2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University

values and ideologies that shape social welfare
policy, programs and services; policy formation,
advocacy and analysis. [Prereq: MSW program
admission.]
SW 540. Generalist Social Work Practice
(3). Applies knowledge and skills for advanced
generalist practice guided by the values of social
justice and empowerment. Includes skill building
lab. [Prereq: MSW program admission.]
SW 541. Social Work Practice: Native American
Communities (3). Builds understanding of the
spiritual, historical, and cultural variables affecting
the well-being of Native American communities.
Includes a lab for learning culturally relevant skills.
[Prereq: MSW program admission.]
SW 550. Human Development, Diversity &
Relations (3). Theories in human relations/development,
indigenous and other cultural ways of
knowing are examined in the context of shifting
paradigms and meaning for daily life experiences.
[Prereq: MSW program admission.]
SW 555. Foundation Internship (3). Foundation
community internship, demonstrating students’
knowledge, values, and skills in developing partnerships
to benefit people and environmental conditions.
Concurrent model. 480 total internship
hours. [Prereq: Completion of “Foundation Year”
courses. (C) CR/NC. Rep. once.]
SW 570. Dynamics of Groups, Agencies, Organizations
(3). Theories of development, and
dynamics of larger social systems are examined.
Emphasizes diversity, indigenous cultures, social
justice and the role of the social worker. [Prereq:
MSW program admission.]
SW 582. Methods of Social Work Research
(3). Explores the philosophical, ethical, theoretical
and political aspects and methodologies
of research, including implications for practice
and policy, particularly on rural, indigenous and
impoverished communities. [Prereq: MSW Program
admission.]
SW 630. Legal & Political Social Work (3).
Examines current law/policy that promotes or
inhibits societal development. Explores ways in
which community involvement can lead to the
realization of social justice. [Prereq: complete first
year Foundation course work.]
SW 640. Adv Gen Pract Child Welfare/ICW (3).
Examines child welfare policies/practices from
historical, political, cultural, economic contexts.
Emphasizes conceptual, interpersonal, skill building
for improving services to indigenous and rural
families. [Prereq: complete first year Foundation
course work.]
SW 641. Adv Gen Pract Mental Health (3).
Presents philosophy/theories in mental health
practice. Skills/methods in partnering for change
with emphasis on intervention/prevention in multilevel
practice as they relate to diversity. [Prereq:
complete first year Foundation course work.]
SW 642. Adv Gen Pract Prblm Subst Use (3).
Provides knowledge and theories that explore
substance use/abuse problems, and skills for
prevention and treatment. Addresses social policies
and the prevalence of substance abuse within
diverse groups of people. [Prereq: Complete first
year Foundation coursework.]
SW 643. Community Work (3). Prepares students
to focus on working with community/social
systems to support individual, family, community
well-being with emphasis on mobilization/participation
of people. [Prereq: complete first year
foundation courses.]
SW 644. Advanced Practice Public/Private
Tribal Organizations (3). Emphasizes principles/
methods of social work practice for organizational
planning, administration, management. Students
develop knowledge, values, skills for intra- and
inter-agency capacity building. [Prereq: complete
first year foundation course work.]
SW 655. Advanced Internship. (3). Advanced
community internship demonstrating students’
knowledge, values, and skills in developing partnerships
to benefit people and environmental
conditions. Concurrent model. 480 total internship
hours. [Prereq: completion of “Foundation
Year” courses.]
SW 680. Seminar in Social Work Topics (3).
Department course schedule has topics. [Rep.]
SW 687. Capstone Seminar (3). Culminating
experience of MSW Studies designed to unite
curriculum areas with each student’s evolving and
unique style of practice. Includes development and
presentation of a portfolio. [Prereq: advancement
to candidacy.]
SW 699. Independent Study (1-3). Directed
study of problems/issues or special theoretical/
analytical concerns. [Requires IA. Rep.]
Sociology
Sociology majors must receive a grade of C or better
in order to count completed courses toward the
major. Grad students must have a B or better to apply
completed courses toward the degree.
LOWER DIVISION
SOC 104. Introductory Sociology (3). Conceptual
framework; theoretical perspectives.
Qualitative/quantitative research. Structures
of patterned social interaction: interpersonal to
societal. [CAN SOC 2. GE.]
SOC 113. Sociology Skills Development (2).
ALADIN curriculum (Academic Language: Assessment
and Development of Individual Needs)
teaches academic skills to help the transition from
high school to university. Must be concurrently enrolled
in the specified EOP section of SOC 104.
SOC 201. Social Problems (4). Required of
all sophomore majors. Explores contemporary
social problems and associated social policies.
The course includes experiential education that
connects students to local responses to social
issues. [Prereq: SOC 104. Majors only.]
SOC 280. Special Topics (1-4). Topics vary
from migration to drugs to pornography and
sex. [Rep.]
SOC 282. Sociological Statistics (4). Techniques
of statistical description and inference. How they
are used in social science research. [Prereq: high
school algebra or IA.]
SOC 282L. Sociological Statistics Lab (1). Application
of statistics knowledge. Skills training in
SPSS quantitative data analysis. [Prereq: STAT
108 with a passing grade of C, or equivalent.]
UPPER DIVISION
SOC 302. Forests & Culture (3-4). Social and
cultural differences—Greek, Christian, Native
American—in using forests. Timber industry; modern
forest management; contemporary views of
conservation. Sociology majors must take 4 units;
this is optional for nonmajors. [GE.]
SOC 303. Race & Ethnic Relations (3-4). Problems
of intergroup relations: causes, processes,
theoretical considerations, possible solutions.
Crosscultural approach to majority/minority relations.
Sociology majors must take 4 units; this is
optional for nonmajors. [DCG-d. GE.]
SOC 305. Sociology of the Modern World-System
(3-4). Role/function of the state; global division
of labor; social movements in historical and
comparative contexts. Sociology majors must take
4 units; this is optional for nonmajors. [GE.]
SOC 306. The Changing Family (3-4). Family
relations (husband/wife, parent/child) in crosscultural
and contemporary American perspectives.
History, present status, and direction of future
change. Sociology majors must take 4 units; this
is optional for nonmajors. [DCG-d. GE.]
SOC 308. Sociology of Altruism & Compassion
(3-4). Altruism and compassion as an antidote to
a divided world. Create a more caring society by
understanding what motivates people to action.
Sociology majors must take 4 units; this is optional
for nonmajors. [GE.]
SOC 310. Sociological Theory (4). Classical and
contemporary theories shaping contemporary
thought. [Prereq: SOC 201.]
SOC 316 / WS 316. Gender and Society (4).
Nature of gender dynamics linking personal experiences
to the structure and functioning of institutions,
to cultural/subcultural aspects of society,
and to interests of the powerful. [DCG-d.]
SOC 320. Social Ecology (4). The ecosystem.
Spatial/temporal aspects of ecology. Expansion/
distribution of species; growth of cities; organizational
structures.
SOC 330. Social Deviance (4). “Outsiders” by
virtue of age, physical status, ethnic heritage,
socioeconomic status, or social and occupational
roles—elderly, disabled, poor, women, nonwhites,
police officers. Role engulfment, anomie, and
alienation.
SOC 345. Cybersociety: Race, Class & Gender
(4). We are cyborgs in a matrix of informational
technologies. Explores race, class, and gender
in a networked society. Power, resistance, and
inequalities are central organizing themes.
SOC 350. Social Movements (4). This seminar
introduces students to the study of U.S. and
international social movements. Students study
the causes, activities, successes, and failures of
DCG diversity & common ground; d domestic, n non-domestic; disc discussion; F fall, S spring, Su summer; GE general ed; IA instructor approval; lect lecture; prereq prerequisite; rep repeatable
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