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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule located on the Office of the Registrar’s website, msudenver.edu/registrar/classschedules.
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RECR 4790 - Applied Research and Evaluation
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): RECR 4130
Corequisite(s): RECR 4890
Description: This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and practice applied research and program-evaluation skills in conjunction with their internship.
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RECR 4810 - Grants and Grant Writing in the Health Professions
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides the student in the health professions with an understanding of funding sources, resources to locate funding agencies, and the grant writing process. Students will write a grant proposal for a community agency.
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RECR 4850 - Advanced Administration and Evaluation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): RECR 4130
Description: This course provides an intensive opportunity to develop administrative skills necessary in both recreation management and therapeutic recreation settings. Topics include research and evaluation methodologies with a focus on applied concepts, marketing through traditional and social media approaches, and sources of funding through bonds, partnerships, sponsorships and grants.
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RECR 4890 - Internship in Recreation, Parks, or Therapeutic Recreation
Credits: 10-14
Prerequisite(s): Recreation Professions major, senior standing, completion of core and concentration area courses, minimum 2.75 GPA, completion of General Studies requirements
Description: This course is designed to provide the recreation major with an intensive practical experience in the field of recreation, parks, or therapeutic recreation. Students must complete a minimum of 12 weeks with 480 clock hours at their agency for 10 credits. Each additional credit requires 40 more clock hours and 1 additional week at their agency for a maximum of 640 clock hours over 16 weeks. Students will be evaluated with either a “S” for satisfactory or a “U” for unsatisfactory.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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EDS 2680 - Portfolio Development Workshop
Credits: 1
Description: Students learn to identify, analyze, discuss, and document learning gained through experience. Students integrate prior experiential learning with current educational needs and goals. Basic principles of adult learning and developmental theory are introduced as they apply to the student’s experience. Students will prepare a prior-learning portfolio. Those who are interested may develop this portfolio into an application for credit for prior learning.
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EDS 3130 - Foundations of Educational Psychology and Philosophy
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of General Studies requirements in Social and Behavioral Sciences I; at least sophomore status
Corequisite(s): EDS 3140
Description: This course is designed to teach the foundations of psychology and philosophy, especially as they apply to teaching in middle and high school settings. The course addresses four essential questions: “How do people learn?” “Why do we have schooling?” “Who decides what and how students are taught?” and “What do teachers do?” In the context of those questions lie theories and practical applications in educational philosophy, psychology, historical foundations, and governance. Students will apply appropriate methodologies to understanding and describing behaviors. Particular attention is given to curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the classroom. This course requires concurrent enrollment in EDS 3140, a 60-hour field experience in which teacher candidates apply educational theories to classroom settings.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
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EDS 3140 - First Field Experience in Secondary Education
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy; and sophomore standing.
Corequisite(s): EDS 3130
Description: This course provides the teacher candidate with an opportunity to apply theory to practice in order to make appropriate decisions in multicultural urban secondary schools under the guidance of an experienced classroom teacher. During this sixty-hour field placement, teacher candidates are introduced to practices of schooling. They complete projects and performance tasks demonstrating developing proficiency toward performance-Based Standards for Colorado Teachers.
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EDS 3150 - Issues in Multicultural Education in Urban Secondary Schools
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EDS 3140 or EDS 3240 or MUS 3351
Description: This course develops cultural awareness and a multicultural framework for viewing classroom interactions and curricula. It addresses racial and ethnic inequality and social stratification as primary lenses for understanding language, economic class, and other forms of difference in schools. Emphasis is placed on the roles that teachers as decision-makers play in meeting the educational needs of learners from diverse backgrounds. Teacher candidates will examine values, beliefs, traditions, identities, and contributions of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and/or Native Americans. This course requires previous completion of or concurrent enrollment in a field experience: EDS 3140, EDS 3240, or MUS 3351.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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EDS 3200 - Educational Psychology Applied to Teaching
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): EDS 3110 and EDS 3120, or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course provides an emphasis on making appropriate decisions to meet the developmental needs of diverse children, with special focus on children in middle and high school. The teacher candidate develops professional teaching skills needed to establish an effective classroom group and to integrate participation of other school professionals and parents in meeting student needs. Students apply theory to educational practice as they investigate psychosocial, cognitive, and moral development; student characteristics; assessment; learning theories; student motivation; and classroom management.
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EDS 3210 - Classroom Management, Planning, and Assessment in Secondary Schools
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): EDS 3130, EDS 3140
Corequisite(s): EDS 3240
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EDS 3150
Description: Teacher candidates synthesize content knowledge, educational theories and pedagogy into standards-based instruction. An Assessment Cycle approach is used to develop an outcomes-based model of teaching and learning. Teacher candidates plan lessons and units integrating Colorado’s Model Content Standards in their endorsement areas, integrating literacy, mathematics, and technology. They investigate a variety of approaches to classroom management and learn to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse groups of learners.
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EDS 3240 - Field Experience: Classroom Management, Planning and Assessment in Secondary Schools
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): EDS 3130, EDS 3140
Corequisite(s): EDS 3210
Description: This course integrates content knowledge, educational theories and pedagogy in a 60-hour, standards-based field experience in a secondary school. Field placements are arranged by education faculty. Teacher candidates apply the principles of teaching and classroom management in making appropriate decisions for diverse learners. This course requires concurrent enrollment in EDS 3210.
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EDS 3960 - Field Experience in Teaching Science in Secondary Schools
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): EDS 3210, EDS 3240
Corequisite(s): SCI 3950
Description: This 60-hour field experience provides opportunities to develop teacher candidates’ professional and pedagogical skills in a science classroom. In coordination with the classroom teacher, teacher candidates design and implement science content lessons, prepare for and supervise laboratory investigations, and adjust science instruction for students with diverse needs. Course assignments and evaluations are designed to help teacher candidates become reflective practitioners. Field placements will be arranged by MSU Denver faculty in collaboration with local schools.
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EDS 4290 - Student Teaching and Seminar: Secondary 7-12
Credits: 6,12
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all requirements of the teaching major and the Secondary Education Program; initial sign-off on program requirements (e.g., teacher work sample/portfolio) by faculty advisor
Description: This is a supervised, full-time, 16-week student teaching experience in an accredited public or private secondary school, providing increasing responsibility for the instruction, assessment, and supervision of an identified group of learners, 7-12 grade levels. Regularly scheduled observations and 10 hours of seminars conducted by an appointed college supervisor are part of the student-teaching requirement. Teacher candidates must complete a teacher work sample and be rated as proficient in all Performance-Based Standards for Colorado Teachers to receive MSU Denver’s recommendation for teacher licensure.
Note: Students enrolled for 12 credits spend 16 weeks full-time in a single placement. Only students needing two student-teaching placements and seeking K-12 special education, linguistically diverse or second endorsement enroll for EDS 4290 for 6 credits and spend 8 weeks full-time in the EDS 4290 placement.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SCI 2610 - Integrated Natural Science I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading and writing pre-assessments and MTH 1610 or equivalent
Description: The course examines the nature of energy and matter, their interactions and changes, and the application of fundamental scientific concepts to the study of our natural world. These concepts are explored through hands-on laboratory experiments that focus on basic physics and chemistry principles.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SC1
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SCI 2620 - Integrated Earth Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading and writing pre-assessments and MTH 1610 or MTH 1080 or equivalent
Description: The course examines the application of fundamental scientific principles, such as the Conservation of Mass and Energy, to Earth systems. Systems to be studied include: the hydrologic and geologic cycle; ecosystem structure and development; atmospheric processes and terrestrial systems. These concepts will be explored through hands-on laboratory experiments, which focus on basic physics and chemistry principles.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
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SCI 3950 - Teaching Science in Secondary Schools
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): EDS 3210, EDS 3240
Corequisite(s): SCI 3960
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): RDS 3280
Description: This course explores the nature of science and inquiry in preparation for teaching science in a secondary school environment. Teacher candidates learn to choose, develop, implement, and evaluate curriculum based upon student characteristics, understanding of how people learn science, and state and national content standards. Student assessment, safety, and professional development are also emphasized.
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SCI 3960 - Field Experience in Teaching Science in Secondary Schools
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): EDS 3210, EDS 3240
Corequisite(s): SCI 3950
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): RDG 3280
Description: This 60-hour field experience provides opportunities to develop teacher candidates’ professional and pedagogical skills in a science classroom. In coordination with the classroom teacher, teacher candidates design and implement science content lessons, prepare for and supervise laboratory investigations, and adjust science instruction for students with diverse needs. Course assignments and evaluations are designed to help teacher candidates become reflective practitioners. Field placements will be arranged by MSU Denver faculty in collaboration with local schools.
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SWK 1010 - Introduction to Social Work: Overview of Contemporary Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010, ENG 1020
Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the various issues affecting societies around the globe. Students will acquire a comprehensive overview of the interaction between persons and their environments that can enhance or impair human development. Students will acquire a foundation of knowledge and increased awareness of many common social issues and will have an increased awareness of the various approaches to empower minority and majority individuals, families and communities. The course provides an overview of the settings in which social workers practice, the populations they encounter, the social problems they address, and the interventions they utilize.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or SWK.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 1014
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SWK 1020 - Introduction to Agency Experience
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to social work roles in social service agencies. Concurrent volunteer experience in a social work agency is required.
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SWK 1600 - Community Engagement and Civic Responsibility
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010
Description: This course focuses on providing a service learning experience by giving students real-world learning experiences that enhance their academic and civic learning while providing community engagement and promoting the public good. Lectures, readings and discussions are integrated with a required 90 hours of service at a community organization. Students will participate in a 3 week introduction to service learning and the role of student learner within the agency context, prior to beginning the service learning experience. Students will reflect on social justice issues, analyze socioeconomic and political factors that affect their communities and apply their reflection and learning to their personal and professional development. (Service Learning)
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
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SWK 2010 - Quantitative Thinking
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 1010 and SWK 1020
Description: In this course the student will learn to apply introductory statistics as it is relevant to and used by social work professionals. The student will learn statistical tests relevant to research informed by practice and practice informed by research. The student will interpret the results of statistical tests and develop an understanding of what those results mean to at-risk and oppressed populations served by social workers. Students will further learn basic skills for critiquing journal articles for statistical tests used.
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SWK 2100 - Introduction to Family Social Work
Credits: 3
Description: This course will examine family systems theory and family life developmental models. Traditional and nontraditional families will be discussed from an ecological perspective. Introduction to the role and work of the family social worker at the beginning and generalist practice levels will be examined. Stages of family social work will be presented, including culturally and gender-sensitive practice, family-centered practice, home-based support and crisis intervention.
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SWK 2150 - Social Work: The Helping Process
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course will discuss social work as a helping process from a beginning social work perspective. The basic components of social work with diverse individuals and groups will be examined, including observation, assessment, communication, and intervention. Avoiding professional burnout will be discussed.
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SWK 2160 - Record Keeping in Public and Private Agencies
Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to assist beginning and generalist social workers and other professionals with client and agency record keeping. A full range of records used by social workers and other agency staff will be presented. A balanced view of accountability, efficiency, and privacy will be illustrated through numerous examples and writing exercises.
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SWK 3000 - Applied Legal Issues in Social Work
Credits: 1
Description: This course will examine the legal basis for social work practice. It will apply specific laws that govern social work practice in a variety of service delivery areas.
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SWK 3010 - Social Work Services for Children and Adolescents
Credits: 4
Description: Policy issues and social work practice in the fields of child welfare, school social work, and services for youth in trouble with the legal system are examined. Needs and rights of children are significant themes. Field visits to child-serving agencies are arranged.
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SWK 3020 - Case Management in Social Work Practice
Credits: 4
Description: Case management is a coordinating service applicable to clients with multiple needs in any setting. The planning, organizing, motivating, and evaluating functions and skills of the case manager are the major foci.
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SWK 3030 - Social Work with the Aging
Credits: 4
Description: The status, needs, problems, and potentials of aging adults and their families are examined. Social policies and social work practice with the elderly are analyzed.
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SWK 3050 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010, ENG 1020, SPE 1010 or SPE1710 or HON 2950, BIO 1000, PSC 1010, PSY 1001, SOC 1010 or ANT 1310 or ANT 2330, SWK 1010, SWK 2010 or MTH 1210; accepted into the Social Work major and in good academic standing.
Description: This course explores major biopsychosocial theories and theories of human behavior and development of individuals, families, groups organizations, and communities, with a focus on infancy through adolescence. Concepts such as diversity, social justice, ecological perspective and empowerment are included.
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SWK 3060 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 3050 with a grade of C- or better
Description: This course explores major biopsycbosocial theories and theories of human behavior and development of individuals, families, groups, and communities, with a focus on early through late adulthood. Concepts such as diversity, social justice, ecological perspective and empowerment are included.
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SWK 3090 - Philosophy of Social Work
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 1010
Description: In this course, students examine the philosophical, ethical, and legal underpinnings of the social work profession. The course addresses the ethics and values of the profession, models of ethical decision making, and the application of reasoning and critical thinking to decision making. Students will discuss and explore legal, ethical, and moral dilemmas and the legal obligations and challenges for social workers in practice.
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SWK 3100 - Child Welfare and the Law
Credits: 3
Description: This course will provide students with an overview of the legal framework for the delivery of child welfare services. It will include federal and state mandates relating to child-abuse prevention and treatment, adoption, and Indian Child Welfare. The role and processes of the court system will be discussed.
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SWK 3110 - Social Justice and Activism in the Chicana/o Community
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000
Description: This course is designed to provide in-depth sociological, historical and political analyses of community-based organizations, the process by which they originated, leadership styles, and information relative to their missions and functions within the Chicana/o community. Students will analyze theories regarding social change as they apply to social justice, activism and community organizing.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS, HON, or SWK.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3100, HON 3101
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SWK 3120 - Privilege, Oppression, and Power
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 1010
Description: In this course, students examine institutionalized oppression and responses to oppression. To prepare students for justice-oriented, social work practice in a global environment, students further examine the perpetuation of privilege, and structural and individual discrimination, and their impacts upon marginalized groups, both nationally and internationally.
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SWK 3150 - Social Work and Child Maltreatment
Credits: 3
Description: This course will provide students with the basic knowledge of intervention and treatment in situations of child maltreatment. This course will be taught from a family-centered, culturally appropriate framework. Students will learn intervention models as currently practiced in county departments of social/human services.
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SWK 3200 - Social Work with Urban Families
Credits: 3
Description: This course will provide students with an overview of the community’s role in the prevention of child maltreatment. The course will be taught from an ethnically sensitive, family and community-centered practice framework. Students will learn about social issues and conditions that impact the safety and welfare of children, as well as intervention models currently proposed and/or in use locally and nationally that are intended to address these issues and ameliorate these conditions.
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SWK 3250 - Social Work and Developmental Disabilities
Credits: 3
Description: This course takes a life-span approach to issues related to children and adults with developmental disabilities, and their families. Students will learn the history of societal treatment of people with developmental disabilities, current trends, philosophies, and service delivery models. Students will also learn laws, regulations, and eligibility issues related to services in Colorado, and how to recognize their own biases and stereotypes about this population. The roles of beginning and generalist social workers in supporting people with developmental disabilities in the community will be presented.
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SWK 3300 - Social Work with Parents with Developmental Disabilities
Credits: 1
Description: This course focuses on the unique learning styles and challenges of adults with developmental disabilities as parents. The roles of beginning and generalist social workers will be applied to this population.
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SWK 3400 - Social Work Macro Practice
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: Social worker macro practice strategies, including cause advocacy, social action, and community development, are covered. Social work macro practice principles are applied throughout this course, as students find innovative ways to promote social change through coalition building, the legislative process and community resource development in partnership with client populations.
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SWK 3410 - Generalist Practice I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010, ENG 1020, SPE 1010 or SPE1710 or HON 2950, BIO 1000, PSC 1010, PSY 1001, SOC 1010 or ANT 1310 or ANT 2330, SWK 1010, SWK 2010 or MTH 1210; accepted into the Social Work major and in good academic standing.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 3050 (applies to social work majors only)
Description: This is the first of a four-course Generalist Practice sequence presenting the foundational knowledge, values and skills essential for Generalist Social Work Practice. Students develop the skills to build helping relationships across all client system levels, including individual, family, group, organization, and community. The course focuses on communication, basic interpersonal skills, relationship-building and maintenance, with particular emphasis upon the use of interviewing. This course explores the meaning and development of the professional self.
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SWK 3450 - Mutual Aid Groups in Social Work
Credits: 4
Description: Mutual aid groups aimed at empowerment of clients are often part of generalist social work practice to promote growth and change with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. Students will gain knowledge about types of groups, group leadership skills, and experience group process.
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SWK 3500 - Social Work with Contemporary Gender and Sexuality Issues
Credits: 4
Description: This course explores concepts and methods useful in assessing and addressing the strengths, status, developmental needs, and social issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. Relationships to families, groups, organizations, community, and culture are explored and examined. Concepts of diversity and conflicts within this population-at-risk, in both urban and rural settings, will be presented. Issues of empowerment, support, equality, social justice, social policy and practice will be reviewed and discussed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SWK or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 3500
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SWK 3600 - Social Work with Women
Credits: 4
Description: This course views social work practice from a feminist social work perspective. It examines issues of equality, social justice, social policy, and practice for women in a patriarchal society. The role of beginning and generalist social workers with women will be examined in the areas of mental health, health, child welfare, welfare, and gerontology.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SWK or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 3600
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SWK 3660 - Women and Poverty
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010, SWK 1020 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the student to the relationship between gender and poverty and will examine the underlying causes of the “feminization of poverty” in the United States. Social, economic, age-based, and ethnic factors will be explored in detail. The differences between prevailing stereotypes and current realities will be highlighted.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3660, WMS 3660
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SWK 3700 - Social Work and Early Intervention for Children: Birth through Five
Credits: 4
Description: This course focuses on parents as initial teachers and recognizes the importance of the early stages of development and the impact that the environment has upon children ages 0-5. Support for families, including the early intervention system and the role of service coordination, will be examined. The role of beginning and generalist social workers with this population will be illustrated in the identification, assessment, intervention, and evaluation stages of family social work practice.
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SWK 3780 - Social Welfare Policy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 3060
Description: Students will examine social welfare policies at the federal, state, and local levels that form the context of direct practice. Students will analyze social welfare legislation and programs past and present. In addition, students will review and discuss social work roles in policy development, analysis, and implementation.
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SWK 3790 - Scientific Inquiry for Social Work
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 3050
Description: This course presents fundamental principles, methodology and techniques of social research as applied to social work practice themes. The course emphasizes concepts, skills and values essential to the design and implementation of research and evaluation. Major themes are the critical analysis and effective utilization of published research.
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SWK 3800 - Family Preservation in Social Work
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: Family preservation is the current model of practice used throughout child welfare and child protection services. This course focuses on the principles and practices of culturally sensitive family preservation as it relates to the beginning professional. Knowledge and skills related to building family partnerships, family assessment, planning, and support through in-home services, life-skills models, specialized responses to difficult populations, and service coordination are emphasized.
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SWK 3810 - Generalist Practice II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SWK 3410 with a grade of C- or better
Corequisite(s): SWK 3820
Description: Generalist Practice II is the second in a four-course Generalist Practice sequence. This course introduces the use of the Generalist Intervention Model (GIM) with diverse, urban populations at risk, focusing on multiple-level interventions, including those of individuals (micro) families/group (mezzo), organizations and communities (macro). The planned change steps in the GIM of engagement assessment and planning will be the focus of study.
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SWK 3820 - Agency Experience
Credits: 2
Corequisite(s): SWK 3810
Description: In this course, students will learn about the landscape of human and social services, including the types of agencies, variability of services offered, client populations served, and the role of the social worker in agencies. In addition to class meetings, the students will complete 150 hours of service in a community-based agency under the guidance and supervision of agency personnel.
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SWK 3890 - Practice of Scientific Inquiry
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 3790 with a minimum grade of “C-“
Description: This is the second course in the undergraduate research sequence. This course focuses on the application and implementation of social work scientific inquiry. This course will introduce data gathering, data analysis, and presenting research findings.
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SWK 3999 - Social Work and Service Learning
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010 and SWK 1020
Description: This service learning course builds on previous social work knowledge, values and skills, and related liberal arts courses. Students will complete 150 hours in a community-based agency under the guidance and direct supervision of agency personnel. This course is required for Family Support Certificate/Minor students and is available to Social Work majors.
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SWK 4010 - Generalist Practice III
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SWK 3060, SWK 3820, SWK 3090, SWK 3120 and SWK 3810 with a minimum grade of C-
Description: This course focuses on the assessment, intervention, evaluation, termination and follow-up steps of the Generalist Intervention Model (GIM) with oppressed populations, i.e., diverse, urban populations-at-risk who experience historic and current social/economic injustice. Students will examine intervening at all system levels, including individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. Students will explore crisis intervention, vicarious trauma, and case management.
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SWK 4250 - Exploring Current Social Work Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 3050, SWK 3060, SWK 3410, SWK 3780, SWK 3790
Description: This course explores concepts and methods useful in assessing and addressing the impact of current social work issues on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Populations-at-risk in urban settings will be discussed.
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SWK 4410 - Generalist Practice IV: Cross-Cultural Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 4010 with a minimum grade of “C-“
Description: This course emphasizes the empowerment of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities who have experienced social and economic injustice. Students will apply principles, perspectives, and skills essential to helping populations-at-risk. Students develop a framework for culturally inclusive practice.
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SWK 4780 - Applied Practice Evaluation I
Credits: 2
Corequisite(s): SWK 4790
Description: This is the first in a series of two practice evaluation courses. Students will review program and practice evaluation, including single-subject design. Students will complete a research proposal, as well as an IRB application, in order to conduct a practice or program evaluation in the context of their field placement.
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SWK 4790 - Professional Field Experience I
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SWK 3060, SWK 3780, SWK 3810, SWK 3820, and SWK 3890 with a minimum grade of C-
Corequisite(s): SWK 4780
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 4010
Description: Students will begin practice experience using social work knowledge, skills, values and ethics in a social agency. A concurrent field practicum assists in the development of generalist practice skills with individuals, families, groups and larger systems. Students will complete 240 hours serving diverse client populations while under the supervision of a professional social worker. This course is part one of a two semester field placement.
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SWK 4810 - Professional Field Experience II
Credits: 4
Prerequisite(s): SWK 4790 with a minimum grade of C-
Corequisite(s): SWK 4820
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): SWK 4410
Description: Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate social work knowledge, skills, values and ethics in a social agency. The concurrent field practicum assists the students in the development of generalist practice skills with individuals, families, groups and larger systems. Students will complete 240 hours of agency field work serving diverse client populations while under the supervision of a professional social worker. This course is part of their second semester field practicum and serves as the Senior Experience for the major.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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SWK 4820 - Applied Practice Evaluation II
Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): SWK 4780 with a minimum grade of C-
Corequisite(s): SWK 4810
Description: In this course, students will implement the research methodology designed in SWK 4780. Students will complete data collection, data analysis, and conclusions. Students will present their findings in writing and orally.
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SOC 1010 - Introduction to Sociology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment
placement tests
Description: This course facilitates the development of a sociological perspective as it applies to understanding the social forces that shape people’s lives, interests, and personalities. The emphasis is on the scientific study of people in groups, the importance of culture, the processes of socialization, social control and social conflict, and the major institutions of society.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
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SOC 1020 - Globalization–The Transformation of Social Worlds
Credits: 3
Description: This course focuses on the causes and consequences of globalization from a sociological perspective. Students learn the main theoretical perspectives in sociology (e.g., functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism) and explore how these theories explain various aspects of globalization. Students learn how to use their sociological imagination, which allows people to look at private experience and link it to broader social forces. This course emphasizes the ways in which globalization affects various societal bodies such as economic, political, medical, and religious institutions. The course also explores how globalization relates to social processes such as culture, migration, technology, social movements, crime, and war.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II, Global Diversity
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SOC 1040 - Introduction to Social Gerontology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standards on the reading, writing and mathematics preassessment placement tests
Description: This course is a study of the processes of aging, biological and social, of the impact of the environment on the personality, and behavior of older persons and their roles in society.
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SOC 2000 - Social Movements and the Black Experience
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): AAS 1010, SOC 1010, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course analyzes and interprets the nature, cause, and consequence of Black social movements in the United States, ranging from the slave period to the present. Particular attention is given to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SOC or AAS.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2000
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SOC 2010 - Current Social Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy or Permission of instructor
Description: This course presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of major social problems, such as crime, family violence, racial and ethnic conflict, and poverty, using examples from contemporary America in conjunction with historical and cross-cultural data.
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SOC 2500 - Deviant Behavior in Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: An introduction to the study of various types of deviance in societies, their sources and consequences. Several definitions and theoretical approaches are presented and analyzed, with applications to such contemporary topics as crime and delinquency, mental disorders, and society’s “outsiders.”
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SOC 2600 - Art and Craft of Sociological Writing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010, completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication
Description: This course offers instruction and practice in the specific techniques of writing for social science research. Particular emphasis is placed on contents and formats required for social issue analyses, critical reviews of existing literature, and research reports based on qualitative and quantitative data. Skill development in these areas prepares students to utilize and produce social science documents for academic and non-academic contexts.
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SOC 3040 - Contemporary Issues in Gerontology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course provides a focus on economic, social, political, and cultural issues relevant to aging and the aged, including such topics as minority status, social definitions and restrictions, pensions and income, medical care, institutionalization, senior housing, transportation and relationships between the generations.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3040
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SOC 3080 - Social Action Through Art
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course examines the ways in which sociological concepts and theories relate to the visual arts in contemporary social life. The course emphasizes the various contexts in which visual arts are used to create social integration and social change in small and large groups. In addition, the content of the course provides insight about ways that practitioners may apply sociological principles to create art-related ventures for public and private industries.
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SOC 3090 - Urban Sociology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: The history and development of the modern city and its relationship to social and cultural change will be the focus of this course. Social problems, power structures and social organization, including class divisions, migrants and urbanites, urban institutions, and mass communications and urban leisure will be examined.
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SOC 3100 - Death and Dying
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an examination of attitudes, customs and institutions related to death and dying, approached three-dimensionally: from the viewpoint of the individual, of society, and of established institutions. Relevant for students in medicine, psychology, law, nursing, law enforcement, human services, business, education and the behavioral social sciences.
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SOC 3140 - The Black Community
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): AAS 1010 or AAS/SOC 2000, or permission of instructor, and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course relates fundamental concepts and theories of sociology and African American studies to the study of the Black community through an analysis of the educational, political, religious, economic and family dimensions. It emphasizes local, national and international Black communities. Classic and contemporary Black community studies are examined.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SOC or AAS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3300
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SOC 3160 - Industry, Work, and Occupations
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides a sociological perspective of labor-force trends and the nature of work in the United States. The technological, demographic, cultural, and social context of work will be examined, as well as the individualistic factors affecting occupational processes and outcomes.
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SOC 3220 - Prejudice and Discrimination in Contemporary Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010, WMS 1001, or permission of instructor, and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course examines the origins and characteristics of race, racism, gender biases and ethnic prejudices; their origins and characteristics; facts and myths about populations including the social, psychological, and cultural sources of discrimination and bias; and implications in current societal structures and institutions.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, SOC, or WMS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3220, WMS 3220
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SOC 3240 - Poverty in America
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an examination of urban poverty and of political, economic and social factors contributing to and perpetuating various conditions of the poor. Also included is an analysis of past and current poverty programs and their impact on America’s underprivileged.
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SOC 3320 - Sociological Theory: Past and Present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an analysis of major sociological theories, from those of Comte, Marx, Durkheim, Weber and others in the late nineteenth century, to contemporary theoretical approaches in sociology. Emphasis is on comparison and critical understanding of the varying perspectives and on the continuing development of differing theories in changing social contexts.
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SOC 3400 - Childhood and Adolescent Socialization
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an analysis of the socialization of children and adolescents in American society, emphasizing the impact of the family, education, religious organizations, the mass media and teenage subcultures on the socialization process. Socialization in other cultures will be studied for comparison.
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SOC 3410 - The Family in Transition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is designed to provide an in-depth sociological analysis of the family as a social institution in a changing society. Major theoretical perspectives will be incorporated to facilitate an understanding of significant social transitions, trends and issues of varying patters of contemporary family life. Dimensions of the family are examined through interactive relationships including ethnicity, gender, age, and social class.
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SOC 3420 - Education in a Changing Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course provides an in-depth sociological analysis of the family as a social institution in a changing society. Major theoretical perspectives will be incorporated to facilitate an understanding of significant social transitions, trends and issues of varying patterns of contemporary family life. Various dimensions of the family are examined including ethnicity, gender, age and social class.
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SOC 3430 - Gender and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 or WMS 1001; or Permission of instructor
Description: This course explores social, political and economic trends affecting the role of women and men in society. The emphasis is on the historical, social and cultural forces that have contributed to the social construction of gender in the United States and in other societies. The effects on individuals and the broader society in terms of maintaining and/or changing gender expectations are analyzed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SOC or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 3350
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SOC 3440 - The Black Family
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): AAS 1010 or SOC 1010 and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course provides an in-depth exploration of the Black family as a social institution. It emphasizes the historical roots of the Black family and how the African influence is still enmeshed in the functioning of the family in modern society. It examines the factors responsible for the ability of the Black family to meet the challenge of a changing society.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3550
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SOC 3460 - Sociology of Sexuality
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a survey of historical, cultural, and social aspects of human sexuality. The interplay between sex and society will be the major focus. Cross-cultural and historical analysis of sexual values and behavior will be examined. Competing and conflicting sexual value systems in contemporary societies will be analyzed. Other topics include: sexual scripts, sexual deviance and social control, sexual socialization processes, and the social bases of sexual dysfunction.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SOC or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 3560
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SOC 3490 - Queer Sexualities and Identity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020, SOC 1010, or WMS 1200; or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores the various ways in which gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and queer individuals represent themselves vis-a-vis the social construction of identity and resistance. The course analyzes the general strategies LGBTQ individuals (and their communities) utilize to self-identify their gender. Issues of queer social presentation and performance are addressed. Intersections between queer identity and issues of race, ethnicity, and class are investigated. Power and privilege embedded within the LGBTQ visual identity and social control issues are also analyzed.
Note: Credit will be granted under one prefix only: SOC or WMS.
Cross Listed Course(s): WMS 3490
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SOC 3500 - Criminology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: A sociological analysis of the nature, causes, and treatment of crime and delinquency and of the processes by which such persons and behaviors develop.
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SOC 3510 - Juvenile Delinquency
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course emphasizes the universality and variability of misconduct and delinquencies of youth. In addition, the course examines the youth subculture, gangs, drug addiction, the juvenile justice system, and the effects of child abuse.
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SOC 3520 - Drugs and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course examines socio-historical factors that affect contemporary trends in drug use, abuse, and policy. It also explores the social and physiological causes and consequences of legal and illegal drug use.
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SOC 3550 - Sociology of Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: The interplay between social forces and law is the major focus of the course. Sociological theories about the interplay between social-cultural factors and law will be elaborated. The role of value orientations, one’s position in the social structure, and other sociological variables in the legislative process will be discussed. Conflicts regarding appropriate legislation and enforcement will be debated and analyzed.
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SOC 3590 - Social Statistics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010; MTH 1210: or permission of instructor
Description: This course begins with a review of descriptive and inferential statistics and their application to social phenomena. The course covers measures of association and non-parametric statistics using SPSS as the computer package. Includes: measures of central tendency, variability, probability, chi square, lambda, gamma, tau, Somer’s d, r and non-parametrics.
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SOC 3600 - Research in the Social Sciences
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: An introduction to research in the social and behavioral sciences, emphasizing student experience in the actual application of a variety of modern social scientific data-gathering, interpretation and reporting techniques.
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SOC 3650 - Contemporary Social Trends: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: An examination of trends and/or issues in contemporary society, using the sociological perspective. Each section addresses a separate issue or development.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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SOC 3660 - Women and Poverty
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010, or WMS 1001 or SWK 1010; or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the student to the relationship between gender and poverty and will examine the underlying causes of the “feminization of poverty” in the United States. Social, economic, age-based, and ethnic factors will be explored in detail. The differences between prevailing stereotypes and current realities will be highlighted.
Cross Listed Course(s): SWK 3660, WMS 3660
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SOC 3710 - Politics and Power
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an analysis of the structures of power and decision-making in American society, focusing on the interrelationships between political institutions and other institutions in society, sociological theories of power, and possible consequences of various political structures.
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SOC 3730 - Mass Media and Social Behavior
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is a study of the function of mass media as a dynamic force in political, economic, and social life and its multi-dimensional structure and impact for creating new personal behavior, as well as collective behavior in contemporary society.
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SOC 3750 - Social Change
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an analysis of the alterations in patterns of culture, social systems and social behavior over time. A variety of theoretical perspectives will be used as a basis for understanding these changes. Factors that contribute to as well as those that inhibit change will be analyzed.
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SOC 3770 - Society and the Environment
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course explores the relationship between humans in social groups and their effect on the natural environment. A variety of social theories are used to analyze these effects. Proposals for implementing change are evaluated from a sociological perspective.
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SOC 3800 - Health and Healers
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: The health care system is currently in a state of transition. This course is designed to analyze the changes taking place from a variety of theoretical models. Specific issues as well as the roles of the participants will be analyzed in terms of the impact upon the health of Americans.
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SOC 3810 - Population Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the study of population change and its consequences. The intention of the course is to examine population trends, issues and policies with an emphasis on the United States. Topics include fertility, mortality, migration, urbanization, family, gender, ethnicity, aging, and social change as well as the practical use of demography.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3813
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SOC 3830 - Mental Disorders
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010
Description: This course is an examination of the concepts and treatment procedures for those defined as mentally ill within this society. Specific social variables such as social class, sex, race and marital status will be analyzed in terms of their influence on diagnosed disorders.
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SOC 3910 - Religious Movements in America
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: A development of a functional theory of religion preceded by an examination of the relationship between religion and such factors as morals, science, magic, personality, ethnicity, social status, economics, political institutions, and social change.
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SOC 3920 - Women’s Health Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): WMS 1001 or SOC 1010 or HES 1050 or PSY 1001
Description: This course will give students the opportunity to focus on health issues specific to women and the challenges historically faced by women in the health-care arena. This course explores feminist, biological, psychological, and sociological factors in women’s health within a global context.
Cross Listed Course(s): PSY 3920, HES 3920, WMS 3920
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SOC 4200 - Social Stratification and Inequality
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 and 6 hours of upper division sociology or Permission of instructor
Description: This course examines theories of the distribution of scarce resources within human societies and the consequences of social inequality. Topics include: characteristics and consequences of stratification systems; bases of stratification systems in society; measurement of social position; age, gender and ethnic variations in the social mobility process; and social class in the United States.
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