• FAST 1550: Mountain Biking

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Activity course designed to present basic information on equipment purchase, maintenance, and repair of a mountain bike. Fitness programs and short trips are conducted in the local area with an extended tour planned by the group to conclude the semester. Student must supply own bicycle. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate best practices for ensuring Mountain Biking safety. 2. Demonstrate the ability to perform basic bicycle maintenance and repairs. 3. Demonstrate basic mountain bicycling riding skills. Course fee required. FA, SP
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• FAST 1790: Weight Training for Women

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Course designed for women interested in the fundamentals of weight training. Includes instruction designed to build and strengthen the body. In this activity class, students will receive supervised practice in various progressive resistance exercises. Students will learn the basics of weight training as well as improve their body strength. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the benefit of resistance training for health-related fitness and athletic performance. 2. Explain safety precautions and best practices related to resistance training. 3. Demonstrate appropriate form for performing resistance training activities. 4. Create a personal fitness program. FA, SP
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• FAST 1810R: Athletic Comm Engagement

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Provides outreach and partnership with faculty, students, and community in a mutually beneficial and respectful collaboration. Students will address community-identified needs, deepen civic learning, enhance community well-being, and enrich the scholarship of the institution through completing several service-learning activities. Students will learn organization and leadership skills. Students must participate in the class both fall and spring semesters. Class registration will be spring semester. Repeatable up to 4 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Recognize community needs and identify leadership, service and community engagement opportunities to meet those needs. 2. Explain processes and procedures relative to effective civic organization and leadership. 3. Organize events, fundraisers, and service projects. 4. Demonstrate the ability to serve as a liaison between SAAC, athletic administration, and sports teams. Prerequisites: Instructor permission. SP
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• FAST 1850R: Special Performance Cheerleading

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Activity course for students selected as members of the Utah Tech Dance Team. Students will benefit from training under a professional coach and from the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities. Repeatable up to 5 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop leadership skills associated with team cheerleading participation. 2. Apply discipline and commitment developed in practice and competition to academic achievement. 3. Demonstrate traits of good sportsmanship and teamwork in competition, performance and practice. 4. Demonstrate an expert knowledge of the strategies and skills of cheerleading and use critical thinking skills to apply this knowledge in competitive and performance situations in order to participate to the best of one's ability. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. FA, SP
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• FAST 1860R: Blaze Dance Team

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Activity course for students selected as members of the Utah Tech Dance Team. Students will benefit from training under a professional coach and from the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities. Repeatable up to 5 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop leadership skills associated with dance team participation. 2. Apply discipline and commitment developed in practice and competition to academic achievement. 3. Demonstrate traits of good sportsmanship and teamwork in competition, performance and practice. 4. Demonstrate an expert knowledge of the dance techniques and use critical thinking skills to apply this knowledge in competitive and performance situations in order to participate to the best of one's ability. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. FA, SP
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• FAST 2990: Seminars in Physical Education

  0.50 - 3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  For students wishing instruction that is not available through other regularly scheduled courses in this discipline. Occasionally, either students request some type of non-traditional instruction, or an unanticipated opportunity for instruction presents itself. This seminar course provides a variable-credit context for these purposes. As requirements, this seminar course must first be pre-approved by the department chair; second, it must provide at least nine contact hours of lab or lecture for each credit offered; and third, it must include some academic project or paper (i.e., credit is not given for attendance alone). This course may include standard lectures, travel and field trips, guest speakers, laboratory exercises, or other non-traditional instruction methods. Note that this course is an elective and does not fulfill general education or program requirements. Fees may be required for some seminar courses and instructor permission will be optional at the request of the instructor. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate learning through original and creative ideas. 2. Collaborate with others to accomplish a shared purpose or goal. 3. Use appropriate strategies and tools to represent, analyze, and integrate seminar-specific knowledge. 4. Develop the ability to think critically about course content. 5. Apply knowledge from seminar to a range of contexts, problems, and solutions.
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• FILM 1000: History of Film

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  A history of the development of narrative film as an art form and cultural medium from the 1800s to the late 20th-century, with primary focus on Hollywood cinema. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Synthesize and demonstrate mastery of the origins of American film, and its stylistic, thematic, cultural and aesthetic evolution from early silent cinema through the films of the late-20th century. 2. Analyze the ways in which American cinema both reflects and shapes national values and mores. 3. Evaluate the role and importance of the Hollywood studio system and the notion of stardom from their early manifestations to the late-20th century. 4. Articulate the evolution of film technology from silent cinema to mid-century motion picture techniques. FA, SP
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• FILM 2100: Audio for Digital Film

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  A mix of theory and practicum, this entry-level course will cover the basics of sound acquisition and mixing. Students will be introduced to the tools of the trade: microphones, mixers, boom-poles, headphones, DAWs, recording booths, foley pits, and their various accessories. Sound design in films will be examined and out-of-class projects will be assigned to develop basic acquisition and mixing skills. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Assess the art, language, and technical aspects of sound design and sound mixing. 2. Design polished audio mixes for narrative, documentary, and commercial media. 3. Develop competency in basic sound mixing and designing techniques. 4. Examine and understand appropriate usage of a variety of microphones and mixing devices through hands on experience. 5. Apply industry-standard sound recording and sound mixing skills on a film set. Course fee required. FA, SP
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• FILM 2130: Beginning Screenwriting

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  For Digital Film majors with the objective of introducing and developing screenwriting approaches to narrative film production. Skills developed in this workshop class include competency in industry-standard screenplay format, identification of structural elements inherent in narrative film, distinguishing how character functions within plot, articulating plot points and transitions, and exploring effective avenues of research for development. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Label the structural elements of a modern screenplay; specifically the three-act structure paradigm. 2. Identify the manner in which motion picture characters impose upon and alter the plot of a motion picture story. 3. Outline the basics of good dramaturgy; conflict, tension, theme, character, and character development/change. 4. Describe the reasoning behind screenplay form and identify various technical elements of screenplay form. 5. Describe the process of writing a motion picture screenplay; from original idea to finished blue print of a motion picture. 6. Describe the business of writing in the motion picture industry. 7. Produce the first act of a feature length original screenplay or the complete screenplay for a short narrative film. 8. Identify the "mythic journey" of the hero as it relates to the writing of a modern screenplay. Course fee required. FA
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• FILM 2660: Introduction to Digital Film Production

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Tech University (formerly Dixie State University)

  
  Required of Digital Film majors, and open to students interested in applications of digital film production, including commercial, corporate, Internet, documentary and feature production. Covers commercial, corporate, Internet, documentary and feature production; critical analysis of effects and technical and ethical aspects of compositing. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Outline the foundations of the digital film industry and opportunities available through Utah Tech University's Digital Film Degree. 2. Evaluate and critique the history of video and film production as applied to modern technology. 3. Apply techniques discussed in constructing a fully produced class film. Course fee required. FA, SP
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