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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
The subject varies each semester depending on faculty and student interests. Topics explored have been law and society, and family in fact and fiction and housing and home. Prerequisites: two courses from SO; Every Year, All
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Prerequisites: two courses from SO, GT or WS level 200
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The course explores popular culture with the purpose of learning about current American life in the context of change. It focuses on the relationship between popular culture, the media, and the broader social, economic and political environment. Popular media, leisure pursuits, news, sports, entertainment, and material consumption are considered. Attention is paid to the accumulated research from a wide variety of sources and visions. Prerequisites: two courses from SO; Every Other Year
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This course focuses on how society constructs notions/images of femininity and masculinity and how this influences our lives.We look at cultural views of language, body and the media, as well as theoretical approaches to understanding the complexities of gender distinctions in our society. Prerequisites: two courses from SO; Every Year
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Death is studied from the perspective of social interaction between the dying person, professional caregivers and family members and loved ones. Attitudes and values about death, cultural components of grief, and the function of bereavement are examined. Particular attention is paid to the social organization of death work and dying in bureaucratic settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, as opposed to the non-bureaucratic structure of hospice care. Prerequisites: two courses from SO, GT; Every Year, All
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This course includes analysis of sport as a social and cultural institution and interrelations between sport and societal subsystems. Students explore selected issues of socio-cultural aspects of sport and exercise, and analyze contemporary problems associated with sport, including race relations, the tradition and emergent role of females, leisure behaviors, aggression and violence, as well as political and economic concerns. Prerequisites: two courses from SO; Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course presents an overview of the social, economic and political factors that have influenced the historical experiences of children. The effects of the changing character of the American family, peer groups, the powers of the media, public intervention and welfare concepts are examined. Prerequisites: two courses from SO; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an overview of social work as a helping profession. Beginning with a preliminary understanding of the historical development of social work, students learn how changes in social work theory and practice reflect larger societal changes. Course work familiarizes students with important social work issues and concepts and discusses their application in diverse social service and human service settings. Major or minor in gerontology, sociology, social services or psychology and at least junior standing. Prerequisites: two courses from SO, GT; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
The effect of formalization both on the delivery of social services and on career opportunities and satisfactions is explored; studies of business corporations, schools, health and welfare agencies, and the police are examined for effectiveness, and alternate structures are considered. Prerequisites: two courses from SO; Every Other Year
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