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  • SP 1012: Elementary Spanish II

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture SP1011 This course is a continuation of Spanish 1011. Students review, strengthen and expand basic structures and maintain proficiency in self-expression and social exchanges. Students will also increase vocabulary and the ability to perform a range of functions including extending invitations, describing people, relating daily routine, asking for directions, buying food and preparing authentic dishes. Students will continue to develop appreciation for Spanish cultures and understanding of themselves as learners of Spanish.
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  • SP 2011: Intermediate Spanish I

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture SP1012 This course seeks to maintain proficiency in areas previously studied in Spanish 1011 and 1012, while expanding the students' facility and accuracy in expressive and receptive language. Spanish 2011 includes the basic language and cultural awareness needed to negotiate travel independently in a Spanish speaking country. Students also learn to narrate their experiences using the simple preterit. As part of this course students research a Spanish speaking country and create a trip itinerary for the class.
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  • SS 0951: Fundamentals of Psychology

    0.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture This course provides an introduction to the discipline of psychology, addressing foundational terminology and concepts from multiple perspectives in psychology. Topics will be drawn from several of the following areas: history of psychology, research methods, the mind and behavior, sensation and perception, learning, memory, emotion and motivation, personality, development, psychological disorders, and group behavior. This non-credit course will also address reading, study and writing strategies to help students succeed in this course and future social science courses. Students will also have opportunities to develop critical thinking skills through class discussion and exercises, presentations, written assignments, and exams.
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  • SS 1011: Introduction to Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture This course introduces students to the fields of study in modern psychology. After this course, students will be able to answer the following questions: What is psychology? What are the methods of investigation in psychology? How is the science of psychology applied to individuals and groups? The course includes theories of learning, thinking, memory, perception, personality, human development, stress, psychological disorders and the biological roots of behavior.
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  • SS 1211: Introduction to Sociology

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture This course introduces students to the scientific study of human social life, groups and societies. Students learn and apply the concepts commonly used by sociologists in framing their understanding of institutions, cultures, networks, organizations, and social relations in general. Students acquire the conceptual tools that enable them to give social context to individual human behavior. Major topics include sociological theory and methods; culture and society; stratification, class and inequality; gender inequality; ethnicity and race; families; education; religion; and political and economic life. In addition, these topics are all presented within the broader context of globalization. Class activities and discussions will regularly be supplemented with short film clips selected from award-winning documentaries.
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  • SS 1311: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture Cultural anthropology explores the challenges of cultural difference in the contemporary social world. This course focuses on the questions that anthropologists ask and the methods that they use to answer those questions. It introduces the beginning student to a range of domains of cultural anthropology, including: the concept of culture, kinship and social organization, ethics, relativism, and social change. Emphasis is placed on how the field of anthropology can be applied in contemporary settings and the course involves multiple opportunities to practice "field work" in the local community. The course ends with a review of the culturally constructed concept of "learning disability" and explores the experiences of individuals with perceived learning disabilities across several cultures.
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  • SS 1411: Introduction to Political Science

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture This course uses a comparative approach in introducing students to: competing political, and political-economic, theories; different government systems, from relatively democratic to authoritarian; and the types and functions of government institutions (e.g., executive, legislative, judicial) and agencies. Political behavior outside of government (e.g., various forms of activism, civil disobedience, and revolution) is also analyzed. In the last part of the course, political violence is addressed in more detail, with special emphasis on defining and understanding terrorism. In addition, this course guides students to consider how economic power may translate into political power, and what this suggests about the prospects of democratic governance and stability in the post-Cold War era.
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  • SS 1501: Introduction to Human Geography

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture Human Geography provides ways of understanding places, regions, and spatial relationships as the products of a series of interrelated forces that stem from nature, culture, and individual human action. This course explores themes in that answer questions about the discipline, while emphasizing the social research methods and theoretical models that guide geographical thought. The themes are developed through a critical history of Human Geography and case studies of the interactions between society, environment, and technology. This course does not meet the SS General Education requirement.
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  • SS 2021: Child Development

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture SS1011, SS1211, SS1311, SS1411, SS Core Trans, EN1011, EN1015, FY1011, FY1001 Child development focuses on the physical, cognitive, and social - emotional changes between conception and adolescence. Students will learn to ask and answer the types of questions that a developmental psychologist would, and they will study the interplay between nature and nurture in development. This course has an experiential component in which students observe children in off-campus sites, providing opportunities to apply theory. Short reaction papers are written throughout the semester, offering students opportunities to demonstrate critical thinking skills in relation to child development.
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  • SS 2031: Adolescent and Adult Development

    3.00 Credits
    Landmark College

    Lecture SS1011, SS1211, SS1311, SS1411, SS Core Trans, EN1011, EN1015, FY1011, FY1001 How do adolescents' thought, behavior and emotion patterns change as they age into adulthood? How do individuals construct identities and morality as they enter and proceed through adulthood? These are some of the questions that this course entertains as it gives an overview of major theoretical perspectives and favored research methods in the field of human development. As well as presenting course content, this course will provide opportunities for students to conduct interviews, observations and other experiential projects.
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