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  • REL 3400: Love the Stranger:The History and Significance of Interfaith Dialogue

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours This course argues that interfaith dialogue is an exciting and vibrant part of contemporary religious studies, and must be taken seriously as a faithful alternative to fundamentalist and other exclusive claims to truth. It explores the origin of a dialogical approach to other faiths from its roots in seminal religious texts, and its growing importance since the first Parliament of theWorld's Religions in 1893. It also introduces students to the views of important contemporary and near contemporary intellectuals, mostly but not all Christians, who have examined this issue. These may include, among others: Geoffrey Parrinder, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Seyyed Hossain Nasr, Kenneth Cracknell and Diana Eck. No prerequisites.
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  • REL 4990: Seminar in Religious Studies

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours This is the senior capstone for the Religion major and it is conducted in seminar fashion. A topic, which may change from year to year, is chosen from the major areas of contemporary religious studies for an in-depth study and presentation. Students will engage in individual research specific aspects related to the topic. Course content will vary according to contemporary issues and research interests. Prerequisites: REL2060 and additional coursework in Religion.
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  • SBS 1100: Introduction to Social Sciences

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours The course focuses on the social scientific understanding of society. Students learn the conditions that limit our lives and the opportunities open to us for improving the human condition, for developing societies in which human beings can live happy, meaningful, and satisfying lives. Because all expressions of human culture are related and interdependent, to gain a real understanding of human society, students study society fromthe perspectives of anthropology, sociology, history, geography, economics, political science, and psychology. They become familiar with methodology and methods of social sciences, with social scientific approaches to problems, and appreciate the multidisciplinary approach to human society. No prerequisites. Meets General Education: "KnowingOurselves andOthers" Group B requirement.
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  • SBS 2100: Human Geography

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours The overarching themes of this class are geography's impact on human development and the impact of collective human activity on global ecology. This class will explore how geographic realities have impacted population distributions, human migration, and the global diffusions of social customs, languages, religions, and folk and popular cultures. Topics will include ethnic distribution and competition, the links between ethnicity and state formation, state development, and state competition. This class will explore the origins and development of agriculture and Industry as well as natural resource utilization and depletion and their accompanying impact on regional and global environments. Additional topics to be explored include multiple theories of urbanization and the ecological, economic and human impacts of globalization. This class will also expose students to the theories, models and approaches used in the social sciences. Students will gain experience analyzing and creatingmaps. Students are not required to have taken any prior geography or history courses. No prerequisites. Meets General Education: "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group B requirement.
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  • SBS 3350: The Native Americans

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours An introductory survey of the history, culture and current social issues affecting Native Americans in North America: migration and pre-history, the relationship between Native American lifeways and the environment, the process and effects of European contact, the history of political and legal connections with the United States, encounter and conflict with Euro-American culture, social/cultural dimensions of Native American groups, diversity and common themes in Native American cultures and the current condition and prospects of Native Americans in U.S. society. Includes student projects based on the study of Native American artifacts and other primary sources. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group B requirement.
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  • SBS 3820: Secondary Methods in Social Studies

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours This course presents techniques that are effective in teaching in the content areas. The course includes lesson planning, classroomarrangement, curriculumdesign, alternative teaching strategies, and evaluation. In addition to the classroom hours there is a simultaneous practicum. This is usually the last course the student takes prior to student teaching. (Fall) Prerequisites: Acceptance into the College of Education including passing the Basic Skills Test, maintaining a GPA of 3.00, passing a background and a sex offender check, and EDU2200 and EDU2260. Placement applications for the practicum are due to the College of Education placement coordinator the January before the academic year of the practicum or for transfer students upon acceptance into the College of Education.
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  • SOC 1100: Principles of Sociology

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours The course is an introduction to the systematic study of human society. Students learn about the impact of society and culture on individuals and about the role of individuals in the construction of social life and culture. They develop sociological imagination and sociological mindfulness and learn how to apply the new skills to the interpretation of social reality and their own experience. They are introduced to themajor social institutions and the basic processes of human interaction resulting in social change. They learn contemporary sociological theories, and design and conduct their own field research project. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A requirement.
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  • SOC 2150: Cultural Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    3 semester hours The course introduces students to culture defined as a key aspect of human adaptability and success. Students learn about the process of development of our essentially human characteristics, both biological and cultural, including language, customs, and institutions that make up the ways of life of social groups. A crosscultural analysis of societies and the multiple functions of culture are discussed. Students are encouraged to develop cultural self-awareness, self-reflection, reduce ethnocentrism, and create new ways of understanding of their own culture. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A requirement.
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  • SOC 2300: Criminology

    3.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    3 semester hours Cross-listed with CRJ2300. For description see CRJ2300.
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  • SOC 3350: Race,Ethnicity,and Power

    4.00 Credits
    Aurora University

    4 semester hours The course focuses on the sociological analysis of minority groups as they interact with the dominant culture in which they reside. It develops students' awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the unique experience of distinct cultural and ethnic groups. The complexity of the fabric of social life and the fluidity of the dominant and subordinate status in society are discussed. Stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination of a wide range of social categories, from age, gender, and race to social class, religion, and ability and the role they play in the shaping of the structures of power are also analyzed. No prerequisites. Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A requirement.
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