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1.00 Credits
SPED 350. Special Education Seminar. 1(1,0). This seminar is designed to assess the Special Education majors comprehension and mastery of the subject content area. A series of tests based on the SOCKET Model and other programs will be used to assess content specific pedogogy. (F,S)
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3.00 Credits
SPED 550. Nature and Psychology of the Exceptional Exceptional Child. 3(3,0). (Formerly SPED 570. Introduction to Psychology of Exceptional Children.) An introductory course to study the characteristics and needs of exceptional children, the problems of working with special disabilities and psychological basis of an appropriate educational program. Designed for special education students and for students and administrators who may work with such children in their classes or those who are preparing for developing special classes for exceptional children. (F,S)
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3.00 Credits
SST 304. Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary Grades. 3(3,0). This course is designed to acquint prospective elementary school teachers with techniques, procedures and materials used in teaching of social studies. An attempt will be made to interpret learning theories as applied classroom situations. Current affairs will be discussed in the course in an effort to broaden the studentts' perspectives in treating problems and controversial issues. (F,S)
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3.00 Credits
SST 305. Teaching Social Studies in the Middle School. 3(3,0). An undergraduate course designed to introduce pre-service middle school teachers to some of the techniques, procedures and materials that are used in the teaching of social studies in the middle school. Learning theories (applied and theoretical) will be introduced relative to their applicability to the classroom situation. In particular, the course will stress current affairs as an attempt to broaden perspectives from a multidmensional frame of reference for the devlopment of cogntive-affective skills. (F,S)
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3.00 Credits
SST 500. Social Studies for Elementary School Teachers. 3(3,0). The basic purpose of this course is to enable the elementary school teacher to investigate, re-examine and develop thorough competence in the social studies that is now offered in elementary school. The subject matter of the course will be based immediately upon the materials that appear in the social studies textbooks for grades 18; however, it will be extended to include broader concepts. This is made possible through a relatively mature approach to elementary subject matter.(S)
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3.00 Credits
SW 300. Introduction to Social Work. 3 (3,0). This course is designed as a survey course examinig the concepts, attitudes, resources, functions and activities in the field of social work. This course is offered for students who wish to obtain knowledge of the nature of social work. It is the first course in the professional sequence for social work. It stresses values, ethics, definitions and functions of the social welfare policy and service in the United States, contemporary issues in social welfare, the impact of racism, oppression, poverty and gender on such policies and programs. Thirty (30) hours of community agency service is required. Prerequisite: None. (F,S)
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3.00 Credits
SW 302. Human Behavior and the Social Environment II. 3(3,0). This course will draw upon the personality theories taught in SW 301. The emphasis is human development and behavior from adolescence through old age of the life cycle and the adjustment task common to each stage. Students will explore the relationship between biological, psychological, and environmental factor the interaction and interrelationships between people and their social environment. Taken concurrent with SW 303,SW 304, and SW 305. Prerequisite: Biological Science 152, Biologicial Science 153 and SW 301. (F)
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3.00 Credits
SW 303. Human Diversity and Social Work Practice. 3(3,0) In this course, students will examine cultural and social diversity with an emphasis on population at risk who are oppressed due to race, color, gender, age, physical, and/or mental ability, sexual orientation, religion or poverty status. This course is intended not to make students "experts" in diversity, but rather, learners about the broad similarities and differences among diverse populations and cultures. The cognitive and sensitivity focus of the course will help students address concepts of individuality, equality and power as ways of helping them clarify attitudes and values as they deal with client systems. Students will study the nature of ethnocentrism and other "isms" and the calls for action designed to improve the likelihood of social and economic justice. Taken concurrently with SW302, SW304 and SW305. Prerequisites: SW301, Biological Science 152, Biological Science 153 and SW301. (F)
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3.00 Credits
SW 305. Orientation of Professional Development. 3(1,2) This is a laboratory course. Course content will include issues related to students readiness to enter field instruction and professional practice. Interviewing, stress and time management skills are some of the topics to be covered. Taken concurrentlywith SW 302, SW 303, SW 304. Prerequisite: BSC 152, BSC 153, and SW 301.
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3.00 Credits
SW 400. Social Work Research and Statistics II. 3(3,0) The course provides students with advanced skills in (a) conceptualizing research problems in practice; (b) completing research on a timely issue, and (c) using inferential skills of data analysis. The technique of single subject research will be reinforced. Students will apply rearch measures to the proposal submetted in SW 306 as well as in Field Instructions I and II. Taken concurrently with SW 401, SW 402 and SW 403. Prerequisite: SW 306 and SW 307.
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