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SPA 435 - Hispanic Minorities in the US
This class will explore the historical and cultural identity of the dominant Spanish-speaking minorities in the United States. Both literature and media will be used to inform students of the different groups’ cultural achievements, as well as the issues of social justice and equity that each group faces.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 450 - Studies in Hispanic Culture
The course will approach several levels of cultural expression throughout the Hispanic world through a variety of different media. Both formal and informal culture will be examined and methods discussed for its integration into the foreign language classroom.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPM 180 - Foundations of Sport Management
Introduces sport management profession and provides students with a comprehensive understanding of nature of sport and how it has evolved as an enterprise. The student will be able to apply the functions of planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating to the goals of a variety of sport organizations. Primary focus is on sport industry, including professional sport, amateur sport, for-profit sport participation, nonprofit sport participation, sporting goods, and sport services.
Credits: 3
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SPM 201 - Sport in Society
Sociological concepts and theories are introduced and used to examine the nature of sport and how it mirrors society. Contemporary issues and controversies in sport are discussed as well as the potential strategies to promote social and economic justice.
Credits: 3
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SPM 210 - History and Politics of Sports
Beginning with analysis of the role of the ancient Olympic Games, the role of gladiatorial games and other athletic competitions in ancient Rome, this course offers an historical survey as well as the contemporary politics of sports in their broader social, political, and economic contexts. The role of medieval jousting, athletic rites of manhood, and athletic events as class delineators (from medieval jousting to cricket, boxing, and yachting) will be analyzed. In the modern era, the development of sports as exhibitions of nationalism and imperialism, as well as the development of the modern leisure sports and fitness movement will be considered.
Credits: 3
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SPM 214 - Internship Seminar
This internship seminar provides students with an experiential learning opportunity that allows them to utilize basic skills and knowledge of behavior thus far acquired. The student is expected to complete an internship of a minimum of 60 hours in an approved setting. Written reports are required. The student, in conjunction with the faculty program advisor, must arrange possible internship placements during the previous semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to sophomores or above. This course is repeatable.
Credits: 3
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SPM 250 - Organization and Administration of Sport
The course covers the organization and implementation of interscholastic, intercollegiate, and professional sport programs. Theories, principles, and problem areas will be addressed. Goals and policies associated with the administration of organized sport will also be covered, along with the approaches to planning, organizing, directing, controlling, budgeting, and evaluating these programs.
Credits: 3
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SPM 300 - Coaching Administration and Management
This course examines theories and management applications in coaching and athletic administration. Emphasis will be given to how leadership theory and management practices align with the institutional mission and developmentally appropriate activities in organized sport.
Credits: 3
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SPM 350 - Sport Venue Design and Management
Examines the life cycle concepts of sport venue management: design, construction, financing, operations, and maintenance in private sport clubs, interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics, recreational programming, and professional sport franchises.
Credits: 3
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SPM 400 - Sport Law and Ethics
The legal and ethical aspects of sport and their implications will be discussed. The course will examine the legal foundations and the legislative process; contracts and tort law; regulatory agents and methods of compliance; the principles and practices of safety, emergency, and risk management as related to sport.
Credits: 3
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SPM 430 - Special Topics in Sports
Occasionally the department offers special topical courses focusing on current issues, trends, or changes in the field of sport management not covered elsewhere in the curriculum. Topics vary but include the general areas of accounting, business, international business, management and marketing.
Credits: 3
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SST 516 - Economic Analysis
The course focuses on managerial applications of key macroeconomic and microeconomic principles that impact the national economy and the implications for global markets. Fundamental economic principles are applied to resolve market issues that impact the sustainability of national and global markets. The focus is on managment principles applied to economic fundamentals. This course is cross-listed with BUS 529.
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SST 530 - Global and Cultural Geography
Global and Cultural Geography is a survey course that provides a conceptual framework for understanding modern geography. World cultures are emphasized. Coverage also includes historical, political, economic, physical, social, and regional geography.
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SST 532 - Polis and Empire: Ancient Rome and Greece
Polis and Empire focuses on Greek and Roman antiquity from Minoan Age to the Rise of the Byzantine Empire and the late antiquity of the west. Cultural and intellectual history will be particularly emphasized by significant readings in classic texts.
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SST 535 - Democratic Transitions
This course examines the interaction between domestic and international factors in bringing about democratic transitions. By considering numerous examples in a variety of countries and continents, this course will also focus on how authoritarian regimes breakdown and when democratic consolidation occurs.
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SST 542 - U.S. Federal, State and Local Government
This course provides an introduction to the government of the United States at the national, state, and local level with an emphasis on the structures and institutions of government as well as the background of federal-democratic processes, public opinion, voting behavior, pressure groups and political parties.
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SST 550 - International Relations and Politics
This course isastudy of the behavior of states in their relation with each other in view of providing an understanding of causes of war and the conditions of peace. Through organizing concepts of security and political economy, students will examine a variety of phenomena including the state and nation, international organizations, political change, and international political economy.
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SST 552 - Graduate Colloquium in History and Political Science
This course serves as a rigorous introduction to the pace and level of graduate education. Students immerse themselves in classic and current literature of the disciplines. In this case, students in the class together will create a bibliography of important works and resources to use in their scholarly and professional career.
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SST 554 - Comparative Politics
The course examines similarities and differences among selected countries representing different levels of development. This examination focuses on the following themes: a world of states, governing the economy, the democratic idea, and the politics of collective identities.
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SST 556 - Contemporary Ideologies
This course offers a comprehensive study of the political and theoretical foundations of the major political ideologies-liberalism, democracy, socialism, communism, fascism-and their variants.
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SST 558 - International Organizations
The course examines the theory and practice of international organizations while recognizing that such organizations are part of a complex web of relations that have national, international, and transnational ties. A list of organizations examined includes the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, European Union, Mercosur, etc.
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SST 560 - Rise of Modern China
A history of China from the Opium Wars to the present; explores the political, economic, social, and intellectual upheavals that constitute recurrent elements in Chinese history.
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SST 562 - Rise of Russia
A survey of the history of Russia and the U.S.S.R. Emphasis on the political, economic, and social developments of the nineteenth century, the revolution of 1917, and the evolution of the Communist and post-communist state.
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SST 568 - Rise of Modern Greek Democracy
This course examines the history of modern Greece since independence from the Ottomans in the early nineteenth century. The course emphasizes the factors that contributed to the political instability from independence to 1967, it considers military dictatorship of 1967-1974 as a period that paved the way for the transition toward democracy, and it investigates the evolution of democratic institutions since 1974, and devotes much attention to the current financial crisis.
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SST 570 - America on the World Stage
This course examines recent American foreign policy as well as the linkage between foreign and domestic policy. Coverage also includes economic and military affairs.
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SST 575 - Studies in National Socialist Germany
Students will analyze the development of Germany from the end of the First World War to Germanys collapse in 1945. While work will focus on the nature and the development of the national socialist regime and on the Shoah, the course includes the history of anti-Semitism and the struggle between modernity and conservatism in Weimar Germany.
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SST 580 - Germany: Culture and Contradictions
Students will explore some of the highpoints of German culture, such as the medieval castle at Nurnberg, the workshop of renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, the baroque churches of Munchen, the art galleries of Munchen, Weimar, and Berlin, as well as the warm and friendly culinary culture of Germany.They will contrast this with the barbarism of concentration camps at Dachau, Buchenwald, and Sachsenhausen, as well as the Reichsparteitagsgelande in Nurnberg and various Nazi-related sites in Berlin. Finally, students will explore Germanys attempt to regain its identity and come to terms with its past at places such as the International Military Tribunal museum in Nurnberg and the Museum Deutscher Widerstand in Berlin.
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SST 603 - The Constitution in Context
This course addresses the evolution of the US Constitution in its historical context. Begins with the drafting and ratification of the Constitution and the doctrine of judicial review; chronicles the development of major constitutional principles in the nineteen and early twentieth centuries. Constitutional decisions dealing with civil rights and the First Amendment guarantees are discussed in depth.
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SST 636 - America’s Beginnings
This course will explore the colonial and revolutionary eras in American history. It will focus on the development of the disparate colonies and on the American character, the causes of the American Revolution, and the problems that arose in the establishment of the new republic. It will also incorporate multiple cultural perspectives, including various immigrant groups, women, Africans, and Native Americans.
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SST 637 - The Atlantic World
This course will explore the interaction of Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the Age of Exploration until 1825. It will focus on the English and French North American colonies, with some discussion of the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch colonies. It will also incorporate geography, economics, and politics in the history of triangular trade in the Atlantic World. Finally, students in the course will investigate the African slave trade and its importance to Europe and America.
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SST 638 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
This course will examine the complex factors that led to Americas most devastating war including background and causes, strategies and theaters of the war, as well as experiences on the homefront and international relations. Military, political, diplomatic, economic, social and racial aspects of the war will be covered. This course will also focus on the challenges of reconstructing the union with a defeated Confederacy and without slavery.
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SST 645 - Conflict Resolution and Management
Processes for conflict management and resolution in the international arena are examined. Through the examination of classic and contemporary scholarship, the course provides an interdisciplinary approach focusing on diverse facets of peace and conflict studies. Selected case studies will be considered to illuminate the theoretical components of the course.
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SST 660 - The Politics and Economics of Globalization
This course will focus on the political, economic, technological, and cultural environments of industrialized countries, less developed countries, and least developed countries. Important questions addressed include the novelty of globalization as a new phenomenon, its potential threat to the Westphalian order, globalization’s effects on democracy, and other consequences and responses result from technological, economic, cultural and political transformation.
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SST 700 - Directed Study
The Directed Study provides students with the opportunity to explore a unique project not otherwise available in the curriculum. A Directed Study is available to students who have not completed a minimum of 24 hours of study. Students are limited to one directed study of any kind.
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SST 800 - Local U.S. History
In this course students will learn to integrate local history into the larger themes of middle and high school social studies. Through an examination of the history of the Merrimack Valley students will come to better understand national events. Students will use the mills to teach lessons in economics, history, geography, and civics from the colonial settlement to the cold war. In addition, students will read the landscape of a cemetery to study changing demographics across time and be expected to find local architecture representative of Americas historical development. The use of local resources will help students make new connections across the social studies curriculum.
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SW 108 - Introduction to Social Work
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the profession of social work. This includes a survey of the variety of populations and settings in which social workers practice, as well as study of the mission, values and historical development of social work. A consideration of the issues involved in becoming a helping professional with attention to the principles and competencies of the social work practitioner will also be an integrating focus of the course.
Credits: 3
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SW 201 - Social Work Methods
This course focuses on the development of skills and competencies in generalist social work practice with diverse populations. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of the change process and the centrality of the helping relationship in facilitating this process. Social work values and principles of ethical practice are an integral part of the learning process. A 15 hour field project in a social work setting (approved in advance by the instructor) is required of all students taking Social Work Methods.
Credits: 3
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SW 305 - Social Work with Children and Families
This course focuses on challenges encountered by children and their families and the variety of social work roles and interventions which are employed to promote the resumption of healthy growth and development. Competencies in working with children and their parents are a central theme of the course.
Credits: 3
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SW 313 - Internship I
Students are expected to complete a total of 120 hours for 3 credits, or 240 hours for 6 credits over the semester. under professional supervision in a social service agency or program. In addition, students attend a bi-weekly internship seminar with the faculty instructor. The student, in conjunction with the Director of the Social Work Program, must arrange internship placement during the previous semester. The deadline for fall internships is March 15; deadline for spring internships is October 15.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Social Work Director
Credits: 3-6
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SW 401 - Social Welfare Policy
This course provides an analysis of contemporary public policy and social programs in the United States from the perspective of social welfare history. The intent is to build skills in critical analysis of social issues as well as the development of skills as a policy practitioner.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior status or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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SW 425 - Directed Study
This course is a student-initiated and -planned exploration of an advanced topic in an area of special interest not available in listed course offerings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the department required. Senior and qualified Junior majors only.
Credits: 3
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SW 455 - Topics in Social Work
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore a range of topics and current issues not covered elsewhere in the curriculum. Examples include trauma in the lives of women, issues in substance abuse, working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
Credits: 3
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SW 495 - Internship II
Students are expected to complete a total of 120 hours for 3 credits, or 240 hours for 6 credits over the semester under professional supervision in a social service agency or program. In addition, students attend a bi-weekly internship seminar with the faculty instructor. This internship is a continuation of SW 313 for those students who elect to complete two semesters of field work. The student, in conjunction with the Director of the Social Work Program, must arrange internship placement during the previous semester. The deadline for fall internships is March 15, for spring internships it is October 15.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Social Work Director
Credits: 3-6
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WRIT 102 - Writing Tutorial
Students enrolled in ENG 102, Introduction to College Writing, meet with a professional writing consultant for a weekly, 30-minute tutorial to set and achieve composition goals connected to their coursework in addition to writing projects from other classes.
Credits: 1
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WRIT 611 - Fiction Workshop
A continuation of WRIT 510, but WRIT 510 is not a prerequisite. Students continue work on description, characterization, dialogue, plotting, and point-of-view. Permission of instructor is required.
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