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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 />

<strong>2011</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> <strong>Humboldt</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Catalog Sociology<br />

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