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3.00 Credits
Non EE Majors Only This course is designed to introduce in a nonintimidating way the large realm of electricity and electronics that surrounds our daily experience. Beyond lectures and numerous demonstrations, it will provide a “hands-on” experience through simplelab experiments and applications. Starting with the basic laws of electricity, it will next evolve to the devices that manipulate electricity, and finally advance to a discussion of general systems and their operations. The “hands-on” experience willfacilitate and enable non engineering students to unravel the mysteries of this discipline and reinforce their intuitive knowledge with practical and useful experience. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement.
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3.00 Credits
We will examine what modern physical theory has to say on black holes and the universe including their birth, death, uniqueness, composition, dimensionality, shape, and accessibility through travel in space and time. Primarily for (but not restricted to) non-science majors. No prerequisites. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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This course is an introduction into the physical sciences through hands-on experiments. Emphasis is placed on investigative learning through scientific method and hands-on experimentation into the topics that have a direct link to chemistry, physics, and earth’s environment. To develop a broad knowledge and understanding of science, concepts such as study of matter, the environment, physical and chemical changes, forms of energy, physics of sound, light, magnetism and electricity, geology including ores, minerals and gems, earth chemistry and astronomy are explored. This course satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement for non-science majors.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to physical and historical geology including topics in volcanoes, mineral and rock indentification, earthquakes, plate tectonics, and natural earth resources. Emphasis is placed on map interpretation of land forms, sedimentation, earthquake mechanisms, engineering geology. No prerequisites. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Two lectures and one laboratory period a week.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary course involving faculty members from the Departments of Biology, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies and Sociology discussing topics which include genetic control, theories of the origin of life, psychological control of physiological processes, population control, interrelations between science and the fine arts interstellar communications. A meeting with the instructor is suggested. Three hours a week. Offered on demand.
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3.00 Credits
An approach, primarily without mathematics, to the philosophical basis and implications of the important theories of science, kinds of scientific knowledge. Problems of determinism, invariance, perception, falsifiability, validity. Students concentrate on a single topic of their own choosing related to scientific epistemology. Prerequisites: SC 102A, or SC 103A, or consent of the instructor. Satisfies the mathematics and science distribution requirement. Three hours a week. Offered on demand.
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3.00 Credits
The objectives of this introductory course are: (1) to cultivate the sociological perspective by acquainting students with basic sociological theories, methods, concepts and findings; (2) to use the basic concepts and principles of sociology to examine the various sectors of social life; and, (3) to develop an awareness of how and why social forces influence the experiences of everyday life. The course usually begins with a brief review of sociology’s historical origin, its major theoretical perspectives and its various research methodologies. The nature of culture, social interaction, group dynamics, bureaucracy, socialization, deviance, crime, urbanization, collective behavior, and social change are some of the topics studied. The course also explores some of the institutions of society, such as the family, the political economy, religion, education, and the medical system. A central focus of the course is understanding the nature of social inequality as it exists in the United States and across the globe interms of age, gender, race, and social class. Required for majors and minors. Satisfies the social science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
“The difficulty, in sociology, is to manage to think in a completely astonished and disconcerted way about things you thought you had always understood” Pierre Bourdieu. On Delegation and Political Fetishism. Language and Symbolic Power (1991). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p. 207. This course will focus on sociological explanations of social problems in contemporary American society. A primary focus of this course is the social construction of social problems, in other words — who defines a social problem, how, when, and why? Specific topics we will examine include: poverty and unequal access to resources, unemployment and underemployment, drug use, environmental issues, racism, and sexism. Throughout the course, we will consider the following questions: How do we as a society define what constitutes a social problem? What are the roles of powerful groups in a society in determining what is a social problem? How does the existing social structure actually perpetuate social problems? Prerequisite: SO 201A or consent of the instructor. Satisfies the social science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the social problem of juvenile delinquency and the ways that this problem is defined and addressed through formal and informal means in society. What are the sources of juvenile delinquency? How are other social institutions (family, schools, economy) related to the decisions of youths to engage in deviant and/or unlawful behavior? How are the issues of race/ethnicity, social class, and age and gender categories implicated in the ways that this problem exists and is addressed by the larger society? Particular attention will be given to the history of the juvenile justice system and how it currently functions (police, courts, corrections). Non-punitive approaches to addressing this problem will also be covered (e.g. community-based corrections, restorative justice). The primary focus of the course is on the reality of juvenile delinquency in the U.S., but some international comparisons are included. Prerequisites: SO 201A or consent of the instructor. Satisfies the social science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores literature from social history, sociology, criminology, and law to address issues concerning female deviance, crime, and both informal and formal methods of social control. Women’s experiences with deviance and social control can be understood only within the context of cultural definitions of femininity. Our societal images of girls and women shape our beliefs of how they should behave and how they should be treated when they deviate. Deviance and criminality are defined as differing from the norm, but our norms are often expressed in stereotypes and strict gender roles. In this class, we will discuss girls and women who misbehave -- who break norms and laws. We will also explore the societal reactions to these transgressions. We will consider feminist literature within criminology and the sociology of law to ask how are societal notions of female offenders changing and how should the criminal justice system address female criminality. Prerequisites: SO 201A or consent of the instructor. Satisfies the social science distribution requirement. Three hours a week.
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