2023 - 2024 Catalog

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

Presents basic theories, concepts, and processes involved in scientific study of society, including culture, socialization, social structure, social interaction, and formal organizations. Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring

Examines deviance. Studies social stratification, issues of social class, gender, racial and ethnic groups, the elderly, and collective behavior. Some sections may have a low-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Spring

Applies sociological analysis of social change and trends in the family, religion, education, economics, politics, and medicine.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter

Presents sociological analyses of topics which may include romantic love, sexual patterns, courtship and dating, intimate relationships, divorce, widowhood, remarriages, family systems in other cultures, family systems in America, current changes, and prospects for the future. Guides students into ways of coping better in their own relationships.

Quarters Offered: Fall

A comprehensive study of human sexuality with an emphasis on sexual issues from scientific and humanistic perspectives. This course includes a survey of historical, cultural and cross-cultural variation in sexuality, sex research, female and male sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology, gender issues, sexual response, sexual communication, sexual behavior patterns, love and sexual orientations.

Quarters Offered: Summer

Introduces the profession of social work, surveying the professional knowledge, skills, values, and ethics applicable for generalist social work practices. Reviews the historical, philosophical, educational, and social dimensions of the profession. Considers various fields of social work practice and their unique attributes, including income levels of each. Places special emphasis on rural areas. Recommended Co-requisite: SOWK 280.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Spring

Addresses the historical impact and current delivery of social services to people of poverty, people of color, elderly, women, homosexuals, and persons with mental and or physical disabilities, recognizing the fundamental duty of the social work profession to promote social equity and justice. Traces the historical evolution of the American social service delivery system, and examines development of policies as they relate to societal values.Prerequisites: SOWK 111 or instructor approval.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

Provides students an understanding of the persuasive communication process in order to make more persuasive presentations and better understand persuasive mechanisms in the issues they encounter.Prerequisites: College level reading ability is an advantage.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Stresses skill building and theory in decision making, goal setting, presentation planning, and knowledge of group process. Assists students in using effective small group techniques in a variety of settings. Some sections may have a low-cost or no-cost text book option.Prerequisites: Pass WR95 with a C- or better, or suitable placement score.

Quarters Offered: Summer, Fall

First Year Spanish is based on the Standards of Learning Spanish. Instruction Incorporates the major organizing principles for the Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities. Grammar is taught within the context of real world interaction in the target language (Spanish), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

Quarters Offered: Winter

First Year Spanish is based on the Standards of Learning Spanish. Instruction Incorporates the major organizing principles for the Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities. Grammar is taught within the context of real world interaction in the target language (Spanish), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Pre-requisite: SPAN 101, Two years of high school Spanish, or instructor approval.

Quarters Offered: Spring

First Year Spanish is based on the Standards of Learning Spanish. Instruction Incorporates the major organizing principles for the Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities. Grammar is taught within the context of real world interaction in the target language (Spanish), including reading, writing, speaking, and listening.Prerequisites: SPAN 102 or Instructor permission.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

Continues the review and expansion of vocabulary, grammar, conversation and composition. Introduction to cultural and literacy readings.Prerequisites: two years high school spanish, SPAN 103 or Instructor permission.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

Continues the review and expansion of vocabulary, grammar, conversation and composition. Introduction to cultural and literacy readings.Prerequisites: SPAN 201.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

Continues the review and expansion of vocabulary, grammar, conversation and composition. Introduction to cultural and literacy readings.Prerequisites: SPAN 202.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

A first course in statistics focusing on the interpretation and communication of statistical concepts. Introduces exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, sampling methods and distributions, point and interval estimates, hypothesis tests for means and proportions, and elements of probability and correlation. Technology will be used when appropriate.Prerequisites: Pass MATH 111 or 105 with a "C-" or better, or suitable math placement exam score.