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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PSY 101 and PSY 220. Orientation to assessment, evaluation, and developing treatment plans for the addicted client as in cases of substance use, abuse, and dependence. It explores the assessment of alcohol and drug use on the individual, family, and community. It studies the aims and methods of treatment utilization specifically designed towards the addicted client. 3 class hours weekly. Offered upon indication of need
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3.00 Credits
Provides a systematic method for making career and life style decisions. Presents a structured method for practicing effective decision-making skills, clarifying one's values and learning job-hunting techniques. Examines other topics that influence life and career choices such as goal setting, stress management and communication styles. Individuals develop personal strategies for short- and long-term educational and career planning. Three class hours weekly.
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1.00 Credits
Extended orientation to college, recommended for the first freshman semester. Addresses academic success through topics such as getting organized, reading for learning, test-taking skills, faculty expectations, careers and choosing a major, library research, college services, extracurricular activities, personal growth. Two class hours weekly.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces sociology as a science concerned with relationships, institutions, organizations, and the physical environment. Outlines the major theories as a basis for sociological perspectives on social issues. Covers the origins of sociology as a science, diverse patterns of social organization from a global perspective, the nature and substance of cultural systems and social institutions, and sociological perspectives in analyzing trends in human society. Three class hours weekly.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 101. An in-depth examination of selected social problems, their nature, causes, extent and their effect upon society. Includes theoretical explanations, significant research studies and evaluations of various techniques of control. Three class hours weekly. Offered upon indication of need
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 101. A sociological analysis of the family and its forms and functions in various cultural settings. Pro- vides a sociological framework for viewing one of the major social institutions of our society. Emphasis on the American family in its industrial setting with consideration given to courtship, marriage and divorce. Three class hours weekly. Offered upon indication of need
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 101. Sociological approach to the nature and substance of deviant behavior. Examines the body of sociological theory dealing with the causes, distribution, and societal reaction to deviant behavior. Three class hours weekly. Offered upon indication of need
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One of the following courses: SOC 101, ANTH 101, HIST 101, 102, 201, or 202. Provides an overview of the social and ethnic diversity of the United States. Delves into the cultures of various racial and ethnic American minorities and deals with theories of prejudice, discrimination and intergroup relations. Discusses techniques for eliminating these problems. Three class hours weekly.
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3.00 Credits
Recommended background: SOC 101. The study of sport and leisure in society is concerned with how sport influences, and in turn, is influenced by, institutions (education, politics, religion, science, economics, mass media). Sport has been described as a microcosm of our society values-competition, materialism, bureaucracy, power (Coakley, 1986; Eitzen and Sage, 1982). The pervasiveness of sport as an institution is the academic focus of the course. Three class hours weekly. Alternate academic years
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or PSY 101. Studies contemporary issues and problems through readings, discussion, roleplaying, experiential work. Topics cover addictive/compulsive behaviors, medical and religious models of addiction; learning theory and addiction; addiction to alcohol, legal and illegal drugs, love, sex, food, cigarettes, coffee, shopping, soap operas, gambling; workaholic syndrome; cleaning compulsion; hypochondria; weight problems including bulimia and anorexia; family patterns in addiction; children of addictive/ maladjusted families; other addictions/compulsive behaviors as viewed in public and therapy. Three class hours weekly. Offered upon indication of need
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