Summer Courses

Students will discuss the general principles of contracts, torts and property as applied to business relationships. Prerequisites: Sophomore status.

This course explores the evolving role of human resources functions and professionals in organizations. Local HR professionals provide insights to classroom discussions and presentations. Content areas include employment law; staffing, developing and managing; compensation; workplace safety, health, and security; ethics; diversity, inclusion, and social responsibility; and global issues. Students learn concepts and apply them to team case study presentations. Case studies challenge teams to apply the course content in real-world settings while discussing how the content applies to them as they join the workforce. Students hone communication, analytical, and presentation
skills.

This course is designed for prospective and experienced teachers. Candidates will learn about the rich American Indian culture in South Dakota and its impact on the education of American Indian students. The study includes an examination of skills necessary for the effective teaching of American Indian children. The course is designed to meet the South Dakota certification requirement in American Indian studies and is required of all teacher education candidates. Out-of-town travel and additional related expenses are required for this class.
Prerequisite: EDU 201. Non-education majors must have consent of the instructor.

Through an examination of American Literature, this course analyzes the cultural social, and economic experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Students engage with multiple narratives of racial and ethnic relations and experiences in order to arrive at a better understanding of these relationships, both in the United States’ past and in the present historical moment.
This course is a breadth of knowledge course as designated by Dakota Wesleyan’s general education program. Breadth of knowledge courses expose students to knowledge and concepts that DWU believes all its graduates should possess.

Linguistics for English as a New Language deals with training and research in linguistics as it relates to educational theory and practice, specifically the teaching and learning of K-12 English as a Second Language students. Also addressed are issues concerning dialects, bilingual education and children with special needs involving language. The course also examines the principles of language acquisition and language learning, to consider how they are connected to cultural background and cultural identity and explore effective approaches to instruction.

This didactic course allows students to apply concepts of nursing leadership to professional nursing practice. Students integrate communication, leadership styles, professional values, ethics, systems thinking, and multidisciplinary collaboration into practice. Informatics and technology are also explored. Prerequisites: NUR 342, NUR 320, NUR 426, NUR 332. Corequisites: NUR 408, NUR 411, NUR 412.

This overview of the discipline explores human and animal behavior and consciousness. The diversity within the discipline is reflected in the range of subjects presented, including motivation, emotion, perception, sensation, learning, intelligence and personality.

Students may use either designation. This course introduces students to seminal concepts in religion, philosophy and ethics. Concepts explored include transferable wisdom from world religions, principles of logical thinking, lessons from philosophy and ethical decision-making. Cross-listed as
PHL141.

Students will explore the biological process of dying, the various meanings that cultures attach to death and what different world religions teach about life after death. The course gives attention to near-death experiences, the process of grieving and the biblical concepts of immortality of the soul, resurrection of the body and eternal life.

This course engages non-science majors with the fundamental laws of nature and the process of scientific inquiry. Students learn how natural laws can help us to understand living things, our planet, and the universe beyond.
This course is a breadth of knowledge course as designated by Dakota Wesleyan’s general education program. Breadth of knowledge courses expose students to knowledge and concepts that Dakota Wesleyan University believes all its graduates should possess.

This course explores the role (or, more appropriately, the roles) that art plays in democratic societies.

This course introduces students to basic financial literacy and practices. Students explore topics such as financial goal setting, money management, insurance principles and consumer awareness through projects and exercises that challenge them to apply key financial concepts to real-life situations. Students will use mathematical operations, Microsoft Excel, and other skills to solve problems involving interest, investment and sound financial planning. Students will use key economic concepts to interpret economic news and events.

This is the senior capstone course for majors in business. The three main components of the course include (1) in class instruction covering the primary topics of formulating corporate strategy; building corporate vision, mission
and performance objectives; and, analyzing a corporation’s internal and external environments; (2) a business simulation which challenges students to run an international business enterprise in competition with peers from all over the world; (3) and preparation and delivery of the culminating capstone presentation that will be delivered to a campus wide audience, discussing the results of the student’s simulation experience.
Prerequisites: Senior status, all business core courses, or consent of instructor.

This course introduces basic principles of inorganic, organic and biological chemistry. Primary emphasis is on the chemistry of the human body.

This course is an introduction to experimental chemical methods of synthesis and characterization by quantitative and qualitative procedures. Experiments will relate to topics covered in CHM 113.

This course examines all aspects of the judicial process, including the law, courts and policies of the American legal system. Both the criminal and civil processes will be investigated with attention focused on the major participants in the entire process. This course will also examine various current and major issues within the legal system.

Students will be introduced to professional expectations for written communication in the workplace and on the Web. Students will develop an understanding of purpose and audience while writing and revising a variety of goal-oriented projects. In preparation for a research project, students will develop a variety of texts, including memos, letters, analytical reports, presentation and proposals. Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG 111.

This course is an introduction to descriptive statistics, including graphs, sampling distributions, measures of central tendency, probability theory, hypothesis testing through nonparametric tests, confidence intervals, correlation and regression. Statistical applications, hypothesis testing and the use of statistical software for graphing are emphasized.
Prerequisite: MTH 125 or consent of instructor.

This course is a sequential study of the individual from conception to death. Students will study research regarding human physical, cognitive and social-emotional development, along with implications for parents, teachers and counselors.

Students may use either designation. This course introduces students to seminal concepts in religion, philosophy and ethics. Concepts explored include transferable wisdom from world religions, principles of logical thinking, lessons from philosophy and ethical decision-making. Cross-listed as
PHL141.

This course is an introduction to the study of groups, institutions and interactional processes in human societies with an emphasis on the society of the United States.