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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on healthy, desirable and effective human behaviors. Students are introduced to the study of adjustment through discussion of science, a description of the area of adjustment, and introduction to critical evaluation and a summary of major psychobiological theories. This course further covers individual behaviors, including topics on self-control, stress and emotional reactions; self-image, self-deception, and life-span development. Lastly, the class explores adjustment in areas of marriage, sex, interpersonal relationships, and society as a whole. Prerequisite: SBS 1500
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3.00 Credits
This course considers the application of psychology to law and the legal system. It focuses on uses of psychology in civil commitment proceedings and various aspects of the criminal justice system. Applications of psychology to law enforcement, to the courts and to corrections are discussed. Subjects covered include topics such as determining criminal responsibility, employment testing, jury selection and decision making, witness credibility and competency, crime-related issues, family law issues, explaining criminal behavior, and correctional psychology. Prerequisite: SBS 1500
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3.00 Credits
Studies in physiological psychology explore the intersection of mind and matter in human experience, leading alternatively to reductionist interpretations of mind as matter and suggestions of mind as quantum consciousness. This course is grounded in a study of the biological (especially neurological) concomitants of behavior but also pursues philosophical questions related to transduction, the transformation of physical energy into self-awareness, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Prerequisite: SBS 1500
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This course represents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of death and dying encompassing perspectives from anthropology, mythology, religion, medicine, law, sociology, ethics, philosophy, and psychology. Topics include definitions of death, cross-cultural and anthropological beliefs about death, euthanasia, suicide, reincarnation, medical and moral obligations surrounding death, and the impact of media on the American culture of death-denial and death-avoidance. Prerequisite: SBS 1500
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a systematic analysis of a select number of social problems in the United States. Deviant behavior and social disorganization are objectively investigated in terms of social system structure and dynamics. Topics to be covered include mental disorders, crime, drug addiction, automation, poverty and war. Prerequisite: SBS 1600
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3.00 Credits
Students discuss the nature and extent of crime, past and present theories of crime causation, criminal behavior in American society and its relation to personal and cultural conditions. Prerequisite: SBS 1600
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Students discuss the evolution of the idea of internationalism from the dreams of the 19th century English empire builders through the Wilsonian League of Nations, to the ultimate establishment of the United Nations into the post-Cold War era of today. The readings explain the economic, technological, demographic and general ideological forces which created the current international system, as well as the forces which may disrupt this "New World Order." Students discuss the existing and newly-emerging international, political and economic structures designed to control and administer the increasing international functions required in the post-Cold War era. Prerequisite: SBS 1600
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3.00 Credits
This course involves individual or group participation in educationally-relevant community affairs under the guidance of the instructor. For example, a student might work as an aid to a community service agency or to a public official, or might engage in some independent work. Students should have completed one introductory social and behavioral science (SBS) course.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of how to use the creative arts as therapeutic tools to supplement verbal counseling with people with developmental disabilities. This course explores the use of music, art, creative movement and drama as therapeutic vehicles through a lecture and experiential format.
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3.00 Credits
While the content of a Special Topics course changes from semester to semester, it is the purpose of the course to provide the student with information on a topic of special interest which our existing courses only cover in a general or introductory manner. Each topic is selected by the instructor on the basis of personal interest, its significance to understanding and coping with our ever-changing worlds, or its importance in analyzing human nature from either the perspective of past events or future possibilities.
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