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The course engages students an active inquiry into the process of scientific discovery: its methodology, development, relationship with technology, and role in modern society. By exploring aspects of scientific inquiry, students will develop a critical awareness of scientific and technological issues, methods, and processes. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: GEN 110 and ENG 200. Offered every semester. Note: Registration for both the lecture (GEN 240) and the lab (GEN 240 L) is required.
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This seminar course gives students the opportunity to integrate their course work with individual research projects. Each student is responsible for the production, presentation, and defense of a research paper which addresses a specific academic topic related to the College's General Education core. Research projects must demonstrate significant knowledge within the selected topic area, an understanding of its place in an integrated intellectual framework, and a high level of skill development. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: GEN 410. Offered every semester.
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A general survey of the physical aspects of earth's environment including man's relationship to it.Three credit hours. Offered Fall semester (d); offered Fall semester in even numbered years (e).
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A study of mankind with its diverse cultures, economies, settlement patterns, spatial arrangements within and between urban areas, including the use of models as a means of understanding spatial phenomena. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: WRT 175.Offered Fall semester (d); offered Fall semester in odd numbered years (e).
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Independent Study in Geography
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the target populations to be served by human services; an overview of career choices in the human services field; and concepts, skills, tasks and activities comprising human service practice. The course will look at ways of helping consumers function more effectively, a study of a variety of applicable techniques placing major emphasis on the process of getting services to people in need, and a brief look at ways of managing work to deliver effective and efficient services. Skill application will be stressed through realistic practice exercises. Three credit hours. Offered Fall semester (d & e).
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This course will provide students with an in-depth study and application of interviewing in human service agencies. The students will learn the purpose and mechanics of the interview. Skill application will be stressed using an Inter-personal Model which is relevant to an understanding of the interviewing process. Three credit hours. Offered Spring semester (d & e).
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This course is designed to prepare Health Services majors to work in a variety of professional relationships with the older adult. The central topics will be the special needs and interests of the elderly, helping the elderly gain greater control over their environment and relationships, and determinants of the (self) image of the older adult. Three credit hours. Prerequisite: HHS 100 or PSY 100.Offered as needed.
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This course provides a comprehensive perspective concerning disabilities and the disability arena in the United States. The three major disabilities will be the focus: (1) mental illness; (2) mental retardation, developmental disabilities; and (3) substance abuse. Identification of differences across systems will be included. The format will be both interdisciplinary and cross modalities from the medical, sociological, and legal frame of reference. Three credit hours. Offered as needed.
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This course is intended to provide a foundation in disability rights for people contemplating employment in organizations working with people with disabilities. It will begin with a short introduction into the historical and cultural development of the construct of disability rights. It will then explore two broad categories of law which affect people with disabilities: (1) civil rights protections, such as the rights of people in institutions, freedom from discrimination in the community, confidentiality and special education; and (2) entitlements, such as Social Security, Medicaid, Vocational Rehabilitation, and community based services. Three credit hours. Offered as needed.
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