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  • SOCI 234: Society,Sex and Marriage

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course examines the patterning and significance of sexual relations, marriage and family patterns in modern society. It contrasts the functions and the conflicts of dating, courtship, marriage and family life in the context of other social institutions. Marital dissolution is examined along with the strains that the institution of marriage and family experience. Emphasis is on students' reflection on their own family experience. Fall and Spring semesters.
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  • SOCI 235: Work in America- GS

    6.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course examines social patterns, corresponding roles and expectations, meanings and impacts of work in various American and cross-cultural contexts. Work is examined historically from pre-Industrial Revolution to the present. Shifts in the cultural meaning and symbolism of work are analyzed. Research findings and critiques of work and occupations drawn from industrial sociology, the sociology of bureaucracies and complex organizations and other sources are studied. Careers are analyzed for their impact upon autonomy and family obligations. Fall semester.
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  • SOCI 239: Social Welfare Policy and Services

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    The history and current state of social welfare policy and services is the major focus of this course. Various frameworks and methods used by policy scholars to analyze social welfare policy will be introduced and applied. Past and present examples of social welfare policy at federal, state, county, city and agency levels will be studied in terms of the historical and contemporary factors that shaped them; the political and organizational process that influenced them; their impact on social welfare services, practices and practitioners; and the extent to which they help or hinder the general health and wellbeing of people. This course will also study the history, mission and philosophy of the social work profession.
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  • SOCI 240: Social Work Practice:Individuals & Families

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course presents the generalist model of social work practice, which uses the strengths perspective and empowerment approach. Students will understand the knowledge and values and demonstrate the skills necessary for bachelor's level social work competencies. Individual practice assessment is focused on the examination of client's strengths and problems in the interaction among individuals and between people and their environments. Students will also learn to develop a contract and how to plan and carry out intervention and evaluation techniques. The course is also designed to provide instruction and practice in interaction skills necessary for interviewing social work clients and ethical dilemmas that may arise in social work practice. Working with clients in a culturally sensitive way is emphasized. Information is provided about the development of professional relationships that are characterized by mutuality, collaboration and respect for the client system. Fall semester.
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  • SOCI 241: Social Work Practice:Organizations & Communities

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course focuses on generalist social work practice with groups, organizations and communities and developing cultural competence in social work practice. Content will cover the role of social workers in networking, planning and conducting meetings, managing conflict and using supervision effectively. Also included is practice content which emphasizes professional relationships that are characterized by mutuality, collaboration, respect for the client system and incorporates use of social work supervision within macro practice. The course will also cover the knowledge, values and skills to enhance human well-being and amelioration of the environmental conditions that affect people adversely. Emphasis is placed on practice skills by working with clients of differing social, racial, religious, spiritual and class backgrounds and with systems of all sizes, including an understanding of differential assessments and intervention skills to serve diverse at-risk populations. Social work values and ethics are discussed in relation to macro practice. Students will learn about organizational culture, agency policy, developing and managing agency resources and implementing agency change. The course will also cover approaches to community change, evaluating macro practice, advocacy and social action. A small section on working in urban vs. rural communities is also included. Fall and Spring semesters.
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  • SOCI 245: Ethnography of Folklore

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    (See Infrequently Offered Courses section of the catalog.)
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  • SOCI 246: Issues in Archeology

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    (See Infrequently Offered Courses section of the catalog.)
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  • SOCI 260: Gender and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    What is gender and how is it related to culture This anthropology course takes a cross-cultural look at the concept of gender, examining men's and women's roles,masculinity, femininity and sexuality as they are expressed around the world. Particular attention will be given to gender as it relates to popular forms of culture and everyday life. Both the history of anthropological studies of gender and new directions in the field will be introduced. Extensive use of films, videotapes and student-directed projects. Spring semester, alternate years.
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  • SOCI 289: Special Topics

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    A seminar course primarily designed for freshmen, sophomores and juniors, on a special topic in sociology or anthropology. It may be proposed by either students or an interested faculty member. Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
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  • SOCI 295: Colonialism and Religion in the Philippines

    3.00 Credits
    Saint Norbert College

    This course will examine the religions and cultures of the Philippines, looking specifically at the often ambivalent linkages among religion, Catholic missions and colonial rule. The seminar will begin by exploring aspects of the Spanish colonial period, including the diversity of indigenous religions, the role of Islam, the founding of Catholic missions, native responses to Christianity and the development of a baroque Catholic culture in Manila. This course will also examine the role of religion during U.S. colonial rule and conclude by considering the development of liberation theology in the Philippines. Alternate Fall semesters.
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