and athletic programs. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science)
HPE350
Kinesiology
4 Semester Credits
A study of the mechanics of movement with an emphasis on the use of the muscular system. An analytic approach
to the study of movement and how it relates within the physical education and health fitness fields. A lab
accompanies this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); BIO103(Human Anatomy and
Physiology), HPE357(Measurement in Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science) *concurrent registration is
required*
HPE350L
Kinesiology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE350(Kinesiology) *concurrent registration is required*
HPE351
Physiology of Exercise
4 Semester Credits
The major effects of exercise on the systems of the body and physiological principles applied to exercise programs
and motor training. A lab accompanies this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); BIO103(Human Anatomy and
Physiology)
HPE351L
Physiology of Exercise Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE351(Physiology of Exercise) *concurrent registration is required*
HPE357
Measurement in Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science
2 Semester Credits
Concepts of statistics and the use of statistical procedures in health and physical education programs. Topics include
descriptive statistics, probability, estimation, ANOVA, correlation, Chi-Square, and nonparametric methods. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HPE110(Personal and Community Health), HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education,
and Exercise Science); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); HPE104(Components of
Fitness Training)
HPE358
Assessment in Health and Physical Education
2 Semester Credits
Standards, assessment, and evaluation of tests in health and physical education. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HPE110(Personal and Community Health), HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education,
and Exercise Science); HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), HPE357(Measurement in Health, Physical
Education, and Exercise Science) *concurrent registration is required*
HPE365
Physical Education Methods K-6
4 Semester Credits
Procedures, materials, and issues for teaching physical education in grades K-6. An in-depth view of all aspects of
teaching physical education to elementary-aged children. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this course. (Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), HPE324(K-6 PE Games and Activities)
HPE368
Physical Education Methods 7-12
4 Semester Credits
Procedures, materials, and issues involved in teaching physical education in secondary schools. An in-depth view of
all aspects of teaching physical education to secondary-aged students. Fieldwork experience is a requirement in this
course. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE104(Components of Fitness Training), HPE334(7-12 Sport Skills and Activities)
HPE390
Instructional Methods and Materials in Health Education
4 Semester Credits
Principles and methods of instruction applied to health education grades K-12. Emphasis on teaching/learning
strategies and student assessment. Evaluation and development of materials included. Fieldwork experience is a
requirement in this course. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE110(Personal and Community Health)
HPE396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE410
Administration and Supervision of the School Health Program
2 Semester Credits
Historical background, legal basis, and school health services relationship to community and school health programs
and resources.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE110(Personal and Community Health)
HPE450
Current Health Issues
2 Semester Credits
This course uses critical thinking skills to examine current health issues in text and media from a sociological,
political, economic, and medical perspective.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE110(Personal and Community Health)
HPE473
Physical Education Curriculum
2 Semester Credits
Techniques for developing a course of study in physical education based upon growth and development for grades
K-12. Examination of National Standards and pedagogy for physical education, curriculum, and assessment
included.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): HPE205(Introduction to Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science)
HPE490
Exercise Science Seminar and Keystone
4 Semester Credits
This course will provide the student with the pinnacle component of the Exercise Science degree plan. The keystone
will provide an understanding of human responses to exercise and its relevance to a diverse and challenging world,
as well as help develop a basis for research as this relates to the major.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): HPE350(Kinesiology), HPE351(Physiology of Exercise)
HPE495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HPE499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HUM120
Medieval Life in 12th-Century Europe
4 Semester Credits
This is the introductory course for medieval studies. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to study European culture
during a period known as the High Middle Ages, roughly AD 1100 to 1300. It attempts to examine medieval culture
as a complex system of thought and feeling, which includes history, religion, philosophy, literature, art, theatre,
music, and food. It also takes an experiential approach to this material, for example, by having students and faculty
attend class in academic regalia, just as they did in medieval universities.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
HUM195
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HUM199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
HUM490
Keystone: Medieval Studies Project
4 Semester Credits
The final project in medieval studies functions like an independent study. Because medieval studies is an
interdisciplinary major, the final project must be also be interdisciplinary. Students are free to choose any topic
connected to the Middle Ages, but must examine it with professors from at least three different disciplines. The
traditional disciplines that comprise medieval studies are art history, English, history, music history, philosophy,
religion, and theater history, but students have also completed projects involving professors from other disciplines,
such as sociology and psychology. Experiential approaches are encouraged but not required. For example, past
students have built medieval musical instruments, medieval suits of armor, and Renaissance commedia dell’arte
masks, and then written about the process.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENL330(Shakespeare), ENL332(British Literature: Renaissance and Reformation), ENL360(The
Classical Tradition), ENL361(The Medieval World); 1 of HIS372(Medieval Church), PHI242(History of Philosophy II:
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy), REL361(The Church/First Four Centuries), REL362(Martin Luther and the
Reformation); 1 of ART386(Medieval Art), ART387(Renaissance and Baroque Art), MUS231(History and Literature
of Music I), THR361(Theater History and Criticism I); HIS369(The Early and High Middle Ages), HIS370(The Late
Middle Ages to 1648), HUM120(Medieval Life in 12th-Century Europe)
HUM499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS225
Introduction to Islam
4 Semester Credits
The course covers the ideological foundations of Islam, its basic concepts and tenets, Islamic law (Shari’ah), Islamic
economic and political systems, and Islamic patterns of life.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS232
African-American Experience in America
4 Semester Credits
An overview of the major issues related to the African American experience, focusing on historical, sociological,
economic, legal, and psychological aspects of that experience.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS233
Women: A Cross Cultural Perspective
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS255
Paideia Approach: Thinking, Talking and Reading
4 Semester Credits
Students will participate in a series of seminar discussions following the Paideia seminar format as developed by
Mortimer Adler. Seminar topics emphasize selections that help students to think critically, understand timeless ideas,
listen carefully, and question thoughtfully. This course is ideal for education, social science, and language arts
majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
INS294
Career Exploration in Financial Services
2 Semester Credits
This course will introduce the career exploration/planning process and an overview of careers in financial services
and insurance. Students will develop strategies and skills for career-related decision making and for an effective
internship/job search. Course sessions will include: personal and career assessments and interpretation, career
research and readings, topic discussions, employer guest speakers, and a Travelers company site visit.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS298
Meaningful Work: Linking Education,Vocation and Career Exploration
2 Semester Credits
This course will introduce students to the nature of work and its role and value to the individual and to society and
provide the strategies and skills necessary for a lifetime of career-related decision making, meaningful work and
active citizenship. The course is geared to both students who are undecided and students who are seeking an indepth look at a chosen personal life and career path.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS312
The Politics of Development in Southern Africa
4 Semester Credits
This course examines basic theories of development as well as the political economy of development. It provides the
opportunity to reflect critically on issues of development, including global justice, equality, and sustainability.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS316
Building a Sustainable Democracy
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS317
Politics of Conflict and Transformation
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS330
Emerging Art and Urban Culture Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Exploration of life experiences and works of artists, cultural workers, and community organizers for understanding
the differences between formal institutional art and community-based art forms. Interviews and participant
observation at arts performances and cultural events.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS331
Politics of Artistic Expression
4 Semester Credits
Study of the social and cultural history of urban art, the role of art and culture in everyday life, and the relationship
between intellectual discourse and the politics of cultural work. Readings, films, and discussions integrate aesthetic
theory and artistic expression with issues of social change and activism.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS342
River Politics Field Seminar
4 Semester Credits
In this two-week intensive field experience, students will travel by boat down the Mississippi River exploring elements
of the politics and policies relating to the river. Students will engage in service projects, field observations, and
interviews with residents, legislators, activists, and government employees.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): POL241(Environmental and River Politics)
INS345
Urban Environment Field Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS346
Sustainability and Environmental Policy Semimar
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS354
Reading for Social Change
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS355
Writing for Social Change
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS358
Theories of Poverty, Inequality and Social Change
4 Semester Credits
Interdisciplinary readings connect experiences and direct observation with theory and research on the impact of
race, class, and gender on social inequality and unequal urban development. Competing theories and strategies for
urban and neighborhood development are examined in the context of dominant ideology and perspectives of people
who challenge it.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS359
Social Policy and Anti-Poverty Strategies in Theory and Practice
4 Semester Credits
Concrete conditions of life and community issues in different neighborhoods provide varying—at times competing—
views on the Twin Cities "civic ideology." Field observations, dialogue with residents, interviews, and oral history
provide data to identify inequality and to assess theories and strategies for explaining and overcoming it.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS366
Community Participation and Social Change
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS371
Disjuncture and Difference in Europe
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS372
Norwegian Language
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS376
Challenges and Opportunities of European Integration
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS377
Challenges of Globalization to the Scandinavian Welfare State
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS379
Challenges of a Changing Welfare State
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS393
Scandinavian Art, Film and Literature
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS394
Urbanization and Immigration
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
INS398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
INS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
INS498
Independent Study: Metropolitan Resources
2 Semester Credits
An independently-designed course developed by a student (or group of students), utilizing the metropolitan
resources available, e.g., lectures, symposia, performances, hearings. The course is designed in consultation with
and evaluated by a department faculty member.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of POL122(Metropolitan Complex), SOC111(Human Community and Modern Metropolis);
CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
INS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of POL484(Political Analysis), SOC363(Research Methods)
KEY470
Creating Life in the Arts: Exploration and Reflection on Vocation
4 Semester Credits
From personal reflection on vocation to real-world insights and hands-on experiences, this course will delve deeply
into the skill sets and mind sets important for arts professionals in all fine arts majors. While exploring vocation
concepts, this course balances entrepreneurial awareness, attitudes, and skills with entrepreneurial insights, skills
and reflection.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
KEY480
Topics in Global Interdependence
4 Semester Credits
This cross-cultural keystone seminar prepares students to "act globally" by challenging them to apply the diverse
perspectives acquired while studying abroad and to analyze issues that transcend national boundaries. In English
with readings in a language other than English. Open to international students and to upper-division students who
have advanced knowledge of a language other than English or have studied abroad for a full semester (including in
English-speaking countries with consent of instructor).
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
KEY490
Vocation and the Meaning of Success
4 Semester Credits
This course is the keystone course for business majors and other majors where the major program does not include
a keystone element. It draws together all facets of a student’s education by providing opportunities to reflect upon
and write about the integration of one’s classes, life, and future. Readings and critical discussions with others in the
same and in different majors will add dimension to each student’s reflective writing.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
LAT101
Beginning Latin I
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary required to read classical Latin. Short texts from original sources.
Attention to classical and medieval Latin culture as time permits. Does not satisfy the Augsburg language
requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
LAT102
Beginning Latin II
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary required to read classical Latin. Short texts from original sources.
Attention to classical and medieval Latin culture as time permits. Does not satisfy the Augsburg language
requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): LAT101(Beginning Latin I)
LCS100
Introduction to Cultural Studies
4 Semester Credits
This course is an introduction to the critical study of cultures and cross-cultural difference. It examines the
connections between social relations and the production of meaning. It sets the stage for global citizenship by
revealing how our "position" in the world affects the way we view, interpret, and interact with other cultures.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
LCS295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
LCS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
LCS495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
LCS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MAT103
Everyday Math
3 Semester Credits
Concepts of integers, fractions, decimal numbers, ratios, percents, order of operations, exponents, and an
introduction to algebraic expressions and equations with an emphasis on applications to everyday life. P/N grading
only. Grade of P advances student to MPG2. MAT 103 does not count as credit toward graduation. This course does
not meet a NSM-LAF and does not meet QF.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MPL(Math Placement Level 1)
MAT105
Applied Algebra
3 Semester Credits
Concepts of linear, exponential, logarithmic, and other models with an emphasis on applications to the social and
natural sciences, business, and everyday life. Grade of 2.0 or higher advances student to MPG3. Students preparing
for MAT 114 should consult the department. This course does not meet a NSM-LAF and does not meet QF.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level 2)
MAT114
Precalculus
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions for students planning to study calculus.
Students who have completed MAT 145 or other calculus courses may register for credit only with consent of
department. Grade of 2.0 or higher advances student to MPG4.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MAT129
Practical Applications of Math
4 Semester Credits
An examination of applications of mathematics in contemporary society, with an emphasis on quantitative reasoning
including an introduction to probability and statistics and topics such as the mathematics of finance, graph theory,
game theory, voting theory, linear programming, or cryptography.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MAT137
Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of number, operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, and probability with an emphasis
on the processes of problem solving, reasoning, connections, communication, and representation. These courses
are designed for prospective K-6 elementary school teachers.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
MAT138
Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of number, operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, and probability with an emphasis
on the processes of problem solving, reasoning, connections, communication, and representation. These courses
are designed for prospective K-6 elementary school teachers.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MAT140
Calculus Workshop
1 Semester Credits
An elective workshop for students concurrently enrolled in Calculus or Calculus II. Calculus-related problems and
activities that require significant collaborative and creative effort. Emphasis on strategies for succeeding in collegelevel mathematics courses. This course does not meet a NSM-LAF and does not meet QF.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), MAT145(Calculus I) *concurrent registration is required*
MAT145
Calculus I
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of calculus of one-variable functions including derivatives, integrals, differential equations, and series.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT114(Precalculus), MPL(Math Placement Level 4)
MAT146
Calculus II
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of calculus of one-variable functions including derivatives, integrals, differential equations, and series.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): MAT145(Calculus I)
MAT163
Introductory Statistics
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of elementary statistics such as descriptive statistics, methods of counting, probability distributions,
approximations, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis-of-variance, and regression. Students who have
successfully completed MAT248, BUS379, PSY215, or SOC362 cannot enroll in MAT163.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MAT171
Discrete Mathematics For Computing
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of discrete mathematics including binary representations, sequences, recursion, induction, formal logic,
and combinatorics, with an emphasis on connections to computer science. Completion of CSC160 recomended prior
to MAT171. Students who have completed MAT271 may not register for credit.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MAT173
Mathematics of Finance
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of elementary financial mathematics such as annuities, loan payments, mortgages, life annuities, and life
insurance. Provides an introduction to actuarial mathematics.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MAT199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Work-based learning experience that links the ideas and methods of mathematics to the opportunities found in the
internship.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
MAT201
Communicating Mathematics
2 Semester Credits
An introduction to mathematical speaking, typesetting, presentation technology, reading, and bibliographic
resources. This course does not count as an elective in the mathematics major or minor. Completion of this course
plus one of MAT 304, MAT 314, MAT 324, MAT 355, MAT 369, MAT 374, or MAT 377 taken at Augsburg satisfies the
major’s speaking skill requirement. Students with majors other than mathematics should consult their major
department before taking this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MAT146(Calculus II)
MAT245
Calculus III
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of multivariable calculus including functions of several variables, partial derivatives, vectors and the
gradient, multiple integrals, and parametric representations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MAT146(Calculus II)
MAT246
Linear Algebra
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of linear algebra including systems of linear equations, matrices, linear transformations, abstract vector
spaces, determinants, and eigenvalues.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT245(Calculus III), MAT271(Discrete Mathematical Structures)
MAT248
Biostatistics
4 Semester Credits
Concepts and techniques of probability, descriptive statistics, and statistical inference are applied to scientific studies
in Biology, Medicine and other Health Sciences. Material is centered on real studies in these areas. Other topics
include graphing techniques, correlation and regression, experimental design, combinatorics, point and interval
estimation, hypothesis testing and, time permitting, analysis of variance and nonparametric methods.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of All of BIO151(Introductory Biology), MPL(Math Placement Level 4); MAT145(Calculus I)
MAT252
Exploring Geometry
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of geometry including Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries and geometric transformations with an
emphasis on geometric reasoning, conjecturing, and proof.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MAT145(Calculus I)
MAT271
Discrete Mathematical Structures
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of discrete mathematics including number theory, combinatorics, graph theory, recursion theory, set theory,
and formal logic, with an emphasis on algorithmic thinking, mathematical reasoning, conjecturing, and proof.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of All of 1 of MAT163(Introductory Statistics), MAT248(Biostatistics), MAT252(Exploring Geometry),
MAT287(History of Mathematics); MAT145(Calculus I); MAT146(Calculus II); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
MAT287
History of Mathematics
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of historical importance from the areas of geometry, number theory, algebra, calculus, and modern
mathematics.
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): MAT145(Calculus I)
MAT304
Graph Theory
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of graph theory including standard graphs, classic questions, and topics such as degree sequences,
isomorphism, connectivity, traversability, matching, planarity, coloring, and graph metrics. Focuses on theoretical
structures.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of COM111(Public Speaking), COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and
Technical Public Speaking), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level); MAT271(Discrete Mathematical Structures)
MAT314
Abstract Algebra
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of algebra including the abstract structures of groups, rings, integral domains, and fields. Focuses on
theoretical structures.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), MAT201(Communicating
Mathematics); MAT246(Linear Algebra), MAT271(Discrete Mathematical Structures)
MAT324
Analysis
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of real analysis including limits, boundedness, continuity, functions, derivatives, and series in a theoretical
setting. Focuses on theoretical structures.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), MAT201(Communicating
Mathematics); MAT146(Calculus II), MAT271(Discrete Mathematical Structures)
MAT355
Numerical Mathematics and Computation
4 Semester Credits
Concepts such as polynomial interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical solution of differential
equations, error propagation, practical implementation of numerical methods on modern computers, and
applications.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), MAT201(Communicating
Mathematics); CSC160(Introduction to Computer Science and Communication), MAT146(Calculus II)
MAT363
Dynamical Systems
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of dynamical systems including iteration, stability, orbit diagrams, symbolic dynamics, chaos, and fractals,
along with topics such as applications of dynamical systems and/or complex dynamics including the Mandelbrot set
and Julia sets.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT246(Linear Algebra), MAT269(Modeling and Differential Equations), MAT271(Discrete
Mathematical Structures); MAT146(Calculus II)
MAT369
Modeling and Differential Equations in Biological and Natural Sciences
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of differential equations including quantitative and qualitative solution method of linear and non-linear
systems; the application, modeling, and analysis of differential equations to model biological phenomena.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), HON130(Liberating Letters:
Humanist Tradition), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics); MAT245(Calculus III)
MAT373
Probability and Statistics I
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of probability and statistics including methods of enumeration, random variables, probability distributions,
expectation, the Central Limit Theorem, sampling distributions, methods of estimation, hypothesis testing,
regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric statistics.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MAT245(Calculus III)
MAT374
Probability and Statistics II
4 Semester Credits
A continuation of MAT373. Concepts of probability and statistics including methods of enumeration, random
variables, probability distributions, expectation, the Central Limit Theorem, sampling distributions, methods of
estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric statistics. Includes an applied
project.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), HON130(Liberating Letters:
Humanist Tradition), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics); MAT373(Probability and Statistics I)
MAT377
Operations Research
4 Semester Credits
Concepts of linear programming and its applications to optimization problems from industrial settings including the
simplex method, sensitivity analysis, duality theory, alternate optima, and unboundedness with an emphasis on both
the mathematical theory and the application to current business practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), HON130(Liberating Letters:
Humanist Tradition), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics); MAT246(Linear Algebra)
MAT395
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Study of an advanced topic such as actuarial mathematics, complex analysis, mathematical biology, combinatorics,
graph theory, topology, or foundations of mathematics.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), HON130(Liberating Letters:
Humanist Tradition), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics); 2 of MAT245(Calculus III), MAT246(Linear Algebra),
MAT252(Exploring Geometry), MAT269(Modeling and Differential Equations), MAT271(Discrete Mathematical
Structures), MAT287(History of Mathematics)
MAT397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), HON130(Liberating Letters:
Humanist Tradition), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics)
MAT399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Work-based learning experience that links the ideas and methods of mathematics to the opportunities found in the
internship. For upper division credit, significant mathematical content and presentation at a departmental colloquium
is required.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM112(Contest Public Speaking), COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), HON130(Liberating Letters:
Humanist Tradition), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics)
MAT491
Mathematics Colloquium
0 Semester Credits
Information about contemporary applications, career opportunities, and other interesting ideas in mathematics.
Presented by outside visitors, faculty members, or students. Carries no course credit.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MAT496
Independent Study
1 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MAT498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics)
MAT499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Selection and study of an advanced topic outside of the offered curriculum with the guidance of a faculty member.
Presentation at a departmental colloquium is required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of COM111(Public Speaking),
COM115(Scientific and Technical Public Speaking), MAT201(Communicating Mathematics); CONSENT(Consent of
Instructor)
MBA510
Applied Managerial Economics
3 Semester Credits
Application of economic tools in solving managerial problems. Topics include markets and organizations, demand
and cost functions, demand and supply analysis, game theory and the economics of strategy, pricing incentives,
evaluation, regulation, incentive conflicts and contracts, and ethics and the organizational architecture. Students
develop critical thinking skills and a framework of analyzing business decisions. In summary, the objective of the
course is to help business students become architects of business strategy rather than simply middle managers
following the path of others.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA520
Accounting for Business Managers
3 Semester Credits
Concepts of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for preparing financial statements. Students will learn
to analyze income statements, balance sheets, and annual reports, and to budget using projected sales, fixed and
variable expenses, break-even calculation, and capital budgeting.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA530
Managerial Finance
3 Semester Credits
Understanding the foundations of financial management including markets, institutions, interest rates, risk and return,
and the time value of money. Included are security valuation, corporate valuation, strategic investment and financing
decisions, working capital management, mergers and acquisitions, derivatives, bankruptcy, and multinational
implications.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA540
Business and Professional Ethics
3 Semester Credits
An understanding of the ethical problems faced by people in organizations and businesses today. A framework for
recognizing ethical problems helps the student determine how decisions will affect people positively or negatively.
This course conveys a model of analysis of ethical problems to allow students the ability to make better judgments
about what is right and fair. The course also allows students to gain confidence in their understanding and their
proposed solutions for ethical issues, thus being able to forcefully and reasonably defend their point of view.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA545
Organizational Behavior
3 Semester Credits
Theory and application of organizational behavior to human resources within organizations. Topics include strategies
and tactics for developing human resources to support organizational cultural changes (such as total quality
management), team building, collaboration with other teams, training, the impact of diversity, and evaluation of
contemporary organizational strategies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA550
Marketing Management
3 Semester Credits
Applying marketing theory and practice to real-life marketing situations. Topics include market segmentation,
targeting, positioning, distribution of goods and services, the relationship between price and demand, brand
management, and marketing plans and strategy. Students gain hands-on experience with marketing in crossfunctional organization strategies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA560
Communication Issues in Management
3 Semester Credits
An ethnographic approach to communication in the workplace including how physical settings, communication
channels, institutional goals, institutional culture, and the roles of participants shape communication. Students will
use case studies and their own workplace experiences to examine effectiveness, ideologies and biases, network
theory, persuasive appeals, and communication of institutional values.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA565
Managing in a Global Environment
3 Semester Credits
Explores the reasons, conditions, processes, and challenges of internationalization from an enterprise perspective.
The foci of the course will be international trade theory and institutional governance of international trade/monetary
policy, and the differences in political-economic/socio-cultural systems and their implications for international
business.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA570
Quantitative Decision-Making for Managers
3 Semester Credits
Extracting actionable information from data, interpreting data in tables and graphs, interpreting statistical
significance, evaluating survey data, using data mining with large databases, and using simulation and modeling in
business decisions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA575
Strategic Technology
3 Semester Credits
Making strategic technology decisions most favorable to organization and culture, interaction with customers and
suppliers, and future growth of the organization. Students will come to understand the impact of the internet and
electronic commerce on the traditional business model, the effect on employees, and the ethical and societal results
of given technology choices.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA576
Project Management
3 Semester Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of projects and to projects’ real life struggles and
challenges. The course will focus on the day-to-day, hands-on problems of managing a project, which is defined as a
temporary organization within a permanent organization set up to achieve a specific objective. It will broadly cover
the operational and conceptual issues faced by modern project managers.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA581
Management Consulting Project I
2 Semester Credits
Working in teams with a local organization, students develop expertise in an area related to their vocation, using
communication, leadership, and collaboration skills, and academic knowledge to research, analyze, and make
recommendations. The management consulting project culminates in a presentation to the client and the faculty
adviser. (The Management Consulting Project course is divided into two required 2 credit courses.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA582
Management Consulting Project II
2 Semester Credits
Working in teams with a local organization, students develop expertise in an area related to their vocation, using
communication, leadership, and collaboration skills, and academic knowledge to research, analyze, and make
recommendations. The management consulting project culminates in a presentation to the client and the faculty
adviser. (The Management Consulting Project course is divided into two required 2 credit courses.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA583
Social Entrepreneurship I: Execution, Planning & Strategy for Social Innovation-based
Ventures
3 Semester Credits
This course is intended to provide prospective social entrepreneurs with information and tools to teach you how to
actually start a business, evaluate opportunities for starting a new business, how to choose markets for entry, when
to enter, and what resources and capabilities it will take to enter and provide a platform for future growth. Although
the course will focus especially on entry into social enterprises, it will provide background essential to entrepreneurial
ventures of all types. The course is designed to address the needs of students who either hope to pursue start-up
opportunities upon graduation or in preparation for entrepreneurial activities at later career stages.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA584
Social Entrepreneurship II: Advanced Topics & Practicum in Social Entrepreneurship
3 Semester Credits
Students are assigned to a social enterprise in the local community to work as management consultants on
comprehensive projects. Students perform in-depth business analysis, complete primary and secondary research,
develop strategies and tactics and propose implementation plans to assist the organization realize their goals. Guest
lectures and readings/discussions tie managerial theory to actual practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA592
Leadership: Ethics, Vision, and Transformation
3 Semester Credits
Provides learners with well-rounded, comprehensive leadership skills that will enhance personal and organizational
effectiveness. Leadership skills and abilities have long been viewed as important contributors to success in personal
and professional spheres. Topics include leadership strategy, critical and distinctive functions and skills of
management and leadership, relationship building, servant leadership, leadership communication, and selfawareness and discovery of leadership styles, traits, and abilities.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA593
Health Care Operations Management
3 Semester Credits
This course will provide students with an introduction to Healthcare Operations. Over the past several years, there
has been a general acceptance to apply more sophisticated business optimization techniques to the healthcare
industry. Students will gain an understanding of business management within hospitals, clinics, and multiple hospital
systems. The tools covered in the class focus primarily on those that improve hospital productivity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA595
Strategic Management
3 Semester Credits
Organizations that survive over time generally meet customer needs more effectively than the customer’s
alternatives. These organizations adapt to a constantly changing environment, usually coordinating change in a
variety of different functional areas. Strategy matches the organization’s capabilities to its market position, facilitates
resource allocation, and provides guidance for decision-making. This course is integrative of all subject matter in the
MBA program, and adopts the perspective of senior management.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA596
Managing Innovation
3 Semester Credits
Understanding innovation as a process and creating the conditions for this process to occur successfully within an
organization are the main themes of this course. Learning to integrate design thinking into business that will drive
continuous development and improvement, and develop customer/client emotional connections will be the focus of
the course. Transforming the business, creating brand value, exceeding customer’s expectations, and creating
sustainable, superior competitive advantage through new ways of thinking are the purposes of the course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBA599
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC532
Investment Theory and Portfolio Management
3 Semester Credits
This course discusses investment background such as the investment setting, asset allocation decision, selecting
investments in a global market, and security market indicators, followed by efficient capital markets, portfolio
management and asset pricing models, and multi-factor models of risk and return. Security valuation and analysis
and management of common stocks and bonds are discussed. The course ends with a discussion of professional
asset management and evaluation of portfolio performance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC535
International Finance
3 Semester Credits
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with macro and micro aspects of international finance. At the
macro level, coverage will include theories of direct investment, the international monetary mechanism, foreign
exchange markets, and repercussions from balance of payments difficulties. Micro level materials include problems
of doing business internationally and a survey of public and private foreign and international financial institutions.
Also discussed are the management of risk of multinational operations and their valuation and structure. The course
ends with a discussion of international portfolio investment and asset pricing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC537
Health Care Financing
3 Semester Credits
This course focuses on a variety of public and private third party mechanisms for financing health care services. A
review shall be made of the various trends and constraints associated with each mechanism. Particular attention
shall be a paid to the role of private health insurance and government reimbursement mechanisms for health
services. Prerequisites: MBA 530-Managerial Finance
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC542
Legal and Ethical Considerations in Health Care
3 Semester Credits
This course covers the laws affecting administration of hospitals and other healthcare organizations; administrative
law, corporate and business law, labor law, civil liability and tax-related issues. The course covers the ethical issues
underlying financing, organization, and delivery of healthcare services. Addresses the numerous ethical issues
raised by advances in technology, changing societal values, decreased resources and increasing professional
liability.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC547
Human Resources Issues in Health Care
3 Semester Credits
This course provides complete coverage of relevant human resource issues in health care management, as well as
offering a solid foundation in both HR and health care administrative practices. This course provides a
comprehensive, focused approach to the demands of the current human resources role. This practical, hands –on
course introduces human resources to those who are preparing to work in any area of health care or health service
covering important topics such as recruitment, training, termination, compensation practices, and safety.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC552
Marketing Communications
3 Semester Credits
The course is meant to provide students with an opportunity to analyze, design, and evaluate a comprehensive and
integrated marketing communications program which includes advertising, sales promotions, publicity, and personal
selling decisions. The course focuses on theories, models, and industry experiences that are relevant to the design
and evaluation of a marketing communications plan. Specific topics covered include the communication process,
consumer behavior models and their relevance to marketing communications decisions, marketing communications
research, advertising message and media strategies, the role of the advertising agency, and the integration of
marketing mix decisions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC554
Consumer Behavior
3 Semester Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide students having a basic fluency in marketing with a deeper understanding of
consumer (buyer) behavior, with particular emphasis on the purchase decision process. Specific topics will include:
the role of problem recognition; how buyers seek and evaluate information; and factors that influence buyers’
purchase decisions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MBC599
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MCN301
Research in the Disciplines
2 Semester Credits
Scholars in this two-credit course will investigate and analyze the rocess of research, learning ways to choose and
focus a research topic and question, skills for reading discipline-specific journal articles and conducting literature
reviews, and accepted methods of inquiry and information retrieval. Scholars receive guidance from McNair staff and
their Research Faculty Mentor. Scholars may choose to work on their Research Faculty Mentor’s established topic or
develop their own question. The semester will culminate in the development of a research proposal, building the
scholar’s specific knowledge of the research topic and confidence as a researcher. Scholars participating in an offcampus research experience or internship will be enrolled and have individualized activities as necessary.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC094CE
Everyday Mathematics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC101CE
Lifetime Fitness
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC102CE
Mathematical Thinking
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC103CE
The Modern World
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC104CE
College Mathematics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC105CE
Principles of Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC106CE
Introduction to Art
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC107CE
Historical Geology
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC110CE
Small Business, Start-Up
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC111CE
Effective Writing
4 Semester Credits
Equivalent to IHCC ENG 1108 Emphasizes critical writing, reading, and thinking with attention to rhetorical elements
such as argumentative structure, audience, and purpose. Students learn types of college writing and research
techniques; report, synthesize, and draw conclusions from their readings; document the use of sources; and practice
the writing process.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC112CE
Public Speaking
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC113CE
Research Writing in the Disiplines
2 Semester Credits
Equivalent to IHCC ENG 1111 Research Writing in the Disciplines-WRIT Emphasizes textual analysis of primary and
secondary sources with focus on writing in students’ academic and/or professional disciplines.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC114CE
The Research Paper
4 Semester Credits
Equivalent to IHCC ENG 1114 The Research Paper - WRIT 3 cr Emphasizes critical analysis of fiction or nonfiction
texts, at least one book-length, resulting in a research paper that reflects analysis and synthesis of multiple sources.
Prereq: Grade of C or higher in ENG 1108.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC115CE
Introduction to Philosophy
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC121CE
Introduction to Human Society
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC122CE
20th Century US History
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC123CE
Small Business Management
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC124CE
Urban Politics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC125CE
State and Local Government
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC129CE
Practical Applications of Math
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC130CE
Sociology and the Family
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC131CE
American Government & Politics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC141CE
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC158CE
Political Patterns and Processes
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC190CE
Educational Internship
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC200CE
Introduction to Business
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC201CE
Legal Environment of Business
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC204CE
History of Rock & Roll
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC210CE
Educational Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC211CE
Foundations in Women's Studies
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC222CE
US History Since 1877
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC225CE
Creative Writing
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC226CE
Human Relations in Business
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC231CE
Language and Power
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC240CE
Introduction to Literary Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC241CE
Introduction to Cinema Arts
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC242CE
Humanities: Baroque to Modern
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC251CE
Environmental Science
4 Semester Credits
IHCC Course Equivalent - BIOL 1117 Environmental Science (with lab) Introduces non-majors or majors to
fundamental concepts in ecology focusing on man's increasing impact and exploitation of the environment stressing
the limits of the biosphere with respect to resources, energy, and pollution. Activities will include discussion, group
activities, guest speakers and films. One semester credit of lab included.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC252CE
Principles of Marketing
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC253CE
Chinese Literature
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC254CE
Interpersonal Communication
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC255CE
Small Group Communication
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC256CE
Comparative Religions
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the role and functions of religion in society and religious and philosophical concepts. The class
will introduce selected world religious traditions and cultures through exploring the history and key teachings of the
religions, examining ways of being religious in various traditions, reading various texts and anthropological sources,
class presentations, and lecture. Religions studied include Polytheistic and Monotheistic religions, as well as the
major religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The class will discuss how major world
religions respond to contemporary social/global issues. Eqivalent to IHCC Course HIST 2125 History of World
Religions: Ancient to Modern Time 4 cr Compares and contrasts the history of the values, beliefs and world views
associated with world religious faiths, practices and institutions from ancient to contemporary times. Topics include:
Views of creation, time and death, good and evil, the relation to art, relation to political power, and role in social and
cultural conflict.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MDC265CE
Social Inequalities
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MIS199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MIS260
Problem Solving for Business
4 Semester Credits
This course applies advanced software capabilities like macros, Solver, and Scenario Manager in Microsoft Excel as
well as other simulation and decision support tools for problem solving in business through the use of realistic
business cases.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MIS270
Data Management for Business
4 Semester Credits
Introduces the concepts of data modeling, database structures, and relational databases.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
MIS295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Lectures, discussions, meetings with members of the staff or visiting faculty regarding research methodology and
readings in the area of management information systems.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MIS299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MIS375
Management Information Systems in the Organization
4 Semester Credits
Broad understanding of using information systems to support organizational objectives. Topics include strategic
planning and uses of information systems, business process analysis, and understanding of the components in a
technology architecture.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS200(Exploring Business as a Vocation), BUS242(Principles of Management),
MKT252(Principles of Marketing); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of
ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective
Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
MIS376
Project Management
4 Semester Credits
Develops project management skills needed to initiate, plan, execute, control, and close projects. Combines
theories, techniques, group activities, and computer tools such as Microsoft Project. Emphasizes technical and
communications skills needed to manage inevitable changes.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MIS175(Principles of Computing for Business), MIS260(Problem Solving for Business)
MIS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
MIS475
Systems Analysis and Design
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MIS260(Problem Solving for Business), MIS270(Data Management for Business),
MIS375(Management Information Systems in the Organization)
MIS476
Information Systems Projects
4 Semester Credits
Skills developed in previous courses are used to complete an actual project of systems analysis and design.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MIS175(Principles of Computing for Business), MIS260(Problem Solving for Business),
MIS360(Problem Solving for Business); 1 of MIS270(Data Management for Business), MIS370(Advanced Computing
For Business); MIS375(Management Information Systems in the Organization), MIS376(Project Management),
MIS475(Systems Analysis and Design)
MIS495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Lectures, discussions, and meetings with members of the staff or visiting faculty regarding research methodology
and current problems and policies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
MIS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT252
Principles of Marketing
4 Semester Credits
Principles of basic policy and strategy issues in marketing. Legal, ethical, competitive, behavioral, economic, and
technological factors as they affect product, promotion, marketing channel, and pricing decisions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT350
Consumer Behavior
4 Semester Credits
Consumer behavior theories and principles as they apply to the consumer decision-making process. Impact of
attitudes, values, personality, and motivation on individual decision processes. Analysis of cultural, ethnic, social
class, family, and purchase situation influences. Application to everyday purchasing situations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
MKT352
Marketing Research and Analysis
4 Semester Credits
Research process as an aid to decision making. Emphasis on development of research proposal, methodology, and
collection and analysis of data.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS264(Statistical Literacy for Managers), BUS379(Quantitative Methods for Business and
Economics), MAT163(Introductory Statistics), PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I), SOC362(Statistical
Analysis); MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
MKT354
Sales Management
4 Semester Credits
Formulation, implementation, evaluation and control of sales force programs designed to carry out marketing
objectives. Management of sales force recruitment, departmental structure, training, motivation, territory allocation,
quotas, and compensation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
MKT355
Marketing Communications
4 Semester Credits
Integration of advertising, public relations, sales promotion design, evaluation, and personal selling into a coherent
promotion mix.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
MKT357
Advertising
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to print, broadcast, and Web-based advertising and promotion as important elements in modern
marketing and communications.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
MKT397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
MKT450
Marketing Management
4 Semester Credits
Application of marketing concepts to day-to-day strategies and long-term planning issues; development and
implementation of marketing plans.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MKT355(Marketing Communications), MKT357(Advertising); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); MKT252(Principles of
Marketing), MKT352(Marketing Research and Analysis)
MKT466
International Marketing
4 Semester Credits
Examination of issues and activities unique to marketing in an international setting. Emphasis on adaptation of a
marketing mix according to the international marketing environment.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MKT252(Principles of Marketing)
MKT495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
ML510
Visions of Leadership: A Historical and Literary Journey
3 Semester Credits
Introduction to selected concepts of leadership, providing a historical and philosophical framework for the program.
This course views the nature and purpose of leadership from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML511
Creativity and the Problem-Solving Process
3 Semester Credits
Exploration of creativity from the perspective of traditional aesthetics as well as contemporary organizational
thinking. This course uses creativity as a method, and it examines techniques for solving problems in organizations,
for enhancing innovation, and for seeking an integrative worldview.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML512
Responsible Leadership for the 21st Century
3 Semester Credits
The Augsburg mission statement sets forth the goals of educating students to be responsible leaders. By examining
current social issues and through immersion in Augsburg’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, this course will explore
qualities of responsible leadership. The other three pillars of the Augsburg mission will serve as a framework as we
explore how critical thinking, informed citizenship and thoughtful stewardship shape a responsible leader.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML514
Research Methods
3 Semester Credits
Evaluation and documentation of programs, projects, and ideas as they relate to leadership theories and practice.
Qualitative and quantitative tools will be discussed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML520
Self-Identity, Values, and Personal Growth
3 Semester Credits
Study of the concepts of self-identity, value formation, and personal growth as they relate to professional life; factors
that influence the development of self-identity and personal values; and the effect of personal values on learning and
leadership strategies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML523
Leading Authentically
3 Semester Credits
Authentic leaders understand their core values and align this knowledge with the organization in which they lead. In
this course, students will articulate their leadership strengths, examine models of leadership, and explore
organizational theories in order to develop a leadership plan that honors their authentic selves.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML527
Spirituality and Leadership in the Workplace
3 Semester Credits
The wide-ranging spirituality movement in the workplace is a notable feature of contemporary life. This course
explores the dimensions of this trend and its implications for leadership through a variety of sources and
perspectives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML530
Ethics in Communication
3 Semester Credits
Interdisciplinary study of ethics and communication through the investigation of a variety of ethical perspectives
within human communication. This course places particular attention on the use and abuse of communication in
politics, advertising, and interpersonal relationships. It emphasizes sensitivity to ethical conflicts that arise in social
and organizational settings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML531
Dynamics of Change
3 Semester Credits
Effective leadership, by definition, involves social and organizational change. Beginning at the macro level of
analysis and ultimately focusing on leading and responding to change in organizational settings, this course
examines the paradigms, theories and practices that support successful leadership for change. Collaborative
presentations provide an opportunity to apply course ideas to historical and contemporary issues.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML535
Organization Theory and Leadership
3 Semester Credits
In-depth exploration of organization theory plus related concepts, issues, and concerns. The course is designed to
enable the student to acquire knowledge and develop skills in order to function as a responsible, ethical participant
within various types of organizational structures and cultures.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML536
Facilitating Organizational Change
3 Semester Credits
This course will explore the impact of change on organizations, teams, and individuals. This course will prepare
current and future leaders to effectively lead change efforts in their organizations. This leadership development will
be accomplished through the study of several change management theories and frameworks. Moreover, application
and evaluation of change management theories will be emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML539
Communicating a Self in the Modern Organization
3 Semester Credits
Understanding through reading, reflecting, and dialogue of the functions of communication in organizational settings
with particular emphasis on the self-defining aspects of the social contract between the individual and the
organization in a changing world. Supplementary reading packet, open dialogue, and individual projects.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML540
Political Leadershp: Theory and Practice
3 Semester Credits
Analysis of leadership perspectives in selected political systems and other organizations. Special focus on significant
leadership theories and leaders, past and present. Most theories studied are interdisciplinary and relevant to
business and nonprofit organizations as well as to politics.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML545
Decision Making and Leadership
3 Semester Credits
Review of the decision-making process—the setting, goals, and contingencies—as it affects leaders and leadership.
Analysis of arguments and explanations; analysis of basic statistical concepts and their relationship to decision
making. Assessment of major social decisions, past and present—their intentions, consequences, arguments,
explanations, and justification.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML548
Coaching and Consulting
3 Semester Credits
The purpose of this course is to develop influence skills through the exploration and application of consulting and
coaching practices. To fulfill that purpose participants will read the work of master consultants and coaches, develop
a toolkit, practice consulting as both a consultant and a client, and reflect on these experiences to develop their own
purpose, principles, and practices for influencing others.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML550
Communication, Decision Making, and Technology
3 Semester Credits
Analysis of the role various forms of digitally-mediated communication play in our society and how communication,
decision making, and leadership have been altered by these technologies. Students examine how they can engage
and manage these processes in their organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML553
Design and Leadership
3 Semester Credits
A study of what leaders can learn from artists and designers. The place of aesthetics (look and feel) in today’s
business environment; feeling and the emotions in leadership (Emotional Intelligence); "design" as a cognitive
concept and its place in leadership.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML557
Language of Leadership
3 Semester Credits
Students analyze language from a variety of rhetorical and sociolinguistic perspectives and learn to make judgments
about rhetorical and stylistic strategies. Topics include the use of language as an organizing principle for social
interaction; speech act theory; strategies for giving effective directives; the creation and manipulation of style; the
development of persuasive appeals; the protection of “face;” and strategies for maintaining personal relationships
across hierarchical levels in organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML560
Developing a Multicultural Perspective
3 Semester Credits
This course focuses on the ability to function and lead in culturally diverse contexts within the US. Goals include
improved communication skills and interpersonal sensitivity, appreciation for the complexity of the racial and ethnic
groupings, and awareness of key issues facing those groups.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML563
Leadership in a Global Society
3 Semester Credits
This class focuses on enhancing global leadership competencies, beginning with core concepts and personal
assessments and concluding with a global leadership development project where learners demonstrate their ability
to take theory to practice. Course activities include personal assessments, a critical review paper, a literature review,
and a final project proposal paper in which all the elements come together.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML565
Women and Leadership
3 Semester Credits
A seminar exploring the theory and practice of women and leadership: entrepreneurial, political, and social. An
interdisciplinary approach to issues of women and leadership. Topics include analysis of alternative approaches to
leadership, women and careers, and women in society past and present. The course is intended to enhance the
analytical and leadership skills of the participants.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML570
Negotiation: Theory and Practice
3 Semester Credits
An exploration of theories, strategies, and techniques of negotiation; overview of concepts and skills involved in
negotiation as well as the context in which negotiation occurs. A special emphasis on the collective bargaining model
with survey of examples of other types of negotiation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML574
Strategic Leadership
3 Semester Credits
The course develops students’ ability to think strategically and lead organizations through planning and
implementation. Application of models and concepts to examples and cases from real-life practice. Case studies,
exercises, and readings cover practices in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML575
Constructive Conflict Resolution
3 Semester Credits
Course description: This class addresses conflict from the perspective of one’s personal life, the workplaces and the
world. The course teaches how people are affected by different types of conflict and how to assure constructive
outcomes. Coursework includes reading assignments, class discussion and role plays, two papers that analyze and
resolve conflict situations, and a final paper incorporating all elements of constructive conflict resolution.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML576
Leading Innovation
3 Semester Credits
Course description: Innovation is “people creating value through the implementation of new ideas” (Innovation
Network). This course explores what is involved in providing quality leadership that helps create, lead and assess
innovations within either corporate or nonprofit organizations. It provides a brief overview of the history of innovation
and then will focus on what is involved in successfully leading innovation efforts.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML577
Universal Responsibility and Leadership: A Nicaraguan Experience
3 Semester Credits
The exploration of universal responsibility, conceptually and experientially. Course consists of a seminar in
Minneapolis and one or two weeks in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan portion includes meetings with leaders, a
homestay in the two-week option, and visits to multiple sites and organizations. Topics such as Nicaraguan history,
politics, indigenous cultures, poverty, health care, literacy, the arts, business foreign investment, and relations with
the US government and nonprofit organizations are explored. Special fees apply.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML580
Colloquium on Contemporary Theories of Leadership
3 Semester Credits
Selected contemporary theories of leadership plus a case study on a prominent leader. Student must earn a grade of
3.5 to have this course be counted as one of the final projects under Plans B, C, D. The student must attain a 3.5
within three academic terms (including the term the course is given) or receive a 0.0 for the course. (Prereq: at least
one year course work in MAL and ML510)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): ML510(Visions of Leadership: A Historical and Literary Journey)
ML588
Final Project Seminar: Action Research
3 Semester Credits
In this course students who are pursuing the cohort program will have the opportunity to write their final project doing
action research on their own organization.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML589
Comprehensive Exam Seminar
3 Semester Credits
This course is a completion option for the Master of Arts in leadership. Students prepare for the examination seriesoral, written, and take-home-through discussion, readings, and critical analysis in the seminar. It must be the final
course taken in the program; no other course may be taken at the same time.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML592
Thesis/Leadership Applied Project Consultation I
3 Semester Credits
Independent thesis/leadership applied project research under the guidance of an academic adviser.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML593
Thesis/Leadership Applied Project Consultation II
3 Semester Credits
Completion of the thesis/leadership applied project under the guidance of an academic adviser
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML597
Non-Thesis Independent Project
3 Semester Credits
Major written project in consultation an academic adviser. The research is presented in a colloquium.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML598
Independent Study
3 Semester Credits
Provides directed independent study in an area of the student’s choice. Open to students who have completed at
least three courses with a grade of at least 3.0. Students must complete a Proposal for Independent Study and have
it signed by the supervising instructor. Proposals must be approved by the MAL program director prior to registration
for the course. Students may not take more than one independent study course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML599
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Study of selected topics in leadership that are not treated extensively through current course offerings. Specific
topics will be published prior to registration.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML998
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
ML999
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE111
Augsburg Choir
1 Semester Credits
Praised for its high level of musicianship, this ensemble performs diverse repertoire including compositions by wellknown Scandinavian and American composers as well as a wide variety of music from throughout the world. To meet
the LAF Fine Arts requirement, students must register for 1 credit for 4 consecutive semesters. A maximum of 8
credits may be used toward graduation. Auditions are scheduled the first week of the fall semester or by contacting
the director.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE112
Riverside Singers
1 Semester Credits
The Riverside Singers, directed by Nancy Grundahl, carry on the long tradition of treble choirs at Augsburg College.
This ensemble sings a wide range of repertoire, participates in Vespers and Women’s Voice festival and teaches all
its members principles of healthy singing and good choral musicianship. To meet the LAF Fine Arts requirement,
students must register for 1 credit for 4 consecutive semesters. A maximum of 8 credits may be used toward
graduation. Auditions are scheduled the first week of the fall semester or by contacting the director.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE113
Vocal Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces singers to a range of music composed for small groups of singers and/or
instrumentalists. This course fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to non-music
majors by permission of the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE114
Masterworks Chorale
1 Semester Credits
Celebrating its 19th anniversary of performances under founder and director Peter Hendrickson, the Masterworks
Chorale of Augsburg, is a unique mix of auditioned Augsburg College day students, Weekend College students,
faculty, staff, alumni and community friends. This ensemble performs masterpieces for choir and orchestra and
continues to establish itself as a dynamic choral ensemble in the Twin Cities.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE115
Cedar Singers
1 Semester Credits
The Cedar Singers, directed by Dale Kruse, embraces a wide variety of music, from sacred chant and masterworks
for men’s voices to spirituals and pop songs. The choir is also focused on celebrating the camaraderie and beauty of
male choral singing. To meet the LAF Fine Arts requirement, students must register for 1 credit for 4 consecutive
semesters. A maximum of 8 credits may be used towards graduation. Auditions are scheduled the first week of the
fall semester or by contacting the director.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE121
Orchestra
1 Semester Credits
The Augsburg Symphony Orchestra was formed to explore music from every style and period, and the group has
played everything from settings of traditional Chinese songs and Renaissance masses to jazz standards. Since 2005
conductor Douglas Diamond has worked to build a collegiate symphonic ensemble and the group’s repertoire has
included accessible masterpieces such as symphonies by Beethoven and Schubert. The students’ study of these
styles is enhanced by private lessons with the Augsburg music faculty. To meet the LAF Fine Arts requirement,
students must register for 1 credit for 4 consecutive semesters. A maximum of 8 credits may be used towards
graduation. Auditions are scheduled the first week of the fall semester or by contacting the director.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE122
String Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces string players to a range of music composed for one string player per
part, and may include duos, trios and string quartets as well as music written for strings in combination with other
instrumentalists and/or singers. This course fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to
non-music majors by permission of the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE125
Guitar Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces guitar students to a range of music composed for one guitar per part and
may include duos, trios and quartets as well as music for guitar combined with other instrumentalists or singers. This
course fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to non-music majors by permission of
the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE131
Woodwind Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces woodwind players to a range of music composed for one wind player per
part and may include duos, trios or woodwind quintets as well as music for winds in combination with other
instrumentalists and/or singers. This course fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to
non-music majors by permission of the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE141
Concert Band
1 Semester Credits
The Augsburg Concert Band, directed by Dr. Michael Buck, is a 60-member symphonic band, performing wind band
music of a high artistic level. The group has performed and toured extensively throughout the United States and to
numerous international destinations. To meet the LAF Fine Arts requirement, students must register for 1 credit for 4
consecutive semesters. A maximum of 8 credits may be used towards graduation. Auditions are scheduled the first
week of the fall semester or by contacting the director.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE142
Brass Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces brass players to a range of music composed for one brass player per
part, and may include duos or brass quintet music, as well as music for brass in combination with other
instrumentalists and/or singers. This course fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to
non-music majors by permission of the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE143
Jazz Ensemble
1 Semester Credits
The Augsburg Jazz Ensemble is a group that performs extensively in a wide variety of venues. The literature
performed reflects the cultural diversity and historical context of jazz. Placement is by audition or by arrangement
with the director. Preference is given to Concert Band members.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE144
Percussion Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces percussionists to a wide range of music composed for one player per
part, and may include duos, trios or quartets as well as works for percussion ensemble. Led by studio instructor Matt
Barber, in recent years the group has given its own annual concert of diverse repertoire, instrumentation and musical
styles. This course fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to non-music majors by
permission of the instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE145
Piano Chamber Music
0 Semester Credits
This performance-based course introduces piano students to a range of music composed for one performer per part,
and may include piano duos, trios or music that combines the piano with other instruments and singers. This course
fulfills the small ensemble requirement for music majors, and is open to non-music majors by permission of the
instructor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE294
Opera Workshop
4 Semester Credits
Experience the process of preparation, rehearsal, and performance of operatic repertoire.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUE494
Advanced Opera Workshop
1 Semester Credits
Experience the process of preparation, rehearsal, and performance of operatic repertoire.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUE294(Opera Workshop)
MUP111
Performance Study: Voice
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP116
Performance Study: Electric Bass
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP121
Performance Study: Violin
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP122
Performance Study: Viola
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP123
Performance Study: Cello
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP124
Performance Study: Bass
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP131
Performance Study: Oboe
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP132
Performance Study: Bassoon
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP133
Performance Study: Clarinet
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP134
Performance Study: Saxophone
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP135
Performance Study: Flute
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP137
Performance Study: Horn
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP141
Performance Study: Trumpet
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP142
Performance Study: Trombone
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP143
Performance Study: Baritone
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP144
Performance Study: Tuba
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP152
Performance Study: Piano
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP159
Piano Accompanying
0 Semester Credits
This offering is an opportunity for music majors to receive individual weekly coaching with one of Augsburg’s piano
faculty or staff accompanists, and is highly recommended for students preparing for recitals, auditions, or special
performance projects. Registration requires pre-notification/approval from the appropriate coach. MUP fee schedule
applies (see the Music Department Student Handbook)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP161
Performance Study: Guitar
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP171
Performance Study: Percussion
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP181
Performance Study: Organ
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP191
Performance Study: Harp
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP192
Performance Study: Improvisation
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP193
Performance Study: Composition
0 Semester Credits
These courses are available for qualified liberal arts students with some prior training in music; music minors; and
music majors in their first and second years of study. MUP 1xx-level courses can be repeated and are available for 1
credit (half-hour lesson); 2 credit (one-hour lesson) and 0 credit (half-hour lesson). Registration is by Add/Drop form
and requires a signature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUP311
Performance Study: Voice
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP316
Performance Study: Electric Bass
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP321
Performance Study: Violin
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP322
Performance Study: Viola
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP323
Performance Study: Cello
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP324
Performance Study: Bass
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP331
Performance Study: Oboe
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP332
Performance Study: Bassoon
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP333
Performance Study: Clarinet
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP334
Performance Study: Saxophone
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP335
Performance Study: Flute
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP337
Performance Study: Horn
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP341
Performance Study: Trumpet
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP342
Performance Study: Trombone
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP343
Performance Study: Baritone
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP344
Performance Study: Tuba
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP352
Performance Study: Piano
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP361
Performance Study: Guitar
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP371
Performance Study: Percussion
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP381
Performance Study: Organ
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP391
Performance Study: Harp
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP392
Performance Study: Improvisation
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUP393
Performance Study: Composition
0 Semester Credits
These courses consist of a one-hour weekly, individual lesson designed for music majors. (Prereq.: at least four
semesters of MUP 1xx or its equivalent; a sophomore/transfer music major jury; an approved Music Department
degree application)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUS101
Materials of Music I
2 Semester Credits
Notation, scales, intervals, triads, keyboard harmony, and principles of part writing. (Prereq.: Theory Placement Test)
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS102
Materials of Music II
2 Semester Credits
Diatonic harmony, secondary dominants, and simple modulations. (Prereq.: Theory Placement Test)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I)
MUS105
The Music Business
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the music industry. Topics include copyright, licensing, contracts, publicity, and marketing. Other
topics include the record industry, agents, and managers. Musical genres and historical periods are compared and
analyzed.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS111
Aural Skills I
2 Semester Credits
In this course students will strengthen their listening skills by aurally identifying intervals, chords, scales, and pitch
relationships.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I)
MUS112
Aural Skills II
2 Semester Credits
Development of listening and reading skills to parallel progress in MUS 102.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS111(Aural Skills I)
MUS130
Introduction to Music in the Fine Arts
4 Semester Credits
E.D. Hirsch describes cultural literacy as “the network of information that all competent readers possess.” This
course draws students into that information web using the history of Western art music as the thread that ties culture
together from the Middle Ages to the present. A “top ten of the last millennium” will provide mileposts for
understanding music in social context. Live performance will be a feature of this course. Evaluation of student work
will include short essay papers, several quizzes, and a midterm and final examination. The ability to read music is
not required.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS135
Class Piano 1
1 Semester Credits
This course is designed for beginning pianists with minimal piano training. The course will teach basic piano skills in
the areas of sightreading; scales and chords progressions; improvisation; and repertoire from a variety of styles. The
class will use and apply many of the concepts, terms, and ideas taught in MUS 101/111. (Prereq.: Placement Test)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I), MUS111(Aural Skills I)
MUS136
Class Piano 2
1 Semester Credits
This course is a continuation of MUS 135: Class Piano 1, and will build on the skills introduced in these classes. The
course is designed for students with some prior piano and music theory training and/or students who have completed
a class piano course. (Prereq.: Theory Placement Test)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MUS135(Class Piano 1), MUS155(Class Piano)
MUS152
Class Voice
1 Semester Credits
Fundamentals of tone production and singing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS158
Class Guitar
1 Semester Credits
Beginning techniques of classic guitar.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS160
Fundamentals of Music
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to the basic elements of Western musical notation (pitch, rhythm, meter, intervals, major and minor
scales, key signatures, and chords). Students will develop basic aural and keyboard skills, identify typical
compositional forms in popular and classical music. Students write their own composition for the final project.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS201
Materials of Music III
2 Semester Credits
Continuation of MUS 102 with chromatic harmony and modulation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I), MUS102(Materials of Music II)
MUS202
Form and Analysis
2 Semester Credits
Musical structures of common practice period and introduction to 20th-century practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); MUS201(Materials of Music III),
MUS211(Aural Skills III)
MUS211
Aural Skills III
2 Semester Credits
Melodic, harmonic dictation, and sight singing to parallel progress in MUS 201.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS112(Aural Skills II)
MUS212
Aural Skills IV
2 Semester Credits
Further development of listening skills to parallel progress in MUS 202.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); MUS211(Aural Skills III)
MUS220
Worlds of Music
4 Semester Credits
A survey of non-Western music, this course explores diverse musical styles and instruments from many cultures.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS221
Introduction to Music Technology
2 Semester Credits
Explore aspects of integrating (electronic and information) technology into music performance and music education
activities. Topics include selecting, preparing, utilizing and evaluating technology tools such as software, hardware,
and related products. Emphasis on combining engaging and effective instructional pedagogy practices with music
content knowledge. Technologies include tools for general productivity, music notation, music performance, music
assessment, music production and emerging digital teaching and learning.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MUE111(Augsburg Choir), MUE112(Riverside Singers), MUE114(Masterworks Chorale),
MUE115(Cedar Singers), MUE121(Orchestra), MUE141(Concert Band), MUS101(Materials of Music I)
MUS231
History and Literature of Music I
4 Semester Credits
An intensive survey of the evolution of music from antiquity to 1750, studying music in its historical and cultural
contexts as well as basic knowledge of repertory.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I), MUS102(Materials of Music II), MUS201(Materials of Music III)
MUS232
History and Literature of Music II
4 Semester Credits
Continuation of MUS 231 from 1750 to the present.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I), MUS102(Materials of Music II), MUS201(Materials of Music III)
MUS235
Skills of Music Theater
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to the topic using music and theater techniques to develop the
student’s basic skills of music theater. Concepts of diverse music theater forms are introduced. Course includes
reading, writing, research, class discussion, exercises, small and large group participation, memorization, and public
performance. Students will attend and review live productions.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS237
Class Piano 3
1 Semester Credits
This course is a continuation of Class Piano 1 and 2 and is designed for students with solid piano training (prior to
Augsburg) and/or students who have completed MUS 135 and MUS 136. (Prereq.: Placement Test and/or
permission of instructor)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MUS135(Class Piano 1), MUS136(Class Piano 2), MUS155(Class Piano)
MUS238
Class Piano 4
1 Semester Credits
This course is a continuation of MUS 237: Class Piano 3. At the conclusion of this course students should have a
command of the skills required for the piano proficiency exam. (Prereq.: Placement Test)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MUS135(Class Piano 1), MUS136(Class Piano 2), MUS155(Class Piano), MUS237(Class Piano
3)
MUS241
History of Jazz
4 Semester Credits
This course is a study of the musical elements, cultural perspectives, and the historical developments of jazz. Many
styles of jazz are examined including early New Orleans Dixieland, swing, cool, jazz/rock/fusion, ragtime, bop, and
progressive jazz.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS245
Arts Management and Concert Promotion
4 Semester Credits
A study of the role of the artist manager in career development and the role of the arts administrator in the
management of performing arts projects and organizations. Factors affecting trends and earnings, challenges within
the industry, and differentiation between the for-profit and non-profit sectors are discussed. Emphasis is placed on
developing a working vocabulary of industry topics and in benefiting from practical field experience.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of BUS105(MUSIC Marktn Promotn Publish Recor), MUS105(The Music Business)
MUS251
English Diction
1 Semester Credits
Intensive course covering basic singing pronunciation of English through the study of the art song repertoire.
Includes regular class performances and phoneticization of texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Required
for vocal performance majors and music education majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS252
Italian Diction
1 Semester Credits
Intensive course covering basic singing pronunciation of Italian through the study of the art song repertoire. Includes
regular class performances and phoneticization of texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Required for vocal
performance majors and music education majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS253
German Diction
1 Semester Credits
Intensive course covering basic singing pronunciation of German through the study of the art song repertoire.
Includes regular class performances and phoneticization of texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Required
for vocal performance majors and music education majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS254
French Diction
1 Semester Credits
Intensive course covering basic singing pronunciation of French through the study of the art song repertoire. Includes
regular class performances and phoneticization of texts using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Required for vocal
performance majors and music education majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS271
Introduction to Music Therapy
2 Semester Credits
Study of non-symphonic instruments, Orff-Shulwerk, applications of recreational music activities to clinical settings,
and acquisition of skills in improvisation. Includes on-campus practicum with children.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS272
Human Identity through the Creative Arts
4 Semester Credits
A study of the aesthetic expression and experience as they relate to human identity, with an emphasis on
psychological, cultural, and biological aspects of musical behavior. An understanding of the relationships of the
creative therapies of art, music, drama, and movement.
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS274
Music Therapy Practicum
0 Semester Credits
Volunteer work in a clinical setting acquiring clinical skills in leadership, observation, and functional music skills
including improvisation. Two hours per week. No course credit.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS275
Music Therapy Practicum
0 Semester Credits
Volunteer work in a clinical setting acquiring clinical skills in leadership, observation, and functional music skills
including improvisation. Two hours per week. No course credit.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS290
History of Caribbean Music
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS311
Composition I
2 Semester Credits
This course teaches the ranges and characteristics of voices and orchestral instruments, standard notation and
score layout. Student will also study related 20th-century literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); MUS202(Form and Analysis),
MUS212(Aural Skills IV)
MUS312
Composition II
2 Semester Credits
This course introduces contemporary approaches to melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, and form. Atonality,
serialism, indeterminacy, electronic music, minimalism, decategorization and related literature are also explored.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS311(Composition I)
MUS331
Music of the Baroque Era
2 Semester Credits
This course explores the music, cultural trends, and composers associated with the Baroque Era. Representative
repertoire is studied in conjunction with the cultural forces and ideas that help shape the music. Music majors will
have an opportunity to integrate their liberal arts education, knowledge of music theory and history, and writing skills
through a major research paper.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); MUS231(History and Literature of
Music I), MUS232(History and Literature of Music II)
MUS332
Music of the Classical Era
2 Semester Credits
This course explores the music, cultural trends, and composers associated with the Classical Era. Representative
repertoire is studied in conjunction with the cultural forces and ideas that help shape the music. Music majors will
have an opportunity to integrate their liberal arts education, knowledge of music theory and history, and writing skills
through a major research paper.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); MUS231(History and Literature of
Music I), MUS232(History and Literature of Music II)
MUS333
Music of the Romantic Era
2 Semester Credits
This course explores the music, cultural trends, and composers associated with the Romantic Era. Representative
repertoire is studied in conjunction with the cultural forces and ideas that help shape the music. Music majors will
have an opportunity to integrate their liberal arts education, knowledge of music theory and history, and writing skills
through a major research paper.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); MUS231(History and Literature of
Music I), MUS232(History and Literature of Music II)
MUS334
Music of the 20th Century
2 Semester Credits
This course explores the music, cultural trends, and composers associated with the 20th Century. Representative
repertoire is studied in conjunction with the cultural forces and ideas that help shape the music. Music majors will
have an opportunity to integrate their liberal arts education, knowledge of music theory and history, and writing skills
through a major research paper.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); MUS231(History and Literature of
Music I), MUS232(History and Literature of Music II)
MUS340
Music Therapy Techniques and Materials I
2 Semester Credits
This course will introduce students to primary instruments used in music therapy sessions. Classes will focus on skill
development in accordance with AMTA standards. The course will emphasize functional playing skills as well as
song composition and group leading.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS341
Basic Conducting
2 Semester Credits
Study of fundamental conducting patterns and baton technique, score analysis and preparation, rehearsal
techniques, basic nomenclature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS101(Materials of Music I), MUS111(Aural Skills I), MUS231(History and Literature of Music I)
MUS342
Choral Conducting
2 Semester Credits
Choral literature and organization, vocal methods and voice selection, advanced conducting techniques with class as
the choir.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS341(Basic Conducting), MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUS344
Instrumental Conducting
2 Semester Credits
Preparation of and conducting instrumental literature, advanced conducting techniques, organization of instrumental
ensembles.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS341(Basic Conducting), MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUS345
Music Therapy Techniques and Materials II
2 Semester Credits
This experiential course introduces improvisation and uses the skills acquired inMusic Therapy Techniques and
Materials I.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS355
Music Methods: Strings
2 Semester Credits
This methods course introduces string instrument performance techniques and problems. Students will perform on
violin/viola, cello, and double bass. Other topics include performance practice, instructional pedagogy, instructional
materials, solo and ensemble repertoire, and integration of music technology.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS356
Music Methods: Brass and Percussion
2 Semester Credits
This methods course introduces brass/percussion performance techniques and problems. Students will perform on
at least one brass instrument and snare drum. Other topics include performance practice, instructional pedagogy,
instructional materials, solo and ensemble repertoire, and integration of music technology.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS357
Music Methods: Woodwinds
2 Semester Credits
This methods course introduces woodwind performance techniques and problems. Students will perform on flute,
one single reed instrument, and one double reed instrument. Other topics include performance practice, instructional
pedagogy, instructional materials, solo and ensemble repertoire, and integration of music technology.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS358
Junior Recital
0 Semester Credits
One-half hour recital at repertoire level III for music education majors; one hour recital at level IV for music
performance majors. Studio instructor may request a recital preview.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS359
Music Methods: Vocal
2 Semester Credits
This methods course introduces choral/vocal performance techniques and problems. Students will perform vocal
solo and ensemble repertoire. Other topics include performance practice, instructional pedagogy, physiological
mechanics of singing, and instructional materials.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS363
Expressive and Creative Arts in Healing
4 Semester Credits
An experiential approach to healing through music, art, drama, dance, and movement. Consultants will describe and
demonstrate specific specialties in expressive and creative arts, as used in therapy.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS372
Psychological Foundations of Music I
4 Semester Credits
An objective approach to musical stimuli and response, with an emphasis on acoustics and sociopsychological
aspects of music. An understanding of the research process and development of an experimental research project.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I) *concurrent registration is acceptable*,
SOC362(Statistical Analysis) *concurrent registration is acceptable*; 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math
Placement Level 3)
MUS373
Psychological Foundations of Music II
4 Semester Credits
Implementation of group and individual research projects, emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to music
therapy. Theories of learning music, musical talent, and performance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
MUS374
Music Therapy Practicum
0 Semester Credits
Volunteer work in a clinical setting acquiring clinical skills in leadership, observation, and functional music skills
including improvisation. Two hours per week.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS375
Music Therapy Practicum
0 Semester Credits
Volunteer work in a clinical setting acquiring clinical skills in leadership, observation, and functional music skills
including improvisation. Two hours per week.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS392
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS432
Church Music and Worship
4 Semester Credits
Development and influence of church music as evidenced in contemporary worship practices. Designed for the
general as well as the music and theology student.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS435
Voice Repertoire
2 Semester Credits
A survey of standard art song repertoire from Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, and the Americas.
Includes listening, writing, and performance. Required for vocal performance majors.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS251(English Diction), MUS252(Italian Diction), MUS253(German Diction), MUS254(French
Diction)
MUS436
Piano Repertoire
2 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to a wide variety of music written for keyboard instruments from the 17th century to
the present.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUS231(History and Literature of Music I), MUS232(History and Literature of Music II)
MUS456
Piano Pedagogy
2 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to various ideas, tools, methodologies, and resources associated with piano
teaching. Students will apply what they learn in class to actual teaching experiences through a community servicelearning requirement. This course fulfills the Augsburg Experience requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS458
Senior Recital
0 Semester Credits
One-half hour recital for B.A. Music and B.S. Music Therapy majors. Studio instructor may request a recital preview.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS459
Senior Recital
0 Semester Credits
One hour recital for B.M. Music Education and B.M. Music Performance majors. Studio instructor may request a
recital preview.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS474
Music Therapy Practicum
1 Semester Credits
Volunteer work under the supervision of a Board Certified Music Therapist. Two hours per week.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 3 of MUS274(Music Therapy Practicum), MUS275(Music Therapy Practicum), MUS374(Music
Therapy Practicum), MUS375(Music Therapy Practicum); MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUS475
Music Therapy Practicum
1 Semester Credits
Volunteer work under the supervision of a Board Certified Music Therapist. Two hours per week.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 3 of MUS274(Music Therapy Practicum), MUS275(Music Therapy Practicum), MUS374(Music
Therapy Practicum), MUS375(Music Therapy Practicum); MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUS480
Music Therapy Senior Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Class discussions of theories and research as they apply to therapeutic settings, including discussion of professional
ethics. A holistic approach to therapy with music. This course satisfies the Keystone requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS481
Music Therapy Clinical Internship
0 Semester Credits
Full-time placement in an AMTA-approved internship site for six months (minimum 1,020 hours toward the AMTA
required total of 1,200 hours). Application for internship must be made nine months in advance. (Prereq.: Completion
of all graduation requirements)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MUSICADMIT(Music Department Admission)
MUS498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Advanced research and projects not otherwise provided in the department curriculum.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
MUS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NAS199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NAS299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NAS351
The Modern Nordic Novel
4 Semester Credits
Lectures illustrate the development of the Nordic novel. Class discussion is based on reading selected works in
translation from all five Nordic countries. Norwegian majors will be required to do appropriate readings and written
work in Norwegian.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
NAS352
The Modern Nordic Drama
4 Semester Credits
Readings include dramatic works by Ibsen, Strindberg, and selected 20th-century dramatists. Lectures provide a
context for understanding the development of Nordic drama. Norwegian majors will do appropriate readings and
written work in Norwegian.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NAS399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
NAS499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR111
Beginning Norwegian I
4 Semester Credits
Introduction of the four basic language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Stress is on communication
and its cultural context.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR112
Beginning Norwegian II
4 Semester Credits
Introduction of the four basic language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Stress is on communication
and its cultural context.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of LANGPLCMNT(Language Placement), NOR111(Beginning Norwegian I)
NOR199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR211
Intermediate Norwegian I
4 Semester Credits
Continued acquisition and refinement of communication skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing). Emphasis is on
social or cultural contexts and integrated vocabulary clusters. Selected readings in Norwegian are used as a basis
for class activities and writing exercises. Includes grammar review.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of LANGPLCMNT(Language Placement), NOR112(Beginning Norwegian II)
NOR295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR311
Norwegian Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Practice in spoken and written Norwegian with emphasis on communicative contexts and integrated vocabulary.
Readings in history, social science, and literature form a basis for class activities and frequent writing practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): NOR211(Intermediate Norwegian I)
NOR331
Norwegian Civilization and Culture
4 Semester Credits
A two-tiered approach allows students to place contemporary cultural developments, such as Norway’s changing
role in the global community, into a historical context. Readings in history are supplemented by lectures, newspaper
articles, and video tapes. In Norwegian.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): NOR311(Norwegian Conversation and Composition)
NOR353
Survey of Norwegian Literature
4 Semester Credits
Selected readings in contemporary Norwegian literature provide a basis for the study of major works from earlier
periods, including several in Nynorsk. Readings, lectures, discussion, journals, essays, and oral reports in
Norwegian.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): NOR311(Norwegian Conversation and Composition)
NOR399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR411
Advanced Norwegian Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Extensive practice in spoken and written Norwegian, based on literary and cultural readings. Students serve as peertutors for those registered in NOR 311. Readings, journals, discussion, role-playing, and written and oral reports in
Norwegian.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); NOR311(Norwegian Conversation
and Composition)
NOR495
Topics
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NOR499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR300
Trends and Issues in Nursing
4 Semester Credits
A transitional course designed to investigate the current responsibilities of the professional nurse. Economic, social,
political, and professional trends and issues are explored in relation to their implications for a changing practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR305
Communication
4 Semester Credits
Explores the components of the professional role and continues the professional socialization process. Theories
about how individuals and groups communicate are applied to changing professional roles. With consent of instructor
students may take this course concurrently with NUR 300.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): NUR300(Trends and Issues in Nursing) *concurrent registration is acceptable*; 1 of
ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective
Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
NUR306
Paradigms in Nursing
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to theory-based nursing practice and research. Nursing theory and conceptual models for nursing
practice are studied and applied to practice and research. With consent of instructor students may take this course
concurrently with NUR 300.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): NUR300(Trends and Issues in Nursing) *concurrent registration is acceptable*
NUR403
Families and the Life Cycle
4 Semester Credits
Provides a theoretical basis for nursing interventions with diverse families and explores theories related to family
structure and function throughout the life span.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): NUR305(Communication), NUR306(Paradigms in Nursing)
NUR410
Community Health Nursing I
4 Semester Credits
Introduces the theory and methods that are essential to maintain or improve the health of culturally diverse
individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); 1 of NUR300(Trends and Issues in
Nursing), NUR330(Trends and Issues in Nursing); NUR305(Communication), NUR306(Paradigms in Nursing)
NUR411
Practicum: Community Health Nursing II
4 Semester Credits
Provides clinical experience in community-based health care delivery systems. Students will apply nursing process,
teaching/learning theory, and public health principles with culturally diverse clients.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), NUR410(Community Health Nursing I)
NUR432
Transcultural Healing Practices
4 Semester Credits
This course will introduce students to complementary healing practices including the historical and cultural contexts
in which they developed. Students will discuss the philosophical underpinnings of therapeutic systems and
paradigms of healing in selected complementary therapies: music therapy, energy healing practices, movement
therapies, homeopathy, manual therapies, nutrition, and nutritional supplements. Students will apply these
understandings to self-care of the nurse as well as patient populations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR490
Leadership/Management
4 Semester Credits
The capstone course for the nursing major. Integrates concepts from nursing and the liberal arts. Examines the
professional nurse roles of leader and manager. Concepts of change, conflict, and system dynamics are explored.
Ethics, accountability, and advocacy in the leader-manager role are studied. Application of theory occurs in selected
practice settings with a professional nurse preceptor. This course satisfies the Keystone requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); NUR300(Trends and Issues in
Nursing), NUR305(Communication), NUR306(Paradigms in Nursing)
NUR495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Provides opportunities for in-depth exploration of selected topics in nursing. The subjects studied will vary depending
upon the interests of the faculty and students.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR496
Independent Study/Research
1 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR499
Independent Study/Research
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR500
Transcultural Health Care
3 Semester Credits
This course explores meanings and expressions of health, illness, caring, and healing transculturally. Culture is
examined as a pervasive, determining "blue print" for thought and action throughout the human health experience.
Patterns of human interaction that foster health and quality of life are analyzed and health destroying patterns of
interaction, i.e., stereotyping, discrimination, and marginalization, are submitted to moral and ethical reflection.
Likewise, power structures within dominant social systems (including the Western bio-medical care system) are
discussed to identify dilemmas of justice related to resource allocation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR500P1
Practicum: Transcultural Healthcare in the City
1 Semester Credits
This practicum is associated with NUR 500 and focuses on meanings and expressions of health, illness, caring and
healing transculturally. The setting for activities is the inner city of Minneapolis, MN in the culturally diverse
neighborhoods that include the Health Commons at Central Lutheran and the Cedar-Riverside Plaza. This faculty led
practicum will introduce students to fundamental skills of Transcultural Nursing in connecting to marginalized
populations in the neighborhoods.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR500P2
Practicum: Transcultural Healthcare in Oaxaca, Mexico
1 Semester Credits
This is the practicum associated with NUR 500, which focuses on Transcultural Nursing. This practicum will
introduce students to fundamental skills of Transcultural Nursing through exploring cultural diversity and traditions in
Oaxaca, Mexico.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR501
Transcultural Care Systems
3 Semester Credits
In this course, organizations are viewed as cultural systems that are complex and adaptive, where continuous
change and unpredictability rule the development and course of evolution. The importance of relationships, the role
of self-organization, the processes of emergence and co-evolution are explored via readings and discussions.
Attendance at a local, national, and/or international nursing leadership conference is mandatory. Dialogue and
networking with a variety of nursing leaders to understand the context of transcultural health care organizations are
expected.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR501P1
Practicum: Transcultural Care Systems
1 Semester Credits
This is the practicum associated with NUR 501, which focuses on the context of transcultural healthcare systems.
Mandatory attendance at a local, national and/or international nursing leadership conference and dialogue and
networking with a variety of nursing leaders will be part of the experiential learning process of this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR501P2
Practicum: Transcultural Care Systems and the Millenium Development Goals in SubSaharan Africa
1 Semester Credits
This practicum explores the social-cultural determinants of health and illness that impact MDG achievement in subSaharan Africa. As such, economic realities, education levels, governmental policies, gender roles, access to
technology, and the availability of health care providers are examined in relation to burdens of suffering and disease
evident in local communities. Leadership skills and knowledge that promote MDG achievement in local, regional, and
national contexts are identified and applied through experiential practical learning activities.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR505
Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice
3 Semester Credits
This course focuses on nursing science and nursing theory as foundational to advanced transcultural nursing
practice. Philosophical underpinnings of different theoretical and research traditions in nursing are compared and
related to the provision of culturally competent care in diverse communities. Nursing science is emphasized as a
process of theory advancement and as an accumulating body of nursing knowledge.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR505P1
Practicum: Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing in the City
1 Semester Credits
This practicum is associated with NUR 505. It will focus on three linked concepts that are foundational to the MAN
program: scarcity & abundance; radical presence; peace & justice. Through experiences in the inner city of
Minneapolis, students and faculty will encounter people who can convey how these concepts affect the complexity of
their daily lives. Nursing theory will be applied to these experiences, diverse ways of knowing explored, and new
forms of nursing practice inspired and imagined.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR505P2
Practicum: Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing
1 Semester Credits
This practicum focuses on nursing science and nursing theory as foundational to advanced nursing practice.
Philosophical underpinnings of different theoretical and research traditions in nursing are compared and related to
the provision of culturally competent care in diverse communities. Nursing science is emphasized as a process of
theory advancement and as an accumulating body of nursing knowledge and care practices.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR505P3
Practicum: Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing in England
1 Semester Credits
This practicum focuses on nursing science and nursing theory as foundational to advanced nursing practice.
Practical application of embodied ways of knowing is essential to understanding transcultural variations in health and
healing practices, patient and self-care modalities, and expanding conscious awareness of the nurse. This course
expands the student’s horizon of meaning and action potential in the world.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR520
Research Methods in Nursing
3 Semester Credits
Through a combination of literature review, field experience, and class discussion, research methods relevant to the
exploration of culture and health will be examined. Class topics will include formulating study questions to explore
collective foundations of meaning and explanation in health and illness, practice in data collection procedures of field
research, and issues of interpretation and analysis in qualitative research. (Prereq.: college-level statistics course)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR521
Transformational Nursing Leadership
3 Semester Credits
This course emphasizes transformational nursing leadership and management in partnership with diverse groups.
Transcultural competence is lifted up as significant to the evolving leadership and planning skills needed in emerging
care systems. Opportunities for students to engage in designing relevant models of care delivery are woven into
clinical practica.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR521P1
Practicum: Transformational Nursing Leadership
1 Semester Credits
This is the practicum associated with NUR 521 which focuses on transformational nursing leadership. Students will
devote 45 hours to participant-observation in nursing leadership. Students will select and work with a nurse leader
during the observational experience.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR523
Theory, Research, and Practice Seminar
3 Semester Credits
The conceptualization, investigation, and application of nursing knowledge will be critiqued with particular focus on
its contribution to developing practice in transcultural community health care. Through reflection and dialogue, which
includes professional experience of practice contexts, as well as theoretical and research literature, students will
formulate a transcultural nursing model of care. (Prereq.: consent of instructor)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): NUR505(Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice), NUR520(Research Methods in
Nursing)
NUR523P1
Practicum: Theory, Research, and Practice
2 Semester Credits
This practicum is associated with NUR 523 and focuses on developing critical relationships, networking with
appropriate organizations, and formulating a structure and method to implement the final project. This practicum will
inform the writing of one’s graduate field project related to transcultural nursing practice and/or transformational
nursing leadership.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR525
Graduate Field Project
3 Semester Credits
This course focuses on the application and integration of knowledge to a student-selected issue or topic of concern
relevant to transcultural nursing, community health nursing, and/or transformational nursing leadership. This course
focuses on a written report of the student’s project that has been developed in the nursing core. Relevant
coursework is integrated into the project and the final written report. Plans for disseminating the report for public and
professional use are encouraged. Students will defend the project to their graduate committee (major faculty adviser
and two readers) and invited guests at the time of completion. (Prereq.: consent of instructor)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR525P1
Practicum: Graduate Field Project
2 Semester Credits
This is the practicum associated with NUR 525 that focuses on the writing of the graduate field project related to
transcultural nursing practice and/or transformational nursing leadership. Working with a nursing faculty adviser
(instructor), students complete their final written report of a theory-based model of advanced nursing practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR530
The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for Transformation
3 Semester Credits
In this course, the student will explore ritual and ceremony from a transcultural perspective. Attention will be focused
on rituals and ceremonies in specific cultures and religions, and in the modern American medical system that
sustains its own rituals. In some cultures, formal or informal religious practices may be integral to the ritual of
ceremony and healing. In modern American culture, the perceived division between the mind, body, and spirit has
led to ritual and ceremony being considered adjunctive to the scientific approach ritual and ceremony into their lives
and health care practices. Students will also discuss the meaning of ritual and ceremony to their own lives and
professional practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR530P1
Practicum: The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for Healing and Transformation in Lakota
Culture
1 Semester Credits
Students will explore ritual and ceremony from a transcultural perspective and participate in rituals and ceremonies
of the Lakota people. Additionally, opportunities are provided to interact with persons who integrate ritual and
ceremony into their lives and healthcare practices, visit sacred sites of the Lakota people, and spend time in deeper
reflection on the meaning and practice of rituals and ceremonies in their own personal and professional lives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR530P2
Practicum: The Power of Ritual and Ceremony for Healing and Transformation in Lakota
Culture
1 Semester Credits
Students will explore ritual and ceremony from a transcultural perspective and participate in rituals and ceremonies
of the Lakota people. Additionally, opportunities are provided to interact with persons who integrate ritual and
ceremony into their lives and healthcare practices, visit sacred sites of the Lakota people, and spend time in deeper
reflection on the meaning and practice of rituals and ceremonies in their own personal and professional lives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR532
Transcultural Healing and Self Care
3 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to integral healing practices including their historical and cultural contexts. Reflection
and dialogue on the philosophical underpinnings of therapeutic systems and paradigms of healing are explored.
Potential modalities include: music and art therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, mind-body healing, spiritual
practices, energy healing, movement therapies, homeopathy, or massage. Students learn self-care and applications
to patient populations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR532P1
Practicum: Transcultural Healing Practices and Self Care
1 Semester Credits
This practicum introduces students to holistic healing practices including their historical and cultural contexts.
Students reflect and dialogue on the philosophical underpinnings of therapeutic systems and paradigms of healing.
Potential modalities include: music and art therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, mind-body healing, spiritual
practices, energy healing therapies, movement therapies, bio-geometry, homeopathy, or massage. Students learn
self-care and application to patient populations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR532P3
Practicum: Transcultural Healing Practices and Self Care
1 Semester Credits
This practicum introduces students to holistic healing practices including their historical and cultural contexts. On this
journey, students are immersed in energies present at ancient sacred sites and churches of England. Students learn
to consciously merge science with spirit to connect with the healing energies of the cosmos. A process of expanding
consciousness is embodied in individual and group work.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR541
The Politics of Health Care
3 Semester Credits
This course will explore how health and illness are related to inequities in society and dynamics of power in systems
of health care. The following issues will be examined in the course: How widening gaps in the distribution of wealth
diminish the health of all members of society; how social inequities become medicalized as health disparities, how an
emphasis on profit in health care affects the distribution of healing resources in the population, and what strategies
the poor and powerless employ to gain access to health care resources. This course will include an optional study
abroad experience in Guatemala.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR541P1
Practicum: The Politics of Health Care in the City
1 Semester Credits
This practicum is associated with NUR 541. It focuses on how health and illness are related to structures in society
and dynamics of power in systems of health care. The impact of structural violence and health inequities is
discussed through dialogue with community leaders and local residents. In this practicum students will begin to name
and bear witness to injustice particular to diverse cultural groups in two neighborhoods of Minneapolis. Practice
models that support free space for collective agency will be experienced.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR541P2
Practicum: The Politics of Health Care in Oaxaca, Mexico
1 Semester Credits
This is the practicum associated with the NUR 541 course that focuses on the Politics of Health Care. This practicum
will examine issues of social justice and health inequities among marginalized groups through experiences in
Oaxaca, Mexico.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR596
Topics
1 Semester Credits
Study of selected topics that are not treated extensively through current course offerings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR597
Topics
2 Semester Credits
Study of selected topics that are not treated extensively through current course offerings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR598
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Study of selected topics that are not treated extensively through current course offerings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR599
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Study of selected topics that are not treated extensively through current course offerings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR701
Practicum: Directed Study
1 Semester Credits
Directed study practica build upon advanced nursing competencies developed at the master’s level to expand and
deepen knowledge supporting expert nursing practice. In the practica students will integrate and synthesize
knowledge from emic wisdom with the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the basis
for the highest level of transcultural nursing practice. Students are expected to enhance practice and/or systems
management skills, including clinical reasoning, and advance to a higher level of expertise in transcultural nursing
and community health. As such, directed study practica are individualized to students’ specific areas of interest and
are planned by students in consultation with a major faculty advisor, cultural guides, and other mentors in the
communities in which they wish to carry out the practicum.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR702
Practicum: Directed Study
2 Semester Credits
Directed study practica build upon advanced nursing competencies developed at the master’s level to expand and
deepen knowledge supporting expert nursing practice. In the practica students will integrate and synthesize
knowledge from emic wisdom with the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the basis
for the highest level of transcultural nursing practice. Students are expected to enhance practice and/or systems
management skills, including clinical reasoning, and advance to a higher level of expertise in transcultural nursing
and community health. As such, directed study practica are individualized to students’ specific areas of interest and
are planned by students in consultation with a major faculty advisor, cultural guides, and other mentors in the
communities in which they wish to carry out the practicum.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR703
Practicum: Directed Study
3 Semester Credits
Directed study practica build upon advanced nursing competencies developed at the master’s level to expand and
deepen knowledge supporting expert nursing practice. In the practica students will integrate and synthesize
knowledge from emic wisdom with the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the basis
for the highest level of transcultural nursing practice. Students are expected to enhance practice and/or systems
management skills, including clinical reasoning, and advance to a higher level of expertise in transcultural nursing
and community health. As such, directed study practica are individualized to students’ specific areas of interest and
are planned by students in consultation with a major faculty advisor, cultural guides, and other mentors in the
communities in which they wish to carry out the practicum.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR704
Practicum: Directed Study
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR711
Practicum: Culture Care on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
1 Semester Credits
This practicum focuses on health and wellness on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in western South Dakota.
Professional and indigenous care systems, patterns of health, and community strengths and resources are examined
within the cultural context of reservation life, traditional Lakota values, economic resources, and political realities.
Immersion in the life of the community, critical reflection and dialogue with Elders, artists and community members
foster discovery and professional and personal growth.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR711P
Practicum: Culture Care on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
1 Semester Credits
Emphasis is on health and wellness on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in western South Dakota. Patterns of
health, community strengths and resources, and care systems (bio-medical and indigenous) are explored within the
socio-cultural context of reservation life, including economic realities on the Pine Ridge, and politics within a tribal
community. Lakota traditions and values are experienced through engagement in the life of the community, critical
reflection and dialog with Lakota elders and community members.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR722
Practicum: Ancient Healing Practices and Modern Implications
2 Semester Credits
This practicum immerses students in ancient settings of healing in England—the healing waters of the Roman baths
and the healing energy of and the sacred sites of ancient Celts. The importance of a connection to the land and
cosmos is embodied in the origins of modern-day nursing. A visit to Homerton Hospital in Hackney, London,
exemplifies transcultural care with a diverse population of immigrants and asylum seekers.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR732
Practicum: Dia de los Muertos
2 Semester Credits
In this practicum students are immersed in the ancient tradition of honoring the children and ancestors during the
celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Living in Cuernavaca or Oaxaca, Mexico, students are guided by
indigenous participants in rituals and ceremonies that invite the return of ancestors who have died. Globalization of
the holiday and its modifications through culture contact are revealed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR742
Practicum: Health and Community Building in Guatemala
2 Semester Credits
This practicum explores health as a human right. Analysis will focus on how widening gaps in the distribution of
wealth diminishes the health of all members of society. Learning is based on immersion experiences in Guatemala
City and highland Mayan communities. Observation, presentations by cultural guides, and classroom discussions will
reflect on health and social justice for marginalized people. Participation in traditional back-strap weaving will guide
reflection on the relationship of health and cultural continuity. Spanish language school is an option in this practicum.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR762
Practicum: Exporing Millennium Development Goal Achievement in Sub-Saharan Africa
2 Semester Credits
Students focus on the development of leadership skills that promote Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. Practicum activities are designed to engage health care professionals and
members of local communities in best practices for achieving MDG targets by 2015. Structured lectures and
discussions supplement practice and encourage students to explore sociocultural determinants of health and illness
—economic realities, cultural values and gender roles, education levels, governmental policies, access to
technology, and the competence of health care providers—in relation to the unequal burdens of suffering and
disease evident in Africa.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR799
Internship
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR800
Practice Wisdom (Metis) and Evidence: Dialectic Between Knowledge & Engagement
3 Semester Credits
This course provides a foundation for building the scholarship of advanced practice in transcultural and public health
nursing. Sources of knowledge and procedures for acquiring knowledge, both formal and informal, will be studied for
the power to positively influence health outcomes. Evidence will be evaluated for relevance to practical experience
based on context specific (emic) positions and for rigor in empirical procedures based in context-free (etic)
perspectives
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR802
Making Room at the Table: Creating Collaborative Networks and Common Spaces
3 Semester Credits
This course focuses on communities as the foundation of health. Care models that minimize the expert role in
planning and are embedded in local contexts of experience and tradition will be explored. From the perspective that
hoarding abundance compromises the health of everyone, the course facilitates human connections that go beyond
charity to acting from a basis of shared risk and solidarity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR803
Transcultural Cosmologies and a Global Perspective
3 Semester Credits
This course focuses on communities as the foundation of health. Care models that minimize the expert role in
planning and are embedded in local contexts of experience and tradition will be explored. From the perspective that
hoarding abundance compromises the health of everyone, the course facilitates human connections that go beyond
charity to acting from a basis of shared risk and solidarity.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR805
Ways of Knowing: Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence
3 Semester Credits
Drawing on insights from complexity science, this course examines the diverse ways of knowing that guide
professional practice. It focuses on the comparative analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Students will
critically reflect on the data, unpacking it and uncovering the meaning behind the data that supports their practice.
Comparing the positivistic and interpretive stance, the students will examine relevant knowledge and ways of
knowing that provide scholarly grounding for their professional expertise.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR806
Ecology of Human Suffering in a World of Extremes
3 Semester Credits
This course examines the cumulative illness-producing effects of inequities that are embedded in structures of social
privilege and disadvantage. Human suffering is viewed as neither coincidental nor inevitable, but related to
exploitation and organized cruelty within social systems. Epidemiological approaches are used to trace patterns of
disease and illness that strike population groups and communities unequally around the world. Health status
appraisal, risk analysis, and the levels of structural violence in society will be examined using culturally responsive
data collection methods, resource accessibility, and the application of appropriate technology.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR807
Magic, Medicine, and Healing Spirits: Transcultural Perspectives on Health Care
3 Semester Credits
This course explores transcultural healing and caring modalities including the integration of traditional and scientific
healing ceremonies and beliefs. Healing traditions among indigenous peoples will be examined, including spiritual
forces that promote health and cause illness. The use of medicinal plants for healing in indigenous traditions will be
compared to contemporary views of health and healing in bio-scientific models of curing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR811
First Year Doctoral Seminar
1 Semester Credits
Students are required to register for a seminar each term they are in the DNP program. The purpose of DNP
seminars is to integrate diverse practicum experiences with students’ individual practice interests. As such, the
seminars provide a venue for students to test ideas for their practice with faculty and peers and receive relevant
feedback and support. Through dialogue in the seminars, students work on their DNP capstone projects and
professional portfolios. The last seminar (NUR 841) culminates in the successful completion of a scholarly capstone
project that advances nursing practice. Students register for NUR 841 during the term in which they will be
completing and presenting their final doctoral project, along with their professional portfolios. The professional
portfolio documents the process of theory and research integration and the emerging practice innovations the
student is implementing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR821
Second Year Doctoral Seminar
1 Semester Credits
Students are required to register for a seminar each term they are in the DNP program. The purpose of DNP
seminars is to integrate diverse practicum experiences with students’ individual practice interests. As such, the
seminars provide a venue for students to test ideas for their practice with faculty and peers and receive relevant
feedback and support. Through dialogue in the seminars, students work on their DNP capstone projects and
professional portfolios. The last seminar (NUR 841) culminates in the successful completion of a scholarly capstone
project that advances nursing practice. Students register for NUR 841 during the term in which they will be
completing and presenting their final doctoral project, along with their professional portfolios. The professional
portfolio documents the process of theory and research integration and the emerging practice innovations the
student is implementing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR831
Third Year Doctoral Seminar
1 Semester Credits
Students are required to register for a seminar each term they are in the DNP program. The purpose of DNP
seminars is to integrate diverse practicum experiences with students’ individual practice interests. As such, the
seminars provide a venue for students to test ideas for their practice with faculty and peers and receive relevant
feedback and support. Through dialogue in the seminars, students work on their DNP capstone projects and
professional portfolios. The last seminar (NUR 841) culminates in the successful completion of a scholarly capstone
project that advances nursing practice. Students register for NUR 841 during the term in which they will be
completing and presenting their final doctoral project, along with their professional portfolios. The professional
portfolio documents the process of theory and research integration and the emerging practice innovations the
student is implementing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR841
Final Year Doctoral Seminar
1 Semester Credits
Students are required to register for a seminar each term they are in the DNP program. The purpose of DNP
seminars is to integrate diverse practicum experiences with students’ individual practice interests. As such, the
seminars provide a venue for students to test ideas for their practice with faculty and peers and receive relevant
feedback and support. Through dialogue in the seminars, students work on their DNP capstone projects and
professional portfolios. The last seminar (NUR 841) culminates in the successful completion of a scholarly capstone
project that advances nursing practice. Students register for NUR 841 during the term in which they will be
completing and presenting their final doctoral project, along with their professional portfolios. The professional
portfolio documents the process of theory and research integration and the emerging practice innovations the
student is implementing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR892
Topics in Advanced Nursing Practice
1 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR893
Topics in Advanced Nursing Practice
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR894
Topics in Advanced Nursing Practice
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR897
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR898
Independent Study
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR998
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
NUR999
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
OJB111
Beginning Ojibwe I
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the language and culture of the Ojibwe (Chippewa). Emphasis is on vocabulary, reading, writing,
and conversational skills. Classroom practice will include linguistic patterns and oral interaction.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
OJB112
Beginning Ojibwe II
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the language and culture of the Ojibwe (Chippewa). Emphasis is on vocabulary, reading, writing,
and conversational skills. Classroom practice will include linguistic patterns and oral interaction.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): OJB111(Beginning Ojibwe I)
PA501
Human Anatomy and Neuroanatomy
8 Semester Credits
This course takes a regional approach to the study of human anatomy. The course uses lecture, demonstration,
discussion and dissection of human cadavers. The intention is to give the students a foundation for Clinical Medicine.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA503
Human Pathophysiology
4 Semester Credits
The course uses lecture, detailed objectives/study guide, quizzes and exam, discussion and case studies to learn
and review basic human physiology and pathophysiology involving fluids and electrolytes; acid/base disturbances;
cellular adaptations; immunity, hypersensitivity, inflammation, and infection; hematology; pulmonary; cardiovascular
system; gastrointestinal system; renal; nervous system; and musculoskeletal system. The intention is to give the
students a foundation for Clinical Medicine.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA511
History and Physical Exam Skills I
7 Semester Credits
A lecture-discussion-laboratory course designed to demonstrate and apply techniques and skills essential to
interviewing and physical examination of patients. Topics covered include history taking and physical exam of the
cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, lymph, skin and otorhinolaryngology systems. Basic nutrition, genetics,
preventative health care, and complimentary and alternative medicine are introduced. Units are coordinated with
Clinical Medicine I and Pharmacotherapy I.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA501(Human Anatomy and Neuroanatomy), PA503(Human Pathophysiology)
PA512
History and Physical Exam Skills II
7 Semester Credits
A lecture-discussion-laboratory course designed to demonstrate and apply the techniques and skills essential to
interviewing and physical examination of patients. Topics covered include history taking and physical exam of the
musculoskeletal system, neurology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, and the male reproductive system. Units are
coordinated with Clinical Medicine II and Pharmacotherapy II.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA511(History and Physical Exam Skills I)
PA521
Pharmacotherapy I
5 Semester Credits
This course will cover pharmacology and pharmacotherapy related to disease processes of the dermatologic,
cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and otolaryngologic systems and infectious diseases. Units are
coordinated with the Clinical Medicine I and History and Physical Exam Skills I courses.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA501(Human Anatomy and Neuroanatomy), PA503(Human Pathophysiology)
PA522
Pharmacotherapy II
5 Semester Credits
This course will cover pharmacology and pharmacotherapy related to disease processes of the orthopedic,
neurologic, ophthalmologic, hematologic, renal, urologic and endocrine systems and pain management. Units are
coordinated with the Clinical Medicine II and History and Physical Exam Skills II courses.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA521(Pharmacotherapy I)
PA531
Clinical Medicine I
8 Semester Credits
This course provides background in the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and
treatment of common and serious disorders. Topics covered include dermatology, cardiology, pulmonology,
gastroenterology, and otorhinolaryngology. This course builds on the foundation laid in Anatomy and
Pathophysiology. Units are coordinated with concurrent courses in History and Physical Exam Skills I and
Pharmacotherapy I.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA501(Human Anatomy and Neuroanatomy), PA503(Human Pathophysiology)
PA532
Clinical Medicine II
8 Semester Credits
This course provides background in the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and
treatment of common and serious disorders. Topics covered include orthopedics, rheumatology, neurology,
ophthalmology, hematology, nephrology, urology, and endocrinology. Global health and health care disparity are
explored. Units are coordinated with concurrent courses in History and Physical Exam Skills II and Pharmacotherapy
II.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA531(Clinical Medicine I)
PA533
Clinical Medicine III
4 Semester Credits
An integrative approach incorporating the principles of clinical medicine, history and physical exam, and
pharmacotherapy focusing on the provision of medical care in pediatrics and women's health. Common and serious
problems encountered in primary care are explored. Students will be introduced to topics in emergency medicine and
complete a field-based orientation to surgical practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA532(Clinical Medicine II)
PA534
Clinical Medicine IV
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an integrative approach incorporating the principles of clinical medicine, history and physical
exam, and pharmacotherapy in the study of geriatrics and mental health. Common and serious problems
encountered in primary care and other issues unique to these populations are explored. Students will be introduced
to topics in emergency medicine and complete a service-learning experience with an older adult from the community.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA533(Clinical Medicine III)
PA542
Professional Issues
2 Semester Credits
A course designed to introduce the physician assistant student to medical ethics and various professional topics that
affect the practicing physician assistant. The course focus is on the medical and non-medical aspects of the
profession such as: history of the physician assistant profession, laws and regulations governing physician assistant
practice and education, human experimentation, abortion, care for the dying, euthanasia, reimbursement issues, and
professional behavior.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA545
Clinical Phase Transition
4 Semester Credits
This course incorporates experiential learning to prepare the student for clinical practice. It will also facilitate the
transition of knowledge and skills from the academic phase into the clinical phase. Students will be placed in a clinic
or hospital setting for part of the semester. Students will also have other health-related community experiences and
activities during this course. In-class time will be used to discuss these experiences and work on skills essential for
clinical practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA532(Clinical Medicine II)
PA555
Research Tools for the Physician Assistant
2 Semester Credits
This course emphasizes research as a tool at all levels of physician assistant practice and education; identifies the
linkages between research, theory, and medical practice and the responsibility of physician assistant to expand their
knowledge base. Primary, secondary, and tertiary disease prevention applications to public health are introduced.
Information literacy in relationship to medical literature is integrated throughout the course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA570
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging
3 Semester Credits
This course provides an opportunity for students in health and social services disciplines to explore issues related to
aging and care of the elderly. Students gain real world experiences by working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary
context. Students will be asked to apply knowledge and skills directly with elders utilizing an experiential learning
model. Students will build a beginning expert level knowledge base regarding issues that affect older adults in
contemporary health and social welfare contexts.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA595
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA599
Directed Study
3 Semester Credits
This course provides a practice-oriented approach to the information literacy methods used in health care. Students
will develop a topic, complete a full review of the literature and produce an analytic paper in consultation with
supervising professor.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA555(Research Tools for the Physician Assistant)
PA600
Family Medicine Clinical Practicum
4 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of systemic
diseases and conditions unique to the clinical practice of family medicine. Inclusion of proper data collection through
history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation and development of
treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA601
Internal Medicine Clinical Practicum
4 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of systemic
diseases and conditions unique to the clinical practice of internal medicine. Inclusion of proper data collection
through history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and
development of treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current
medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA602
General Surgery Clinical Practicum
4 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of systemic
diseases and surgical conditions unique to the clinical practice of General Surgery. Inclusion of proper data collection
through history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and
development of treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current
medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA603
Pediatric Clinical Practicum
3 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of systemic
diseases and surgical conditions unique to the clinical practice of Pediatrics. Inclusion of proper data collection
through history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and
development of treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current
medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA604
Women's Health Clinical Practicum
3 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of systemic
diseases and surgical conditions unique to the clinical practice of Women’s Health. Inclusion of proper data collection
through history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and
development of treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current
medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA605
Emergency Medicine Clinical Practicum
4 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of systemic
diseases and surgical conditions unique to the clinical practice of Emergency Medicine. Inclusion of proper data
collection through history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation,
and development of treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of
current medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA606
Psychiatric Clinical Practicum
3 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of Psychiatric
diseases and conditions unique to the clinical practice of Psychiatric Medicine. Inclusion of proper data collection
through history and physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and
development of treatment plans utilizing evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current
medical literature.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA607
Elective Clinical Practicum I
3 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of diseases and
conditions unique to the clinical practice of Medicine. Students are allowed to choose, in consultation with the clinical
coordinator, the area of medicine in which they would like to study as their elective.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA608
Elective Clinical Practicum II
3 Semester Credits
A required rotation which emphasizes the pathophysiology, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of diseases and
conditions unique to the clinical practice of Medicine. Students are allowed to choose, in consultation with the clinical
coordinator, the area of medicine in which they would like to study as their elective.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA534(Clinical Medicine IV), PA545(Clinical Phase Transition)
PA620
Primary Care Preceptorship
6 Semester Credits
The final rotation of the clinical phase, which can be completed in family, internal, geriatric, pediatric or women’s
medicine. This course provides students a final opportunity to develop skills unique to the clinical practice of
medicine to include performing proper data collection, formulating accurate problem lists and investigation strategies,
and developing treatment plans that incorporate evidence based medicine.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA600(Family Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA601(Internal Medicine Clinical Practicum),
PA602(General Surgery Clinical Practicum), PA603(Pediatric Clinical Practicum), PA604(Women's Health Clinical
Practicum), PA605(Emergency Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA606(Psychiatric Clinical Practicum), PA607(Elective
Clinical Practicum I)
PA621
General Medicine Specialty Preceptorship
6 Semester Credits
A required rotation at the completion of the clinical phase. This course provides the student a final opportunity to
develop the skills unique to the clinical practice of medicine. Inclusion of proper data collection through history and
physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and development of treatment
plans incorporating evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current medical literature.
Can be completed in PA621 General Medicine Specialty or PA622 Surgical Specialty.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA600(Family Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA601(Internal Medicine Clinical Practicum),
PA602(General Surgery Clinical Practicum), PA603(Pediatric Clinical Practicum), PA604(Women's Health Clinical
Practicum), PA605(Emergency Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA606(Psychiatric Clinical Practicum), PA607(Elective
Clinical Practicum I)
PA622
Surgical Specialty Preceptorship
6 Semester Credits
A required rotation at the completion of the clinical phase. This course provides the student a final opportunity to
develop the skills unique to the clinical practice of medicine. Inclusion of proper data collection through history and
physical examination, formulation of accurate problem lists, thorough investigation, and development of treatment
plans incorporating evidence based medicine as determined by review and analysis of current medical literature.
Can be completed in PA621 General Medicine Specialty or PA622 Surgical Specialty.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA600(Family Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA601(Internal Medicine Clinical Practicum),
PA602(General Surgery Clinical Practicum), PA603(Pediatric Clinical Practicum), PA604(Women's Health Clinical
Practicum), PA605(Emergency Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA606(Psychiatric Clinical Practicum), PA607(Elective
Clinical Practicum I)
PA690
Capstone
2 Semester Credits
This course provides each student the opportunity to present results of their individual research topic and to
synthesize previous study and work experience in preparation for graduation and clinical practice. The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the program’s and profession’s principles.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PA600(Family Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA601(Internal Medicine Clinical Practicum),
PA602(General Surgery Clinical Practicum), PA603(Pediatric Clinical Practicum), PA604(Women's Health Clinical
Practicum), PA605(Emergency Medicine Clinical Practicum), PA606(Psychiatric Clinical Practicum), PA607(Elective
Clinical Practicum I)
PA998
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PA999
Graduate Program Active Status
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI110
Introduction to Philosophy
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to typical philosophical questions (how we know, if we can have certain knowledge,
if there are universal moral principles, whether God exists, the nature of the mind, etc.), to philosophical vocabulary,
and to critical thinking and what it means to view the world philosophically.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI120
Ethics
4 Semester Credits
By studying our moral beliefs, ethics helps students consider the bases they use to make moral judgments. The
course explores major philosophical approaches to evaluating moral actions and then applies them to contemporary
issues. The Christian tradition will inform the considerations. Students who receive credit for PHI 120 may not
receive credit for PHI 125.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
PHI125
Ethics and Human Identity
4 Semester Credits
A philosophical study of the role of human understanding, emotions, and action with respect to the pursuit of
happiness. Beginning by asking what the end or purpose of human life is, students decide on the moral and
intellectual virtues required to reach the end. Topics of friendship and human love are followed by an analysis of
human happiness. Students who receive credit for PHI 125 may not receive credit for PHI 120.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI175
Philosophy of Love and Sex
4 Semester Credits
The nature and history of romantic love. The ethics of sex in relation to love, marriage, the institution of monogamy,
and homosexuality are considered.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI230
Logic
4 Semester Credits
Students learn to distinguish arguments from exposition. Then they learn the rules that govern valid arguments and
develop their ability to recognize and construct sound arguments. The last part of the course focuses on informal
logic and inductive reasoning.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
PHI241
History of Philosophy I: Ancient Greek Philosophy
4 Semester Credits
Central philosophical questions that concerned the Greek philosophers from Thales to Plotinus and still concern us
today: the nature of reality and its relationship to language and reason, the immortality of the soul, the nature of truth
and human knowledge, and the nature of the good life.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI242
History of Philosophy II: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
4 Semester Credits
Students will read writings by various medieval and Renaissance philosophers in order to understand the process of
philosophical assimilation involved in constructing a Christian philosophy. Topics include: the nature of being, human
understanding in relation to faith, and the place of the image of God in the human condition. (Suggested prior course:
PHI 241. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
PHI260
Philosophy and the Arts
4 Semester Credits
Philosophical issues raised and illustrated by painting, sculpture, literature, music, architecture, and film: the truth
and falsehood of aesthetic judgment, the definition of art; the nature of aesthetic experience, the evaluation of art,
creativity, the relation between the artist’s intention, the work of art, and its relation to the rest of the artistic tradition.
For arts majors and students with a strong background in the arts.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
PHI315
Philosophy of Human Nature and Human Culture
4 Semester Credits
This course concerns the philosophical study of human nature and its relation to human culture. Students will read a
selection of texts by eminent philosophers on the subject. Topics studied in the course include: the knowledge and
nature of the self, the definition of the human being in terms of culture, myth and religion in human culture, human
nature and the culture of language, and the culture of art.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI343
History of Philosophy III: Early Modern and 19th-Century Philosophy
4 Semester Credits
We study the major rationalists of the 17th century (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz), the major empiricists of the 18th
century (Locke, Berkeley, Hume), Kant’s synthesis of rationalism and empiricism, and 19th-century idealism and the
reaction to it (Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Mill). (Suggested prior course: PHI 241)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI344
History of Philosophy IV: 20th-21st Century Philosophy
4 Semester Credits
The course surveys the major philosophical schools in the 20th and 21st centuries: analytic philosophy,
phenomenology, existentialism, pragmatism, and postmodern philosophy. Focus of study is on major texts of these
movements. Students are strongly encouraged to take PHI 343 before taking PHI 344.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI350
Philosophy of Religion
4 Semester Credits
We systematically investigate a series of philosophical questions about religion. What is the relation between faith
and reason? Does God exist, and if so, what can be said about God? Can God’s goodness be reconciled with
human suffering? Are miracles and life after death possible?
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI370
Existentialism
4 Semester Credits
Studies in the writings - both philosophical and literary - of prominent existentialist authors. The course examines
what it means to be a being-in-theworld and explores such themes as absurdity, freedom, guilt, despair, and
paradox. (Suggested: one prior course in philosophy. Alternate years)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI380
Ethics of Medicine and Health Care
4 Semester Credits
The course discusses some fundamental ethical theories, which it then carefully applies to problems that arise in the
areas of health care and delivery, allocation of scarce resources, human experimentation, genetic engineering,
abortion, care for the dying, and euthanasia.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI385
Formal Logic and Computation Theory
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to sentential and first-order logic including logical connectives, proof theory, and quantification.
Formal models of computation including finite state automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines.
Incompleteness and uncomputability. (1.5 hour lab included)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT122(Calc For Social and Behavioral Scie), MAT145(Calculus I), MAT171(Discrete
Mathematics For Computing); CSC210(Data Structures)
PHI490
Keystone
4 Semester Credits
This course integrates the student’s general education experience with an overview of specific philosophical ideas or
philosophers.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY101
Astronomy
4 Semester Credits
A descriptive course covering our solar system, stars, and galaxies. In addition, the course traces the development
of scientific thought from early civilization to the present day. Night viewing is required. (Three one-hour lectures.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math), MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level 2)
PHY116
Introduction to Physics
4 Semester Credits
An algebra-based introductory course in which the applications, problems, and experiments are selected to illustrate
fundamental principles and provide a broad survey of physics. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
PHY116L
Introduction to Physics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): PHY116(Introduction to Physics) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY119
Physics for the Fine Arts
4 Semester Credits
A scientific study of sound, light, and the mechanics of structures and the human body relating to music, the visual
arts, and theater. Explores the physics of phenomena and perception fundamental to these disciplines. (Three onehour lectures, one three-hour laboratory.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
PHY119L
Physics for the Fine Arts Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): PHY119(Physics for the Fine Arts) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY121
General Physics I
4 Semester Credits
A rigorous study of classical physics including mechanics and wave motion. Designed for physics, pre-engineering,
and other specified majors. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): MAT145(Calculus I) *concurrent registration is acceptable*
PHY121L
General Physics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): PHY121(General Physics I) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY122
General Physics II
4 Semester Credits
A rigorous study of classical physics including thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Designed for
physics, pre-engineering, and other specified majors. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): MAT146(Calculus II) *concurrent registration is acceptable*; 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level); PHY121(General Physics I)
PHY122L
General Physics II Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): PHY122(General Physics II) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY203
Physics and Earth Science for Elementary Education Teachers
4 Semester Credits
This course focuses on MSEP physical science outcomes for K-5 licensure: properties of and changes in matter;
position, motion and force; light, heat, electricity and magnetism; and kinds of and ways to transfer energy. Students
conduct hands on physical science explorations and do lab experiments. They also review student misconceptions,
Students will also study key ideas in earth science including connections between concepts in earth science and
physics.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY245
Modern Physics
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to modern physics from a historical and experimental perspective. Relativity, atomic, molecular,
nuclear, and solid state physics. This course develops the experimental foundations and need for quantum
mechanics. (Three one-hour lectures, one two-hour laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY122(General Physics II)
PHY245L
Modern Physics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY245(Modern Physics) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY261
Electronics
4 Semester Credits
AC and DC circuits, analog electronics, digital electronics, and the analysis and use of microprocessors and
microcomputer systems. Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of PHY116(Introduction to Physics), PHY122(General Physics II); MAT146(Calculus II)
PHY261L
Electronics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY261(Electronics) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY298
Directed Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY317
Biophysics
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to classic topics at the intersection of physics and biology. Topics may include biopolymers, selfassembly, nerves and signal propagation, molecular machines, and biomembranes. The course will emphasize
approaches based on thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and experimental techniques. (Three one-hour
lectures and a three hour laboratory. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MAT146(Calculus II), PHY122(General Physics II)
PHY317L
Biophysics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY317(Biophysics) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY320
Introduction to Space Science
4 Semester Credits
A survey of Earth’s space environment including solar, planetary, magnetospheric, ionospheric, and upper
atmospheric physics (solar dynamics, magnetic storms, particle precipitation, aurora, and related topics). (Three onehour lectures.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY245(Modern Physics)
PHY327
Special Functions of Mathematical Physics
4 Semester Credits
Special functions encountered in physics. Partial differentiation, partial differential equations, Fourier series, series
solution of differential equations, Legendre, Bessel, and other orthogonal functions, vector calculus, applied linear
algebra (e.g., matrix multiplication, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, special matrices, determinants), functions of a
complex variable, and an introduction to computer programming in IDL. (Three one-hour lectures. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): MAT245(Calculus III), PHY122(General Physics II)
PHY327L
Special Functions of Mathematical Physics Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY327(Special Functions of Mathematical Physics) *concurrent registration is required*
PHY351
Mechanics I
4 Semester Credits
Classical mechanics in terms of Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian formalisms. Topics include conservation
principles, single particle motion, gravitation, oscillations, central forces, and two-particle kinematics. (Three onehour lectures. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT369(Modeling and Differential
Equations in Biological and Natural Sciences), PHY327(Special Functions of Mathematical Physics);
PHY122(General Physics II)
PHY352
Mechanics II
4 Semester Credits
Classical mechanics in terms of Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian formalisms. Topics include dynamics of
rigid bodies, systems of particles, coupled oscillations, and noninertial reference frames. (Three one-hour lectures.
Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT369(Modeling and Differential Equations in Biological and Natural Sciences),
PHY327(Special Functions of Mathematical Physics); PHY122(General Physics II), PHY351(Mechanics I)
PHY362
Electromagnetic Fields I
4 Semester Credits
The classical electromagnetic field theory is developed using vector calculus. Topics include electrostatics, solution
of Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations, and electric properties of materials. (Three one-hour lectures. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT369(Modeling and Differential Equations in Biological and Natural Sciences),
PHY327(Special Functions of Mathematical Physics); PHY122(General Physics II)
PHY363
Electromagnetic Fields II
4 Semester Credits
The classical electromagnetic field theory is developed using vector calculus. Topics include magnetostatics,
magnetic properties of materials, and electromagnetic radiation based on Maxwell’s equations. (Three one-hour
lectures. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT369(Modeling and Differential Equations in Biological and Natural Sciences),
PHY327(Special Functions of Mathematical Physics); PHY362(Electromagnetic Fields I)
PHY395
Comprehensive Laboratory I
2 Semester Credits
Students work in small groups on advanced experiments from various physics subfields (including modern physics,
electronic instrumentation, magnetism, and optics) with a focus on the role of experiments, interpretation of data, and
scientific communication. Incorporates an introduction to LabVIEW software for computerized data acquisition and
experiment control. (One three-hour laboratory and an occasional one-hour seminar per week. Prereq.: junior or
senior standing in physics. Fall)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
PHY396
Comprehensive Laboratory II
2 Semester Credits
A continuation of PHY 395. A thorough exploration of interface hardware and software design (LabVIEW) for
computer-controlled experiments followed by application of these techniques to advanced experiments in high
vacuum physics and technology, modern optics, biophysics, and other areas. (One three-hour laboratory and an
occasional one-hour seminar per week. Prereq.: junior or senior standing in physics. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); CONSENT(Consent of Instructor),
PHY122(General Physics II), PHY395(Comprehensive Laboratory I)
PHY398
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
PHY420
Plasma Physics
4 Semester Credits
Fundamentals of plasma physics including waves, instabilities, drifts, plasma drifts, particle motion, electric and
magnetic fields, Boltzmann equation, magnetohydrodynamics, transport, and applications to laboratory and space
plasmas. (Three one-hour lectures.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY363(Electromagnetic Fields II) *concurrent registration is acceptable*; PHY362(Electromagnetic
Fields I)
PHY430
Introduction to Solid State Physics
4 Semester Credits
Topics in solid state physics including various theories of metals, crystal lattices, band structure and Fermi surfaces,
phonons, semiconductors and magnetism. The conditions and consequences of the solid state of materials will be
explored at a very detailed level, taking realistic parameters of materials into account. Prereq.: PHY 486 strongly
recommended. (Three one-hour lectures.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY351(Mechanics I), PHY362(Electromagnetic Fields I)
PHY486
Quantum Physics
4 Semester Credits
A development from first principles, including de Broglie’s postulates, the Schroedinger equation, operators, wave
functions, expectation values, and approximation methods. Applications include potential wells and barriers, the
harmonic oscillator, and the hydrogen atom. (Three one-hour lectures. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PHY245(Modern Physics), PHY351(Mechanics I)
PHY499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL121
American Government and Politics
4 Semester Credits
Surveys major parts of American national government - including Congress, the presidency, and the courts - as well
as campaigns and elections, federalism, interest groups, and political parties.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL122
Metropolitan Complex
4 Semester Credits
Examines politics in metropolitan areas, emphasizing central cities and focusing on influences on urban public policy.
Includes case studies of the Twin Cities metro area.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL124
American Women and Politics
4 Semester Credits
Investigates the roles women play in the political system. Political, economic, and social issues will be explored from
contemporary and historical perspectives.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL158
Political Patterns and Processes
4 Semester Credits
An analysis of basic patterns in the political system and decision-making process with some comparison of major
political systems and discussion of contemporary issues.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL160
World Politics
4 Semester Credits
Introduction to the processes and issues of international politics, including the dynamics of the international system,
theories of international relations, and a focus on recent problems.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL170
Law in the United States
4 Semester Credits
A survey of American law and legal process. Theories of law; law and society; roles of courts, police, lawyers, and
juries; the United States Constitution as "supreme" law; law as politics; historic and contemporary legal issues.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL241
Environmental and River Politics
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the politics of the communities and ecosystems of the Upper Mississippi River watershed,
including controversies about river pollution, the lock and dam system, regional water supply, flood control, and
farming practices. Includes site visits to see how local policy-makers and stakeholders are trying to achieve
sustainability in the watershed.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
POL295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL310
Citizen Participation within a Globalized Economy-A Nicaraguan Case Study
4 Semester Credits
Topics include key political, social and economic global processes that shape citizen participation in Nicaragua and
globally. Focuses on key economic development policies apple in Nicaragua and ongoing participatory efforts of
NGOs, social movements and community groups working on alternative development policies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL325
Politics and Public Policy
4 Semester Credits
The domestic policy making process, emphasizing how elected officials, bureaucrats, and interest groups shape
government policies in various areas, including taxes, the environment, and social welfare policy. How public policies
are formulated and implemented.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL326
Political Parties and Behavior
4 Semester Credits
Emphasizes study of public opinion and political parties in the electoral process. Field work with political parties,
interest groups, and media in presidential elections (optional in non-presidential election years).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL121(American Government and Politics),
POL122(Metropolitan Complex), POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and
Processes), POL160(World Politics), POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics),
POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics
and Public Policy), POL342(Mass Communication in Society), POL350(Topics: European Politics),
POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm),
POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law), POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law),
POL380(Western Political Thought), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory), POL382(Marxist Theory), POL421(Topics:
American Politics), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics), POL483(Political
Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations Keystone),
POL495(Seminar)
POL341
Globalization, Social Struggle and the Environment
4 Semester Credits
Explores issues of globalization and social change in Mexico and analyzes political, social, and economic policies
that promote and/or hinder sustainable development from a gender perspective. Particular emphasis will be placed
on environmental issues and the causes of migration/emigration and social unrest in Mexico.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL342
Mass Communication in Society
4 Semester Credits
Studies effects of new information technology (such as the Internet) and of the traditional electronic media. Covers
uses of technology and media for newsmaking, selling, entertainment, and public affairs.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL350
Topics: European Politics
4 Semester Credits
Study of the political behavior, institutions, and processes of European states. The course will focus on either
European community law and politics or domestic politics in European states.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL121(American Government and Politics),
POL122(Metropolitan Complex), POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and
Processes), POL160(World Politics), POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics),
POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics
and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass Communication in Society),
POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm),
POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law), POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law),
POL380(Western Political Thought), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory), POL382(Marxist Theory), POL421(Topics:
American Politics), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics), POL483(Political
Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations Keystone),
POL495(Seminar)
POL353
Political and Social Change in Namibia
4 Semester Credits
This course is an integrative seminar for the semester and examines the legacy of apartheid in Namibia with
particular focus on the social and political movements that have evolved in the struggle for independence.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL354
The Politics of Development in Southern Africa
4 Semester Credits
This course examines basic theories of development as well as the political economy of development. It provides the
opportunity to reflect critically on issues of development, including global justice, equality, and sustainability.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL357
Women, Gender, and Social Change in Latin America
4 Semester Credits
An exploration of gender politics in Latin America. Particular attention is given to women’s organizing efforts around
issues of domestic and political violence, ecology, human rights, democracy, political participation, and revolutionary
social change. This course fulfills a Social and Behavioral Sciences LAF requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
POL368
Model United Nations
4 Semester Credits
This course provides students with in-depth understanding of the United Nations and international diplomacy through
the process of preparation for attending the National Model United Nations Conference which is held each spring in
New York City. Students research a country and set of issues for the committee on which they will serve.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL160(World Politics)
POL370
Constitutional Law
4 Semester Credits
The legal-political-philosophical role of the Supreme Court in the American political system in significant decisions
affecting the allocation of powers in the national government and in the federal system.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of POL121(American Government and Politics), POL122(Metropolitan Complex),
POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and Processes), POL160(World Politics),
POL241(Environmental and River Politics), POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics),
POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior),
POL342(Mass Communication in Society), POL350(Topics: European Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U
/Russia/CIS), POL359(Women GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm), POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie),
POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law), POL380(Western Political Thought), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory),
POL382(Marxist Theory), POL421(Topics: American Politics), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics),
POL461(Topics: International Politics), POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis),
POL490(International Relations Keystone), POL495(Seminar); POL170(Law in the United States)
POL371
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Selected topics in constitutional law. Content will vary, defined by the subtitle of the course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): POL170(Law in the United States)
POL380
Western Political Thought
4 Semester Credits
A study of influential political philosophers, emphasizing the values, goals, and assumptions that continue to inform
and to rationalize human governance.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL121(American Government and Politics),
POL122(Metropolitan Complex), POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and
Processes), POL160(World Politics), POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics),
POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics
and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass Communication in Society),
POL350(Topics: European Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women
GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm), POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law),
POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory), POL382(Marxist Theory),
POL421(Topics: American Politics), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics),
POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations
Keystone), POL495(Seminar); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced
Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
POL381
Topics: Democratic Theory
4 Semester Credits
Selected topics including the emergence of political democracy in comparative perspective and American political
thought. Topic to be included in the subtitle.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL121(American Government and Politics),
POL122(Metropolitan Complex), POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and
Processes), POL160(World Politics), POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics),
POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics
and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass Communication in Society),
POL350(Topics: European Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women
GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm), POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law),
POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law), POL380(Western Political Thought), POL382(Marxist Theory),
POL421(Topics: American Politics), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics),
POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations
Keystone), POL495(Seminar); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced
Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 1 of CPL(Critical
Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
POL397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
POL399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
POL421
Topics: American Politics
4 Semester Credits
Topics include legislative, executive, or judicial politics, public policy, and leadership. Can include focus on national,
state, or local level.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL121(American Government and Politics),
POL122(Metropolitan Complex), POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and
Processes), POL160(World Politics), POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics),
POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics
and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass Communication in Society),
POL350(Topics: European Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women
GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm), POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law),
POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law), POL380(Western Political Thought), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory),
POL382(Marxist Theory), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics),
POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations
Keystone), POL495(Seminar)
POL459
Topics: Comparative Politics
4 Semester Credits
Selected themes including interpretations of political systems and comparisons of political processes such as
political participation, political development, political change, and revolution. Topic to be included in subtitle.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), POL121(American Government and Politics),
POL122(Metropolitan Complex), POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and
Processes), POL160(World Politics), POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics),
POL282(Asian America Politics of Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics
and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass Communication in Society),
POL350(Topics: European Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women
GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm), POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law),
POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law), POL380(Western Political Thought), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory),
POL382(Marxist Theory), POL421(Topics: American Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics),
POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology), POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations
Keystone), POL495(Seminar)
POL461
Topics: International Politics
4 Semester Credits
Selected themes including interpretations of international politics, foreign policy decision-making, simulations of
international problems. Topic to be included in subtitle.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of POL121(American Government and Politics), POL122(Metropolitan Complex),
POL124(American Women and Politics), POL158(Political Patterns and Processes), POL160(World Politics),
POL170(Law in the United States), POL241(Environmental and River Politics), POL282(Asian America Politics of
Identit), POL295(Topics), POL323(Social and Political Change), POL325(Politics and Public Policy),
POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass Communication in Society), POL350(Topics: European
Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS), POL359(Women GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm),
POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie), POL370(Constitutional Law), POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law),
POL380(Western Political Thought), POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory), POL382(Marxist Theory), POL421(Topics:
American Politics), POL459(Topics: Comparative Politics), POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology),
POL484(Political Analysis), POL490(International Relations Keystone), POL495(Seminar)
POL483
Political Statistics and Methodology
4 Semester Credits
Introductory survey of political science methods. Covers experimental design, descriptive and inferential statistics,
computer methods, and issues in the construction and execution of political surveys.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3)
POL484
Political Analysis
4 Semester Credits
An analysis of different approaches and theories in the study of politics including an examination of the requirements
of science as a model for political study. Major research is required. This course satisfies the Keystone requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); 2 of POL323(Social and Political
Change), POL325(Politics and Public Policy), POL326(Political Parties and Behavior), POL342(Mass
Communication in Society), POL350(Topics: European Politics), POL351(Commst/Post Commst S U /Russia/CIS),
POL359(Women GenderandSocialChange/LatinAm), POL363(Russian and Chinese Foreign Policie),
POL370(Constitutional Law), POL371(Topics), POL375(Media Law), POL380(Western Political Thought),
POL381(Topics: Democratic Theory), POL382(Marxist Theory), POL421(Topics: American Politics), POL459(Topics:
Comparative Politics), POL461(Topics: International Politics), POL483(Political Statistics and Methodology),
POL490(International Relations Keystone), POL495(Seminar); POL158(Political Patterns and Processes)
POL490
International Relations Keystone
4 Semester Credits
Capstone seminar for students majoring in international relations; analysis of some methods for studying
international relations; analysis of major trends; senior thesis. Open to other students by consent of instructor. This
course satisfies the Keystone requirement for International Relations majors.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
POL495
Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL498
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
POL499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
PSY105
Principles of Psychology
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the methods and principles of psychology. Applications of psychological concepts to everyday
situations are emphasized. Research participation is required.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
PSY199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY201
Health Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Consideration of the impact of psychological, behavioral, social, and biological interactions on health.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY215
Research Methods and Statistics I
4 Semester Credits
Part I of a two-term sequence. See PSY 315. PSY 215 may be taken without taking PSY 315. Scientific method as
practiced in psychology. This sequence emphasizes skills of bibliographic research, research design and data
collection, statistical analysis and interpretation, and APA-style presentation of research findings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra),
MPL(Math Placement Level 3); PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY235
Psychology and Law
4 Semester Credits
Application of psychological principles and research to legal processes, policy, and problems. Emphasis on three
content areas: eyewitness memory, courtroom procedures, and forensic clinical practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY250
Child Development
4 Semester Credits
Theory and scientific methods of examining development and behavior. Practical implications of data and theory are
stressed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY252
Adolescent and Young Adult Development
4 Semester Credits
Consideration of research and theory related to development during the adolescent and young adult years.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY253
Aging and Adulthood
4 Semester Credits
Development through middle and older adulthood. Consideration of positive and negative aspects of aging. Content
is especially relevant to those who study and work with the largest growing segment of our population—the elderly.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY256
Environmental Psychology
4 Semester Credits
This course uses a cultural-ecological viewpoint to study the influence of both the natural and built physical
environment on human behavior.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY261
Personality and Cultural Context
4 Semester Credits
Current scientifically-based approaches to description, dynamics, and development of personality. Includes study of
gender, social position, and cross-cultural behavior.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY262
Abnormal Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Applying psychological science to understanding the causes and treatments for psychological disorders. Topics
include depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, substance use, and eating disorders.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY263
Sports Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Foundations of sports psychology. Psychological concepts applied to sports and enhancement of athletic
performance. Topics include motivation, team development, leadership, psychological skills training, and goal setting.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY271
Psychology of Gender
4 Semester Credits
Emphasis on the social construction of gender and its impact on the lives and behavior of individuals.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY291
Addiction and Recovery
4 Semester Credits
Examines addiction and recovery from multiple perspectives, giving special attention to physiological, religiousspiritual, neurobiological, and sociocultural dimensions. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary approaches to
prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Specific topic will be published prior to registration; e.g., Positive Psychology, Close Relationships, Psychology and
Religion.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY315
Research Methods and Statistics II
4 Semester Credits
Part II of a two-term sequence. See PSY 215. Ideally PSY 315 should be taken in the term immediately following
PSY 215.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); PSY215(Research Methods and
Statistics I)
PSY325
Social Behavior
4 Semester Credits
Social factors that influence individual and group behavior in natural and laboratory settings. Topics include social
cognition, group behavior, social influence, attitudes formation, and change.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY354
Cognitive Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Theory, data, and practical applications relevant to the following topics: attention, perception, pattern recognition,
memory, mental imagery, problem solving, decision making, and language.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY355
Biopsychology
4 Semester Credits
Relationship between biology and behavior. Considers biological bases of learning and cognition, emotions,
abnormal psychology, and normal and altered states of consciousness.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY357
Behavior Analysis
4 Semester Credits
Principles of learning/behavior change and their application to self-management, family, work, school, and clinic
settings. Individualized projects.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); PSY215(Research Methods and
Statistics I)
PSY359
Assessment
4 Semester Credits
Theory and scientific methods of assessing human aptitudes, achievement, personality, abnormal behavior,
vocational interests, and impacts of the environment on behavior. Examination of a variety of tests, concepts of
reliability and validity, and legal and ethical issues.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY360
Psychology Laboratory
2 Semester Credits
Laboratory research experience under the supervision of a faculty member. Concurrent or previous enrollment in a
full-credit course in the faculty member’s area of expertise and approval by that faculty member are required.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY373
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
4 Semester Credits
The theoretical and applied study of organizations. Topics include the individual, group and organizational
structure/process and change.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY105(Principles of Psychology)
PSY381
Historical Perspectives
4 Semester Credits
Focus on the people in psychology’s history, their questions and positions, from the early Greek period to the
present. Emphasis on the 20th century, inclusions of women and minorities, and contextual history.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY385
Counseling Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Discuss therapeutic approaches and interventions in counseling (e.g., psychoanalysis, person-centered therapy,
cognitive behavioral therapy, and post-modern approaches). Topics include counseling diverse clients, evidence
based practice, and ethical guidelines for the counseling relationship.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY390
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY391
Individual Differences
4 Semester Credits
General introduction to the study of individual differences. Particular focus is placed on behavioral genetic methods
and designs. Explores the degree to which genetic and environmental influences co-determine the expression of
various psychological phenotypes, including psychometric IQ, personality, and facets along broader
psychopathologic dimensions.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY215(Research Methods and Statistics I)
PSY396
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); PSY315(Research Methods and
Statistics II)
PSY399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); PSY315(Research Methods and
Statistics II)
PSY400
Keystone Internship
4 Semester Credits
Students work 80 hours at an internship site of their choosing and attend a weekly (or weekend) class session. A
series of papers/assignments address career and personal goals as well as the relationship between the internship
work and concepts learned in the psychology major. PSY 400 satisfies the Keystone requirement but must involve an
off-campus internship to satisfy the Augsburg Experience requirement.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): PSY315(Research Methods and Statistics II)
PSY410
Clinical Neuropsychology
4 Semester Credits
The exploration of human behavior when the brain is altered by traumatic brain injury and diseases such as stroke,
epilepsy, and dementia. Learn human neuroanatomy in order to relate brain systems to attention, perception,
memory, language, personality, and awareness. Address clinical issues, including neuropsychological assessment
and interviewing.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY315(Research Methods and Statistics II)
PSY490
Current Topics in Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY315(Research Methods and Statistics II)
PSY491
Advanced Research Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Research team experience in a seminar format. Designed to extend students’ knowledge of statistical and
methodological techniques and to explore contemporary professional issues and implications for social policy.
Recommended for students headed for graduate school and those electing an honors major.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); CONSENT(Consent of Instructor),
PSY315(Research Methods and Statistics II)
PSY493
Seminar: Contemporary Issues
4 Semester Credits
Discussion and exploration of contemporary, theoretical, professional, and social policy issues from a psychological
viewpoint.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY315(Research Methods and Statistics II)
PSY499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): PSY315(Research Methods and Statistics II)
REL100
Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning I
4 Semester Credits
This introductory course examines how people of faith—Jewish, Christian, and Muslim—understand their faith and
live out their spiritual commitments. In particular, it explores some of the biblical and theological resources that the
Christian tradition, seen through the lens of vocation, brings to the search for meaning. Not accepted for credit for
students who have taken REL 300 or 331. REL 100 or 300 is a prerequisite for all religion and youth and family
ministry courses.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
REL120
Religion and Science in Popular Culture
4 Semester Credits
This course explores the relationship between religion and science through issues that emerge in public discussion
through news and popular media. Examples of topics include evolution and intelligent design, genetic engineering
and stem cell research, and the social role of science and science as vocation, along with historical and
philosophical development of science in its relationship to religion.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Limited to special cases.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL200
Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning II
4 Semester Credits
This course focuses on articulating students’ own theological questions and positions and on recognizing and
evaluating religious claims in the areas of biblical interpretation and the historical, cultural, and global contexts of
Christianity and other world religions.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I)
REL205
Exploring Topics in Religion
4 Semester Credits
This course introduces students to various topics within the field of religion. Students will explore primary texts on
topics such as gender, economics, and politics and investigate and analyze the contemporary debates involving
these complex issues. Students will develop their own perspectives on the topic under investigation.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL300(Bible, Christian Theology and Vocation); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level)
REL210
Research Methods in Religion
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the study of the main disciplines within the academic study of Christianity (Bible, theology, and
church history), including methods and research skills.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level)
REL260
Self, Sex & Sin: Human Person in Christian & Contemporary Thought
4 Semester Credits
We face complex questions about human beings, sexuality, and sin. The Bible and Christian thinkers have reflected
on these topics, but it often seems like traditional claims disagree with modern views. This course explores how the
Christian tradition and modern anthropology define self, sex, and sin.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of REL200(Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning II), REL300(Bible, Christian Theology
and Vocation)
REL299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL300
Bible, Christian Theology and Vocation
4 Semester Credits
This foundational course for advanced transfer students explores the Bible, Christian tradition, and vocation.
Students will articulate their own theological questions and positions and begin to recognize and evaluate religious
claims in a world of many religions. Open only to advanced transfer students. Not accepted for credit for students
who have taken REL 100, 111, 221, or 331.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ADVTRANSFER(Advanced Transfer), REL300PERMIT(Permitted to take REL300)
REL301
Interpreting the Old Testament
4 Semester Credits
An investigation of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings, including forms, genres, historical contexts, portrayal of God,
and interpretation of these texts by ancient and modern Jewish and Christian communities.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
REL302
Interpreting the New Testament
4 Semester Credits
Historical, literary, and theological interpretation of Paul’s letters, the gospels, and other New Testament writings as
persuasive literature for ancient and modern communities.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL306
Non-Western Christianity
4 Semester Credits
A study of Christian belief and practice in a variety of cultural settings different from those of Western Europe and
North America. In addition to introductions to forms of this faith on other continents, the course will explore the deep
questions of the relationship of culture and religion, and the ethnic and cultural location of Christianity.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL309
Religion at the Movies
4 Semester Credits
Religious themes such as good and evil, morality and ethics, human nature, holiness, faith and belief, salvation and
redemption, and forgiveness and mercy will be explored through the medium of popular film.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL313
Environmental Theology and Ethics
4 Semester Credits
An overview of contemporary theology and theologically-based approaches to environmental ethics using studies of
environmental problems in South, Central, and North America.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL324
Liberationist, Feminist, Queer and Postcolonial Theologies in Latin America
4 Semester Credits
Study the range of Latin American liberation theologies that have developed since the 1960s, when Catholic
theologians first asserted that God has a “preferential option for the poor” and therefore linked their faith to
revolutionary social movements against political and economic oppression. Recently, Latin American theologies have
expanded to include feminist, queer, and postcolonial struggles against sexism, heterosexism, and imperialism. Not
accepted for credit for students who have taken REL 366. (Taught only in Mexico)
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL343
Theology of Marriage and Family
4 Semester Credits
An examination of the nature of modern marriage and family relationships within the context of the faith and practice
of the Christian church.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL345
The Lutheran Heritage
4 Semester Credits
This course tracks the development and influence of the Lutheran movement from its origins to its diverse
expressions in the 21st century. A cast of characters (from Bach to Bonhoeffer) and controversies (fate and freedom,
faith and works, church and politics, and more) highlight the course topics. Overall, students will be equipped and
challenged to assess Lutheranism's contributions to the Christian movement in light of other faith (and non-faith)
traditions.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL346
The Church and Social Change in Southern Africa
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the changing role of the church in the midst of the political transformations of southern Africa.
Students meet with people representing a variety of religious perspectives and roles within churches and religious
organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL347
Ethics and World Religions
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the ethics of major world religions, as both a field of study and a way of life. Students will learn
about the relationship between religious faith and practice and personal and social ethics. Particular attention will be
given to cooperative efforts towards a global ethic.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of REL100(Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning I), REL300(Bible, Christian Theology
and Vocation)
REL353
Finding Your Religion/Spirituality
4 Semester Credits
A study of the beliefs and worship practices of the major Christian denominations and of the world religions as
practised in America. Some controversial religious movements will also be considered.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL355
Study of Religion in the Public Schools
0 Semester Credits
The history of studying religion in public schools, the problems associated with such efforts, the resources available
to the teacher and the actual teaching itself will be examined. The theological, as well as the legal and educational
implications will be analyzed and discussed.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL356
World Religions
4 Semester Credits
An introductory survey of some of the major living religions of the world, including Hinduism, Buddhism,
Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and Islam.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
REL357
Giants of the Christian Faith
4 Semester Credits
Christian history is examined through the lives and theology of notable figures. Thinkers who may be studied include
Augustine, Martin Luther, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL362
Martin Luther and the Reformation
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the theological thought of the Protestant reformers of the 16th century. Special attention to the
writings of Martin Luther and other representative figures.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level)
REL363
Religion in America
4 Semester Credits
A study of the history of religion in America. This course explores religion as force for personal transformation,
community and social change. In the journey from Puritanism to pluralism, special attention is given to the quest for
religious freedom and the search for meaning in history.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian Theology and Vocation),
REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL366
Latin American Liberation Theologies
4 Semester Credits
An exploration of Latin American theologies of liberation and their relationship to social/political transformation.
Examines key theological concepts, critiques, and practical implications.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
REL370
American Indian Spirituality and Philosophical Thought
4 Semester Credits
Religious beliefs, spiritual customs, and philosophy of North American Indians are studied. Tribal similarities and
differences are explored as are tribal relationships with nature, religious oversight of life cycles, sacred ritual
ceremonies, and beliefs in an afterlife. (Prereq.: junior standing)
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level)
REL378
The Medieval Church
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the history of the medieval church from Constantine the Great to Martin Luther (c. 300 to c.
1517 AD). It uses a variety of written and visual sources in an attempt to understand the medieval church and its
influence, not only in religious matters, but also in the social and political spheres. Cross-listed with HIS 378.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL385
Process Theology and Christian Faith
4 Semester Credits
Explore a cosmological theology that agres with contemporary science (physics and biology), Buddhist perspectives
on the world and humans, an understanding of God who is not all powerful but who is all loving, and who requires
human participation (vocation) to accomplish the salvation of the world. Prerequisites: REL 100 or REL 300
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL386
Speaking of Genesis
4 Semester Credits
An investigation of scholarship on Genesis and the role of interpretation through study of the characters and values
portrayed in Genesis and related biblical texts.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL390
Theology of Death and Dying
4 Semester Credits
A study of death and dying from the viewpoint of Christian theology and ethics, taking into account also what other
religions and the biological, psychological, and social sciences have had to say on the subject. Special emphasis on
medical ethics brought on by modern medical technology.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL405
Christensen Scholar Seminar I
2 Semester Credits
This course will study the Bible and Christian tradition in order to help participants discern a call in Christian ministry.
This course is open to participants in the Christensen Scholar program only. Applications due in January.
Sophomores and juniors may apply. Contact Religion department for details.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
REL406
Christensen Scholar Seminar II
2 Semester Credits
This course will study the Bible and Christian tradition in order to help participants discern a call in Christian ministry.
This course is open to participants in the Christensen Scholar program only.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
REL407
Interfaith Scholars Seminar I
2 Semester Credits
This course engages students as partners in ongoing interreligious dialogue and action by exploring methods and
best practices for talking about religion in a diverse democracy. Students will also engage in interfaith servicelearning projects through a connection with the Interfaith Youth Core and the President Obama Interfaith Challenge.
Applications due in February/March. Sophomores and juniors may apply. Contact Religion department for details.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): REL100(Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning I)
REL408
Interfaith Scholars Seminar II
2 Semester Credits
This course engages students as partners in ongoing interreligious dialogue and action by exploring methods and
best practices for talking about religion in a diverse democracy. Students will also engage in interfaith servicelearning projects through a connection with the Interfaith Youth Core and the President Obama Interfaith Challenge.
(Prereq.: sophomore standing).
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): REL100(Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning I)
REL425
Christian Spiritual Practices
4 Semester Credits
A practical forum on “habits of the heart” that sustain Christian service. Students explore and critically reflect on the
value and practice of spiritual disciplines such as prayer, meditation, journaling, and service to the poor.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL441
Feminism and Christianity
4 Semester Credits
Attention will be given to religious influences on societal roles for women and men, feminist interpretation of the
Bible, and the impact of feminism on Christian theology, especially in terms of language and metaphor.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL471
Jesus and His Interpreters
4 Semester Credits
Consideration of the New Testament documents, particularly the Gospels, dealing with their context, literary
structure, and relationships. Attention to the variety of interpretations given the person of Jesus.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL472
Paul the Apostle
4 Semester Credits
A study of the apostle Paul including his historical background, his relationship to the early church, and some of the
themes found in his writings.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
REL475
Judaism
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to the Jewish faith as the tradition has developed, as well as attention to current issues facing the
Jewish community.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL480
Vocation and the Christian Faith
4 Semester Credits
This course will examine vocation in the Bible, the Christian tradition, and contemporary culture. Students will be
challenged to make vocation the lens through which they view their lives and communities. This course satisfies the
Keystone requirement. (Note: some majors, including REL, may still require a Particular keystone course in that
discipline.)
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL481
Contemporary Theology
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to some representative trends in Christian theological thought today, as seen from the systematic
perspective, in the light of the continuing theological task of the Christian church.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level)
REL483
Christian Ethics
4 Semester Credits
The course will focus on the understanding of ethics from a Christian as well as an interreligious perspective,
examining the theological and social science context of both individual and social ethics. Students will probe their
own definitions of what it means to live a moral life and the processes one uses to make moral decisions.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL490
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Selected topics in religion.
Core Curriculum Component: Search for Meaning II
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
REL495
Religion Keystone
4 Semester Credits
This course is required for the major, and enrollment is normally restricted to students who have nearly finished their
coursework. Selected topics vary by instructor. Students will improve writing abilities through writing a major research
paper.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); REL210(Research Methods in
Religion)
REL498
Independent Study/Research
2 Semester Credits
For religion majors only.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
REL499
Independent Study/Research
4 Semester Credits
For religion majors only.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of HON100(Christian Vocation & Search for Meaning I), REL100(Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning I), REL111(Introduction to Theology), REL221(Biblical Studies), REL300(Bible, Christian
Theology and Vocation), REL331(Foundations in Bible and Theology)
SCI106
Introductory Meteorology
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the basic principles of Earth’s weather and climate. Topics include winds, fronts, cyclones, clouds and
precipitation, thunderstorms, tornados and hurricanes, climate and climate change, global warming, and ozone
depletion. (Three one-hour lectures, one two-hour laboratory per week.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math),
MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level 2)
SCI106L
Introductory Meteorology Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): SCI106(Introductory Meteorology) *concurrent registration is required*
SCI110
Natural Science I
4 Semester Credits
The first semester of a two-semester survey of natural science. This course focuses on the nature of science and
major concepts of physics and chemistry. Laboratory work stressing experimentation and measurement will include
the use of computers and electronic sensors. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory per week. Odd
years-Rochester only.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL-P(Math Placement Level 3), MPL-Q(Math Placement Level 3),
MPL-R(Math Placement Level 3), MPL-X(Math Placement Level 3), MPL-Y(Math Placement Level 3), MPL-Z(Math
Placement Level 3)
SCI110L
Natural Science I Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): None
SCI111
Natural Science II
4 Semester Credits
The second semester of a two-semester survey of natural science. This course focuses on major concepts of earth
science and biology. Laboratory work will complement lectures and will include the use of computers and electronic
sensors. (Three one-hour lectures, one three-hour laboratory per week. Even years-Rochester only.)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra),
MPL(Math Placement Level 3); SCI110(Natural Science I)
SCI111L
Natural Science II Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): SCI111(Natural Science II) *concurrent registration is required*
SCI123
The Science of Food and Cooking
4 Semester Credits
A survey of the underlying physics and chemistry relevant to food and its preparation. Topics include: molecular
building blocks of food, phases and phase transitions, emulsions, foams, gels, fermentation, taste, soil, plants, selfassembly, microbes, and nutrition. (Three hours of lecture and one and a half hour of laboratory. Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT103(Everyday Math), MPL(Math Placement Level); 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level),
GST100(Critical Thinking)
SCI123L
The Science of Food and Cooking Lab
0 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Lab)
Prerequisite(s): SCI123(The Science of Food and Cooking) *concurrent registration is required*
SCI280
Introduction to Research
2 Semester Credits
This is a topics course for discovery-based research introducing concepts and skills based on instructor-generated
research projects. It is offered through a selection-process based on student interest, invitation, and interview
selection. It is recommended for students in the Honors Program and can also fulfill an AugExperience as an
experiential course in research if the student project results in presentation of the work in subsequent semesters. All
are welcome to apply.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
SCI490
Integrated Science
2 Semester Credits
The Natural Science Keystone explores the connections of science with the world at large, including faith, vocation,
ethics, and professional accountability. Students will reflect on science as a vocation and the philosophy of science in
a global context of the interconnectedness of faith, reason, ethics, sustainability, and socio-political-economic
situation. (Prereq: senior biology, chemistry, or physics major)
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC111
Human Community and Modern Metropolis
4 Semester Credits
How is community possible in the context of multicultural, social, and political forces that are characteristic of urban
life? The cultural and structural dynamics of the Twin Cities are a basis for exploring these themes.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC121
Introduction to Human Society
4 Semester Credits
What is society and how does it make us who we are? Sociology offers insights into discovering the world and one’s
place in it. Course study focuses on an understanding of culture, social structure, institutions, and our interactions
with each other.
Core Curriculum Component: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
This course requires at least 140 hours at a college-approved internship site and completion of a learning agreement
before or at the beginning of the internship. Participation in a biweekly on-campus seminar is also required to receive
course credit.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC231
Family Systems: Cross Cultural Perspectives
4 Semester Credits
The term family is a universal concept, yet its membership, rituals, and functions vary dramatically across world
cultures and sub-cultures in the United States. Family systems are explored with respect to cultural and historical
settings, variations among families, and modern cultural and social patterns.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC240
Protest and Social Change: The Sociology of Social Movements
4 Semester Credits
Why do people engage in protests and join social movements? What impacts do social movements have on social
institutions, the state, culture, and even personal identity? This course explores these and other questions through
studying social movement theory and several social movements occurring over the last two centuries. (SOC 121 and
courses on 19th or 20th century U.S. history recommended, but not required.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC265
Race, Class and Gender
4 Semester Credits
Who gets what, when, and how? Individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds—race, ethnicity, class, gender,
and sexuality—receive unequal portions of wealth, power, and prestige in our society. This course focuses on both
the collective and individual processes involved in social inequality.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC266
Sociology of Sexualities
4 Semester Credits
What we mean by “sex” changes over time. During different historical time periods it’s been a sin, a means of forging
ties between powerful families, a source of psychological perversion, a means to pleasure, a symbol of love, as well
as a personal identity. This class explores how sexuality and its components (desire, pleasure, love, the body) are
socially constructed.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC277
Introduction to Criminology
4 Semester Credits
What do we know about crime in American society? How can we explain crime sociologically? Patterns of crime,
theories to explain crime, and analysis of the police, the courts, and the correctional system are examined.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC290
Cultures of Violence
4 Semester Credits
Street gangs and warfare. Police brutality and genocide. Domestic abuse and riots. What are the dynamics
underlying different forms of violence? This course takes violence in its many forms as a topic for sociological
analysis.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
A variety of topics offered periodically depending on needs and interests that are not satisfied by regular course
offerings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC300
Topics
4 Semester Credits
A variety of topics offered periodically depending on needs and interests that are not satisfied by regular course
offerings.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC320
Sociology of Law
4 Semester Credits
How does law in practice differ from law as it is written in the Constitution/Bill of Rights? Despite the pretense that
legal language is neutral, in practice, the law constructs people in different, unequal ways based on their class, age,
race, gender, and sexuality. We will explore the different ways that law is practiced and theorized. Coursework will
involve observing law in practice in local courts.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC349
Sociology of Organizations
4 Semester Credits
What is the nature of these modern organizations in which we spend so much of our daily lives? Organizations as
corporate actors, for profit and not for profit, are analyzed with respect to their goals, culture, technology and
structure. We will explore the consequences of living in a society dominated by organizations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing),
ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters),
WPL(Writing Placement Level); SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC362
Statistical Analysis
4 Semester Credits
This course is an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics in the social sciences; as such, it provides a
foundation for understanding quantitative analysis—be it in an academic journal or a daily newspaper.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); SOC121(Introduction to Human
Society)
SOC363
Research Methods
4 Semester Credits
Good research—do you know it when you see it? Can you produce it yourself? Social science research skills are
learned through the practice and application of the basic tools of valid and reliable research design and data
analysis.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); SOC362(Statistical Analysis)
SOC375
Social Psychology
4 Semester Credits
Who are you, really? Taking the perspective of symbolic interactionism, this course begins with an exploration of how
we create and sustain our identities through interaction with those around us and how those identities change with
the surrounding circumstances. The course continues with a consideration of how social situations affect and shape
individual identity and behavior.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC377
Organizational Crime and Deviance
4 Semester Credits
The benefits of contemporary organizational life come with costs: space shuttle explosions, insider trading,
chemicals dumped in lakes; nuclear accidents; corporate scandals. What are the causes and consequences of
organizational crime and deviance? Case study analysis and the application of sociological models of explanation
will be examined in depth.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC380
Disaster and Resilience
4 Semester Credits
Floods. Heat waves. Earthquakes. Nuclear accidents. How do communities respond to such disasters? What is the
role of government and media in such events? Can we reduce vulnerabilities? Through projects, field visits, guest
speakers and seminar discussions we draw from the sociology of disaster, urban sociology, environmental studies,
and organizational theory.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of SOC111(Human Community and Modern Metropolis), SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC381
City and Regional Planning
4 Semester Credits
Explores and analyzes theories and approaches to urban planning and the shaping of metropolitan areas. Readings,
simulations, outside speakers, and field study in a seminar format.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of SOC111(Human Community and Modern Metropolis), SOC121(Introduction to Human Society),
SOC211(Human Community and Modern Metropol); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing),
ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement
Level)
SOC387
Juvenile Delinquency
4 Semester Credits
Why is the delinquency of juveniles seen differently from the deviance of adults? In addressing this question the
social construction of deviance and delinquency as well as the historical precedents for treating juveniles differently
will be examined. Topics include: sociological theories, patterns of delinquency, and the social and legal reactions to
juvenile delinquency.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC390
Social Problems Analysis
4 Semester Credits
How do social problems develop? What can be done about them? This course engages the sociological imagination
in an attempt to draw connections between micro-level analysis and macro-level analysis, linking our own private
troubles with public issues.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SOC396
Internship *
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
SOC485
Sociological Theory
4 Semester Credits
An examination of the major theoretical traditions within sociology, tracing the course of their development in the 19th
and 20th centuries.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking); SOC121(Introduction to Human
Society)
SOC490
Senior Seminar and Keystone
4 Semester Credits
This Keystone experience provides the opportunity for majors to integrate the sociology program and general
education, develop an understanding of the applied value of sociology, and articulate a sense of vocation and
professional identity. Pass/No Pass grading. Senior sociology majors only. (Spring)
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): SOC485(Sociological Theory)
SOC495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of All of SOC121(Introduction to Human Society), SOC485(Sociological Theory);
CONSENT(Consent of Instructor)
SOC499
Independent Study/Research
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): CONSENT(Consent of Instructor), SOC121(Introduction to Human Society)
SPA111
Beginning Spanish I
4 Semester Credits
Aims to develop the four basic skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of elementary Spanish.
Introduction to culture of the Spanish-speaking world.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 1
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA112
Beginning Spanish II
4 Semester Credits
Aims to develop the four basic skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of elementary Spanish.
Introduction to culture of the Spanish-speaking world.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of SPA111(Beginning Spanish I), SPALANG(Spanish Language Placement)
SPA199
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA206
Spanish for Health Care Professionals
4 Semester Credits
Taught in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA112(Beginning Spanish II)
SPA211
Intermediate Spanish I
4 Semester Credits
Through the reading of selected Latin American and Spanish texts that stimulate intellectual growth and promote
cultural understanding, students review all of the basic structures of Spanish and build conversational skills through
class discussions.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of SPA112(Beginning Spanish II), SPALANG(Spanish Language Placement)
SPA212
Intermediate Spanish II
4 Semester Credits
Through the reading of selected Latin American and Spanish texts that stimulate intellectual growth and promote
cultural understanding, students review all of the basic structures of Spanish and build conversational skills through
class discussions.
Core Curriculum Component: Modern Language 2
Prerequisite(s): 1 of SPA211(Intermediate Spanish I), SPALANG(Spanish Language Placement)
SPA220
Business Spanish - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
Aims to enable students to develop proficiency in the vocabulary, grammar, and cultural competencies necessary to
successfully conduct business in Spanish-speaking countries, with an emphasis on Latin America. (Prerequisite: 112
or equivalent or instructor’s consent. Only taught in Mexico.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA112(Beginning Spanish II)
SPA224
Spanish for the Ministry - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA225
Spanish for Heritage Speakers I - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
This course is for you if you grew up hearing Spanish and can communicate your ideas but are lacking a basic
knowledge of Spanish grammar and thus feel insecure about writing and/or speaking it. The goal is to help you gain
fluency and confidence in your native language. (No prerequisites. Placement in level I or II depends on proficiency.
Only taught in Mexico.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA231
Pre-Columbian, Colonial and Contemporary Mexican Art
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Fine Arts
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA248
Spanish and Latin American Culture Through Film
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to contemporary cultural issues of Spanish and Latin American societies as portrayed in the films of
major filmmakers with attention to the aesthetic variations across their works. Films in Spanish with English subtitles;
language of instruction is English.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA311
Spanish Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Aims to enrich vocabulary and improve fluency and facility through oral and written practice in correct expression.
This course is a prerequisite for all upper division courses except for SPA 316.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of SPA212(Intermediate Spanish II), SPALANG(Spanish Language Placement)
SPA312
Spanish Expression
4 Semester Credits
Intended for students who have a basic command of writing and speaking skills in Spanish and seek to expand
them. Intensive practice aimed at refining grammar skills. Highly recommended as a continuation of SPA 311.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA316
Conversations in Cultural Context
4 Semester Credits
Aims to improve oral fluency through intensive, individualized instruction, discussions, debates, and oral reports.
Uses Latin American films to stimulate discussion.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA325
Spanish for Heritage Speakers II - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
This course is for you if you grew up hearing Spanish and can communicate your ideas but are lacking a basic
knowledge of Spanish grammar and thus feel insecure about writing and/or speaking it. The goal is to help you gain
fluency and confidence in your native language. (No prerequisites. Placement in level I or II depends on proficiency.
Only taught in Mexico.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA331
Spanish Civilization and Culture
4 Semester Credits
Study of the Spanish character and of Spanish contributions to world civilization through historical, intellectual,
literary, and artistic movements. In Spanish.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA332
Latin American Civilization and Culture
4 Semester Credits
A study of the cultural heritage of the Spanish American countries from the pre-Columbian civilizations to the
present. In Spanish.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA334
Contemporary Mexican Literature - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
This course examines short stories by the most important contemporary Mexican authors, focusing particularly on
the second half of the 20th and the first few years of the 21st century. You will learn about the distinctive traits of
Mexican literature as you learn about the historical, cultural, and literary contexts of this period. (Prereq: SPA 311 or
equivalent or instructor’s consent. Taught in Mexico.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA335
Contemporary Latin American Women: Texts and Voices - Mexico
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the social construction of gender in Latin American countries and addresses key issues faced
by Latin American women today. Includes analysis of poems, excerpts of novels, essays, testimonies, and interviews
by and about Latin American women. Aims to help students develop an appreciation for the complexity of diversity of
Latin American women’s experiences. (Prereq.: SPA 311. Taught in Mexico.)
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA336
Guatemalan Civilizations and Cultures
4 Semester Credits
The purpose of this course is to explore the development and present status of the many indigenous and other
cultural groups in Guatemala from pre-Colombian times to the present. Primary emphasis will be on the complexity
of diverse cultures in contemporary Guatemala.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA337
Mexican Civilizations and Cultures
4 Semester Credits
The purpose of this course is to explore the development and present status of the many indigenous and other
cultural groups in Mexico from pre-Colombian times to the present. Primary emphasis will be on the complexity of
diverse cultures in contemporary Mexico.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA352
Survey of Spanish Literature I
4 Semester Credits
A study of representative authors in Spanish literature, supplemented by lectures on the literary movements and
development of Spanish literature. Lectures, discussion, written, and oral reports in Spanish.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA353
Survey of Spanish Literature II
4 Semester Credits
A study of representative authors in Spanish literature, supplemented by lectures on the literary movements and
development of Spanish literature. Lectures, discussion, written, and oral reports in Spanish.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA354
Representative Hispanic Authors
4 Semester Credits
An introduction to Hispanic literature. Lectures, discussions, and written and oral reports in Spanish.
Core Curriculum Component: Humanities
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA356
Latin American Literature
4 Semester Credits
Examines issues of social change through the voices of contemporary Latin American writers. Focuses on short
stories, poetry, plays, one novel, and testimonials of indigenous peoples, women, and Central American refugees.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): SPA311(Spanish Conversation and Composition)
SPA397
Internship
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA399
Internship
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): SPA212(Intermediate Spanish II)
SPA411
Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
4 Semester Credits
Emphasizes increasing facility and correctness of written and oral expression through conversations, discussions,
reports, debates, written compositions, and grammatical exercises.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); SPA311(Spanish Conversation and
Composition)
SPA495
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPA499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPE410
Implementing Assessment Strategies
3 Semester Credits
This course examines the assessment process from the pre-referral to the recommendation stage. Students gain
understanding of key assessment tools and how they influence student placement and programming. A qualitative
and person-centered assessment process is emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
SPE411
Etiology and Theory of Mild to Moderate Disabilities
3 Semester Credits
This course presents an overview of learners with emotional or behavioral disorders, specific learning disabilities,
developmental cognitive disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other health disabilities, including those from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Students will probe the central concepts, history and models,
theories, and philosophies that form the bases for special education practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
SPE415
Theory to Practice
3 Semester Credits
The focus of this course is on the design, delivery, and evaluation of academic instruction for students with mild to
moderate exceptional learning needs. In this course students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to use a wide
range of academic instructional practices across multiple settings when working with youth who have exceptional
learning needs.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDC410(Learners with Special Needs), EDC544(Learners with Special Needs); 1 of
SPE411(Etiology and Theory of Mild to Moderate Disabilities), SPE511(Etiology and Theory of Mild to Moderate
Disabilities); 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
SPE425
Transition and Community
3 Semester Credits
Rationale, design, and delivery of programs for students with disabilities in transition from secondary to postsecondary environments as well as other transitions in life. Collaboration, communication, and coordination
strategies will be a central focus. This course will emphasize the key elements of an effective delivery system for
building self-determination skills in students with disabilities. Therefore, students will compare and contrast their own
transition experiences with literature specific to students with disabilities, develop transition IEPs, and gain
awareness of working with families, agencies outside of the school, and others to create a seamless system of
transition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
SPE430
Instructional and Behavioral Practices
3 Semester Credits
This course examines behavioral support options used with students who are labeled EBD. It emphasizes the use of
reflective, pro-active and non-aversive approaches drawn from current best practices and including positive
behavioral supports, person centered planning and functional assessment.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
SPE434
Tchng Cont Area w/Lrng Disabilities
3 Semester Credits
This course will teach students to identify, adapt, and implement developmentally appropriate instruction that support
the learning of students identified as having learning disabilities. The course will specifically focus on the areas of
reading, writing and listening comprehension, math, reasoning, and problemsolving skills. There will be a strong
focus on the modifications involved in these areas and the planning process involved.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); 1 of SPE400(TCHNG Emotnal/Behavral Disabilitie), SPE500(TCHNG
Emotnal/Behavral Disabilitie)
SPE481
Student Teaching: Elementary Special Education
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
SPE483
Student Teaching: Elementary Special Education
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
SPE485
Student Teaching: Secondary Special Education
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
SPE487
Student Teaching: Secondary Special Education
4 Semester Credits
Full-time, supervised student teaching. Required for licensure.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit)
SPE488
Topics in Education
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPE490
Parent and Professional Planning
3 Semester Credits
This course examines the role of families of students with special needs, specifically those families of students with
special needs. A family systems perspective is introduced and applied. The need to form strong connections with
community agencies is emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: Keystone
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission), TPL001(Education Admit); 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing),
ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level)
SPE501
Historical and Contemporary Issues in American Indian Education
4 Semester Credits
This course examines foundational aspects of teaching and learning as they relate to education. It will investigate
educational history, philosophy as well as models of teaching and learning. A major focus will be to examine past
and present educational experiences of American Indian people in the U.S. Minnesota Board of Teaching (BOT)
Standards and American Indian Learner Outcomes (AILOS) will also be introduced.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE502
American Indians and Special Education
4 Semester Credits
This course will explore disability awareness in traditional and contemporary native culture, exploring historical and
contemporary issues effecting students with disabilities and focusing specifically on American Indian students in
special education. It will provide an overview of special education in U.S. culture including relevant laws, theories,
and sociological concepts as they relate to disability. It will also examine the high incidence of American Indians in
special education including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), autism, and biological and environmental conditions. A
field component will accompany this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE503
Assessment of American Indian Learners
4 Semester Credits
This course will examine the cultural bias and discrimination issues with mainstream educational systems, providing
alternative assessments appropriate with native populations. It will also identify differences in assessment tools and
strategies, native student learning and best practices in assessment. Characteristics of learning deficits and how
they interfere with the Circle of Courage will be examined, and approaches for compensation will be developed. A
field component will accompany this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE504
Working with American Indian Families and Communities
4 Semester Credits
This course will examine techniques appropriate for working with American Indian families, extended families,
professionals, paraprofessionals, and the community when planning and implementing IEPs and transitions for
American Indian students with special needs. Skills and strategies to build partnerships to work within and among
Native families and communities to best meet the needs of the student will also be addressed. A field component will
accompany this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE505
Manifestation of Multigenerational Trauma and Internalized Oppression
4 Semester Credits
This course will focus on how multigenerational trauma and internalized oppression manifests itself in families,
communities, schools, and student learning. It will examine and explore strategies that provide practical skills and
tools to mitigate these effects. Disability categories such as Emotional Behavioral Disabilities (EBD), Attention Deficit
Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) will be examined as
contemporary issues impacting American Indian children. Behavioral support options appropriate for students
identified with EBD will be provided. A field component will accompany this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE506
Indigenous Learners
4 Semester Credits
This course will identify best practices in American Indian education incorporating culturally appropriate methods and
materials for students in special education. It will also explore cultural differences in learning and behavioral
practices, community and environment variables, examining the high incidence of American Indian students in
special education, cultural misunderstandings that impede placement, services and diagnosis. A field component will
accompany this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE507
Indigenous Methods of Instruction: Practical Application
4 Semester Credits
Current best practices in American Indian education will provide students with hands on skills and strategies for
curriculum development including unit planning, lesson planning, and individualization. Various models of instruction
for teaching students including the development of intervention plans that are culturally, academically, and socially
appropriate based on assessment and observation to meet the needs of American Indian special education students.
A field component will accompany this course.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE508
Professional Issues and Development
2 Semester Credits
This course will focus on professional development and integrity in teaching. It will examine current issues and
ethical dilemmas in the fields of special education/American Indian education. Documentation, reflection, synthesis
of learning and the development of a professional portfolio will be the main focus.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE509
Literacy Instruction for American Indian Learners with Exceptionalities
4 Semester Credits
This course is designed to provide the special education teacher with an understanding of the complex
developmental process of reading skills for K-12 American Indian students with special learning needs. We will
consider ways in which reading disabilities develop among American Indian students. In this course, we will study
complex developmental behavior influenced by factors such as phonemic awareness, words analysis, vocabulary,
fluency, comprehension, language, and motivation. This course will also include investigation of best practices in
reading assessment and instruction for American Indian students with special learning needs.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPE510
Implementing Assessment Strategies
3 Semester Credits
This course examines the assessment process from the pre-referral to the recommendatio stage. Students gain
understanding of key assessment tools and how they influence student placement and programming. A qualitative
and person-centered assessment process is emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE511
Etiology and Theory of Mild to Moderate Disabilities
3 Semester Credits
This course presents an overview of learners with emotional or behavioral disorders, specific learning disabilities,
developmental cognitive disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other health disabilities, including those from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Students will probe the central concepts, history and models,
theories, and philosophies that form the bases for special education practice.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
SPE515
Theory to Practice
3 Semester Credits
The focus of this course is on the design, delivery, and evaluation of academic instruction for students with mild to
moderate exceptional learning needs. In this course students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to use a wide
range of academic instructional practices across multiple settings when working with youth who have exceptional
learning needs.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission); 1 of EDC410(Learners with Special Needs), EDC544(Learners with Special Needs); 1 of
SPE411(Etiology and Theory of Mild to Moderate Disabilities), SPE511(Etiology and Theory of Mild to Moderate
Disabilities)
SPE525
Transition and Community
3 Semester Credits
Rationale, design, and delivery of programs for students with disabilities in transition from secondary to postsecondary environments as well as other transitions in life. Collaboration, communication, and coordination
strategies will be a central focus. This course will emphasize the key elements of an effective delivery system for
building self-determination skills in students with disabilities. Therefore, students will compare and contrast their own
transition experiences with literature specific to students with disabilities, develop transition IEPs, and gain
awareness of working with families, agencies outside of the school, and others to create a seamless system of
transition.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of EDADMIT(Education Department Admission), GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department
Admission)
SPE530
Instructional and Behavioral Practices
3 Semester Credits
This course examines behavioral support options used with students who are labeled EBD. It emphasizes the use of
reflective, pro-active and non-aversive approaches drawn from current best practices and including positive
behavioral supports, person centered planning and functional assessment.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE540
Parent and Professional Planning
3 Semester Credits
This course examines the role of families of students with special needs, specifically those families of students
labeled EBD. A family systems perspective is introduced and applied. The need to form strong connections with
community agencies is emphasized.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE598
Independent Study
2 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPE599
Topics
3 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): GRADEDADMIT(Graduate Education Department Admission)
SPP200
Study Abroad
16 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPP201
Study Abroad Summer School
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SPP202
Study Abroad/Part Time
8 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK100
Introduction to Professional Social Work
4 Semester Credits
This course provides an opportunity for students to explore a possible social work major or future career in human
services. Students will receive an overview of social welfare as an institution and social work as a profession. The
course examines service needs associated with the unequal impact of social, economic and political structures on
diverse groups in society. Students volunteer 40 hours in a human service agency, program or institution.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK210
Environmental Justice and Social Change
4 Semester Credits
This course examines the relationship between environmental justice issues and principles and methods of social
change. It explores the relationshipbetween environmental damage and damage to human populations, the
differential effect of environmental damage on specific populations, and the ways social change agents can mobilize
action to correct these injustices.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK230
Global Peace and Social Development
4 Semester Credits
This course offers a framework for understanding sustainable social and economic development and non-violent
social change. Case studies present examples of how social work and human services function in a global context
and are vital to fostering peace, human rights, and well-being.
Core Curriculum Component: Engaging Minneapolis
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK240
Intergroup Dialogue
4 Semester Credits
In SWK 240, students will participate in intergroup dialogue; an experiential process that enhances complex thinking
skills as well as cross-cultural competence and empathy. The class will explore the intersection between the
student’s individual experiences and narratives from historical, psychological and sociological sources.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK280
Diversity and Inequality in Professional Practice
4 Semester Credits
This course explores diversity and social inequality as they relate to professional practice in social work and other
helping professions. Building cultural competence in work with diverse populations, students learn through dialogue,
reading, experiential exercises, and community observation.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK294
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK295
Topics
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK299
Directed Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK301
History and Analysis of Social Policy
4 Semester Credits
The history of social workers, social movements, and changing social norms in Europe, North America, and globally
profoundly affects social welfare policy today and tomorrow. In this course, students learn how historical events,
policies, and programs influenced today’s social responses to human needs.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of CPL(Critical Thinking Level), GST100(Critical Thinking)
SWK303
Human Development and the Social Environment
4 Semester Credits
Students focus on the theories and knowledge of human bio-psycho-social spiritual development throughout the life
span. Students will study how people develop, with attention to the interaction among individuals, families, and the
changing social environment. The course takes a life span perspective of human development, from birth to death in
the context of the person in the environment. Traditional approaches to life “stages” are also explored, along with
less traditional issues, such as human behavior and development as a result of different cultures, sexual orientation,
poverty, differing physical or mental abilities, and the relationship between diverse statuses and the social
environment.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK306
Social Work Practice 1: With Individuals
4 Semester Credits
Students develop foundational social work practice knowledge, skills, and values while learning to interview, assess,
set goals, and work with individual clients. Course readings, class participation, simulations, and role-plays provide
learning opportunities for students to build skills necessary for generalist social work practice with individuals,
families, and groups. Emphasis is on holistic practice applying the strength-based problem solving approach and
working with diverse populations.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK307
Field Work 1: Integrative Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Students begin applying practice knowledge and skills in their first social work practicum. Social work professionals
in regional human service agencies supervise students in a full-year field placement. Students also synthesize their
course-based learning with their supervised training through participation in weekly integrative seminars. Students
complete a minimum of 120 hours of supervised practice in the fall term.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): SWK306(Social Work Practice 1: With Individuals) *concurrent registration is required*
SWK316
Social Work Practice 2: With Families and Groups
4 Semester Credits
Students continue to develop generalist social work practice knowledge, skills, and values while learning to interview
families and facilitate groups. Emphasis on holistic practice applying the strength-based problem solving approach
and working with diverse groups and families.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of ENG111(Effective Writing), ENL111(Effective Writing), ENL112(Advanced Effective Writing),
HON111(Effective Writing for Liberating Letters), WPL(Writing Placement Level); SWK306(Social Work Practice 1:
With Individuals), SWK307(Field Work 1: Integrative Seminar)
SWK317
Field Work 2: Integrative Seminar
4 Semester Credits
This course is a continuation of SWK 307. Students apply practice knowledge and skills in their first social work
practicum. Students synthesize their course-based learning with their supervised training through participation in
weekly integrative seminars. Students complete a minimum of 120 hours of supervised practice in the spring term.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): SWK316(Social Work Practice 2: With Families and Groups) *concurrent registration is required*
SWK401
Social Work Research and Evaluation
4 Semester Credits
This course will provide students with an introduction to positivist and constructivist theories and related methods
commonly used in both social science research and social work evaluation. Students will learn to integrate social
work values and ethical principles with social science research and evaluation. Methods of program and practice
evaluation will be examined. Various approaches to organizing information and interpreting data will also be
examined.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): 1 of MAT105(Applied Algebra), MPL(Math Placement Level 3); 1 of MAT163(Introductory Statistics),
SOC362(Statistical Analysis)
SWK406
Social Work Practice 3: With Communities and Policies
4 Semester Credits
Students learn how community organizations, human service agencies, and social policies emerge in Western
society. Students study how to organize communities for empowerment, how to assist human service agencies to
adapt, and how to influence local, regional, and national policies.
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK407
Field Work 3: Integrative Seminar
4 Semester Credits
Social work professionals in regional human service agencies supervise students in a senior year field placement.
Students synthesize their advanced course learning with their supervised training through participation in weekly
integrative seminars. Students complete a minimum of 120 hours of supervised practice in the fall term.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK417
Field Work 4: Integrative Seminar
4 Semester Credits
This course is the social work major keystone course and a continuation of SWK 407. Social work students
synthesize their advanced course learning with their supervised training through participation in weekly integrative
seminars. Students complete a minimum of 120 hours of supervised practice in the spring term.
Core Curriculum Component: Augsburg Experience, Keystone
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK499
Independent Study
4 Semester Credits
Core Curriculum Component: None
Prerequisite(s): None
SWK500
Human Behavior and the Social Environment
4 Semester Credits
This course presents knowledge basic to an understanding of human growth and behavior through the lifecycle. It
examines the interplay of biological, social, cultural, psychological, and spiritual contexts that influence the growth of
individuals and families in contemporary global society. It requires students to select and apply theory and
knowledge from the liberal arts to help understand human behavior and development.
Core Curricul