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3.00 Credits
A quantitative analysis of biomechanical principles as applied to both gross and fine gymnastic movement patterns. Additional emphasis centers on a critical review of the research relevant to the gymnastic discipline. Both lecture-demonstration and seminar methods of instruction will be employed. Prerequisite: PETE 160, 260, 360, or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the student with practical experience with a federal, state or private organization in some related aspect of physical education and/or sports medicine. Students will coordinate their course work acquired at East Stroudsburg University with specific field experience. This program will be supervised by a member of the SMGT Department. Prerequisite: Permission of the department.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a cross-cultural study of all human behaviors and social arrangements in contemporary cultures. Topics surveyed include race and ethnicity; language; gender and sexuality; age and kinship roles; religion and spiritual life; marriage and the family; political and economic behavior; globalization and cultural change; and the arts. The main focus will be on the application of the anthropological perspective and methods for understanding social and cultural differences and similarities.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the nature of social phenomena, fields and methods of sociology, and social processes involved in the evolution of human society.
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3.00 Credits
This class is designed to introduce students to a sociological and cross-disciplinary understanding of major ideas, institutions, and historical events that have shaped human societies. Selected societies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Europe will be studied. The class will focus on various social and cultural issues, such as family and religion, racial and gender relations, deviance, immigration, and social stratification systems. To facilitate cross-cultural understanding and awareness, students will be asked to read broadly on subjects relating to the lives of people from different societies and to reflect on their own experience. Prerequisite: SOC 111.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to criminological theory by providing information on core historical concepts, and principles. The relationship between criminological theory and policy will be discussed while providing examples of historic and contemporary programs/policies. The application of criminological theories to the field of criminal justice will also be examined.
Prerequisite:
SOC111 AND SOCJ150
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the "family" in its various forms. Special attention will be placed on an analysis of the family as an ideological construct that upholds lines of difference according to race, class, gender, and sexual identity. Family change is studied throughout the course, including shifts in patterns of dating and courtship, cohabitation, the division of both paid and unpaid labor, divorce and blended families.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the sociological study of social problems facing contemporary American society. It explores the social, political, and cultural causes, consequences, and possible solutions to social problems related to health care, crime, poverty, and inequality based on social class, racial and ethnic background, gender, and sexual orientation.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the basics of quantitative analysis to students majoring in sociology, social work, and criminal justice. The main emphasis will be on the applications of the quantitative methods and the interpretation of results in sociological, social work, and criminal justice reports and writings. Students will learn the logic and the applications of quantitative methods of data analysis that are commonly used in sociology, social work, and criminal justice. Pre-requisites: SOC 111 and satisfaction of the Math Competency Requirement
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3.00 Credits
This course will familiarize students with the sociological perspective, the history of sociology, and major contemporary sociological paradigms and their historical roots. We will examine the role sociology plays in the larger society, consider the theories and research methods used by sociologists, and develop skills needed for a rewarding academic career as a major in our department. The course is also designed to help students sharpen their analytic and critical thinking skills as well as become more effective writers, listeners, and participants in the sociologically examined life. Prerequisite: SOC 111 (with a grade of C or better)
Prerequisite:
SOC111
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