| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion. | ||
| ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. | 3.0 |
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| SOC-280 | Introduction to Sociology SOC-280Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance. | 3.0 |
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| MAT-124 | Statistics Pathway ORMAT-124Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-125 Statistics. Includes supplemental instruction lab. | ||
| MAT-125 | Statistics *MAT-125Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. | 3.0 |
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| --- --- | Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L) --- ---No Description Available | 4.0 |
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| --- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) --- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
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Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| ENG-121 | Composition II *ENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research. | 3.0 |
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| SOC-282 | Social Problems SOC-282An issue oriented course. Among the issues covered are how sociologists view social problems, the changing family, poverty, race and ethnic relations, aging, crime and criminal justice, human sexual behavior, problems of physical and mental illness, urban problems, and other areas based upon student interests. | 3.0 |
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| --- --- | Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L) --- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
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| --- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F) --- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
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| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology. | 3.0 |
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Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication SPE-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences. | 3.0 |
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| SOC-284 | Sociology/Deviant Behavior SOC-284Nature and dynamics of deviant behavior. The course includes theories of deviance, social control and forms of deviant behavior. Forms may include drug use, sexual behavior (prostitution and pornography), personal violence, crime and delinquency and mental disorders. | 3.0 |
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| --- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) --- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
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| --- --- | Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) --- ---No Description Available | 3.0 |
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| HED-200 | Principles of Health HED-200This course is designed to explore the most important health issues current and past. Helping students to make responsible decisions that will affect them throughout their life. Focus will be on interrelating behavior with one's own health decisions. | 3.0 |
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| PSY-277 | Social Psychology PSY-277Study of social behavior including research methods, attitude formation and changes, social cognition, interpersonal relations, group processes, and social influences. | 3.0 |
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Semester Totals | 18.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups SOC-286An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences. | 3.0 |
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| --- --- | Electives --- ---No Description Available | 9.0 |
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| SOS-283 | Introduction Research Methods *SOS-283Examination of social science research methods from theoretical, applied and ethical points of view. Acquaints students with qualitative and quantitative techniques and procedures used to measure human behavior, gather and analyze data, and evaluate and report on findings. | 3.0 |
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Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 |
| Suggested Electives | |||
| ANT-200 | General Anthropology ANT-200The course provides an introduction to cultural and physical anthropology. Human and animal behavior is studied by using the comparative method. Some of the topics covered are: religion, magic, kinship, sex roles, human evolution, race, archeology and primates. | 3.0 | |
| SOC-290 | Sociology of Family SOC-290This course examines the major sociological concepts, theories, and research related to marriage, family, and increasing diversity of family types. Special emphasis will be on theorizing family, gender, parenting, balance work and family, and social problems interrelated to family life. | 3.0 | |
| HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker. | 3.0 | |
| SOC-288 | Sociology Sexuality & Gender SOC-288This course examines sociological concepts, theories, and research related to gendered issues. It explores development of gender cross-culturally, and consequences of dividing society along gendered lines. Topics: gender socialization, culture of gender, differences in gendered experiences in major institutions. | 3.0 | |
| SOC-290 | Sociology of Family SOC-290This course examines the major sociological concepts, theories, and research related to marriage, family, and increasing diversity of family types. Special emphasis will be on theorizing family, gender, parenting, balance work and family, and social problems interrelated to family life. | 3.0 | |
| Suggested Electives | ||
| ANT-200 | General Anthropology ANT-200The course provides an introduction to cultural and physical anthropology. Human and animal behavior is studied by using the comparative method. Some of the topics covered are: religion, magic, kinship, sex roles, human evolution, race, archeology and primates. | 3.0 |
| SOC-290 | Sociology of Family SOC-290This course examines the major sociological concepts, theories, and research related to marriage, family, and increasing diversity of family types. Special emphasis will be on theorizing family, gender, parenting, balance work and family, and social problems interrelated to family life. | 3.0 |
| HSP-120 | Introduction to Social Work HSP-120An introduction to generalist practice: Historical origins, values and ethics, practice methods, research considerations, and policy issues in social work. Examination of diverse and at-risk populations; the wide variety of problems workers confront, knowledge and skills of the worker. | 3.0 |
| SOC-288 | Sociology Sexuality & Gender SOC-288This course examines sociological concepts, theories, and research related to gendered issues. It explores development of gender cross-culturally, and consequences of dividing society along gendered lines. Topics: gender socialization, culture of gender, differences in gendered experiences in major institutions. | 3.0 |
| SOC-290 | Sociology of Family SOC-290This course examines the major sociological concepts, theories, and research related to marriage, family, and increasing diversity of family types. Special emphasis will be on theorizing family, gender, parenting, balance work and family, and social problems interrelated to family life. | 3.0 |