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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S) This course explores the history of substance abuse, models of addiction, physiological effects of commonly abused substances and treatment effectiveness. Some of the programs that will be examined include the 12-step program.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S) Explores the nature of crime, the history of criminal justice, and the process of the modern justice system. Prerequisites: SO101 or AN151.
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4.00 Credits
(Variable; Variable; 1.00-4.00 Credits; S) Offered at the discretion of the department to qualified students Topic titles may vary from semester to semester and more than one may be offered per semester. Note: Abbreviated ST: (Title); students may take each ST: course for credit.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S) Examines contemporary psychological and sociological theories of behavior deviation, including crime, delinquency, substance abuse and selected other categories. Typologies for classifying and studying crime are developed and evaluated. Trends in behavior deviation, including the characteristics of offenders and victims, are critically explored. Informal and formal, as well as proactive and reactive, social control systems aimed at managing behavior deviation are described and analyzed. Prerequisites: SO101 or AN151.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Variable; 3.00 Credits; S,CW) An investigation of the stratification of American society. The roots and repercussions of social inequalities are studied with special emphasis given to inequalities relating to social class, race, ethnicity and gender. Social structures through which these inequalities are sustained are critically examined. Prerequisites: SO101 and Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Yearly; 2.00 Credits) Supervised field work in an approved social work agency. Provides opportunity to observe agency function and apply beginning social work practice skills. Corequisite: SO331. Prerequsite: SO230.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Variable; 3.00 Credits; S,CW) Exploration of causes and consequences of social change. Forms of social change are examined through case study analysis of significant economic and political developments, revolutions and wide-spread shifts in normative social patterns and their socially constructed meanings. Forces that drive social change will be studied, including changing demographics and technological innovation, as well as social movements and other intentional efforts to stimulate change through human agency.Prerequisites: SO101 and sophomore, junior or senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Even Years; 4.00 Credits; S) An introduction to the ethics, principles and techniques of archaeological field research in the first half of the course. The second half is devoted to a practicum: actual excavations on both prehistoric and historic sites. Prerequisite: AN151.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; CW,S) This course covers basic investigative techniques for crimes against person and property, and the law enforcement officer's role in court. Challenges in policing such as computer crime, organized crime, and gang-related crime are also explored. Prerequisite: SO260.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Odd Years; 3.00 Credits; CW,S) The issues, trends, and challenges facing juvenile justice professionals are explored in this course. The history and philosophy of juvenile justice, processing, detention, and diversion of juvenile offenders are topics of the course. Prerequisite: SO 260.
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