COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
SOC121SOCIOLOGY3 Credit HoursIntroduces the general theories of the field and research methods. Students will examine the impact of culture, social interaction, social structure, socialization, and social institutions on social behavior.SOC122SOCIETY & TECHNOLOGY3 Credit HoursAn examination of the consequences of technological change on social organizations, cultural values and social institutions, and the response or adaptation of social systems to this change. Includes an assessment of the social problems of a technological age as seen through current events.SOC123DYNAMICS OF THE FAMILY3 Credit HoursExplores various social and psychological approaches to family analysis, with emphasis on the family as a system. The transformation of the structure and function of the family from the traditional family to a more diverse definition of family is examined in relationship to changing roles and life issues.SOC124US SOCIAL SYSTEMS3 Credit HoursExplores the nature and types of organizations and how they are expressed in social systems in American life. Topics discussed include organizational structure, power and authority, communications, inter-organizational relationships and bureaucracy.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC125INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY3 Credit HoursPresents a basic understanding of the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social contexts of aging. Addresses the changes that occur within the aging individual, how these changes influence interactions with social and physical environments, and how the older person, in turn, is affected by these interactions. Includes a discussion of age-related changes in anatomy and physiology, socialization, personality, intelligence, sensation, social support, economics and retirement, death and dying, and crime and fraud.SOC126PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECT AGING3 Credit HoursExamines the process of aging from individual and societal perspectives. Uses a psychosocial approach to discuss the images of growing old, created by individual and institutional structures of society, as well as the myriad of patterns in inequality of gender, race and economics that are compounded in old age. Topics include speed of behavior, mental functioning, mental disorders, socialization, social support, economics and retirement, leisure activities, living arrangement and death and dying.SOC221SOCIAL PROBLEMS3 Credit HoursAn examination of significant contemporary problems in American society and their impact on traditional and emerging sociological institutions/systems. Special consideration is given to these topics as they apply to social service agencies.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC222JUVENILE DELINQUENCY3 Credit HoursIntroduces students to the nature and causes of juvenile delinquency. Major theories proposed as explanations of juvenile delinquent behavior are reviewed and evaluated. Students will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the life experiences leading up to juvenile delinquent behavior, to the external and internal influences on the juvenile delinquent and to the choices that lead to a life of crime. Topics such as status offenses, substance use and abuse, street crime and gang membership will be discussed. Preventive strategies, community-based corrections and institutions for juveniles will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SOC121SOC225CULTURAL DIVERSITY3 Credit HoursProvide students with an understanding of the cultural diversity of our changing society. Students will examine and discuss the diverse values and characteristics of ethnic and minority populations and how those values influence society, social and economic processes, and race relations. SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
SOC122SOCIETY & TECHNOLOGY3 Credit HoursAn examination of the consequences of technological change on social organizations, cultural values and social institutions, and the response or adaptation of social systems to this change. Includes an assessment of the social problems of a technological age as seen through current events.SOC123DYNAMICS OF THE FAMILY3 Credit HoursExplores various social and psychological approaches to family analysis, with emphasis on the family as a system. The transformation of the structure and function of the family from the traditional family to a more diverse definition of family is examined in relationship to changing roles and life issues.SOC124US SOCIAL SYSTEMS3 Credit HoursExplores the nature and types of organizations and how they are expressed in social systems in American life. Topics discussed include organizational structure, power and authority, communications, inter-organizational relationships and bureaucracy.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC125INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY3 Credit HoursPresents a basic understanding of the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social contexts of aging. Addresses the changes that occur within the aging individual, how these changes influence interactions with social and physical environments, and how the older person, in turn, is affected by these interactions. Includes a discussion of age-related changes in anatomy and physiology, socialization, personality, intelligence, sensation, social support, economics and retirement, death and dying, and crime and fraud.SOC126PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECT AGING3 Credit HoursExamines the process of aging from individual and societal perspectives. Uses a psychosocial approach to discuss the images of growing old, created by individual and institutional structures of society, as well as the myriad of patterns in inequality of gender, race and economics that are compounded in old age. Topics include speed of behavior, mental functioning, mental disorders, socialization, social support, economics and retirement, leisure activities, living arrangement and death and dying.SOC221SOCIAL PROBLEMS3 Credit HoursAn examination of significant contemporary problems in American society and their impact on traditional and emerging sociological institutions/systems. Special consideration is given to these topics as they apply to social service agencies.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC222JUVENILE DELINQUENCY3 Credit HoursIntroduces students to the nature and causes of juvenile delinquency. Major theories proposed as explanations of juvenile delinquent behavior are reviewed and evaluated. Students will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the life experiences leading up to juvenile delinquent behavior, to the external and internal influences on the juvenile delinquent and to the choices that lead to a life of crime. Topics such as status offenses, substance use and abuse, street crime and gang membership will be discussed. Preventive strategies, community-based corrections and institutions for juveniles will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SOC121SOC225CULTURAL DIVERSITY3 Credit HoursProvide students with an understanding of the cultural diversity of our changing society. Students will examine and discuss the diverse values and characteristics of ethnic and minority populations and how those values influence society, social and economic processes, and race relations. SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
SOC123DYNAMICS OF THE FAMILY3 Credit HoursExplores various social and psychological approaches to family analysis, with emphasis on the family as a system. The transformation of the structure and function of the family from the traditional family to a more diverse definition of family is examined in relationship to changing roles and life issues.SOC124US SOCIAL SYSTEMS3 Credit HoursExplores the nature and types of organizations and how they are expressed in social systems in American life. Topics discussed include organizational structure, power and authority, communications, inter-organizational relationships and bureaucracy.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC125INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY3 Credit HoursPresents a basic understanding of the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social contexts of aging. Addresses the changes that occur within the aging individual, how these changes influence interactions with social and physical environments, and how the older person, in turn, is affected by these interactions. Includes a discussion of age-related changes in anatomy and physiology, socialization, personality, intelligence, sensation, social support, economics and retirement, death and dying, and crime and fraud.SOC126PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECT AGING3 Credit HoursExamines the process of aging from individual and societal perspectives. Uses a psychosocial approach to discuss the images of growing old, created by individual and institutional structures of society, as well as the myriad of patterns in inequality of gender, race and economics that are compounded in old age. Topics include speed of behavior, mental functioning, mental disorders, socialization, social support, economics and retirement, leisure activities, living arrangement and death and dying.SOC221SOCIAL PROBLEMS3 Credit HoursAn examination of significant contemporary problems in American society and their impact on traditional and emerging sociological institutions/systems. Special consideration is given to these topics as they apply to social service agencies.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC222JUVENILE DELINQUENCY3 Credit HoursIntroduces students to the nature and causes of juvenile delinquency. Major theories proposed as explanations of juvenile delinquent behavior are reviewed and evaluated. Students will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the life experiences leading up to juvenile delinquent behavior, to the external and internal influences on the juvenile delinquent and to the choices that lead to a life of crime. Topics such as status offenses, substance use and abuse, street crime and gang membership will be discussed. Preventive strategies, community-based corrections and institutions for juveniles will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SOC121SOC225CULTURAL DIVERSITY3 Credit HoursProvide students with an understanding of the cultural diversity of our changing society. Students will examine and discuss the diverse values and characteristics of ethnic and minority populations and how those values influence society, social and economic processes, and race relations. SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
SOC124US SOCIAL SYSTEMS3 Credit HoursExplores the nature and types of organizations and how they are expressed in social systems in American life. Topics discussed include organizational structure, power and authority, communications, inter-organizational relationships and bureaucracy.Prerequisites: SOC121
SOC125INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY3 Credit HoursPresents a basic understanding of the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social contexts of aging. Addresses the changes that occur within the aging individual, how these changes influence interactions with social and physical environments, and how the older person, in turn, is affected by these interactions. Includes a discussion of age-related changes in anatomy and physiology, socialization, personality, intelligence, sensation, social support, economics and retirement, death and dying, and crime and fraud.SOC126PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECT AGING3 Credit HoursExamines the process of aging from individual and societal perspectives. Uses a psychosocial approach to discuss the images of growing old, created by individual and institutional structures of society, as well as the myriad of patterns in inequality of gender, race and economics that are compounded in old age. Topics include speed of behavior, mental functioning, mental disorders, socialization, social support, economics and retirement, leisure activities, living arrangement and death and dying.SOC221SOCIAL PROBLEMS3 Credit HoursAn examination of significant contemporary problems in American society and their impact on traditional and emerging sociological institutions/systems. Special consideration is given to these topics as they apply to social service agencies.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC222JUVENILE DELINQUENCY3 Credit HoursIntroduces students to the nature and causes of juvenile delinquency. Major theories proposed as explanations of juvenile delinquent behavior are reviewed and evaluated. Students will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the life experiences leading up to juvenile delinquent behavior, to the external and internal influences on the juvenile delinquent and to the choices that lead to a life of crime. Topics such as status offenses, substance use and abuse, street crime and gang membership will be discussed. Preventive strategies, community-based corrections and institutions for juveniles will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SOC121SOC225CULTURAL DIVERSITY3 Credit HoursProvide students with an understanding of the cultural diversity of our changing society. Students will examine and discuss the diverse values and characteristics of ethnic and minority populations and how those values influence society, social and economic processes, and race relations. SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
SOC126PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECT AGING3 Credit HoursExamines the process of aging from individual and societal perspectives. Uses a psychosocial approach to discuss the images of growing old, created by individual and institutional structures of society, as well as the myriad of patterns in inequality of gender, race and economics that are compounded in old age. Topics include speed of behavior, mental functioning, mental disorders, socialization, social support, economics and retirement, leisure activities, living arrangement and death and dying.SOC221SOCIAL PROBLEMS3 Credit HoursAn examination of significant contemporary problems in American society and their impact on traditional and emerging sociological institutions/systems. Special consideration is given to these topics as they apply to social service agencies.Prerequisites: SOC121SOC222JUVENILE DELINQUENCY3 Credit HoursIntroduces students to the nature and causes of juvenile delinquency. Major theories proposed as explanations of juvenile delinquent behavior are reviewed and evaluated. Students will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the life experiences leading up to juvenile delinquent behavior, to the external and internal influences on the juvenile delinquent and to the choices that lead to a life of crime. Topics such as status offenses, substance use and abuse, street crime and gang membership will be discussed. Preventive strategies, community-based corrections and institutions for juveniles will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SOC121SOC225CULTURAL DIVERSITY3 Credit HoursProvide students with an understanding of the cultural diversity of our changing society. Students will examine and discuss the diverse values and characteristics of ethnic and minority populations and how those values influence society, social and economic processes, and race relations. SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
SOC221SOCIAL PROBLEMS3 Credit HoursAn examination of significant contemporary problems in American society and their impact on traditional and emerging sociological institutions/systems. Special consideration is given to these topics as they apply to social service agencies.Prerequisites: SOC121
SOC222JUVENILE DELINQUENCY3 Credit HoursIntroduces students to the nature and causes of juvenile delinquency. Major theories proposed as explanations of juvenile delinquent behavior are reviewed and evaluated. Students will have an opportunity to gain an understanding of the life experiences leading up to juvenile delinquent behavior, to the external and internal influences on the juvenile delinquent and to the choices that lead to a life of crime. Topics such as status offenses, substance use and abuse, street crime and gang membership will be discussed. Preventive strategies, community-based corrections and institutions for juveniles will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SOC121
SOC225CULTURAL DIVERSITY3 Credit HoursProvide students with an understanding of the cultural diversity of our changing society. Students will examine and discuss the diverse values and characteristics of ethnic and minority populations and how those values influence society, social and economic processes, and race relations. SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
SOC227SOCIAL SERV FOR ELDERLY3 Credit HoursPresents information on national, state and local social services that meet the needs of the elderly, their families, their communities and the institutions serving them and their relatives. Includes an examination of current societal policy and programs to meet the needs of the elderly and a basic orientation to the roles of various personnel in agencies.
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