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2021-2022 Johnstown Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
   
2021-2022 Johnstown Campus Catalog 
    
 
  May 21, 2024
 
2021-2022 Johnstown Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


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Political Science

  
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    PS 1507 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course will focus on nongovernmental as well as intergovernmental organization, and will be concerned with the economic as well as the political aspects of such organization. Throughout the course, international organization will be approached as an arena for both conflict and cooperation. Special emphasis on the United Nations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1508 - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Terrorism has gone from a relatively marginal security concern to one of the thorniest security issues in international politics. Indeed, today there are few countries that do not suffer from some form of terrorism. And terrorist groups such as the Islamic state in Syria pose significant challenges for the international community. This course aims to introduce students to main debates surrounding terrorism. The course will deal with questions regarding the definition of terrorism, its causes and historical evolution, the relationship between insurgency and terrorism, the organizational structure of terrorist groups and the tactics they use. We will also analyze counter-terrorism and the factors that influence its effectiveness. Throughout the course, we will have a chance to take a closer look at some of the terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Islamic state, Hamas, ETA, Tamil Tigers, among others. In the last part of the course, we will deal with the rise of domestic terrorism in the U.S.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1515 - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to U.S. foreign policy since 1945. Examination of foundations, assumptions, objectives, and patterns of American foreign policy. Theories of international relations, the sources of American foreign policy, and current U.S. foreign policy toward major countries and areas of the world are also considered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1700 - POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Focus on design and execution of research projects in political science, including contextual review, question development, data collection and analysis, and presentation of findings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1800 - DIRECTED READING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Readings on special topics for which courses are not currently offered. Includes tutorial sessions with the instructor and written abstracts of materials assigned.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1810 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1820 - DIRECTED RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Research on special topics for which courses are not currently offered, resulting in an extensive written term project completed under the supervision of departmental faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PS 1830 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Independent study is normally associated with off-campus educational opportunities, such as internships or special programs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Psychology

  
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    PSY 0200 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A summary of the present knowledge in areas such as scientific research methods, learning, sensation and perception, the biological bases of behavior developmental patterns, motivation, emotion, personality, social influences, psychopathology, and psychotherapies. Prerequisite to all other courses in psychology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PSY 0210 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of behavior in the social environment. Social psychology concerns the manner in which the behavior, feelings, or thoughts of one individual are influenced or determined by the behavior of and/or characteristics of others. Primary emphasis is on current theories and research in social psychology with applications to problems of society also considered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0211 - COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will examine non-human organism’s learning and cognition in comparison to humans, with an emphasis on the adaptive value of behavior and cognition. Topics will include the theory of evolution, classical and operant conditioning, category formation, memory, altruism and cooperation, optimal foraging, language, and intelligence.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 and BIOL 0110
  
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    PSY 0230 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides an understanding of the basic principles of change as they apply to the development of infants and children. Topics include the relative influences of environmental, hormonal, and genetic factors on physical, socioemotional, and cognitive development.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0240 - THEORIES OF PERSONALITY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Study of the structure and organization of the normal personality through a survey of basic theoretical viewpoints ranging from psychoanalytic theory to modern social cognitive theories.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0260 - ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides an understanding of the basic principles of human development as applied to the adolescent. Theories and research findings are examined with regard to the areas of physical and sexual development, intelligence and cognitive functioning, and social and emotional development.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0270 - INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Provides a basic understanding of statistical techniques. Includes introduction to experimental design, descriptive and inferential statistics. Course involves the rationale, logic and statistical computation of parametric hypothesis testing, as well as criticisms of that method and alternatives. The class includes a co-requisite lab (4.0 crs).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010 and MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
  
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    PSY 0351 - PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on the physiological, psychological, and social aspects of drug use and abuse. Legal, illicit, and drugs for mental disorders will be covered as well as the prevention and treatment of drug dependence.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0384 - ADULT DEVELOPMENT & AGING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This class is intended to educate students about the biological, social and psychological changes that occur in people as they progress through the second half of life. In addition to these topics, the class will review the reasons for the increasing need to study and understand these changes, as well as research designs and research related problems commonly seen in this area.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0470 - INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the use of instrumental and classical training procedures in the modification of human behavior. The course covers the theoretical background (including ethical issues), the principles of instrumental and Pavlovian training, the principles of cognitive change, and applications to psychotherapy, education, and self-modification.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 0501 - LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course follows human development from fetal stages until the end of life. The course includes theory, research and practical applications oriented toward the nursing field. Lecture topics include genetic/environmental influences; prenatal and birth factors; physical, cognitive, social, personality, and cultural variables which influence normal and abnormal development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, early-, middle-, and late adulthood.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 1000 - PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    One hour per week provides a forum for the discussion of professional issues in psychology along with a dissemination of information related to the Department of Psychology and what happens after a student graduates. Required for all Psychology majors; two terms are needed for graduation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    PSY 1031 - RESEARCH METHODS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    The course introduces students to the fundamentals of psychological research, including the nature of psychology as a science, the selection of a research problem, research designs, the nature of research variables, and ethical considerations. Course includes laboratory involving practical experiences in the design of experiments, conducting experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing research papers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010 and 0270
  
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    PSY 1065 - COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    An examination of the mental activities that constitute human cognition. Topics include perception, attention, memory, language, problem-solving and reasoning, artificial intelligence, and consciousness. The course has an accompanying lab where computer, laboratory, and real-world techniques for studying cognitive processes are demonstrated and practiced.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 0270 and 1031
  
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    PSY 1121 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Reviews the rationale and use of many psychological tests. Ethical considerations and current issues in testing are covered. Course includes a laboratory that focuses on the application of psychometric concepts, test development, administration of psychological tests currently used in the field, and development of skills in interpreting testing data and assessment reports.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 0270 and 1031
  
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    PSY 1141 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An overview of the etiology and symptomological presentation of abnormal behaviors and psychological disorders, as well as a survey of current therapeutic modalities.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 1178 - HUMAN SEXUALITY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A survey of biological, psychological and social aspects of human sexual activity.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 1216 - HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A multi-disciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and bio-medical sciences, knowledge and techniques relevant to health and illness, and the application of this knowledge to diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 1251 - MODELS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Examination of various traditional and contemporary modalities of psychotherapy used (clinically) to treat abnormal behaviors and psychological disorders.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 1141
  
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    PSY 1440 - PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course will give an introduction to the study of learning and behavior, with an emphasis in the findings from experimental studies as well as the importance of looking to the environment to find explanations of behavior. A number of different topics will be covered, including natural selection, classical and operant conditioning, schedules of reinforcement, stimulus control, and observational learning. A laboratory component applies principles learned in lecture to real-world situations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 0270 and 1031
  
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    PSY 1441 - PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The accompanying laboratory component to psychology of learning allows students to apply the principles learned in lecture, which emphasize the study of behavior. Students will have the opportunity to use single-subject design, classical conditioning, and operant conditioning in small human demonstrations. A computer program will also be used that simulates a rat in an operant chamber to illustrate more complex learning principles. Students will further their analytical and writing skills by conducting experiments, evaluating data and graphs, and writing scientific reports.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: PSY 1440
  
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    PSY 1500 - PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Covers the neuroscience perspective of psychology; with emphasis on the structural and functional organization of the central and peripheral nervous systems and the relationship between brain structure and behavior.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 0270 and 1031
  
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    PSY 1548 - SENIOR PROJECT 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Part 1 of individual research supervised by a member of the psychology faculty. This course is restricted to students with Psychology as an area of concentration. Senior status and permission of supervisor required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Senior Status
  
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    PSY 1549 - SENIOR PROJECT 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Part 2 of individual research supervised by a member of the psychology faculty. This course is restricted to students with Psychology as an area of concentration. Senior status and permission of instructor required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Senior Status
  
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    PSY 1555 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 5
    Participation in supervised psychological activities at off-campus agencies. Particular sites selected to fit student career interests. Requires keeping a journal of daily activities, writing a final term paper relating the internship experience to the Psychology, and making a brief presentation about your internship to the Psychology Seminar class.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Senior Status
  
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    PSY 1560 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Participation in supervised psychological activities at off campus agencies. Particular sites selected to fit student career interests. Requires keeping a journal of daily activities, writing a final term paper relating the internship experience to the psychology curriculum, and making a brief presentation about your internship to the psychology seminar class. Senior status and permission of department is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Psychology Major and Senior Status
  
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    PSY 1570 - HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Designed as an interdisciplinary examination of the evolution of the field of psychology. Time is spent on obtaining a solid understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of the discipline of psychology. From the early Greek philosophers on the early emerging discipline of psychology is examined by tracing the development and historical lineage of different schools of thought up to the modern era. Emphasis is on the relationship of psychology to the fields of history and philosophy, and how schools of thought fit into empiricist and rationalist traditions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 0270 and 1031
  
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    PSY 1636 - ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An examination of what psychologists have found out about people at work, the ways in which they have studied the workplace, and how psychology is practiced in human resources and other organized settings. There is an emphasis on current perspectives and findings in this applied area of psychology.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0200 or 0010
  
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    PSY 1650 - ADVANCED SEMINARS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Intensive study of a specialized area emphasizing current research and theory. Examples of recent seminars taught include psychology of language, intelligence, cross-cultural psychology, memory, neuropsychological testing, and artificial intelligence.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY (0200 or 0010) and 0270 and 1031
  
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    PSY 1904 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL READING


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Under special circumstances, psychology majors can design an individual reading course with a member of the department and in consultation with a faculty member. Permission of instructor required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    PSY 1906 - DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course involves student participation in individual experimental research supervised by a member of the department faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Religious Studies

  
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    RELGST 0116 - BIBLE AS LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course acquaints students with what is in the bible and provides background information drawn from various disciplines about the elements and issues that give it its distinctive character. Attention is necessarily given to its religious perspectives, since they govern the nature and point of view of the biblical narratives, but no specific religious view is urged.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    RELGST 1460 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    RELGST 1602 - RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A seminar that examines the origins, identities, and theological conceptions of the major non-Judeo/Christian religious traditions. The course of study includes the scriptures, cultural contexts and worship practices of these religions as well as the intimate relationship of religion to other aspects of human behavior.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    RELGST 1603 - JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a study of the beliefs and practices of the three major monotheistic religions. The course examines the historical origins, development, theological concepts and worship practices of what are sometimes called ‘the Abrahamic faiths.’ It emphasizes the distinct character of each religion as well as variations within each, and seeks to discern continuity and differences among the three. This course is designed to be a companion to History/RELGST 1602, ‘Religions of the World ’ to provide a more searching treatment of the Western religious traditions. The approach combines elements of a seminar, in which student preparation and participation are important, with lecture segments and also makes significant use of video and web-based resources.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    RELGST 1774 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An examination of the foundations of Christianity in roman times and its worldwide diffusion up to the present. The emergence of differing Christian identities, the experiences of Christians in various societies, and the role of Christianity in significant social and political developments in the West are emphasized.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis

Respiratory Care

  
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    RESCA 0020 - RESPIRATORY CARE TECHNIQUES 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the student to medical terminology, basic patient care, vital signs assessment, and patient communication. An introductory clinical tour is included during this course. In addition, gas laws as they apply to pulmonary physiology and medical gas therapy will be covered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: Hourly Final
  
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    RESCA 1022 - RESPIRATORY PHARMACOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course reviews drug classification and autonomic responses to medications. Emphasis is placed on drugs delivered by the respiratory care practitioner with consideration given to analgesics, antibiotics, steroids, cardiovascular drugs and drugs used in anesthesia.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0950 and CHEM 0190 and RESCA 0020
  
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    RESCA 1024 - RESPIRATORY CARE TECHNIQUES 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Introduces the student to medical gas administration and the modalities of therapy, including aerosol and humidity therapy, chest physiotherapy, incentive spirometry, IPPB, techniques, and sterilization of equipment.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: RESCA 0020 and 1022 and 1026 and 1028 and 1041
  
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    RESCA 1026 - RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course elaborates on the function of the pulmonary system and its interrelationship with cardiovascular function. Topics include ventilatory mechanics, gas diffusion, oxygen/carbon dioxide transport, pulmonary circulation, fetal pulmonary development, and arterial blood gas relationships.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIO 0950 and CHEM 0190 and RESCA 0020
  
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    RESCA 1028 - RESPIRATORY PATHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Examines the etiology and treatment of specific pulmonary diseases and other disease conditions which adversely affect the cardiopulmonary system. Topics include restrictive and obstructive pulmonary diseases, pulmonary infections, neoplasms, emboli, pediatric and neonatal pulmonary conditions, chest wall diseases and thoracic trauma, and ARDS. Also included are basic chest x-ray interpretation, radiation safety, and physical examination and assessment of the chest.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0950 and CHEM 0190 and RESCA 0020
    Course Attributes: Hourly Final
  
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    RESCA 1030 - CLINICAL PRACTICUM 1


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This hospital-based activity allows for supervised student practice of basic respiratory care therapeutics, electrocardiography, arterial blood gases, and home care.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: RESCA 0020 and 1022 and 1026 and 1028 and 1041
  
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    RESCA 1031 - EKG/ABG


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    This course introduces the student to drawing arterial blood gases, the collection and interpretation of data, and correlation to disease states. Techniques for obtaining electrocardiograms and their interpretation are covered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    RESCA 1032 - RESPIRATORY CARE TECHNIQUES 3


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Introduces the equipment and techniques used in continuous mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, quality control, and advanced airway management.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: RESCA 1024 and 1030 and 1031
  
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    RESCA 1034 - CLINICAL PRACTICUM 2


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This hospital-based activity allows for supervised student practice of continuous mechanical ventilation, critical care and airway management in an ICU setting, as well as emergency medicine, skilled nursing facilities, and physician’s office exposure.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: RESCA 1024 and 1030 and 1031
  
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    RESCA 1038 - Respiratory Care Clinical Practicum 3


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    A continuation of RESCA 1034, with expansion into specialty areas.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Clinical
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: RESCA 1032 and 1034
  
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    RESCA 1039 - Respiratory Care Advanced Techniques


    Minimum Credits: 6
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This hospital-based and didactic activity allows the student to pursue advanced study and practice in a variety of aspects in respiratory care. This will allow for further advancements, discussions and projects in respiratory care.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: RESCA 1032 and 1034
  
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    RESCA 1041 - SELECTED TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to provide a variety of respiratory care and related topics for the first year student to better prepare them for their clinical exposure. Topics included, but not limited to the following: infection control, medical gases, oxygen therapy basics, the hospital culture, scope of practice, pulmonary rehabilitation, clinical tour, CPR, home care/skilled nursing facilities, hospice, and organ donation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOL 0950 and CHEM 0190 and RESCA 0020

Secondary Education

  
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    SCED 0010 - DIRECTED TUTORING IN SCED


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides secondary education and pre-education majors with tutoring experiences in area school districts or other field settings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    SCED 0011 - DIRECTED FIELD PRACTICUM IN SECONDARY EDUCATION


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides individual secondary education and pre-education majors the opportunity to actively assist a faculty member on teaching or curriculum projects, or the opportunity to work with a teacher in the field as part of, or continuation of, pre-student teaching experiences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    SCED 0012 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SCED


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides individual secondary education and pre-education majors the opportunity to explore in-depth specific topics in education.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    SCED 0013 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SCED


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides individual secondary education and pre-education majors the opportunity to actively assist a faculty member on research projects.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    SCED 0014 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SECONDARY EDUCATION


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides individual secondary education and pre-education majors the opportunity to explore in-depth specific topics in education
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SCED 1120 - SECONDARY MATHEMATICS METHODS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to mathematics teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in mathematics education. Principles and techniques of lesson planning, mathematical content and curricula, academic standards, teaching methods, classroom management, and assessment will be explored and analyzed. Students will also be assigned to an area school for a practicum component which will provide opportunities for observation/analysis of teaching-learning behavior, assessment of learning difficulties, and activities in a typical secondary mathematics classroom.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1121 - SECONDARY MATHEMATICS METHODS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Continues to familiarize students to mathematics teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in mathematics education. Varied activities of the secondary school mathematics teacher, mathematics curricula, academic standards, resources and materials, differentiated instruction techniques, student-centered approaches, assessment of learning difficulties, and professional growth will be explored and analyzed. Students will concurrently participate in pre-student teaching field experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1120; CREQ: SCED 1172
  
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    SCED 1122 - PRE-STUDENT TEACHING FIELD PRACTICUM: MATHEMATICS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Secondary education mathematics students will be assigned to a cooperating teacher for a minimum of two hours per week for eight weeks for observation and practice teaching in a secondary classroom. Several preparatory, discussion, and debriefing sessions will be held on campus with the university instructor. The course emphasis is on active participation in pre-student teaching activities and designed to prepare pre-service teachers to become reflective secondary mathematics teachers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1120; CREQ: SCED 1121
  
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    SCED 1144 - SECONDARY ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS METHODS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to English/language arts teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in English education. Principles and techniques of lesson planning, mathematical content and curricula, academic standards, teaching methods classroom management, and assessment will be explored and analyzed. Students will also be assigned to an area school for a practicum component which will provide opportunities for observation/analysis of teaching-learning behavior, assessment of learning difficulties, and activities in a typical secondary English/language arts classroom.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1145 - SECONDARY ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS METHODS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Continues to familiarize students to English/language arts teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in English education. Varied activities of the secondary school English/language arts teacher, English/language arts curricula, academic standards, resources and materials, differentiated instruction techniques, student-centered approaches, assessment of learning difficulties, and professional growth will be explored and analyzed. Students will concurrently participate in pre-student teaching field experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1144; CREQ: SCED 1146
  
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    SCED 1146 - PRE-STUDENT TEACHING FIELD PRACTICUM: ENGLISH


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Secondary education English/language arts students will be assigned to a cooperating teacher for minimum of two hours per week for eight weeks for observation and practice teaching in a secondary classroom. Several preparatory, discussion, and debriefing sessions will be held on campus with the university instructor. The course emphasis is on active participation in pre-student teaching activities and designed to prepare pre-service teachers to become reflective secondary English/language arts teachers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1144; CREQ: SCED 1145
  
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    SCED 1160 - SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to social studies teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in social studies education. Principles and techniques of lesson planning, social studies content and curricula, academic standards, teaching methods, classroom management, and assessment will be explored and analyzed. Students will also be assigned to an area school for a practicum component which will provide opportunities for observation/analysis of teaching-learning behavior, assessment of learning difficulties, and activities in a typical secondary social studies classroom.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1161 - SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Continues to familiarize students to social studies teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in social studies education. Varied activities of the secondary school social studies teacher, social studies curricula, academic standards, resources and materials, differentiated instruction techniques, student-centered approaches, assessment of learning difficulties, and professional growth will be explored and analyzed. Students will concurrently participate in pre-student teaching field experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1160; CREQ: SCED 1162
  
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    SCED 1162 - PRE-STUDENT TEACHING FIELD PRACTICUM: SOCIAL STUDIES


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Secondary education social studies students will be assigned to a cooperating teacher for a minimum of two hours per week for eight weeks for observation and practice teaching in a secondary classroom. Several preparatory, discussion, and debriefing sessions will be held on campus with the university instructor. The course emphasis is on an active participation in pre-student teaching activities and designed to prepare pre-service teachers to become reflective secondary social studies teachers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1160; CREQ: SCED 1161
  
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    SCED 1164 - SECONDARY SCIENCE METHODS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to science teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in science education. Principles and techniques of lesson planning, mathematical content and curricula, academic standards, teaching methods, classroom management, and assessment will be explored and analyzed. Students will also be assigned to an area school for a practicum component which will provide opportunities for observation/analysis of teaching-learning behavior, assessment of learning difficulties, and activities in a typical secondary science classroom.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1165 - SECONDARY SCIENCE METHODS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Continues to familiarize students to science teaching-learning theories, strategies, experiences, and issues in science education. Varied activities of the secondary school science teacher, science curricula, academic standards, resources and materials, differentiated instruction techniques, student-centered approaches, assessment of learning difficulties, and professional growth will be explored and analyzed. Students will concurrently participate in pre-student teaching field experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1164; CREQ: SCED 1166
  
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    SCED 1166 - PRE-STUDENT TEACHING FIELD PRACTICUM: SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Secondary education science students will be assigned to a cooperating teacher for a minimum of two hours per week for eight weeks for observation and practice teaching in a secondary classroom. Several preparatory, discussion, and debriefing session will be held on campus with the university instructor. The course emphasis is on active participation in pre-student teaching activities and designed to prepare pre-service teachers to become reflective secondary science teachers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SCED 1164; CREQ: SCED 1165
  
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    SCED 1170 - LITERACY IN THE CONTENT AREAS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Emphasizes reading and writing as cognitive processes. Vocabulary development in content areas, reading comprehension and current reading assessment practices are examined. Incorporates unit and lesson planning focusing on pre reading, guided readings, and post readings literacy strategies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1191 - STDNT TEACHING IN THE SEC SCHL


    Minimum Credits: 14
    Maximum Credits: 14
    Full-time experience for teacher certification candidates in a student teaching center at an area high school or middle school. Provides opportunities to observe, plan, conduct, and assess instruction in the school setting with professional feedback from university supervisors and experienced master teachers. School sites are located within 15-20 miles of the college. Students are placed in established sites only.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1192 - SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING - US


    Minimum Credits: 7
    Maximum Credits: 7
    Seven weeks in duration, this full-time experience is designed for teacher certification candidates in a student teaching center at an area high school or middle school. Provides opportunities to observe, plan, conduct, and assess instruction in the school setting with professional feedback from university supervisors and experienced master teachers. School sites are within 15-20 miles of UPJ; students are placed in established sites only. Open only to secondary education students approved for student teaching.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1195 - SECNDRY EDUC STUDNT TCHNG SEMINR


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    Designed to provide the student teacher with the basic elements of professional development and career opportunities. Emphasis is on professionalism, interviewing, resumes, professional meetings and other appropriate topics. Must be taken during student teaching term.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1196 - SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR - US


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Designed to provide the student teacher with the basic elements of professional development and career opportunities. Emphasis is on professionalism, interviewing, resumes, portfolios, professional meetings, and other appropriate topics. To be taken by secondary education students during their student teaching term.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    SCED 1197 - SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR ABROAD


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Social Sciences

  
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    SOCSCI 1910 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 12
    Students majoring in any of the social sciences may earn up to 12 credits for a full term’s experience in a position in some public or private organization or agency appropriate to their fields of interest. Supervision by the contracting agency and faculty sponsor. Students earning internships must write an extensive summarization and analysis of their field experiences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

Sociology

  
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    SOC 0070 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The major aims of this course are to understand the nature of important social problems in American society and analyze their causes and consequences. The two competing perspectives, one, that social problems are created when individuals fail to conform to societal norms, and two, that social problems are caused when institutions fail to meet changing needs and aspirations of individuals will be used in our analysis. Future trends and policy alternatives toward amelioration will be examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SOC 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the student to the discipline of sociology, its development, theories, major findings, and to the sociological interpretation of modern society. Emphasis will be given to the importance of careful empirical investigation for the understanding of recent social and cultural changes. Students should be prepared to encounter basic issues in sociological method and in theory; an inclination toward systematic and abstract reasoning will help.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SOC 0202 - SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    For the athlete or spectator, sport is a social behavior that can be investigated using the theories and tools of sociology. Topics include the relationships between sport and culture, racism, sexism, education, religion, and politics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    SOC 0221 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an introductory course in sociological social psychology. The emphasis is on such sociological concepts and processes as: culture and society, language, role playing, definition of the situation, presentation of self, expressed values and opinions, and the performance of role(s). The social order is conceived as being composed of three integrated, interactive components: culture, society, and the individual.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0265 - INEQUALITY, CRIME, & JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Issues of crime and justice with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, and class will be examined from the perspectives of law enforcement, corrections, the legal process, and different socio-demographic groups in society. This course will explore the challenges of addressing crime in a society stratified by race, ethnicity, gender, and class, specifically looking at the experiences of socially disadvantaged groups (as both victims and perpetrators), the applicability of criminological theories to minority criminality, and the impact of inequality on the law-making process, the content of the law, the administration and enforcement of the law, and the quality of justice afforded socially disadvantaged groups.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or JAC 0715 or SOC 0715
  
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    SOC 0300 - SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods used in the social sciences. The first third of the course covers ethical issues in social research, defining a topic, developing theory, conceptualization and operationalization. The second third of the course covers specific methods: survey, experiment, observation, the use of existing data and program evaluation. The final third of the course covers the logic of analysis as well as writing up and presenting research results. Examples drawn from various social science disciplines.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SOC 0320 - WEALTH AND POWER


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The interdependence of these two key sociological concepts is discussed in the context of American society. The role of the multi-national corporation and the global economy are examined. The pervasive power of some is contrasted with the generalized powerlessness of the majority.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0340 - POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the relationship between political institutions, such as states, and processes of stratification. With a major focus on American society, these relationships are studied in historical and cross-societal comparative perspective as well as in terms of a society’s location in the system of international relations.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0400 - CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will deal with the foundations of modern socio logical theory through a study of major social theorists of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0440 - URBAN SOCIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The modern city is simultaneously many different things. It is an assortment of neighborhoods, it is a workshop with factories and offices, it is a crisscross of transportation arteries, it is a marketplace for the interplay of economic interests, it is an object which several different governments try to understand and control, and it is an astonishing mixture of religious, racial, ethnic, recreational, avocational, professional, educational, medical, political, social, and deviant communities. This urban complex will be studied with a sociological approach.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0461 - SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will analyze the various processes and institutions through which gender roles are defined and shaped in our society. It will analyze the interaction between individual conceptions of gender and larger social institutions such as the family, the workforce, the media, religion, etc. The current changes in these roles will be related to changes in other social institutions. We will also examine the multiple forms of inequality in our society—based on sex, race, class, and sexual preference- and see how they interact.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0520 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course offers ideological, structural, and functional treatment of dominant American movements for social and cultural change in our contemporary world.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0600 - RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a course presenting the central sociological interpretations of majority/minority relations. The course includes consideration of selected racial, ethnic, sexual, political, economic, and religious minorities in the United States and around the world.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 0720 - CRIMINOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Criminology refers to the scientific study of crime, its causes, and social responses to it. This course provides a broad overview of the study of crime. It examines the legal definitions and elements of crime; surveys the major categories of crime, i.e. predatory and non-predatory acts; reviews the major measures of crime; identifies the major correlates of crime, reviews and assesses the major theories of crime; differentiates types of offenders and explores various dimensions of their offending; and examines and evaluates the working of the criminal justice system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010 or SOC 0715 or JAC 0715
  
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    SOC 1113 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Addresses the relationship between human beings, their social organization, and the environment, both “natural” and “built.” Of special concern in this course will be issues related to social stratification, power, and environmental/ ecological issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 1150 - SOCIOLOGY OF LAW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to introduce students to the sociological study of the law and legal institutions through an exploration of legal culture and the rule of law. The purpose of the course is to gain an understanding of how scholars have examined law-related phenomena to increase the understanding of broader social and cultural issues that influence the law and are influenced by the law. Students will be expected to gain an appreciation of the law as a complex, dynamic process that is part of the culture and society in which it exists.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SOC 1180 - POPULATION ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the distribution of people on Earth; the changing patterns of fertility and mortality with their resulting natural growth or decline; population policies; different forms of mobility and migration, both international and domestic; population structures based on age, ethnicity, and gender; and the problems of global population growth. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of population on the environment.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    SOC 1433 - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course provides an overview to the field of juvenile delinquency. Topics covered include theories and research on causes of juvenile delinquency: juvenile treatment under law; correctional philosophy and practices in juvenile justice; and impacts of juvenile criminality upon the rest of society. Students emerge from the course with knowledge of causes, prevention, treatment, and control of juvenile delinquency and should be prepared to move into more detailed study of this subject.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100
  
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    SOC 1670 - IDENTITY AND CULTURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A study of social, scientific and humanistic conceptions of cultural movements and individual identity in modern societies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
  
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    SOC 1700 - SENIOR SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This required course begins with an overview of the discipline, examining the basic theoretical perspectives and how those affect the issues, methods, and uses of sociology. The rest of the course emphasizes the student’s own relationship to sociology, and the work and educational opportunities available to those with sociological training.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100 or 0010
 

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