COURSE DESCRIPTIONS RASMUSSEN COLLEGE ACG 4724 Career Planning for Professionals 30 Hours, 3 Credits This course is the study of career planning for professionals. It places focus on planning for your career after your degree. Topics covered will be interviewing, setting career goals and objectives, options for professional certification, and continuing education. This course will prepare students for choosing what path is best for them to take after graduation and how to navigate that path. Prerequisite: None ACG 4880 Accounting Internship 70 Hours, 3 Credits ACG 4880 Lecture (10 hours, 1 credit) ACG 4880LL Internship (60 hours, 2 credits) Students will complete an internship within an Accounting/Finance discipline with their current employer or a Rasmussen corporate/business partner. The College will guide students in the process of finding an appropriate employer and internship opportunity. The internship will integrate prior coursework into a comprehensive understanding of the Accounting discipline and provide students with hands-on learning opportunities and professional experience. During the internship, the student will shadow an employer mentor, complete a project(s), and complete academic assignments including reflective papers based on the internship and the student’s experience. Prerequisite: Expected to be the final upper-level core course completed ACG 4885 Bachelor’s Accounting Capstone 30 Hours, 3 Credits This course will be a synthesis of the accounting, business, and General Education courses offered in the Accounting BS Degree Program. A study of emerging issues and timely topics in financial accounting, professional ethics, and transferable skills necessary for the success of an accounting graduate. This course focuses on research, case analysis, interpersonal communication and class presentation. Prerequisite: Expected to be the final upper-level core course completed ACG 4931 Accounting Capstone II 40 hours, 4 credits This course will be a synthesis of the accounting, business, and General Education courses offered in the Accounting BS Degree Program. A study of emerging issues and timely topics in financial accounting, professional ethics, and transferable skills necessary for the success of an accounting graduate, and accounting careers will be discussed. This course focuses on research, case analysis, interpersonal communication and class presentation. Prerequisite: Expected to be the final upper-level core course completed AMH 2030 United States History: 1900 to the Present 40 hours, 4 credits This course provides an overview of the history of the United States from the 20th century to the present day. The political, social, and economic aspects of this time will be explored amid a variety of human cultures, values, and perspectives within the United States. Prerequisite: None AMH 3304 Visions of America Since 1945 40 hours, 4 credits Since the end of World War II, popular culture has become an especially significant aspect of American history and an important element in many of our lives. Consequently, this course will explore the ways in which popular culture has represented and mediated conflicts and tensions post-World War II. Through this lens, issues of gender and family relationships, as well as class and racial politics, will be discussed. The dual role of television as a reflective and manipulative force in the new suburban family and the role Hollywood films played in the popular culture will be examined. Prerequisite: None AML 3041 American Literature 40 hours, 4 credits This course surveys authors, genres, and movements in American literature from 1865 to the present, including representative works of realism, naturalism, modernism, and post- modernism/post-structuralism. Students will engage in critical readings of exemplary literary texts from a diverse group of authors that have influenced American literature since the Civil War. Students will analyze how these works of literature exemplify particular historical moments in U.S. history, as well as how they communicate pertinent cultural issues such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion, sexual identity, community, region, and nation. In their study of the broad range of American fiction, poetry, and drama since 1865, students will analyze literary, aesthetic, and critical developments. Prerequisites: English Composition; Introduction to Literature AML 4680 Literature of American Minorities 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces students to a variety of texts by American minority authors from the mid- 19th century to the present. The central focus of this course will be on literary responses to social marginalization based on race/ethnicity, gender, national origin, sexuality/sexual orientation, ability, and other factors. Students will study the effects of exclusionary and oppressive practices, both historical and present day, on writers’ perceptions and literary representations of their times, contexts, and identity. Students will also be introduced to samples of the most common critical-theoretical approaches to the primary texts they will study in this class. Prerequisite: English Composition APA 1500 Payroll Accounting 40 hours, 4 credits. Focus is on computing and paying of wages and salaries, social security taxes and benefits, federal and state employment insurance and taxes, and payroll accounting systems and records. Prerequisite Financial Accounting I ART 1204 Art Appreciation 40 hours, 4 credits Students will examine the historical, social, and technological factors that contribute to understanding the function and meaning of art in this course. Using a global and thematic approach, students will be introduced to the basic elements of art, while learning about a full range of media used to make art, and the fundamental concepts of art criticism. Western and non-Western art is represented, with a strong emphasis on a global perspective in relation to culture, communication, politics, and economics. Prerequisite: None ART 3477 Art in the World and the Workplace 40 hours, 4 credits The course explores the roles of music, poetry, prose, and visual art in our modern workplace and home lives. Topics include the benefits of art in the home, community, and workplace. These include creativity, focus, happiness, networking opportunities, curiosity, idea-generation, reduction of stress, and increase of morale. The course is an historical perspective of the role and application of art, up to and including the 21st century. Prerequisites: None AST 2002 Introduction to Astronomy 40 hours, 4 credits Examines astronomical phenomena and concepts, including the solar system, stars and galaxies, planetary motions, atoms and radiation and the origin and evolution of the universe. Prerequisite: None B080 Reading and Writing Strategies 40 hours, 4 credits This course develops students’ reading and writing skills in preparation for college-level coursework. Through review of grammar, punctuation, and the writing process, students will enhance their ability to compose sentences, paragraphs, and short essays. The study of active reading strategies will provide students with the tools necessary for comprehending collegiate-level texts. This course is taught in six-week sessions. Prerequisite: Placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score. B087 Practical Math 40 hours, 4 credits Mathematics is learned through communication. In this course, students will learn to communicate how problems are solved and how solving problems can be applied in real-world settings. Students will have opportunities to learn multiple problem solving strategies. This course also provides practice and skill problems. This course is taught in six-week sessions. Prerequisite: Placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score. B095 Combined Basic and Intermediate Algebra 40 hours, 4 credits This course is designed to be a combination of basic and intermediate algebra. Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in order to progress to General Education-level mathematics courses. Prerequisite: Placement determined by Rasmussen College entrance placement exam score. BMS 1550 Patient Care Skills I 40 hours, 3 credits BMS 1550 Lecture (20 hours, 2 credits) BMS 1550L Lab (20 hours, 1 credit) This course introduces the student to the role of the patient care technician in healthcare. The student is introduced to the patient care process, therapeutic communication, and universal precautions. Students will develop the skills to provide comfort, safety, and security for patients. Topics include patient care health promotion techniques, patient rights, and legal issues related to the management of medical information and documentation. Prerequisites: None BMS 2550 Patient Care Skills II 70 hours, 5 credits BMS 2550 Lecture (30 hours, 2 credits) BMS 2550L Lab (40 hours, 3 credits In this course students will apply patient care technician techniques and develop skills for data collection and interpretation as they relate to mobility and patient care needs. Students will also apply therapeutic communication techniques and learn how to protect patient rights while communicating with various healthcare teams and patient advocates. Prerequisites: Patient Care Skills I 68 rasmussen.edu BSC 1548 Human Biology 40 hours, 4 credits This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the structure and function of the human body with added applications of health and disease. Students will learn basic concepts of biochemistry, cells, body systems, and genetics. Students will examine the impact of human growth and development on society, the environment, and the promotion of the advancement of biotechnology. Co-requisite: Human Biology Lab BSC 1548L Human Biology Lab 40 hours, 2 credits This lab course is intended to be a co-requisite with the Human Biology class. The laboratory course applies a practical approach to understanding the structural and functional aspects of the human body. Students will learn the basic concepts of biochemistry, cells, body systems, and genetics as they relate to human growth and development and human impact on the environment. Co-requisite: Human Biology BSC 2346 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 60 hours, 5 credits BSC 2346 Lecture (40 hours, 4 credits) BSC2346L Lab (20 hours, 1 credit) In this course students will begin their study of the structure and function of the human body. They will examine topics including basic chemistry and cell biology, tissues, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, sensory, and endocrine systems of the body, and will learn medical terminology. Students will complete laboratory exercises coordinated with course content and including microscopic observation, experimentation, study of anatomical models, and dissection activities. Pre- or co-requisite: Structure and Function of the Human Body BSC 2347 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 60 hours, 5 credits BSC 2347 Lecture (40 hours, 4 credits) BSC 2347L Lab (20 hours, 1 credit) In this course, students will continue their study of human anatomy and physiology begun in Human Anatomy and Physiology I. They will examine the circulatory, lymphatic and immune, respiratory, urinary, digestive, and reproductive systems, as well as fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, and nutrition and metabolism. Students will complete laboratory exercises coordinated with course content and including microscopic observation, experimentation, study of anatomical models, and dissection activities. Prerequisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology I BUL 2241 Business Law 40 hours, 4 credits This course presents fundamental principles of law applicable to business transactions. The course relates areas of legal environment of business and sales contracts. Principles of law that apply to government, regulations, commercial paper, property, bailments, agency and business organizations are addressed. Prerequisite: None BUL 3247 Business Law II 40 hours, 4 credits This course is a continuation of the study of fundamentals of law. This includes study of the types of business organizations, property laws, wills, trusts, estate planning, bankruptcy, creditor and debtor relationships, commercial paper, securities regulation contracts, and other areas of business law. Prerequisite: Business Law
