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SAFE 561 - Air Pollution
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 101 and 102 or equivalent and SAFE 301 or equivalent courses or permission of the instructor.
Dual-Listed Class
Focuses on the various major aspects of the air pollution problem. These include sources of pollution, evaluation and engineering control of pollutants, government regulations, atmospheric chemistry and dispersion, and human and nonhuman effects. Emphasizes information that is practical for the safety sciences and industrial health professionals.
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SAFE 562 - Radiological Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE major or permission of instructor.
Dual-Listed Class
Studies of problems associated with ionizing radiation in the human environment. Emphasizes biological effects, radiation measurement, dose computational techniques, exposure control, and local and federal regulations. The study and use of various radiological instruments are included.
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SAFE 565 - Right-to-Know Legislation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 301 and SAFE 311 or permission of the instructor.
Dual-Listed Class
Covers both the federal and selected state right-to-know laws and related legislation. The scope, application, and enforcement of the various laws, including specific legal and moral obligations, are discussed. Strategies are explored and developed to identify the means by which employers can gain compliance with regulatory requirements.
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SAFE 581 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
A dual-level elective offering in which the specific topic may vary from one term to the next.
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SAFE 602 - Research Methods in Safety Management
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in SAFE 791 .
Prepares individuals for the conduct of research in safety and its numerous subspecialties. Research paradigms, experimental design, data sources and collection, and statistical methods are covered in detail. Students will complete a capstone project which requires the in-depth analysis and proposed solutions for a safety sciences problem in a workplace setting.
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SAFE 603 - Human Relations in Safety Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE major or permission of instructor.
Integrates various behavioral science theories into the practice of safety management. Areas covered are motivation, communications, managerial interactions, and controlling worker behavior as it relates to accident causation.
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SAFE 604 - Industrial Toxicology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 101, CHEM 102, MATH 217, or permission of instructor.
Principles and techniques for evaluating toxicological properties of chemical substances are studied with particular emphasis on extrapolation of information to determine permissible exposure limits in the workplace. Acquaints students with requirements for operating an animal toxicology facility as well as means of obtaining relevant human experience data.
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SAFE 605 - Application of Safety Engineering Principles
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PHYS 111, MATH 105, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Prepares the student with a fundamental understanding of those hazards which can contribute to accidental injury and damage. These hazards are studied in an engineering context; their physical and chemical characteristics are studied in depth in order to apply the appropriate hazard control measures.
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SAFE 606 - Hazardous Materials Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 311, CHEM 101, and CHEM 102 or permission of the instructor.
Examines the technical and management aspects of handling hazardous materials, including hazardous waste. Definitions and the procedures for determining hazard properties are reviewed. The student is introduced to the various regulations that pertain to hazardous materials. Responsibilities for creating/receiving, storing, handling/using, shipping, and ultimately disposing of hazardous materials are discussed in detail. Examination of current trends and future directions is included.
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SAFE 610 - Safety, Health, and Environmental Administration
Credits: 3
Examines administrative concepts and principles regarding organizing and managing the functional areas of safety, health, and the environment within an organization. Students are introduced to management practices unique to SH&E programs as well as concepts related to organizational culture, labor relations, professional ethics, workers’ compensation, and medical management.
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SAFE 620 - Safety Data Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 412 or permission of instructor.
Covered are design of loss incident source documents and code dictionaries; procedures to collect accident cost and cause data; accident cause analysis; and data for management accountability and decision making.
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SAFE 621 - Programming Safe Behavior
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Students learn to apply behavior principles to motivate safe behavior (SB) in the workplace. Included are Programming Safe Behavior, SB program funding proposals, employee performance analysis, safe behavior definitions, workplace motivations and incentives, and SB program design, implementation, and evaluation.
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SAFE 623 - Advanced Safety Administration
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE major or permission of instructor.
Analyzes the management structure for its procedures, organizations, policies, and departmental competencies as they relate to safety. Ways to audit and improve management’s safety effectiveness are covered.
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SAFE 624 - Solving Safety Problems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 603 or permission of the instructor.
Students are presented with common scenarios that safety professionals face while trying to advise management on ways to prevent accidents. Students use problem-solving skills and safety knowledge to deal effectively with and resolve safety management problems such as being assigned a safety responsibility that is clearly another manager’s responsibility and having objections raised about one’s proposed project plans.
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SAFE 625 - Risk Strategies for the SH&E Professional
Credits: 3
Provides the student with a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of risk management, including leading-edge risk identification, control, finance, and transfer recommendations. Addresses workers’ compensation, product risk management, construction risk management and wrap-up programs, catastrophic risk management, quantitative methods, risk finance, and risk management technology.
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SAFE 630 - Pollution Control
Credits: 3
Introduces students to both management and engineering strategies in the prevention and control of pollution to the environment from industrial activities. Includes a brief history of pollution, legal aspects of prevention and control, the management of major types of industrial wastes, and the control of releases into both water and air.
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SAFE 644 - Preventing Unsafe Acts
Credits: 3
Accident cause analysis narrowed to behavior analysis to determine motivation problems and behavior skill deficiencies with appropriate intervention techniques are covered. Cost/benefit analysis of accident costs versus training program benefits and OSHA training requirements are presented. Proposals for funding of training programs as well as writing behavioral objectives are covered. Course descriptions and course, unit, and lesson outlines as well as lesson plan development are presented. Lesson plan presentations and evaluation techniques are included.
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SAFE 645 - Principles of Occupational Safety
Credits: 3
Provides the student with fundamental knowledge of the technical and managerial aspects of the safety and health function within an organization. The effects of loss incidents, accident causation, safety and health legislation, and safety program development are among the managerial aspects covered. The technical aspects of the course focus on the recognition, evaluation, and control of common safety, fire, and repetitive motion hazards in the workplace. Does not count toward degree requirements for the MS Degree in Safety Sciences.
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SAFE 647 - Applied Ergonomics
Credits: 3
Ergonomic principles used in the identification, analysis, and implementation of intervention strategies to address hazards in the workplace are presented. Focus is on the application of strategies to identify and correct ergonomic problems in the workplace using evaluation equipment and video case studies of actual workplace situations.
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SAFE 660 - Applied Industrial Hygiene
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 101, SAFE 330, and SAFE 430 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
Examines the current expectations and responsibilities of professionals engaged in the practice of industrial hygiene. Students become familiar with 1) the current approaches to anticipating and identifying potential health hazards in the workplace and/or environment; 2) methods and techniques for determining quantitatively the amount of environmental stresses present; and 3) proper strategies and methods for implementing effective controls.
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SAFE 663 - Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 302 and SAFE 303 or permission of instructor.
Laboratory methods germane to industrial hygiene sampling and analytical methods are studied in depth. Introduces a variety of laboratory procedures as well as biological monitoring. Sampling and analytical statistics are also emphasized.
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SAFE 664 - Industrial Noise Control
Credits: 3
Provides an understanding of the physics of sound, functioning of the human hearing mechanism, instrumentation for measuring sound levels, and application of control strategies. Emphasis is placed on engineering controls, although administrative controls and use of personal protective equipment are discussed as well. Components of an overall continuing, effective hearing conservation program are reviewed in detail.
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SAFE 667 - Principles of Occupational Health
Credits: 3
Provides comprehensive coverage of the industrial hygienist’s responsibility for recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental stressors arising in or from the workplace. Students learn how to recognize and evaluate exposures to chemical, physical, and biological hazards. Emphasis is also placed on the identification of appropriate control strategies, including program development and evaluation. This course will not count toward meeting the degree requirements for the MS Degree in Safety Sciences.
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SAFE 672 - Process Safety in the Chemical Industries
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 311 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Designed to cover all important aspects of loss prevention as it is practiced in the chemical process industries. Seeks to prepare the safety professional so that he/she may be able to work more effectively with chemists and chemical engineers in joint hazard identification, evaluation, and control projects.
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SAFE 681 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
A graduate-student-only elective offering in which the specific topics may vary from one term to the next.
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SAFE 699 - Independent Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Study in depth of a topic not available through other course work. Student works with supervising faculty member on carefully planned, student-initiated project. Prior approval is necessary.
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SAFE 701 - Environmental Impact Analysis and Documentation
Credits: 3
Using an environmental impact statement as a model, this course is designed to provide the student with various regulatory, scientific, mathematical, and risk-based approaches and tools to conduct environmental impact assessments for industrial technologies by analyzing affected environments and by determining the significant environmental consequences of industrial technologies on various resources (e.g., water, land, human health, etc.). The student is also provided with information on how to generate reports/forms base on implementing regulatory and other requirements to document information from environmental/risk assessments and analyses.
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SAFE 773 - Disaster Preparedness
Credits: 3
Principles and techniques for preparing for various types of disasters. Students are acquainted with requirements necessary to develop workable plans for natural and industrial types of disasters. Loss prevention measures are discussed, directed toward preservation of organization resources.
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SAFE 774 - Fire Safety in Building Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled as a Graduate Level Safety Sciences major.
Examines fundamental principles for the safe design of buildings from a fire hazard standpoint. Emphasis is given to an understanding of building codes, fire properties of building materials, building design criteria to limit the spread of fire and smoke, control of ignition sources, storage of combustibles and flammables, life safety, and active fire protection systems.
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SAFE 791 - Capstone Project in Safety Sciences
Credits: 1
Corequisite: Concurrent registration in SAFE 602 .
Students will be required to submit a comprehensive project based on the cumulative knowledge and skills acquired in the program coursework.
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SAFE 795 - Thesis
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
The thesis will require a committee review with one faculty member serving as the student’s advisor. The committee will also include two additional faculty members and a representative of the dean of the College of Health and Human Services.
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SAFE 800 - Pedagogical Practices in Safety Education
Credits: 3
Application of educational theories to the safety educator role in higher education will be explored. The course will review the role of the teacher in both the classroom and internship settings, teaching strategies, and student centered learning outcomes as they pertain to safety sciences.
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SAFE 801 - Environmental Impact Analysis and Documentation
Credits: 3
Using an environmental impact statement as a model, this course is designed to provide the student with various regulatory, scientific, mathematical, and risk-based approaches and tools to conduct environmental impact assessments for industrial technologies by analyzing affected environments and by determining the significant environmental consequences of industrial technologies on various resources (e.g., water, land, human health, etc.). The student is also provided with information on how to generate reports/forms base on implementing regulatory and other requirements to document information from environmental/risk assessments and analyses.
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SAFE 802 - Safety Management Systems
Credits: 3
This seminar examines administrative concepts and principles regarding organizing and managing safety performance within an organization. The course is designed to explore the current research topics in managing safety including: dimensions of safety performance, management systems, culture & climate, decision-making & risk, leader-member relations, attitudes and values, & international and cultural issues. The course focuses on identifying underlying theoretical and conceptual frameworks characterizing organizational safety research and helping students develop a sense of the issues and questions that the field addresses.
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SAFE 803 - Epidemiological Analysis in Safety Sciences
Credits: 3
Course will focus on epidemiological based test procedures commonly used in published safety research. Students will be required to formulate research hypotheses, test them using the appropriate quantitative research methodologies, and interpret results.
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SAFE 804 - Legal Aspects of Safety Sciences
Credits: 3
This course examines the legal framework within which the safety, health and environmental professional must perform. Consideration is given to the historical development of legal aspects of the profession, including current guidelines that impact on regulatory compliance and professional practice. Personal liabilities associated with professional practice, including the possibility of criminal sanctions for workplace injuries, are presented.
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SAFE 805 - Strategies in Risk Control
Credits: 3
Tools and strategies for the qualitative and quantitative assessment and management of environmental and occupational risks will be presented.
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SAFE 806 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Health and Safety
Credits: 3
This course will present progressive topics in the environmental, health, and safety field. Leading edge applications in the areas of industrial hygiene, ergonomics, environmental safety, fire protection and safety management will be covered.
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SAFE 807 - Doctoral Colloquium in Safety Sciences
Credits: 3
This graduate colloquium is designed to have the students work closely with their classmates and the instructor to explore and present various components of safety research. Colloquium students will explore and present details of various research methods in order to gain valuable practice with research and technical presentations.
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SAFE 808 - Curriculum Evaluation in Safety Education
Credits: 3
This course examines the various curriculum designs in safety at the undergraduate and graduate level. The student will analyze current accreditation standards in safety education with an emphasis on curriculum evaluation. The students will learn methods for conducting ongoing curriculum revision based on a quality outcomes assessment plan.
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SAFE 809 - Human Performance and Organizational Safety Theory
Credits: 3
Presents advanced topics in the field of human performance and organizational safety theory. Evaluates human performance and organizational safety theory research methodology and research priorities. Applies safety theory and analytical, quantitative and qualitative tools to tackle large-scale or complex human performance and organizational safety behavioral issues. Covers and promotes leading edge research, analysis and discussion as defined by recent and relevant published research.
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SAFE 810 - Applied Research I: Experimental Design
Credits: 3
Covers experimental and advanced multivariate statistical procedures, including analysis of variance (ANOVA), multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), post-hoc tests, planned comparisons, and randomized block designs.
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SAFE 811 - Applied Research II: Multivariate Analysis
Credits: 3
This course will explore multivariate analysis techniques commonly used in safety sciences research. Topics include multiple regression, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and linear discriminate analysis.
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SAFE 812 - Applied Research III: Tests and Measurements
Credits: 3
Introduces students to testing and measurement topics as they specifically pertain to the field of occupational safety. Includes test validity and reliability, test and measurement interpretation, survey design and construction, sampling strategies and qualitative analysis of information. Describes the social, legal and ethical aspects of occupational safety testing.
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SAFE 813 - Practicum in Safety Education
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 800 , SAFE 808 .
This course is designed to give students a context for applying the concepts of teaching and learning in safety education. Students are provided opportunities to participate in numerous phases of the teaching role and to experiment with different teaching methods. The focus of the practicum is in the areas of course development, delivery methods, the teaching process, and evaluation as they relate to safety sciences. Students will be required to deliver course modules in classroom settings.
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SAFE 814 - Advanced Topics in Ergonomics
Credits: 3
Presents advanced topics in the field of ergonomics (physical, cognitive, and organizational). Evaluates research methodologies and priorities. Provides expertise and analytical, quantitative and qualitative tools required to tackle complex ergonomic issues in the workplace. Covers and promotes leading edge research, analysis and discussions by reviewing and analyzing published research.
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SAFE 815 - Advanced Topics in Industrial Hygiene
Credits: 3
Presents advanced topics in the field of industrial hygiene. Evaluates research methodologies and research priorities. Provides expertise and analytical, quantitative and qualitative tools required to tackle complex industrial hygiene issues. Covers and promotes leading edge research, analysis and discussions by reviewing published research.
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SAFE 873 - Disaster Preparedness
Credits: 3
Principles and techniques for preparing for various types of disasters. Students are acquainted with requirements necessary to develop workable plans for natural and industrial types of disasters. Loss prevention measures are discussed, directed toward preservation of organization resources.
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SAFE 874 - Fire Safety in Building Design
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled as a Graduate Level Safety Sciences major.
Examines fundamental principles for the safe design of buildings from a fire hazard standpoint. Emphasis is given to an understanding of building codes, fire properties of building materials, building design criteria to limit the spread of fire and smoke, control of ignition sources, storage of combustibles and flammables, life safety, and active fire protection systems.
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SAFE 995 - Dissertation
Credits: 1-12
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SAHE 590 - Improving Professional Practice in Instructional Settings
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Appropriate teaching certificate or other professional credential or preparation.
Reviews current research in instructional practices, motivational techniques, and professional issues. May focus on any of these aspects of teaching, learning, or professional practice. May be presented with a kindergarten through grade twelve, elementary, middle school, secondary, or adult orientation. Offered only for continuous professional development and may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
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SAHE 591 - Improving Professional Practice in Instructional Settings
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Appropriate teaching certificate or other professional credential or preparation.
Reviews current research in instructional practices, motivational techniques, and professional issues. May focus on any of these aspects of teaching, learning, or professional practice. May be presented with a kindergarten through grade twelve, elementary, middle school, secondary, or adult orientation. Offered only for continuous professional development and may not be applied toward a graduate degree.
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SAHE 621 - History of Higher Education in the United States
Credits: 3
Growth and trends in higher education with emphasis on the twentieth century. In addition to the traditional modes of postsecondary education, continuing education programs, community colleges, and adult education will also be examined. A secondary focus will be the evolving role of student affairs.
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SAHE 624 - Student Affairs Functions in Higher Education
Credits: 3
Overview of student affairs work in higher education, highlighting functional areas of student affairs, organization, philosophy, and the role of the services applied to the institution and the profession.
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SAHE 625 - Student Development in Higher Education
Credits: 3
Designed to expose students to a variety of theoretical models underlying human behavior and development. Through presentations, demonstrations, small group discussions, experiential activities, readings, and position papers, students evaluate the practical applications of contemporary personality and human development theories.
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SAHE 631 - Student Development in Higher Education II
Credits: 3
Provides an overview of student development theories and the student development model. Includes the application of assessment, goal setting, intervention strategies, environmental management, and evaluation in higher education settings. Explores issues such as changing sex roles, sexual identity, life planning, and needs of special student groups.
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SAHE 634 - Assessment and Evaluation in Student Affairs
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAHE 621 , SAHE 624 , and SAHE 625
This course is an overview of the fundamental principles of assessment and evaluation as they pertain to student affairs. Learning outcomes, data collection and analysis methods, methodological principles, instrumentation in student affairs, and broad issues related to a comprehensive student affairs assessment and evaluation approach will be explored.
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SAHE 638 - Topical Areas in Student Affairs
Credits: 3
Provides the graduate student an opportunity to examine areas of content related to the study of student affairs (e.g. technology, academic governance, small colleges, and the community college) in higher education that have an impact on the student affairs profession and the work of practitioners.
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SAHE 640 - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Higher Education
Credits: 3
An overview of the issue of cultural pluralism in higher education. Encourages the development of culturally effective student affairs practitioners who will promote cross-cultural understanding among college students. Examines the projected demographic realities for the groups traditionally termed “minority” and explores notions of culture, oppression, marginalization, racial identity, and multicultural organizations. Exposure to these issues will occur in both the theoretical and personal realms with student introspection and participation intended as key features of the course.
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SAHE 646 - Interpersonal Sensitivity
Credits: 3
Participants explore their interpersonal interaction style in groups and individually. Human potential of the students is developed as they enter into authentic, honest, and trusting relationships within the context of a small-group experience, encouraging an examination and understanding of oneself and one’s impact on others.
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SAHE 648 - Student Success in Higher Education
Credits: 3
Explores the concept of “student success” and experiences that are noted to lead to success, as defined more broadly than simply high grades in college. Emphasis is on high impact practices and the needs of various student populations that can be addressed through higher education and student affairs professional work, leading to student success.
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SAHE 681 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
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SAHE 698 - Internship
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission only.
A supervised study and/or work experience of at least 150 hours with an institution of higher education or an appropriate professional association determined individually between the student and the supervising faculty member. Sites must be approved by the department.
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SAHE 713 - Legal Issues in Student Affairs
Credits: 3
Emphasizes the legal environments of postsecondary institutions, legal processes and analyses, and problems incurred in the administration of colleges and universities. Addresses legal issues confronted by student affairs practitioners, how to recognize these issues, and how to act within the parameters of the law.
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SAHE 727 - Spirituality in Higher Education
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Admission to the SAHE program or permission of instructor.
Explores the intersection of spirituality with the learning, growth, and development that takes place as a function of participating in higher education. Addresses questions about the historical and current role of faith and spiritual development in higher education, various dimensions of religious and spiritual expressions and traditions in higher education, and how colleges and universities incorporate spirituality as a function of higher education.
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SAHE 731 - Practicum in Student Affairs
Credits: 3
Affords the student an opportunity to gain practical experience in dealing with theories of his/her specialties. Includes one or two semesters in one of the student affairs offices at IUP or another institution under the leadership of a departmental director or coordinator. Students may also take SAHE 731 a third time as the third elective.
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SAHE 733 - Management of Organizational Behavior in Higher Education
Credits: 3
Teaches managerial concepts and skills for managing student personnel programs or services. Concepts covered include the Process School of Management, Situational Leadership, Ethics, and Management Theory models.
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SAHE 735 - Individual and Group Interventions
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAHE 621 and SAHE 624
Practical experience in skilled helping techniques, including practice in one-on-one interaction, skill in designing and implementing developmental group intervention (workshops), and skill in developing mentoring relationships. Students apply theoretical learning into practical application.
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SAHE 737 - The American College Student
Credits: 3
Examines the culture of undergraduate students in American higher education to prepare professionals for the clients they will serve. Focuses on the changing student clientele and its subgroups and cultures. Undergraduate characteristics, attitudes and values, and broad issues regarding their participation in the educational experience are explored.
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SAHE 740 - Contemporary Issues in Higher Education
Credits: 3
Introduces students to a variety of current issues in higher education that have a dramatic impact for students, the student affairs profession, and the work of student affairs administrators. Strategies to address major issues are discussed.
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SAHE 781 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
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SAHE 795 - Thesis
Credits: 3 or 6
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SOC 517 - Global Service Learning
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Dual-Listed Class
Provides a forum for critical reflection on community-driven service, cross-cultural experiences, and global citizenship. Progresses through a framework, which explicitly links personal experience and readings with regular writing assignments in a journal and class discussion. Reflects on both the purposes of their service work as well as on its limits as a response to specific needs within the community, and more general problems of social justice. Through the experience of interaction and reflection, students learn to apply knowledge and skills in the real world, exercise critical thinking, develop self -learning and helping skills, develop societal knowledge and sensitivity, and enhance personal development. Explores issues of social responsibility and citizenship in relation to the social problems with which they become acquainted through their community work.
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SOC 527 - Social Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Considers the range of theoretical explanations for the pervasive violence between intimate partners. Particularly examines the research on intimate partner violence and the implications of this research for programs and policies assisting both the victim and the abuser.
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SOC 528 - Child Abuse
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Examines the prevalence, causes, and social implications of physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect forms of child abuse in society. Child abuse is studied from the individual, family, and societal level perspectives. Potential intervention strategies will also be considered.
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SOC 542 - Medical Sociology
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
A review of medical sociology. Focuses upon the sociological examination of health, illness, and healing, health inequalities, medicalization, medicine as a profession, healing occupations, interactions within medical settings, the social organization of health services, and bioethics. Current, major issues in public policy and healing.
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SOC 552 - Disability and Society
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Analyzes disability from a sociological perspective. Includes a consideration of historical and current views of disability and a review of related concepts from the fields of medical sociology and the sociology of deviance. Also includes an analysis of the effects of disabilities on individuals and families through the life course and a consideration of related ethical, economic, political, and social policy issues. The emphasis is on disability as a social construction.
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SOC 581 - Special Topics in Sociology
Credits: 3-6
Seminar focuses on specialized areas in the discipline not covered by regular courses. Students will do extensive reading in the area. Courses may be repeated under different subtitles.
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SOC 681 - Special Topics in Sociology
Credits: 3-6
Seminar focuses on specialized areas in the discipline not covered by regular courses. Students will do extensive reading in the area. Courses may be repeated under different subtitles.
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SOC 698 - Internship
Credits: 3-6
Prerequisite: Permission.
Supervised experience in public or private organizations that extends and complements classroom instruction. Students gain practical experience and apply their skills to human service agencies, policy organizations, or research settings.
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SOC 699 - Independent Study in Sociology
Credits: 1-3
Students wishing to specialize beyond course work are encouraged to work on a one-to-one basis with faculty members in independent study. Students may elect up to a total of six semester hours of independent study.
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SOC 700 - Proseminar
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the Sociology Master’s Program.
Proseminar (professional seminar) helps students to develop master’s-level academic skills in Sociology. It introduces students to the skills needed to become a professional sociologist with attention focused on first-year initiation, preparation, and socialization into the discipline and local departmental culture.
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SOC 704 - Social Policy
Credits: 3
Focuses on the development of social policy, first and foremost; on the history and development of the social welfare system in the United States with particular attention to the concepts used to discuss and explain social welfare institutions’ policies and programs; on the mechanisms and structures to deliver services; and on the factors that have tended to constrain or facilitate the attainment of social justice. Development of social welfare policy is traced within the context of the social and political economy of the period to gain an understanding of how political, economic, and social ideologies have shaped attitudes about social policy.
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SOC 705 - Research Seminar in Sociology
Credits: 3
Examination of diverse research designs in the social sciences. Focuses on understanding and critique of designs in the social sciences and on integration of theory and research. Special attention given to development of thesis proposal. Required for MA in Sociology.
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SOC 707 - Scholarly Writing in the Social Sciences
Credits: 3
This seminar focuses on scholarly writing and communication for sociologists. Students will review the mechanics of writing social scientific papers, reports and presentations and will learn how to synthesize research literature, develop conceptual frameworks, and persuasively argue based on evidence. Students will learn and practice skills for writing, editing and revision. Coverage includes writing for thesis/dissertation, applied research projects, and practical applications within the discipline.
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SOC 709 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
Credits: 3
Examination of major systems of sociological theory and major theoretical controversies vying for attention in contemporary sociology. Emphasis given to theories in macrosociology, especially functionalism, neo-Marxian conflict theory, and societal evolutionism. Required for MA in Sociology.
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SOC 710 - Sociology of Human Services
Credits: 3
Introduction to the theoretical and applied roles of human services in our society. Organizational theories, delivery systems models, and implementation issues are discussed.
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SOC 711 - Human Services Administration
Credits: 3
Examines the management of human service agencies, including personnel supervision, financial planning, public relations, and social policy issues. Evaluation design, program monitoring, and social impact measurement are also discussed.
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SOC 721 - Sociology of Health Care
Credits: 3
Examines the contrasting perspectives in the field of medical sociology, the structure of health care institutions, and the operation of health care providers. The social, environmental, and occupational factors in health and disease are considered as well.
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SOC 730 - Seminar in Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Credits: 3
The social and personal problems associated with alcohol and drug abuse are considered. Attention is given to the etiology, social factors, and economics of abuse, as well as to prevention and intervention issues.
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SOC 732 - Addiction and the Family
Credits: 3
Assesses the impact of alcohol or drug addiction on individuals and their families. Research on addiction patterns, codependency, and family treatment is discussed. Special attention is given to gender and racial differences in addiction and their impact on the family.
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SOC 736 - Sociology of the Family
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Graduate only.
Involves the sociological analysis of the family from a variety of theoretical viewpoints such as functionalism, conflict theory, exchange theory, symbolic interactionism, systems theory, and developmental theory. Special emphasis is placed on the contemporary American family. However, cross-cultural and historical comparisons are made, with the focal theme being the “decline of the family.” Specific topics covered include gender, the family in historical context, power relationships and family roles, parent-child interaction, marital satisfaction, marital disruption, and the interrelationships between race/ethnicity, social class, work roles, the family, and family policy.
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SOC 744 - The Sociology of Deviance
Credits: 3
Relationship between individual deviance and social and cultural factors is examined. How different groups set limits for acceptable behavior is analyzed in comparative and historical context.
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SOC 746 - Theories of Sociological Social Psychology
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Surveys a broad range of theories and substantive topics within field of sociological social psychology. Includes examination of influential theoretical and empirical work, both classic and contemporary that comprise the field’s various perspectives. Emphasis on themes, perspectives, methods, and substantive topics specific to the sociological perspective on social psychology.
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SOC 748 - Gender and Society
Credits: 3
Considers the position of women and men in society. Examines current perspectives and research on the nature of gender differences and causes of gender inequality. Explores how gender is structured and maintained in both public and personal lives, in such arenas as family, education, and work, and in gendered interactions of friendship and love, sexuality, and violence.
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SOC 754 - Social Inequality
Credits: 3
Examines central theoretical perspectives on social inequality. Considers such topics as the nature of social classes and inequality; characteristics of working class, poor, and super-rich; gender and racial inequality; and how social policies affect inequality in the United States.
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SOC 756 - Social Change
Credits: 3
Explores nature and consequences of social change, alternative theoretical perspectives on social change, and how social change might be implemented. Also discusses lessons to be learned from various planned change efforts.
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SOC 757 - Aging and Society
Credits: 3
Focuses on the social problems encountered by aging individuals in various societies. The impact of sociological factors, such as social class, ethnicity, and technological change, on the lives of the elderly is studied. The institutional structures and services designed to cope with changing demographics are also discussed.
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SOC 762 - Analysis of Social Data
Credits: 3
Introduces students to statistics and their use in analyzing and understanding social phenomena and social data. In particular, helps students develop the skills and knowledge needed to conduct their own quantitative research, both as graduate students and as professionals, and to better understand and critique research which students come across in their work. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the concepts underlying the use of statistics, the ability to critique and question statistics they encounter in daily life, the ability to use professional statistical software (such as SPSS) comfortably, and the ability to use many different statistical techniques in their own research. Course will also provide a foundation for learning more advanced statistics.
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SOC 763 - Quantitative Research Methods I
Credits: 3
Examination of diverse research designs in the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on quantitative research designs. The course will focus on understanding and critiquing quantitative research designs. Special attention will be given to the integration of theory and research. Specific content includes concepts such as causality, internal validity, external validity, reliability of measurement, operational validity, sampling, and specific research designs.
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