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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to familiarize students with the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations. Major topics include social perception and cognition, attitude formation and change, social influence, altruism and aggression. Prerequisite: SS 151 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to examine the behavior patterns which interfere with personal efficiency including characteristics, probable etiologies and common modes of treatment of the behavior patterns studied.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to explore specified topics in psychology with an instructor who has a special interest and expertise in that area. Examples of prior seminars include the following: Behavior Modification, Learning, Theory & Practice of Counseling, Human Sexuality, Adolescent Psychology and Research in Psychology.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed as an analysis of major con?temporary social problems, including illness and health care, alcohol and other drugs, crime and violence, family problems, social inequality, poverty and unemployment, problems in education and populations and environmental problems. Emphasis is given to placing these problems in a global context, analyzing them from the three main theoretical perspectives of sociology and strategies for societal action that may offer solutions.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed as a social, scientific, and cross cultural analysis of marriage and the family. Major topics include trends in family change, dating, sexual mores and mate selection, family life stages, marriage, intimacy and happiness, dissolution of marriage, remarriage and parent-child relationships.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to provide students with a foundational understanding of addictions. Topics will include definitions and origins of addiction; substance addictions; experiential addictions (i.e. work, gambling, sex, cyber and internet addictions); the neurobiology of addiction (particularly drug/alcohol addiction); and various treatment modalities for addictions. Addictions pertaining to special populations will also be addressed.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) Individuals participate in occupation (activities such as play, self-care, and work) from birth to death. This course is an introduction to the meaning and characteristics of human occupation throughout the life span. The meaning and relationship of occupation to the development of self-efficacy and wellness is explored. The physical, psychological, spiritual, and psychosocial components of occupational performance are introduced as well as activity adaptation. This course is designed for the student pursuing a career in human services.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to introduce the student to the major topics of geography. Topics include: physical, demographic, cultural, economic and environmental geography.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to examine various regions of the world by concentrating on the social, political and economic problems as they relate to the geographic characteristics of those areas.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits (3,0) This course is designed to familiarize the student with the origins, history, theoretical explanations, and structure of organized crime, including the areas of racketeering, drug trafficking, gambling, loan sharking, money laundering, etc. The focus will be upon historical organized crime groups in the United States as well as emerging internationally based organized criminal groups.
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