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PSY 491 - Capstone Laboratory Research
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
The laboratory research capstone in psychology provides students with a culminating experience in psychology integrating both an applied practical experience in the laboratory conducting research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and a writing component in the form of a senior thesis.
Prerequisite: Senior standing; all core courses; and instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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PSY 496 - Capstone Senior Thesis in Psychology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This capstone is offered as a seminar style course that provides instruction and mentoring on the capstone thesis, analysis of the current articles on a broad area of psychology (according to the instructor’s expertise and student proposals), and strengthening of writing through peer-feedback. A formal presentation at the end of the term is required.
Prerequisite: Senior standing, all core courses, all breadth courses, and at least one of two depth courses taken in sequential order with a minimum grade of C-before moving on to the next course, and instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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PSY 497 - Practicum in Teaching
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Students will receive supervised experience teaching introductory psychology. Requirements include attending the supervisor’s lectures, teaching a one-period discussion section, holding office hours to meet with students, and participating in a weekly seminar addressing teaching skills and methods. Students will also assist in grading papers and constructing test questions. Students will be evaluated on their teaching performance and log of teaching activities.
Note: Advisement recommendation: Minimum GPA of 3.0
Prerequisite: Instructor permission and upper division standing.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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PSY 498 - Capstone Internship in Psychology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
The internship capstone in psychology provides students with a culminating experience in psychology integrating both an applied practical experience in the field and a writing component in the form of a senior thesis.
Note: Variable credit zero to 12, not repeatable. Registration is facilitated through the EXCEL Office and is offered as needed.
Prerequisite: 2.5 GPA, senior standing, and instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
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PSY 499 - Independent Study
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Individual study in the field of psychology under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 1 to 3
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Risk Management and Insurance |
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RMI 300 - Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is structured as an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the principles of risk and the management of risk through the use of financing, insurance, and/or hedging, all in the context of the managerial and personal decision-making process. Topics include risk measurement, risk identification, the principles of insurance, the basics of hedging, and the integration of risk treatment programs.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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RMI 310 - Property and Liability Insurance
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course examines the major types of commercial and individual property and liability insurance. Loss control will also be addressed as a complement to insurance coverage. Emphasis is placed on understanding the terms of the contract and its limitations of coverage for the various types of insurance in this category.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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RMI 311 - Property & Casualty Insurance Producer Topics
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course complements RMI 310 coverage of property and liability insurance topics. Coverage includes disciplinary issues and regulation, claims, and certain detailed commercial insurance topics. It also allows interested majors to obtain the number of classroom hours required by the New York State Insurance Department with respect to
education for the Property & Casualty licensing exam.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 4
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RMI 320 - Employee Benefits
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course examines the characteristics and design of employee benefit plans including group insurance, pension and profit sharing plans. These plans are evaluated in terms of their cost and effectiveness. Consideration is given to taxation and social insurance systems as well as international benefits programs.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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RMI 400 - Life and Health Insurance
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course covers the nature of life and health insurance risks and the functions and uses of life and health insurance in treating these risks. The perspective is that of broad-based financial planning, including the integration of tax, accounting and legal aspects from both the individual’s and organization’s viewpoints. Techniques for evaluating life insurance and annuities are covered, along with a review of the legal aspects of these insurance contracts.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Fall, Summer
Credit: 3
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RMI 450 - Risk Management Problems and Cases
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is designed to prepare students for entry-level work in corporate risk management. The emphasis is on organizational decision making under conditions of uncertainty. This course builds upon previous RMI course work and emphasizes the application of RMI concepts.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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Sociology |
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SOC 100 - Introductory Sociology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
An introduction to the major concepts and perspectives in sociology and a survey of some areas of sociological investigation.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit: 3
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SOC 180 - Introduction to Social Work
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is designed to familiarize students with the following content areas: the history and nature of social work; the nature of those settings within which social work activities typically occur; and the nature of health/wealth programs in the United States.
Prerequisite: SOC 100, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 210 - Theory I: Foundation of Sociological Theory
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Historical development of sociological thought emphasizing major contributors and schools.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SOC 220 - Introduction to Social Research
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course introduces the basic tenets of both quantitative and qualitative social research design and analysis. While a substantial portion of this course deals with positivistic research tradition, relatively little attention is given to statistical techniques.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SOC 221 - Introduction to Social Statistics
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is designed to provide a solid foundation in statistical analysis and to prepare students to be intelligent consumers of quantitative social research.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SOC 260 - Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course examines concepts of race, ethnicity, class, and gender, examining how these are played out in structures of society such as work, age, family, education, sport, religion, law, and government, including the intersections among these concepts, their intersection with social structures that support them, and their effects on people.
Note: Not open to students that have taken SOC 250/WST 250.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission
Equivalent Course: WST 260
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 280 - Social Problems
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
An examination, from major sociological perspectives, of social problems such as poverty; violence; drug abuse; changes in the workplace; inequalities related to race, ethnicity, gender, and social class; and mental illness.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Summer
Credit: 3
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SOC 301 - Topics in Sociology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of different topics related to specialized areas of sociology.
Note: These topics will change as new courses are introduced.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 302 - Teaching Sociology I
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course offers qualified and promising students the opportunity to participate in the construction and execution of a sociology course. Under the instructor’s guidance, the student aids in test construction and evaluation, tracking attendance, and introduces various pedagogical strategies. The student gains experience in conducting review sessions, teaching a lesson, and evaluating textbooks. As a result of these and other activities, sociology students are able to gain practical experience in writing, speaking, organizing, and evaluating that will help them tremendously whether they go on to graduate school or immediately enter the workforce.
Prerequisite: Twelve hours of sociology and instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SOC 310 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Current work of major theorists stressing their approaches to issues in sociological theory.
Prerequisite: SOC 210 and SOC 260 OR 280, or instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 320 - Survey Methodology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course introduces the logic and the skills of survey research. Students will learn various survey designs, measurement options, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques. The course is intended as a practical and realistic guide for social science students who have had little previous experience in survey research.
Prerequisite: SOC 220 and 221 and SOC 260 OR 280, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 330 - Qualitative Research Methods
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Course will present theories, practices, and applications of qualitative research methodologies. These methodologies include: Unobtrusive Measures, Observation, Participant Observation, Oral History, Ethnography, Content Analysis, In-Depth Interviewing.
Prerequisite: SOC 220 and 221 and SOC 260 OR 280, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 341 - Social Inequality/Stratification
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is designed to examine social inequalities in society through an exploration of the socially constructed categories of social class, status, caste, race, gender,and power.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 351 - The Changing Modern Family
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
The family in various cultures; organization and relation to other institutions; social function of the family.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 355 - Sociology of Sports
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A survey of pervasive influence of sports in contemporary societies, particularly the United States, viewed through the concepts and perspectives of sociology.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 366 - Popular Culture
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
The nature of popular culture; theories of its origins and impact; issues in popular culture; examination of its specific forms such as music, television, and movies.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 367 - Globalization and Poverty
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This systematic study of the concepts and practices of poverty, prevalent in industrial and non-industrial countries, is traced from economic, political and social policies in present and past economic systems. Why only economics was previously thought to be capable of analyzing and measuring poverty is investigated.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SOC 369 - Environmental Sociology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Environmental sociology examines the social aspects of the environment including sustainable agriculture, the production and consumption of energy and fuels, environmental social movements, leisure and recreation, the role of nature on the environment, the human impact on the environment and especially humanity’s attempt to sustain the environment.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 370 - Sociology of Deviance
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Nature and types of deviant behavior; relationship to conformity; analysis of selected patterns of deviance.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SOC 371 - Criminology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Nature, extent and characteristics of crime and criminals; methods of prevention, control, and treatment.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission. SOC 370 is recommended.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SOC 373 - Gangs in American Society
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course provides a socio-historical view of street gangs in the United States and will provide the student with a general overview of the nature of street gangs including: theoretical and socio-economic explanations of why gangs exist; the gang structure and process; female gangs; criminal activities of gangs; gang prevention, suppression and treatment techniques; and implications for the future study of gangs.
Prerequisite: SOC 100, or instructor permission. SOC 371 or 372 is recommended.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 374 - Family Violence
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course examines the complex of violence in the family setting; incest, spouse abuse, and child abuse. It also examines the continuing relationship among these acts. These problems are approached from a sociological and legal perspective.
Prerequisite: SOC 100, or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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SOC 381 - Sociology of Gender Roles
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Sociological analysis of establishment, maintenance, and current reorganization of sex roles; social ramifications and institutional consequences of changing sex roles.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 383 - Sociology of Aging
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A survey of the social conditions that affect human aging, with a special emphasis on the research in the area of social gerontology.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 399 - Independent Readings/Project
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
See the section CURRICULUM INFORMATION, of this Catalog for college wide guidelines for Independent Study. The department also requires completion of all eighteen hours of “Basic Requirements” listed for a sociology major and preparation by a superior student (usually well over a 3.0 GPA) of a written plan of study within a professor’s area of specialization and not available as a regular course. The plan of study will specify the topic, objectives, and approach through a semester-long program, the number of credit hours sought, and the methods by which the professor will supervise and evaluate it for an appropriate letter grade, A through E. After the professor is satisfied that the student is qualified and that the plan of study has academic merit, the student will seek similar approval from the student’s academic advisor and then from the department chair.
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in sociology, upper division standing, and instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 1 to 6
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SOC 402 - Teaching Sociology II
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is for students who have taken SOC 302. However, this course, while requiring the same activities of the student, carries with it higher expectations for performance and participation. The course offers qualified and promising students the opportunity to participate in the construction and execution of a sociology course.
Prerequisite: SOC 302 and instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 442 - Races & Minorities
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Majority-minority relations; biology of race, stratification variables of power, prestige, wealth; emphasis on development, function, and institutionalization of prejudice and discrimination.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
Offered: Summer
Credit: 3
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SOC 460 - Dynamics of Prejudice and Discrimination
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Prejudice and discrimination relating to disempowered groups of nonracial categories. Social construction of minority status, labeling and social policy implications. AIDS victims, women, older workers, gay men and lesbians, the physically challenged, and the elderly.
Prerequisite: Twelve hours of sociology and upper divison standing, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 463 - Social Movements
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Political, religious, and other revitalization movements; emphasis on life history, membership, success in handling change, and societal impact.
Prerequisite: Twelve hours of sociology and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 487 - Restorative Justice
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This is the systematic study of restorative justice, which is the restoration of the crime victim, the offender, and their community. This includes mediation, restitution, reconciliation, and the crime victim movement. Problems associated with moving from the current retributive criminal justice system to a restorative justice system will be analyzed.
Prerequisite: Twelve hours of sociology and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SOC 490 - Senior Seminar in Sociology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This senior seminar will explore and explicate the interconnectedness of the knowledge of the discipline as this has been presented in the individual courses comprising the major, and will engage the students in a critique of concepts, theories, methods, data, practices of the discipline.
Prerequisite: Completion of all other sociology core courses with minimum grade of C-, or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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SOC 498 - Internship in Sociology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A semester-long internship designed to provide a pre-professional experiential learning opportunity related to the Sociology major. Students will work full-time or part-time in a postion which will provide opportunities to further their knowledge in an area of sociology and to analyze and synthesize that knowledge in an approved internship setting. Students must complete of all elements of their learning agreement.
Note: Variable one to 12 credits, may be repeated 12 times for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisite: Completion of sixty (60) semester hours of academic coursework including courses related to the intended pre-professional internship; a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5; approval of the pre-professional internship position by the faculty sponsor as being an appropriate situation for experiential learning.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
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SOC 499 - Independent Study for Honors
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
See the section CURRICULUM INFORMATION, of this catalog for college wide guidelines for independent study. The department also requires completion of all eighteen hours of “Basic Requirements” listed for a sociology major and preparation by a superior student (usually well over a 3.0 GPA) of a written plan of study within a professor’s area of specialization and not available as a regular course. The plan of study will specify the topic, objectives, and approach through a semester-long program, the number of credit hours sought, and the methods by which the professor will supervise and evaluate it for an appropriate letter grade, A through E. After the professor is satisfied that the student is qualified and that the plan of study has academic merit, the student will seek similar approval from the student’s academic advisor and then from the department chair.
Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 for a minimum of twenty-four sociology hours to include the completion of all core courses other than SOC 490, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 1 to 6
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SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Preparation of students without previous knowledge of Spanish in the fundamentals of conversation, reading, and composition.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit: 3
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SPA 102 - Continuing Elementary Spanish
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Continuation of SPA 101. Fundamentals of conversation, reading, and composition.
Prerequisite: SPA 101 or three years of transcripted high school Spanish; or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credit: 3
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SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Review of basic grammar and introduction of more advanced structures; intermediate level conversation, reading, and composition.
Prerequisite: SPA 102 or four years of transcripted high school Spanish; or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SPA 202 - Continuing Intermediate Spanish
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Continuation of SPA 201. Review of basic grammar and introduction of more advanced structures; intermediate level conversation, reading, and composition.
Prerequisite: SPA 201 or four years of transcripted high school Spanish; or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SPA 301 - Advanced Spanish A
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Advanced-level conversation, reading, and composition, with special emphasis on more complex grammatical structures.
Prerequisite: SPA 202 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SPA 302 - Advanced Spanish B
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Continuation of Spanish 301. Advanced-level conversation, reading, and composition, with special emphasis on more complex grammatical structures.
Prerequisite: SPA 202 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SPA 310 - Business Spanish
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Students will be introduced to the spoken and written language of business in the Spanish-speaking world in a variety of contexts through audio and visual as well as print media. The basic terminology of business and economics will be stressed, and students will be given “hands-on” experience in simulated business situations.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 302 or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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SPA 350 - Survey of Spanish Literature A
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Study of the major literary movements and representative works.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 302; or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SPA 351 - Survey of Spanish Literature B
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Study of the major literary movements and representative works.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 302; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 352 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature A
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Survey of literary movements in Spanish America and study of representative works.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 302; or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SPA 353 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature B
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Survey of literary movements in Spanish America and study of representative works.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 302; or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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SPA 381 - Life and Thought in Spain
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Through Its Literature A study of the literature which reflects the life and thought of Spain from the nineteenth century to the present, and how it relates to the actual living experience of the student.
Note: Taught in Madrid only.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 395 - Seminar
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 or 302 or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring, Summer
Credit: 3
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SPA 396 - Spanish Teaching Assistantship
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
In this course students will teach small units, participate in limited evaluation under instructor supervision, learn various pedagogical strategies, conduct review sessions, and evaluate textbooks.
Note: Course can be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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SPA 399 - Independent Study
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
For qualified juniors and seniors under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 1 to 6
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SPA 410 - Advanced Grammar Analysis
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A detailed study of Spanish grammar, stylistics, and composition including grammatical analysis of Spanish prose.
Note: Strongly recommended to all majors and concentrators in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 302.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 425 - The Literature of Spain in the 20th Century
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Generation of ‘98; modernism and contemporary literature. Works by Unamuno, Baroja, Benavente, Machado, Cela, Lorca, Sender.
Prerequisite: SPA 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 430 - Literature of Spain in 19th Century
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A comprehensive study and analysis of major plays representative of the romantic and Post-romantic movement.
Prerequisite: SPA 350 and 351; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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SPA 447 - The Spanish-American Novel
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Development of the novel in Spanish-American countries.
Prerequisite: SPA 352 and 353, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 448 - Short Fiction of Spanish America
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
An analytical study of short narrative forms, including the short story, in Spanish America.
Prerequisite: SPA 352 and 353, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 450 - Siglo De Oro
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Fall semester: study of Lyric poetry, the picaresque novel, Cervantes, and mysticism. Spring semester: study of Spanish theater; philosophical and social concepts of Lope de Vega, Rulz de Alarcon, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca.
Prerequisite: SPA 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 451 - Siglo De Oro
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Fall semester: study of Lyric poetry, the picaresque novel, Cervantes, and mysticism. Spring semester: study of Spanish theater; philosophical and social concepts of Lope de Vega, Rulz de Alarcon, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca.
Prerequisite: SPA 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SPA 461 - Literature of Spain in 19th Century
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Study of the contemporary theater of Spain and Benavente to the present.
Prerequisite: SPA 350 or 351; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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SPA 471 - Medieval Spanish Literature
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Major genres of Spanish literature during the Middle Ages, from las jarchas through El Cid to La Celestina. Selected readings in the original language and modernized versions.
Prerequisite: SPA 350 and 351; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 3
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SPA 480 - Capstone Seminar
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Senior capstone seminar. Also open to non-seniors, but not for capstone credit. Topics vary, but all will be considered in the overall context of the major and of the college academic experience.
Prerequisite: Any two of the 350-sequence in Spanish (SPA 350, 351, 352, 353), or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SPA 495 - Seminar
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 1 to 6
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SPA 498 - Spanish Internship
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This is a semester long internship abroad designed to provide a (pre)professional experiential learning opportunity for academic majors or minors, or an area of career interests. Students will work full-time or part-time in a position which will provide opportunities to analyze and synthesize classroom knowledge in an approved internship setting.
Note: Variable credit one to three, may be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisite: 1. Completion of forty (40) semester hours per credit to a maximum of 3 sh or 120
work hours; 2. a minimum overall and major grade point average of 2.70; 3. approval of the internship position by the faculty sponsor (IP); 4. the completion of all elements of the Learning Agreement.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
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SPA 499 - Independent Study
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Course for advanced seniors who wish to do independent study on a particular literary period, work, or author. Students will read and do research under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 1 to 6
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SPE 303 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This field-based experience will require students to observe and explore the roles and responsibilities of classroom teachers related to teaching learners with disabilities. Candidates will implement instructional activities for small groups in classrooms which include students with disabilities. Competencies will accentuate teaching practices that address the needs of individual students with disabilities within school classrooms.
Prerequisite: EDU 303
Co-requisite: SPE 304
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 1
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SPE 304 - Educational Planning for Students with Disabilities
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course provides an introduction to federal laws and state regulations for educating students with disabilities. Characteristics of various disabilities will be presented with a focus on educational implications. Course content will emphasize effective strategies for meeting individual student needs within the regular classroom (e.g., curriculum, instruction and assessment practices for diverse groups, collaboration with special education teammates).
Prerequisite: EDU 301.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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SPE 363 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This field-based experience will require candidates to observe and explore the roles and responsibilities of TESOL teachers related to teaching learners with disabilities. Candidates will implement instructional activities for small groups in classrooms which include students with disabilities. Competencies will accentuate TESOL teaching practices that address the needs of individual students with disabilities within school classrooms.
Prerequisite: EDU 303
Co-requisite: TSL 360
Offered: Spring
Credit: 1
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SPE 393 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in 7-12 Inclusive Classrooms
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This field-based experience will require candidates to observe and explore the roles and responsibilities of classroom teachers related to teaching learners with disabilities. Candidates will implement instructional activities for small groups in classrooms which include students with disabilities. Competencies will accentuate teaching practices that address the needs of individual students with disabilities within school classrooms.
Prerequisite: EDU 303
Co-requisite: LIT 313 and ADO 394.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 1
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Sustainability |
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SUS 101 - Eco Reps
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
SUS 101 offers students the opportunity to identify, and encourage others to take steps required to achieve the College’s goal of carbon neutrality, as well as to build leadership skills. Students in this course identify ways to reduce environmental impact, take steps toward living sustainably, and put ideas into practice.
Note: Repeatable for a total of 8 hours.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 1
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SUS 115 - Economic and Political Foundations of Sustainability
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course examines the economic and political foundations of decision-making regarding environmental and sustainability issues.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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SUS 300 - Topics in Sustainability
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Topics will vary with current interest of faculty and students. Specific topics will be announced.
Note: May be repeated for total of 12 credits.
Prerequisite: SUS 115 or GEO 115 or ANT 331 or PHY 205 or BIO 200; or instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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SUS 498 - Internship in Sustainability
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A course for upper division students who wish to undertake a semester long internship designed to provide a pre-professional experiential learning opportunity related to the theory and practice of sustainability. Students will work full or part time in a position which provides an opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in the classroom in an approved internship setting.
Note: Variable credit one to 12, may be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisite: Completion of sixty (60) semester hours of academic course work; a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5; approval of the internship position by the faculty sponsor; acceptance into the EXCEL Program.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
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Technical Education |
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TEL 101 - Engineering Graphics and Technical Illustration
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
TEL 101 is a study of engineering graphics as a medium for communication and problem solving. Course content will include a contemporary systematic process for the development of graphic representations to communicate ideas, objects, or systems. Instruction will address standards and practice accepted as universal language within the global society. Emphasis will be placed on skills development through hands-on laboratory experience.
Note: Materials fee required.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 110 - Design and Technology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A study of the basic concepts for developing skills, knowledge of materials and processes related to visual communications, and creative problem solving.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 120 - Introduction to Materials Technologies
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
An introductory laboratory course on the classifications, characteristics, applications, and impacts of materials used in our designed world. Students will explore materials through activities involving measurement, experimentation, tool use, and safety, and problem solving activities. Materials fee required.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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TEL 130 - Computing Technology and Information Systems for Technology Careers
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A foundational laboratory-based course for students aspiring to work in fields that require advanced knowledge of computing technology and information systems. Skill development and conceptual understanding are emphasized. Topics include editing/outputting graphics, desktop publishing, organizing data, configuring operating systems, preparing technical presentations, posting web pages, and researching/synthesizing information from multiple sources.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 203 - Materials Processing and Fabrication
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Laboratory study of wood and processes involved in the production of consumer goods from wood and allied materials.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: TEL 120
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 204 - Materials Molding and Forming
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Introduction to materials molding and forming technologies, stressing polymer materials, composites and processing techniques common to the plastics industry.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: TEL 120
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 205 - Materials Precision Production
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A problem-based laboratory study of metal materials, tools, and processes involved in the production of products from metals in a contemporary society. Students will complete fundamental manipulative work in selection, planning, cutting, forming, assembling, and finishing a variety of metal products. Materials fee required.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: TEL 120
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 210 - Design & Problem Solving
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Design study as a thinking process for solving problems in relationship to technological products or artifacts and their societal relationships. Development of design skills: thinking, sketching, specifying, modeling, prototyping, critiquing, using visual language of principles and elements, design as process, design principles of structure, function, and development of design briefs as leadership tools as applied to authentic problems. Electronic course portfolio required at end of term. Laboratory materials fee.
Note: Laboratory materials fee.
Prerequisite: TEL 101 or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 247 - Computer Aided Design
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course is a study of computer aided design as a medium for communication, virtual object development, CNC construction, test, and analysis. Course content will include a contemporary systematic process for the development of 2D and 3D computer graphic representations to develop and communicate ideas, objects, or systems. Instruction will address accepted standards and practice within the global society. Emphasis will be placed on skills developed through hands-on laboratory experience.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: TEL 101
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 250 - Transportation and Power Technology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
This course provides an introduction to many kinds and applications of transportation and power technology. Emphasis is on internal combustion engines as they are the overwhelming power source for personal and commercial uses.
Note: Materials fee required.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 323 - Construction Systems
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Construction systems is a study of the contributions and impacts of the construction technologies on society and free enterprise through a study of its resources, processes, and systems. This course will provide an opportunity for students to better understand construction processes, materials, and practices through laboratory-based experiences.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
Note: Materials fee required.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 328 - Comp Aided Est. and Site Management
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Prerequisite: CSC 101 OR 102 OR 103 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 343 - Digital Electronics Systems
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Laboratory based study of digital electronic and microprocessor based systems and applications for technology teachers. Students will apply digital principles to applications in communications, transportation, manufacturing, robotics, computer networks, and smart home technologies. Emphasis will be placed on system design and implementation. Materials fee required.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: TEL 240
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 347 - Computer Assisted Design and Drafting
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A hands-on course in the use of current CADD software using various microcomputer platforms. Students will exercise a variety of drafting and design software tools using CADD to execute both two and three-dimensional drawings and illustrations. Students will produce drawings of their own design as well as assigned exercises. Drawings will be printed and/or plotted and evaluated.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: TEL 101 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 353 - Transportation Systems
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A laboratory study of transportation systems from five major perspectives, namely: land, air, water, space and intermodal. Each of the perspectives will be broken down into the following content areas: history, propulsion, guidance , control, suspension, structure, and support. Students will engage in authentic lab activities, simulations, research and modeling in this course.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing, and PHY 101, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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TEL 355 - Energy and Power Technology
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
A laboratory study of energy as a sustainable resource for technological systems found in a global society. The impacts of current and future energy consumption on the environment, climate and geo-political relations of society will be stressed. A heavy emphasis will be placed on the new and emerging technological advances of energy and its applications from a global perspective. Instructional activities will center upon research, analysis, experimentation, and the design and fabrication of scale models and mockups to authentically demonstrate generation, application and conservation of energy.
NOTE: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing, and PHY 101, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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TEL 373 - Biotechnical Systems
2019-2020 Catalog Year:
Students will develop an understanding of current developments in biotechnologies and the impacts that they have on human needs, environmental quality, agriculture, and medicine. Economic, legal, ethical, and safety issues will be addressed. This course will apply science, technology, and engineering principles in a lecture and lab-based setting.
Note: Materials fee required.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3 for course; 0 for lab
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