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RPW 210 - Rhetoric, Culture, & Power (GE10)
Examination of and practice in writing and other communication practices against the backdrop of rhetorical studies of culture and power. Emphasis on critical reading and research; on written, spoken, and visual communication, and on awareness of audience, purpose and context. Sections may be organized by themes (e.g., Cultural Engagement with Technology, Encounters with Environmental Issues, Social Movements and Social Action).
Requisites: All reading and writing Basic Skills requirements. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
General Education:
3 cr |
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RPW 260 - Intro to Prof/Technical Writing
An introduction to the principles and practices of the field of professional and technical writing. Provides an overview of common document genres and the technologies that writers use to produce them. Includes exploration of the professional writing workplace through field observations, and readings of workplace narratives.
Requisites: All reading and writing Basic Skills requirements. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 262 - Intro to Journalism
News reporting and writing. Emphasis on stylistic elements peculiar to journalism.
Requisites: ENGL 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 285 - Writing in Electronic Spaces
Students explore electronic communication and media through analysis and practice. Topics may include web design, electronic correspondence, synchronous and asynchronous exchanges, and practices associated with other established and emerging media. Emphasis on the challenges new media present to professionals’ understanding of writing, design, and audience analysis.
Requisites: RPW 260. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 300 - Writing in the Professions
Emphasis on transactional writing - writing to get things done. Focuses on purpose, audience analysis, and writing as problem solving, but also includes work in organization and editing.
Requisites: All reading and writing Basic Skills requirements and a General Education Category 10 course. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 304 - Technical Report Writing
Report writing for scientists and engineers. Theory and practice of audience analysis, report organization, revision, editing, oral presentations and visual aids.
Requisites: ENGL 111 and ENGL 212 or other General Education Category 10 course. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 320 - Grant and Proposal Writing
Examining, researching, and writing grants and proposals for nonprofit organizations, schools, government agencies, businesses, and/or corporations.
Requisites: RPW 260, RPW 300 or RPW 304. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 322 - Instruction Writing
Examining and developing instructional documents (e.g., procedures, specifications, manuals, help systems). Emphasis on understanding page/screen design and document design; designing documents for print and digital environments, and integrating static and moving visual content.
Requisites: RPW 260 and RPW 285. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 324 - Topics in Rhetoric/Professional Writing
Studies of significant and emerging scholarly and workplace issues in professional and technical writing (e.g. Visual Rhetoric, Rhetoric and PTW, Science Writing).
Requisites: RPW 260, RPW 300 or RPW 304, or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
Notes: May be retaken under a different title for up to 6 credits.
3 cr |
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RPW 340 - Writing in Community Organizations
Teaches students to understand the mission, persona and operating patterns of non-profit agencies and use that knowledge to write for various situations and purposes, including institutional development, public relations, fund raising, and services to clients. Provides practice in a variety of genres used in organizations. Includes collaborative writing.
Requisites: All reading and writing Basic Skills and ENGL 212 or another General Education Category 10 course or RPW 260. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 386 - Internship in Rhetoric/Prof Writing
Students secure an internship and work on professional and technical writing projects under the supervision of RPW faculty and a sponsoring organization. Internships are 10 hours a week for 10 weeks.
Requisites: RPW 260, 6 hours of RPW course work, portfolio review, RPW faculty recommendation (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 390 - Special Topics in RPW
A departmental course in a subject area not currently listed in the catalog. A descriptive title will appear on the Course Schedule and the transcript.
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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RPW 400 - Editing
Developing and applying principles of editing. Includes comprehensive editing (content, organization, form, style, and visual design); sentence-level editing (clarity and conciseness); copyediting for correctness (grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and consistency); and preparing documents for publication.
Requisites: ENGL 305, ENGL 306, RPW 320 or RPW 322. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 480 - Studies in Rhetoric
Exploration of historical and contemporary theories of rhetoric as they apply to written, verbal and visual communication.
Requisites: RPW 300, RPW 304, RPW 320, RPW 322 or ENGL 301. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 481 - Managing Document Design Projects
Students complete significant professional projects, creating documents for clients/users. Topics include planning projects, managing resources, conducting usability studies, working with clients and other professionals, and preparing documents for implementation. Emphasis on developing complex projects over time.
Requisites: RPW 320, RPW 322, RPW 400. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RPW 486 - Internship in Rhetoric/Prof Writing
Students secure an internship and work on professional and technical writing projects under the supervision of RPW faculty and a sponsoring organization. Internship are 10 hours a week for 10 weeks.
Requisites: RPW 386 and portfolio review (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
Notes: Pass/fail
3 cr |
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RPW 490 - Special Topics
Requisites: As listed in the course schedule (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
Roberts Fellows Seminar |
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RFS 397 - Philosophical/Historical Leaders
An examination of influential individual leaders and theories about leadership drawn from a broad range of philosophical and historical sources. Examples may include Confucius, Han Fei Tzu, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Lincoln, Wilson, Martin Luther King Jr. and other major figures; also authoritarian, liberal, moral, consensus building, visionary and other leadership models.
Requisites: Admission to the Roberts Fellowship Program. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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RFS 398 - Contemporary Issues in Leadership
An examination of issues in organizational, social, political, cultural and economic leadership including extensive practical case study analysis, as well as material focusing on international issues associated with a specific region such as East Asia, South Asia, Europe or Africa.
Requisites: Admission to the Roberts Fellowship Program. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
Social Work |
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SW 215 - Introduction Social Welfare/Social Work
A survey of social welfare services and the profession of social work. The student will become familiar with the duties, responsibilities, and ethics of the social work profession through classroom activities as well as volunteer activity in local human services agencies.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 300 - Interviewing & the Helping Relationship
This course establishes beginning social work interviewing and relationship skills as well as awareness of the use of self in the helping relationship. Specific interviewing strategies for generalist social work practice will be presented. The student will participate in practice sessions that include role plays, videotapes, and self-awareness exercises.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 302 - Child Abuse & Neglect
An intensive study of the problem of child abuse and neglect as it extends throughout our country. Areas of focus include: law enforcement, medical, sociological, educational, preventive and interventive aspects.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 303 - Child Welfare Policies & Procedures
Concepts, policies and practices in the child welfare field will be presented. The student will become familiar with historical aspects of child welfare concerns, with the broad scope of child welfare relating to the child in his/her varied environment and with organizational structure and service.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 304 - Introduction to Gerontology
This course will enhance student’s personal understanding of their own and others’ aging. It will introduce students to the major concepts and trends in regard to the aging process so that these will be useful to a wide range of disciplines including nursing, social work, sociology, psychology, health education, allied health and law enforcement professions.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 305 - Understanding the DSM Through Film
This course serves as an introduction to mental disorders and the tools social work practitioners use to diagnosis and treat them. By viewing and responding to film depictions of characters with mental health disorders, students will gain a working understanding of the DSM-IV-TR, which will enhance their ability to complete assessments, accurately diagnose clients, and prepare corresponding treatment plans.
Requisites: SW 215 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 306 - Foster Care & Adoption
This course is an intensive study of the foster care and adoption systems, related issues, and support services for foster and adoptive children, foster and adoptive parents, and biological parents. Areas of focus include: cultural identity, historical perspective, and contemporary view of the media.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 311 - Chemical Dependency: Overview
An overview of substance abuse and chemical dependency as social problems. The psycho-social, cultural, economic and medical aspects of substance abuse are explored. The role of the social worker in assessment and intervention is examined relative to social work practice issues.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 313 - Social Work & Health Care
Social work practice in health care settings. Health care policy and its impact on social work practice with individuals and families will be examined.
Requisites: SW 215 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 314 - Social Work and Sexual Violence
An overview of various aspects of sexual violence. Underlying dynamics effects on victims and the culture intervention strategies, and the social worker’s role in working with cases involving sexual violence will be covered.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 315 - International Social Work
This course will explore human behavior, social justice, and social welfare policy through a global lens. Areas of social work concern which emerge from an international perspective will be the focus.
Requisites: Junior standing. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 316 - Social Welfare Policy I
Historical and philosophical perspective of social welfare policy, organizational and program development for Elizabethan Poor Laws to the welfare state; an overview of social, political, and economic institutions relevant to disadvantaged and culturally diverse populations, and social work practice in organizations and communities.
Requisites: PS 118! or PS 123 and ECON 125 or ECON 221, admitted SW majors. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 318 - Social Work Practice I
Students are introduced to the art and science of generalist social work, systems and problem-solving approaches needed for direct professional practice, and underlying theories of intervention. Skills in interviewing, problem identification, and communication are emphasized, with a primary focus on individuals, especially those who are disadvantaged.
Requisites: SW 300, SOC 111, admitted SW majors. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 320 - Human Behavior in Social Environment I
Social systems theory is utilized to understand the interaction between human behavior and social environmental systems. Socio-cultural, biological and psychological aspects of human development across the life span are studied along with the effects of social systems on health and well-being.
Requisites: PSYC 100 and BIOL 104B, BIOL 105A, BIOL 105C or BIOL 111A or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 329 - Social Work Research
Scientific and analytic approaches for building knowledge and evaluating service delivery in all areas of practice including qualitative and quantitative methodologies and understanding statistical data useful for generalist social work practice will be presented. Writing research reports, computer applications, the traditional scientific method and alternative methods drawn from direct experiences and perspectives relevant to human diversity will be introduced.
Requisites: Admitted Social Work major. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 330 - Human Behavior/Social Environment II
Continuation of a social systems approach to understanding reciprocal relationships between human behavior and social environments with emphasis on diversity and empowering disadvantaged or oppressed populations. Socio-cultural, biological, psychological, and spiritual development across the life span for diverse populations are studied along with the effects of social systems on health and well-being.
Requisites: SW 320. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 347 - Social Work with the Aging
Development and current status of social welfare policy related to the elderly will be presented. Social services delivery system, which provides services to seniors, will be examined. Implications of social work practice concepts for working with the elderly will be studied.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 390 - Special Topics in Social Work
A departmental course in a subject area not currently listed in the catalog. A descriptive title will appear in the Course Schedule and the transcript.
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SW 394 - Independent Research
Requisites: Instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SW 396 - Field Studies in Social Work
Requisites: Instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SW 401 - Social Work Practice II
This course continues the emphasis of SW 318. The change process is studied in depth and applied to working with groups, organizations, and communities with an emphasis on culturally diverse and disadvantaged populations, utilizing role plays and fieldwork experience. Identification with the profession and beginning competencies for generalist practice are enhanced.
Requisites: SW 318 , SW 329 (Required, Previous).
SW 483 and SW 403 (Required, Concurrent).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 402 - Social Work Practice III
This course continues the emphasis of SW 318 and SW 401. The change process is studied in depth and applied to working with family systems and subsystems with an emphasis on culturally diverse and disadvantaged populations, utilizing role plays and fieldwork experience. Identification with the profession and beginning competencies for generalist practice are enhanced.
Requisites: SW 401 (Required, Previous).
SW 485 and SW 484 (Required, Concurrent).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 403 - Social Welfare Policy II
Community based social welfare organizations will be analyzed in depth with emphasis on developing change strategies for communities and organizations to respond to the needs of client systems, including individuals, families and groups, which are culturally diverse, at risk, or discriminated against. Policy intervention techniques will be introduced and utilized.
Requisites: SW 316 . (Required, Previous)
SW 401 , SW 483 . (Required, Concurrent).
Credits: 3 cr
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SW 485 - Integrative Social Work Senior Seminar
This capstone course will involve students in the development of a professional identity and an identification with the social work profession through the development of a professional portfolio and group presentations on the NASW Code of Ethics. It is designed to integrate the student’s academic coursework, field learning, and professional development as a generalist social work practitioner. The course will also assist students in planning their career in social work.
Requisites: SW 402 , SW 484 (Required, Concurrent).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SW 490 - Selected Topics
Study of selected topics of particular significance or current importance and interest to the social work profession, such as Social Work and the Law, Substance Abuse, etc.
Requisites: Junior or senior standing. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SW 496 - Field Placement in Gerontology
Gerontology minor field placement in instructor-approved human services agency serving older adults for a minimum of two hours per week to a maximum of eight hours per week, plus bi-monthly consultation with instructor and completion of written research project.
Requisites: SW 347 or SOC 305. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-3 cr
1-3 cr |
Sociology |
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SOC 111 - Introduction to Sociology (GE7)
An introduction to the sociological perspective as it applies to understanding the social forces that shape peoples’ lives, interests and personalities. Examination of forms of social organizations, social interaction, and major social institutions such as family, religion and government. Introduction to major concepts and processes, theoretical perspectives, and research methodologies used in studying society.
Credits: 3 cr
General Education:
3 cr |
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SOC 112 - Introduction to Anthropology (GE6)
An overview of the discipline of anthropology with concentration on socio-cultural and linguistic anthropology. Emphasis on both cultural and linguistic universals and variability among contemporary peoples.
Credits: 3 cr
General Education:
3 cr |
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SOC 190 - Special Topics in Soc
A departmental course in a subject area not currently listed in the catalog. A descriptive title will appear on the course schedule and the transcript.
Requisites: As listed in the course schedule. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SOC 193 - College Success
This course is attached to select existing Basic Skills and General Education courses for the purpose of enhancing the success of first year college students. More detail can be found in the catalog section “Resources and Services for Students.”
Credits: 1 cr
1 cr |
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SOC 225 - Statistics (GE3)
Introduction to statistical techniques and their application to problems in social research. Includes tabular and graphical presentation of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, measures of association, and tests of significance.
Requisites: All math Basic Skills or equivalent. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 4 cr
General Education: Category 3
4 cr |
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SOC 236 - Social Problems
Analysis of current social problems. Special attention directed toward problems of minority groups, poverty, family, adolescence and the aged, drug and alcohol abuse, crime and juvenile delinquency.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 252 - Physical Anthropology & Archaeology
An introduction to two of the subfields of anthropology with emphasis on the evolution of humans and culture and human physical variation today.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 275 - Sociology of Children & Youth
An analysis of the socialization process, status in society and its institutions and role expectations as these issues relate to children and youth. Special attention will be focused upon the conflicts and changes in these areas.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 280! - Global Cultures (GE8)
An examination of global cultures as defined by interactive systems involving the accelerating transnational movement of people, technology, finance, mass media, and ideologies. At least three specific global cultures are analyzed holistically with respect to how they are influenced by and are influencing these global cultural systems.
Requisites: ENGL 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
General Education: Category 8 , CI
3 cr |
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SOC 286 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior
An introduction to the sociological study of deviant behavior and social control. Consideration given to social control processes and institutions and to the relationships between social structure, social institutions, social control and deviant behavior. Topics covered include: individual, family, community and societal disorganization such as crime, prostitution, drug abuse, mental illness, suicide, sexual variance.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 290 - Selected Topics in Sociology
Special areas within the field of sociology selected because of their timely or topical nature.
Credits: 1-3 cr
1-3 cr |
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SOC 300 - Social Inequal & Human Diversity
Exploration of human diversity on the US. Focused analysis of systems of inequality rooted in the interconnections among race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Forms of individual and social activism, which characterize people’s attempts to resist and change oppressive conditions in their lives.
Requisites: SOC 111 or SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 301 - Applied Anthropology
A survey of the uses of the research methods and knowledge of the four subfields–biological, archaeological, linguistic, and socio-cultural–of anthropology to identify, evaluate, and solve practical, contemporary problems in the U.S. and abroad. Topics may include: cultural survival, health practices, economic development, environmental degradation, and cultural resource management.
Requisites: SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 304 - Evolution of Human Societies
Modern world-society and prior or contemporaneous world-societies (Egyptians, Mayas, Incas, others). Theories of macro social change comparatively and holistically with a focus on the structural dimensions of social stratification and the interplay of political, economic, cultural, and ecological dynamics. Modern world-society: formation, incorporations and demise of adjacent world-systems, interstate hegemonies, crises, world wars, geoculture, anti-systemic movements.
Requisites: SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 305 - Sociology of Aging
Explores the changing life cycle and growing old; special emphasis on the social, political, economic and individual factors affecting the elderly in contemporary U.S. society; also, problems of the aging and proposed solutions.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 306 - Japan in Modern Society
Examines stereotypes and realities of modern Japan from the new science perspective. Explains Japan as part of modern society and examines class, corporate, kinship, ethnic, gender, generational, political, and regional dimensions, as well as cultural diversity and nationalism-patriotism within the (political) boundaries of Japan.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 307 - Sociology of Medicine
A sociological analysis of health and medical institutions, including mental health care. Topics include: practitioner-patient, relationships, cultural factors determining health and illness, medical education, the cost and organization of medical care delivery systems, innovation in providing health care.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 308 - Sociology of Mental Health
A sociological analysis of mental health and mental illness. The course examines such topics as the institutional basis of mental health and illness, patterns of definition and labeling of the mentally ill, and the social epidemiology of mental illness.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 310 - Hispanic People U.S. Society
Cultural, social and social-psychological factors affecting Hispanic people in United States society. A comparison of English- and Spanish-speaking groups relative to family and community structure, roles and expectations and socio-cultural factors influencing learning and other behavior.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 312 - Archaeology
Introduction to the methods used to reconstruct the daily lifestyles of former human cultures with special emphasis on prehistoric and early historic peoples of the Michigan/Great Lakes area. Students will receive hands-on experience in the field or laboratory.
Requisites: SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3-6 cr
3-6 cr |
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SOC 315 - Crosscultural Aging
An overview of the culture, social, and historical social condition, etc. of the older population of various societies around the world. Emphasis will be upon the elders of societies other than the United States and will include both developed and Third World societies.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 320 - Community Organization
Community structure in folk and modern society with particular emphasis on division of labor, social stratification and the interdependence of various segments of the community.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 326 - Research Methods
An introduction to the empirical study of society; techniques of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data.
Requisites: SOC 225 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 327 - Social Psychology
An introductory study of interaction among individuals in social systems. Attention will be given to the concepts of role, attitude, group membership, and culture as determinants of individual actions. The problems of prejudice, mass phenomena and group efficiency will be considered.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 328 - Group Dynamics
Forces influencing the behavior of a group’s members. Cohesiveness, social structure, emotional factors, leadership and the development of groups. Student will be given an opportunity to practice skills of group membership, including various leadership functions.
Requisites: SOC 111, SOC 327. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 331 - Population
Population theory, vital phenomena, changes in populations, size and composition and their social and economic implications, national and international migrations, policies of control, techniques of estimating population projections, and related matters.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 333 - Sociology of Gender
This course explores the social, economic, political, and technological factors that have led to changing roles for women and men; examines patterns of female and male socialization and development; and focuses analysis on race, class, and gender with attention paid to nonwestern women, and men cross-culturally.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 335 - Computers in Social Research
An introduction to the use of computers for the collection and analysis of data in the social sciences. No previous experience operating computers is required.
Requisites: SOC 225 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 340 - Black Women in America
This course examines the socio-political impact of Black women on the Black community and the United States. Key institutions have evolved from the environment and experience of Black women. The course seeks to develop an analysis of the social, political, and cultural role of Black women in American society from interdisciplinary perspectives, blending historical linkages with social systems and institutions.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 341 - African American Cultures
An examination of African American cultures, including the importance of four great migrations (trans-Atlantic, from the eastern seaboard to the southern interior, from the south to the north, and the recent arrival of millions of African immigrants), the retention of elements of African cultures, the quest for social justice, and everyday lived experience.
Requisites: SOC 111 or SOC 112 (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 342 - Arab Americans
This course examines the Arab-American experience, including culture, immigration (from the earliest Arabic-speaking North Africans brought in slavery to the United States to the most recent waves of Arab immigrants), settlement patterns, demographics, religions, literature, identity issues, and transnationalism. The course considers discrimination, political activism, feminism, cultural and socioeconomic diversity, relations with other ethnic groups, background information on their countries of origin, and a brief history of the Arab world as it relates to Arab Americans.
Requisites: SOC 111, SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 345 - Urban Sociology
A study of the form and development of the modern urban community with respect to the demographic structure, spatial and temporal patterns and functional organization. Changes in population distribution and their effect on the urban center and hinterland. Role of social planning and problems in the urban community.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 346 - Juvenile Delinquency
The nature and extent of delinquency, theories of delinquency causation, the juvenile justice system in the societal context, theories of delinquency control.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 350 - The Family
Analysis of the family as a social institution. Emphasis on structure, processes and problems of the modern American family system.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 355 - Sociology of Education
Study of educational organizations such as schools, universities and professional associations. Attention to relations among educational institutions and other institutions, such as governments. Comparisons between American and other systems of education.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 360 - Religions
The nature of religions as sociocultural phenomena, including analysis of religions in particular social, economic, and historical contexts. Examines concepts of supernatural-mystical power and beings, sacred symbols, religious specialists, syncretism, and the functions of ritual and belief under conditions of social stability and change.
Requisites: SOC 111 or SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 365 - Modern Africa
An anthropological survey of contemporary Africa focusing on the holistic analysis of African peoples, cultures, and societies and their experiences with colonialism, postcolonialism, tradition, modernity, and globalization.
Requisites: SOC 111 or SOC 112 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 370 - The Family Cross-Culturally
Comparison of the family institution in various cultures. Attention given to backgrounds of Black, Spanish-speaking, and other ethnic-American families.
Requisites: SOC 111. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 380 - Culture and Personality
Cross-cultural examination of the influence of culture on aspects of development, personality, perception, mental health, and cognition.
Requisites: SOC 111, SOC 112, or PSYC 100, or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 390 - Special Topics in Sociology
A departmental course in a subject area not currently listed in the catalog. A descriptive title will appear on the course schedule and the transcript.
Requisites: Take 0 credits. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 391 - Special Seminar
A departmental seminar in a subject area not currently listed in the catalog. A descriptive title will appear on the course schedule and the transcript.
Requisites: As listed in the course schedule. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SOC 393 - Directed Readings
An organized plan of readings in one or more aspects of the discipline. The student and instructor must agree on a plan of readings prior to enrollment.
Requisites: Instructor permission, a 3.00 GPA or higher, and a minimum of 12 credits in the discipline. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-3 cr
1-3 cr |
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SOC 394 - Independent Research
An independent research project in the discipline by a student or a cooperative research project with a faculty member. The student and instructor must agree on a project before enrollment.
Requisites: Instructor permission, a 3.00 GPA or higher, and a minimum of 12 credits in the discipline. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 1-4 cr
1-4 cr |
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SOC 405 - Cross-Cultural Relations
Study of selected aspects of world politics, cultures, and subcultures. Analysis and exploration of cultural differences and their effects upon interpersonal and organizational, communication and interaction. Especially useful for international business students and for those dealing with various subcultures within one society.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 407 - Majority-Minority Rel: Global Perspec
International examination of the dynamics of majority-minority relations in a range of social economic and political settings. International evidence will be used to compare and contrast patterns of intergroup relations. Some topics to be considered include the effects of modernization and urbanization on intergroup relations, ethnic, and racial harmony and conflict dynamics of prejudice and discrimination, and forms of social change.
Requisites: SOC 111 or SOC 112. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 410 - Criminology
An investigation of the complex phenomena of crime and deviance in the United States, which emphasizes attempts at the scientific study of cultural, social and behavioral factors.
Requisites: SOC 111 . (Required, Previous).
XLIST: CJ 410
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 420 - Social Strat: Power, Inequality Society
Analysis of structured inequality and stratification in society; theories of social class and social mobility; origins and consequences of differences in power, status, income, education, style of life and occupational prestige.
Requisites: SOC 111 and SOC 112 or instructor permission (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 425 - Social Change
A study of the relations between social movements, ideologies and utopian thought.
Requisites: 2 SOC courses. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 430 - The Sociology of World Politics
Sociological analysis of the interstate systems - the institutions, agents, current political issues, and conflicts. De-colonization, modernization/developmentalism, modern social science, neoliberalism and protectionism, domestic and regional conflicts, core deindustrialization and semipheripheral industrialization, debt crises, global arms trade, environment, decline of US hegemony.
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 435 - Environmental Sociology
Analysis of the interrelationships between, physical and social environments, spatial, distribution of people and activities, urban, environments, and planned communities.
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 440 - Complex Organizations
The origins and functioning of complex organizations, bureaucracies and large formal groups, organizational goals, recruitment, socialization, and change; formal and informal structures; institutional dynamics of corporations, government agencies, schools, prisons, churches, hospitals and the military; is bureaucracy inevitable?
Requisites: SOC 111 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 450 - Sociological Theories
A survey of classical ideas and current theories in sociology. Intended for juniors and seniors who are majors or minors in sociology.
Requisites: 3 SOC courses or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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SOC 460 - Applied Sociology
Students participate in community research projects including assisting with project development, data collection, data entry, data analysis and report preparation and professional presentation of data. Students will be introduced to grant writing skills. Course utilizes student’s methodological and statistical skills. Computer applications included in class.
Requisites: SOC 225 or instructor permission. (Required, Previous).
Credits: 3 cr
3 cr |
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