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Academic Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Public Health |
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PH 325 - Global Health
4 credit(s)
Designed to provide an overview of global health problems and provide the tools to navigate the work of international health. The course focuses on the global burden of disease and the pattern of disease variations between and within countries. Global health addresses poverty, environmental issues and globalization on the impact on health status.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Social Systems and Human Behavior and International Perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): PH 101 , SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , SOC 150 , or ANTH 101 .
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PH 330 - Promoting Community Health
4 credit(s)
Provides an overview of community health promotion topics, with a focus on practical skills in community collaboration and needs assessment. Topics will include community mobilization, leadership and advocacy, community needs assessment, and models for promoting community change. The course will also discuss the breadth of settings and diverse populations relevant to community health practice. Students will collaborate with community partners to complete a community-based semester project; the project will include 15 hours outside of the classroom collecting data.
Prerequisite(s): PH 101 , SOC 101, SOC 102 or ANTH 101 .
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PH 334W - Advanced Health Economics
4 credit(s)
Students in advanced health economics will apply advanced frameworks and empirical analysis to study how socioeconomic status, public policy actions, and individual decisions influence health outcomes. Students will apply advanced tools to evaluate outcomes public and private insurance marketsand to compare the US and other national systems. Students will also conduct a supervised research project on ahealth economic topic.
Students receiving ECON/PH 234 credit may not receive ECON/PH 334W credit. Also listed as ECON 334W
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Quantitative Reasoning, Writing in the Discipline.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 , ECON 103 or ECON 181
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PH 340 - Human Health & Disease
4 credit(s)
Examines human health and disease from a public health perspective. This course will cover fundamental principles relating to prevention and control of diseases of major significance to the public’s health. The course briefly reviews the prevalence/incidence of selected human diseases. Our major foci are etiology, risks, health disparities, and strategies for the control of communicable and non-communicable diseases among selected populations. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of social and behavioral factors that influence the determinants, distribution, prevention and health promotion of the high-risk diseases of modern, industrialized and global society.
Offered: Alternate years.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed credits).
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PH 343 - Food, Fat, and Fitness
4 credit(s)
The United States is a culture obsessed with food, fat, and fitness. As efforts to reduce obesity increase, rates of obesity actually increase. Why is that? This anthropology course depends heavily on interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the connections between body size and culture, examining food, fat, and fitness not just as public health issues but as culturally and historically constructed categories related to gender, race, sexuality, and class. While we will explore biocultural approaches to obesity, this course is not a biomedical study of the “obesity epidemic.” Instead we examine the discourses and vocabulary used to describe this current “crisis.” Also listed as GSS 343 and ANTH 343 .
Offered: Offered alternate years.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101 , GSS 201 , SOC 101, SOC 316 , or PH 101 .
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PH 350 - Religion & Social Health Policy
2 credit(s)
Introduces students to the ways in which religious traditions impact public health policies, mostly within the context of the United States. Students will become more familiar with public health as a concept and will review theological and policy statements on public health issues, mostly within the Abrahamic faith traditions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam), which display a remarkable diversity of thought. Also listed as REL 350 .
Prerequisite(s): PH 101 .
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PH 351 - Social Policy & Social Justice
4 credit(s)
This course provides an examination of both the historical and contemporary context of social welfare policies and programs. The course will examine how legislation is developed, enacted, and implemented in our society, including how policies have emerged in response to social problems at the local, national, and international levels. Issues of social justice, and how policies and programs affect populations at risk, will be emphasized. U.S. social welfare policy will be examined in a global and human rights context. Also listed as SOCWK 351 and POLS 351 .
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOCWK 201 , PH 101 or POLS 140 , with a minimum grade of C-.
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PH 352W - Program Development and Evaluation
4 credit(s)
This introductory course in Program Development & Evaluation (PDE) covers the role of PDE in public health and social work settings. Emphasis will be placed on: building logic models to articulate program theories; identifying, working with, and reporting to stakeholders; conducting needs and impact assessments; critiquing the strengths and weaknesses of popular evaluation designs; and using evaluation data.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed), PH 101 , SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 , or ANTH 101 ; and SOC 301 or MATH 207 (may be taken concurrently).
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PH 353 - Special Topics in Public Health
2 credit(s)
The topical focus of the course will be determined by the Public Health department in order to provide students with the skills needed to apply public health concepts and principles tocontemporary health issues and convey these applications to a general public. May be repeated for credit.
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PH 354 - Special Topics in Disability & Health
2 credit(s)
Special topics course in disability & health, with topics at the intersection of disability studies and public health fields. Special topics courses will focus on developing skills and applying public health and disability studies concepts and principles to contemporary issues. Applications will address the population and disability communities. May be repeated for credit
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PH 370 - Pre-Field Experience Seminar
0-1 credit(s)
The focus of this course is to assist students in preparing for the public health field placement experience. Students will complete the tasks necessary for obtaining a practicum site including identifying appropriate field sites, preparing a resume, and interviewing prospective field placements. Pass/No Pass.
Prerequisite(s): Declared Public Health major and junior standing or above (60 or more completed).
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PH 380 - Public Health Field Experience
4 credit(s)
Students complete a 100-hour civic engagement field experience under the supervision of a public health professional; placements are arranged in consulation with Public Health Program staff. A learning contract with the host agency guides students’ individualized field learning. Field learning is complemented by reflective and analytical writing along with group discussion. To enable diverse field learning settings, group learning activities take place primarily online.
Offered: This course may be taken in either the spring of the junior year or fall of the senior year.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Civic Engagement.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed), PH 101 , PH 200 , and PH 352W (may be taken concurrently).
Corequisite(s): Students with senior standing may co-enroll in PH 491 .
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PH 395 - Independent Study
See department for details. Independent study contract required.
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PH 465 - Travel Aotearoa: Culture & Health
2 credit(s)
This interdisciplinary travel course uses experiential learning in Aotearoa (New Zealand) as a means of exploring themes of indigeneity, culture, and health through an emursive experience in Maori culture. The course partners with the Maori scholars, institutions, and community members on the north island of New Zealand. Cultural activities are supplemented with visits to local service agencies and sites of cultural and historic importance. Participants must pay all program fees in the academic term preceding travel. PSY 465 .
Core Requirement(s): Counts as Core requirement: International & Diverse Perspectives, and Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): PH 265 or PSY 265 . Instructor’s Consent required.
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PH 475 - Internship
See department for details. Internship contract required.
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PH 480 - Independent Practicum Fieldwork
2 credit(s)
Combines field-based learning with development of a related senior project. Students complete a 100-hour practicum in an approved placement under the supervision of an agency staff member in consultation with a Public Health faculty member, providing the opportunity to integrate theoretical and applied learning in a community setting. Students complete a learning agreement to guide their individualized learning experiences and maintain a field journal reflecting on progress toward individual learning objectives. This course, in combination with PH 481 and PH 491 , is an alternative path to completing the capstone, fieldwork, and seminar requirements for the major under certain circumstances. See the department chair for details.
Prerequisite(s): Declared Public Health major and instructor consent.
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PH 481 - Independent Practicum Seminar
2 credit(s)
Students will reflect on their learning in the field placement and complete assignments and readings intended to enhance the practicum experience and reinforce academic and civic engagement objectives for the course series. This course, in combination with PH 480 and PH 491 , is an alternative alternative path to completing the capstone, fieldwork, and seminar requirements for the major under certain circumstances. See the department chair for details.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Civic Engagement.
Prerequisite(s): Declared Public Health major, PH 480 , and instructor consent.
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PH 490 - Capstone I: Practicum & Senior Project
6 credit(s)
Combines field-based learning with development of a related senior project. Students will complete a 100 hour practicum in an approved placement under the supervision of an agency staff member in consultation with a Public Health faculty member, providing opportunity for integration of theoretical and applied learning in a community setting. Students will complete a learning agreement to guide their individualized learning experiences. Students will meet with the instructor and other public health students in a weekly seminar setting to discuss their work in the field placement, as well as assignments and readings intended to enhance the practicum experience. In addition, this course will assist students in selecting an area of focus related to the practicum to define their senior project, to complete a literature review, and to develop a proposal or methodology for the project. This course is required of all public health majors in their final year.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Civic Engagement.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, declared Public Health major, PH 200 , PH 352W .
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PH 491 - Capstone I: Senior Project
2 credit(s)
The focus of this course is to assist students in selecting an area of interest in order to define their senior project, complete background research and literature review, and develop a proposal or methodology for the project. This course is required of all public health majors in their final year.
Prerequisite(s): Declared Public Health major, senior standing (90 or more completed), PH 200 , PH 352W , and PH 380 (may be taken concurrently).
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PH 492 - Capstone II: Senior Project
2 credit(s)
Students further refine and develop their senior project. Students complete their program plan or data analysis. In addition, students create professional products for presenting their work, including written and oral presentation of their project. This course is required of all public health majors in their final year.
Prerequisite(s): Senior Standing (90 or more completed) and PH 491 .
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Reading |
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RDNG 410 - Foundations of Literacy Acquisition & Development
3 credit(s)
Addresses the foundational aspects of literacy acquisition with attention to the ways in which cognition, behavior, environment, cultural, and social factors contribute to and impact literacy development and learning over time. Course materials review federal and state policies and perspectives for identifying and servicing K-12 students identified with dyslexia, comorbidity and other specified learning disabilities. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 411 - Literacy Fundamentals I
3 credit(s)
Addresses properties and features of language, including phonemic awareness, phonetics, phonology, orthography, syntax and morphology, and their relevance to literacy acquisition, and vocabulary development from early intervention through adolescent readers. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 412 - Literacy Fundamentals II
3 credit(s)
Addresses reading fluency and comprehension with attention toward semantics and pragmatics, written expression and handwriting, and accommodative and assistive technology to support K-12 students with dyslexia, comorbidity, or other specified learning disability through a multisensory approach to instruction. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 413 - Literacy Evaluations for Instruction
3 credit(s)
Candidates review, evaluate and administer diagnostic literacy assessments, and implement multisensory instructional techniques for K-12 students with a specified learning disability such as dyslexia. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 414 - Perspectives on Vision & Learning
3 credit(s)
Addresses the impact of vision development on the learning process with special attention to literacy acquisition and achievement, for K-12 students with or without incidences of comorbidity. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 610 - Foundations of Literacy Acquisition & Development
3 credit(s)
Addresses the foundational aspects of literacy acquisition with attention to the ways in which cognition, behavior, environment, cultural, and social factors contribute to and impact literacy development and learning over time. Course materials review federal and state policies and perspectives for identifying and servicing K-12 students identified with dyslexia, comorbidity and other specified learning disabilities. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 611 - Literacy Fundamentals I
3 credit(s)
Addresses properties and features of language, including phonemic awareness, phonetics, phonology, orthography, syntax and morphology, and their relevance to literacy acquisition, and vocabulary development from early intervention through adolescent readers. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 612 - Literacy Fundamentals II
3 credit(s)
Addresses reading fluency and comprehension with attention toward semantics and pragmatics, written expression and handwriting, and accommodative and assistive technology to support K-12 students with dyslexia, comorbidity, or other specified learning disability through a multisensory approach to instruction. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 613 - Literacy Evaluations for Instruction
3 credit(s)
Candidates review, evaluate and administer diagnostic literacy assessments, and implement multisensory instructional techniques for K-12 students with a specified learning disability such as dyslexia. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 614 - Perspectives on Vision & Learning
3 credit(s)
Addresses the impact of vision development on the learning process with special attention to literacy acquisition and achievement, for K-12 students with or without incidences of comorbidity. Course includes field work.
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RDNG 621 - Language & Literacy Development
2 credit(s)
Explores the development of linguistic competencies as a basis for understanding the emergent reading process and language readiness for reading. Explores children’s literature as well as the use of new technologies as they pertain to the developmental needs and interests of ECE/Elementary children.
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RDNG 632 - Perspectives on Reading
2 credit(s)
Survey of foundations of reading and reading processes, including contemporary and historical reading research used to establish a philosophical point of view. Surveys reading and literacy philosophies, assessment philosophies, literacy methodologies, research, and current literacy issues as played out in politics to inform the reading candidate.
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RDNG 640 - MEd/VFL Field Practicum & Seminar
1 credit(s)
Candidates complete a supervised clinical experience working with students with reading difficulties and participate in seminar meetings that support success in the practicum. Instructor’s consent required.
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RDNG 641 - MEd/VFL Case Study Practicum & Seminar
1 credit(s)
Candidates complete a case study showing competency analyzing a student’s reading challenges and participate in seminar meetings that support this analysis. Instructor’s consent required.
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RDNG 642 - Reading Assessments & Techniques
3 credit(s)
Emphasizes ways to implement formal and informal reading and writing assessments to inform instruction and program decision-making. The course presents and discusses resources, methodologies, and the use of new technologies and instructional techniques to address children’s and adolescent’s learning needs with particular attention to struggling readers and writers.
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RDNG 643 - Multisensory Literacy Instructional Tech
3 credit(s)
Emphasizes ways to identify indicators of reading difficulties and implement multisensory approaches to reading and writing instruction. Course content presents, discusses, and evaluates instructional resources and techniques, methodologies, and the use of technology to address children’s and adolescent’s learning needs with particular attention to those with specified reading disabilities.
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RDNG 644 - Text Composition & Comprehension
3 credit(s)
Emphasizes the writing processes and conventions necessary to compose text across different genre, and addresses the factors of reading comprehension across genres. Course content considers the demands of writing and text comprehension presents to children and adolescents, and means of intervention and assistive technologies, with particular attention to those with specified reading and writing learning needs.
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RDNG 645 - Disciplinary Lit: Reading & Writing
2 credit(s)
Explores ways in which teachers can prepare their students to comprehend, respond to, and compose expository text. Utilizes non-fiction literature and new technologies as tools and resources for instruction and learning. Discusses and explores ways candidates, when serving in a leadership role, can provide coaching in the content areas for colleagues.
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RDNG 650 - Leadership in Literacy
2 credit(s)
Emphasizes ways for candidates to work with colleagues to demonstrate, observe, and provide feedback on effective literacy strategies and approaches to use with students. Discusses ways for candidates to provide guidance and supervision of paraprofessionals. Emphasizes ways for candidates to participate in, initiate, implement and evaluate professional development programs to select and manage literacy programs. Discusses ways for candidates to interpret design and conduct data driven research at a school level.
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RDNG 655 - Multi-Level Supervised Practicum
2 credit(s)
Complete a 90-hour supervised clinical experience working with students identified as having difficulties with reading. Instructor’s consent required. Pass/No Pass.
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Social Innovation & Non-Profit Leadership |
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SINP 101 - Foundations in Innovation & Leadership
4 credit(s)
Are you passionate about social equity and social change? Do you want to make a difference in your community but are not sure how? Take this course to learn frameworks and skills for social innovation and techniques for becoming an effective leader. Social innovation can be generating a new idea, product, organization or process that offers equitable and sustainable solutions to complex social problems. This course is designed to introduce the process of innovation as a means of capturing the essence of new strategies, concepts and ideas that aim to meet social needs. We will examine leadership characteristics, values, roles and strategies for creating innovative, positive change.
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SINP 102 - Professional Seminar
2 credit(s)
Designed for students interested in professional work dedicated to social justice, change, and service, this professional seminar will showcase various career trajectories and possible pathways to earn a living while making a positive contribution to community. This course will introduce students to innovators and leaders through a guest lecture series. Students will also have opportunities to explore their interests and develop their own ideas, contributing to their preparation to start and lead organizations (public, for-profit, or non-profit) in a way that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.
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SINP 220 - Diversity & Equity in Organizations
2 credit(s)
From #MeToo to #BlackLivesMatter, harassment to inclusivity, free speech to hate speech, issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion are front and center in organizations. This course will unpack how personal, disciplinary, and social understandings of diversity affect organizational life and explore leadership strategies for embracing equity and managing diversity in the workplace. This course will include challenging interpersonal conversations, sensitive topics, and essential knowledge for participation and leadership in organizations, including public, for-profit, and non-profit entities. Also listed as SOC 220 .
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: International and Diverse Perspectives
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above (30 or more completed credits)
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SINP 301 - Social Innovation in Practice
2 credit(s)
Designed to provide students with the structure and support needed to design, create and plan a social innovation widget (non-for profit entity, enterprise, product, service, etc.).
Prerequisite(s): SINP 101
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SINP 302 - Project Management
4 credit(s)
This is a general project management course covering the process of strategic planning to specific techniques of project planning and organizational tools including; scheduling, contracts, risk management, and asset procurement. Students will learn how to monitor and control a project from inception to completion using appropriate information systems and organizational technology. The course stresses the importance of effective communication, leadership, community partnerships and team building in project design and implementation.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above (30 or more completed credits).
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SINP 318 - Writing Federal Grants
2 credit(s)
From art-makers to rural healthcare, federal grants are a crucial source of funding across a range of social institutions. This course teaches the fundamental writing skills and conventions necessary to win grants, where to find grant opportunities, and facilitates practice in the submission process. Topics range from using grants.gov search engine, composing a successful federal grant structure and creating a budget (including in-kind contributions and cost sharing) to designing management plan, among others.
Prerequisite(s): ENGW 180 , ENGW 181 , ENGW 182 , or ENGW 183 .
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Sociology |
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SOC 110 - Understanding the Apocalypse
4 credit(s)
Will introduce foundational sociological concepts through the examination of various social narratives that comprise apocalypse discourse. To this aim, this course will examine various apocalypse scenarios as extensions of the key sociological variables of race, sexuality, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, and a variety of intersectionalities. Apocalypse narratives have been a part of human civilization for millennia and are firmly grounded within a cultural milieu. Our goal during our time together will be to examine these narratives, and analyze them within a historical/cultural context. Major apocalypse scenarios will be investigated, including: zombies, technology (rise of artificial intelligence, Y2K), plagues, nuclear weapons, global warming, and extraterrestrial phenomena (meteors, aliens).
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
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SOC 120 - Images, Society, and Identity
4 credit(s)
Will introduce students to some of the conceptual foundations in sociology through the analysis of various visual media found in historical and contemporary society. Throughout the semester, we will focus upon the various ways that such media impact individuals and social institutions. Virtually no aspect of visual culture is off-limits to this analysis. To this aim, we will analyze various visual media as a way of elucidating the key social variables of race, class, and gender, and a whole host of important intersectionalities. The course will begin with an introduction to foundational sociological concepts, and use these concepts throughout the semester to understand the prevalence, impact, and staying power of visual culture.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Analyzing and Interpreting Texts.
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SOC 130 - Stump the Sociologist
4 credit(s)
An inquiry-based course encouraging students to think like sociologists by pushing the discipline to answer difficult questions about human behavior, sociocultural systems, social inequality, and everyday life. Along the way, students will learn concepts and techniques for understanding persistent inequalities by race, gender, sexuality, and age; the relationships between the individual and the social; and the maintenance of social order and conflict.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
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SOC 150 - Special Topics in Introductory Sociology
4 credit(s)
This is a special topics introductory sociology course. Specific topics will be designated by the department in order to cover basic concepts, theories, and methods of sociology. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
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SOC 202 - Public Sociology
4 credit(s)
Students will learn how and why sociologists apply academic findings to public issues. Students will study examples of sociological works written for a public audience that address contemporary social problems. Students will be introduced to methods for translating academic concepts and research findings for a lay audience. The importance of the sociological imagination as a discourse for civil society will be emphasized throughout the course.
Offered: Course offered biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 203 - Social Change
4 credit(s)
Will provide students with a sociological lens through which they can understand the processes of social change. Students will be exposed to sociological theory and research that examines how social change occurs and fails. Students will develop their ability to develop a sociologically informed opinion about various social issues and articulate that opinion to a general audience. Finally, students in this class will design and implement a civic engagement project about social change.
Offered: Course offered biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Social Systems and Human Behavior and Civic Engagement.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 220 - Diversity & Equity in Organizations
2 credit(s)
From #MeToo to #BlackLivesMatter, harassment to inclusivity, free speech to hate speech, issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion are front and center in organizations. This course will unpack how personal, disciplinary, and social understandings of diversity affect organizational life and explore leadership strategies for embracing equity and managing diversity in the workplace. This course will include challenging interpersonal conversations, sensitive topics, and essential knowledge for participation and leadership in organizations, including public, for-profit, and non-profit entities. Also listed as SINP 220
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: International and Diverse Perspectives
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above (30 or more completed credits)
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SOC 250 - Special Topics in Public Sociology
2 or 4 credit(s)
Special topics course in public sociology. The topical focus of the course will be determined by the sociology department in order to provide students with the skills needed to apply sociological reasoning to contemporary public issues and convey these applications to a general public. May be repeated for credit.
Offered: Course offered biennially.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 ,or SOC 150 .
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SOC 275 - Internship
1-4 credit(s)
See department for details. Internship contract required.
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SOC 295 - Independent Study
1-6 credit(s)
See department for details. Independent study contract required.
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SOC 300W - Qualitative Research
4 credit(s)
Students will be introduced to techniques for qualitative data collection and analysis in the social sciences. Data collection techniques taught include: in-depth interviews, ethnography, participant observation, focus groups, and content analysis. The course will provide instruction on how to code and analyze qualitative results. It will also include material regarding research-question design and writing a scholarly literature review.
Offered: Course offered annually.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 301 - Social Statistics
4 credit(s)
Introductory statistics course for students in the social sciences. The emphasis of the course will be on understanding how social scientists use numerical data to understand social phenomena, and how to use and interpret statistical measures and techniques commonly reported in the social sciences literature.
Core Requirement(s): Does not meet Social Sciences core requirement (2010 catalog). Counts toward core requirement: Quantitative Reasoning.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 122 .
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SOC 302W - Quantitative Research
4 credit(s)
Introduces students to the techniques for quantitative data collection and analysis in the social sciences. This course will examine the logic of quantitative research, including research question design and writing scholarly literature reviews. The course will also include the analysis and presentation of quantitative data. Techniques taught include survey design, survey data collection, and the analysis of secondary data.
Offered: Course offered biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Quantitative Reasoning.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 304 - Criminology
4 credit(s)
This course is a general introduction to the social science known as criminology. This discipline, largely a composite of anthropology, psychology, and sociology, places particular focus on the phenomenon of crime in society. Examples of questions criminologists ask are: What defines crime? Who are the ones that commit crime and for what reasons? What are some of the established patterns of criminal behavior we see over time? And, what are some mechanisms society uses to regulate, punish or control crime? Because this course is taught from a sociological angle, particular emphasis will be placed upon viewing crime as a societal phenomenon, that is, one that can be analyzed within a broader social context.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 305 - Racism & Ethnicity in Hawaii
2 or 4 credit(s)
This course focuses on the creation of race, ethnicity, and racism in Hawaii and examines how these concepts affect the culture, social structure, and social institutions in Hawaii. The course focuses on the historical and contemporary experiences of native Hawaii and other Asian/Pacific Islander ethnic groups that comprise Hawaii’s population. The course will include discussions about native Hawaiian culture, the colonization of Hawaii, the ethnic structure that was further developed in Hawaii during Hawaii’s plantation era, and how these complex histories inform and affect the current ethnic social structures and practices (e.g. education, politics, criminal justice system, ethnic humor, etc.) that exist in Hawaii. Overall, the course will expose students to the lived experiences of the various ethnic groups that constitute Hawaii’s population and provide students with an understanding of how Hawaii’s unique history affects the life chances of the different ethnic groups in Hawaii. It will also prepare students for a travel course (SOC 318 ) that provides students with first-hand experiences of race and ethnicity in Hawaii. When offered for 4, topics will be explored in more depth.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Diverse Perspectives and Historical Context.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 309 - Families
4 credit(s)
The primary emphasis is on the relationship between the familial institution and the society in which it is being studied. Attention is given to trans-historical and cross-cultural data and how social change impacts the institution. Additional areas of investigation include definitions of the family, socialization, cohabitation, courtship, marriage, divorce, gender and sex roles, sexuality, socio-economic forces, family violence, alternative forms, and the future of the family. Also listed as GSS 309 .
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 312 - Social Interaction
4 credit(s)
A study of the interaction process as the central element in human social life, the primary occasion for communication, and the origin of both social structure and the individual human identity. Attention is given to symbolic communication, interaction, socialization, role theory, self- concept, deviance.
Offered: Biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed) and 8 of SOC - 4 of the 8 may be taken in ANTH.
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SOC 316 - Gender & Sexuality
4 credit(s)
An introduction to the theories and methods used by sociologists to study gender and sexuality as social performances and historical constructions. Topics include masculinities, intersectionality, sexual culture, pornography, and gender inequality in the workplace. Also listed as GSS 316 .
Offered: Course offered biennially
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Diverse Perspectives and Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 Must be 18 years of age.
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SOC 317 - Pop Culture: Cultural Studies
4 credit(s)
Using theories drawn from the school of Cultural Studies as well as what has come to be known as “critical theory”, this course takes an intensive analysis of the many artifacts of popular culture. A central goal of the course is to understand how the artifacts we analyze reflect, respond to, shape, and are shaped by the broader social/cultural forces around them. Also listed as ANTH 317 .
Offered: Offered annually
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Analyzing and Interpreting Texts.
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101 , SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , or SOC 130 .
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SOC 318 - Racism & Ethnicity Hawaii-Travel
2 credit(s)
This course allows students to examine the racial and ethnic politics in Hawaii, a state that many believe is a melting pot, where all racial and ethnic groups live harmoniously. The course allows students to see firsthand the consequences of socially constructing race and ethnicity, the colonization of Hawaii, the plantation era in Hawaii, and the continued racial and ethnic politics that marginalize various groups in Hawaii. Students enrolled in this course will visit historical sites in Hawaii to better understand the how the racial and ethnic structure in Hawaii was created. Students will have the opportunity to engage in discussions with scholars, who specialize in the area of racial and ethnic relations in Hawaii, as well as community activists, whose activism responds to the racial and ethnic hierarchy that exists in Hawaii. Students will also complete a research project, while in Hawaii, which will allows them to better understand the everyday lived racial and ethnic experiences of individuals in Hawaii. Overall, this course provides students with firsthand experiences of how the racial and ethnic hierarchy in Hawaii shapes the life chances of individuals living in Hawaii.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Diverse Perspectives and Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 305 .
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SOC 319 - Sociology of Medicine
4 credit(s)
The course analyzes the social and demographic variables affecting health, morbidity, and the mortality rates. It also examines the social roles in illness (e.g., doctor and patient): their definitions and consequences. Attention is given to the study of medical care institutions and their systems and structures. The relations between social policy and health is debated.
Offered: Offered Biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 323 - Junior Seminar
2 credit(s)
Students will prepare proposals for their own independent research projects. Attention will be given to a well-contextualized research question and clear set of objectives, literature review, methodology/ethics section, and feasibility review. Pass/No Pass.
Offered: Course offered annually in the spring.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed) and declared Sociology major.
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SOC 334 - Drugs and Society
4 credit(s)
This course is a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of psychoactive drug taking in the United States. Using a sociological perspective, we will cover a variety of topics concerning the use of legal and illegal drugs, their history, their impact on the greater culture, and the multitude of ways that society adjusts to their presence. Within this framework we will discuss the narrative of addiction, the prevalence of certain forms of drug use, the connection between drug use and criminality, and the effects of drug taking upon self-concept.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 120 , SOC 130 , PH 101 , or ANTH 101 .
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SOC 342 - Consumer Society
4 credit(s)
This course will explore consumption as a locus of social reproduction and source of meaning in people’s lives. Consumer culture plays an increasingly important part in defining who we are, how we live, and how we participate in society. Our daily consumer choices shape our sense of identity and our relationship to the larger society. We will explore some of the far-reaching consequences of a consumer society by looking at education, leisure, bodies and sexuality, homes, community, and the environment.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, ANTH 101 , or ANTH 140 .
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SOC 347 - Global Cap Neo-Colonial Inequalities
4 credit(s)
This course explores how global dimensions of capitalism intersect with local cultural identities and practices. Students will learn how transnational markets, global lending institutions, and transnational governments both shape and are shaped by questions of national identity, gender norms, racial categories, environmental policies and sexual practices. This course introduces students to perspectives on the meaning and scope of “globalization” from early industrialization to the current post-industrial economy. We will explore the typography of economic inequality on the global scale and examine specific examples of how it is maintained and resisted. The course includes post-colonial critiques that draw attention to how race, nationalism, gender and sexuality are central to the process of constructing, maintaining and resisting imperial domination.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: International Perspectives and Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 360 - Critical Race Theory
4 credit(s)
This course focuses on the Critical Race Theory (CRT), which is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of race and ethnic relations. One of the main goals of CRT is to question the dominant paradigm/ideology about race and reconstruct our perceptions of race through counternarratives told by marginalized and oppressed groups. Therefore, this course will expose students to counternarratives that marginalized and oppressed groups tell through class discussions, guest speakers, and course readings. Another important tenet of CRT is to examine the institution and structure of racism through a perspective that stresses intersectionality, and, therefore, the course will not only examine racial issues, but will also examine how these issues affect and are affected by other forms of oppressions, such as sexism, heterosexism, elitism, etc.Upon completing the course students should have a keen awareness of how oppressions (racism, sexism, eltism, heterosexism, etc.) intersect in societal structures.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Civic Engagement, Social Systems and Human Behavior, and Diverse Perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 366 - Deviance
4 credit(s)
Focuses on the way society affects and is affected by what we call “deviant behavior,” that is, behavior which is understood to be outside the confines of cultural convention. Topics in this class include the ways in which deviance is socially constructed through processes of identity and conformity, as well as the ways in which society establishes mechanisms for dealing with deviance, such as prisons and other institutions. A relevant line of sociological questioning towards the phenomenon of deviance asks why a behavior is conceived to be deviant, rather than whether or not a deviant act or career is inherently abnormal.
Offered: Offered Biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101, SOC 102, SOC 110 , SOC 120 , SOC 130 , or SOC 150 .
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SOC 395 - Independent Study
See department for details. Independent study contract required.
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SOC 414 - Sociological Theory
4 credit(s)
The origin and development of sociology are analyzed through the examination of major historical theorists and of contemporary schools of sociological thought.
Offered: Biennially.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed) and 8 in SOC.
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SOC 450 - Directed Research in Sociology
1-4 credit(s)
Directed Research in Sociology allows students of advanced standing to participate in a research project with an sociology faculty member in order to gain practical experience in the conduct of ongoing professional-level sociological research. Instructor’s consent required. May be repeated for credit, up to 6 credits total.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed).
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SOC 454 - Senior Seminar
2 credit(s)
This seminar is a senior-level course in which sociology majors will cooperate in seminar-based reading groups, and work in a purposeful, self-directed manner. Students who complete this seminar will work from a reading list compiled by the instructor. Course material will expand students’ nascent theoretical and methodological knowledge and refine their understandings of four foundational topics in sociology: intersectionality, identity, social power, and social order. Students will take a comprehensive examination of material covered in the senior seminar.
Offered: Course offered annually in the spring.
Prerequisite(s): senior standing and Sociology major.
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SOC 475 - Internship
See department for details. Internship contract required.
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SOC 490W - Advanced Research Methods
4 credit(s)
The course advances students’ understanding of research methods introduced in SOC 300W , SOC 302W and SOC 323 . Students will receive advanced training on how to collect and analyze data in the social sciences. The class includes an emphasis on how to write for an academic or public audience in preparation for the senior thesis.
Offered: Course offered annually in the fall.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 323 .
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SOC 495 - Senior Thesis
1 credit(s)
Students write the final draft of the senior thesis and prepare for capstone presentations.
Offered: Course offered annually in the spring.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 490W .
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SOCWK 201 - Principles of Social Work
4 credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to the field of social work practice with an emphasis on the historical and political development of social work as well as the values and ethics that guide social work practice. Students will explore possible career opportunities in the field of social work and will be required to complete a 40 hour field experience at an approved social service agency.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Civic Engagement.
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SOCWK 215 - Conflict Resolution
2 credit(s)
Theories, strategies, and skills in resolving conflicts are analyzed and applied. Emphasis is placed on practical application of learned skills through conflict simulations.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
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SOCWK 268 - Trinidad Culture & Society
4 credit(s)
Designed to prepare students for travel to Trinidad and Tobago in the Winter Term (ANTH 368 /SOCWK 368 ). The course covers various features of Trinidad and Tobago’s history from its early imperial encounter to its present post-colonial condition. Additionally, the class covers contemporary culture and local and global political economy. Perhaps most importantly, the course requires students to create a research project to be implemented as field research in Trinidad and Tobago. In this sense, the course is preparation for what anthropologists and social workers would refer to as a ‘field methods’ class. For this element of the class, students must create a research project, conduct preliminary textual and internet research, and begin making contacts in Trinidad and Tobago. Students therefore must be fully prepared at the end of this course to conduct self-directed, ethnographic research in Trinidad and Tobago. Also listed as ANTH 268 .
Offered: Offered alternate years during Fall.
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SOCWK 275 - Internship
1-4 credit(s)
See department for details. Internship contract required.
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SOCWK 300 - Micro Social Work Practice
4 credit(s)
This course focuses on the change process at the three levels of social work practice (individual, family and group). Students will acquire specific skills which will assist them in assessing, contacting, working with and terminating some clients.
Prerequisite(s): SOCWK 201 with a minimum grade of C-.
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SOCWK 301 - Macro Social Work Practice
4 credit(s)
This course will help students acquire specific skills that will assist them in carrying out the planned change process at the macro level of social work practice. Community practice is heavily emphasized, and students will work together to carry out a social justice class project, which will consist of at least 25 hours of group work outside of the course.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Civic Engagement.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above (60 or more completed) and SOCWK 201 with a minimum grade of C-.
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SOCWK 310W - Social Work Research Methods
4 credit(s)
Introduction to qualitative and quantitative social work research skills fundamental to the development and critical use of information relevant to social work practice decision-making and evaluation. Students will be prepared to understand and utilize research findings to inform and enhance their practice and to carry out their own evaluation and research. The course will cover all phases of the research process including the development of research questions, research design, data collection, and analysis. Ethical issues in research will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s): SOCWK 201 .
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SOCWK 320 - Human Behavior in Social Environment
4 credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to the various theories related to human behavior in the social environment in the context of a life span developmental perspective. The relationship between social, biological, psychological, environmental and cultural systems will be analyzed as they relate to the “person-in-environment” foundation of professional social work practice.
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOCWK 201 with a minimum grade of C-.
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SOCWK 325 - Counseling & Interviewing Techniques
4 credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with fundamental counseling and interviewing techniques according to the major psychosocial theories. Students will also examine the impact of diversity, self-awareness, and use of self on the counseling process.
Prerequisite(s): SOCWK 201 with a minimum grade of C- or PSY 211 with a minimum grade of C-.
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SOCWK 333 - Play Therapy Counseling & Interventions
4 credit(s)
Focuses on the basic principles of play therapy practice including history, theory, and clinical application of expressive arts counseling with children, adolescents, and family systems. The major theories of play therapy integration for mental health will be utilized for understanding assessment and clinical applications of play therapy. Students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively for hands-on experiential learning. Treatment planning and ethical considerations for play therapy practice will be reviewed with discussion topics incorporatingcultural humility, cross-cultural interventions, and working with special populations. 4 credits
Offered: Offered in Spring
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing (60 or more completed credits) or any SOCWK or PSY course
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SOCWK 334 - Animal Assisted Human Health
4 credit(s)
Introduces human animal bond theory and develops policy practices of integrating animals as a therapeutic intervention into a variety of practice settings. Specific attentionis paidto link violence and the ethics of animal assisted human health practice. This course reviews several animal species which participate in animal assisted human health, however, pays special attention to canine partners. Animal behavior is a central portion of the program. Students will learn how to select, consider training options, and screen for appropriateness to make decisions about animal partners within practice settings. 4 credits.
Offered: Offered in Spring
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing (60 or more completed credits) or any SOCWK or PSY course
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SOCWK 351 - Social Policy & Social Justice
4 credit(s)
This course provides an examination of both the historical and contemporary context of social welfare policies and programs. The course will examine how legislation is developed, enacted, and implemented in our society, including how policies have emerged in response to social problems at the local, national, and international levels. Issues of social justice, and how policies and programs affect populations at risk, will be emphasized. U.S. social welfare policy will be examined in a global and human rights context. Also listed as POLS 351 and PH 351 .
Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirement: Social Systems and Human Behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOCWK 201 , PH 101 , or POLS 140 , with a minimum grade of C-.
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