2018-19 Academic Catalog

Apr 25, 2024

2018-19 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

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Schedule Type Classifications

The delivery of instruction often requires educational material to be organized and presented to students in a variety of ways. In order to facilitate the planning for and scheduling of classes to accommodate these multiple types of instruction, it is necessary to divide courses into organizational parts which reflect the unique combinations of instructors, meeting places, and time patterns used to conduct the instruction. The schedule types listed below are intended to reflect the nature of activities required of students, the relationship between students and their instructors, and the settings required to deliver the content of an instructional offering.

LEC — Lecture
LAB — Laboratory
DIS — Distance Education
CLN — Clinic
EX — Experiential
IND — Individual Study
SD — Studio

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Social Work
	SWRK 20100 - Introduction To Social Work Credit Hours: 3.00. Overview of social work profession and practice. Survey of substantive fields of social work and consideration of relevant attitudes, values, and ethics. Prerequisite for entry into social work concentration. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. General Education: First Year Experience View Class Schedule
	SWRK 24000 - Social Work Helping Communication With Individuals And Small Groups Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the theories of interpersonal communication as applied to helping and human services work from the generalist social work practitioner. The focus is on concepts of verbal and nonverbal communication, communication concepts, skills and abilities necessary for constructive professional interaction. The course develops practical methods and skills in the following: developing rapport, interviewing, group leadership and discussion facilitation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 30100 - Social Work Research Prerequisite(s): SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is design to provide students with an understanding of scientific research process, methods and contributions to the advancement of social work practice knowledge. Students will learn the concepts, methods and process of applying research to the actual practice to determine treatment effectiveness. The uses and benefits of research will be examined from the practitioner, supervisor and administrator perspectives. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 32100 - Human Behavior In The Social Environment I Prerequisite(s): SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. First course in sequence addressing the basic framework of social work education - person in environment and knowledge of the individual and the family through the life span. Attention to human diversity, discrimination, oppression and social justice as they impact the health and well being of individuals and families. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 32200 - Human Behavior In The Social Environment II Prerequisite(s): SWRK 32100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is the second of a sequence. The focus on mezzo (groups, organizations) and macro (community) as the social work client. Attention is given to the impact of human diversity, discrimination, oppression and social justice as they affect groups, organizations and communities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 35100 - Junior Practicum Prerequisite(s): SWRK 24000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Junior practicum consists of 120 hours of direct service in a faculty approved social work setting. Student is supervised by an agency professional and participates in PNC social work faculty led weekly seminar. Students are exposed to social work professionals in different settings. Each setting provides a participant observer experiences enabling students to begin applying theories and concepts of behavioral sciences and social work to actual practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 35900 - Macro Practice: Human Service Organizations And The Community Prerequisite(s): SWRK 24000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. The course analyzes theories and concepts used to understand the dynamics between clients, social workers, and managers-supervisors as well as agencies’ internal and external environments. The course examines the organizational, management and community interaction effects on individual and group behaviors as well as social work practice consequences. The course considers issues associated with human service organizations, such as diversity. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 36100 - Institutional Social Welfare Prerequisite(s): SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of philosophical, historical, political, economic, and social trends contributing to the development of social welfare. Current policy and practice issues of social work at micro and macro levels. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 36200 - Social Work Practice I Prerequisite(s): SWRK 16200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. An upper-level, experientially based course in basic skills needed for facilitating creative problem exploration in helping relationships. Emphasis on interviewing techniques, value clarifications, and examination of one’s interpersonal styles. Content directed at professional practice rather than personal growth. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 36300 - Social Work Practice II Prerequisite(s): SWRK 36200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of SWRK 36200. More intensive work on facilitation, problem exploration. Emphasis placed on action skills, creativity in interpersonal problem solving, and advocacy skills. Content directed at generic skills necessary for generalist social work practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 36600 - Group Practice In Social Work Prerequisite(s): SWRK 24000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Group work practice is an elective course introducing the student to group work and providing the opportunity to acquire and use the specialized knowledge and skills particular to working with therapy and task oriented groups. Course content will address Council on Social Work Education core competency criteria for the generalist practice. This course will emphasize the understanding of group dynamics and leadership, planning and initiating the group, specialized methods, and termination and evaluation issues. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 37000 - Social Work With Substance Abuse Clients Prerequisite(s): SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Social work’s perspective of substance abusing clients. Topics include pharmacology of substance abuse, criteria for intake, assessment and treatment, diagnostic formats, effects of addiction and recovery on families, and relapse and prevention paradigms. Emphasis on the social work generalist model, the strengths perspective and systems theory. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 37200 - Social Work Practice In Schools Prerequisite(s): SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Use of the Social Work Generalist Model to understand practive principles such as goal setting and service planning with culturally and ethnically diverse populations. Practice modalities to be discussed include group, consultation, family and community-based interventions. Specific assessments and interventions are presented for substance abuse, violence, underachievement, and truancy. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 37300 - Social Work Practice With The Elderly Prerequisite(s): SWRK 24000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Generalist model practice with the elderly population including person-centered planning, empowerment, communication emphasis, interdisciplinary planning, assessment use and instruments application. A substantial base of diversity among the elderly population is a course focus. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 37700 - Child Welfare: Policies And Best Practices Prerequisite(s): SWRK 24000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the knowledge and skills required to work with children and their families. Emphasized in the course: understanding child welfare policy development, benefits of child welfare services, child protective services, foster care, adoption, institutionalization, examination of public policies, and social work practices with children. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 38300 - Program Evaluation Prerequisite(s): SWRK 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 3.00. Program evaluation research designs discussed including program monitoring, client satisfaction, needs assessment, formative and evaluative assessments. Emphasis on application of evaluations for social work practice settings. Elements of a substantive social work program are learned. Familiarity and competence reading and using the social work program evaluation literature is included. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 39000 - Directed Study Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 46100 - Field Practicum In Social Work Prerequisite(s): SWRK 30100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 32200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 35100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ AND SWRK 36300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 6.00. In community human service agency under professional social work field instructor students develop an individualized learning contract that creates an experience applying academic and social work classroom learning to actual professional practice with client(s); 240 hours each for two semesters and intern seminar group with PNC faculty. The theory, tools, skills, methods and roles of generalist social work are practiced under professional supervision in human service agencies with actual clients. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SWRK 46400 - Field Practicum In Social Work II Prerequisite(s): SWRK 46100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C+ Credit Hours: 6.00. In a community human service agency, under a professional social work field instructor who provides direction, guidance and supervision, students develop a learning contract that creates an experience applying academic and social work classroom learning to actual professional practice with clients(s). This internship is 240 hours over an entire semester. Imbedded in the course is a weekly intern seminar group meeting with PNC faculty. The theory, tools, skills, methods and roles of generalist social work are practiced under professional supervision in human service agencies with actual clients. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Sociology
	SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey course designed to introduce the student to the scene of human society. Fundamental concepts, description, and analysis of society, culture, the socialization process, social institutions, and social change. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. General Education: Social Sciences View Class Schedule
	SOC 22000 - Social Problems Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Contemporary problems at the community, society, and international levels, focusing on patterns of social organization and social change in American society, with concentration on such topics as technological militarism and war, poverty, racism, political protest, and cybernation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.CTL:ISH 1061 Social Problems General Education: Social Sciences View Class Schedule
	SOC 24500 - Field Of Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 1.00. Examination of educational and career opportunities in the field of Sociology, major theoretical and research approaches are briefly presented to assist student preparation for subsequent courses and options in Sociology. The application process and experience of post-graduate education are reviewed. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 26100 - Basic Helping Skills For Human Services Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the various human services. This course introduces students to the history of the helping professions, professional values and ethics, and the myriad of settings in which such services are offered. Current frameworks, methods, settings, of these services are included. Not open to students with credit in SWRK 26100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 30100 - Sociology Of International Change Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of recent international developments from the sociological perspective. Topics include such issues as ethnic conflicts, trade wars, population growth, technological changes, environmental issues, famine, the collapse of the USSR, and the formation of new political/ economic rivalries. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 30200 - Group Processes Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course investigates the relationship between the individuals and the groups to which they belong. Classic and contemporary research on group processes will be discussed. Topics will include group formation, evolution, and dissolution; leadership and authority; social influence; decision making; productivity, and relationships among groups. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 30300 - Sociology Of Violence Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This class explores sociological explanations of violence in the United States. Topics under study include: personal violence, sexual and intimate violence; prejudice, violence and hate crimes; violent crime; state violence; corporate violence and victimology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 30600 - Methods In Human Services Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The class will focus on case mangement techniques that will be used in format systems such as welfare programs, health care and mental health agencies, child care programs, agencies serving the elderly and the corrections industry. Emphasis will be placed on multidimensional assessment techniques, information and referral services and the skills necessary to act as a change agent, educator and facilitator. Other essential elements of the course include crisis intervention, the dynamics involved in family systems, health promotion, and the needs of special populations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 30700 - Field Experience In Human Services Prerequisite(s): SOC 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The field experience component of the Human Services curriculum provides a supervised learning experience in a professional practice setting. The participants in the field practicum include the student, faculty and agency supervisor. This will give students the opportunity to integrate carefully selected and approved individualized experiences as they actively engage in professional tasks which complement and reinforce classroom learning. The seminar that accompanies the course will provide opportunities for student peer relationships and for the development of beginning competencies as students learn to use supervision and focus on specific practice areas. The course will place particular emphasis on the needs of each student. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	SOC 31000 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines racial and ethnic pluralism in America: ways groups have entered our society; their social and cultural characteristics; and their relationships with other groups. Groups include the English, Germans, Irish, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 31400 - Race And Ethnic Relations Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the social, psychological, political, economic, and cultural factors that influence society’s treatment of members of various racial and ethnic groups, and those factors that influence the ways those factors that influence the ways those groups interact with each other. Not open to students with credit in SOC 51400. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 31501 - Gender In Society Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The course focuses on the ways in which society influences individual experiences and understandings of gender and the impact this has on larger social institutions, including education, marriage and family, health, and work. This course also considers the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity, and social class. The influence of feminist theory on our understanding of gender is also discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 31700 - Sociology Of Sex And Sexualities Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on sociological understandings of sex and sexualities by identifying existing tensions and paradoxes in how sex and sexualities are socially understood, discusses, experienced, and portrayed. Topics under study may include: distinctions between sexual behaviors and sexual identities; the historical invention of sexual-identify categories; sex work; sexualized violence; and interactions of other social identities (e.g., race/ethnicity, class, age, gender) with sex and sexualities. This course also examines the ways in which U.S. social laws, policies, education, public opinion, media, religion, and technology work to construct, shape, recognize, and regulate the existing diversity of sex and sexualities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 31800 - Sociology Of Sport Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a sociological understanding of the institution of sports. It particularly investigates the role of politics, the economy, and the media in the creation of sports as an institution. The variables of race class and gender are emphasized, as are the links between sports and basic American values. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 32000 - General Social Organization Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of selected areas of social organization. Institutions as special forms of organizations and bureaucracies. Theories and empirical studies of power and decision making in organizations. Case studies of American organizations and institutions. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 32400 - Criminology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Nature and cause of crime; methods of dealing with adult and juvenile offenders, consideration of present programs for the social treatment of crime in the light of needed changes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 32500 - Social Forces And Social Movements Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the social, political, economic, and social psychological conditions that give rise to social movements, the ideological perspectives of major social movements, and the inter-relationships between social movement and social change. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 32800 - Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to institutionalized responses of society to the problem of crime. Analysis of the administration of justice in each of the major components of the criminal justice system and laws regulating their operations. Some consideration given to comparative criminal justice. Typically offered Fall Spring.CTL:ISH 1030 Introduction To Criminal Justice View Class Schedule
	SOC 33000 - Culture, Arts, Society Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The relations of the arts to society; the production, diffusion, institutionalization, democratization of the arts, with attention to the consequences of diverse media structures organization, marketing, and support structures. Emphasis will be placed on related emerging social roles, the connection between art and politics, elite versus mass arts, and the arts and cultural values. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 33400 - Urban Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of the city and its functions; types of social behavior in cities; influences of city life on personality; city planning. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 33900 - Introduction To The Sociology Of Developing Nations Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the causes of development in the Third World. Topics include: the food crisis; population growth; poverty and inequality; industrialization, including the role of multinational corporations; debt; and the International Monetary Fund. Regional differences in patterns and causes analyzed. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 34000 - General Social Psychology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR PSY 12000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Social influences on the individual and processes of social interaction. Individual attitudes and behavior as related to socialization, social norms, social roles, communication and propaganda, and other social influences. Among the interaction processes considered are interpersonal attraction, influence, leadership, cooperation, and conflict. Not open to students with credit in PSY 24000 or PSY33900. For those students pursuing a BA in Sociology or Psychology, the prerequisites for this course also include SOC38300. SOC38400, or PSY20300. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 34100 - Culture And Personality Credit Hours: 3.00. A cross-cultural survey stressing differing basic personality types and the processes by which adult personality is acquired. Case studies of selected non-Western cultures will be used to provide comparative perspectives. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 35000 - Social Psychology Of Marriage Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to provide an understanding of contemporary courtship, marriage, and family interaction as cultural, social, and social-psychological phenomena. Consideration of the major sources of marital strain and conflict within a heterogeneous, rapidly changing society. Not open to students who have CDFS35000 or WOST35000. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 35201 - Drugs Culture And Society Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. (ANTH 35201) The course provides an overview of the social and cultural underpinnings of drug use across societies. Students engage with various topics including addiction, global markets, drug epidemics, public policy, and cross-cultural differences in drug use. Typically Offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 36100 - The Institution Of Social Welfare Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic concepts and activities of social service organizations. Field trips to selected institutions. Not open to students with credit in SWRK 36100. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 36400 - Child And Family Welfare Prerequisite(s): SOC 26100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND PSY 36100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND PSY 36200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. A review of the family as it is influenced by societal and personal forces. The impact of culture, society, and economics on the family is reviewed; additionally, the personal and interpersonal factors including family crises, breakdowns, unemployment, and alcoholism are considered. Not open to students with credit in SWRK 36400. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 36500 - Constructing American Families Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course considers changes and variations in the forms and portrayals of family and family life in the U.S. across time. Topics under study may include: how gender, race, and class shape family roles and family labor (care work); processes of courtship, dating, cohabitation, partnership, marriage, parenthood, and divorce; multiracial/multiethnic families; gay and lesbian families; and family violence. This course also examines the ways in which U.S. social laws, policies, economy, public opinion, media, religion, and technology work to construct, shape, recognize, and regulate the diversity of family forms that exist. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 36700 - Religion In America Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the social dimensions of religion in American life; religion in American culture; social profiles of America’s religious groups, trends in individual religious commitment; and religion’s impact on American life. . Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 37300 - Gender And Interaction Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to the social psychology of gender. In this course we will examine how gender shapes our everyday experiences and interactions. The social psychology of gender is inherently an interdisciplinary field and so over the course of the semester we will be drawing on both sociology and psychology to consider the reciprocal relationship between the social environment and individual experiences and understandings of gender. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR PSY 12000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR HDFS 21000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the basic techniques of statistical analysis applicable to sociological data. Elementary descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Introduction to multivariate analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring. General Education: Quantitative Reasoning View Class Schedule
	SOC 38300 - Introduction To Research Methods In Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 38200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR BHS 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the methods of data collection and analysis and to the use of the scientific method of social research. Formulation of hypotheses and research designs for their testing. Elementary principles for the conduct of experiments, observation and interviewing, documentation, content analysis, and surveys. Relationship between social research and social theory. Typically offered Fall Spring. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	SOC 39100 - Selected Topics In Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Various topics in sociology that may change from semester to semester are presented by sociology faculty members. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40200 - Sociological Theory Prerequisite(s): SOC 38300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR SOC 38400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced critical treatment of the theories, concepts, and methods of sociology. A basic course required of undergraduate majors in sociology. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40300 - Sociology Of Developing Countries In Era Of Globalization Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to acquaint students with the conditions in and faced by people in developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. This will be done with an overview of development and how that has affected these countries, and how that is changing in the shift from development to globalization. This course will also examine these countries interactions with the United States. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40400 - The Environment And Social Justice Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to give students a sociological look at the social interaction between human beings and their physical environment-accordingly, it will not focus on the physical environment alone. Course will provide different theoretical frameworks to understanding society, and will take a global approach to the subject. Course will discuss a number of environmental issues that are especially important in the world, as well as subjects of more immediate concern in Northwest Indiana. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40500 - Power, Social Control And The Media Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to give students an introductory, macrosociological look at the mass media in society today. This will examine the mainstream media, as well as the newly emerging media-including the internet-as used both by mainstream and alternative outlets, and examines the impact of media on social existence. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40600 - People’s Movements And Social Power Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will introduce students to the study of social movements, which are a major source of social change in the world today. Will look at a number of social movements from a global perspective. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40700 - Sociology Of Religion Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide students with an opportunity to think about religious experience and religious organizations as a part of a larger social order by providing a sociological overview of the nature and functions of religious beliefs and institutions in modern societies. Topics will include: the nature of religious organizations and the process of secularization; the role of religious organizations in social change and social stratification; the development and influence of religiosity and religious identity in the lives of individuals; and the relationship between religion and science. Typically offered Fall Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 40800 - Inequality And The Individual Experience Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The course will examine how structural inequalities such as those related to race, class, and gender are created and reproduced and sometimes challenged through social interaction. Students will learn to apply social psychology to combat contemporary social inequalities in diverse settings such as education, family, government, and the workplace. Typically offered Fall Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 41100 - Social Stratification Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of systems of class and caste, with special attention to the United States; status, occupation, income, and other elements in stratification. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 41200 - Social Change Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. The study of social change in premodern and modern societies. The following topics will be included: theories of social change, current patterns of social change in the developing and industrial worlds, changes in socialization patterns, interpersonal relations, social institutions, the impact of social change, the desirability of growth and development and the dilemmas of modernization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 41600 - Industrial Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an overview of the historical development of industrial organizations from craft production through the factory to multinational corporations. Examines changes in managerial practices and ideologies and workers’ reactions. Explores other institutions (including government, schools, mass media) affecting industrial development. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 42100 - Juvenile Delinquency Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of social and psychological factors influencing individual delinquent behavior patterns. Emphasis on preventive and rehabilitative programs and the role of community agencies such as social service agencies, juvenile courts, and youth authorities. Visits to selected organizations and institutions. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 42600 - Social Deviance And Control Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociological and social psychological study of social control and social deviance. Emphasis on theoretical frameworks and empirical research. Consideration also given to specific areas such as substance abuse, suicide, violence, and deviant collective behavior. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 43000 - Sociology Of Aging Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the theories of aging, problems confronting older persons, and programs designed to assist the elderly. Consideration of social aspects of aging in the U.S. in the areas of retirement, employment, housing, income, health care, and the family relationships with cross-cultural and a historical comparisons. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 43100 - Services For The Aged Prerequisite(s): SOC 43000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR PSY 36300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course describes current and alternative models for providing community and institutional-based services for the aged. Intervention theories and strategies for providing human services are discussed. Students are expected to apply course concepts when developing ideas for an evaluating existing services for older people. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 44000 - Sociology Of Health And Illness Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of the social aspects of health beliefs, the definition of disease, and decisions regarding the seeking of medical care. Identification of major changes in patterns and frequencies of health, sickness, disease, and death in the 20th and 21st centuries and factors influencing these patterns. Analysis of characteristics of U.S. medical care systems with particular emphasis on the economics and ethics of health care delivery, the production and distribution of medical personnel, and comparisons with other systems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 44300 - Field Experience In Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3.00. Observation and supervised participation in the criminal justice system. Readings and class meetings to integrate theory and experience. Intended for students who plan to become employed in the criminal justice system upon receiving the bachelor’s degree. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	SOC 45000 - Gender Roles In Modern Society Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is not open to students with credit in WOST45000. A critical examination of the complementary roles of men and women in many societies with particular attention to sex/gender differences and inequalities in the contemporary United States. Origins, goals and tactics of the recent women’s and men’s liberation Movements. Sex differences and inequality in the area of sexuality, marriage, family, education, employment, and income. Social factors which maintain and those which may minimize sex and inequality. View Class Schedule
	SOC 45300 - Intimate Violence Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines violence between intimates across the life span starting with child abuse and ending with abuse against the elderly. The perspectives used include social learning theory, gender role socialization and sociocultural values. Current research as well as emerging themes about the transmission of violence, learned behavior, and victimization will be used in this class. Assessment techniques are a major part of the class. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 46000 - Field Experience In Gerontology Prerequisite(s): SOC 43000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Supervised volunteer field experience in a gerontological setting. Intended as an opportunity for practical experience in an organization providing services to older adults, where theoretical concepts can be applied with skills and techniques for dealing with older adults can be developed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Experiential Learning (EL): Yes View Class Schedule
	SOC 49100 - Topics In Sociology Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 49300 - Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Seminar Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. An undergraduate seminar devoted to an interdisciplinary examination of social, economic, political, and intellectual movements, using the faculty resources of the participating departments. Subject matter will vary. Each offering of the seminar will be approved by a committee of department heads from the sponsoring departments. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 51400 - Racial And Cultural Minorities Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. America’s minority groups; immigration; interracial and intercultural conflicts; assimilation. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 52500 - Social Movements Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. Origins and developmental stages of revolutionary and reform movements and communitarian societies; relation between social structure and political attitudes; personality needs and affinity for social and political ideologies. Typically offered Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 53000 - Political Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the social and social psychological sources of routine political participation such as voting and interest group activity, and nonroutine political action such as protest movements and revolution; the organization of power at the community, national, and international level; and political ideology. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 53100 - Community Organization Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the local community in terms of its institutional structure, relationships among institutions, political and economic power relationships, and the role of voluntary organizations and interest groups. Typically offered Fall. View Class Schedule
	SOC 57000 - Sociology Of Education Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the American public school as a social organization. Includes: interrelations among community power structure, social stratification, and the school; the roles of superintendent, principal, and teacher in community and school; the classroom as a social system; student culture; and teaching as a profession. Typically offered Summer Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 57400 - The Social Organization Of Healthcare Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the determinants and consequences of the social organization of medical care. Considers morbidity and mortality, costs and utilization of medical services, healthcare occupations and institutions, and change in programs and policies. Typically offered Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SOC 57800 - Disability And Society Credit Hours: 3.00. The course analyzes the phenomenon of disability from a sociological frame of reference. The course focuses on the role of language and social roles, the effect of public policy upon individuals with disability, the portrayal of disability in popular cultures, the role of technology on the lives of individuals with disability and the challenges confronting our society and its treatment of disability. Students will experience the impact of disability on individuals through an array of educational activities. The structure of the course is designed to facilitate direct contact by students with a disability. The course is also designed to enhance students learning through various readings, assignments, and videos. The students should have regular and consistent access to the Internet and should have the basic skills to navigate the Blackboard site for the course, as well as Word processing software. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 59000 - Individual Research Problems Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual research or reading in an area of sociology under a sociology department staff member. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SOC 59100 - Selected Topics In Sociology Prerequisite(s): SOC 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
Spanish
	SPAN 10100 - Spanish Level I Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning Spanish course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.CTL:IWL 1910 Spanish Level I View Class Schedule
	SPAN 10200 - Spanish Level II Prerequisite(s): SPAN 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR SFLP FOR MIN. SCORE OF 150 Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of SPAN 10100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.CTL:IWL 1911 Spanish Level II View Class Schedule
	SPAN 10300 - Review Of Spanish Levels I And II Credit Hours: 3.00. Required beginning course for students with at least two years of high school Spanish who fail to place into SPAN 20100 or higher. Students passing SPAN 10300 also earn 3 additional hours of departmental credit (without grade) for SPAN 10100. Typically offered Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 10600 - Spanish For Business I Credit Hours: 3.00. A Spanish for Special Purposes course. Realistic situations and specialized vocabulary that business and finance professionals need to communicate in the course of daily work. Opportunities to apply grammatical structures in a variety of practical contexts. Highlights on Hispanic customs and practices relevant to business professionals in their interactions with Spanish speakers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 10700 - Spanish For Business II Prerequisite(s): SPAN 10600 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. A Spanish for Special Purposes course. A continuation of SPAN 106. Realistic situations and additional specialized vocabulary that business and finance professionals need to communicate in the course of daily work. Further opportunities to apply grammatical structures in a variety of practical contexts. Highlights on more Hispanic customs and practices relevant to business professionals in their interactions with Spanish speakers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 11000 - Spanish For Health Care Providers Credit Hours: 3.00. A Spanish for Special Purposes course. Basic terminology for health care professionals. Practice in Spanish communication in assessment and intervention settings with patients/families. General medical history and symptoms are covered as well as special individual topics. Practice in language skill development in health history interviews. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 11100 - Spanish For Health Care Providers II Prerequisite(s): SPAN 11000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of SPAN 11000. Additional basic terminology for health care professionals. Practice in Spanish communication in assessment and intervention settings with patients/families. Expanded general health history and symptoms are covered as well as special individual topics. More practice in language skill development in health history interviews. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 11200 - Elementary Spanish Conversation Prerequisite(s): SPAN 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D AND SPAN 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group; discussions in Spanish on various topics. Not open to students enrolled in or having credit for SPAN 20100 or above. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 19000 - Special Topics In Spanish Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Special topics related to Spanish and to Spanish-speaking cultures and literatures. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 20100 - Spanish Level III Prerequisite(s): SPAN 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR SFLP FOR MIN. SCORE OF 300 Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediat Spanish course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.CTL:IWL 1912 Spanish Level III View Class Schedule
	SPAN 20200 - Spanish Level IV Prerequisite(s): SPAN 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR SFLP FOR MIN. SCORE OF 425 Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of SPAN 20100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.CTL:IWL 1913 Spanish Level IV View Class Schedule
	SPAN 20600 - Practicum In Spanish Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directed practice in Spanish settings that offer contact with the Hispanic community. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 21100 - Elementary Spanish Conversation II Prerequisite(s): SPAN 11200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND SPAN 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 1.00. Continuation of SPAN 11200. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 20100. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 21200 - Intermediate Spanish Conversation Prerequisite(s): SPAN 21100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND SPAN 20200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY) Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice in Spanish conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group discussions is Spanish on various topics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 21500 - Spanish Composition Credit Hours: 3.00. Spanish Composition. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 23000 - Contemporary Spanish American Literature In Translation Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of selected masterpieces of 20th century Latin American prose fiction and essays in translation. Emphasis on works written after World War II. Knowledge of Spanish not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. View Class Schedule
	SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of selected masterpieces of Spanish American literature. The course context will change from semester to semester. Knowledge of Spanish not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. General Education: Humanities View Class Schedule
	SPAN 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Hispanic Literature Prerequisite(s): SPAN 20200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of selected poetry, prose, and theatre from Spain and Spanish-speaking America; introduction to critical discourse and basic concepts of literary theory. Texts, discussion, and written assignments in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring. General Education: Humanities View Class Schedule

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Schedule Type Classifications

SWRK 20100 - Introduction To Social Work

SWRK 24000 - Social Work Helping Communication With Individuals And Small Groups

SWRK 30100 - Social Work Research

SWRK 32100 - Human Behavior In The Social Environment I

SWRK 32200 - Human Behavior In The Social Environment II

SWRK 35100 - Junior Practicum

SWRK 35900 - Macro Practice: Human Service Organizations And The Community

SWRK 36100 - Institutional Social Welfare

SWRK 36200 - Social Work Practice I

SWRK 36300 - Social Work Practice II

SWRK 36600 - Group Practice In Social Work

SWRK 37000 - Social Work With Substance Abuse Clients

SWRK 37200 - Social Work Practice In Schools

SWRK 37300 - Social Work Practice With The Elderly

SWRK 37700 - Child Welfare: Policies And Best Practices

SWRK 38300 - Program Evaluation

SWRK 39000 - Directed Study

SWRK 46100 - Field Practicum In Social Work

SWRK 46400 - Field Practicum In Social Work II

SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology

SOC 22000 - Social Problems

SOC 24500 - Field Of Sociology

SOC 26100 - Basic Helping Skills For Human Services

SOC 30100 - Sociology Of International Change

SOC 30200 - Group Processes

SOC 30300 - Sociology Of Violence

SOC 30600 - Methods In Human Services

SOC 30700 - Field Experience In Human Services

SOC 31000 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity

SOC 31400 - Race And Ethnic Relations

SOC 31501 - Gender In Society

SOC 31700 - Sociology Of Sex And Sexualities

SOC 31800 - Sociology Of Sport

SOC 32000 - General Social Organization

SOC 32400 - Criminology

SOC 32500 - Social Forces And Social Movements

SOC 32800 - Criminal Justice

SOC 33000 - Culture, Arts, Society

SOC 33400 - Urban Sociology

SOC 33900 - Introduction To The Sociology Of Developing Nations

SOC 34000 - General Social Psychology

SOC 34100 - Culture And Personality

SOC 35000 - Social Psychology Of Marriage

SOC 35201 - Drugs Culture And Society

SOC 36100 - The Institution Of Social Welfare

SOC 36400 - Child And Family Welfare

SOC 36500 - Constructing American Families

SOC 36700 - Religion In America

SOC 37300 - Gender And Interaction

SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology

SOC 38300 - Introduction To Research Methods In Sociology

SOC 39100 - Selected Topics In Sociology

SOC 40200 - Sociological Theory

SOC 40300 - Sociology Of Developing Countries In Era Of Globalization

SOC 40400 - The Environment And Social Justice

SOC 40500 - Power, Social Control And The Media

SOC 40600 - People’s Movements And Social Power

SOC 40700 - Sociology Of Religion

SOC 40800 - Inequality And The Individual Experience

SOC 41100 - Social Stratification

SOC 41200 - Social Change

SOC 41600 - Industrial Sociology

SOC 42100 - Juvenile Delinquency

SOC 42600 - Social Deviance And Control

SOC 43000 - Sociology Of Aging

SOC 43100 - Services For The Aged

SOC 44000 - Sociology Of Health And Illness

SOC 44300 - Field Experience In Criminal Justice

SOC 45000 - Gender Roles In Modern Society

SOC 45300 - Intimate Violence

SOC 46000 - Field Experience In Gerontology

SOC 49100 - Topics In Sociology

SOC 49300 - Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Seminar

SOC 51400 - Racial And Cultural Minorities

SOC 52500 - Social Movements

SOC 53000 - Political Sociology

SOC 53100 - Community Organization

SOC 57000 - Sociology Of Education