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Course Criteria
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14.00 Credits
Visual and oral presentations of sociological research. Students revise empirical research projects and develop effective presentations of findings for both professional and nonprofessional audiences. Emphasis is on developing effective posters and oral presentations of social scientific research findings. Students present their research in public settings on or off campus. The course meets a total of 14 hours, with most sessions early in the semester. Prerequisite: SO375 or permission of instructor. W. Fox
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3.00 - 9.00 Credits
Internship experience at the advanced level for juniors and seniors with substantial academic and cocurricular experience related to sociology. With faculty sponsorship and department approval, students may extend their educational experience through internships in human service agencies, the criminal justice system, business, governmental, and other formal organizations, community groups, and related areas. Prerequisite: nine credit hours in sociology. Not for liberal arts credit. The Department
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4.00 Credits
These interdisciplinary seminars introduce students to perspectives on a particular subject of inquiry. Each seminar, limited to 15 first-year students, allows participants to work together closely and also acts as a foundation and context for future college studies. Faculty instructors develop the seminar theme around their research and scholarly interests. In addition, faculty instructors serve as mentors and advisors to the students enrolled in the seminars. During each seminar, students enhance their abilities to read critically, communicate ideas both orally and in writing, and relate the seminar to their educational goals. All first-year students must take one Scribner Seminar in their first semester. This course must be taken for a letter grade.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces social work values; it provides students an opportunity to identify and clarify conflicting values and ethical dilemmas; and, it examines the impact of discrimination, economic deprivation, and oppression on groups distinguished by race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental ability, age, and national origin. Students learn assessment and intervention skills that enable social workers to serve diverse populations and to promote social and economic justice. (Fulfills social sciences requirement; designated a Cultural Diversity course.) The Department
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3.00 Credits
Analyses of death and dying from historical, cultural, and religious perspectives. Examination of theories of grief and mourning processes and of death-related practices such as wills and funerals. Review of approaches to and strategies for working with the dying and their families. Students may examine their own attitudes toward death and dying. The Department
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3.00 Credits
Approaches to individual situations and cultural variations in compulsive and addictive behaviors related to such matters as drugs, gambling, love, work, and material success. This course uses a comprehensive view of human addictions that involves a person's expectations, values, sense of self-worth, and alternative opportunities for gratification and treatment. P. McCarthy
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the American prison system. The course presents an historical review of prisons, as well as theoretical and practical perspectives on the current state of penal institutions. Specific topics include prison reform, the purpose of incarceration, and a variety of criticisms currently directed at the prison system. The Department
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6.00 - 8.00 Credits
A course designed to involve the students in community service and to encourage reflection on their experiences. Students volunteer their services in local nonprofit agencies for six to eight hours a week. Students learn to assume the role of a volunteer: to understand the history of the voluntary sector; to examine the role of voluntary activity on American life; to research the needs and problems of the population they serve; and, to demonstrate an awareness of the salience of race, ethnicity, gender, and class in the performance of community service. The Department
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to social welfare and the field of social work from a historical, educational, and theoretical perspective. The course explores the values, knowledge and skills required in the profession, along with their practical application in the field, and factors affecting social work practice, e.g., class, gender, race. (Fulfills social sciences requirement.) The Department
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3.00 Credits
One topic of current interest in an area of social work. Topics will vary from year to year depending on interests of faculty and needs of students, and might include social work practice with alcoholism and narcotic addiction, social work in correctional settings, social work with the developmentally disabled, social work with the aged, advocacy in social work, or the dynamics of racism in social work practice. The Department
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