SS 455 - International Relations

• Articulate world-wide points of view on international events
• Describe power structures in the world and the dynamics changes possible in these structures
• Describe the dimensions of domestic events in an increasingly interdependent world
• Articulate a broad perspective to assist them in becoming a more responsible world citizen

• None 

• International politics
• Power and influence
• National interest
• Foreign policy
• Causes of war
• Balance of power
• Types of war
• Balance of terror
• U.S. foreign policy
• Soviet foreign policy
• European foreign policy
• Japanese foreign policy
• Chinese foreign policy
• The Developing World
• International order
• International law
• Diplomacy

SS 456 - Public Policy in Urban America

• Analyze the forces that shape and define the city (City of Milwaukee will be used as example)
• Examine policies and laws that define where buildings are built, how monies are raised and spent, and the way citizens live and work
• Analyze the policies of taxation, land use, community development, housing, and stadium development

• None

• The nature of the city
• City finance
• City building
• Land use policies
• Urban transportation
• Education reform
• Welfare reform
• Effects of immigration
• Stadium development

SS 457 - Current Affairs

• Explain the causes and contexts of local, national, and international events
• Exhibit critical thinking regarding current affairs
• Develop and articulate informed opinions concerning current events and express them in verbal and written form
• Exhibit characteristics of a well-informed, alert citizen and professional
• Apply knowledge of technical matters into local, national and world communication systems
• Strive constantly to broaden knowledge in many fields with respect to the past, present and future
• Describe the forces that drive events in the international arena

• None

• Europe
• Commonwealth of Independent States
• The Middle East
• Asia
• Africa
• South America
• Mexico and Central America
• Canada
• United States

SS 458 - Contemporary European Society

• Describe the origins of European political thought
• Explain how liberal democracy and free-market capitalism have become manifest in contemporary Europe
• Describe the current challenges that the creation of the European Union poses for various European nations

• None

• None

SS 459H - Rethinking Cuba

• Synthesize and analyze the power of place within the context of Cuba
• Describe the fields of political science, architecture and urban planning, and international development - and how they operate in Cuba
• Exhibit an understanding, through a hands-on project, of how redevelopment works in Cuba
• Practice the tenets of servant-leadership in Cuba

• None

SS 460 - Foundations of Psychology

• Explain basic knowledge of the major theories and principles of psychology
• Have an understanding of and apply the principles of psychological inquiry to one’s own mental processes and behavior, and that of others
• Articulate a greater understanding and appreciation of, and respect for, human diversity
• Exhibit a greater understanding of how biological, psychosocial, and sociocultural influences impact human behavior and mental processes
• Critically evaluate current issues in the field of psychology
• Demonstrate an understanding of psychological information through written and oral communication skills

• None

• Thinking critically with psychology
• Biology and behavior
• The developing person
• Learning
• Memory
• Thinking, language, and intelligence
• Motivation
• Emotions, stress, and health
• Personality
• Psychological disorders
• Therapy
• Social psychology

SS 460H - Foundations of Psychology

• Explain basic knowledge of the major theories and principles of psychology
• Have an understanding of and apply the principles of psychological inquiry to one’s own mental processes and behavior, and that of others
• Articulate a greater understanding and appreciation of, and respect for, human diversity
• Exhibit a greater understanding of how biological, psychosocial, and sociocultural influences impact human behavior and mental processes
• Critically evaluate current issues in the field of psychology
• Demonstrate an understanding of psychological information through written and oral communication skills
• Synthesize and analyze the power of place as it pertains to psychology

• None

• Thinking critically with psychology
• Biology and behavior
• The developing person
• Learning
• Memory
• Thinking, language, and intelligence
• Motivation
• Emotions, stress, and health
• Personality
• Psychological disorders
• Therapy
• Social psychology

SS 461 - Organizational Psychology

• Articulate the factors involved in personnel selection and general research methodology principles as applied to the workplace
• Describe some of the factors that impact organizational effectiveness
• Explain the general principles of job satisfaction and motivation
• Describe the scientific context within which industrial/organizational psychology exists
• Further develop their knowledge of scientific methodology and exercise of critical thinking
• Articulate the fundamental concepts of the behavioral sciences as applied in the workplace

• None

• Introduction: definitions and history of organizational psychology
• Research methods
• Organizational structure, culture and development
• Motivation
• Job satisfaction, and quality of work life
• Work conditions and work safety
• Communication in the workplace
• Group processes in work organizations
• Videos
• Influence, power and politics

SS 462 - Developmental Psychology

• Describe the life span as an ongoing developmental process, or set of processes, involving both continuity and change, by giving examples from the literature, including physical, social, cognitive, and personality development
• Analyze different developmental events from the perspectives of major theories of development: probabilistic epigenesis, dynamic systems theory, cognitive, sociocultural, social-learning, ecological, and recognize those theories when used by others to analyze events
• Explain how research contributes to the understanding of development and to evaluate and use research findings appropriately
• Recall important development concepts, and be able to recognize and apply these concepts in various situations
• Formulate relevant questions about developmental processes and events and use standardized techniques for gathering objective answers to these questions

• None

SS 463 - Psychology of Design

• Demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of human-centered design to create and/or improve culturally appropriate products, services, and environments
• Apply psychological principles to digital design 
• Analyze a digital design or topic through the lens of design psychology
• Explain theories of visual perception including the bottom-up and top-down theories
• Identify how humans process information
• Describe the processes of memory, including encoding, storage, and retrieval
• Identify types of problems and obstacles, and understand how how to solve them 
• Explain how and why persuasion and social influence work to change behavior

• None

• Perception, vision and how users interact with their environment
• The impact of attention and memory on digital design
• How humans learn to read and the impact on copy design
• Learning, problem solving, and the paralysis of choice
• Persuasion, fear, and social influence on digital behaviors

SS 464 - Human Factors in Engineering and Design

• Describe the human aspect of the human-machine system
• Describe the sensory-motor processes of people
• Explain information theory and processing
• Explain various types of display panels, their functions and usefulness
• Understand and articulate the role of information feedback in motor performance
• Explain various types of controls, their functions and usefulness
• Describe the effects of light, color, noise, and temperature on people
• Describe the effects of motivation, stress, fatigue, and boredom on productivity and work
• Explain anthropometrics data and its use in design of the work environment
• Explain the function and dysfunction of the central nervous system with regard to injury

• None

• Human-Machine system
• Information processing, information theory, factors influencing information processing; noise, timesharing, redundancy, speed and load, compatibility; requirements for memory; decision-making
• Characteristics of visual sensory channel and displays; physiology of the eye, what affects perception, characteristics of quantitative, qualitative, alpha-numeric, and symbolic displays. Auditory and kinesthetic displays also presented
• The nature and effects of activities on the human system; stress and strain of work; motor learning fatigue; boredom; practical applications for designers and management
• Characteristics of noise and its effects on work and the body
• Biological rhythms and their effects on productivity and work design
• Anthropometrics data and its use in design; work space dimension, product design, and science of seating
• Hand tool design and biomechanical effects of work with hand tools; carpal tunnel syndrome, white finger, etc.; John Bennett design of tools
• Environmental psychology: personal space; office design

• Lab reports: consistent with requirements as assigned

SS 465 - Cognitive Psychology

• Develop a model for how the human mind works, from lower- to higher-level processes
• Critically evaluate the major theories of human cognition
• Interpret and critique research findings as they relate to cognitive theories and the real world
• Demonstrate metacognitive skills through traditional book learning and through practice and reflection

• None

SS 466 - Abnormal Psychology

• Clarify the distinction between maladaptive and adaptive functioning
• Present an integrated view of potential causes of ineffective coping patterns
• Describe various intervention strategies and their theoretical bases
• Consider their own lives and the means to foster healthier personal growth and development
• Describe the moral, ethical, and subjective issues in the field of psychology
• Articulate the responsibility and influence they have personally and professionally to impact changes related to mental problems

• None 

• Abnormal psychology overview (definitions, trends assessment, and diagnoses)
• Psychological models of abnormal behavior
• Generalized anxiety disorder and phobias
• Panic, obsessive-compulsive and stress disorders
• Mood disorders and gender identity
• Suicide
• Sexual disorder and gender identity
• Eating disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Disorders of memory and other cognitive functions
• Disorders of childhood and old age
• Personality disorders
• Law, society, and the mental health profession

SS 467 - Social Psychology

• Explain basic knowledge of the major theories and principles of social psychology
• Articulate a greater understanding of how social situations shape the individual’s perceptions of and attitudes toward self and others, as well as one’s interactions with others
• Critically evaluate current issues in the field of social psychology
• Demonstrate an understanding of social psychological information through written and oral communication
• Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the principles of social psychological inquiry to one’s own mental processes and to that of others
• Gain a greater understanding and appreciation of, and respect for, human diversity

• None

• The field of social psychology
• Social perception and social cognition
• Attitudes
• The self
• Prejudice
• Interpersonal attraction and close relationships
• Social influence
• Prosocial (helping) behavior
• Aggression
• Groups and individuals

SS 471 - Sociology

• Identify the key concepts of sociology and the critical changes taking place in the culture
• Demonstrate a motivation to work toward greater sociological understanding through application of sociological principles
• Demonstrate an increasing objectivity and openness toward the needs of society as a whole, understanding the determinants of social behavior and development of individual ability to make more appropriate decisions consistent with his/her changing roles in society

• None

• Developing a sociological consciousness
• Culture and social structure
• Socialization
• Social groups and formal organization
• Religion and education
• The family
• Male and female roles
• Social stratification
• Deviance

SS 472 - Social Problems

• Describe some of the factors contributing to the health care problems in the United States
• Articulate many of the problems that the family can experience such as divorce, child abuse, and others
• Explain several reasons for poverty in the United States and around the world
• Demonstrate an understanding of aging and sexism
• Identify some of the factors contributing to criminal behavior
• Distinguish between fact and myth regarding Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Demonstrate an understanding of the world’s arms race and nuclear war
• Demonstrate a personal willingness to involve themselves actively and intelligently in the social issues of the day
• Apply knowledge of social problems to become a better equipped professional and to contribute to the fullest extent possible to the technical and social solutions of the problems of tomorrow

• None

• The sociological approach to social problems
• Physical and mental health
• The changing family
• Sex and social norms
• Sex roles and inequality
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Poverty and affluence
• Aging
• Crime
• War and nuclear war
• Environment

SS 473 - Cultural Anthropology

• Demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be human
• Explain that cultural differences may have roots in physical and social environments
• Demonstrate tolerance and understanding of other peoples and their ways

• None

• What is anthropology?
• The concepts of culture
• Various schools of thought in cultural anthropology
• Evolution
• Language of culture
• Food getting
• Economic systems
• Social stratification
• Sex and culture
• Marriage and the family
• Ethnographics

SS 473H - Cultural Anthropology

• Demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be human
• Explain that cultural differences may have roots in physical and social environments
• Demonstrate tolerance and understanding of other peoples and their ways
• Synthesize and analyze the power of place through the lens of cultural anthropology

• None

• What is anthropology?
• The concepts of culture
• Various schools of thought in cultural anthropology
• Evolution
• Language of culture
• Food getting
• Economic systems
• Social stratification
• Sex and culture
• Marriage and the family
• Ethnographics

SS 474 - The Family

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of, and an ability to, apply major theories informing contemporary scholarship of marriage and family
• Display comprehension of current and historical trends affecting marriage and family (mainly among North American families)
• Provide evidence of a greater understanding of, appreciation of, and respect for human diversity
• Exhibit insight into the ways in which larger social, political, and economic forces as well as biological and psychological forces impact relationships within the family
• Show an increasing objectivity and openness toward the needs of society as a whole, including an improved grasp of the determinants of social behavior; and an enhanced capacity to make decisions consistent with his/her changing roles in society

• None 

• What is family? A historical perspective of the family
• Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins by Stone-family legacies
• Theories about the family
• Families in modern society
• The explosive 1960s; The 1970s: Scarcity, and “The Me Decade”
• The family as a haven in a heartless society
• Class, race, and culture in the American family
• Sex and gender
• The ultimate human connection: The love relationship
• Divorce and remarriage
• Single mothers-child care
• Parenthood

SS 475 - Addictions and Compulsions

• Identify various causes of alcoholism, chemical dependency, and compulsive behaviors
• Objectively define and evaluate behavior regarding chemical substance and other addictions
• Address the consequences of chemical dependency and alcoholism
• Foster understanding of the differences between use and abuse of substances
• Identify treatment procedures

• None 

• Terminology
• Origins, effects, medical use and history of individual drugs
• Personality and drug use
• Alcohol and the body
• The sociocultural context of drug use
• Comparison of etiologies regarding substance abuse
• Adolescent development and substance abuse
• College populations and drinking
• Adult children of alcoholics
• Co-dependency
• Treatment approaches
• Gambling
• Eating disorders

SS 476 - Death and Dying

• Identify their attitudes regarding death and dying
• Develop and articulate an awareness regarding anticipatory loss and grief
• Analyze society’s decisions regarding terminal care and health care resource allocation

• None 

• Attitudes toward death
• Pattern of death and dying: then and now displacement of death from the home
• Expressions of attitudes toward death: language, humor, mass media, music, literature, visual arts
• Pioneers in death studies: The rise of death education, the response to AIDS
• Perspectives on death: cross cultural and historical death in early and traditional cultures, death and dying in western culture; four cultural case studies: Native American, African American, Mexican American and Japanese American traditions
• Terminal illness-pain and suffering reactions of the terminally ill, family reactions, grief: the reaction to loss, hospice
• Knowing when to stop: a cross-cultural perspective to the funeral ritual, what is a living will? Power of attorney
• Guest speaker-oncologist’s perspective
• Guest speaker-nurse clinician
• It is important to talk about the end of life
• Guest speaker-the perspective of a medical ethicist
• Guest speaker-the perspective of the clergy
• Guests-families who have lost children
• Guest-the problem of trauma-induced stress
• Guest-the perspective of a funeral director and mortician

SS 477 - Adaptive Reuse and Tactical Urbanism in the 21st Century City

• Describe the concepts of adaptive reuse and tactical urbanism as practiced in cities around the world
• Describe the history that the concepts of adaptive reuse and tactical urbanism are meant to address
• Critically reflect on the promise and potential pitfalls of adaptive reuse and tactical urbanism
• Apply the tenets of adaptive reuse and tactical urbanism to a class-based servant-leadership project

• None

• Adaptive reuse
• Tactical urbanism
• Modern urban planning
• Modern architecture
• Landscape architecture
• Creative placemaking
• Servant-leadership

SS 492 - Instructional Design

• Apply learning theories to design course content, instructional strategies, and assessment tasks
• Describe contemporary practices of instructional design in a variety of settings, including business, industry, government, and classroom education
• Write effective, measurable learning objectives
• Design assessments based on desired outcomes
• Map strategies for learning activities that link to outcomes
• Critically evaluate tools and methods
• Create media-rich educational content

• None 

• Instructional design foundations
• Analysis of learning environments
• Learning management systems
• Design of a learning environment
• Implementation strategies
• Evaluation techniques

SS 495 - Social Science Selected Studies

• Varies by course

• None

• Varies by course

SS 499 - Independent Study

• Determined by instructor for each student

• Varies

• Varies

SS 3630 - Design Thinking

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Describe how design thinking drives innovation and change across disciplines and industries 
• Demonstrate key steps and techniques of design thinking, especially in brainstorming, re-framing, sketching, and iterative prototyping  
• Apply design thinking to solve human-centered problems    
• Implement design thinking in individual and group projects 
• Adopt and exhibit a design thinking mindset

• None

• Design thinking as an interdisciplinary framework and innovation strategy
• Design thinking case studies and best practices 
• Design thinking process  
• Finding inspiration through empathy
• Ideating breakthrough solutions through reframing and creative brainstorming 
• Prototyping to refine the solution 
• Harnessing the power of storytelling to share breakthrough solutions and inspire actions  
• Design thinking sprints

SS 3700 - Digital Society

• State the interdisciplinary influences underlying the concept of the Information Age 
• Evaluate various sources of news and other content
• Discern differences between media manipulation and legitimate digital content
• Recognize the effects of digital disruption on economic, social, and political systems
• Describe the opportunities, limitations, and implications of artificial intelligence for humans/society
• Analyze the implications of and potential for immersive experience in multiple contexts via virtual and augmented reality 
• Understand the impact of social media “influencers” (e.g., on YouTube, Instagram, etc.) on culture, politics, society, and personal/professional identity

• College-level writing, research, and presentation skills

• Contemporary digital literacy in the Information Age
• Evaluation of online sources, impact of the deep/dark webs, and interpretation of digital artifacts
• Media manipulation, including propaganda, advertising, social “proof,” clickbait, digital misdirection, and further examination of fake news
• Mass media, both traditional and contemporary, including analog forms that interconnect with digital media
• Immersive experience via virtual and augmented reality
• Digital citizenship and digital rights
• AI, IoT, and humans/society
• Social media influencers” (e.g., on YouTube, Instagram, etc.) and their impact on culture, politics, society, and personal/professional identity

SS 4595 - The Sustainable City

• Describe the contexts (including political, economic, and social) in which they will have to operate as professionals
• Demonstrate an understanding of such important - though often ambiguous - concepts as “sustainability”, “environmentalism”, and “green technology”
• Partner with groups working on issues of sustainability in Milwaukee, allowing them to see how their skill sets can apply to the “real world”

• None 

• No course topics appended

SS 4715M - Middle Eastern Culture

• Describe the various societies and cultures of the Middle East and particularly how Islam shapes many facets of that culture
• Describe how Islam has shaped and continues to shape the status of women in Islamic society

• None

• None

SS 4795 - Latin American Society

• Describe the cultures and contemporary challenges of indigenous people in Latin America with an emphasis upon the residents of the Highlands of Guatemala.  Of special concern will be the relationship that indigenous people in the rural highlands of Guatemala have with the Latino-dominated government and society of Guatemala
• Explain the basic concepts and terms of cultural anthropology
• Demonstrate the methods and theories that surround the production of ethnographic data concerning a specific culture
• Demonstrate the basic ideas of ethnology and compare and contrast different cultures

• None

• None

TC 334 - Project Communications

• Identify multiple potential audiences for any message and reshape that message to accomplish rhetorical goals
• Employ key vocabulary associated with project management, change management, knowledge management, and rhetorical theory
• Create communications appropriate to the various phases of a project’s lifecycle
• Employ software and professional tools to facilitate collaborative project communications
• Determine the best medium for communication in any given context
• Skill in interpersonal communications, including one-on-one conversations and larger group discussions
• Apply business communication principles in routine transactional communications for successful team building and effective interaction with a diverse array of clients, content providers, and outside contractors
• Apply ethical behaviors in ambiguous contexts
• Capture, document, and apply knowledge from current and past projects

• None

• Rhetorical principles of business communication
• Project lifecycle, project-management methodologies, and associated communications (key purposes, documents, processes, contexts)
• Principles of persuasion
• Reshaping messages for different audiences (multiple levels, hidden functions, and unanticipated future contexts)
• Strengthening relationships through improved routine communications
• Communication strategies for effective meetings
• Ethical dilemmas in project communications
• Communication strategies for optimizing knowledge management systems
• High-stakes project communications: delivering bad news, making demands, communicating change, crisis communications
• Social media for project communications
• Using collaborative tools and strategies to manage communication projects

TC 342 - Professional Presentations

• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Communicate design ideas effectively 
• Deliver professional team presentations
• Facilitate a web-based presentation
• Use creativity and innovation in slide design and delivery

• Foundations of public speaking and interpersonal communication 

• Boardroom style presentations       
• TED Talk-style presentations
• Remote presentations and video conferencing
• Principles of effective slide design 
• Working with data 
• Effective delivery practices 
• Group presentation basics   
• Creative approaches to presentations

TC 452 - Interpersonal Communication

• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Communicate messages effectively
• Explain the role of nonverbal messages in communication 
• Practice active listening techniques
• Practice leadership skills 
• Identify stages of interpersonal relationships
• Identify sources of interpersonal conflict.
• Recall theories of power and influence

• Foundations of communication

• Foundations of interpersonal communication
• Perception of the self and others 
• Culture and interpersonal communication
• Verbal messages
• Nonverbal messages
• Listening 
• Collaboration and creativity in teams
• Interpersonal relationship 
• Interpersonal conflict
• Interpersonal power and influence

TC 490 - Independent Study

• Determined by instructor for each student

• None

• No course topics appended

TC 495 - Selected Topics-Tech Communication

• Varies by course

• None

• None

TC 498 - Technical Communication Practicum

• Develop job search and interview skills
• Explore diverse career options and interests
• Develop or enhance professional skills and knowledge of workplace procedures
• Develop networking contacts with professionals in a relevant field
• Enhance professional résumés through on-the-job experience
• Develop teamwork and leadership skills
• Apply classroom learning to authentic work experience

• None

• No course topics appended

TC 499 - Technical Communication Internship

• Learn how the communication area fits in with the rest of the company
• Learn how jobs are assigned to this area of the company
• Learn how to assist their supervisors in conceptualizing a project
• Learn how to assist or take charge of completing a project
• Learn the value of performing as a professional by being critical, helpful, punctual and polite
• Learn the value of cooperating with fellow employees

• Must be senior status
• One quarter advance application to the Humanities, Social Science, and Communication Department and the permission of the department chairperson

• The projects are totally dependent on the host company

• In a sense, all work done by the student is laboratory work because the student devotes his/her entire effort toward completing an actual project assigned by the company

TC 1400 - Foundations of Communication Design

• Communicate ideas effectively 
• Practice leadership skills
• Explain the relevance of rhetoric to everyday life
• Describe the problems of generalizations and causal claims
• Identify fake news, suspect sources
• Explain errors in reasoning and logical fallacies

• None

• Interdisciplinary nature of communication design
• Classical rhetorical theory 
• Rationality and dialogue
• Arguments: premises and conclusions
• Generalizations, analogies, and causal claims
• Common mistakes in reasoning
• Media, messages, and fake news
• Issues in contemporary rhetoric

TC 2010 - Writing for Digital Media

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand and apply best practices of writing for the digital world
• Employ strong UX writing style 
• Create content and publishing strategies for social media, websites, and other UX copy (e.g., email design)
• Understand translation issues
• Demonstrate ability to localize UX copy to different markets
• Create effective calls to action, including copy on call-to-action buttons

• Basic knowledge of thesis statements
• Ability to summarize text for the main point
• Knowledge of report structure and document design
• Experience with visual design

• Writing style (including consistency, clarity, correctness, conciseness; also global English)
• Writing UX copy: best practices for functionality, brand building, and relationship management
• Creating calls to action
• Optimizing search engine optimization (SEO) in headings, topic sentences, key words, and first paragraph
• Content optimization for web/social media
• Adjusting/localizing writing style to fit audience needs/expectations
• Writing/editing workshops

TC 2030 - Collaborative Design

• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Communicate design ideas effectively 
• Practice leadership skills
• Apply creative methods of collaboration
• Analyze personality and work style profiles
• Develop a team assessment
• Create a performance plan for another team member

• None

• Foundations of collaboration
• Understanding self and others 
• Creating a cohesive group 
• Creativity and innovation in collaboration
• Group decision-making 
• Group problem-solving techniques 
• Negotiating conflict with group members 
• Leadership and coaching 

TC 2040 - Intelligent Publishing

• Author content in a topic-based, modular approach
• Understand and put into practice single-source, multi-channel publishing
• Structure content for various outputs including print, online, mobile, and tablets
• Execute content management and content reuse strategies
• Exhibit proficiency in MadCap Flare software

• Proficiency in writing and grammar
• Fundamentals of page layout and design
• Organizational skills

• Introduction to intelligent content authoring and publishing
• Analyzing information needs to structure content
• Using and learning MadCap Flare (an authoring and publishing software tool) through hands-on workshops
• Authoring content in a topic-based, modular approach
• Single-sourcing strategies using conditional tags and topic reuse
• Defining, creating, and using variables
• Defining, creating, and using snippets
• Creating table of contents, glossaries, and indexes
• Adding links and other navigational techniques
• Using graphics in information design for multi-channel publishing
• Introduction to Flare templates, skins, and style sheets
• Editing and quality controlling multi-channel publishing

TC 2050 - Healthcare Communication

• Describe healthcare communication genres
• Identify the public, political, social, and cultural considerations of healthcare communication
• Explain stigmas associated with various health conditions 
• Describe possible perspectives of providers, caregivers, and patients
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Analyze interpersonal, narrative, and translational aspects of health and healthcare

• None

• Patient-caregiver communication
• Hospital and insurance communication
• Public and political considerations
• Social and cultural considerations
• Stigma and mental health
• Narrative medicine
• Provider and caregiver perspectives
• Patient perspectives
• Palliative care 
• Healthcare communication and technology

TC 3010 - Digital Workplace

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Describe the major considerations of the digital workplace
• Identify the opportunities and challenges associated collaboration
• Understand basic principles of content strategy and content management 
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of professional software and cloud-based productivity tools 
• Understand digital workplace strategy, governance, and how both are impacted by company strategy 
• Know how to gather, read, and analyze digital workplace metrics and tie them back to KPIs 

• Foundations of communication, collaboration, and research

• Organizational culture and communication strategies
• Company communications and assets responsibly
• Communication channels (formal/official versus informal/grapevine)
• Intranets (design, usability, mobility, searchability, findability, platforms, and communication)
• Collaboration & social (communities, collaborative tools, remote working)
• Content management (publishing, life cycle, models, strategy)
• Digital platforms (on premises and cloud-based)
• Strategy & governance (Digital Workplace roadmap, governance structure & tactics)
• Metrics & measurement (digital analytics, alignment with KPI)

TC 3015 - Digital Storytelling

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand the concept of digital storytelling
• Explain relevance of digital storytelling to professional activities and effective communication
• Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of digital storytelling 
• Select and analyze effective multimedia assets for content, point of view, purpose, and quality
• Apply knowledge of effective digital storytelling craft to professional contexts 
• Understand the legal and ethical laws and issues related to using digital assets 
• Create a digital story using Adobe Premier and other relevant tools 

• Composition
• Technical writing
• Public speaking

• Storytelling foundations (elements of stories, how stories work) 
• Professional applications of digital storytelling  
• Basic elements of scripts 
• Storyboards 
• Ethical research and use of digital assets in storytelling
• Digital story creation process
• Digital storyteller’s toolbox 

TC 3020 - Instructional Design

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of human-centered design
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Communicate design ideas effectively
• Exhibit proficiency in e-learning software
• Create learning objectives and assessment questions
• Design an e-learning module

• None

• Adult learning theory and instructional design foundations
• Training needs assessment
• Instructor-led training 
• Asynchronous e-learning
• Hybrid learning and learning management systems
• Effective, measurable learning objectives 
• Design documents 
• Content and storyboards 
• Measurements and assessments

TC 3030 - Conflict Management

• Articulate theories of conflict, power, and influence
• Analyze conflict at interpersonal, organizational, and community levels
• Negotiate conflict using interests
• Analyze methods of dispute mediation
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Communicate design ideas effectively 
• Practice leadership skills 
• Formulate plans for conflict intervention

• Verbal messages
• Nonverbal messages
• Listening 
• Interpersonal relationships
• Culture and communication

• Theories of conflict 
• Theories of power and influence
• Conflict analysis and assessment
• Negotiating interests versus positions
• Dispute mediation
• Dialogue facilitation
• Conflict intervention

TC 3320 - User Documentation

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand the process involved in the creation and production of user documentation
• Structure and organize content based on analysis and persona creation to meet the needs of users 
• Communicate content effectively for various media: print, online, and mobile
• Work effectively with subject matter experts 
• Edit documents for style and content to ensure the highest quality
• Exhibit proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro software

• Proficiency in writing and grammar
• Proficiency in Word or desktop publishing software tools and concepts
• Fundamentals of page layout and design
• Organizational skills

• Definition and principles of technical user documentation
• Characteristics of efficient user documentation
• Ethics in technical communication and user documentation
• The writing and publication process
• Agile and waterfall work processes and their implications to user documentation
• Understanding your audience
• Conducting research and interviewing subject matter experts
• Documentation planning
• Style guides
• Technical definition, description, and instructions
• Safeties (notes, cautions, warnings, and dangers)
• Legalities (citation, trademarks, copyrights, and service marks)
• Technical illustration
• Editing (managerial, substantive, copyediting, and proofreading)
• Introduction to help authoring tools and desktop publishing software
• Creating PDFs with bookmarks and links using Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Performing documentation reviews with Adobe Acrobat Pro

TC 4320 - Publishing Across Media

• Understand the organization of the publishing industry
• Appreciate the professional ethos of editors and publishers
• Demonstrate familiarity with editing techniques
• Identify and use rhetorical techniques exhibited by models of effective writing about science and technology

• Audience analysis
• Elements of technical style
• Rhetorical forms
• Page design
• Document design
• Techniques of illustration

• Course introduction
• Overview of publishing industry
• Writing for popular audiences
• Grammar, punctuation, and style concerns
• Writing for professional audiences
• Discussion of editing strategies and techniques
• Hands-on supervised writing workshops
• Hands on supervised editing workshops
• Midterm exam

TC 4510 - Mass Media, Culture, and Society

• Understand the history of various media
• Understand the laws, rules and regulations under which various media operate
• Understand the forces that shape and are shaped by the media
• View the media from the basis of both a viewer/reader and a critic

• None

• Course introduction
• Mass communications: process and effect
• Global impact of modern media
• Journalism: the practice and profession of news gathering
• Historic press freedoms
• The newspapers industry - current trends, use of graphics, etc.
• Advertising and public relations
• Publishing: books and magazines
• Broadcasting: TV, radio/current programming trends
• The film industry
• Social media
• Recordings: video, audio, digital data
• The “information highway” - cable, computer networks, and more
• Education and mass media
• Media ownership
• Credibility: trusting the purveyors of media
• Influence: how do mass media affect culture and society?
• Ethics: media and social responsibility
• The legal environment
• Media and government: regulation and legislation

TC 4540 - Online Help Authoring

• Conduct a user and task analysis
• Plan and apply online documentation strategies
• Use online help authoring applications (specific help authoring tool will be determined by instructor and industry trends)
• Manage formatting, mechanics, and common sentence-style problems
• Plan, design, and create graphics for communicating technical information online
• Create online help from information in other media

• Foundations of technical writing

UR 4981 - Undergraduate Research I

• Understand the research process
• Conduct a literature search and create an annotated bibliography
• Effectively read and evaluate journal articles
• Formulate a research problem statement
• Demonstrate independent thinking and learning

• Varies

• To be determined by faculty advisor

• No associated laboratory

UR 4982 - Undergraduate Research II

• Develop technical and scientific expertise in the research area
• Report results in a manner appropriate for scientific research
• Demonstrate independent thinking and learning

• Varies

• To be determined by faculty advisor

UR 4983 - Undergraduate Research III

• Demonstrate technical and scientific expertise in the research area
• Prepare a written thesis, which documents the research project and findings
• Present the research in a formal public forum
• Demonstrate independent thinking and learning

• Varies

• To be determined by faculty advisor

UX 241H - Easy by Design

• Become proficient in key steps, strategies, and best practices of design thinking 
• Understand how design thinking drives innovation and change across disciplines and industries 
• Leverage design thinking to catalyze the power of place and to create a lasting impact in that place
• Apply design thinking to unlock their creative potential 
• Implement design thinking in individual and group projects 
• Adopt a design thinking mindset

• None

UX 242 - Collaborative Design

• Work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Communicate design ideas effectively 
• Practice leadership skills
• Apply creative methods of collaboration
• Analyze personality and work style profiles
• Develop a team assessment
• Create a performance plan for another team member

• None 

• Foundations of collaboration
• Understanding self and others 
• Creating a cohesive group 
• Creativity and innovation in collaboration
• Group decision-making 
• Group problem-solving techniques 
• Negotiating conflict with group members 
• Leadership and coaching

UX 253 - Global User Experience

• Demonstrate knowledge of intercultural theories and their application to UX design
• Define and analyze inclusive and accessibility design  principles in global UX products  
• Apply knowledge of accessibility design to develop products for people with disabilities
• Apply inclusive design principles to make tactical decisions when designing for global users  
• Communicate UX design ideas clearly and convincingly 

• Audience analysis
• Foundations of UX

• Culturally responsible design 
• Global user communities and their use of technology     
• Inclusive design framework
• Logistical consideration in designing for global audiences
• Designing for emerging markets and new users
• Designing for environmental constraints
• Accessible design at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon   
• UX writing for global users
• Designing global products for social good 

UX 255 - User Interface Design

• Apply user experience and visual design theory in the design of intuitive UIs
• Understand how user interface design is integrated into the field of user experience 
• Execute a functional prototype utilizing user interface design principles while considering contexts & audiences
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of HTML and CSS
• Show proficiency in basic functions of professional UI design tools

• Foundations of UX
• Foundations of visual design 

• User Interface (UI) vs. User Experience (UX)
• UI essentials
• UI design principles
• Best practices of UI design across platforms
• Considerations for voice interfaces and zero UIs
• Information architecture
• Interaction design
• Visual design
• Graphics
• Design workflow
• UI design software (e.g., Adobe XD, Axure, InVision) 

UX 333 - Knowledge and Content Management

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Execute a clear understanding of what knowledge and content management are and how they benefit an organization
• Demonstrate a better understanding of knowledge and content sharing and knowledge transfer
• Exercise knowledge of content creation for knowledge management and learning organizations
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of explicit and tacit knowledge for creating competitive advantage
• Create a knowledge management plan to leverage opportunities to create, capture, represent and share knowledge within an organization

• None

• Knowledge management strategy
• Knowledge management tools
• Content management strategy
• Content management tools
• Applications of knowledge and content management

UX 345 - Agile Project Management

• Gain an expanded vocabulary of agile product management terminology
• Recognize different ways to integrate UX into an agile work environment
• Apply agile methodology to organize and work within an agile product team
• Know how collaborative thinking and planning drives product development
• Develop proficiency in digital product management tools 
• Adopt an agile mindset

• None

• Overview of the agile project management industry in comparison to traditional management styles (2 classes)
• The relationship between customer satisfaction and the early and continuous delivery of applicable software (1 class)
• The need to embrace changing requirements, even late into the development cycle (1 class)
• Lessons in using Scrum (1 class)
• Getting business people and developers to work collaboratively (2 classes)
• Building projects around motivated people (1 class)
• The need for face-to-face conversations (1 class)
• Agile processes and sustainable development (4 classes)
• How technical excellence and good design enhances agility (1 class)

UX 361 - UX Research

• ​Understand the basics of UX research methods and its importance in creating positive user experiences and business outcomes
• Recognize the importance of clearly defining the problem and audience for a research study
• Understand how to plan and facilitate usability research studies
• Analyze results and present the outcomes to product stakeholders
• Identify and navigate environmental factors surrounding UX research

• Foundations of UX
• Basics of conducting research

• Overview of UX research and methodologies
• Traditional and specialized UX research methodologies (e.g., usability testing, card sorting, eye tracking and click testing, surveys, user personas, etc.)
• Choosing a research type: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed
• Defining target users for research
• Defining problems for research
• UX research in product development
• Choosing a design testing approach (e.g., in-person research vs. remote, moderated vs. automated techniques).
• Design testing with users; visual design mock-ups and usability testing.
• Conducting a UX research project
• Considerations for global UX research
• Analyzing and presenting research findings
• Facilitating a design workshop

UX 490 - Independent Study

• Determined by instructor for individual student

• None

UX 495 - UX Selected Studies

• Varies by course

• None

UX 498 - UX Practicum

• Explore diverse UX career options and interests in UX
• Develop or enhance professional skills and knowledge of UX workplace practices
• Develop networking contacts with professionals in the UX field
• Enhance professional résumés through on-the-job experience
• Develop teamwork and leadership skills
• Apply classroom learning to an authentic UX work experience

• Foundations of UX

UX 499 - UX and Communication Design Internship

• Learn how the UX and communication areas fit in with the rest of the company
• Learn how jobs are assigned to these areas of the company
• Learn how to assist their supervisors in conceptualizing a project
• Learn how to assist or take charge of completing a project
• Learn the value of performing as a professional by being critical, helpful, punctual, and polite
• Learn the value of cooperating with fellow employees

• None

• The projects are dependent on the host company

UX 1400 - Foundations of User Experience

• Understand UX as a combination of tools, methods, and heuristics for creating customer/user-friendly products, processes, and services
• Show awareness of various UX career types and job responsibilities
• Exhibit literacy in psychology of design
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of key UX design principles, such as information architecture (IA), visual design, website maps and task flows, wireframing and prototyping, content creation, user research and usability testing
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of some UX prototyping and Wireframing in class projects
• Build a basic digital portfolio in Weebly or any other alternative free website builder

• None

• Key UX concepts
• UX job market and careers
• Psychology of Design: Behavior basics
• Information architecture
• Site maps and task flows
• Prototypes and wireframes
• Visual design basics
• User research and usability testing
• Content strategy
• Data for UX designers
• UX portfolios

UX 1511 - Visual Design I

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand how design impacts our daily lives 
• Understand how visual design is integrated into the field of User Experience 
• Execute a clear understanding of what constitutes effective design in visual communications 
• Employ principles of effective design by use of typography and the interaction of type and imagery together 
• Proficiency in basic functions of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat-enough to create a quality design that could be taken to press or published digitally 

• None

• Sketching
• Principles of design
• Design process
• Designing for print and digital
• Color aesthetics and theory
• Basics of the psychology of design
• Typography 
• Imagery 
• Constructive critiquing
• Understanding audience
• Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator)

UX 1521 - Visual Design II

• Deep understanding of how to create thoughtful, high-impact designs 
• Know how to create effective marketing materials, logos, and icons 
• Demonstrate readiness to create usable digital interfaces 
• Ability to lead design sessions and provide constructive feedback
• Fluency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, enough to create any high-quality quality material in print or digital formats

• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Basic knowledge of and working understanding of design principles, typography, color, imagery, and psychology of design

• Sketching
• Emotional design
• Advanced design principles
• Grid design & style guides
• Branding and logos
• Icons
• Typography and imagery
• Leading design sessions & constructive critiquing
• Understanding audience
• Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator)

UX 2011 - Interface Design I

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand how user interface design is integrated into the field of user experience 
•  Execute a functional prototype utilizing user interface design principles while considering contexts & audiences 
•  Basic understanding of HTML and CSS - student is able to read and manipulate HTML and CSS 
•  Proficiency in basic functions of Adobe XD and Dreamweaver - student is able to create prototypes and basic HTML/CSS mockups

•  Basic knowledge and understanding of principles of design
•  Familiarity with Adobe products

• User interface design principles
• Designing for different contexts, audiences, and devices
• Expansion of wireframing and prototyping skills
• Introduction to HTML
• Introduction to CSS
• HTML/CSS best practices
• Adobe: XD, Sketch

UX 2021 - Interface Design II

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand how to create interface designs considering contexts, audiences, and devices
• Proficiency in prototyping technique and workflows 
• Execute a high-fidelity prototype 
• Demonstrate proficiency with HTML, CSS,  Adobe XD, and Sketch
• Demonstrate basic understanding of JavaScript 
• Communicate design rationale and intent via annotations in prototyping tools 

• Basic understanding of HTML and CSS
• Functional proficiency with Adobe XD and Sketch

• Designing for multiple devices, including mobiles and wearables
• Designing for different contexts and audiences 
• Component-based UIs
• Conditions and interactions for prototyping
• Prototyping workflows
• Introduction to front-end frameworks
• Introduction to JavaScript

UX 2023 - Design Systems

• Gain familiarity with components of Material Design and Human Interface Guidelines and understand which components are appropriate to use on which platforms 
• Conduct analyses of design systems and the components, standards, and patterns that make up a design system 
• Communicate design system ideas to other students, who then will leverage that information in their own projects
• Understand the difference between a design system, style guide, branding standards, and content standards 
• Build a design system leveraging design and interface knowledge 

• Students will need to possess an understanding of visual design and interfaces, which they will utilize when building components for their design system

• Google’s Material Design
• Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines
• Other commonly used design systems
• Types of design systems
• Basic design system principals
• Functional and perceptual patterns in pattern libraries
• Component libraries
• Content, brand and visual style guides
• Best practices for component design and utilization

UX 2024 - Information Architecture

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Understand the discipline of Information Architecture and its importance in the digital world 
• Know how people look for and categorize information 
• Understand and know how to plan, communicate, and classify digital assets (i.e., content) 
• Analyze and document information architectures 
• Research and design an information architecture using digital and analog tools 

• Foundations of data analysis and techniques for information organization

• What is IA?
• Importance of information architecture (IA) in a digital world
• Cost of bad IA
• Components of information architecture 
• Understanding people and content
• Taxonomy and metadata 
• Optimizing for finadability and searchability
• Documenting, evaluating, measuring, and testing information architecture  
• Designing and researching information architecture
• Open and closed card sorting, treejacking

UX 2031 - Interaction Design

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Demonstrate understanding of interaction design process and applicable deliverables
• Demonstrate functional proficiency with a front-end framework, prototyping technique, and workflows
• Demonstrate functional proficiency of JavaScript, Adobe XD, and Dreamweaver
• Demonstrate basic understanding of using a CSS preprocessor 
• Communicate design rationale and intent via written communications 

• Advanced interface design knowledge
• Proficiency with prototyping tools (Adobe XD, Axure)
• Proficiency with HTML/CSS
• Basic understanding of JavaScript

• Goal-directed design
•  Designing for different contexts, audiences, and devices
•  Interaction design process
•  CSS preprocessors
•  Practical JavaScript
•  Designing in the browser
•  Adobe suite: XD, Dreamweaver 
•  Axure

UX 3011 - UX Research I

• Understand the basics of UX research methods and its importance in creating positive user experiences and business outcomes 
• Recognize the importance of clearly defining the problem and audience for a research study 
• Understand UX research process, specifically how to plan and facilitate usability research studies 
• Analyze results and present the outcomes to product stakeholders 
• Work effectively in research teams 
• Identify and navigate environmental factors surrounding UX research 

• College-level research strategies developed in GS 1002 Freshman Studies II
• Foundations of collaborative design or teamwork 

• Overview of UX research and methodologies
• Formulating clear research hypotheses and objectives
• Quantitative vs. qualitative research
• Surveys, interviews, and focus groups
• Heuristic evaluations
• Usability testing (mobile, remote, in-person, formal, informal, moderated, automated)
• Testing with mobile devices
• Defining target audiences through research-based personas
• Working in a research team
• Conducting a UX research project
• Analyzing and presenting research findings

UX 3015 - Designing for the Digital Future

• Understand the differences between AI, VI, AR, VR, MR, and “no” user interface technologies and how they work together to create personalized, immersive experiences 
• Understand impacts of emerging technologies on the field of UX 
• Understand the differences in designing for 2D versus 3D spaces
• Demonstrate proficiency in inventorying objects within an experience to create patterns in 3D spaces
• Produce 3D wireframes and prototypes
• Apply UX research methodologies for design of emerging technologies 

• None

• The future of the human-machine interactions
• The future of emerging technologies in industries
• The future of UX design and research
• Data as a material for the information age
• UX aspects of AI and VI   
• UX aspects of VR, AR, and MR
• “Zero UI”/”no” user interface technologies
• UX research and interface design paradigm shifts
• Semantic workflows and design patterns in 3D spaces
• Personality and conversational design
• Ethical AI design and digital objects

UX 3021 - UX Research II

• ​Understand advanced UX research methods and its importance in creating positive user experiences and business outcomes 
• Know how to research and analyze designs using advanced analysis techniques 
• Understand data-driven design decisions based on UX research studies and Big Data 
• Analyze results and present the outcomes to product stakeholders 
• Work effectively in research teams 

• None

• Card sorting & Treejacking
• Eye tracking
• Click-tests
• Multivariate (AB testing, split testing)
• Diary studies
• Desirability studies
• Advanced data analysis using Function-Behavior-Structure (FBS) ontology
• UX research in product development
• UX Research and Big Data
• Presenting research results

UX 3025 - Data Visualization

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Know how the mind perceives and interprets visual information 
• Recognize data visualization best practices and know how to model data in a visual manner 
• Demonstrate knowledge in gathering, preparing, and analyzing complex data sets 
• Apply knowledge of color, typography, and visual design practices to visualize data 
• Explain and present the story surrounding data 
• Show proficiency in basic functions of data visualization software to create infographics, interactive data visualizations, and data maps 

• Data research and analysis

• Introduction to data visualization and visual perception
• Fundamentals of visualization, data modeling, and compare and contrast
• Data visualization best practices and not-so-best practices 
• The use of color in data visualization and dashboard design
• Typography and data visualization design
• Infographics, interactive data visualization, and mapping data
• Owning your data story
• Data visualization tool

UX 3031 - Agile Product Management

• Gain an expanded vocabulary of agile product management terminology 
• Recognize different ways to integrate UX into an agile work environment
• Apply agile methodologies to organize and work within an agile product team 
• Know how collaborative thinking and planning drives product development 
• Develop proficiency in digital product management tools  
• Adopt an agile mindset 

• Foundations of collaborative design or teamwork 

• Overview of the agile project management industry in comparison to traditional management styles
• The relationship between customer satisfaction and embracing continuous delivery to rapidly respond to customer and company needs
• Agile Manifesto
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®), Scrum, and Kanban
• How UX fits into Agile
• Ideation through sketching and lean UX techniques
• Getting businesspeople and developers to work collaboratively
• Creating and managing a product backlog
• Building products around motivated people
• The need for face-to-face conversations
• Agile processes and sustainable development
• How technical excellence and good design enhances agility and product usability

UX 3035 - Conversation Design

• Be familiar with the history and applications of chatbots 
• Understand the benefits and limitations of voice design 
• Demonstrate knowledge of specifics of voice design 
• Be familiar with job prospects for conversation designers  
• Demonstrate awareness of the best industry practices in conversation design 
• Become proficient in conversation design fundamentals
• Contribute a conversation design sample of work to UX 4410  - Digital Portfolio 

• User interface design
• Interaction design
• UX writing
• UX research 

• History and applications of voice assistants    
• Conversation design guides in industry (e.g., Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft)
• Conversation design styles  
• Conversation design process
• Conversation design principles 
• Linguistic aspects of conversation design 
• Conversational components 
• Error handling
• Visual components of conversation design 
• Conversation design scalability across platforms/devices  

UX 3045 - SEO and Analytics

• Know the history and application of search algorithms in design and content retrieval 
• Explain the components of algorithms across search engines
• Demonstrate knowledge of algorithm-driven design
• Understand and be able to recognize the internal and external impact of algorithms 
• Apply concepts of algorithm-driven design in a research project 

• Basic research methods
• Ability to create and leverage an analytics strategy

• History of search algorithms 
• Overview of common algorithms 
• How algorithms influence SEO
• Content and UX strategies to positively influence SEO
• Introduction to algorithm-driven design 
• How AI is changing the traditional responsibilities in UX
• Analytics strategies for SEO and algorithm-driven design

UX 4011 - UX Senior Project I

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

• Ability to self-organize team within an agile framework and demonstrate an agile mindset
• Effectively communicate within and outside team in both oral and written form
• Create and manage product backlog, capturing requirements through user stories that describe incremental business value
• Use both digital and analog tools to conduct research and design product
• Investigate, evaluate, integrate, and apply technologies and standards beyond previous coursework to support research and design efforts
• Develop and execute research to minimize uncertainty and use the results to justify design decisions
• Employ UX processes to develop product

• Proficiency in UX research methods and design techniques

• Course introduction, report and presentation requirements
• Team status meetings
• Oral team presentations

UX 4021 - UX Senior Project II

• Ability to self-organize team within an agile framework and demonstrate an agile mindset
• Effectively communicate within and outside team in both oral and written form
• Create and manage product backlog, capturing requirements through user stories that describe incremental business value
• Use both digital and analog tools to conduct research and design product
• Investigate, evaluate, integrate, and apply technologies and standards beyond previous coursework to support research and design efforts
• Identify opportunities to conduct further research to validate proposed designs, minimize uncertainty, and use the results to justify design decisions
• Employ UX processes to develop product
• Ability to lead and actively participate in design sessions 
• Create and iterate designs using wireframes, low-fidelity, high-fidelity, and interactive prototypes

• Proficiency in UX research methods and design techniques

• Team status meetings
• Running design sessions
• Oral team presentations

UX 4031 - UX Senior Project III

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

• Ability to self-organize team within an agile framework and demonstrate an agile mindset
• Effectively communicate within and outside team in both oral and written form
• Create and manage product backlog, capturing requirements through user stories that describe incremental business value
• Use both digital and analog tools to conduct research and design product
• Investigate, evaluate, integrate, and apply technologies and standards beyond previous coursework to support research and design efforts
• Identify opportunities to conduct further research to minimize uncertainty and use the results to justify design decisions
• Identify, track, and mitigate technical and process risks
• Verify and validate that product functions as expected
• Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities related to product and make informed judgments that account for global, economic, environmental, and/or societal contexts
• Communicate appropriate project aspects in a public forum with a focus on business value

• Proficiency in UX research methods and design techniques

• Team status meetings
• Senior Design Show presentation (final exam week)
• Oral team presentations

UX 4410 - Digital Portfolio

• Show UX competences, personal accomplishments, and career readiness 
• Demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and application of UX design and research principles 
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of professional software 
• Show advanced UX and technical writing skills 
• Enhance learning by reflecting on skills and analyzing academic and career goals 
• Create customized presentation of samples of work using a web-based portfolio tool 

• Advanced presentation skills
• Advanced UX and technical writing skills

• Build a personal narrative and brand that translates to resumes, portfolios, videos, and overall digital presence 
• Develop an elevator pitch that can be utilized in networking and job applications 
• Analyze a job description for personal fit and competency 
• Learn how to network by interviewing people in the UX industry 
• Build portfolio pieces and case studies 
• Build a digital portfolio that appropriately reflects your skills, competencies, work, brand, and personal narrative 
• Reflect, holistically, on what it means to be a UX professional and explore aspects of the field that fit your specific UX interests and expertise.

GS 1001E - Freshman Studies I

• Demonstrate familiarity with contemporary social issues, cultural perspectives, and historical perspectives
• Communicate information, ideas, and results via written means
• Demonstrate aesthetic engagement through exposure to literature, philosophy, and the arts
• Demonstrate expectations of responsible citizenship (civic engagement)
• Demonstrate understanding of how knowledge is derived in the humanities and social sciences
• Exercise critical thinking skills in an interdisciplinary context
• Demonstrate understanding of basic documentation and citation of sources

• None

• Introduction to the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences (2 classes)
• Discussion of rhetorical concepts and the role of synthesis as a meaning-making tool in the humanities (2 classes) 
• Tour of Grohmann Museum and/or other cultural institutions (1 class)
• Student analysis and discussion of art (2 classes)
• Classroom activities/discussions, film viewing, field trips, etc., exploring subject materials related to the selected course topic-for example, “sustainability,” “globalization,” etc. (10 classes)
• Analysis and interpretation of assigned readings from course texts, including rhetorical analysis of texts (10 classes)
• Discussion/exercises on research methods in the humanities and social sciences (2 classes)
• Writing workshops (10 classes)

GS 1002E - Freshman Studies II

• Produce professional quality documents-specifically report structure and document design
• Access and organize information
• Evaluate and analyze collected information
• Communicate information, ideas, and results effectively via visual means
• Produce coherent collaboratively written documents
• Demonstrate expectations of responsible citizenship (civic engagement)

• None

• Rhetorical principles of technical communication
• Principles of document design
• Ethical considerations in technical communication
• Report structure and organization
• Research methods, working with both primary and secondary sources
• Visual representation of data
• Lectures, discussions, activities related to selected-topic subject material
• Principles of effective slideshows and speaking/presentation strategies
• Formal oral presentations with visual support
• Collaborative writing strategies and practice
• Writing workshops, including collaborative projects

IG 100 - Intensive Grammar I

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None 

• The “be” verb
• The simple past, present, future, and progressive tenses
• Imperatives and modals
• Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
• Articles, demonstratives and quantifiers
• Time clauses and conjunctions

IG 200 - Intensive Grammar II

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

• The simple past, present, future, progressive, and perfect tenses
• Imperatives and modals
• Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
• Articles
• Time clauses and future conditionals
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Relative clauses
• Conjunctions and adverb clauses

IG 201 - Intermediate Intensive Grammar I

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

• The present
• The past
• Nouns, determiners and pronouns
• The present perfect
• Adjectives, adverbs and prepositions

IG 300 - Intensive Grammar III

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

• A review of the simple past, present, future, progressive, and perfect tenses
• Imperatives and modals
• Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
• Articles
• Time clauses and future conditionals
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Relative clauses
• Conjunctions and adverb clauses

IG 301 - Upper-Intermediate Intensive Grammar III

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None 

• The present and the past
• The perfect
• The future
• Modals and modal-like expressions
• Nouns and pronouns
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Questions and noun clauses

IG 400 - Intensive Grammar IV

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach grammatical concepts to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

• Cause and effect
• Comparison and contrast
• Narrative
• Classification and definition
• Problem-solution
• Summary-response
• Persuasion

IG 401 - Advanced Intensive Grammar V

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to oral and written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Master and teach a grammatical concept to the class
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None 

• Cause and effect
• Comparison and contrast
• Narrative

IG 500 - Intensive Grammar Application

• Analyze and apply English grammar rules to in and out of class activities
• Apply knowledge of grammar to written tasks
• Recognize, categorize, and correct grammatical errors in your own writing and the writing of others
• Recognize grammatical structure used in current event oral and written reports
• Lead a discussion using appropriate and targeted grammar concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge of grammatical concepts on in-class assessments

• None

IW 100 - Intensive Writing I: The Paragraph

• Understand the rationale for a multi-step writing process
• Brainstorm and organize ideas to prepare a foundation for structured writing
• Implement and use editing symbols for revision
• Describe personality in writing
• Characterize a person with ordered detail in a paragraph
• Narrate a short story with ideas and relevant detail
• Use transitions to effectively tell a story
• Peer-review and self-edit paragraphs for grammar and style
• Write about a scary or funny experience
• Identify good and bad topic sentences, support and concluding sentences in paragraphs
• Focus on aspect and tense to tell stories
• Describe place with accurate prepositions
• Develop and support an opinion in short written work

• None

IW 200 - Intensive Writing II: The Short Composition

• Use details to support main ideas
• Outline relevant supporting ideas for short compositions
• Give and receive peer-feedback on written work
• Support writing with examples and background
• Revise and edit personal writing for grammatical accuracy and content
• Structure and support an outline using parallel supporting points and successive main ideas
• Interpret and describe figurative language devices by clustering and outlining
• Avoid verbosity in written work
• Write an accurate and concise summary of fiction and non-fiction
• Use the “literary Present Tense” in narrative and summary
• Express an opinion by formal response to a non-fiction work
• Critique a fiction work in writing 

• None

IW 300 - Intensive Writing III: The Essay

• Define and understand the purpose of an essay
• Identify an audience and choose an appropriate topic 
• Narrow or broaden the scope of a topic to effectively outline an essay
• Expedite various brainstorming techniques such as listing, free-writing, and using graphic organizers and diagrams
• Recognize and explain the relative strength or weakness of a thesis statement
• Outline and order ideas for expansion in different essay types
• Draft, edit, polish, and produce formal written work, including essays of explanation, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, persuasion, and response to a reading
• Outline and write a strong academic essay under a given time constraint
• Implement self and peer editing strategies for formal writing
• Use different hedging techniques to avoid over-generalization
• Accurately paraphrase, summarize, and quote an author’s work, using correct and appropriate citation

• None

LS 100 - Academic Listening and Speaking I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Listen for topics and main ideas
• Listen for reasons, examples, and specific information
• Listen for causes, effects, and solutions to problems
• Guess the meaning of words from context
• Use a variety of strategies to take and organize notes

Academic Speaking:

• Describe preferences and interests
• Ask for and give permission and advice
• Ask for and give an opinion
• Keep a conversation going
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None

LS 200 - Academic Listening and Speaking II

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Get the main ideas from an introduction
• Listen for supporting information
• Listen for categories and definitions
• Make inferences after listening
• Include details in your notes

Academic Speaking:

• Ask for and give directions
• Change statements into questions
• Give reasons and examples
• Agree and disagree with others’ opinions
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None

LS 201 - Intermediate Academic Listening and Speaking I

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Produce common English expressions to ask for and give directions, advice, and clarification
• Greet and respond to a greeting using reduced forms of words
• Agree and disagree with negative questions using phrases to express disbelief and skepticism
• Pronounce the phonemes /θ/and /s/correctly when speaking
• Research and analyze two colleges or universities and give an 2-3 minute informative presentation comparing the two*
• Interview three people about a product you designed and outline a 3-5 minute presentation to “sell” the product to your audience*
• Interpret the meaning of different forms of non-verbal communication by collecting information and having a small group discussion*

*At least two (2) of these objectives will be met each session

Academic Listening

• Recognize the medial T and the difference between the phonemes /θ/and /s/
• Identify emotion from a speaker’s tone of voice
• Interpret the meaning of interjections and the difference between a statement and a question through listening for intonation
• Understand and compare a speaker’s point of view in a radio program and a lecture
• Use an outline and graphic organizer to organize notes from an academic lecture
• Prepare for a lecture by predicting its contents and learning new vocabulary
• Listen for details, supporting information, a causal chain, anecdotes, and unstressed words in radio broadcasts and academic lectures   

• None

LS 300 - Academic Listening and Speaking III

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

• Listen for main ideas and meaning of terms
• Listen for examples, differences, comparisons, causes, and effects
• Notice topic change signals
• Guess the meaning of words from context
• Use a variety of strategies to take and organize notes

Academic Speaking:

• Ask for and give clarification and confirmation
• Participate in a panel discussion
• Interpret symbols
• Present a persuasive argument
• Clearly pronounce key vowel and consonant sounds

• None