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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Credit designation at right of title is expressed in (c) class hours per week, (l) lab or (d) discussion section hours per week, and (cr) number of credits per semester.
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Regional Planning |
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RGPL 470 - Housing and Community Development Policy
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Explores a range of issues relating to U.S. housing and community development policy, including the role housing plays in building and strengthening neighborhoods and communities. Covers the structure of housing and related financial markets; the economic and social bases for government to intervene in these markets; and the relative merits and demerits of the different tools available to intervene in these markets including: subsidization, both directly and through the tax system; regulation of financial institutions, e.g. the Community Reinvestment Act; FHA and the government sponsored enterprises of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; zoning; and regulation of lands and rents
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RGPL 493 - Internship
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-12
Description: A professional learning experience with emphasis on application of academic background. Open to majors and minors in regional planning with a total of 60cr and 15cr in the major. See internship supervisor for additional information.
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RGPL 498 - Community Planning Practicum
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RGPL 352
Description: This senior seminar and workshop constitute a capstone course that focuses on recent research in the major field. Students carry out an applied research project on a topic of local or regional importance.
Previously Offered As: (Also offered as GEOG 498; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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Religious Studies |
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RLST 100 - Introduction to Religion
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introduction to the academic study of religion through an examination of various dimensions of religious expression and traditions. Covers such areas as problems about definition of religion; approaches to the study of religion; the goals, language, and rituals of religion; cases of religious experience; faith, disbelief, and alternatives to religion; religion and the sociocultural context.
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RLST 110 - World Religions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: A comparative study of the history, teaching, and rituals of the major religions of the world and their influence on contemporary society. This nonsectarian approach to religions emphasizes comparisons/contrasts between Western and non-Western religious traditions as well as the contemporary global nature of Western traditions.
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RLST 120 - Comparative Religious Ethics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Examines diversity of thought and practice on selected ethical issues in several major religious traditions. Using a comparative approach, the course will critically analyze similarities and differences within and across religious traditions on particular ethical concerns, such as poverty, violence, and contemporary controversies regarding race, gender and sexuality.
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RLST 245 - Women and Religion
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: RLST 110 or instructor permission
Description: Examines women’s roles and experiences within some of the world’s major religious traditions, both past and present. In exploring patterns and instances of the empowerment and oppression of women, the course pays careful attention to feminist critiques.
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RLST 300 - Methodologies of Religious Studies
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Religious Studies major or minor
Description: Introduces students to the theories and methods of the study of religion, including phenomenological, historical, sociological, anthropological, psychological, ecological, feminist, and postmodern approaches. Restricted to majors and minors in Religious Studies.
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RLST 311 - Eastern Philosophy
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An examination of texts from East Asia and South Asia that address such philosophical areas as the nature of human knowledge, the nature of reality, and ethics. May include readings from such traditions as Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and/or Hinduism.
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RLST 329 - Philosophy of Religion
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Critically examines temporally and culturally diverse understandings of the human religious impulse. Considers theories regarding the sacred and the existence of divinity, the meaning of being human, the interactions of culture and religious interpretations of human experience, good and evil, authority, knowledge, and ethical responsibility.
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RLST 345 - Women in the Bible
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: One religious studies or womens and gender studies course or instructor permission
Description: Surveys and examines the stories and issues concerning women in the Bible and introduces the questions and methods of research that the contemporary world and feminist biblical scholars bring to them.
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RLST 360 - African Religions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An examination of the nature of African traditional religion and how traditional religion, Islam, and Christianity coexist and influence one another.
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RLST 365 - Native North American Religions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introduction to the indigenous religions of North America and to the peoples who practice these rich and varied approaches to the sacred. Not only examines major religious themes and dimensions (myth, ritual, ethics, etc.), but includes a historical perspective on Native North American lifeways. This perspective involves discussion of the clash with Euro-American values and contemporary Native religious responses to social crisis and change.
Previously Offered As: (Also offered as ANTH 365; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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RLST 374 - Buddhism
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Explores the history, teachings, and practices of the main schools of Buddhism. Considers the tradition both as it has developed in Asia as well as its modifications as it has been introduced into Western societies. (Titled Buddhist Thought and Practices before 2013-2014).
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RLST 375 - Religions of India
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: A study of Islam including historical and theological foundations, developments of thought, contemporary expressions, and encounters with the modern world.
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RLST 378 - Hinduism
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Provides a broad understanding of key developments, concepts, and practices in Hinduism. Includes religious texts, various sects, myths, and rituals. Addresses Hindu politics as tied to diasporic and global communities.
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RLST 380 - Islam
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introduction to and basic survey of the history, beliefs, traditions, institutions, and practices of Islam, with attention to its development and participation in contemporary societies globally.
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RLST 385 - Christianity
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: A study of the beliefs, practices, significant people, history, and cultural impact of Christianity.
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RLST 388 - Interpreting the Bible
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Introduces the sacred writings known as the Bible. Examines the basic contents and major themes of the books of the Bible (Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament), as well as the goals and methods of the most recent scholarship in biblical studies.
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RLST 401 - Topics in Abrahamic Traditions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Religious Studies major or minor, or permission of the instructor
Description: Examines variable topics within the study of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Themes vary according to the expertise of the Religious Studies faculty member offering the course.
Repeated: May be repeated.
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RLST 402 - Topics in Asian Religions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Religious Studies major or minor, or permission of the instructor
Description: Offers advanced study of rotating topics in Asian religions. The particular tradition or theme covered varies according to the expertise of the faculty member teaching the course.
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RLST 403 - Topics in Indigenous Religions
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: RLST major or minor or permission of the instructor
Description: Offers rotating topics in prehistorical, historical and contemporary indigenous religions by alternating professors in the Department of Religious Studies. Topics may include “Anishnaabeg (Ojibwe) Religion,” “Viking Myth and Religion,” and “Haitian Vodou.”
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RLST 480 - Seminar in Religious Studies
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Religious studies students or instructor permission
Description: An advanced forum for detailed exploration of a single topic or single author, subject to instructor’s choice. Enrollment limited to religious studies majors and other students by invitation or permission.
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RLST 481 - Special Topics l
Class Hours: var
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are offered primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
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RLST 482 - Independent Study
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-6
Restriction: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Office of the Provost
Description: Individual students wishing to pursue religious studies interests not covered in the department’s regular offering may do so by approval. Upon approval, students are guaranteed at least five hours of faculty time per credit. All programs of study must be accepted by the department as a whole. (This option is available to both religious studies majors and nonmajors.)
Repeated: May be taken more than once to maximum of 6cr.
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RLST 482 - Independent Study: Honors
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: 3.00 GPA, 15cr in RLST, 3.20 GPA in departmental courses
Description: Majors in religious studies are invited to take 3cr of independent-study-designated Honors Project. Upon satisfactory completion, graduation with departmental honors is possible.
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RLST 483 - Honors Thesis
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-6
Restriction: Admission to departmental honors program; prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Office of the Provost
Description: An intensive, focused study involving independent research culminating in a written thesis approved by a thesis director and two faculty readers/committee members.
Repeated: May be taken more than once to a maximum of 6cr.
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RLST 485 - Selected Topics in Feminist Studies of Religion
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: One religious studies or womens and gender studies course or instructor permission
Description: Offers rotating topics in feminist studies in religion by alternating professors in the Department of Religious Studies. Such topics may include “Contemporary Feminist Spirituality Movements,” “Goddesses in the Ancient Near East,” “Feminist Biblical Scholars and Theologians,” and “Women in Buddhism.”
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RLST 493 - Internship in Religious Studies
Class Hours: var
Credits: 3-12
Prerequisite: Junior or senior; religious studies major or double major; 2.5 GPA in major
Restriction: Department approval
Description: A supervised experience in a public or private organization that extends and complements course work in religious studies.
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Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Sciences |
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SAFE 100 - The Science of Living Safely
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite:
Restriction: Non-Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Sciences
Description: Examines the relevance, impact and role that safety plays in the world today, especially in the workplace. Includes the historical and scientific development of safety and health regulations, the impact of injury on society, identification of hazards and hazard controls in specific industrial processes, and the personal and ethical responsibilities that individuals have for the safety and health protection of themselves, others and their community.
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SAFE 101 - Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Introduces the evolution of the safety profession through study of historical events and the changes that resulted. Students gain an understanding of the key components of the profession, such as OSHA and workers’ compensation, accident investigation, occupational health hazards, emergency response, product liability, ergonomics, fleet safety, ethics, and measuring safety program success. Case studies and small group activities prepare students for further in-depth study of these topics and to fulfill their roles as professionals.
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SAFE 111 - Principles of Safety I—General Industry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Stresses an understanding of the complexity of the industrial hazard control problem by thoroughly examining elements of safety and health enumerated in the OSHA-promulgated general industry standards and various consensus standards. Emphasis given to plant layout and design, powered industrial vehicles, boilers and unfired pressure vessels, working and walking surfaces, machine guarding, and an introduction to industrial processes.
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SAFE 211 - Principles of Safety II—Construction Industry
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 101 ; safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors/minors only or instructor permission
Description: Develops an understanding of hazard recognition, evaluation, prioritization, and control of critical workplace hazards associated with construction. Students are exposed to the complexity of three-dimensional work that exists in the fast-paced construction industry by thoroughly examining elements of safety and health enumerated in the OSHA standards and in various consensus standards. An emphasis is placed on personal protective equipment, electrical safety, scaffolds, fall protection, trenches, and confined space entry including rescue. Practical application of associated hazards and their control strategies is accomplished in laboratory sessions.
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SAFE 212 - Hazard Prevention Management I
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 101 ; safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors/minors only or instructor permission
Description: Teaches the fundamental concepts involved in the management of safety programs. Basic safety management terminology, safety professional code of ethics, fleet safety, and product safety are discussed. Also discusses risk management and workers’ compensation, as well as workplace violence.
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SAFE 215 - Safety, Health, and Environmental Communications
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors/minors only or instructor permission
Description: Provides the ability to apply the theories of learning and communication to aid in becoming effective oral and written safety, health, and environmental communicators and trainers. Designs and delivers training programs using modern technology and charismatic engagement tools. Develops communication skills to convince management and employees to embrace and implement safety initiatives and to communicate with regulators and the public regarding safety, environmental, and health issues. Develops a range of written documents, such as safety, health, and environmental policies, procedures and/or programs, inspection and audit reports, and program and risk assessment and exposure reports and then communicates summaries of these documents orally.
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SAFE 220 - Hazardous Materials and Emergency Management
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 101 , SAFE 101 , safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors/minors only or instructor permission
Description: Provides a basic understanding of the storage, transportation, and use of hazardous materials in business. Includes a discussion on hazardous materials, specifically their definitions, categories, properties, regulations, and evaluation. Critical principles of emergency management, including both private and public sector elements, are included.
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SAFE 221 - Oral Communication in Spanish for Safety and Health
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SPAN 201
Prerequisite or Corequisite: SAFE 101 or SAFE 111
Description: Focuses on the day-to-day, oral Spanish skills needed by safety professionals. Intensive work in Spanish on vocabulary and pronunciation, and on using discourse strategies in spontaneous interpersonal speaking to negotiate meaning and respond in Spanish to specific work-related health and safety situations. These situations may include supervisor-employee, worker-worker, and safety personnel-employee interactions. Required for the Certificate in Spanish for Safety Sciences. Interdisciplinary as it is co-taught by faculty in the Departments of Foreign Languages and Safety Sciences. The Safety Sciences content is delivered in English. (Also offered as SPAN 221 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
Cross-Listed: May be cross-listed with SPAN 221 .
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SAFE 231 - Safety and Health Technical Reading and Writing in Spanish
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or the equivalent as established by Foreign Languages departmental placement exam
Prerequisite or Corequisite: SAFE 101 or SAFE 111
Description: Intensive practice in written expression and reading comprehension in Spanish to develop the communication skills needed by safety professionals. Focuses on comprehending and producing technical texts on safety practices, such as reports, summaries, and correspondence. Includes comprehension of non-technical texts on safety-related issues, such as newspaper and magazine articles. Required for the Certificate in Spanish for Safety Sciences. Interdisciplinary as it is co- taught by faculty in the Departments of Safety Sciences and Foreign Languages. The Safety Sciences content is delivered in English. (Also offered as SPAN 231 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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SAFE 310 - Environmental Safety and Health Regulations and Sustainability
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 101 or instructor permission
Description: Provides a working knowledge of federal environmental legislation and its practical application in the work environment. Environmental laws covered include the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and other related environmental laws. Provides an understanding of the application of sustainability concepts in the work environment.
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SAFE 311 - Fire Protection
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 101 , MATH 105 , or instructor permission
Description: Teaches the fundamental concepts involved in the protection of people and property from fire and explosion. Basic fire safety terminology, fire chemistry and extinguishment, fire safety references and standards, and fire program management are discussed. Also discusses control measures for common fire and explosion hazards and the design of buildings in terms of life safety and fire suppression systems.
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SAFE 330 - Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Occupational Health Hazards I
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHEM 101 ; safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors only or instructor permission
Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 104 or BIOL 155
Description: Provides an understanding of selected chemical stressors in the workplace that may present occupational health hazards to workers. Students learn to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and control chemical stressors including dusts, mists, metal fumes, airborne fibers, inorganic and organic gases and vapors, and oxygen-deficient atmospheres. Hazard classification systems, adverse health effects from excessive exposures, workplace standards, sampling and analytical methods, and control options are emphasized.
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SAFE 331 - Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Restricted to MS Safety Sciences students only; or by instructor permission only
Description: Provides an understanding of selected chemical, physical, and biological stressors in the workplace that may present occupational health hazards for workers. Focuses on anticipating, identifying, evaluating, and controlling chemical, physical and biological stressors in the workplace. Emphasizes adverse health effects from excessive exposures, workplace standards, sampling and analytical methods, and control options.
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SAFE 335 - Industrial and Environmental Stressors
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: BIOL 104 or BIOL 155 , CHEM 101
Description: Focuses on understanding and applying safety, regulatory, toxicological, environmental, and epidemiological information, data, and models to determine occupational risk from exposure to common industrial and environmental stressors. Also covers product safety risk from consumer exposure to manufactured products. Case studies act as important means for presenting and discussing information.
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SAFE 345 - Process and Systems Safety
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MATH 105 and SAFE 111 or instructor permission
Description: Focuses on the evaluation of system designs using detailed system analysis techniques. Topics include system definition, economics of systems safety, quantitative and qualitative systems safety methodology, and systems safety/process safety program administration. Skills gained include the ability to perform hardware and human factors systems analysis. Techniques include failure mode and effect analysis, hazard and operability studies, what-if and scenario building, and operating and support hazard analysis. Practical analysis work is accomplished through in-class discussion, demonstration sessions, and homework assignments.
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SAFE 346 - Fundamentals of Ergonomics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Restricted to MS Safety Sciences students only or by instructor permission.
Description: Explores the fundamental principles of human performance and its effect upon the safety and reliability of systems. Examines risk factors in workplace design associated with force, repetition, and posture using anthropometrics, biomechanics of motion, work physiology and human performance. Teaches ergonomic methods that analyze these risk factors.
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SAFE 347 - Ergonomics
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 104 or BIOL 155
Restriction: Safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors only or instructor permission
Description: Explores the principles that control human performance and its effect on the safety and reliability of systems. Engineering anthropometrics, human perception, biomechanics of motion and work posture, work physiology, and human performance measurement are taught in the context of their application in workplace design. Instructs in methodologies for analysis of tasks and human performance requirements. Important human limitations and ergonomic hazard evaluations, such as lifting and repetitive motion tasks, are studied in laboratory sessions.
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SAFE 361 - Air and Water Pollution
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: SAFE 220 , or PUBH-ENOC majors, or instructor permission
Description: Focuses on major aspects of industrial air and water pollution management. Includes sources and analysis of industrial air and water pollution, evaluation and control of air and water pollutants, and atmospheric and water chemistry. Particular emphasis is placed on information that is practical for the safety management, industrial health, or environmental health professional.
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SAFE 412 - Hazard Prevention Management II
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SAFE 212
Description: Teaches a systems-based approach to managing safety programs, hazards, and risk. An emphasis is placed on understanding proactive approaches to conducting pre-hazard and life-cycle safety analyses of activities/operations and developing safety system documentation (e.g., policies, objectives, goals, performance measures, plans, committee charters, safety procedures, work procedures, audit plans, and accident investigation reports).
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SAFE 430 - Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Occupational Health Hazards II
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: BIOL 104 or BIOL 155 , PHYS 111 or CHEM 101 (for PUBH-ENOC majors), safety, health, and environmental applied sciences majors only or instructor permission
Description: Provides an understanding of selected physical and biological stressors in the workplace that may present occupational health hazards to workers. Students learn to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and control physical and biological stressors in the workplace. Emphasizes adverse health effects from excessive exposures, workplace standards, sampling and analytical methods, and control options. Concludes with discussions that focus on the effective development and implementation of a comprehensive safety and health program.
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SAFE 435 - Ethics and Professionalism
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Description: Provides a basic understanding of ethics and professionalism related to the occupational safety, health, and environmental profession. Specific topics include the ASSE Code of Ethics, ethical dilemmas that may be experienced in the workplace, expectations regarding professional behavior on internship, and professional growth. Students also learn about safety, health, and environmental professional organizations and certification bodies.
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SAFE 480 - Senior Capstone Project
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: At least 90 credits and SAFE 310 , SAFE 311 , SAFE 330 , SAFE 335 , SAFE 345 , SAFE 347 , SAFE 361
Description: Applies hazard assessment and safety management practices as they relate to the recognition, evaluation and control of hazards. Involves faculty supervised activities that include case studies conducted on-site or at off-site workplace locations.
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SAFE 488 - Internship
Class Hours: var
Credits: 12
Prerequisite: Senior standing, all required SAFE courses completed.
Description: Student conducts a practicum at an approved occupational setting. Student is required to complete four major projects that will be developed in collaboration between the faculty supervisor and the internship supervisor. Student is accountable to an on-site supervisor and required to remain in close contact with a Safety Sciences faculty coordinator.
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SAFE 493 - Internship
Class Hours: var
Credits: 6
Prerequisite: Senior standing, all SAFE courses completed.
Description: Applies hazard
assessment and management practices to actual workplace safety issues. A two-hour weekly debriefing session involves the students in developing their written and oral communication skills.
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Science |
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SCI 101 - Fundamentals of Physics
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 3
Restriction: Early Childhood Education or Special Education or Early Childhood Education/Special Education major or instructor permission
Description: A conceptual course in physics for the non-science major. High school physics is not a prerequisite. Class and lab presentations concentrate upon dispelling naive concepts and developing a better understanding and appreciation of the physical world. The topics of motion, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the atom are presented in context with our everyday experiences. Does not fulfill the Liberal Studies requirement except for majors for majors in early childhood education or special education or early childhood education/special education major.
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SCI 102 - Fundamentals of Chemistry
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 3
Restriction: Early Childhood Education or Early Childhood Education/Special Education major or instructor permission
Description: Surveys chemical principles and concepts for pre-service early childhood/ special education majors. A variety of chemical concepts is presented, as well as their applications to technology and society. A series of laboratory exercises and projects will allow student to develop inquiry-based activities for the communication of scientific and chemical concepts with the goal of developing scientific literacy.
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SCI 103 - Fundamentals of Earth and Space Science
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Early Childhood Education or Early Childhood Education/Special Education major
Description: Introduces concepts and applications of astronomy, geology, oceanography, and meteorology. Emphasis on how the earth sciences impact the natural environment and humans. Does not fulfill the Liberal Studies requirement except for majors in early childhood education or early childhood education/special education major.
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SCI 104 - Fundamentals of Environmental Biology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 4
Restriction: Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors: Early Childhood Education/Special Education major or Early Childhood Education major
Description: Introduces the major concepts and principles of ecology and their application to modern living. Includes lecture and laboratory components with an emphasis on the content and processes of science. Laboratory exercises reinforce lecture topics as well as the use of laboratory equipment, measuring procedures, experimental design, and the organization, visual representation, and analysis of data.
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SCI 105 - Physical Science
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 4
Description: A descriptive and conceptual course in physics for the non-science major. High school physics is not a Prerequisite. Content is designed to develop an understanding and appreciation of the physical world around us, to produce changes in attitude and background essential for our modern society, and to clarify the following topics: motion, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of matter.
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SCI 107 - Chemistry for Everyone
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: A basic course in chemistry for the non-science major. High school chemistry is not a Prerequisite. The students develop an understanding and appreciation of the process of science and of the significance of chemistry in everyday life. In addition to basic chemical principles, consumer topics, such as batteries, nuclear chemistry, chemistry of living systems, air, water, energy, and food additives, are covered.
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SCI 113 - Physics in Science Fiction
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Explores the use and abuse of physics in science fiction. Discusses staples of science fiction including time travel, faster-than-light speed travel, quantum mechanics and artificial gravity. Examines the agreement between phenomena presented in fiction and our current model of the universe. Reviews popular, current science fiction franchises as well as classical science fiction.
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SCI 117 - Chemistry for Everyone Laboratory
Class Hours: 0
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Must be taken after or concurrent with SCI 107
Description: A basic laboratory course in chemistry for the non-science major. Laboratory exercises are for the students to develop an understanding and appreciation of the process of science and of the significance of chemistry in everyday life. These laboratory exercises will demonstrate basic chemical principles and will include consumer topics, such as acids and bases, nuclear chemistry, water hardness, and food additives.
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Sociology |
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SOC 151 - Principles of Sociology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: A scientific study of the structure of human societies and the behavior of individual people, groups, institutions, processes, and interactions. Examines the relationship between individuals and societal institutions, processes, and interactions. Provides an overview of the discipline including key concepts, main theoretical perspectives, the methods and research findings of sociologists, and social inequalities. Meets Social Science requirement for Liberal Studies. SOC 151 and SOC 161 cannot be substituted interchangeably for D/F repeats.
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SOC 161 - Foundations of Sociology: Social Relations in Groups and Organizations
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Studies the structure of human societies and the behavior of individual people, groups, and teams in society. Exam ines the relationship between individual and societal institutions, processes, and interactions with emphasis on the ways power/status are reflected. Explores the relationship between individual identity and team dynamics as it pertains to race, gender, class, sexuality, ability, and age while relating to the methods and research findings of sociologists. Applies decision making and problem solving as members of small teams work to achieve a shared objective within a larger organizational context. For those seeking a minor in Professional Teamwork and Leadership. Meets Social Science and Global and Multicultural Awareness requirements for Liberal Studies. SOC 151 and 161 cannot be substituted interchangeably for D/F repeats.
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SOC 231 - Contemporary Social Problems
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Using a sociological perspective, this course will examine pressing social problems as they relate to race, class, and gender in contemporary American society. Such problems may include various issues such as poverty, delinquency, substance abuse, crime, divorce, and others. These issues are considered through multiple lenses, including historical, economic, and social, with connections to current social policy.
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SOC 251 - Sociology of Human Sexuality
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An in-depth analysis of a formerly taboo topic, human sexuality. Current information from biological, psychological, and sociological research on human relationships is presented to provide a foundation for self-understanding and societal values.
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SOC 269 - Sociology of Deviance
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161 or instructor permission
Description: An overview of the sociological study of deviance. Begins with examining the nature and meaning of deviance or how society creates deviance as social and legal constructions and identifies specific human behaviors as types or forms of deviance. Also examines the major theories or multi-causal explanations of why such deviance occurs. Further describes how society, especially its social institutions and agents, attempts to control or suppress such deviance. Social policy implications of such societal reactions are also considered.
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SOC 281 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
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SOC 314 - Sociology of Native Americans
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introduction to the history, “traditional” cultures, and changes brought by European settlement and American conquest and the range of social issues faced by contemporary Native Americans on and off reservations. A special emphasis is placed on the efforts of indigenous Indian societies to maintain and regain access to land and other resources. Activist responses are considered along with the social consequences of past and present initiatives and policies.
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SOC 315 - Social Research Methods
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Describes the logic and methods of social research, the role of theory in the practice of research, and the ways different research designs are applied to investigate different research questions. Examines the variety of methods, such as surveys, field research, types of interviews, and use of existing data such as documents and secondary data that constitute social research. Demonstrates research literacy and critical evaluation of research.
Previously Offered As: Prior to Fall 2022, offered as SOC 460.
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SOC 320 - Sociological Theory
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161 ; at least 9 credits in SOC, or permission of the instructor
Description: A detailed survey of the historical development of sociological theory from the mid-19th century to the present. Treats the classical theorists Marx, Durkheim, and Weber and such contemporary theoretical schools as functionalism, Marxian, and Weberian conflict theory, cultural materialism, social evolutionism, rational choice theory, symbolic interaction, ethnomethodology, sociobiology, structuralism, and postmodernism. Students are encouraged to take this course in the second semester of their sophomore year or during their junior year.
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SOC 325 - Making Sense of Social Data
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161.
Description: Critically assesses empirical sociological research. Conduct research, evaluating the quality of research methods and data sources. Delineates the different goals, strengths and limitations of various modes of analysis. Evaluates representations of data in public discourse.
Previously Offered As: Prior to Fall 2022, offered as SOC 461.
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SOC 333 - Delinquency and Youth
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: A study of social and cultural factors involved in various youth lifestyles, including delinquency. Cross-cultural and historical approach used in a review of social norms, social control, and socialization institutions and community-based programs for rehabilitation.
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SOC 335 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151
Description: Examines the social issues and problems of alcohol and drug misuse in American society. Legal and illegal substances are considered, and the causes of substance abuse as well as alternatives are examined.
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SOC 336 - Sociology of the Family
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: A study of family dynamics and patterns using sociological research methods and theories. Examines social, cultural, and historical changes that have altered the nature of family life and created challenges for public policy. Addresses contemporary problems and issues encountered by families and approaches to dealing with these problems.
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SOC 337 - Society, Globalization, and Risk
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: One of the following: ANTH 110 , ECON 101 , ECON 121 , GEOG 230 , HIST 202 , PLSC 101 , PLSC 282 , SOC 151 , SOC 161
Description: Examines the factors driving globalization, and the risks associated with globalization, on both a local and international level. Foundations for thinking in global terms are provided through an overview of historical developments and major international actors that have shaped current global society. Focuses on major challenges and risks facing global society. Throughout, students are encouraged to connect their own personal life experiences to the broader global context. (Titled World Societies and World Systems before 2014-15.)
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SOC 340 - Sociology of Industry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151
Description: Examination of industrial organizations and their environments. Production systems analyzed in terms of different forms of organization, e.g., bureaucratic, power-equilibrium, and worker-participation. Special attention paid to who defines production, how such definitions are legitimized, and how constraints are placed on such definitions by union and other political organizations.
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SOC 345 - Sociological Social Psychology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: A study of the interaction between and among individuals and groups in various social settings. Emphasizes self-understanding, small groups, socialization, social influence and compliance, person perception, collective behavior, and mass communication.
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SOC 348 - Sociology of Work
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Focuses upon the sociological examination of the various forms of labor, employment, and unemployment present in industrial societies. Examines the nature of work and unemployment in the modern era and how these forms are being transformed in the present period.
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SOC 352 - Sociology of Religion
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Nature, role, and function of religious phenomena in human societies are explored with special attention to certain critical issues as they relate to religion and politics and religion and economics. Examines some fundamental modes of religious life, including ritual forms and mythic expressions. Includes other themes such as revitalization movements and processes of secularization in modern societies.
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SOC 357 - Sociology of Aging and the Life-course
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: An introduction to the various problems faced in the process of growing older including ageism, social support, elder abuse, financial exploitation, etc. Attitudes of society toward the elderly and the social and cultural impact of an aging US population are examined
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SOC 361 - Social Stratification
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Examines leading perspectives in the major sociological subfield of social stratification. Attention drawn to different ways of ranking people in human societies, issues concerning the distribution of income and wealth, the role of political power in determining who gets what, and the causes and consequences of social inequality for specific groups.
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SOC 362 - Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Examines from a historical and comparative perspective the experiences of minority groups, with special emphasis on economic and political domination, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Techniques of majority group domination and the responses of minority groups are discussed. Various reasons for the different rates and patterns of assimilation are explored.
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SOC 363 - Sociology of Gender
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Explores current perspectives on the situations faced by women and men primarily in the United States. Examines issues such as the impact of sex and gender on socialization, the construction of knowledge, intimate relationships, paid work, family relationships, health, and issues of change.
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SOC 387 - Social and Cultural Change
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: An exploration of current theoretical perspectives on social and cultural change. Special attention given to planned change at the local or regional level.
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SOC 391 - Foundations of Sociological Practice
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Develops an understanding of how to use micro and macro sociological theory to analyze, assess, and diagnose human problems. Employing case studies, prepares students to do casework and to help solve interpersonal, group, and organizational problems. Also seeks to acquaint students with the broader professional activity of human services.
Recommendation: Recommended Prerequisite/corequisite SOC 320 .
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SOC 392 - Clinical Sociological Practice
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 391
Description: Prepares the student to effect constructive change within individuals, groups, families, and communities. Draws its analysis, diagnosis, and methods from the foundations of sociological theory at the level of intervention with clients. It is strongly recommended that students have at least 6 SOC credits in their specialized area before taking SOC 392 other than SOC 151 , SOC 320 , SOC 315 , and SOC 325 .
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SOC 410 - Men and Masculinities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 01
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161 or instructor permission
Description: Explores constructs of masculinity within the context of US culture using a sociological lens. Examines the notion that there are multiple masculinities that intersect with a range of areas including race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and gender identity. Evaluates the influence of social contexts and roles on behavioral expectations for men and boys. Analyzes implications for society and individual men.
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SOC 417 - Global Service Learning
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161 or instructor permission
Description: 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 421 - Sociology of Mass Media
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Examines the development of mass media as dominant cultural forms within advanced industrial societies in the 21st century. Emphasizes critical understanding of the sociohistorical development, the underlying assumptions, and the social implications of the advance of mass media.
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SOC 427 - Social Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161 and Junior standing or permission of instructor.
Description: Considers the range of theoretical explanations from a social perspective 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 428 - Child Abuse
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161 and Junior standing or permission of instructor
Description: 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 442 - Medical Sociology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: A review of medical sociology. Focuses on 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. Examines current, major issues in public policy and healing.
Previously Offered As: (Offered as SOC 342 prior to 2015-16.)
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SOC 448 - Social Welfare Policy
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Focuses on the formation of social welfare programs in the United States, current social policy issues, and debates between conservative, liberal, and social democratic policy analysts. Special attention drawn to various social problems and a range of social policies designed to ameliorate the economic disadvantages of single individuals, single parents, and two-parent families. Also devoted to understanding the relationship between social policy, research, and implementation.
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SOC 450 - Health Disparities
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or ANTH 211 or instructor permission
Description: Explores health status and healthcare disparities across groups based on race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status/social class, nativity, refugee and citizen status, and other cultural and demographic characteristics. Uses a social determinants of health perspective to consider how social, cultural, environmental, political, and economic conditions produce unequal and inequitable health outcomes, with special focus on disadvantaged populations. Addresses agency and empowerment of populations seeking and accessing health and healthcare. Includes different levels of public health interventions that can improve health outcomes, better calibrate access to healthcare, and improve health equity within populations.
Previously Offered As: (Also offered as ANTH 450; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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SOC 452 - Disability and Society
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Analyzes disability from a sociological perspective. Includes 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. Emphasizes disability as a social construction.
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SOC 454 - Dimensions of Rural Public Health
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 161
Description: Studies health disparities in rural areas and public health interventions to address those disparities. Includes social, economic, political, and cultural influences that impact the health of individuals and families in rural settings, as well as the strategies for improving health status through culturally appropriate and effective interventions and services. Considers the impact of race, gender, and sexual orientation on health status and access to services in rural regions.
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SOC 465 - Launching Your Sociology Future
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SOC 151 or SOC 231
Description: Engages in concrete activities that apply sociological knowledge and skills to make valuable contributions to organizations in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Identifies the wide range of careers and other endeavors to which sociological skills may be applied. Creates future career and educational goals and develop a realistic strategy for achieving those goals. Builds a portfolio that frames the college experience in marketable ways.
Previously Offered As: Prior to Fall 2022, offered as SOC 300
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SOC 481 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are offered primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
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SOC 482 - Independent Study
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Restriction: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Office of the Provost
Description: An opportunity to engage in an in-depth analysis of some topic through consultation with a faculty member. A semester project ordinarily expected.
Approved: Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources.
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SOC 483 - Honors Thesis
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-6
Restriction: Admission to departmental honors program; prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Office of the Provost
Description: An intensive, focused study involving independent research culminating in a written thesis approved by a thesis director and two faculty readers/ committee members.
Repeated: May be taken more than once to a maximum of 6cr.
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