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Catalog 73 - National University

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Course Descriptionstheir strengths as a negotiator and to identify andimprove any weaknesses. The course utilizesadvanced negotiating principles, sophisticatedhands-on simulations, written planning documents,videos, written self critiques and case studies.ADR 610: FacilitationAn advanced, interactive course designed to developdispute resolutions and consensus buildingprocesses for group settings. The course will teachgroup facilitation theory, and processes and techniquesnecessary to effectively perform as a groupfacilitator. The course utilizes large group simulationsand role plays, and case studies.ADR 615: MediationAn advanced interactive course designed to developthe skills required to perform effectively as a mediator.The course teaches the stages of mediation andthe necessary skills a mediator must have in order toperform effectively for each stage. The course alsocovers the various steps required in reaching settlementand drafting settlement agreements. Thecourse utilizes advanced mediating principles,sophisticated hands-on simulations, written planningdocuments, videos, written self critiques andcase studies.ADR 620: ArbitrationAn interactive course that enables students to participatein sophisticated simulations and mock arbitrationboth as advocates and arbitrators, prepare openingand closing statements and draft written decisions.Students will be introduced to ArbitrationStatues and Commercial Arbitration Rules. Thecourse will also provide students with insight intothe Ethical and Professional Standards ofResponsibility required of Arbitrators. Areas of focusare labor relations, securities, construction, personalinjury, consumer-related disputes and commercialtransactions.ADR 625: Crisis NegotiationTheory and practice of the dynamics involved in crisisnegotiations with emphasis placed on domestichostage incidents. The course utilizes a combinationof psychological and communication approaches tocrisis negotiation to signify the dynamics createdbetween hostages and negotiators. Students willgain experience through role playing, and case studies.ADR 630: Labor NegotiationStudents and business professionals will learn theart of collective bargaining. How labor and managementin a unionized environment reach agreementregarding employee wages, benefits and other termsand conditions of employment. Participants willengage in face-to-face negotiations experiencingfirst-hand the economic dynamics at play, developingtactical strategies to achieve (mutually) beneficialresults.ARB – ArabicARB 100: Beginning Arabic I(Co-requisite ARB 100A)The beginning course in Modern Standard Arabic(MSA). Elementary skills in the standard communicationmodes of speaking, reading and listening toArabic are introduced. The course includes an introductionto the Arabic alphabet and numerals andusage of basic vocabulary.ARB 100A: Beginning Arabic I Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Co-requisite ARB 100An intensive online laboratory course in which thestudent interacts in a speaking and listening modeto a programmed sequence of language units. Theseare parallel to the corresponding materials coveredin ARB 100, Beginning Arabic.ARB 101: Beginning Arabic II(Prerequisites: ARB 100/ARB 100A)(Co-requisite ARB 101A)A sequel to the beginning course in ModernStandard Arabic (MSA). The course includes anintroduction to the basic parts of an Arabic sentenceand the basic written Arabic phrases for oral andreading comprehension.ARB 101A: Beginning Arabic II Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: ARB 100/ARB 100A)(Co-requisite ARB 101)This laboratory course involves students in the useof common Arabic terms orally in situational context.The student will be involved in oral interpretationof the basic spoken Arabic phrases. Elementaryskills in the standard communication modes ofspeaking, reading, and writing and listening toArabic are emphasized.ARB 200: Intermediate Arabic I(Prerequisites: ARB 101/101A)(Co-requisite ARB 200A)Enhances the student’s proficiency in spoken andwritten Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). This courseemphasizes the difference between standard anddialectic spoken Arabic. Emphasis is given to bothformal and informal Arabic. Grammar and vocabularyare expanded.ARB 200A: Intermediate Arabic I Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: ARB 101/101A)(Co-requisite ARB 200)Emphasizes both formal and informal Arabic. Thiscourse enhances the student’s proficiency in standardand dialectic spoken Arabic. Emphasis is givento both formal and informal Arabic. Grammar andvocabulary are expanded.ARB 201: Intermediate Arabic II(Prerequisites: ARB 200/200A)(Co-requisite ARB 201A)This course gives emphasis to both formal and informalArabic. Rules of grammar and vocabulary areapplied in writing simple Arabic sentences whendescribing presented materials.ARB 201A: Intermediate Arabic II Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: ARB 200/200A)(Co-requisite ARB 201)This laboratory course allows the learner to apply inverbal form the rules of grammar in both standardand dialectic spoken Arabic.ARB 300: Advanced Arabic I(Prerequisites: ARB 201/201A)(Co-requisite ARB 300A)This course develops student skills in idiomatic andconversational forms of speech, proficiency in moderatelycomplex written structures. Also covered istranslation of non-technical texts from Arabic toEnglish and vice-versa. Basic syntactic patterns andvocabulary will be consolidated.ARB 300A: Advanced Arabic I Lab(1.5 quarter units)(Prerequisites: ARB 201/201A)(Co-requisite ARB 300This laboratory course practices student skills inidiomatic and conversational forms of speech inmoderately complex structures. Also covered istranslation of non-technical texts from Arabic toEnglish and vice-versa. Basic syntactic patterns andvocabulary will be consolidated.ARB 301: Advanced Arabic II(Prerequisites: ARB 300/300A)(Co-requisite ARB 301A)This course continues to develop student skills inidiomatic and conversational forms of speech, andproficiency in moderately complex written structures.The course makes use of Arabic in film andradio where the student prepares written reportsbased on the presented materials.ARB 301A: Advanced Arabic II Lab (1.5 quarterunits)(Prerequisites: ARB 300/300A)(Co-requisite ARB 301)This laboratory course continues to develop studentskills in idiomatic and conversational forms ofspeech and proficiency. The course makes use ofArabic in film and radio where the student prepareswritten reports delivered orally based on the presentedmaterials.ARB 350: Fundamentals of Arabic Translation(Prerequisites: ARB 301/301A)This course aims to introduce students to basictranslation skills and to consolidate their knowledgeof Arabic through providing them with sufficienttraining in translating “nominal” and “verbal’Arabic sentences into English using a variety of texttypesthat include high frequency vocabulary andexpressions.ARB 400: Advanced Arabic Conversation(Prerequisites: ARB 301/301A)This course develops students’ skills in conversationaland idiomatic forms of speech. It is based oncontemporary literary usage conducted entirely inArabic. The course is a combination of lecture, discussion,exercises, and communicative languageactivities based on written text. Basic syntactic patternsand vocabulary will be consolidated.ART – ArtART 100: Introduction to Art History(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)Survey of the main periods in art history, withemphasis on the complex relationship between artand society. Explores the development of Westernart from Prehistoric to Contemporary. Includesoverviews of the arts of Africa, Oceania,Mesoamerica, South America, the Middle East,India, China and Japan.ART 200: Visual ArtsFundamentals of visual arts presented throughpainting, photography, video or other media.Emphasis is determined by instructor. Studentsdevelop their own creative vision while learningaesthetic values and concepts, as well as how to handlematerials. Students supply some art materials.ART 315: Film as Art(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)Survey of the art of cinema from the silent period tothe present; examines film techniques and theories;explores film styles and genres, focusing on elementssuch as lighting, editing and cinematography;establishes a basis by which students can make aestheticjudgments.ART 323: Modern Art(Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)An introduction to the major movements, styles andartists from Impressionism to Post Modernism.Examines how themes of Modern Art reflect thesocial, historical and cultural events of the period.CourseDescriptions357

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