2020-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Services and Supply Chain Management |
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SSCM 220 - Business Statistics
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course covers the statistical methods for solving business problems encountered in the functional areas of business. Students will learn and apply measures of central tendency, dispersion, probability concepts, probability distributions, sampling methods, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing procedures, analysis of variance models, correlation and regression analysis. Case studies and statistical software tools will be sued extensively throughout the course to relate the concepts and methods to business environments. Note: This course is required of all students with majors in the Earl G. Graves School of Business & Management. Formerly INSS 220
Prerequisite(s) MATH 113 or MATH 110 and INSS 141 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SSCM 280 - Services Operations Management.
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces the concepts, principles, problems, and practices of successful service operations management. Topics include: the role of services in the economy, strategic positioning and internet strategies, new service development process, managing service expectations, front-office & back-office interface, service quality, yield management, waiting time management, and service facility location, service projects, and technology in services.
Offered (SPRING)
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SSCM 328 - Supply Chain and Operations Management
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course covers principles of supply chain and operations management and provides a fundamental understanding of solving the management issues of a manufacturing and service oriented firm. The course explores important supply chain and operations management concepts, primarily trade offs in making decisions and basic tools for effective and efficient management.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 220 or SSCM 220 or ECON 311 and ECON 312 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SSCM 330 - Supply Chain Management and Sustainability.
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to strategies and techniques for effective supply chain management and sustainability. Topics include: basics of supply chain management, inventory management, procurement and outsourcing strategies, global logistics management, distribution operations, coordinated product and supply chain design, information sharing in supply chains, Bullwhip effect, supply chain quality management and six sigma, supply chain risk management, global supply chain management, and sustainability issues.
Offered (FALL)
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SSCM 336 - Lean, Six Sigma, and Quality Management.
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on managing issues related to quality, safety, and risks in operations and supply chain management. It discusses principles, practices and techniques for enhancing customer-defined value created through processes and integrated supply chains. Topics include: importance of quality management and continuous improvement in organizations and their supply chains; quality planning and strategy; customer-oriented quality management; statistical and analytical tools for quality control; safety and risk issues in global sourcing; and process improvement techniques including Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, and Lean in manufacturing and service companies.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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SSCM 350 - Procurement Management
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course introduces students to tools, techniques, and frameworks related to procurement management and strategic global sourcing. Topics include: the purchasing process, purchasing policies and procedures, purchasing organization, commodity-based procurement strategy, supplier evaluation and selection, supplier development, global sourcing, green-sourcing, purchasing tools and techniques, negotiations and conflict management, procurement contracts, legal and ethical issues in sourcing, procurement-related information systems, performance management and evaluations, and latest procurement trends.
Prerequisite(s) INSS 220 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SSCM 355 - Strategic Procurement and Logistics Management.
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course, a variety of analytical tools and frameworks are presented in order to help students understand issues in strategic sourcing and logistics. Topics include: make or buy decisions, procurement strategy, procurement contracts, supply chain performance management, inventory management, vendor managed inventory, materials requirement planning, ABC inventory analysis, microanalysis of logistics and transportation services, transportation analytical models, third party logistics, warehouse management, material handling, logistics network design, transportation costing and issues related to distribution channel management.
Offered (SPRING)
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SSCM 480 - Services Management in Government and Public Sector Agencies.
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course surveys the topics including supply chain risk management, governmental policy and regulations related to global sourcing, import and export regulations, ports and transportation, and other up-to-date issues in supply chain management.
Prerequisite(s) SSCM 280 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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SSCM 495 - Internship in Service and Supply Chain Management
3 Credits
9 practicum hours.
This course provides student in Service and Supply Chain Management the opportunity to broaden their education experience through supervised work assignments with organizations or governmental agencies. Students must participate in the internship according to the guidelines furnished by the supervising company.
Prerequisite(s) Students must be junior or senior standing in good academic standing within the Service and Supply Chain Management major. Department chair permission required to register. Companies must be approved by the instructor in accordance with the policies of the INSS department.
Offered (FALL/SUMMER/SPRING)
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SSCM 496 - Supply Chain Management Audit
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This supply chain management capstone course is designed for students to synthesize conceptual and practical skills that they have learned throughout the services and supply chain management program in a collaborative capstone project. Students will work in the form of groups and develop a comprehensive report that addresses procurement, logistics, quality processes, supply chain planning and operations, manufacturing/services processes, IT systems used, sustainability practices, performance measurement system, ethical and global risk issues related to an organization’s major product/service line based on primary and secondary data collected.
Prerequisite(s) SSCM 330 , SSCM 350 and SSCM 355 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL)
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SEUS Freshman Orientation |
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ORED 103 - Orientation for Freshman Education Urban Studies Major
1 Credits
1 lecture hours.
Offered (FALL)
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SGJC Freshman Orientation |
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ORSJ 101 - Freshman Orientation for School of Global Journalism & Communication Majors
1 Credits
1 hours per week.
This course introduces students to the expectations and demands of higher education, to the legacy and tradition of Morgan State University, to college survival strategies, to the academic requirements for the programs in the School of Global Journalism & Communication and to the array of career opportunities in the journalism, production and strategic communication fields. Students enrolled in this class are required to attend all University convocations and other prescribed extra-curricular activities. They are also required to hold conferences with their academic advisors in order to pass the course. Students transferring 24 or more credits to the University when admitted are exempted from this requirement.
Offered (FALL)
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Social Science |
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SOSC 101 - Introduction to the Social Sciences
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This is a general course in the social sciences, which deals with facts, principles and concepts drawn primarily from the fields of history, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics and political science, with some attention to the fields of geography and education.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOSC 301 - Teaching Contemporary Issues in Social Studies
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course students planning to teach social studies at the levels of middle school, junior high school and high school will review instructional materials, develop curriculum and explore a variety of teaching methods for classroom presentation of contemporary issues. Such issues as human rights, nuclear weapons, environmental pollution and conflict in the international arena may be included.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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Social Work |
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SOWK 200 - Introduction to Social Work
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This introductory course is open to students interested in learning about or pursuing social work as a career and is required for social work majors. The course explores professional social work in terms of its purpose and goals; its values and ethics; its special mission to the enhancement of human well-being and to the alleviation of poverty and oppression; its fields of practice, i.e., child welfare, mental health and developmental disabilities, health care, criminal justice, the work place, human diversity, aging, housing, and the homeless, etc.; and its direct practice methods within a generalist perspective. Special attention will be paid to the historical and contemporary contributions of African Americans to the broad field of social welfare. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 209 - Black Families
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course provides an in-depth examination of Black families in their struggle to develop into strong viable kinship institutions in the face of political, economic, and cultural adversity. The course will introduce students to the historical and cultural forces which have shaped Black families from traditional Africa through slavery to contemporary urban society. It will explore major theoretical perspectives of the Black family and provide students with an overview of major social welfare policies and programs designed to address family needs. Most significantly, it will give students insight into the strategies and tactics born out of the Black experience to strengthen and enhance contemporary Black family life. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 329 - Social Welfare and Social Policy
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The Social Welfare and Social Policy course is designed to introduce and familiarize students with the concept of social welfare as a broad field consisting of a variety of programs, policies, laws, institutions, and systems designed to provide for the general well-being of the entire population. The field of social welfare will be examined from a historical, as well as present day perspective, in order that the student may gain an understanding of the relationship between societal values, political and economic influences as well as frameworks that guide formulation and implementation of social welfare policies and programs. Emphasis will also be placed on the role of Blacks and other minority groups as architects, as well as systems change agents. Students are expected to critically analyze social policy and be able to discern when policies and programs present obstacles to the well-being of client populations. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) ECON 211 , SOCI 101 and SOWK 200 completed with grades of “C” or higher. Gateway course-Permission only by acceptance into the BSW Program.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 331 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This two course sequence is a study of physical and social environments, including communities and organizations as the context for life course development. Using the Ecological Systems Perspective as a framework, the course focuses on the complex and dynamic interaction between various environmental systems and the biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development of the individual. Special emphasis will be placed on factors which are obstacles to healthy bio- psychosocial development and functioning, i.e., poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage, interpersonal and community violence, chemical abuse, oppression, etc. Special attention will also be given toward helping students develop their capacity for critical analysis of development theories and the appropriateness of their use as frameworks for understanding and assessing human behavior and functioning of people of color and other diverse populations. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) BIOL 101 , PSYC 101 , SOCI 101 , SOWK 200 and SOWK 209 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 332 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This two course sequence is a study of physical and social environments, including communities and organizations as the context for life course development. Using the Ecological Systems Perspective as a framework, the course focuses on the complex and dynamic interaction between various environmental systems and the biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development of the individual. Special emphasis will be placed on factors which are obstacles to healthy bio- psychosocial development and functioning, i.e., poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage, interpersonal and community violence, chemical abuse, oppression, etc. Special attention will also be given toward helping students develop their capacity for critical analysis of development theories and the appropriateness of their use as frameworks for understanding and assessing human behavior and functioning of people of color and other diverse populations. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) BIOL 101 , PSYC 101 , SOCI 101 , SOWK 200 and SOWK 209 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 334 - Generalist Practice I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will introduce students to the com- plex and unique characteristics of the profession of social work. Students will explore in depth the knowledge base, values and ethics, and practice methodology which make up generalist social work practice. The course will present social work theories and practice models generic to the profession, the problem solving model, social work roles, and beginning skills in relationship building and interviewing. The goal of the course is to prepare students for entry into Field Education with a firm grasp of the role and function of generalist social work practice. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 200 , SOWK 209 , SOWK 329 and SOWK 331 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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SOWK 342 - Diversity and Issues of Social and Economic Justice
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of the unique historical and cultural development of diverse groups in American society. The course introduces students to a framework for cross-cultural comparison as well as explore internal di- vergence or diversity within each group. The dynamics of class, race, gender, labor and age inequality, injustice and subordination will be explored. The course will also present a historical analysis of the organizational structures, political ideologies, and leadership styles used by oppressed groups in the struggle for self-determination and empowerment. The course seeks to raise the political consciousness of students as well as to familiarize them with tactics, strategies and organizational tools designed to effectuate social change. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 200 , SOWK 209 , SOWK 329 , SOWK 331 , ECON 211 and SOCI 101 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 363 - Social Work Statistics and Data Analysis
3 Credits
3 lecture hours.
This course provides an introduction to data analysis and interpretation in social work applied settings. It includes an orientation to value issues that relate to the use of statistical procedures and data presentation in practice settings, including of understanding that data selection, analysis, and presentation. Students are required to take this course (or SOCI 351 or PSYC 316 ) as the prerequisite for Research Methods (SOWK 460 ).
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 423 - Clinical Social Work/Case Management
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to work done by Clinical Social Workers, as experienced in a new environment of more exacting case management. Focus is placed on two documents of the National Association of Social Workers: “Standards of Clinical Social Work” and “Code of Ethics.” Other areas covered are various clinical theories, the therapeutic process and the goals, skills and professional behaviors involved in providing clinical social work services. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 200 , PSYC 101 , SOWK 331 , SOWK 332 and SOWK 334 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 424 - Chemical Dependency and Community Violence
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is taught in two (integrated) parts. The first part covers chemical dependency (alcohol and other drug abuse – ATOD). It will equip students with the aware- ness and understanding of the history of drug abuse; its policy, legal, and socio-psychological manifestations and implications and a variety of prevention, early intervention, treatment and rehabilitation approaches. The second part of this course will provide students with knowledge about inner-city community violence and the ways in which it is, and is not, related to drug abuse. These problems are approached and analyzed from an ecological perspective that examines the interaction of race/ethnicity and macro – social values and social policy, mezzo – social institutions and groups, and micro – individual psychodynamics. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 329 , SOWK 331 , SOWK 332 and SOWK 334 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 427 - Public Child Welfare in the Urban Environment
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is an introduction to the field of child welfare and family services in the urban environment. The roles of child welfare professionals in a variety of settings will be explored. Emphasis will be on the scope and practice of child welfare and program and policy challenges faced by current child welfare professionals. A major focus of the course will be on the development of a relevant knowledge base to provide direct service in child welfare settings.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 334 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 432 - Field Education and Lab I
6 Credits
1.5 lecture hours.
Students will receive 6 credits per semester for a total of 12 credit hours for two courses. Students will spend 16 hours per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) in a community based social service agency in conjunction with a weekly seminar/lab. Students will receive practice experience under the supervision of an experienced social work professional with an emphasis on integrating theoretical and practice methodology, developing and sharpening assessment and intervention skills introduced in the classroom. The weekly laboratory is designed to supplement agency experience, further integrating field learning with ongoing class work. 16 hours field experience per semester. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 200 ; SOWK 209 ; SOWK 329 ; SOWK 331 -SOWK 332 ; SOWK 334 , SOWK 342 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 433 - Field Education and Lab II
6 Credits
1.5 lecture hours.
Students will receive 6 credits per semester for a total of 12 credit hours for two courses. Students will spend 16 hours per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) in a community based social service agency in conjunction with a weekly seminar/lab. Students will receive practice experience under the supervision of an experienced social work professional with an emphasis on integrating theoretical and practice methodology, developing and sharpening assessment and intervention skills introduced in the classroom. The weekly laboratory is designed to supplement agency experience, further integrating field learning with ongoing class work. 16 hours field experience per semester. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 200 , SOWK 209 , SOWK 329 , SOWK 331 , SOWK 332 and SOWK 334 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOWK 434 - Social Work Practice II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in Generalist Social Work Practice. The Ecological Systems Perspective provides the theoretical framework for the development of assessment, intervention, and problem solving skills. Focus will be on the integration of theoretical frameworks and social work practice models, which build on a strengths perspective. Content will be provided on at-risk individuals, families and groups negatively impacted by historical and current oppression, poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage, physical and mental disability, and ageism. Students are expected to develop a professional self-concept through continued clarification of personal and profession values and development of frameworks for use in resolving ethical dilemmas. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 331 , SOWK 332 , SOWK 334 , SOWK 342 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) SOWK 432
Offered (FALL)
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SOWK 435 - Social Work Practice III
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in Generalist Social Work Practice and Social Work Methods I. Community organization, development, and social planning in urban environments provide the frame of reference for skills development. Knowledge of the ecological systems perspective is utilized to help students understand the dynamics of modifying environments, developing resources, planning, and managing societal and organizational barriers to change. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 331 , SOWK 332 , SOWK 334 and SOWK 434 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) SOWK 433
Offered (SPRING)
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SOWK 436 - Senior Seminar
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This seminar is the culminating course in the social work major designed to determine the extent to which students have attained a comprehensive grasp of social work knowledge, values, and skills. The development and completion of a substantial research paper serves as the comprehensive examination in the major which must be passed with a grade of “C” or better before the student is permitted to graduate. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOWK 434 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)
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SOWK 460 - Social Work Research
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to enhance the spirit of inquiry through the development of basic knowledge of scientific research within an ethical framework. It provides a basis for understanding and appreciating the impact of research on social work theory, practice and service delivery. The research curriculum is designed to develop effective research practitioners who utilize research findings, concepts, methods, and skills in the process of social work practice. Students will be introduced to specific methods for evaluating their own practice with supervision. Students are taught how to integrate statistics into research methods. Must earn a “C” or higher in the course.
Prerequisite(s) SOCI 351 or PSYC 316 completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) SOWK 334
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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Sociology |
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SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the systematic study of society. Emphasis is placed upon the major concepts of sociology and the scientific point of view in dealing with social phenomena. The course aims to enable the student to gain an understanding of questions which deal with humans in social relationships and to prepare the student for the study of societal issues and problems [Formerly SOCI 201].
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOCI 110 - Introduction to Anthropology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This foundation course enhances self-knowledge, self-tolerance of diversity, and global understanding by providing insight into the human experience from the traditional four perspectives of the discipline (physical, archaeological, linguistic, and cultural). Ancient organisms and their behavior are examined, as is the study of the origin of the human species and its connection to primordial ancestors. [Formerly SOCI 210].
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOCI 201 - Sociological Writing
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Sociological Writing is a reading and writing intensive course. Students will review sociological papers, distinguish the typology of sociology papers/manuscripts; examine acceptable styles for course work, journal submission, manuscript publication, and presentations. Students will write a sociology research paper, prepare a grant, take field notes, build a curriculum vita, prepare a writing sample, complete an IRB application and article abstract, and engage in peer editing.
Prerequisite(s) SOCI 101
Offered (FALL)
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SOCI 205 - Social Problems
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course emphasizes the relationships between the structure of the society and problems therein. It analyzes the importance of business, economics, government and other institutions in the creating and solving of social problems in modern society. Special consideration is given to forms of deviant behavior and social disorganization such as drug use, delinquency, crime, unemployment, mental disorders, and family disorganization, as well as their incidence in society and programs designed to control them.
Offered (SPRING)
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SOCI 301 - Sociocultural Anthropology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course gives students an overview of anthropology, focuses major attention on social and cultural patterns of human organization, and provides students with an opportunity for in-depth study of three peoples, at least one of whom lives in Africa.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 302 - Social Theory
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course involves a survey of the social thought as expressed by representative theorists in ideas of Different periods. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive background and a perspective for understanding social thought from a historical and contemporary perspective.
Prerequisite(s) SOCI 101
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOCI 303 - Public Opinion and Persuasion
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course involves a study of public opinion and propaganda as processes and their relation to social control and collective behavior. Special attention is given to organs of public opinion, especially to the newspaper, and to propaganda agencies and techniques.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 304 - Marriage and the Family
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course involves a study of the theories of the family as an institution to companionship. Consideration is given to the modern family as a unit of interacting personalities, family organization and disorganization and to contemporary problems of the family in the light of social change, as well as the functions of the family and socialization in the family. The course will also study the relationship of the family to other social entities such as work, public policy, and the economy
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 305 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Consideration is given to a treatment of the concept and incidence of juvenile delinquency, theories of crime causation, and methods of punishment as a background for the study of juvenile delinquency. Emphasis is placed upon factors of causation as revealed through personal, family and community situations conditioning delinquent behavior; analysis of concrete cases and juvenile delinquency; and critical examination of current methods of dealing with juvenile offenders and programs for the prevention of delinquency. [Formerly Juvenile Delinquency and Its Social Treatment].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 306 - African-Americans in the United States
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course provides a sociological appraisal of the condition and personality of African Americans. Attention is given to the impact of slavery and colonialism on the manner in which the American experience has influenced the family life of African Americans, as well as their participation in education, politics, health care, the economy, religion, housing, music and sports. [Formerly SOCI 206].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 307 - Population Science: Demography
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course involves the study of the basic techniques of population analysis and descriptions and social problems specifically from a population and demographic point of view. Specifically, it examines the causes of changes in the size, composition, and distribution of populations and their impact on abortion, occupation, relocation, population explosion, single-parent families, genocide, divorce, and housing.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 308 - Criminology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the agencies and institutions such as the police, the courts and penal institutions, which deal with offenders. Particular attention is given to treatment of the offender, as well as to programs of crime prevention.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 310 - Social Psychology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines social psychology from a sociological perspective. As such, it focuses attention on the relationship between the person and the social world. Underlying the course is the theoretical assumption that we construct our social reality through the process of interaction with others. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the nature of self, socialization, social interaction and conduct, and the social order (society). [Formerly SOCI 203].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 311 - Introduction to Archaeology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course serves as an introduction to archaeology, the study of our past through the use of material remains. It gives students an overview of the principles of archaeology and instructs them in archaeological field techniques. Includes four mandatory field trips.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 314 - Racial and Ethnic Relations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course explores some of the many ways in which societies define racial, ethnic, majority and minority groups, including the use of stereotypes, pseudo-history and biological myths. It also explores how such differentiation influences self-concepts, intra- group relations, and intergroup relations. Racial and ethnic relations characterized by prejudice, discrimination, scapegoating, maldistribution of valued resources, and violence pose social control and nation-building challenges that receive special attention. [Formerly SOCI 202].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 315 - Sociology of Law
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Analyses are made of the development of laws and the administration of law. Special emphasis is placed on their effect on social groups and mass behavior, the analysis of social processes involved in the making of laws, and the social basis of legal ideologies, statutes, and legal enforcement
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 318 - Sociology of Business and Work
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the occupational structure in society and business organizations as social institutions, from the level of single proprietorships to the level of multinational corporations. Also included within its focus are the meaning of work, socio-cultural factors relevant to occupational recruitment and retention, formal and informal organizations that impact on business, the marketing implications of social stratification, and sociological factors affecting job satisfaction and productivity.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 319 - Sociology of Leisure and Entertainment
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course involves the study of behaviors and values which characterize patterns of leisure and entertainment in a variety of societies including the United States. Among its concerns are relationships between leisure, on the one hand; and time-allocation, social stratification, sex roles, subcultures, and technology, on the other hand.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 321 - Urban Sociology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The varying mechanisms through which the structure and functions of urban society are integrated are scrutinized. Attention is directed to the methods of dominance in the city as well as in the larger society. Consideration is also given to the social consequences of urbanism.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 330 - Sociology of Jails and Prisons
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course takes the student behind the walls of jails and prisons in order to explain how these institutions function both as parts of larger social systems and in and of themselves. Some attention is given to institutional subcultures, to institutional programs and policies, and to issues associated with the privatization of jails and prisons
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 331 - Community-Based Corrections
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course acquaints students with sociological and anthropological aspects of criminal corrections within the context of halfway houses and “alternative” or “modified” sentencing.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 332 - Law Enforcement, Policing and Society
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Law Enforcement, Policing and Society, examines the historical, contemporary, and future relationship of law enforcement, police work, and society from the local, state, national, and international perspective. The course explores the sociological and sociocultural aspects of each. Students complete 15 hours of work outside of the classroom police-ride along, exploring field operations, and police/community events.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 340 - Sociology of Urban Africa
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on African cities and the urbanization process devoid of stereotypes that project Africa as static and dominated by tropical rain forests. Topics within its purview are social change, development, and culture as they relate to the causes and consequences of urbanization. The course draws on both sociology and anthropology and places particular emphasis on marriage, family systems, women, and the development challenges in African cities.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 342 - Sociology of Africa in Europe and Asia
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on African diasporas in Europe and Asia from prehistory until the present. Course topics include human evolution, stages of human radiation out of Africa as case studies in migration, and a range of cultural and social problems associated with racism and assimilation as regards people of African descent in Europe and Asia.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 345 - Anthropological Theory
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to the foundational theoretical perspectives in anthropology, which have been used to examine overarching questions about humanity, as well as the pressing social issues of the time. The course will also analyze the historical context surrounding the development of the theories and theoreticians, which will shed light on the knowledge production process.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 351 - Introduction to Social Statistics
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course will deal with basic statistics: the general nature of statistical methods, frequency distribution, percentiles, averages, measures of variabilities, standard deviations, the nor- mal curve, introduction to sampling theory, testing statistical hypothesis, analysis of variance and covariance, etc. Emphasis will be placed on computation and on the application of these statistics in sociological research. Prerequisite for SOCI 381 (Formerly SOCI 251).
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SOCI 360 - Aging Baby Boomer: Sociological Perspectives
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course utilizes theory, methods and research from sociology and anthropology to explicate and analyze selected difficulties confronted by the elderly in a variety of different societal settings. In addition, aging is treated both as a social problem and from a cross-cultural perspective. [Formerly SOCI 207 SOCIOLOGY OF AGING].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 377 - Intimate Relations
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Love, friendship and intimate relations are examined from a sociological perspective. Topics include love, the structure and function of relationships, and the strengths, stresses and strains of intimate relations [Formerly Love and Intimate Relations].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 378 - Sociology of Gender
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In areas such as feminism, gay rights, changing definitions of masculinity, male-female relations, and new roles of women in the workforce, gender socialization, household formation, and domestic affairs, the world is undergoing much change which deserves systematic study from social scientific perspectives. Though this course uses materials primarily from anthropology and sociology to describe and analyze selected dimensions of sex and gender cross-culturally and through time, it has relevance for students in numerous fields of study. [Formerly Sex and Gender in Society and Culture].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 379 - Sociology of Mass Communications
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
A sociological perspective is used to examine the nature and process of mass communication and its functions in society. Emphasis is placed on the meanings conveyed and the effects created by mass communication and its impact on individuals, groups, society, and culture. Both theoretical and practical perspectives are used to examine such topics as violence, news construction, and images of race, class, and gender, and the impact of advertising. This course is recommended for students in many fields of study, including telecommunications, business, psychology, philosophy, political science, education, speech and theatre.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 380 - Methods of Social Research I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of scientific inquiry, both quantitative and qualitative. The student will be exposed to the processes involved in (1) selecting and framing research questions, (2) choosing appropriate methods and time frames for collecting data, (3) analyzing data, (4) drawing conclusions from data, and (5) reporting findings from data analysis. Each student will write a proposal for a study utilizing experimental, survey, field research or some other research design used by sociologists to collect data.
Offered (FALL)
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SOCI 388 - Great Books—Directed Reading I
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course affords the opportunity for the honor student to engage in semi-independent, directed reading of major texts or works in the discipline under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 399 - Great Books—Directed Reading II
2 Credits
2 hours per week.
This course is the second part of Directed Reading I and affords the opportunity for the honor student to engage in semi-independent, directed reading of major texts or works in the discipline under the supervision of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of SOCI 388
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 400 - Sociology of Health and Illness
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will critically examine how health and illness are defined and socially constructed. We will also investigate the distribution of mortality and morbidity; and the experiences of illness. For a comprehensive understanding of health and illness, we will examine the training and hierarchies of health care workers, interactions between health care providers and patients, alternative medicine, ethical issues, and health care financing.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 401 - Forensic Anthropology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course explores the use of anthropological knowledge within a legal context. Specifically, it focuses on the recovery of remains and the subsequent use of osteology, or the analysis of skeletal anatomy and biology, to determine the cause of death.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 403 - Ethnography of Selected Cultural Regions
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course involves an in-depth study of cultural strata in societies of a particular cultural region.
Prerequisite(s) SOCI 110 or permission of instructor/department.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 404 - Collective Behavior
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will focus on the definition of the term collective action and the rationale for the use of this term. The various theories of collective action will be discussed, and efforts will be made to identify and distinguish categories of this form of human behavior such as slave rebellions, strikes, protest demonstrations, riots, fads, and especially social movements. Attention will also be paid to various factors that influence these episodes, such as beliefs, ideologies, tactics and strategies, culture, resources, and social control. In addition, the knowledge that emanates from collective action episodes, as well as their social consequences, will be examined.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 405 - Social Change and Futurism
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course focuses on socio-cultural patterns over time that reflect ways in which social life is renewing, remaking, changing, and transforming itself. It devotes attention to dimensions of collective behavior and to social movements as well as to techno- logical competition, innovation, and diffusion as related to occupations and to business. Futuristic concepts of popular culture such as “future shock,” “megatrends,” “postindustrial society,” “third wave,” and “information economy” are explored. The areas included for study range from telecommunications, technology, space and genetic engineering to transformations in families, race relations, sex roles, leisure and the post-industrial structure of time-allocation, work and leisure.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 406 - Sociology of Religion
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to provide students with some basic concepts and understandings regarding the connection between religion and the social context or environment. In addition to the process of secularization involving religion’s emergence and development, broader and more complex issues involving religion and politics, power, millenarianism, dualism, race/ethnicity, class, and gender are highlighted.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 407 - Sociology of Education
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will examine the crucial role that educational institutions play in American society and the world, more broadly. Throughout the course, students will engage with core debates in the theory, history and practice of education. Most importantly, students will learn how education contributes to the reproduction of the social system, including race, class and gender inequality.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 408 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to research methods in criminal justice and criminology. Students will utilize the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, the National Criminal Victimization Survey, and other sources to conduct criminal justice- and criminology-based research.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 409 - Language and Society
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to selected linguistic characteristics which mark the world’s major language families and to the analytical study of language as related to socialization, social solidarity, conflict, and ethnic, class, and sex markers, and to collective behavior. Attention is also given to language fads and to the social adaptability of language in situations ranging from the formal to the intimate and from the highly ritualized to the ordinary as well as to its expression through gestures, body movement, and the use of space.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 415 - Sociology of Sports
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course examines the institution of sport from various sociological perspectives. It is designed to provide students with an opportunity to critically analyze the assumptions surrounding the social significance of sport through a process of reflective thought.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 425 - Gender and Violence
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
The intersection of gender and violence is explored and analyzed where both intra-violence and inter-violence in the United States and beyond is examined amongst and between men, women, children, geographic locales, etc. Sociological and socio-cultural reaction to violence and violence itself is assessed. Students complete case assessments to assess variations in gender and violence.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 429 - Victimology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Victimology explores victimization from every aspect of social life and is not limited to the classical definition of crime. Criminological victimization as well as general victimization, is examined both nationally and internationally. Students complete 15 hours of service-learning in a victim’s protection or advocacy organization.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 430 - Sociology of Deviance
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course introduces students to deviance, deviance theory, and deviant behavior. Students assess cases to distinguish norms, and deviant and illegal behavior while identifying social control, power, morality, ethics, laws, rules, enforcement, norm violations, and social re-action as caveats of deviance.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 435 - Sexual Diversity in Society
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Sexual Diversity in Society explores the definitions, distinctions, and the practice of bisexuality, genderism, heterosexuality, homosexuality, incest, prostitution, pornography, rape, sadomasochism, sex, sexism, transgenderism, and transvertism. Emphasis will be placed on the sociological, socio-biological, and socio-psychological aspects of sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation. Students will complete field observations to explore course topics (e.g. attend a sexual diversity group meeting, or sit-in on a sex education class).
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 441 - Social Inequality
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is designed to analyze the nature and functions of social stratification and social inequality. It will focus on the manner in which society seeks to place individuals in various social categories on the basis of such factors as class, age, sex, power, ethnicity, and race, etc. The impact of these placements on the quality of life and lifestyles of individuals and groups is also examined.
Offered (FALL)
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SOCI 451 - Social Thought and the Concept of Race
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Special attention is paid to sociological, anthropological and related theoretical and methodological approaches and issues developed, and responded to, by African Americans and other diasporan intellectuals. Topics covered may include slavery, indentured servitude, serfdom and other forms of dependent labor; colonialism, segregation, independence, neocolonialism, in-group and out-group relations, and minority and majority group relations; pre-colonial society; emancipation, nationalism, separatism, and social movements; and knowledge connected with the construction of personality formation and development, politics, law, economics, and culture that emanate from the aforementioned situations.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 453 - Independent Study
1 to 5 Credits
3 to 15 hours per week.
This individualized experience offers an opportunity for students to undertake an internship in sociology, in anthropology, or in criminal justice with an appropriate agency; for students to carry out individualized research under faculty supervision; or for students to be a research assistant to a professor. Prior to registration, each student must obtain written permission from a professor to supervise a particular undertaking to be filed in the departmental office. This experience may be repeated until a maximum of five (5) credits is earned
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 454 - Ethnographic Methods
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This is a highly interactive course in which students work very closely with their professors and with each other. It affords students an opportunity to understand and undertake small-scale research projects which rely on observational methods, audiovisual techniques, the census, and interviews. The projects that students will undertake are intended to be of special interest to them and will be associated with day to day behaviors and values within such domains as cooking, food consumption, symbolism, sex, dance, speech, and time-allocation, the use of space, ceremonies, biography, aging, and dress.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 455 - Qualitative Methods
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
Qualitative, non-statistical social science research can form the basis of surprising and profound discoveries about individuals and societies. Through small-scale studies, the need for larger studies is exposed. Narratives, confessions, ethnographies, demographic studies, case studies, and more recently, focus groups contribute insight and depth to our understanding of the human condition.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 480 - Methods of Social Research II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course affords each student the opportunity to get “hands-on” experience in carrying out all aspects of a social-scientific research project. Each student is expected to orally present the project and/or submit it to an appropriate journal. [Formerly SOCI 381]
Prerequisite(s) SOCI 351 and SOCI 380
Offered (SPRING)
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SOCI 488 - Senior Honors Thesis I
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this course students conduct advanced independent research, under the supervision of a faculty member, and prepare to defend the thesis before the Departmental faculty. This half of the two-course sequence should be pursued during the fall semester.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of Directed Reading I and II.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 489 - Senior Honors Thesis II
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course is a continuation of Senior Honors Thesis I and concludes the conduct of advanced research, under the supervision of a faculty member. This half of the two-course sequence should be pursued during the spring semester. The student should complete the honors thesis by the end of March and should defend it before the Departmental faculty in April.
Prerequisite(s) admission to the Departmental Honors Program and completion of Directed Reading I and II and Senior Honors Thesis I.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 492 - Applied Anthropology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course provides students opportunities to explore how basic anthropological concepts can impact everyday life and social policy. It will highlight the important and exciting work that applied anthropologists do in fields like environmental impact studies, medical anthropology, community organizing, filmmaking, program evaluation, and marketing. Upon finishing this course, students should concretely know how to become employed as practicing anthropologists.
Offered (SPRING - ODD)
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SOCI 493 - Globalization and Development
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course deals with domestic factors, colonialism, neocolonialism, and globalization as they have differentially impacted development in such a manner as to contribute to extreme wealth in some regions of the world and extreme poverty in others. Linkages (economic, commercial, political, and technological) between developed and developing countries, as well as development issues that relate to human rights, will be addressed. [Formerly World Cultures and Development].
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 494 - Applied Sociology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
In this senior-level course, students will examine ways in which sociological knowledge (concepts, theories, methods, and empirical findings) can be/are applied in social settings. Ethical issues arising from the application of sociology will also be examined. All seniors are strongly encouraged to enroll in this seminar. [Formerly Seminar in Applied Sociology and Professionalism].
Offered (SPRING - EVEN)
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SOCI 495 - Seminar in Selected Topics in Sociology
3 Credits
3 hours per week.
This course will examine selected topics from a sociological perspective. Topics will vary from semester to semester and year to year. This course may be repeated only once for credit.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SOCI 498 - Senior Internship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides an opportunity for the student to obtain supervised work experience in the major, at an off-campus site selected and approved by the Departmental Chairperson. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum 2.2 cumulative and major averages, and requires approval of the Departmental Chairperson. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean.
Offered (SPRING)
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SOCI 499 - Senior Research or Teaching/Tutorial Assistantship
3 Credits
9 hours per week.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to obtain first-hand research or teaching/tutorial experience under the supervision and mentorship of a tenure-track faculty member. Registration is limited to seniors with minimum 3.0 cumulative and major averages and requires the approval of the Departmental Chairperson. Exceptions may be approved by the Dean.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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OREN 104 - Freshman Orientation for Engineering Majors
1 Credits
2 lecture hours.
This course is designed to prepare students for the rigors of earning an engineering degree. It introduces students to the expectations and demands of higher education, to the legacy and traditions of Morgan State University, to college success strategies, and to the broad array of career opportunities in the fields of engineering. Students enrolled in this class are required to attend selected University convocations, School of Engineering programs, and other prescribed activities. They are also required to hold conferences with their faculty advisors. Students transferring 24 or more credits to the University when admitted are exempt from this requirement. (Formerly ORIE 104).
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course covers grammar, pronunciation, and aural-oral comprehension.
Prerequisite(s) No previous Spanish study, or one year or level of Spanish in high school.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This is a continuation of SPAN 101 .
Prerequisite(s) SPAN 101 or one to two years or levels of Spanish in high school
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SPAN 105 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
6 Credits
6 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is an intensive course covering the material of SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 in one semester.
Prerequisite(s) No previous Spanish study or one year or level of Spanish in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SPAN 203 - Intermediate Spanish I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course is a review of grammar, pronunciation and composition, with graded readings. It provides further development of aural-oral proficiency.
Prerequisite(s) SPAN 102 or two to three years or levels of Spanish in high school.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SPAN 204 - Intermediate Spanish II
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This is a continuation of SPAN 203 .
Prerequisite(s) SPAN 203 or three to four years or levels of Spanish in high school
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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SPAN 206 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish
6 Credits
6 lecture hours. 2 lab hours.
This is an intensive course covering the material of SPAN 203 and SPAN 204 in one semester.
Prerequisite(s) SPAN 102 or two to three years or levels of Spanish in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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SPAN 207 - Special Topics in Spanish I
3 Credits
3 lecture hours. 1 lab hours.
This course will focus on the study of selected topics or current issues. It will provide students an opportunity to explore various topics in greater detail. Students will be exposed to, and practice, vocabulary and content likely to be used in business, music, fine arts, communications, and the professions. Specific focus will be on understanding, speaking, reading and writing about cultural, social, literary, and economic trends in Hispanic culture and societies. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes.
Prerequisite(s) SPAN 102 or two to three years or levels of Spanish in high school.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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