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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Designed to highlight community-based approaches in rural and urban sociology. Rural-urban continuum stressed. Processes of urbanization as related to modernization, industrialization, capitalism, suburbanization, segregation, migration, deindustrialization, globalization, and social justice. Fort Wayne will serve as a social laboratory for class and students are expected to complete an applied research project on one major issue facing the local community. Fall, Spring Prerequisite: SOCI 101
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Examines the socio-historical relationship between the natural and built environment. Critical interrogation of the social construction of nature from political ecology to environmental sociology approaches. Case studies may include environmental racism, second contradiction, global commodity chain analysis, urban-rural continuum, or other topics as determined by the professor. Fall, Spring Prerequisite: SOCI 101
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Study of how the self is constructed from a sociological viewpoint. Pragmatist, symbolic interactionist, dramaturgical, social psychological, feminist standpoint, and postmodernist approaches will be explored. Major focus on identity construction and the impact of social forces. Fall, Spring Prerequisite: SOCI 101
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Explores the role of religion in social life. Focus on religion by classical theorists as well as contemporary sociologists of religion will be examined. Special focus on role of Catholicism in society. Specific topics may include the influence of liberation theology in Latin America, history of mission movement in Southwestern United States, Catholicism and ethnic/immigrant identities, or other topics at professor's discretion. Fall, Spring Prerequisite: SOCI 101
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(3 Hrs) This course is designed to familiarize students with basic principles related to grief and loss. This course is not concerned primarily with death and dying issues, but rather with the wide range of significant losses that may occur over the course of a person's lifetime. In particular, losses that will be addressed include loss of country, losses associated with geographical and legal separations, physical losses, economic losses and losses occurring as a result of war and natural disasters. Methods of grieving and surviving losses will be discussed. The goal of this course is to heighten the students? ?awareness of the vast array of losses that can occur and be life changing. Students will explore ways in which they can compassionately address human needs related to loss. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) This course is designed to explore the societal challenges for those persons age fifty and above. Taught from a strengths perspective, it will examine social, economic, political and health care considerations facing the aging population in America today. Issues of human well being, advocacy, autonomy and independence, personal fulfillment, spirituality, dignity, purpose and meaning will be explored. This course will further connect content, advocacy and action to the Franciscan values embraced by the University. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) Overview of the profession of social work and social service delivery systems in historical and current contexts. Introduces social work knowledge including systems theory and generalist social work practice, social work values, skills interventions, practice settings, and target populations. Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) This course provides content on the reciprocal relationships between human behavior and social environments. Content includes empirically based theories and knowledge that focus on the interactions between and among individuals, groups, cultures and societies. It includes theories and knowledge of biological, sociological, cultural, psychological, and spiritual development across the life span; the range of social systems in which people live (individual, family, group, organizational, and community); and the ways social systems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving well-being. Fall
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth review of the NASW Code of Ethics, application of ethical constructs, consideration of ethical dilemmas in social work practice, and direction toward competent ethical professional practice. Spring
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3.00 Credits
(3 Hrs) An experiential laboratory course which focuses on developing effective listening and interviewing skills. Use of the problem-solving method as applied to interpersonal communication. Role playing, group exercises, audio taping, and videotaping experiences may be employed. Fall, Spring
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