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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines contemporary approaches to interpreting the biblical texts (historical criticism, literary and sociological approaches). Issues to be treated include faith and its relationship to interpretation, instruction, revelation and the relationship of the interpreter’s social location to interpretation.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores various religious perspectives on the meaning and value of the natural world and the relationship of human beings to nature. A consideration of the connection between the natural and the sacred in selected traditions such as Native-American religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaeo-Christian traditions, eco-feminism, and deep ecology.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines major writings in England and the close interrelations between forms of intellectual inquiry and literature during the first half of the eighteenth century.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores political, sociological, and ethical perspectives of justice and social change. Topics include class, gender, race, and other differences as they relate to equality, power, privilege, social stratification, etc.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the cultural, social, economic, and political forces that underlie conflicts in our communities. Exploring the impact of gender, racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity serves as a starting point for mediating these conflicts. Topics such as violence, substance abuse, teen pregnancy and discrimination are discussed. Strategies for improving relationships and developing partnerships with parents, citizens, and business and community leaders are explored.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the family, as a gendered institution, taking into consideration macro level socioeconomic and cultural changes. By reading historical accounts of family change, both within the family and in the family’s greater setting of the family, and in relation to social change within societies, sociological issues will be discussed and evaluated. Cross-cultural similarities and differences will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an analysis of the historical changes in views of abnormality in societies across the world. Emphasis will be on how theories of etiology and treatment of psychological disorders have varied over time and across cultures, and some of the historical, social, and political antecedents and concomitants to such views. The subjective experience of being labeled as abnormal and the impact of such a sigma on the individual, the family and society will be explored. The ethical complexity of diagnosing and treating psychological disorders will also be addressed.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines basic psychometric concepts, the origins and logic of testing, criteria for judging tests and measurement techniques, standardization and reliability, validity and principles of test development and construction, and the use of quantitative methods in such procedures. Discussion will focus on the limits of measurement, the impact of testing and measurement on individuals and society, and the historical abuses and misuses of such techniques on individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the interconnections between the natural and man made worlds, and the roles played by humans in designing, constructing, and/or managing natural and built environments.
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3.00 Credits
This course evaluates the impact of the political environment on formulation and implementation of social welfare policy.
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