Strange-ish education
In the same vein of the article 12 Classes We Wish Our Schools Had Offered on Mental Floss, I decided to look into some of the more unusual classes Mason City’s own North Iowa Area Community College offer (taken directly from their catalog). Take a peek…
Introduction to Video Game Testing (3 s.h.)
Intro to Video Game Testing defines the steps involved in taking the basic idea for a video or computer game through the formal steps of definition and implementation. The course is meant to provide the overview of how testing is incorporated into video game production and development. Basic testing concepts will be introduced to the students. Students will develop their working video game. The students will then thoroughly test other students’ video games. [Am I reading this right? Is this a class on how to PLAY video games?]
Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh My! (1 s.h.)
Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh My! emphasizes preemptive planning for a financial account by comprehending financial markets through identifying how financial markets operate. This course has been designated as a pass/no pass course. [Yeah, the name did it for me on this one.]
Air-Conditioning Principles (2 s.h.)
A study of the theory of air-conditioning. Includes psychometrics, heat gain/loss problems, and equipment sizing. [There's actually a theory??]
Current Issues in Sport (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: MGT-220, Introduction to Sport Management. Sport, health/fitness, and recreation organizations have been facing many changes in recent years. These changes have exposed many problems that these organizations must solve in order to ensure future success. This class is designed to expose students to these issues in order to prepare them for management careers in the sport, health/fitness, and recreation fields. [So much for sports only being a game.]
Ethical Hacking (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: NET-613, Information Data Assurance, or permission of instructor. This course will go into more depth using the tools and concepts students were exposed to in Information “Data” Assurance. The student will be introduced to the concepts, principles, and techniques supplemented by hands-on exercises for defending from an attack. These methodologies are presented within the context of properly securing the network. The course will emphasize network attack defense methodologie with the emphasis on student use of network attack techniques and tools. The concept of Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) will be strongly emphasized in this course along with several of the CISSP CBK domains. [Again, loved the name.]
College Reading Strategies (3 s.h.)
Designed to help students become more efficient and effective in reading college textbooks, required materials, leisure articles, and books. Course adapts to the style and needs of each individual to improve vocabulary, comprehension, rate, and study skills. [I would think this would be a skill necessary to get INTO college.]
Listen to Your Heart and Success Will Follow (1 s.h.)
Intelligently facilitated and fast-paced, Listen to Your Heart and Success Will Follow will help you enjoy the rewards that come from doing what really makes you happy! Your instructor and a caring community of students will help you begin designing a life that really works for you. With a complete understanding of your own interests, values, needs and abilities, you’ll learn how you can use work to express yourself and share your interests and talents. Your every day will be filled with joy and inspiration, and a greater depth of meaning will be added to everything you do. This course program is skillfully crafted to weave experiential learning with the conceptual presentation, giving you time to experience, understand, and implement each new strategy as it is introduced. [Wow--so sweet and touchy-feely it makes my teeth rot.]
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