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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides experience in reading, understanding, and eventually analyzing communication patterns and paralinguistic aspects of spoken Spanish. In addition, students learn about everyday life in countries where Spanish is spoken. Cultural readings include information about the culture and examples of language as it is used within the cultural context. Videos and multimedia materials, including resources found on the internet and through e-mail and listserv opportunities, are used in class and in lab settings. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a forum for the discussion of topics chosen by the class. Readings, videos, interviews with native speakers, and oral in-class presentations are used to determine the topics for discussion and, where appropriate, role-play. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
This course covers advanced Spanish study abroad on significant topics of cultural interest not otherwise covered in course offerings at Macon State College. The content of this course will change each time it is offered. Therefore, it may be repeated for credit for up to 6 hours total.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will be introduced to the field of special education and children and youth with exceptional learning needs. Topics include the legal foundation for special education, professional and ethical practices, the referral and placement process, collaboration with families, community, and professionals, characteristics of students with exceptionalities, and various instructional methods. Use of technology is required. This course is based on state and national standards. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces beginning students to knowledge about the mind as it is understood in the social sciences. Topics will include altered states of consciousness (drugs, sleep, awareness), learning and studying, emotions, language development, the abnormal mind, concepts of morality, and social interaction. Special emphasis will be placed on critical thinking and problem solving functions of the mind. The level of presentations is designed to be within reach of most students. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a theoretically grounded exploration of the interface between music and society. Sociological theories and concepts are used to describe the development of Blues, Jazz, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Sound recordings produced by artists from these musical streams are examined in relation to twentieth century American social movements. Topics may include methods and theories for studying popular music, the Civil Rights Movement and American music, feminist issues in modern music, music and the making of the Counterculture, music and class politics, and youth movements and censorship. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to assist students in exploring diversity and multiculturism in recent times in America. Students will be challenged to engage in critical thinking as they examine their values to determine their degrees of self acceptance as well as the acceptance of others and to identify and examine diverse cultures. Topics will include ethnocentrism and multiculturism, inclusion and exclusion in education, politics, religion and the media, intercultural interacting, and an examination of various cultures. Critical thinking will be exercised as students are encouraged to examine myths and stereotypes. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the diversity of religious expression in the United States. Using historical and sociological perspectives, discussion will center on America’s diverse religious groups, and on religious perspectives in American popular culture. The theme of this course is that religion is influential in America, not only in its institutional expressions (churches, synagogues, mosques, etc.), but also in secular life (film, music, sports, etc.) Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This is a survey of the significant movements and periods in the history of the theatre from the Greeks to the present. Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to further the student’s knowledge of the basics of stage craft and performance through direct involvement in theatre productions on and off campus. Lecture/Lab Hours: One hour lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
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