| |
Religious Studies |
| |
-
RST 409 - Jesus and Judaism
This course examines the life of Jesus in its Jewish context in an effort to uncover more accurate trajectories of continuity and discontinuity between Judaism and Christianity. The period of 2nd temple Judaism will be explored. An examination of key texts in the development of Jewish-Catholic relations since 1965 porvides a contemporary perspective on the theological developments of the first century CE.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
|
| |
-
RST 410 - Religion and the Constitution
An examination of the concept of religious freedom as protected and defined by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, considering the historical purpose and original intent of the First Amendment’s separation of church and state, the judicial construction of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, and contemporary controversies regarding religious freedom and practice in American society.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
|
| |
-
RST 411 - Prayer: Theology and Practice
An exploration of the human quest to develop the spiritual life through a study of Christian religious sources and traditions in a variety of formats and experiments with some techniques for the cultivation of spirituality through meditation practice, art, writing, music, dance, attention to nature, and commitment to service.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
|
| |
-
RST 412 - Environmental Ethics and Religion
Confronted by the mounting evidence of severe and unsustainable threats to the integrity and flourishing of planetary life, this course will examine principles of ethical behavior, drawn from a comprehensive survey of global cultural traditions which support authentic earth ethic in which human responsibility and care extends to the integral community of earth’s soils, waters, air and the multiple plant and animal species that inhabit them. This theoretic orientation will be complemented by consistent consideration of actual case studies that explore the tension between humans as members of the earth community and the appropriate limits of human intervention with it.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Core Course
Oral Intensive
Offered in the Spring Semester
|
| |
-
RST 420 - Special Topics in Religious Studies
These courses are designed to offer an opportunity to explore selected topics in religious studies that are either not covered in the religious studies curriculum or that will be covered in greater depth.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
|
| |
-
RST 422 - Special Topics in Religious Studies
These courses are designed to offer an opportunity to explore selected topics in religious studies which are either not covered in the religious studies curriculum or which will be covered in greater depth.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
|
| |
-
RST 425 - Special Topics in Religious Studies
An exploration of the sacred wisdom of the great masters of the spiritual life drawn from a variety of traditions, cultures and periods of history. Each semester the spiritual path of one such Great Teacher will be selected as subject for inquiry and experimentation (ex. Jesus, the Buddha, Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, Thich Nhat Hanh, Therese of Lixieux, Thomas Merton, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Mother Ann Lee and the American Shakers, Dorothy Day, Thomas Berry, Bernard of Clairvaux, Teresa of Avila, Bede Griffiths, John of the Cross, Rumi, and Martin Luther King).
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
|
| |
-
RST 448 - Oxford University Theology
Lecture
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
RST 450 - Senior Seminar
Directed research, readings and discussions for all religious studies majors for the purpose of coordinating the various branches of religious studies and researching topics of special interest to majors.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENG 120 or Honors Status.
Core Course
Capstone Course
Offered When Needed
Written Intensive
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
WST 330 - Women, Gender, and Religion
This course is a study of the lives of women and gender identities from a variety of perspectives and in various religious traditions. It explores a wide range of issues and concerns, which have particular relevance to the religious experiences of women and persons of various gender identities.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): RST 330 /WST 3300
Offered When Needed
|
Social Work |
| |
-
SOW 204 - Camp Viva Service Intensive Experience
This course offers an experiential exploration of the impact of HIV/AIDS on families and individuals. The service-learning aspect of this course requires students to serve as camp counselors at a one-week residential camp offered in mid-late August. As volunteer counselors, students lead and participate in daily activities of a residential camp for Westchester residents infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Academic components include preparatory readings, extensive pre-service training, on-site individual and group supervision, reflective journals, on-site lectures, a debriefing process, an integrative paper, and several classroom meetings during the fall semester. Open to all students by application and interview.
Service Learning
Credits: 3
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SOW 2200 - Sustainability and Community: An Environmental Justice Perspective
Sustainability is often depicted as intersecting circles representing its social, economic, physical (environmental), and spiritual/ethical components. Following an overview, this course focuses on social sustainability in theory and practice. Social sustainability includes the development of trust, reciprocity norms, equity, and other conditions that permit coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. With environmental justice as a lens, many aspects of sustainability and community will be considered. Over thirty percent of the grade is earned through service-learning projects, which will include an immersive rural experience and a local urban experience. The service-learning component will feature hands-on activities out of the classroom, work with community partners, and reflection, all with the goal of applying critical thinking to integrate course concepts. This course is open to all students with no prerequisites. It can be applied as elective credit to the Environmental Studies major/minor as well as the Diversity and Social Welfare minor.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 2210 - Introduction to Social Work
Social work is a broad profession with common goals and purposes, practiced in a wide variety of settings. This course is designed to introduce the student to the many roles and responsibilities of the generalist social worker and explore the various settings in which social work practice takes place. The course emphasizes the impact on human diversity in addressing strengths, problems and services.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Equivalent(s): SOW 210
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Open to all students
Offered in Fall & Spring
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 2220 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Human Diversity
This course is designed to teach students the principles underlying multicultural assessment and intervention drawing on knowledge, awareness and tolerance of differences among people. Through a process of self-examination and cross-cultural participant experiences, students will explore themselves and the society in which they live, develop an appreciation of the multifaceted meaning of diversity, and cultivate professional alternatives for combating discrimination, stereotyping, and oppression across age group, race, gender, class, religion, physical disability, and sexual orientation. Attention will be given to increasing students’ understanding and assessment of the impact of diversity on clients’ lives.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Core Course
Open to all students
Offered in Fall & Spring
DCCG: Human Diversity
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 2230 - Social Welfare and Society
This course seeks to provide a basic foundation for understanding the place and function of social work in the context of the broader social welfare institution in the United States. It examines the meaning of social welfare in contemporary society. Social welfare is defined, and the history and current patterns of provision of services within social welfare systems are explored. Historical antecedents are compared to recent approaches to the same issues. The role of values is examined, particularly as these values impact upon policy. Social welfare policy and social change are examined from many different perspectives. One credit of this course is satisfied by independent work.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Open to all students
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 2240 - Emerging Issues in Aging
This course has been designed as an introduction to the multidisciplinary study of older adults. It will focus on the strengths and resiliency factors, as well as social justice issues associates with barriers to access and utilization of health and human services based on culture, health literacy, health disparities, race, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status of diverse elders. Open to all students.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3120 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Life Course
Human Behavior and the Social Environment utilizes the bio-psychosocial perspective, which stresses a multi-dimensional view of human development and behavior. The multi-dimensional view of person in the context of the environment takes into consideration the challenges, stressors, and life tasks that occur during the life course. The individual and his/her environments are examined in their relationship to each other. The course stresses the importance of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, spirituality, and socioeconomic environment. One credit of this course is satisfied through weekly group work in which students develop their cross-cultural projects.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: PSY 201 or PSY 202 ; SOC 101 or SOC 102
Open to all students
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3130 - Social Welfare Policy
The purpose of this course is to help entry-level social workers understand policy formulation, implementation and analysis, and to use them as interventive strategies for social work practice. Policies of concern to the general practitioner are studied with particular attention given to the impact of such policies on the lives of women, people of various ethnic, cultural, racial and religious groups, individuals of varying sexual orientation, those who are economically disadvantaged, and those with physical or mental disabilities.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: SOW 2230
Open to all students
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3200 - Research for Social Work Practice
This course is designed to teach students basic research skills so they can develop an appreciation of the value of research in generalist social work practice. The scientific method (as well as its alternatives) is explored with specific relevance to social work and social welfare issues. As such, quantitative and qualitative research strategies are addressed. Ethical behavior and the protection of research participants are examined. Varying approaches to practice evaluation are emphasized by means of a final assignment that requires students to apply their knowledge of research in formulating a comprehensive evaluation research proposal. This course is only open to social work majors.
Lecture
Credits: 4
SOC317SOW320
Core Course
Written Intensive
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3220 - Social Work Practice I
This is the first in a sequence of three courses designed to prepare students for generalist social work practice with diverse client systems of all sizes, including the individual, the family, the small group, the organization and the community. Students are exposed to the broad theoretical base for generalist social work, to various fields of practice, and they explore a range of social work roles within the generalist framework, which recognizes, supports, and builds upon the strengths and resiliency of client systems. The planned change process is also introduced as the systematic intervention approach utilized by generalist social work practitioners and the requisite skills for its implementation are covered. Only open to social work majors.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3230 - Social Work Practice II
This is the second of a three-course practice sequence and focuses the social work knowledge, values and skills required to implement of the planned change process with varied client systems such as individuals, families, groups and communities. A multi-contextual (dimensional) framework is used to examine a wide range of diversity factors (age, class, color, culture, diversity, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic and marital status, etc.) that not only differentially influence behavior, but also contribute to increased understanding of the unique ways in which people and communities respond to life crises. Appropriate research-based knowledge is considered in relation to the content, process, and outcomes of practice. A 100-hour practicum allowing students to test out classroom learning in the context of a social agency accompanies this course. Only open to social work majors.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: SOW 3220
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3240 - Social Work Practice III
This is the third in a sequence of three practice courses designed to introduce students to generalist practice skills and techniques that enable them to manage the planned change process with client systems of all sizes (individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, etc.). This class focuses specifically on application of the Planned Change Process to macro-level systems. Macro-level approaches include work utilizing task groups and advocacy, as well as intervention on the organizational, community, societal, and global levels. Only open to social work majors.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: SOW 3230 , Corequisite: SOW 3610
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3330 - Violence, Trauma and Resilience
This course will look at the risk factors and vulnerabilities as well as the coping strategies and protective factors found in populations of people who have experienced violence and/or trauma. The history of psychological trauma and the stages of recovery will be examined. Various theories from psychology, sociology, criminology and social work will be explored in relation to the causes, responses and historical context of violence, trauma and abuse. Several methods of helping people who have experienced violence, trauma, and/or abuse will be presented. Special policy and governmental responses to the plights of victims will also be covered. Topics will include natural disasters, terrorism, child abuse, domestic violence, and elder abuse. Factors such as racism, classism, ethnocentrism and homophobia that contribute to violence, trauma and/or abuse will also be explored. Students coming into this course will be eligible to apply for a Certificate of Completion for the NYS Coursework/Training in the Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. Open to all students.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
-
SOW 3610 - Social Work Field Seminar I
This is the first in a sequence of two courses that provide supervised classroom instruction in conjunction with the year-long field practicum (200 hours/semester). The purpose of the field practicum is to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, values, cognitive and affective processes, and ethical standards explored within the classroom to actual social work situations. Integration of field and and academic learning is facilitated through a broad range of activities, lectures, and experiential exercises designed to promote the development of competent generalist social work practitioners. Only open to social work majors.
Practicum
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: SOW 3230 and Corequisite: SOW 3240
Offered in the Fall Semester
Not Liberal Arts
Core Course
Oral Intensive
|
| |
-
SOW 3620 - Social Work Field Seminar II
This is the second in a sequence of two courses that provide supervised classroom instruction in conjunction with the year-long field practicum (200 hours/semester). The course furthers students’ understanding of biopsychosocial assessment, and includes introduction to mental status exams and DSM-V diagnoses. In addition, it deepens and enhances student knowledge of generalist practice principles and theories, as well as effective communication skills with diverse clients. Emphasis is given to the examination of specific intervention approaches, as well as the evaluation and the termination phases in the planned change process. Only open to social work majors.
Practicum
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: SOW 3610 and Corequisite: SOW 4910
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
|
| |
|
| |
-
SOW 4950 - Selected Topics in Social Work
Electives dealing with topics and issues of current interests to social workers as well as with emerging fields of practice may be developed in response to students’ needs and interests.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Not Liberal Arts
|
Sociology |
| |
-
CDS 1105 - Parenting
An examination of the parental experience. Included for discussion will be historical and contemporary social trends; effective communication and discipline; and problem solving. The course will include both theoretical and practical approaches to issues of parenting.
Lecture
Credits: 1
Equivalent(s): IDS 1105
Offered When Needed
Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
CDS 1109 - Careers: How, What, Why and When?
An overview of how to develop one’s career. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s values, interests and skills. Resumes, cover letters, interviewing skills and other tools of the job search will be discussed.
Lecture
Credits: 1
Equivalent(s): IDS 1109
Offered When Needed
Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
CDS 1132 - Sports Sociology through Film
Sports films provide an interesting area for students to examine the relationship between sports and American society. By analyzing sports films students will see parallels between problems in sports, and problems in the larger society. (Weekend intensive)
Lecture
Credits: 1
Equivalent(s): IDS 1132
Offered in the Fall Semester
Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
CDS 1154 - Intercultural Awareness: Practical Applications
This course is designed to make individuals more aware of intercultural differences and to provide strategies for adapting to living, working, and traveling abroad. The course will be conducted as an intercultural workshop in which concepts and issues will be explored through the use of simulations, role-playing, critical incidents and other experiential exercises.
Lecture
Credits: 1
Equivalent(s): IDS 1154
Offered When Needed
Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
CDS 1158 - Aids and Society
This course will analyze many of the psycho-social issues that surround the issue of AIDS. These will be discussed in the context of moral and religious values, myths and phobias, and public policy. The impact of AIDS on both individuals and society will be explored.
Lecture
Credits: 1
Equivalent(s): HEA 4201/IDS 1158
Offered in the Fall Semester
Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
CDS 1179 - Sociology of Jazz
This course emphasizes listening as well as sociological skills. It is important to recognize the manner in which jazz musicians use sound to construct their symbols in order to explore the sociological aspects of jazz. This course offers examples from different eras in jazz history via audio and video tapes as well as the presentations of live musicians.
Lecture
Credits: 1
Offered in the Fall Semester Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
An introduction to the principles and methods of sociology. Topics include society and culture, socialiazation, family, social stratification, race and ethnicity, deviance and social control.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 1010
Core Course
Offered in Fall & Summer
|
| |
-
SOC 102 - Social Problems
An examination of the social problems which confront present day American society, including the problems of urbanization, family instability, crime and delinquency, pollution of the environment, poverty and welfare, race and ethnic conflict, and the rapidity of social and industrial change.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 1020
Core Course
Offered in Spring & Summer
|
| |
-
SOC 202 - Science, Society & Self
This course explores the social histories, purposes, and sociological intersections of science, technology, society, and the social self. Science is a collective enterprise acting upon humanity on both societal and individual levels. Society, social groups and culture also shape how science is conceived, performed, and used in an increasingly technologically complex world. This course surveys foundational practices distinguishing scientific norms and ideals from other methods of knowledge acquisition and verification. Applied and practical dimensions of science and technology as evidenced in popular media are also explored.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SOC 301 - Major Social Thinkers
A study of classic and modern social theories. Classical theorists such as Marx, Durkheim, Simmel and Weber will be studied along with the modern theoretical approaches of functionalism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory and ethnomethodology. These theories will be tested against modern principles of the logic of theory construction.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or SOC 102
Offered in the Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 302 - Socialization
A study of the relationship between the individual and society as a lifelong process. The roles of group behavior and social organization in shaping personality; social factors and their impact on the development of the self; how individuals are socialized into playing various roles in society.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 304 - Sociology of Health, Illness, & Medicine
The course explores human health, illness, and the healthcare and medical fields primarily representing a subfield called medical sociology. This course’s sociological and public health approach seeks to understand human illness and disease beyond the traditional biological and medical lenses. Rather, a sociological approach uncovers the important social, political, cultural, and economic forces that alter and mitigate human health outcomes, meanings, and experiences across different settings. An emphasis is placed on the social determinants of health and fundamental causes of disease, such as race, sex/gender, age, socio-economic class, and social integration/support, and how they influence an unequal distribution of health experiences and healthcare outcomes. Further investigation explores how doctors, nurses, and patients interact, construct, and manage illness; also, social epidemiology, the organizational and historical changes in health care systems, and particular social movements and public policy are also discussed. Finally, the course provides a more nuanced understanding of the intersections between local and global health.
Lecture/Seminar
Credits: 3
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Offered in Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 306 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior
A study of how society comes to define certain behavior as deviant; an analysis of those deviances which form social problems: drug and alcohol addiction, pornography and sexual deviance, acts of violence, and the relationship of deviant subcultures to social disorganization, social conflict and social change.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 406/SOC 3100
Offered in Alternate Years, Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 314 - Cultural Anthropology
An introduction to the principles and field work methods in cultural anthropology. A look at various traditional societies and American subcultures focusing on social organization, family and kinship, political and economic institutions, and myth and religion.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 2414
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 321 - Urban Society
Social factors contributing to the development of urban areas; major urban trends including suburbanization, and regional migration; urban problems; theories and methods of studying urban areas.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 3316
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 322 - Race and Ethnic Relations
Ethnic groups in American society, problems of prejudice and discrimination, myths and scientific research concerning group differences, contemporary issues and dilemmas of intergroup relations
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 3310
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Written Intensive
Offered in the Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 323 - Social Class in America
A study of inequality in class, status and power, its consequences and the forces which tend to increase and decrease it; status seeking, social mobility and American socioeconomic class variations; influence of increasing demands of Third World countries for a larger share in the world’s resources and power.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 3111
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 324 - Sex and Gender Roles in Modern Society
Study of sex roles in the contemporary United States. Emphasis will be placed on changing patterns of socialization, cross-cultural comparisons and historical development, class, race and subcultural variations, the effects of urbanism and industrialization, the feminist movement and change toward redefinition of sex roles.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): WST 324 /SOC 3050
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Offered in Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 325 - Sociology of the Family
An examination of contemporary family systems. Topics include mate selection, child-rearing techniques, marriage and parenting, contemporary trends including divorce and the one-parent family, the dual-career family, and nonmarital cohabitation.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): CDS 2400/SOC 3312/IDS 2400
Offered in the Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 340 - Adapting to a Different Culture
This course is designed to teach individuals the importance of cultural differences, so that they can adapt to living, working and studying abroad or to living and working in a multicultural environment in the United States.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 350 - Research Methods
An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and its application to sociological research; focusing on measures of central tendency, variance, association, characteristics of normal curves, hypothesis testing, and principles of survey sampling.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 101 , SOC 102 , 317
|
| |
-
SOC 370 - Sociology of Religion
Religion is a social phenomeon and is in an interactive relationship with the other social units that constitute a society. The sociology of religion concerns itself with this phenomena and its relationship to the rest of society.
Lecture
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
SOC 371 - Sociology of Sports
An analysis of the role of sports in society and how sports are a reflection of society. Areas examined include socialization, deviance, racism, sexism, economics, mass media and the future of American sports.
Lecture
Credits: 3
|
| |
-
SOC 372 - Sociology of Popular Culture
This course will explore the wide ranging concept of popular culture and its significant place and role in people’s everyday lives. We will explore the intersections of popular culture with important sociological organizations such as the media, the culture industry, and religious institutions, in addition to the social topics such as race and ethnicity, social inequalities, and gender and sexuality. Specific readings and research will focus on today’s changing practices of cultural production and consumption in areas such as fashion and style, music and art, eating and food, tourism and globalism, and television, film and the internet.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Offered in Alternate Years, Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 408 - Juvenile Delinquency
A study of what constitutes delinquency, a survey of some of its causes, the effect of societal reaction, the problems of measurement, and prevention. An emphasis will be placed on contemporary issues and current research in such areas as gang behavior and methods of rehabilitation.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 3315
Offered in the Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SOC 410 - Penalogy and the Sociology of Corrections
An examination of the mechanisms by which societies deal with those whose behavior is criminal; a study of the development of corrections and how it is used in contemporary societies, focusing on various models of corrections and implications for the offender, the institution, and the social planner.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 3314
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 411 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Deviance
An examination of deviance and social control; the ways in which they are defined according to the value systems of specific cultural and social groups in traditional society and in modern Western society.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 413 - Mass Media and Society
A study of the social consequences of living in the Mass Media Age of TV, radio, press, and cinema; focus on media’s impact on the family, religion, education and on political-economic institutions; problems of criminal violence, censorship, mass exploitation and manipulation.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 417 - Research Methods in Sociology
Study of the logic and methods of sociological research: practice in formulating problems; deriving hypotheses and creating research designs; an overview of data collection and treatment techniques, field observation and participation methods; principles of sampling, questionnaire construction, survey methods, documentary analysis and credibility of records.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 101 , SOC 102
Equivalent(s): SOC 317/SOW 320
Offered in Special Sessions
|
| |
-
SOC 430 - The Sociology of International Development
This course begins with outlining the historical context within which the term “Third World” emerged. It then discusses the political economy of Third World countries taking the case of specific countries or communities. The theoretical debates on “Development” (which is at the forefront of defining nations and cultures as “Third World” societies) will also be discussed. In so doing, we will pay attention to the major global institutions, and agencies that devise, expound and implement the development discourse throughout Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The course then delves into discussing how the process of globalization and its various facets (economic, political and cultural) affect the socio-cultural makeup of Third World countries. Finally, the course will discuss outstanding ethical (moral) and methodological issues (dilemmas) that social scientists (sociologists and anthropologists in particular) face when it comes to studying non-western cultures and societies, in general. It ends by discussing how these issues inform the ‘hierarchy of knowledge’ in the social sciences.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SOC 449 - Sociology Practicum
Opportunity for supervised field experience in the area of the student’s particular interest in such fields as criminology, ethnic studies, sociology of the family, urban society, etc.
Field Studies
Credits: 3
Open to juniors only. Open to Seniors Only Offered in Fall & Spring
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SOC 450 - Senior Seminar
A coordinating seminar for advanced students who wish to participate in research projects in sociology or the social sciences. Socially relevant projects will be selected from the personal interests of students registered. Each student will submit a research paper summarizing his findings and analyzing them from a social science perspective only.
Seminar
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 350 , senior status and approval of department chair. Courses in statistics and research methods are strongly recommended as advance preparation.
Core Course
Capstone Course
Open to Seniors Only
Written Intensive
Offered in the Spring Semester
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SOC 490 - Special Topics in Sociology
This course is designed to offer an opporunity to explore selected topics in sociology which are either not covered in the sociology curriculum or which will be covered in greater depth. Some of the topics which may be covered in the course are: “Religion and Society,” or “The Sociology of Political Economy.” This course may be repeated under a different topic for additional credit.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Chairperson Approval Required Offered When Needed
Department Consent Required
|
Speech Communication Studies |
| |
-
CDS 1174 - Communication Disorders
This course provides an overview of communication disorders, and explores the impact of such disorders on education, employment and interpersonal relationships. Through lecture, discussion and the use of media, students will become familiar with disorders such as hearing impairment, stuttering, aphasia, cleft palate, voice disorders, language delay and laryngectomy. The professions of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology will also be described; academic requirements, clinical practica and scope of practice will be outlines.
Lecture
Credits: 1
Offered When Needed Weekend Intensive
|
| |
-
SCS 101 - Introduction to Oral Communication
An overview of the major aspects of communication study including interpersonal communication, public speaking, small group and nonverbal interaction. This course offers practical skills towards effective communication using theoretical foundations. Students will learn techniques for improving their oral communications skills through a variety of assignments. Normally completed in freshman year.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SCS 1103/SCS 1110
Core Course
Oral Intensive
Offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
|
| |
-
SCS 108 - Introduction to American Sign Language
This course will provide an introduction to American Sign Language. Emphasis will be placed on building vocabulary, understanding of simple grammatical structures, fingerspelling, and visual-receptive sign language skills. Topics related to Deaf culture and the Deaf community will also be discussed.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Core Course
DCCG: Foreign Language
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 109 - American Sign Language and Deaf Culture II
This course will build on the foundation established in Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture. Students will increase their fingerspelling abilities and their knowledge and use of ASL vocabulary, grammatical structure, and pragmatic rules. Deaf Culture will continue to be explore and discussed. Prerequisite SCS 108 or permission of Department Chair.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: SCS 108 or equivalent
Core Course
DCCG: Foreign Language
Offered in Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 205 - Interpersonal Speech Communication
An in-depth course in which the student experiences the significance of his or her own abilities in speech communication. Learning will focus on communication and self, dyadic communication, and communicating interpersonally with audiences. The dynamic for this form of speech communication is nourishment in interaction.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Core Course
Oral Intensive
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 206 - Normal Acquisition of Speech and Language
The course will cover the perception, production emergence, development and interrelationships of the five components of speech and language: phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics and pragmatics. Theoretical issues of language acquisition will be introduced. This course focuses on early (ages 0-3 years) language acquisition.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 207 - Introduction to Communication Disorders
This course is an introduction to the study of communication and its disorders throughout the lifespan. It provides an overview of the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology, its history, the types of disorders encountered, their evaluation and treatment, and the ethical standards and credentialing requirements as set forth by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. An integral component of this course is extracurricular observation of assessment and therapy sessions conducted by speech-language pathologists.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 208 - Clinical Linguistics
This course is designed to provide undergraduate students of speech language pathology and audiology with an introduction to the field of linguistics and its various subfields (semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, sociolinguistics, bio-linguistics, neurolinguistics) along with their applications to the field of clinical linguistics, i.e., the sub-field of linguistics that studies the application of linguistic theory to the field of Speech and Language Pathology. The course is tailored specifically to meet the needs of speech and language pathology majors and it satisfies guidelines relative to the interface between the disciplines of linguistics and speech language pathology. The course provides theoretical background to understand how the brain processes language in standard and non-standard contexts and determines the expected outcomes when a component of grammar is impaired.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 209 - Business and Professional Speaking
Techniques of oral communication in business and the professions. The psychological concepts and the physical techniques underlying effective performance in interviewing, conference work and public presentations will be studied.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SCS 4110
Core Course
Oral Intensive
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 220 - Intercultural Communication
The focus of this course will be a study of the special problems of communication that emerge when people from different cultures attempt to communicate. The problems of different assumptions as starting points for discourse, language as basis of sensitivity and perception, nonverbal messages, and cultural norms and values will be considered.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SOC 4103/SCS 4103/SCS 346
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Oral Intensive
Offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
|
| |
-
SCS 221 - Gender Differences in Human Communication
This course explores differences in the strategies employed by females and males in intrapersonal, interpersonal and group communication.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): WST 334 /WST 3340
Core Course
DCCG: Human Diversity
Oral Intensive
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 225 - Public Speaking
A study of theories of public speaking and practice in the development of effective oral communication. Fundamental theories of rhetorical criticism will be studied and applied to chosen speakers and speeches.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Core Course
Oral Intensive
|
| |
-
SCS 230 - Communication for Healthcare Professionals
This course will provide a basic overview of the theories and practicalities of communication in healthcare. It will examine the relational components necessary in healthcare provider/patient relationships. Additionally, students will learn communication competence and effective communication in terms of the healthcare situation.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 231 - Narrative and Storytelling in Healthcare
Focusing on patient-centeredness, this course seeks to utilize storytelling and narrative as a means of intake and interviewing in healthcare. The course will examine the therapeutic aspects of storytelling and its effects on the mind-body connection. Additionally, it will analyze mutual self-disclosure, illness narratives, and the humanistic approach to healthcare. Class discussions will explore how building rapport and trust in a healthcare situation can increase the likelihood of releasing the kernel story of the patient/client. Understanding of the student’s own health and illness stories will also be explored.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 319 - Bilingualism and Speech-Language Disorders
This course offers an overview of bilingualism and bilingual language acquisition from a linguistic, sociolinguistic, and speech language pathology perspective. The course explores various aspects of bilingual behaviors, such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of their social functions within the bilingual community as well as in terms of neuro-linguistic organization in the individual speaker. The course will prepare speech-language pathology clinicians to work with bilingual children with language impairments, and it will help them acquire the tools to perform accurate language assessments on bilingual children avoiding all possible misdiagnosis.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SCS 206 and SCS 207
|
| |
-
SCS 323 - Persuasion
A study of the art of influencing belief. The course will focus on the bases of belief and the strategies and techniques for reinforcing and altering beliefs. Studies will include the variations in strategies that occur when the forum alters from public address to mass propaganda.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 330 - Communication, Technology, and Society
Explores how persuasive communication has affected our perception and employment of technology in society and how those technologies have, in turn, affected public discourse and interaction. Examines modern technological mythologies and their origins.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Equivalent(s): SCS 3101
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 332 - Problems in Media Communication
A study of those areas of media communication which have come to bear on our lives and the future of mankind. Specific units of study in freedom of speech and censorship; interpretative reporting; political, commercial and social propaganda.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SCS 101 or equivalent
Equivalent(s): SCS 3102
Core Course
Oral Intensive
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 360 - Human Communication Theories
A study of the psychological principles involved in speech as a form of human behavior and application of these principles to individual and group problems in speech. Areas to be considered will include communication theories and models, language development, perception, attitude change and nonverbal communication.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Equivalent(s): SCS 3600
Offered in Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 363 - Phonetics
A foundation course in articulary phonetics. A detailed study of the sounds of American English. Broad and narrow phonetic transcription are taught using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 364 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
A study of the anatomy and physiology of the skeletal and respiratory systems, the larynx, the skull and the nervous system as related to normal and abnormal speech production.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 366 - Audiology
A review of the principles of normal aspects of sound and hearing, and an introduction to the disorders of hearing and evaluation of the auditory system. Additional time will be required for students to practice equipment technique.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 389
Core Course
Oral Intensive
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 367 - Aural Rehabilitation
A study of the communicative problems related to hearing impairment, as well as the theoretical and practical aspects of management of the hearing impaired child and adult. Emphasis on the nature and use of hearing aids, principles of speech reading, problems of speech intelligibility of the deaf, and considerations of educational placement for the hearing impaired child.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 366
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 370 - Small Group Communication
Experiential learning involving the theory and practice of group interaction. The student will be exposed to the dynamics of building relationships with members of a group and exploring directions of mutual group interest. The student will learn group processing and methods of evaluating group progress.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Equivalent(s): SCS 2104
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 375 - Interviewing
The theory and practice of effective interviewing for both interviewer and interviewee will be discussed: creating rapport, barriers to interviewing effectiveness, styles of listening, categories of interview questions, effective verbal and nonverbal interviewing behaviors, and directive versus nondirective approaches. Students will participate in different types of evaluated interview settings, such as information-gathering, employment, persuasive, problem-solving and counseling interviews.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 380 - Communication Problems in the Aging
This course examines the conditions which influence the speaking and listening habits of the aging, identifies the physiological, emotional and environmental factors which contribute to the deterioration of communication abilities, and delineates methods of helping the elderly to improve their patterns of communication.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in the Fall Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 389 - Speech and Hearing Science
Speech and Hearing Science refers to the study of production, transmission and perception of speech and hearing. In this course, you will be introduced to theories and concepts that illustrate the relationship bewtween acoustics, speech production and speech perception, the acoustic properties of voice, resonance of the vocal tract, the acoustic characteristics of vowels and consonants, and the acoustic cues of speech perception. The student will become familiar with acoustic instrumentation, diagnostic equipment used to measure speech objectively, and how this can be applied to evaluation and treatment of clinical disorders. You will study the anatomy and physiology of the ear, responses of normal and pathologic ears to change in sound stimuli, with particular concern for the application of this knowledge to the understanding of diagnostic tests of audiology and methods of rehabilitation of the hearing impaired.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
|
| |
-
SCS 400 - Independent Study in Communication
Independent research designed to enable the student to examine, in depth, a specific area of speech communication or communication sciences. Work to be done under the supervision of an assigned advisor. Students may take a second independent research course for credit by enrolling in SCS 402.
Independent Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall & Spring
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SCS 401 - Internship in Speech Communication
Students will have the opportunity for professionally supervised field experience in an agency related to their major concentration. The objective of the practicum is to provide first-hand learning and work experience in a non-academic institution. Seminars and reports will supplement agency supervision.
Field Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SCS 101
Offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Not Liberal Arts
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SCS 415 - Special Topics in Speech Communication Studies
This course is designed to offer an intensive study of an area of speech communication that is not currently covered extensively by existing courses. Some of the topics which may be covered include “Family Communication,” “Narrative Communication,” “Political Rhetoric,” and “Communication Skills and Theories for the Healthcare Professional.”
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered in the Spring Semester
|
| |
-
SCS 418 - Principles of Clinical Management in Speech-Language Pathology I
Supervised clinical practice in the treatment of speech and language disorders will be provided to qualified students, as detailed in departmental policy documents.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Permission of Department Chair or Instructor
Offered in Fall & Spring
Not Liberal Arts
Written Intensive
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SCS 419 - Principles of Clinical Management in Speech-Language Pathology II
Continuation of supervised clinical practice in the treatment of speech and language disorders will be provided to qualified students, as detailed in departmental policy documents.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Permission of the Department Chair or Instructor.
Offered in Fall & Spring
Not Liberal Arts
Written Intensive
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SCS 420 - Principles of Clinical Management in Speech-Language Pathology III
In this course, students will study how research and theory about phonological, syntactical, semantic and pragmatic development are put into clinical practice. Topics include the techniques for treating disorders of articulation, voice, fluency and language, as well as the current tests and measurements used in the diagnosis of speech and language disorders. Opportunities for supervised clinical experience will be provided to qualified students.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Permission of the Department Chair or Instructor.
Offered in Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts
Department Consent Required
|
| |
-
SCS 430 - Swallowing Disorders in Adults and Children
This course is designed for students to demonstrate an understanding of the anatomy related to swallowing disorders. Students will demonstrate knowledge related to dysphagia including but not limited to stages of swallowing, characteristics of swallowing disorders, evaluation, treatment, tracheotomy and ventilation.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: SCS 206 and SCS 207
Offered Spring Semester Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 431 - Evaluation Procedures for Diagnostic Purposes in Speech-Language Pathology
This course is designed for students to study formal and informal diagnostic assessments used across the lifespan and procedures used for multicultural populations.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: SCS 206 and SCS 207
Offered in the Fall Semester Alternate Years
|
| |
-
SCS 432 - Medical Speech Pathology
This course is an introduction to the practice of speech-language pathology within medical settings. It covers core knowledge considered essential to prepare students to work as speech-language pathologists in an acute care or rehabilitation setting, nursing home, or otherwise conduct assessment and therapy of medically-involved patients. Topics include chart notes and communicating with the medical team, common medications, the neurological examination, imaging studies, head and neck oncology, swallowing, and managing tracheostomized patients. The role and responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist in the Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, and Throat) and Rehabilitation Departments is examined.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: SCS 206 and SCS 207
Offered Spring Semester Alternate Years
|
| |
Page: 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
|
Print this Page