2011-12 Academic Year - Bad Request - Humboldt State University
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particularly on rural, indigenous and impoverished<br />
communities. [Prereq: MSW Program admission.]<br />
SW 599. Independent Study (1-3). Directed<br />
study of problems/issues or special theoretical/<br />
analytical concerns. [Prereq: MSW program<br />
admission.]<br />
SW 630. Legal & Political Social Work (3).<br />
Examines current law/policy that promotes or<br />
inhibits societal development. Explores ways in<br />
which community involvement can lead to the<br />
realization of social justice. [Prereq: complete first<br />
year Foundation coursework.]<br />
SW 640. Adv Gen Pract Child Welfare/ICW (3).<br />
Examines child welfare policies/practices from<br />
historical, political, cultural, economic contexts.<br />
Emphasizes conceptual, interpersonal, skill building<br />
for improving services to indigenous and rural<br />
families. [Prereq: complete first year Foundation<br />
coursework.]<br />
SW 641. Adv Gen Pract Mental Health (3).<br />
Presents philosophy/theories in mental health<br />
practice. Skills/methods in partnering for change<br />
with emphasis on intervention/prevention in multilevel<br />
practice as they relate to diversity. [Prereq:<br />
complete first year Foundation coursework.]<br />
SW 642. Adv Gen Pract Problem Substance<br />
Use (3). Provides knowledge and theories that<br />
explore substance use/abuse problems, and skills<br />
for prevention and treatment. Addresses social<br />
policies and the prevalence of substance abuse<br />
within diverse groups of people. [Prereq: Complete<br />
first year Foundation coursework.]<br />
SW 643. Community Work (3). Prepares<br />
students to focus on working with community/<br />
social systems to support individual, family, community<br />
well-being with emphasis on mobilization/<br />
participation of people. [Prereq: complete first<br />
year foundation courses.]<br />
SW 644. Advanced Practice Public/Private<br />
Tribal Organizations (3). Emphasizes principles/<br />
methods of social work practice for organizational<br />
planning, administration, management. Students<br />
develop knowledge, values, skills for intra- and<br />
inter-agency capacity building. [Prereq: complete<br />
first year foundation coursework.]<br />
SW 655. Advanced Internship (3). Advanced<br />
community internship demonstrating students’<br />
knowledge, values, and skills in developing partnerships<br />
to benefit people and environmental<br />
conditions. Concurrent model. 480 total internship<br />
hours. [Prereq: completion of “Foundation<br />
<strong>Year</strong>” courses.]<br />
SW 658. Mental Health Training Seminar<br />
(1.5). A required component of the mental health<br />
stipend program. Focuses on advanced competencies<br />
for practice in mental health settings. [Prereq:<br />
complete foundation coursework & current<br />
stipend recipient. CR/NC. Rep once for credit.]<br />
SW 659. Advanced Child Welfare Training<br />
Seminar (1.5). A required component of the Title<br />
IVE stipend program. Course addresses advanced<br />
competencies in child welfare practice. [Prereq:<br />
complete foundation coursework & current<br />
stipend recipient. CR/NC. Rep once for credit.]<br />
SW 680. Seminar in Social Work Topics (3).<br />
Department course schedule has topics. [Rep.]<br />
SW 687. Capstone Seminar (3). Culminating<br />
experience of MSW Studies designed to unite<br />
curriculum areas with each student’s evolving and<br />
unique style of practice. Includes development and<br />
presentation of a portfolio. [Prereq: advancement<br />
to candidacy.]<br />
SW 699. Independent Study (1-3). Directed<br />
study of problems/issues or special theoretical/<br />
analytical concerns. [Requires IA. Rep.]<br />
Sociology<br />
Sociology majors must receive a grade of C or<br />
better in order to count completed courses<br />
toward the major. Graduate students must earn<br />
a B or better to apply completed courses toward<br />
the degree.<br />
LOWER DIVISION<br />
SOC 104. Introductory Sociology (3). Conceptual<br />
framework; theoretical perspectives.<br />
Qualitative/quantitative research. Structures<br />
of patterned social interaction: interpersonal to<br />
societal. [GE.]<br />
SOC 113. Sociology Skills Development (2).<br />
ALADIN curriculum (<strong>Academic</strong> Language: Assessment<br />
and Development of Individual Needs)<br />
teaches academic skills to help the transition from<br />
high school to university. Must be concur rently<br />
enrolled in the specified EOP section of SOC 104.<br />
SOC 201. Social Problems (4). Required of<br />
all sophomore majors. Explores contemporary<br />
social problems and associated social policies.<br />
The course includes experiential education that<br />
connects students to local responses to social<br />
issues. [Prereq: SOC 104. Majors only.]<br />
SOC 280. Special Topics (1-4). Topics vary from<br />
migration to drugs to pornography and sex. [Rep.]<br />
SOC 282L. Sociological Statistics Lab (1). Application<br />
of statistics knowledge. Skills training in<br />
SPSS quantitative data analysis. [Prereq: STAT<br />
108 (C) with a passing grade of C.]<br />
UPPER DIVISION<br />
SOC 302. Forests & Culture (3). Explore relationships<br />
between human civilizations and nature/<br />
forest in global and historical contexts. Themes<br />
include deforestation, ecological degradation,<br />
conservation, life-places, bioregionalism and ecological<br />
futures. Majors also take SOC 302M. [GE.]<br />
SOC 302M. Forests & Culture for Majors (1).<br />
Required corequisite for sociology majors enrolled<br />
in the 3-unit GE course of the same title. Majors will<br />
meet with instructor outside of GE section time to<br />
discuss movies, books, or paper. [Coreq: SOC 302.]<br />
SOC 303. Race & Inequality (3). Problems of<br />
racialized power and inequality: causes, processes,<br />
theoretical considerations, and social<br />
movements. Multiple perspectives on problems<br />
and peacemaking efforts. Majors also take SOC<br />
303M. [DCG-d. GE.]<br />
SOC 303M. Race & Inequality for Majors (1).<br />
Required corequisite for sociology majors enrolled<br />
in the 3-unit GE course of the same title. Majors will<br />
meet with instructor outside of GE section time to<br />
discuss movies, books, or paper. [Coreq: SOC 303.]<br />
SOC 305. Modern World Systems (3). Economic,<br />
political, social, and ecological dimensions<br />
of globalization. Theories and research in global political<br />
economy, world systems, transnationalism,<br />
and social movements in historical and comparative<br />
contexts. Majors also take SOC 305M. [GE.]<br />
SOC 305M. Modern World Systems for Majors<br />
(1). Required corequisite for sociology majors<br />
enrolled in the 3-unit GE course of the same title.<br />
Majors will meet with instructor outside of GE<br />
section time to discuss movies, books, or paper.<br />
[Coreq: SOC 305.]<br />
SOC 306. The Changing Family (3). Examines<br />
family as a pivotal institution in cross-cultural<br />
and American perspectives. Covers historical<br />
changes, contemporary issues, relation to structured<br />
inequalities, and social justice. Majors also<br />
take SOC 306M. [DCG-d. GE.]<br />
SOC 306M. The Changing Family for Majors (1).<br />
Required corequisite for sociology majors enrolled<br />
in the 3-unit GE course of the same title. Majors will<br />
meet with instructor outside of GE section time to<br />
discuss movies, books, or paper. [Coreq: SOC 306.]<br />
SOC 308. Sociology of Altruism & Compassion<br />
(3). Altruism and compassion as an antidote to<br />
a divided world. Create a more caring society by<br />
understanding what motivates people to action.<br />
Majors also take SOC 308M. [GE.]<br />
SOC 308M. Sociology of Altruism & Compassion<br />
for Majors (1). Required corequisite for<br />
sociology majors enrolled in the 3-unit GE course<br />
of the same title. Majors will meet with instructor<br />
outside of GE section time to discuss movies,<br />
books, or paper. [Coreq: SOC 308.]<br />
SOC 310. Sociological Theory (4). Classical and<br />
contemporary theories shaping contemporary<br />
thought. [Prereq: SOC 201.]<br />
SOC 316 / WS 316. Gender and Society (4).<br />
Nature of gender dynamics linking personal<br />
experi ences to the structure and functioning of<br />
institutions, to cultural/subcultural aspects of<br />
society, and to interests of the powerful. [DCG-d.]<br />
SOC 320. Social Ecology (4). The ecosystem.<br />
Spatial/temporal aspects of ecology. Expansion/<br />
distribution of species; growth of cities; organizational<br />
structures.<br />
SOC 330. Social Deviance (4). “Outsiders” by<br />
virtue of age, physical status, ethnic heritage,<br />
socioeconomic status, or social and occupational<br />
roles—elderly, disabled, poor, women, nonwhites,<br />
police officers. Role engulfment, anomie, and<br />
alienation.<br />
SOC 345. New Media & Society (4). Facebook,<br />
Twitter, blogs, video games, cell phones, text messages<br />
— race, class, gender, and nation shape<br />
and are shaped by their use, with implications for<br />
communities, democracy, inequalities, privacy,<br />
and social change.<br />
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; rec recommended preparation; rep repeatable<br />
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