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PSY 210 - Human Sexuality
This course provides students with a general overview of the physical, emotional, and relational aspects of sexuality from a psychological perspective. Historical and cross-cultural attitudes and behaviors are explored, along with spiritual and ethical issues and concerns. Topics include research methods and challenges, sexual systems and response, conception and prenatal development, fertility awareness, contraception, sexual development across the lifespan, love and relationships, sexual orientation, and gender issues.
Credits: 3
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PSY 211 - Adolescent Psychology
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive examination of adolescent growth and adjustment. It places emphasis on physical, intellectual and emotional development, including a survey of problems and research findings in the critical phases of development.
Credits: 3
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PSY 212 - Life Span Development
This course gives a general overview of the biophysical, cognitive, affective, and social domains of normal development throughout the lifespan. It includes the variables affecting these domains; and the nature-nurture situations that make each person unique. This course is designed for psychology majors concentrating in areas other than human development and majors from other disciplines.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 101 or permission of instructor. Students cannot take both PSY208 Child Psychology and PSY212 Lifespan Development.
Credits: 3
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PSY 214 - 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 seminar with the faculty instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor in conjunction with the faculty member coordinating social work and psychology internships is required. Students must arrange internship placement during the previous semester. The deadline for fall internships is March 15; deadline for spring internships is October 15. PSY 214 is open to sophomores or above.
Credits: 3-6
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PSY 230 - Forensic Psychology
Students will explore the application of psychological theory and research techniques to legal issues such as the psychopathology and psychodynamics of crime; false and recovered memories; social psychology of the courtroom; witness and victim interrogation and testimony; the insanity defense; jury selection; the penalty phase of a trial; use of polygraphs; and profiling. Students will participate in experiential learning through mock exercises related to the topics covered in the course.
Credits: 3
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PSY 240 - Social Psychology
This course analyzes the intra- and interpersonal influences on human beliefs and behaviors such as conformity, self-justification, attraction, prejudice, altruism, and aggression. Main topics include: attribution theory, attitude formation and change, social cognition and research methods, with special emphasis on experimental design.
Credits: 3
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PSY 250 - Psychological Disorders
This course provides an introduction to the various psychological disorders as well as an overview of the research methods and treatment of mental illness. Issues of etiology and theories of psychopathology will be examined as well as cultural differences and ethical concerns.
Credits: 3
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PSY 301 - Drugs and Behavior
This course is an exploration of the ways psychoactive drugs affect individuals, family and society. Topics include classification of drugs; biological mechanisms via which drugs produce effects on mind and behavior; drug side effects; tolerance, addiction and withdrawal; chemical therapies for mental illness; drugs and society; and ethical concerns.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 304 - Cognitive Psychology
This course is the study of cognitive processes underlying human behavior and experience. Topics include: attention and perceptual processes, learning, memory and mnemonics, metacognition, mental imagery, language comprehension and production, intelligence, problem solving and creativity, and cognitive development.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 306 - Adult Psychology
This course considers the developmental tasks of adult life, current questions in regard to “emerging adulthood”, and the dynamics of growing older in contemporary society. Topics include: physical maturation and health, intellectual changes, gender and family roles, career and work, and bereavement and death.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 307 - Personality Theory
This course is a review of classic theories and modern research associated with major personality theorists that examines the range of perspectives and assessment methods used by psychologists to examine human personality. Topics include: methods and issues in personality assessment, and major themes and underlying assumptions of the dispositional, biological, psychodynamic, behaviorist, social-cognitive learning, and phenomenological-humanistic perspectives.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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PSY 309 - Health Psychology: An Integrated Approach to Behavioral Healthcare
This course is a study of psychological influences on health and illness and the response of individuals when they do get ill. Topics include the biopsychosocial model; health promotion; the practice and modification of health behaviors; health-compromising behaviors; stress reaction and coping mechanisms; the use of health services, patient-practitioner interaction, pain and its management, management of chronic illness, and psychological issues in terminal illness.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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PSY 313 - Contemporary Controversies in Psychology
Contemporary Controversies in Psychology is an intermediate level course on scientific writing and presentation that will explore controversial themes in psychology. Students will learn how to critically review, summarize, and integrate existing research in both written and oral format with adherence to APA style. This course will include such topics as ethics in research, biological, cognitive, and social processes, human development and mental health. Overall, this course focuses on the development of critical thinking skills and the ability to present one’s ideas clearly, accurately and succinctly through group presentations, debates and scientific papers. It may be writing assisted.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 3
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PSY 401 - Psychological Testing and Assessment
This course investigates the theory, practice, and interpretation of psychological testing as applied to the various disciplines within the behavioral sciences.
Prerequisites & Notes
; ; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 402 - Counseling Theory and Practice
This course is an investigation of counseling theories and therapeutic approaches combined with an introduction to basic counseling skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 403 - Clinical Psychology
This course examines the major clinical and personality disorders, with consideration of etiology and treatment, both chemical and psychotherapeutic. Students are introduced to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Issues of social policy and ethical concern are explored.
Prerequisites & Notes
; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 404 - Sensation and Perception
This course is a study of the psychophysical processes involved in sensation and perception, with a special emphasis on the visual system, including the perception of objects, color, depth, size and movement. This course also explores the auditory system, the bodily and chemical senses, and perceptual development and disorders.
Prerequisites & Notes
; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 406 - Applied Behavior Analysis
This course is the study of specific strategies and procedures for changing behavior, emphasizing selection, definition, measurement, evaluation, and analysis of behavior change; increasing existing behavior and developing new behaviors through stimulus control; decreasing behavior; promoting generality of behavior change; and special applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 407 - Introduction to Neuroscience
This course is a study of the neural mechanisms underlying behavior and experience, including research in psychopharmacology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology, and comparative psychology. Topics include: evolution, genetics, anatomy and function of the nervous system, physiological research methods, brain dysfunction, mechanisms of sensation and perception, hormones and sex, neuroplasticity, emotions, and mental illness.
Prerequisites & Notes
; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 408 - Coordinating Seminar
This course is a capstone experience of the Psychology major designed to prepare majors for careers and graduate school study in psychology following graduation. It includes a comprehensive review of psychological concepts, principles and theories learned throughout undergraduate study, development of a career and graduate school portfolio, and further development of critical thinking skills through discussion of controversial issues. This course is offered in the fall semesters only. It may be writing assisted.
Prerequisites & Notes
; Junior or Senior level or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PSY 425 - Directed Study
This course is a student-initiated and -planned faculty-supervised 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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PSY 450 - Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation
This course provides a comprehensive overview of evidence-based assessment and treatment practices in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) counseling. Assessment tools and treatment plan development and implementation, including a consideration of client involvement, relapse prevention, and continuing after care will be covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
Pre/corequisite: PSY 301
Credits: 3
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PSY 451 - Ethics in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
This course provides an examination of the ethics and legal issues in the advocacy and treatment of clients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Emphasis is given to the NAADAC/NCCAP (2016) Code of Ethics which established SUD counselors’ responsibility to ensure the safety and welfare of their clients.
Prerequisites & Notes
Pre/corequisite: PSY 301
Credits: 3
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PSY 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 seminar with the faculty instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the faculty member coordinating social work and psychology internships is required. Students must arrange internship placement during the previous semester. The deadline for fall internships is March 15; deadline for spring internships is October 15. PSY 495 is open to Juniors or above.
Credits: 3-6
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REL 210 - Women in Christianity and Society
This course considers the ways in which Christian traditions have treated women. Contemporary women’s writings comprise the majority of reading, but students will be exposed to historical sources, including the Bible and women’s writings from various times and places, for new ways of envisioning theological concepts. Students will examine their own experiences of gender and religion, discover how they might recover part of a largely hidden history of women in Christianity, and study the contemporary conversation between Christianity and feminism.
Credits: 3
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REL 215 - Prophetic Witness
This course centers on the nature and dynamics of prophetic witness, focusing in particular on the ways in which prophets criticize existing social orders and offer visions of a just and peace-filled life. Particular focus is given to what it means to live authentically. The course offers an overview of the nature and dynamic of prophetic witness in general, and focuses in particular on a pair of exemplar prophets, one in the historical Jewish tradition, and one in a modern/contemporary tradition.
Credits: 3
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REL 220 - Ecotheology
This course is an exploration of the relationship between God and the earth drawing on the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures and the writings of prominent ecological theologians. These theologians will help the student to rethink the relationship between God and the earth and to develop a “greener” theology.
Credits: 3
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REL 235 - Theism, Atheism, and Liberation
This course explores influential options in theism and atheism in Western culture insofar as they are tied directly with the goal of liberation from the ills of human existence. Students will come to an understanding of the way that religious and non-religious questions are integrally related with the question of liberation in human existence.
Credits: 3
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REL 240 - Reconciliation in a World of Conflict
The twentieth century has been labeled as the most violent century ever: more than 200 million killed as a consequence of systematic repression, political upheaval, ethnic or religious war. Enlisting a theological lens, this course examines the Christian resources and contribution to the problem of reconciliation. This course first explores the ambivalent role of religion in history as a source of conflict as well as peace. After examining some of the most important secular approaches to the problem of personal and social conflict, the focus will be on the main Christian theologies of reconciliation. Theologies will be examined through individual case studies, with particular attention given to the conflicts in the Balkan region, South Africa, and El Salvador.
Credits: 3
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REL 253 - The Self: Integrating Spirituality and Ethics
Ethics and morality typically deal with the question of what is right and wrong for our actions. Spirituality at its most general is thought to be oriented towards attaining a happy, integrated life. This course will raise questions about what it means to live a moral and ethical life. Students will also examine the relationship between spirituality and what is means to be a “whole” self/person.
Credits: 3
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REL 255 - Special Topic: Faith, Religion and Social Justice
This course focuses on a single issue or set of issues concerning the interplay of faith, religion and social justice not otherwise offered in the curriculum. Samples of topics that might be considered: The Holocaust and God, the Banality of Evil, Justice in the Liberation of Re-reading the Bible, Feminism and Patriarchy.
Credits: 3
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REL 330 - World Religions
This course is an introduction to the religious experiences of the major religious traditions of the world. Emphasis is placed on the beliefs, sacred writings, rituals, and codes of behavior of these religions and the influence these religions exert on contemporary world situations.
Credits: 3
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REL 363 - Christian Ethics
An overview of Christian ethics, this course emphasizes historical and contemporary Roman Catholic ethical frameworks. Various frameworks will be considered such as law, duty, human fulfillment, social justice and virtue. Topics will include biblical, spiritual and philosophical resources for Christian ethics, ethical decision making, and moral reasoning. Contemporary ethical issues in biotechnology and social justice will be considered.
Credits: 3
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REL 379 - Bioethics
This course is a study of the ethical issues raised by rapidly expanding technology in the areas of medical interventions, treatment options in health care, and the ethical impact of those technologies which affect the ecological balance of our human environment. The basic principles of moral valuing are applied to the dilemmas studied and are examined from the point of view of human dignity and destiny as science and faith inform one another.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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REL 385 - JYS: Challenge of Peace
This course is a critical study of the human and economic costs of violence, non-violent alternatives, conflict resolution, the peace and justice connection, the role of the individual, family, school, and organized religion in developing an orientation for peace and social justice. Special emphasis is placed on Catholic social teaching. Individual, spiritual, and educational perspectives on peace and social justice are experienced through discussions, role playing, teaching, and community service. Multicultural issues related to peace are delineated and explored. *A one-credit service-learning project may be taken in conjunction with this course. It is writing assisted. It fulfills the Junior Year Seminar general education requirement.
Credits: 3
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REL 387 - Death and Dying
This course focuses on the development, psychosocial, and spiritual issues involved in grief and loss throughout the life cycle. Students will be encouraged to examine and experience their own issues and feelings encountered in life’s journey toward death and beyond. This course is for anyone who expects to walk the road from grief to hope through the healing presence of community and who seeks to help others in this journey.
Credits: 3
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REL 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
Approval of the department required. Seniors and qualified Juniors only.
Credits: 3
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RIV 120 - Dignity, Work, Vocation
This course provides an opportunity to examine the nature of dignity, work and vocation in the light of the educational and professional goals within the context of Roman Catholic Social Teaching and Rivier’s mission “to transform hearts and minds to serve the world.” This course partially fulfills the Religious Studies requirement for professional studies students.
Credits: 3
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RIV 425-429 - Study Abroad
RIV425-429 are placeholder courses for undergraduate study abroad students. Approval must be granted by the Office of Global Engagement. Permission required.
Credits: 3-4
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SL 100 - Serving the World
Designed to promote students’ understanding and appreciation of the value of service both as an end in itself and as a means to achieve a higher level of learning. Through active participation in off-campus service projects, students will have an experiential base from which to reflect upon service, learning, community, and social justice in the context of their own educational and personal goals. The course will include directed readings, field work, class discussions, journaling, and a final portfolio project.
Credits: 1
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SOC 101 - Introductory Sociology
This course is an introduction to social behavior, social structures, and social processes such as socialization, social change, modernization, social stratification, and discrimination. It is a study of interaction in groups, from small groups such as families to large groups as corporations and nations, and the effect of groups on social behavior and social life
Credits: 3
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SOC 105 - Social Problems
This course is a study of contemporary social problems with an emphasis on the United States. Topics include drug/alcohol abuse, crime, homelessness, poverty and domestic violence. *A one-credit service learning project may be taken in conjunction with this course.
Credits: 3
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SOC 201 - Cultural Anthropology
This course provides a survey of the basic concepts and content of anthropology emphasizing culture; the nature of culture and society; ecological, economic, political, religious, and kinship systems in non-industrial societies; anthropology in the modern world.
Credits: 3
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SOC 203 - Criminology
This course is an investigation of the incidence, distribution, and etiology of crime that examines changing philosophies and programs of treatment and rehabilitation.
Credits: 3
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SOC 205 - The Family
This course is a study of the family as a universal institution with emphasis on women’s issues, including perspectives on alternative family forms. Topics include marriage, parenting, aging, family conflict and violence, family change. Comparison is made to families in other countries.
Credits: 3
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SOC 207 - Sociology of Aging/Gerontology
This course is a study of the social aspects of the aging process that focuses on the aging person as a member of groups within a changing society. Topics include the biological, social, and psychological dimensions of growing older. *A one-credit service-learning project may be taken in conjunction with this course.
Credits: 3
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SOC 208 - Computers and Society
This course examines the computer revolution in its early stages as a background for predictions about where it is headed and how it will continue to impact on society. It is open to all majors, but particularly useful to those in business, computer science, social science, health care, and education.
Credits: 3
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SOC 210 - Women and Society
This course explores the changing status and roles of women in the United States with a primary focus on contemporary society; comparisons are made to women of other countries. Topics include: sex roles and socialization, work, family, politics, religion, feminism, and media.
Credits: 3
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SOC 220 - Health and Society
This course is a sociological investigation of the field of medicine and health care that covers such topics as the social causation of illness, health care occupations, and the provision of health care services.
Credits: 3
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SOC 222 - Women and the Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This course is a study of women and family organization in diverse societies. Through a cross-cultural analysis, students examine how the family and women’s roles are influenced by a variety of factors including historical development, race, economic organization, religion, and technology.
Credits: 3
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SOC 225 - Women and Work
This course is a study of women’s work experience, both in traditional occupations and outside the home, and in non-traditional occupations. It analyzes social factors shaping women’s occupational choices and experiences such as family roles, training and education, discrimination, sex roles, labor market conditions and practices.
Credits: 3
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SOC 301 - Social Theory
In this course students will study nineteenth and twentieth-century sociological theorists such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead, and Freud, who were most influential in the development of sociology and modern social thought.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SOC 304 - Youth and Society
This is a study of the period of youth and adolescence viewed from the frame of reference of basic sociological concepts.
Prerequisites & Notes
or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SOC 310 - Minority Groups
This course is a study of racial, economic, religious, political, and ethnic minorities. It covers relations between minority and dominant groups such as prejudice, discrimination, racism, assimilation, and pluralism. Particular focus is given to minority relations in the United States with comparisons made to racial and ethnic minorities of other nations including South Africa and Northern Ireland.
Credits: 3
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SOC 320 - Race, Sex, and Class
This course is a study of social inequality in the United States. Basic patterns of inequality and stratification in terms of race, sex, and class divisions are explored.
Credits: 3
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SOC 402 - Deviant Behavior
This course is a sociological analysis of the nature, possible causes, and societal reactions to various defined deviant behaviors that uses a societal perspective to focus on crime, drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual deviance, and mental illness. Emphasis is placed on the definition of, and the reactions to, deviance.
Credits: 3
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SOC 406 - Research Methods
This course is a survey of various methods employed in social scientific inquiry such as questionnaires, observations, interviewing, and sampling. It includes student participation in the design, data collection, analysis (including statistical analysis), and report-writing phases of research.
Credits: 3
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SOC 409 - Religion and Society
In this course students will analyze the meanings and forms of religious experience in society. The impact upon society as seen through the writings of Peter Berger, Emile Durkheim, Gerhard Lenski, among others will be examined.
Credits: 3
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SOC 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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SOC 495 - Internship
This internship, intended for sociology majors, requires a minimum of 120 hours of student engagement at a site that is approved by the instructor. Students will meet regularly with the professor to share their experiences at their sites and will discuss the relationship of the work to sociological theories and concepts. Various career/professional settings will be chosen as sites for the internship. Weekly journal entries, describing and discussing the work experience of the previous week, are required each week. The internship journals will be submitted to the instructor and form the basis of the regular meetings. The site supervisor’s and student’s course evaluation of performance will be included in the final grade rewarded.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to juniors and above; permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SPA 105 - Spanish for Health Care Professionals
Spanish for Health Care Professionals will provide health care students an opportunity to experience the nature of the Hispanic world. Exposure to this world, with its various cultural and linguistic diversities, will give students a deeper understanding of their Hispanic patients’ needs. The course focuses on medical terminology and builds on the fundamentals of the four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered fall and spring semesters
Credits: 3
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SPA 235 - Advanced Conversation
This course provides a practical introduction to Spanish conversation, structured to develop awareness of how the Spanish language functions. Discussion focuses on topics of cultural interest and current affairs. Classwork and individual exercises are supplemented by student taping sessions.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 305 - El Cuento Hispano-Americano
This course is a study of the brief narrative and the representative authors of the genre like Quiroga, Borges, Rulfo, and Bioy Casares. Different methods of teaching and studying the short narrative are explored; methodologies examined include traditional and innovative approaches.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 310 - Spanish Culture Through Film/Music I
This course provides students with an exciting way to explore the culture of both Spain and Latin America through the media of film and popular music. The class will explore the links between texts, images and sounds and use these links to gain insight into important cultural patterns. This is also a perfect way for students with Intermediate proficiency to greatly improve their listening and speaking skills in a relaxed environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 311 - Spanish Culture Through Film/Music II
The class will focus on the films and popular music of Spain, Cuba, Mexico and South American and will use the media to explore specific cultural themes.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 405 - Spanish Theater
In this course students will study the development of the theater in Spain and Latin American with emphasis on the masterpieces of the great periods from medieval drama to the modern stage. Students will be required to read plays for analysis and discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 410 - Modern Spanish Novel
This course is a study of the outstanding novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Realism and Naturalism as literary movements are studied in detail within the context of the major social changes of the period. Authors considered include: Clarín, Galdos, Pardo Bazán, Goytisolo, and others.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 420 - Special Topics in Literature, Civilization, and Culture
This course provides the students an opportunity to explore topics of special interest not covered elsewhere. A student might choose to study a literary movement, one or more authors, a historical period, or cultural phenomena.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 421 - The Hispanic Caribbean
This course is a study of the unique cultural and literary identity of the Spanish speaking nations of the Caribbean. Both formal and informal culture will be studied using both text and visual media.
Prerequisites & Notes
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SPA 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
SPA 112 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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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 275 - Leadership and Management in Coaching
This course compares and contrasts leadership and management responsibilities in coaching and athletic administration. Students will learn the concepts, principles, and the latest thinking in leadership and management within the sports industry.
Credits: 3
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SPM 349 - Sport Events and Operations Management
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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 419 - Sports Economics and Finance
This course presents the application of economic principles and financial practices to professional and amateur sports. The course will include simulations on ticket pricing/demand relationships, concession and sponsorship revenue, budgeting, and forecasting. Students will analyze public and private financing of facilities, financial challenges facing the profession, sources of funding, budgeting, financial statements, and the overall economic impact of sport enterprises.
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 management principles applied to economic fundamentals. This course is cross-listed with BUS 529.
Credits: 3
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SST 518 - Women in Politics
This is a course on women in politics throughout history and today. Top themes addressed will be definitions of women and gender, the political representation of women, and regional comparisons. We are an institution founded by and for women and two-thirds of our student body are women. Additionally, women’s involvement in politics is relevant because of an increase of woman leaders around the world.
Credits: 3
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SST 520 - Comparative Elections, Parties, and Voting
This will be a course on elections, political parties, and voting behavior. Top themes addressed will be different electoral systems and party systems, why and how people vote, and regional comparisons. 2020 is an election year in the U.S., and a class about elections, voting, and political parties is highly relevant to students’ lives as they watch the presidential election. Considering the increasing divisiveness in American politics over recent years, it is important for students to understand the history and legacy of our electoral systems and how they can affect political discourse and the quality of democracy.
Credits: 3
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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.
Credits: 3
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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 is a study 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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