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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester. 3 semester hours. Students examine the theories and techniques used in the field of counseling. The course includes the discussion of psychopathologies, cultural diversity, privacy issues, counselor ethics, professionalism, and personality characteristics of both counselor and client as well as the effects of these issues on the counseling process. Prerequisites: PSY101 plus six additional semester hours in psychology.
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3.00 Credits
Alternate spring semesters. 3 semester hours. This course provides a study of the anatomical, biochemical, and physiological aspects of human psychology. Students will have a detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the human brain and nervous system, and understand the biochemical principles that relate to the human nervous system and the physiology involved in phenomena such as sleep, memory, schizophrenia, and depression. Prerequisites: PSY101, one course in biology or one course in chemistry.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
On demand. 1-3 semester hours. This course allows a superior student to devise and pursue independent study in an area agreed upon in consultation with, and supervised by, a faculty member. Students should be either a major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or greater. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester. 3 semester hours. Students examine the nature of the sociological perspective, macro- and micro-sociological theory, and sociological methodology and research. Society's social organization, social structure, social interaction, socialization, social institutions, deviance and social control, social stratification, ethnic and racial minorities, gender, the family, education, religion, and other topics from a sociological perspective are also explored.
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester. 3 semester hours. Students study the behavior of individuals as it is controlled, influenced, or limited by the sociocultural environment, social interaction, and basic interrelations of the individual, society, and culture. This course is designed to enable students to see themselves as both shaping and being shaped by their culture. Attention is also focused on inclusion and diversity. Prerequisite: PSY101.
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester. 3 semester hours. Students survey archaeological techniques and world prehistory. The Old World is defined as the paleolithic, mesolithic, and neolithic ages; and the origin of cities and development of civilization is explored. The New World is defined as the migration from Asia, archaic cultures, epipaleolithic adaptations, and development of cities and civilization in Central and South America.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester. 3 semester hours. History of the theory of evolution, including the modern synthetic theory of evolution, population genetics, hominoid evolution from the Miocene hominids to Homo sapiens, primate ethnology, and sociobiology.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester. 3 semester hours. Students are introduced to anthropological analysis of human behavior. Topics will include a cross-cultural examination of the systemic relations among economic, social, political, and religious behaviors in various cultures.
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3.00 Credits
3 semester hours. Students manufacture a variety of stone tools to learn about the evolution of prehistoric technology. Obsidian, flint, and bottle glass are worked with stone, antler, bone, and wood to fashion arrowheads, spear points, knives, and scrapers. Normally offered May term. Nonrefundable materials fee required. Preference to majors and minors is given. This course may be taken either at the lower-division level or at the upper-division level, but not both.
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. Students examine the causes and consequences of the differential distribution of power, property, and prestige within social groups. Consideration is given to conservative as well as radical sociological perspectives on social stratification. Prerequisite: SOC101 or SOC242.
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