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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the relationships between religious belief, practice and health. Students analyze an expanding genre of literature that bridges the disciplines of psychology and religious studies, gaining critical awareness of the writings of Carl Jung, Viktor Frankl, Paul Tillich, Carl Rogers and others. Exploring a variety of common themes in this literature including the search for meaning, identity and transcendence they analyze cross-cultural connections between spirituality and health, students explore the relationship of the themes with practices of meditation, prayer and ritual.
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3.00 Credits
Individual research projects, and directed readings carried out under faculty supervision.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the role of the professional nurse within the school setting. The epidemiological prevention process model is used to explore health services, health education and the school environment. Emphasis is placed on the use of the nursing process to promote the health of members of the school community. Prerequisite: successful completion of Education 100, 200, Special Education 243, and Psychology 250.
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5.00 Credits
Focusing on the practice of school nursing, this course provides students with the opportunity for clinical practice within the school setting under the direct supervision of a school nurse preceptor. Students meet weekly to explore the philosophy, goals, and practice of the school health system. Prerequisite: successful completion of Education 100, 200, Special Education 243, Psychology 250, and School Nurse Cert 380.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to sociology, the scientific study of the relationship between social organization and human behavioral processes. The focus is on concepts central to the discipline and the illustration and application of theoretical perspectives to aspects of social reality such as gender, age, race and ethnicity, inequality and social change, as well as social institutions including the family, polity, education, medicine, economy and religion. The course equips students to be informed participants in social processes and institutions, both from an appreciative and change agent stance.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches global awareness of human rights violations and a basic understanding of programs and resources existing to combat human suffering. Global inequalities will be viewed through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Topics examined are: AIDS pandemic, child soldiers, human trafficking, genocide, feminization of poverty and violence, war refugees, post-apartheid South Africa and global child exploitation.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the field of aging and elderly. Three primary areas of inquiry are studied: the biological, psychological and sociological aspects of aging; exploration of specific problem areas for the aging and elderly; and death and dying.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the history, philosophy and ideas encompassing the evolving field of peace studies. Topics include the causes of war, the nature of power, approaches to building peace, nonviolent conflict resolution, community mediation techniques and consensus decision-making.
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3.00 Credits
This subfield in sociology and psychology examines how the thought, feelings and actions of individuals are linked to the behavior of others and to larger processes of human social organization. The focus is on concepts and frameworks central to the field and the illustration and application of these frameworks to aspects of everyday life. Topics include: aggression, conformity, interpersonal attraction, attitude formation and change, group dynamics, status-roles, personality and self and mental illness. The course equips students to be informed participants in social process and the impact societal institutions have on such processes.
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