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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is the study of the influence of norms, goals, motives, and social conditions on human behavior in groups. Students learn how the fields of psychology and sociology converge to explore the manner in which individual personality influences society and vice versa.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to those concepts, skills, attitudes, and practices, which comprise the various human service occupations associated with the profession of social work.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students the opportunity to explore demographics, issues, and problems of such minority groups as African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asians. The concept of double jeopardy is examined in relationship to the minority aging.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a historical study of the development of social welfare philosophy and policy and its impact on American society.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates essential life styles and leisure activities of older adults. Special emphasis is given to planning, organizing, constructing, and implementing leisure programs, which will help older adults increase feelings of competence, self understanding, confidence, and a sense of personal control.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the characteristics and problems of the adult offender. It covers causative factors, preventive measures, patterns of crime, and programs for controlling crime from a systemic view. The student is introduced to current trends in the treatment of the adult offender.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the study of selected social theories from a classical and multicultural perspective. Students explore particularly the role of theory in the practice of social science.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students the opportunity to explore the origins and rise of cities, the migration of rural peoples into cities during the industrialization and colonization processes, and principles influencing city planning in this country and abroad. Emphasis is given to the acquisition of skills related to urban planning and development.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the social, moral, economic, psychological, cultural, and legal factors, which influence the behavior and outlook of youth. Causation, prevention, and treatment of socially defined behavior problems are examined in the context of social institutions, anomie, and the contemporary culture of juveniles.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a description and analysis of the process and basic factors underlying problems of inter-group relations and the consequences of prejudice for minority and majority group members. Emphasis is given to a search for solutions.
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