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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(1-3) Reading and/or research programs to fit the individual needs of advanced undergraduate students in the social sciences. Topics are chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor. Requisites: PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(1-3) Advanced work in selected areas such as medical sociology, the profession of sociology, sociology of knowledge, occupations, and professions. Emphasis on student participation. Requisites: PERM.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
(1-3) Course is designed to provide practical experience in teaching and administration in sociology or for participating in a faculty-sponsored research project. Requisites: PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(1-3) For sociology majors with good academic standing. Provides practical experience in community organizations and social agencies. Systematic recording and reporting of the work experience and supplementary reading are required. Requisites: PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(3) This course provides a dynamic exploration of the sociological concept of community. Students will examine the study of human relationship patterns, human ecology, and social networks. In addition, formal and informal social interaction and social capital will be explored. This course actively engages students in theoretical activity and puts knowledge to work through class assignments and activities. Requisites: PR, PERM or SOC 140.
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3.00 Credits
(3) Introduction to the social service delivery systems in the United States, with an emphasis on the social work profession: its mission, philosophy, ethics, values, diverse fields, and ethnocultural perspectives. Observations of social service agencies and guest speakers provide a career orientation to the social work profession. Requisites: PR, SOC 140, PSY 100, and PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(3) Examination of the historical evolution of social welfare and the social work profession, with focus on the social policies which comprise the foundation of the welfare state in the United States. Present patterns of social welfare services are to be examined. Emphasis is on the historical evolution of contemporary social problems. Oppression, discrimination, social justice issues and policies, and their impact on diverse populations at risk will be explored. Requisites: PR, SOCW 260 and PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(3) Critical analysis of perspectives on the person and on the physical and sociocultural environment. The focus is on the fit between person and environment, with attention to biological, psychological, and social dynamics that impair or facilitate person/environment fit. There is particular concern with the process of social and cultural stratification and oppression within society, communities, institutions, organizations, and groups, and the effects of confrontation and contact between those cultures and the dominant American culture is reviewed, with special attention to social work issues. The rural environment as a context affecting biological, psychological, and social dynamics is considered. Requisites: PR, SOCW 260 and PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(3) Examination of development in the intertwined individual and family life cycles as a transactional process involving the material interaction of environmental, bio-psycho-social, economic, and ethnocultural factors, including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and family structure. The focus is on the evolving fit between the developing individual and family and the risk and protective factors in a changing environment. Special attention is paid to how the process impacts western Kansas populations at risk. There is particular concern with developmental settings, including family, school and work, and the ways they impact and are impacted by developing individuals and families, concepts of diversity, values and ethical issues, and theoretical perspectives as they apply to social work practice area examined. Requisites: PR, SOCW 320 and PERM.
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3.00 Credits
(3) As the first of five generalist practice courses, this foundation course provides entry-level theory, knowledge, research, values, and skills for social work practice. Self-awareness, problem-solving, interviewing, professional relationships, intervention planning and skills, and ethics are explored. This course focuses on individuals but introduces family, group, organizational, and community systems. An ethno-cultural perspective with particular focus on western Kansas, urban/rural regions is emphasized. The student will complete fifty (50) hours of non-paid service in a community agency of the student's choice, with the instructor's approval. Requisites: PR, SOCW 260 and PERM.
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