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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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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 251 - Event & Venue Security
In this course students examine fundamental principles and current issues in sports security management including the challenges, concepts, strategies, and skills needed to manage sports related security operations and activities. Focus is on operational and strategic leadership in security program and policy management, personnel management, detailed planning and evaluation, effective communication, and current tactics and procedures.
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
Students will grasp the competencies necessary to plan, manage, and operate sports and recreation events and facilities. Topics will include scheduling of events, security, supervision of personnel, risk management, customer service, and product or service quality. This course is in partnership with the University’s Athletics Department and will require field experience at times during class periods.
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 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 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 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.
Credits: 3
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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 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.
Credits: 3
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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 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.
Credits: 3
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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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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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