2016-2017 Catalog and Handbook 
    
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2016-2017 Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • HCOS 119 - Computerized Health Systems

    5 Credit Hours

    This course provides the student with a good basic understanding of how the computer is used in the health care industry to process information. It will allow the student to have hands on experience with managing computerized systems that allow entry for record keeping and documentation in the many hospital departments that contribute to the patient’s health care experience. These include therapeutic, diagnostic, treatment, business, patient care and all other departments that are a part of the health care delivery system. It will allow the student to more easily adapt to the individual computer systems used by agencies involved in health care.

    Prerequisites: Health Core
     

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5 Credit Hours
  

  • HCOS 121 - Insurance/Billing/Coding

    3 Credit Hours
    This course allows students to perform basic diagnostic and procedural coding according to nationally accepted guidelines. It will give them a basis for performing coding skills for reimbursement and documentation in the world of work. The course also offers a good overview of billing and reimbursement for Medicare, Medicaid, and a variety of other payment systems and providers. It will also provide the student with the skills to communicate with agencies involved in patient financial services.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • HCOS 122 - Medical Documentation

    3 Credit Hours
    This course provides the student both lecture and lab experiences with the use of communication equipment, reception and basic skills needed to perform the non-patient care activities of a facility. It also allows the student to continue to become increasingly skilled in keyboarding techniques and procedures as they apply to medicine, medical terminology and the utilization of actual medical dictation.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • HCOS 124 - Patient Flow and Patient Services

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is designed for the prospective Healthcare Office Specialist employee to learn the attitudes, professionalism, leadership and dependability required to be successful in this career. This course will give the student a better understanding of the significance of the patient experience to that individual, and how their behavior plays a big part in that experience. It also provides the student both lecture and lab experiences in scheduling both staff and patients. It will familiarize the student with the different departments in the health care setting and the procedures and treatments provided by these departments. Customer service will be a primary theme of this course.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • HCOS 130 - Clinical Preceptorship

    6 Credit Hours
    This course provides approximately 240 hours of Healthcare Office Specialist clinical experience at an affiliated health care facility where the student will be supervised by an assigned employee working in the department. They will be under the supervision of the manager of that department. There will be some flexibility allowed as to the type of health care delivery system the student chooses. The program advisor will coordinate the clinical schedules and manage the clinical evaluations.

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6 Credit Hours
  

  • HCOS 215 - Professional Ethics in Healthcare

    3 Credit Hours
    This course will guide healthcare students through a variety of ethical issues and theories. Student are presented with real-world examples to stimulate thought and discussion. The foundation of medical ethics as well as professionalism and medical ethics are also addressed in this course.

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3 Credit Hours
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  • HT 131 - Internship

    3 Credit Hours

    A portion of the second semester will be spent completing an internship in a greenhouse, nursery, garden center, park system, or golf course. Students will apply the knowledge they have learned in the classroom to practical real-life situations on the job.

    Prerequisites: Department Approval
     

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3 Credit Hours
   3 Credit Hours
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  • HT 211 - Landscape Construction

    4 Credit Hours

    Details of landscape construction techniques and estimating will be studied in the classroom. An emphasis will be placed on the implementation of actual landscape projects involving but not limited to: soil preparation, plantings, walls, paving materials, natural stone, wood, edging materials, and mulches.

    Prerequisites: HT 124  
     

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4 Credit Hours
  

  • HT 213 - Greenhouse II

    4 Credit Hours

    The success of a greenhouse operation is based upon a grower’s ability to balance the financial and cultural strategies related to greenhouse production. Students who complete this course will be able to demonstrate their own ability to produce, manage, and market their own crop. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s ability to grow and manage a greenhouse crop.

    Prerequisites: HT 125  
     

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4 Credit Hours
   3 Credit Hours
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  • HT 222 - Residential Irrigation/Equipment Operations

    3 Credit Hours
    Exposes students to residential irrigation systems, design theory, water conservation considerations, irrigation system maintenance and trouble-shooting. The equipment operations portion of this class exposes students to the proper operations and maintenance of power landscape equipment.

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3 Credit Hours
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  • HT 227 - Landscape CAD

    4 Credit Hours
    The landscape design industry is evolving and becoming more technical. One of these technical advancements is the use of the computer as a landscape design tool. This course exposes students to the two software packages that local industry has determined to be the present and future for computer assisted landscape design. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s ability to use these software packages as a design, estimating, and presentation tool.

    Prerequisites: HT 124 , CIS 105   
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4 Credit Hours
   3 Credit Hours
  

  • HT 232 - Interiorscaping/Fruits and Vegetables

    3 Credit Hours

    Fundamentals of interior plantscape design emphasizing commercial applications will be covered in this course. Students will learn identification by common and scientific names of foliage plants, their cultural requirements, and environmental requirements. This course is also designed to expose students to the cultural practices of commercial fruit and vegetable production. Emphasis will be placed on cultural practices of fruit, small fruit and vegetables, design of orchards and vegetable gardens, and identification of fruit, small fruit, and vegetables.

    Prerequisites: HT 124  
     

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • HT 234 - Pest Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Designed to expose students to pests, pest control strategies, and safe chemical application using a variety of equipment used in the horticulture industry. Emphasis will be placed on pesticide laws and practical plant health care strategies. Students will have the opportunity to apply for their commercial applicator’s license if they have met all requirements.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • INS 205 - Introduction to Claims and Underwriting

    3 Credit Hours
    Insurance companies must process claims in a timely and fair manner in order to maintain customer satisfaction. In this course, students will gain understanding of how claim departments operate, what resources are used in process claims, the elements involved in claim handling, and procedures used to investigate, evaluate, and dispose of claims.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • INS 215 - Fundamentals of Insurance

    3 Credit Hours
    The purpose of Introduction to Underwriting course is to provide students an understanding of how insurance companies approve or decline insurance applications. Some of the concepts include evaluating information to determine probability of risk, identifying potential hazards, implementing alternative underwriting actions, and monitoring loss ratios on existing policies.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • INS 220 - Property and Casualty Insurance

    3 Credit Hours
    Property and Casualty Insurance provides protection against most risks to property, such as fire, theft and some weather damage. In this course, students will learn about different types of insurers, the elements of an insurance contract, general duties and responsibilities of agents, and key policy provisions. Some of the different types of policies include: homeowners, marine, automobile, liability, and workman’s compensation.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • INS 225 - Sales Agency Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Sales Agency Management is designed to introduce those seeking a profession within insurance to the ideas and principles of insurance agency formation, organizational management within an agency, sales management as a primary business concern within the agency, and production planning. In this course, students will learn about the relationship between an agency and its principal, what goes into building an agency, tracking and monitoring production and the agency’s overall success, the different roles within an agency, the primacy of sales and the management of it, and creating a production plan as part of the agency’s overall business plan. Students will be introduced to basic concepts such as licensing, agency contracts, and legal organization along with planning, leading, and controlling the organization. Students will also learn the basics of structuring an agency including staffing, compensating, managing time, and creating production plans. This course will enhance understanding of managing an insurance agency, especially as it pertains to their work within one or their formation of an agency. For students seeking a career in becoming a trusted advisor to consumers seeking financial protection, their professional understanding of agency management will be an integral part of their career development.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • INS 295 - Insurance Internship

    3 Credit Hours

    This course is a capstone that will provide the student with industry experience in the business world. Students will work 180 hours for a company that agrees to guide the student toward achieving specific objectives as set up by the company, student and supervising instructor. (Completed during your last semester.)

    Prerequisites: 2.0 CGPA and Department Approval
     

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3 Credit Hours
   3 Credit Hours
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  • LE 108 - Physical Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness I

    1 Credit Hours

    Introduces the student to the importance of fitness, nutrition and wellness for the modern law enforcement professional. The course includes involving the students in developing a fitness routine, examining their nutritional intake and time for physical activity that will prepare them for passing the program’s fitness test.

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 109 - Accident Investigation

    2 Credit Hours
    This course will prepare students in skills necessary to investigate traffic accidents. They will learn how to identify pre-crash, crash, and post-crash factors in accidents. Additionally, students will learn how to calculate speeds and measure accident scenes.

    Corequisites: LE 109 L  

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 109L - Accident Investigation Lab

    This lab course the student will be involved with case studies of crash scene evidence.  They will be involved with evaluating the pre-crash and post-crash evidence for the purpose of determining the dynamics of the crash.  This will include determining the position of vehicles prior to collision, the point of impact, the path of vehicles after collision, derive speeds of vehicles, their final resting positions and formulate conclusions on the causes of the crash.  The student will be applying principles of physics and mathematics to assist in their investigations.

    Corequisites: LE 109  

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  • LE 110 - Report Writing I

    1 Credit Hours
    This course is an introduction to law enforcement writing tasks. Students will learn how to take notes when interviewing and interrogating citizens. Emphasis will be given on techniques for writing clear and factual case reports, as well as organizing written information.

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 113 - Constitutional Law

    3 Credit Hours

    Begins with an examination of the United States Supreme Court’s origins, its jurisdiction, its powers of judicial review and its adherence (or not) to precedent. Concentrates on the first ten amendments to the US Constitution (the Bill of Rights), with particular attention paid to which amendments impact, directly and circumstantially, the criminal justice system. Concludes with a survey of the SD Constitution, of the interplay between it and the US Constitution and of specific cases defining states’ rights.

    Prerequisites: LE 105 , LE 107  
     

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 118 - Physical Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness II

    1 Credit Hours

    This course continues the personal physical fitness progress of the student began in LE 108. The student applies themselves to build on their fitness routine for the purpose of preparing them to pass the program’s fitness test.

    Prerequisites: LE 108  
     

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1 Credit Hours
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  • LE 203 - Occupational Sociology of Law Enforcement

    3 Credit Hours
    Identifies and discusses job-related and personal aspects of working as a law-enforcement professional. Course pays particular attention to stress and how it affects the professional, the community and the professional’s family.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 204 - Use of Force

    1 Credit Hours

    This course is a study of various tools used by law enforcement to gain compliance with resistive behavior. It will include a detail look at the law and court decisions that give direction when and how force may be applied. The student will learn the technical aspects of the force continuum with attention specifically given to levels of control and levels of resistance. Finally, students will be placed in scenarios evaluated on their force choices.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Science Core
     

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 205 - PPCT

    1 Credit Hours

    In this course the student will complete a basic self-defense course with focus on handcuffing, joint manipulation, pressure points, punches, blocking, kicks, batons and other forms of physical control. The course will include concepts on physical resistive behavior and means of countering attacks those who are attempted to fight arrest.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Core
     

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 208 - Physical Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness III

    1 Credit Hours

    This course continues the personal physical fitness progress of the student began in LE 108. The student applies themselves to build on their fitness routine for the purpose of preparing them to pass the program’s fitness test.

    Prerequisites: LE 108 , LE 118  
     

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 209L - Law Enforcement Survival

    This lab course the student will apply the concepts learned in the classroom to field scenarios.  Students will be involved with conducting, call for services responses, unknown risk and known risk traffic stops, chemical agent exposure drills and building searches.

    Prerequisites: LE 209  
     

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  • LE 209 - Law Enforcement Survival

    3 Credit Hours
    This course introduces the student to the aspects associated with officer safety.  Specifically the course examines the mental conditioning, tactical applications, physical fitness, and equipment used by officers to reduce the hazards faced daily by officers, on and off-duty.

    Corequisites: LE 209 L  

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3 Credit Hours
   1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 212L - Traffic Enforcement I

    This lab course entails students taking the knowledge of South Dakota traffic laws into the street.  Students will spend time observing motor vehicle traffic and attempt to discover violations.  Activities will include completing summons as issued to a violator, writing case reports, determining traffic enforcement priorities and building a traffic enforcement strategy through the use of crash statistics.

    Corequisites: LE 212  

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  • LE 212 - Traffic Enforcement I

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduces South Dakota’s Rules of the Road, supplements students’ understanding of DWI laws and identifies, describes and demonstrates proper methods of traffic control, traffic-violation detection, accident-scene control, escorting vehicles, radio usage, vehicle pullover and approach and citation issuance.

    Corequisites: LE 212L  

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 213L - Traffic Enforcement II

    This lab course focuses on student’s learn the three investigative stages of impaired driving violations.  Activities will include identifying clues of impairment, proper administration of standardized testing, evaluating the level of impairment on test subject, determining BAC levels and how to obtain breath samples using a PBT.  Student will also learn how to submit evidence to be evaluated to determine the extent of intoxication.

    Corequisites: LE 213  

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  • LE 213 - Traffic Enforcement II

    2 Credit Hours
    Pays particular attention to detection, investigation and apprehension of intoxicated drivers, vehicle searches, identification of drugs and other intoxicants and certifies students as a Basic Radar Operators.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Science Core
    Corequisites: LE 213L  

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 214 - Ethics and Leadership in Law Enforcement

    1 Credit Hours
    This course is designed to gain an understanding how ethics impact the law enforcement profession.  By learning the meaning of ethics and how it relates to corruption, this course is designed to help the student understand how to make proper ethical decisions when faced with choices involving principles and honesty.  Furthermore, the course helps the student see the role that leadership places in the law enforcement profession, from the patrol level all the way to the top levels of management.

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 218 - Physical Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness IV

    1 Credit Hours

    This course continues the personal physical fitness progress of the student began in LE 108. The student applies themselves to build on their fitness routine for the purpose of preparing them to pass the program’s fitness test.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Science Core
     

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 220 - Criminal Investigation

    3 Credit Hours

    Introduces students to the theories of criminal investigation and to personal attributes of a professional criminal investigator. Examines crime-scene procedures, investigative techniques, interviewing, report writing, case preparation and court testimony. Discusses inter-agency cooperation.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Science Core
     

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 223 - Report Writing II

    1 Credit Hours
    This course will build upon the skills learned in LE 110  with particular attention paid to learning how to write different law enforcement reports. Additionally, students will learn how to use different forms of interagency written communications. This course will also include fundamentals of courtroom testimony, resume writing and interviewing for a law enforcement position.

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 224 - Juvenile Justice

    2 Credit Hours
    This course focuses on emerging issues of significant concern relating to juveniles in the criminal justice system. In addition, this will compare and contrast the differences between the adult and the juvenile criminal justice systems.

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 226 - Civil Law for Law Enforcement

    3 Credit Hours

    Examines the distinctions between civil and criminal law, delineates and describes civil-court processes, including statutes of limitation and service of process, and explores laws from varied sources covering, among other things, amercement, asset forfeiture, debt collection, court security, civil liability for criminal justice professionals and mental-illness-commitment procedures.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Science Core
     

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3 Credit Hours
   1 Credit Hours
  

  • LE 228 - National Incident Management System

    1 Credit Hours
    This course is a comprehensive study of the National Incident Management System that is utilized by emergency responders when mitigating natural and man-made events. Students are given an overview of the NIMS with emphasis on chain-of-command, terminology, roles and responsibilities of first responders. Upon the completion of this class students will have completed the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s IC100, IC200 and IC700 courses that is mandated of all law enforcement officers.

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1 Credit Hours
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  • LE 290 - Firearms Training

    3 Credit Hours

    Course acclimates students to parts of single-action, double-action and semi-automatic handguns, and the Remington 870 shotgun, parts of ammunition for firearms and shooting techniques. Course meets all day for eight days; students fire at an outdoor range under a variety of conditions and students benefit from use of the Range 3000, a firearms simulator.

    Prerequisites: Law Enforcement Science Core
     

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3 Credit Hours
   1 Credit Hours
  

  • LPN 101 - Introduction to Nursing

    4 Credit Hours

    Introduces students to the foundation of nursing that can be used throughout their careers.  Students will be introduced to the nature of nursing, personal and environmental health, developmental stages of the life cycle, nutrition, the nursing process, safety in the healthcare setting and client care.  The performance expectations for students in the STI lecture, lab and clinical courses will also be discussed.  Students will spend clinical hours at health care facilities for the clinical portion of this course.  

    Prerequisites: HC 117 , HC 118 , HC 118L  
    Corequisites: LPN 101 L  , LPN 101 S , LPN 112   

    Additional Information: Students will spend clinical hours at health care facilities for the clinical portion of this course. 

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4 Credit Hours
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  • LPN 112 - Introduction to Pharmacology

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will learn the administration of medication with concern for safety and precision and attention to important physiologic factors.  This course emphasizes understanding of drug action at the physiologic level.  The pharmacology content will be integrated with knowledge of anatomy, physiology and disease processes.  The nursing process, as well as patient teaching, is also stressed in this course to maximize the potential of reaching the therapeutic goal.

    Prerequisites: HC 117 , HC 118 , HC 118L   
    Corequisites:  ,  , LPN 101 S  

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • LPN 120 - Maternity & Pediatric Nursing

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduces students to perspectives in maternal and child health nursing.  Course focuses upon the nursing care throughout the childbearing process including emphasis on pregnancy, labor and birth, postpartum, and the newborn.  In addition, the study of child health and childhood diseases from infancy through adolescence along with the child with special needs will be incorporated into the course.  Students will spend clinical hours at health care facilities for the clinical portion of this course.  

    Prerequisites: first semester coursework
    Corequisites: LPN 120 S  

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4 Credit Hours
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  • LPN 131 - Medical/Surgical Nursing I

    5 Credit Hours
    This course provides the foundations for Medical-Surgical Nursing. The content is based on nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions. Topics include acid-base balance, body defenses, preparation of a surgical patient, endocrine disorders, mobility, blood disorders, and effects of aging on the body system. Students will spend clinical hours at health care facilities for the clinical portion.

    Prerequisites: LPN 101 , LPN 101 L , LPN 101 S , LPN 112   
    Corequisites: LPN 131 L , LPN 131 S , LPN 142   

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5 Credit Hours
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  • LPN 132 - Medical Surgical Nursing II

    7 Credit Hours
    This course builds on the concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing introduced in LPN 131. The topics of body defenses, control, mobility, coordination and regulation, digestion and elimination, reproductive and sexual disorders, physical and mental integrity, special areas, and integration of body systems are discussed, as well as the effects of aging on body systems. Students will spend clinical hours at health care facilities for the clinical portion of this course.

    Prerequisites: First semester coursework
    Corequisites: LPN 132 S  

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7 Credit Hours
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   2 Credit Hours
  

  • LPN 150 - Responsibilities of the LPN

    1 Credit Hours

    Designed to discuss professional issues that will affect the Licensed Practical Nurse proceeding into the workplace.  This course covers such topics as the history of nursing as a profession, legal and ethical issues in the workplace, communication in the workplace and resume and interviewing tips for success in getting a desired job. We discuss various health care settings, as well as the leadership and management roles of the Licensed Practical Nurse within those settings.  

    Prerequisites: first semester coursework
     

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1 Credit Hours
  

  • LPN 160S - Clinical Practice

    0 Credit Hours

    Students work with a LPN or RN preceptor at a clinical site.  Clinical hours are a required part of the preceptor experience prior to receiving the diploma for completion of the program. 

    Prerequisites: First and second semester coursework and permission of Program Director
     

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0 Credit Hours
  

  • LPN 160 - NCLEX- PN Review

    5 Credit Hours

    A review course to prepare students to take the board examination required to practice as an LPN.  Students will review all previous course contents, as well as practice test-taking skills.

    Prerequisites: first and second semester coursework and permission of Program Director
     

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5 Credit Hours
   3 Credit Hours
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  • LSS 215 - Research and Platting

    3 Credit Hours
    In this course the student will research public records relevant to properties and boundaries. The students will draw/redraw city and rural county plats and physically follow these plats through their certificate approval processes by attending all necessary meetings and public offices. The students will perform a resurvey of an area, draw, analyze with a Land Surveyor and write several reports. The student will complete the course by drawing/redrawing land title mortgage reports and reporting on several Land Surveying journal articles.

    Prerequisites: CET 226  or Department Approval
    Corequisites: LSS 220  

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • LSS 220 - Boundary Law

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is a study of laws, deeds and conveyances. Student will study the legal principles for retracement surveys of lots and blocks; study the unwritten title laws and methods of property transfer in real property; study the USPLS and legal principles of retracements in a complete section break-down; study the laws relating to easements, systems of land descriptions and water laws; research land records at the register of deeds in the court-house, and become familiar with the codified laws of South Dakota.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • LSS 230 - Educational Field Trip

    2 Credit Hours
    This is typically a four-five day, (32-50 hour) “Educational/Working Field Trip” to give the students hands-on experience in boundary, topography mapping, working with the equipment, to motivate, learn and to gather relative experiences that are difficult to replicate in lab situations. Under the guidance of a Professional Engineer and a Professional Land Surveyor, the student will be able to bring these valuable experiences back to present and future classes. This trip is typically during the second week of October in the students third semester. This time is chosen to balance student’s maximum experiences in present Fall semester classes yet before inclement fall weather.

    Corequisites: CET 215 , CET 226  

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • LSS 299 - Fundamental of Surveying Review

    1 Credit Hours

    This is a four day review of surveying and general education concepts, principles, fundamentals, equations, formulas and essentials to help prepare the student for the Fundamentals of Surveying Exam in April.  This is the student’s first of two professional exams in becoming a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in South Dakota. The second is the Principles of Surveying Exam. This exam requires the passing of the Fundamentals of Surveying plus seven more years of industry experience to be registered in the state of South Dakota.

     

    Prerequisites: 24 credits of approved Land Surveying credits
     

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1 Credit Hours
   2 Credit Hours
  

  • MATH 098 - Basic Algebra

    3 Credit Hours
    A pre-academic class designed to give an understanding of basic algebraic concepts in signed numbers, expressions, equations, inequalities, polynomials, factoring, algebraic fractions, graphing, exponents, radicals, and quadratic equations.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • MATH 099 - Basic Math Lab

    2 Credit Hours
    This course is a corequisite, based upon placement, designed to help students succeed in MATH 101. The course is instructed in a lecture and lab format, using a self-paced computer program. It is designed to reinforce and encourage mastery learning of the topics: real numbers, absolute values, exponents, polynomials, trinomial factoring, simplifying/calculating/solving rational and arithmetic expressions, exponents, radicals, complex numbers, second-degree equations, graphing, and linear systems.

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2 Credit Hours
  

  • MATH 101 - Intermediate Algebra

    4 Credit Hours

    This course includes properties of real numbers, linear equations and inequalities, systems of equations, quadratic equations, polynomials and factoring, rational expressions and equations, and radical expressions and equations.  It also includes an introduction to functions such as polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions.

    Prerequisites: Placement Assessment
     

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4 Credit Hours
  

  • MATH 102T - College Algebra

    3 Credit Hours

    This is a first year, one semester College Algebra course. It begins with a review of the fundamental concepts of the real number system, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions and complex numbers. It continues with linear equations and inequalities, graphs of functions, polynomial and rational functions, exponential functions and logarithmic functions. Systems of equations, matrices and determinants, and probability will be covered as time allows. Throughout the course there is extensive use of the graphing calculator.

    Prerequisites: Placement Assessment
     

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • MATH 115 - College Math

    3 Credit Hours

    A course covering the concepts and applications of mathematics, that includes: the arithmetic order of operations, percent problems, descriptive statistics and graphing, algebraic manipulations, solving linear equations, formula rearrangement, word problems, measurement, and applied plane and solid geometry. This course satisfies the institution’s general education requirements for mathematics, but is not a transfer course.

    Prerequisites: Placement Assessment
     

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • MATH 116 - Algebra and Trigonometry

    5 Credit Hours

    This course is designed to teach the algebraic and trigonometric skills necessary for science, technology, pre-engineering and mathematics. This course begins with a brief review of the fundamental concepts of the real number system, algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities. It continues with graphs of linear, quadratic, and polynomial functions; one to one functions and their inverses; and complex numbers. Exponential and logarithmic functions, graphs and equations are included. Then the trigonometric functions and graphs, inverse functions, trigonometry of right triangles, and the laws of sines and of cosines are introduced. The trigonometric identities, polar coordinates, and vectors are included. The course concludes with the study of systems of equation and inequalities, and analytic geometry. Throughout the course there is extensive use of the graphing calculator. Credit will not be allowed for Math 116 in addition to credit in Math 102 or 120.

    Prerequisites: MATH 101  
     

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5 Credit Hours
   3 Credit Hours
   4 Credit Hours
  

  • MCT 122 - Materials and Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    This is a hands-on course that allows students to experience some of the methods and materials used in manufacturing processes. Some of these processes include heat treating of tool steel, case hardening, plastic blow molding, and casting.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • MCT 211 - Operations Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Production is the creation of goods. Operations management is the action that puts value into goods and services by changing inputs into outputs. This course is a study of these activities: design of goods and services, job design, material requirement planning and managing quality. At the end of the course the student will have an understanding of how the company makes their management decisions.

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3 Credit Hours
  

  • MCT 222 - Process Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides students with the knowledge and understanding of a variety of measuring systems and methods through the text knowledge of the need for measurement, historical basis of measurement, and the various types of measurement methods used. The use of a variety of measurement equipment such as hand measurement tools, optical comparators, vision systems, and coordinate measurement machines (CMM) will also be covered.

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3 Credit Hours
 

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