Individual Courses at UW-La Crosse Online
Explore the possibilities by enrolling in one of our online credit courses! UW-La Crosse's online courses provide you with the freedom to attend class any time – day or night – from anywhere you connect to the Internet.
Founded in 1909, UW-La Crosse has delivered quality education and personal attention to students for almost a century. As a student in one of our online courses you will receive the same quality instruction and level of service found by our on-campus students.
View our online courses below or find a course using our searchable Online Timetable.
Summer 2008 Hybrid Courses
Gender, Race and Class in American Institutions
This course provides an introduction to how gender, race and class have
intertwined over time to produce women’s social roles and status in
American culture. The creation, transmittal, interpretation and
institutionalization of gender roles will be examined using family and
kinship, the educational system, the media, work, government and the
health care system. The course provides a critical, interdisciplinary
perspective on scholarship which omits or distorts the female
experience.
Class meets May 19-30, Room 333, Wimberly Hall. June 2-13 class continues online.
W-S 100, Section 101
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Summer 2008 Online Courses
* Starting Summer 2008, a $75 internet course fee will be charged per credit for online courses. This amount will be automatically assessed along with the standard tuition rate and will help support the development of additional online education opportunities at UW-L. This fee will not be added to the special rates associated with the online programs of the MBA, SAA, and Dosimetry programs.
Archaeology of Mexico and Central America
This course offers the student an overview of the evolution of the
civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America) from
the earliest stages of hunting and food gathering until the conquest of
Mesoamerica by Spain in the early 16th century. The course describes the
social and economic life as organized by a complex religion which
produced human sacrifice, writing, calendrical systems, advanced art
forms, iconography, and monument building activities. (Crosslisted with
ARC, may only earn credit in ANT or ARC.)
ANT/ARC 285, Section 410
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Art Appreciation
Discovering the visual world. An introduction to the visual
arts of applied arts, architecture, craft arts, film/video arts,
painting/drawing, printing/ graphic arts, and sculpture. The student
will learn to use analysis and evaluation to explore the meaning of art.
ART 102, Section 411
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
American National Government
An introduction to the underlying principles and values, administrative
and political decision-making processes, and institutions of American
national government in an international context utilizing a comparative
approach. The course includes discussion, analysis and development of
critical thinking skills related to public policymaking problems and
current issues. The course emphasizes the development of intellectual
skills associated with an informed, involved and active citizenry.
POL 101, Section 430
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Clinical Decision Making in an Inpatient Acute Care/Rehab
Setting
This course introduces learners to clinical reasoning as a systematic
process to assist practitioners in inferring or drawing conclusions
about patient care in a rural environment. Prerequisite: Enrollment in
PTS program. Offered Summer session.
PTS 831, Section 411
1 credit (GRAD)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Creating a Healthy, Active Lifestyle
This course will focus on the knowledge and skills necessary for
developing and maintaining a healthy, physically active lifestyle
throughout one's lifespan. Major issues directly affecting one's health
such as physical fitness, movement skills and activities, health
promotion and disease prevention, the effective use of leisure and
content in various wellness topical areas will be included.
HPR 105, Section 420
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Criminal Justice
An overview of the United States Criminal Justice system. Issues
relating to crime, the administration of justice, the police, courts and
correctional systems are explored. Prerequisite: SOC 110 or 120 or 200
or ANT 101.
SOC 324, Section 410
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Cultural Diversity Communication Training
Communication is an essential human activity that bridges
cultural differences and nurtures empathetic understandings
among people of cultural differences. In this course, students
will learn both theories and practices of intercultural
training. Learn the theory and practice of communication
training for culturally diverse audiences in educational, human
service and business settings. Participants will progress
through training developmental stages: preparation/research,
planning, implementation and assessment.
EFN 475/575, section 730
June 2-July 21, 2008
3 credits (UG/GRAD)
Fee: Tuition*
Fieldwork Experience in Psychology: Undergraduate
Internship
An academically relevant field experience for majors in
psychology. The field experience will be arranged through Career
Services and supervised by psychology instructional staff.
Prerequisite: PSY 100 and 210, cumulative GPA of 2.30, junior
standing; psychology major; consent of instructor. No more than
three credits may be applied to a major in psychology. Pass/Fail
grading.
PSY 450, Section 411
1 credit (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
PSY 450, Section 412
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
PSY 450, Section 413
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Foreign Language Program Development
This course is designed for teachers or prospective teachers working
toward teacher certification or recertification in a second or third
language and/or in ESL. Program topics include: grammar, conversation,
civilization, literature and methods. Prerequisite: acceptance of an
approved program by department and permission of department chair.
Repeatable for credit - maximum 12.
MLG 455/555, Section 410
1-6 credits (UG/GRAD)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Global Warming
The course explores the scientific basis of global warming and climate
change, and their current and likely impacts on human society and the
environment, before addressing the action that could be taken by
governments, by industry and by individuals to mitigate the effect.
Discussion of global warming is situated in the context of models of
climate change, focusing on alternative interpretations of the effects
of anthropogenic greenhouse gases on global warming.
ESC 211, Section 420
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Health Education-Early or Middle Childhood-Early
Adolescence
This course is designed to provide pre-service teachers with
basic understanding of health and wellness issues in elementary
and middle school settings. The course will introduce students
to concepts and topics involved in K-8 school health programs.
EDS 301, Section 411
1 credit (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Instructional Models for Practicing K-12
Physical Educators
Enhance your teaching by discovering new and challenging student based
instruction that empowers students in their learning process. Identify
and use the most effective instructional model to meet the needs of your
students while providing you with new ways to teach and assess based on
your existing curriculum. Create units of instruction in your current
physical education program that helps you align each unit to the
national standards or your existing state standards. Have fun by
teaching with instructional models.
ESS 560
1-3 credits (GRAD)
Fee: Tuition*
Issues and Trends in Education
Current critical issues in education on the state, national and
international levels. Repeatable for credit - maximum 6. (Cross-listed
with C-I; may only earn 6 credits total in EFN and C-I.)
EFN 715, Section 410
1-3 credits (GRAD)
Fee: Tuition*
Global Origins of the Modern World
This course explores the origins and development of the modern
world, focusing on the dual dynamics of globalization and vital
indigenous civilizations. The course will critically examine a minimum
of three world civilizations, their ancient antecedents, and will
include multiple themes, such as technology and science, religion,
gender, war and peace, and the environment.
HIS 101, Section 430
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Maps and
Society
This course introduces all aspects of maps and how they affect the
individual in society. It examines the evolution of maps, the map as an
art form, the map as a communication medium for spatial knowledge, the
meaning of maps and their relationship to culture and society past and
present, the influence of maps on an individual through mass media and
the Internet, and the way maps reflect personal and societal points of
view. It focuses on privacy and civil liberty issues of the individual
in the age of digital information where maps and map databases can
disclose the privacy of personal space. In addition, today's GIS maps(in
planning, in marketing, in hazard controls, etc.) embed substantial
amounts of personal information that can affect personal security and
how our lives are directly, indirectly, knowingly, and unknowingly
influenced.
GEO 102, Section 420
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Medical
Language
An introduction to medical terminology with emphasis on word roots,
combining forms, prefixes and suffixes through the various systems.
There is also a unit on basic pharmacology. Prerequisite: ESS 205 and
RTH 326 or 327.
RTH 355, Section 101
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Money and
Capital Markets
Examination of the factors influencing the level and structure of
interest rates. Includes the processes, institutions, and public policy
implications of markets for short-term and long-term debt instruments,
the stock market, and current trends in capital markets. Prerequisite:
FIN 355.
FIN 390, Section 431
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Nutrition and Sport
Basic principles of human nutrition and nutritional needs for athletes
and/or active populations. Issues discussed include ergogenic aids,
carbohydrate loading/manipulation, eating disorders, and protein
supplementation. Practical application will include dietary analysis and
composition for people in various activities and conditions.
Prerequisite: ESS 02 or NUT 200.
ESS 323, Section 410
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Special Topics Seminar in
Education: Cultural Diversity Communication Training
Communication is an essential human activity that bridges
cultural differences and nurtures empathetic understandings
among people of cultural differences. In this course, students
will learn both theories and practices of intercultural
training. Learn the theory and practice of communication
training for culturally diverse audiences in educational, human
service and business settings. Participants will progress
through training developmental stages: preparation/research,
planning, implementation, and assessment.
EFN 475/575, section 730
3 credits (UG/GRAD)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
State and Local Government
An introduction to the underlying principles of federalism and focus on
the new increasing decentralization of government program
responsibilities to sub national governments in the United States. This
is complemented by a comparison of the complex cultural, economic and
intergovernmental settings of sub national governments. Students
consider the implications of different environments for citizen
participation, government characteristics, policy processes, and values
associated with policy outcomes. The course emphasizes constructive
citizenship in an environment where sub national governments will
increasingly affect their lives.
POL 102, Section 410
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Strength Training Techniques and Programs
This course is designed to provide the student with a working
knowledge of proper lifting and spotting technique, an understanding of
the various types of equipment and modes of strength training, basic
program design and programming for special populations, and weight
training for competition. Students will be taught to design and
individualize a strength training program. Prerequisite: ESS 205 and
206. ESS 100 Strength Training recommended.
ESS 368, Section 420
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Technology for Teaching and Learning
The course is an introduction to the systematic planning of
instructional technology. Course objectives include developing
functional skills in computer hardware and software, design of
multimedia materials, and effective application of technology in
teaching and learning. The course focuses on the basic principles of
learning through technology integration into instruction with the use of
multimedia, Web development, instructional media, distance learning,
Internet use and ethical, legal and social issues in technology.
Prerequisite: junior standing.
EDM 319, Section 411
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Theatre Appreciation
A study of theatre as an art form. Emphasis on the role of the audience
as collaborators in the performance and their understanding and
appreciation of the elements of a theatrical production.
Section 102 = Open to incoming Freshman
ONLY. The online component of the course runs June 16-22 with the
on-campus component running June 23-27, 2008.
THA 110, Section 102
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
THA 110, Section 410
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
THA 110, Section 420
2 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Theories of Communication
A broad-based introduction to the theories used in communication
studies. This course introduces students to the role of theory in
understanding communication. The course investigates what theories are
and what they do. Students are introduced to a cross section of
contemporary theories of communication. The role of theory in research
is considered through the development of a theory driven review of
communication literature. Prerequisite: CST190, 12 credits in CST. CST
301, Section 411
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
U.S. Latin American Relations
This course will explore U.S. relations with the Latin American
republics from 1776 to the present day. It will devote careful attention
to the economic and political goals of U.S. foreign policy in Latin
America and explore how these goals have fueled anti U.S. nationalism,
thereby compromising Washington’s efforts to forge closer ties with the
Latin American nations. Offered once every three years.
HIS 345, Section 420
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Volunteer Experience in Psychology
This course provides students with opportunities to gain
practical experience through interaction with a variety of age
groups. This supervised fieldwork requires 30 hours on site per
semester. Prerequisite: PSY 100 and 210; psychology major.
Pass/Fail grading. Repeatable for credit - maximum 2.
PSY 309, Section 411
1 credit (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Women and Politics
An examination of the positions and roles of women in the political
arena. This course discusses the nature and extent of women’s political
involvement, both in the United States and abroad, with particular
emphasis on the cultural and racial diversity of women political
participants in the United States. Additional topics will include the
legal status of women, differences between male and female political
behavior, factors that influence women’s political participation and
current political issues related to women.
POL 205, Section 420
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Writing Portfolio
A workshop course in which students assemble portfolios of their
work, demonstrating their abilities as writers. English majors
with an emphasis in rhetoric and writing and professional
writing minors will be in the same section. Prerequisite: senior
standing (be in his or her final or penultimate semester in
completing the major or minor).
ENG 413, Section 431
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
ENG 413, Section 432
1 credit (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Fall 2008 Online Courses
*A $75 internet course fee will be charged per credit for online courses. This amount will be automatically assessed along with the standard tuition rate and will help support the development of additional online education opportunities at UW-L. This fee will not be added to the special rates associated with the online programs of the MBA, SAA, and Dosimetry programs.
Global Warming
The course explores the scientific basis of global warming and climate
change, and their current and likely impacts on human society and the
environment, before addressing the action that could be taken by
governments, by industry and by individuals to mitigate the effect.
Discussion of global warming is situated in the context of models of
climate change, focusing on alternative interpretations of the effects
of anthropogenic greenhouse gases on global warming.
ESC 211, Section 401
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Maps and
Society
This course introduces all aspects of maps and how they affect the
individual in society. It examines the evolution of maps, the map as an
art form, the map as a communication medium for spatial knowledge, the
meaning of maps and their relationship to culture and society past and
present, the influence of maps on an individual through mass media and
the Internet, and the way maps reflect personal and societal points of
view. It focuses on privacy and civil liberty issues of the individual
in the age of digital information where maps and map databases can
disclose the privacy of personal space. In addition, today's GIS maps(in
planning, in marketing, in hazard controls, etc.) embed substantial
amounts of personal information that can affect personal security and
how our lives are directly, indirectly, knowingly, and unknowingly
influenced.
GEO 102, Section 401
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
Medical Terminology for Health Professions
Students in various allied health fields will learn to
use medically related terms in their professional
communication. This covers the study of the language of
medicine used in clinics, hospitals, and other health agencies.
The student will develop a working knowledge of term, word
roots, and abbreviations with emphasis on spelling, definitions,
and pronunciation. An introduction to health care records,
disease process, operative, diagnostic, therapeutic, and
symptomatic terminology of body systems will be covered as they
pertain to medical practice.
H-P 250, Section 401
1 credit (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
World Cultural Regions
This course provides an understanding of the global distribution
of world cultures. The cultural, economic and natural patterns
and their inter-relationships are examined on a global and
regional scale. The development and distribution of cultural
regions within countries are included when appropriate.
GEO 110, Section 401
3 credits (UG)
Fee: Tuition*
Register Now!
