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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course focuses on understanding cultural differences. Students will examine their own culture and others. Issues regarding how culture affects people and the world they live in will be discussed. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course deals with the identification and remediation of learning disabilities. Students are introduced to learning theory, educational and psychological testing, and teaching methods. Evaluation of the child in the school system, the role of parent counseling, and administration of a school learning disabilities program are major topics. Prerequisite: ENG100, RDG100 or placement.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits Students in this internship work directly with clients under the supervision of a professional worker in a human services setting. Students are expected to gain an understanding of the dynamics and appropriate treatment for clients and their families. Placements have included, but are not limited to, settings involving mental health, mental retardation, and community service projects. Students must complete 150 hours in addition to one class meeting per week. A consideration for placement will be the appropriate qualifications in relationship to a specific agency (the college requires a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) for all interns). Prerequisites: QPA 2.75, HST101, HST140, and permission of department chairperson. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this capstone course students synthesize and apply concepts and skills learned in the Human Services (HS) Program. This course requires students to show mastery of the material covered in the HS Program through several required avenues including the following: seminar meetings and discussions, portfolio work, and a research paper. This course is designed to help students apply the knowledge and skills learned in the program and to explore self-perceptions related to their career choice in the human services field. Students must complete this course with a minimum grade of C to graduate. Prerequisites: 45 credits earned toward the Human Services Degree including ENG102, HST101, 140, PSY105, 110, 240, SOC103.Spring.
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3 credits This course will address the ethical dilemmas involved in medical decision-making by physicians, health care workers, patients, and society. A seminar format will be implemented, where the emphasis will be placed on critical thinking skills. Students will be expected, and required, to do independent research, case study analyses, and to articulate well-honed positions, both orally and in writing. Major topics to be covered are abortion, doctor-assisted suicide (euthanasia), research with living subjects (animal and human), allocation of scarce resources, new reproductive technologies and rights, professional responsibility, mental incompetence, death & dying, and genetic related issues such as cloning, designer babies and stem cell research. In addition to the assigned readings, students will be required to participate in class discussions; to maintain a journal for personal reflection and case study analyses; to submit two critiques and two position papers; and to submit and present (PowerPoint) a research paper based on an approved topic. Prerequisites: ENG101, RDG100, or placement. Fall and spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The course will examine, compare and contrast, in a non-judgmental way, the history and beliefs of the five major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Attention will also be given to Native American traditions. Prerequisite: ENG101. Fall and spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The course introduces students to the humanities-art, literature, music, theater, philosophy, and religion-and the influences people use to determine value in their world. Attention is given to Western and non-Western cultures and to the ways these civilizations are interconnected, with emphasis on how the cultural, religious, and philosophical ideals of a civilization are reflected in its artistic expression. In addition, through critical thinking students will be encouraged to explore the relationship between their belief systems and the society of which they are a part. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100 or placement. Fall and spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course attempts to study the interconnection among philosophy, art, and religion as they reflect and shape the great periods of civilization. The course reviews many global philosophies that have formed the basis for personal and societal belief systems and illustrates how these theories are reflected in our culture. Attention is given to Western and non-Western cultures and to ways in which civilizations are interconnected. Students will study some of the tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity as well as theories associated with such philosophers as Aristotle and Plato. By studying such concepts as freedom, happiness, love, death, morality, and censorship, students will explore how cultural ideals are treated in many civilizations. In addition, through critical thinking, students will be encouraged to explore the relationship between their own belief systems and the society of which they are a part. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG 100, or placement. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This is an interdisciplinary, team-taught course for Honors students only. Topics will change every other year. Prerequisite: permission of the Honors Program coordinator. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In the whole of human history there has never been an event like the Holocaust. Between 1933 and 1945, the Germans murdered over ten million people as a matter of state policy. In this introductory course, we will begin the study of the causes of the Holocaust, the events themselves, and the implications of the Holocaust for ourselves as individuals and for our own time. Prerequisites: RDG100, ENG101, or placement. Spring.
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