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SW 3200 - Social Welfare Institutions
3 Credit Hours
Requirements: Restricted to BSW students or with permission of the instructor.
Description
This course introduces social work students to the antecedents of the American welfare state and the development of the social work profession. Historical phenomena provide a background against which one examines not only what happened in the past, but also why certain events occurred, how they happened, and the consequences of their occurrence on the American social welfare system. Content about differences and similarities on the experiences, needs and beliefs of various population groups, and the resources provided by larger society to address varying population needs is examined. Both descriptive and analytical approaches are used to help explain the development and complexity of the American welfare state.
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SW 3300 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
3 Credit Hours
Requirements: This course serves as one of three Critical Thinking through Writing (CTW) courses required of all Social Work majors.
Description
This course is a study of human behavior during the developmental phases of infancy, early childhood, and adolescence. Biological, psychological, and social aspects of development are integrated to provide a comprehensive understanding of individuals within the context of social environments. Multiple theoretical perspectives are explored to guide practitioners in decision-making with regard to client assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course.
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SW 3400 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: HBSEI.
Description
This course is a study of human behavior during the developmental phases of young, middle, and late adulthood. Biological, psychological, and social aspects of development are integrated to provide a comprehensive understanding of individuals within the context of social environments. Multiple theoretical perspectives are explored to guide practitioners in decision-making with regard to client assessment, intervention, and evaluation. This course is the second in the HBSE series required of all Social Work majors.
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SW 3500 - Methods of Social Work Research
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Math 1070.
Description
A survey of research methods applicable to social services. Emphasis will be placed on beginning skill in evaluation and research and implication for knowledge guided practice. The course also provides an overview of research and statistical techniques that are applied by Social Workers. A major emphasis will be placed on those areas of research design, methodology, and analysis that will enable students to become critical consumers of the professional and empirical literature.
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SW 3600 - Social Welfare Policy
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Econ 2105, SW 3320.
Description
This course introduces the development and implementation of contemporary social welfare policies and service programs in the United States. Through this course, students critically analyze and document the policy making process. The course highlights the influence of social values on policy development and the differential allocation of material and social resources. The current provisions and service delivery systems emanating from contemporary social welfare policies are examined, with special attention given to America’s most vulnerable population groups.
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SW 3700 - Communication Skills for Social Workers
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course constitutes one of the practice methods courses in the core social work curriculum. Its inherent purpose is to facilitate effective communication between the social work generalist and client systems. The course emphasizes appropriate interviewing skills, recording, and the use of technology in communications.
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SW 3800 - Case Management & Community Resources in Social Work
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course teaches students about case management practice, and provides an overview of community resources to address a variety of human needs and the collaborations of partnerships between human providers.
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SW 4100 - Social Work Methods I
3 Credit Hours
Description
Social Work Methods I introduces the basic knowledge, values, and skills that comprise generalist social work. Emphasis is placed upon practice with individuals, families, small groups, organizations, and communities.
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SW 4200 - Social Work Methods II
3 Credit Hours
Description
Continuation of SW 4100. In Social Work Methods II, students will become proficient at identifying multiple levels of intervention and targets for change to address a wide variety of social problems. An overview of specific theories of change, along with evaluation approaches and implied styles of intervention, are covered.
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SW 4310 - Group Facilitation
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course is an introduction to social work with groups. The course will focus on skills in social work practice, uses and types of groups, and group composition. Students will become familiar with the scope and limitations of group uses. The use of groups for direct service purpose– enhancement of social functioning, achievement of unreached levels of social functioning, or correction of dysfunctional interpersonal or social relationships- will be analyzed.
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SW 4320 - Social Work Administration
3 Credit Hours
Description
An introduction to theory and practice in the administration of social services. Emphasis is on the social worker’s role and function as an administrator and on the evaluation of the problems of operation and maintenance in a social service agency.
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SW 4330 - Contemporary Health Challenges
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course is designed to introduce students to chronic short and long term health concerns in our society. The course will address such illnesses as AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, Alzheimers, sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and other health issues. The focus of the course will be upon treatment, identification and transmittal, with an examination of the impact of governmental regulations on drugs, the perception of patients, family members, and health care professionals.
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SW 4340 - Restorative Justice and Law
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores restorative justice as a strategy for dialogue, peacemaking, and transformation. Restorative justice will be presented as an alternative to incarceration, and a strategy to support victims, offenders, and communities following crime including state violence. The course will focus on restorative practices with individuals, families, communities, and organizations. Disparities within the justice system, legal issues, trauma, and conflict transformation will be addressed. The course will also practice skills in peacemaking circles and restorative conferencing.
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SW 4350 - Economic Justice, Inequality, and Poverty
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will address causes and solutions to poverty and inequality through the lenses of political, social, and economic factors. Special attention is given to the working poor, the growth of extreme poverty, discrimination, and the policies, social movements, and interventions that have historically impacted poverty and inequality.
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SW 4360 - Forensic Social Work
3 Credit Hours
Description
The course will introduce students to social work issues that are encountered by social workers, attorneys, and other specialists in a forensic setting. The course will include a critical analysis and study of particular social issues and the impact of those issues on the purposes and the effectiveness of organizations and individuals who work within the legal system. The course will address social work skills and ethical issues in a forensic setting.
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SW 4440 - Global Social Work Practice, Policy, and Research
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will offer students an introduction to social work issues from an international perspective. Using literature from around the world that focuses on global social issues, the course will address concepts of power, class, gender, race, sexuality, religion, violence, poverty, immigration, and social exclusion. Students will be required to evaluate critically what the international perspective might teach us about social work theory, practice, policy and research in the US. Global Perspectives Course.
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SW 4450 - Child Maltreatment Practice Policy and Research
3 Credit Hours
Description
Child abuse and neglect are examined from both historical and contemporary perspectives using an ecological framework. Methodological and theoretical issues surrounding the study of maltreatment are highlighted. Symptomatology and sequelae of abusive behavior are examined with specific reference to the implications for family and community systems. Medical, legal, social, and cultural aspects of child maltreatment are explored. The role of community partnerships in the identification, intervention, treatment and prevention of child malreatment is emphasized.
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SW 4460 - Aging Practice, Policy and Research
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course is designed to provide the basic knowledge and beginning skills appropriate for social work practice with older persons. Emphasizes biological, sociological, and psychological aspects of the aging process with special attention to the cultural, social, political, and economic factors affecting delivery of social services to the aging.
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SW 4470 - Behavioral Health: Substance Abuse and Dependence
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will provide students with an overview of the various classes of psychotropic drugs. Students will learn the physiological mechanisms of action of each of the major classes of drugs. They will learn how each drug affects mood and behavior, how each drug affects major organ systems in the body, and how genetic and social factors may predispose an individual to drug use.
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SW 4480 - Disabilities Practice, Policy, and Research
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will provide students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge of the impact of both physical and developmental disabilities on individuals and families. Focus is on responses to those disabilities diagnosed at birth or acquired through illness or injury. Emphasis is placed on utilizing appropriate social work interventions, while recognizing such variables as age, socioeconomic status, family constellation, cultural issues, and pre-morbid conditions. Understanding disabilities from a human rights perspective and the impact of oppression on people with disabilities will be explored. A historical perspective on how disability has been perceived and addressed by societal institutions will be presented.
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SW 4490 - Child Welfare Practice, Policy, and Research
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course is an introduction to the range of child welfare services including foster care, adoptions, permanency planning, and family preservation. Students will have the opportunity to explore current challenges inherent in the delivery of child welfare services to children, youth, and families. This course is intended to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and will focus on a range of critical issues in the field of child welfare including family violence, child maltreatment, HIV, drug exposure, and homelessness.
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SW 4500 - Field Education I
6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Successful completion of all previous social work courses, except SW 3730 or permission from the Director of Field Education.
Description
An educationally directed practicum in a social service agency. A generalist approach is applied to guide beginning social work practice with diverse individuals, families, small groups, organizations, and communities. Demonstration of knowledge of professional values, agency structures, and policies. Emphasis on the integration of content from all areas of the curriculum. A fee to cover liability insurance is required. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SW 4900 - Field Education II
6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Practicum I.
Description
A continuation of Practicum I (SW 4930with greater emphasis on demonstration of assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and research skills. Integration and application of knowledge and ethics on the development of skills required for social work practice. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SW 4950 - Selected Topics in Social Work
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will offer knowledge and skills on variable topics that impact social work practice. May be repeated up to six hours if topic varies.
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SW 4960 - Seminar on Social Work Issues and Problems
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Description
An examination of problems, current issues, or areas of special interest related to the social work profession.
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SW 4990 - Directed Individual Study
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Description
This course allows the student to extend his/her knowledge in a particular area through an independent study. A social work faculty member must agree to supervise this study, and it must be approved by the departmental chair. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SOCI 1101 - Introduction to Sociology
3 Credit Hours
Description
A survey of the discipline of sociology. Topics will include sociological theory, methods, and selected substantive areas.
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SOCI 1160 - Introduction to Social Problems
3 Credit Hours
Description
A theoretical and empirical analysis of selected major social problems confronting American society.
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SOCI 2293 - Introduction to Marriage and Family
3 Credit Hours
Description
An introduction to the structure, processes, problems, and adjustments of contemporary marriage and family life.
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SOCI 3010 - Social Statistics
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Math 1401, Math 1001, Math 1101, Math 1111, Math 1113 or Math 1220 with grade C or higher.
Description
Concepts and techniques for quantitative data analysis: including measurement, hypotheses testing, computer applications with SPSS, and bivariate and multivariate analytic techniques.
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SOCI 3020 - Social Research Methods-CTW
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Soci 3010 with grade of C or higher.
Requirements: Serves as one of the two Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) courses required of all sociology majors.
Description
Advanced studies in techniques of quantitative and qualitative research design, data collection, management, analysis, and presentation. Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course.
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SOCI 3030 - Sociological Theory
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Soci 1101 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent.
Description
Major theoretical orientations used in sociology from the 1800s to the present.
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SOCI 3040 - Cognition and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
Perceiving, focusing, classifying, timing, symbolizing, and remembering in a societal context. How thinking can vary cross-nationally and historically. The social construction of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, and temporal boundaries; social connection between collective memories and national and group identities; and social foundations of knowledge and myth. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3101 - Families and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as WGSS 3120). Advanced concepts and processes of family sociology with application to sexuality, partner selection, transition to parenthood, parenting and children, housework and paid work, conflict and violence, divorce and remarriage, grandparenting, care giving, and alterantive families.
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SOCI 3110 - Identity, Self, and Social Interaction
3 Credit Hours
Description
Relations between the individual and society, the role of language and social interaction in the socialization of the person, the function of role taking, and identification in the emergence of the self.
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SOCI 3124 - Diversity and Aging
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as AAS 3124 and Gero 3124). This course examines aging as a social process and focuses on the influence of ethnicity and race, as well as other key social relations in shaping the life course. We will define and examine diversity and disparity and consider many of the socio-cultural factors that give rise to differences across the life course and in later life. Appropriate for all undergraduate students, Africana Studies, Gerontology, and Sociology undergraduate majors.
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SOCI 3130 - Sociology of Food
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course is designed as an introduction to the emerging field of the sociology of food. Food is intimately connected to vital sociological issues of power and identity. When you eat, how you eat, why you eat, and with whom speak volumes on our personalities, our social interactions, our social differentiations and stratifications, and our ethnic, gender, sexual, economic, political, religious, geographic, family, and life-stage identities. Topics will include food and the construction of identity, dining and manners, food movements, work in the food industry, food controversies, diet and health, fast food, globalizing markets, and others.
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SOCI 3140 - Sociology of HIV/AIDS
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None.
Description
This course explores the social dimensions of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and globally. We examine the social forces that impact and determine the course and experience of the epidemic as we also explore the impact the epidemic has had on communities and cultures worldwide.
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SOCI 3152 - Birth and Parenthood
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as WGSS 3140). Pregnancy, birth, and parenting; fatherhood and motherhood in a social and historical context.
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SOCI 3156 - Sexuality and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
Same as WGSS 3150. Social construction and social control of sexuality. Examining trends in sexual attitudes and behaviors across the life course and how they are influenced by social interaction and social institutions. Topics may include sex research methods, representations of sexuality, sex education, sexual health and infection, sexual violence, and the commodification of sex.
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SOCI 3160 - Sociological Domestic Field School
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Interview with the instructor.
Requirements: City Scholars course. Signature Experience course.
Description
This course examines current social issues that are of interest to the political leaders, policymakers, and/or community stakeholders in the City of Atlanta, the metropolitan region, and/or the State of Georgia. Students will gain practical experience in collecting social science data using one or more of the major sociological research methodologies and/or serving the local community working with various non-profit organizations and government agencies.
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SOCI 3162 - African-American Family
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as AAS 3000). Contemporary theories and research on the African-American family.
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SOCI 3180 - Housing and Inequality
3 Credit Hours
Requirements: City Scholars course.
Description
In the U.S., housing is a complex multidimensional phenomenon. As a physical structure, it provides shelter from the elements and is a source of individuals’ health and well-being. But housing is more than shelter. Housing provides varying levels of access to economic wealth, status and prestige, public amenities, employment, safety, social networks, and transportation. In essence, housing, similarly to education or employment, is a dimension of a stratification system that distributes unequal levels of prosperity and opportunities among different groups.
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SOCI 3201 - Wealth, Power, and Inequality
3 Credit Hours
Description
Analysis of social structure and function in terms of class, caste, status, power, and mobility. Global Perspectives course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SOCI 3208 - Work and Employment
3 Credit Hours
Description
Meanings and conditions of work, the social implications of the division of labor, the changing structure of the labor force, and group relationships in industry.
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SOCI 3212 - Race and Ethnic Relations
3 Credit Hours
Description
The major processes and outcomes that occur when racial or ethnic groups interact. Topics studied are the nature of racism, prejudice, discrimination, cultural pluralism, assimilation, integration, segregation, and immigrant adjustment patterns, as well as methods of resolving problems associated with these phenomena. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3213 - Immigration
3 Credit Hours
Description
Sociological analysis of causes and processes of immigration, as well as conditions of immigrant life and socio-cultural, demographic, economic, and political effects of immigration on different societies. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3216 - Gender and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as WGSS 3130). Social construction of gender, gender-based stratification, and power dynamics.
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SOCI 3220 - Activism, Protest, and Revolution
3 Credit Hours
Description
Conditions which generate social movements and factors affecting their success or failure. Issues include the timing of rebellion, strategies of protest, and the legacies of activism. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3222 - Deviant Behavior
3 Credit Hours
Description
Analysis of theories of deviant behavior, study of the control of deviance, and an examination of selected deviant subcultures.
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SOCI 3224 - Crime and Punishment
3 Credit Hours
Description
Different approaches to the etiology, treatment, and control of criminal behavior.
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SOCI 3228 - The Holocaust
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Hist 4640 and GLOS 4640). Historical and social analysis of the mass deprivation and murder of Jews and other people under the policies and auspices of National Socialist Germany, 1933-1945. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3315 - Asian American Experience
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: None.
Description
This course is designed to answer questions such as who are Asian Americans and what are their historical, demographic and socio-economic trends, and what is the model minority myth/thesis from the social scientific perspective. Far too often, skewed statistics have been used to paint inaccurate portrait of APA communities. This course hopes to correct some of those mis-perceptions of APA by studying the most comprehensive set of statistics and figures, historical records, scientific analyses, and first hand narratives of APAs. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3346 - Drug Use and Abuse
3 Credit Hours
Description
Phenomenon of drug use and abuse with consideration of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs, including narcotics, marijuana, psychedelics, stimulants, sedatives, tranquilizers, and deliriants.
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SOCI 3350 - Social Change and the Future
3 Credit Hours
Description
Case studies and theories about the causes and consequences of modern and future social changes. Attention is given to strategies people use to produce social change, methods of forecasting future developments, and experts’ ideas of what social patterns to expect in the future.
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SOCI 3352 - Mental Illness in the United States
3 Credit Hours
Description
Mental illness within the context of the larger social environment. Analysis of social and cultural factors in the incidence, recognition, course, and community management of mental health problems.
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SOCI 3354 - Sociology of Popular Culture
3 Credit Hours
Description
Effects of popular culture, such as TV, tabloids, and films on western and non-western societies; effects of social class on taste.
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SOCI 3356 - Queer Identities
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as WGSS 3356). Social construction of gay, lesbian, and bisexual identities, contemporary issues, including types and effects of discrimination based on sexual identity.
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SOCI 3360 - Global Sociology
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course is an introductory seminar to globalization in sociological perspectives. The class is structured to introduce both major topics in the field of globalization studies and faculty at GSU who are teaching or conducting research in the field of globalization. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 3390 - Selected Topics
3 Credit Hours
Description
A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major. May be repeated if topics are different.
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SOCI 4110 - Aging Policy and Services
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Gero 4110). Aging policy, services, and programs emphasizing legislation, funding, planning, the aging network, and the long-term care system.
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SOCI 4116 - Aging and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Gero 4116). Application of sociological theory and methods to the study of aging in society; the impact of urbanization on the aged and the aged on social institutions.
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SOCI 4119 - Global Aging and Families
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Gero 4119). This is an upper division undergraduate course designed to introduce population aging at a global level in a global perspective. The course utilizes macro-sociological approaches to explain how demographic changes, global economic transformations, and social policies influence aging experiences, processes, and families in different regions of the world. It also combines micro-sociological approaches to examine how families are changing in roles and responsibilities as well as in forms and structures because of population aging in a global context, informing students how aging is not just a personal issue but is affected by gender, race, ethnicity, class, as well as national boundaries. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 4122 - Death, Dying, and Loss
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Gero 4122). The process of death and dying, including the social roles of the dying person, the family, and those of the hospital and institutional staff; the social factors influencing death; social functions of bereavement; problems in coping created by medical technology and longevity.
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SOCI 4130 - Ties that Bind: Family, Intimacy, and Aging
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Gero 4130). This course examines older adults’ family lives and intimate relationships in social, historical and demographic context. Emphasis is placed on understanding in the type, nature, content and meaning of relationships, and on identifying influential factors, including, for example, gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and health status.
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SOCI 4150 - Sexual and Intimate Violence
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as WGSS 4060). Societal causes, power dynamics, and policy implications of rape and sexual violence, battery, psychological/emotional abuse, child abuse and neglect, and elder abuse.
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SOCI 4218 - Power and Politics
3 Credit Hours
Description
The relationship between society and the system of government, focusing on the United States, on who rules, and who makes the rules.
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SOCI 4226 - Urban Sociology
3 Credit Hours
Requirements: Cities Scholars course.
Description
Analysis of urban society on the basis of the population, social organization, and social relationships of each.
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SOCI 4230 - Sociology of Health and Illness
3 Credit Hours
Description
Social causes and effects of illness; beliefs and behaviors of healthy and sick people; social aspects of health professions training; the social organization and financing of health care; health policy issues such as genetic intervention, organ transplantation, medical technology, and the right to die.
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SOCI 4279 - Metropolitan Atlanta
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as Hist 4320 and Geog 4768). Interdisciplinary perspective focusing on social, historical, and geographic processes which have shaped the Atlanta region. City Scholars course.
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SOCI 4310 - Issues in the African-American Community
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as AAS 4000). Examination of the impact of major societal issues on the African-American community.
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SOCI 4311 - African American Relationships
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as AAS 4030). Explores historical, social, psychological, and economic factors impacting upon African-American relationships. Issues explored include negative images and stereotypes, color, beauty, and pornography; sex-gender and role identity, consumerism and narcissism, employment, and others. Gay and lesbian relationships will also be included.
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SOCI 4312 - African-American Women in the United States
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as AAS 4100). Contemporary social issues of African-American women. Emphasis on the historical roots of current issues and the interrelationships of gender, race, and class.
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SOCI 4315 - Girls
3 Credit Hours
Description
(Same as WGSS 4310). Feminist analyses of who girls are and how they are socialized in our society. Girls’ experiences with social institutions, growth and development issues, self-esteem and body image, sexuality, culture and media, third-wave feminism, and girls’ movements.
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SOCI 4320 - Sport and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
This purpose of this course is to examine the social institution of sport, including many issues and controversies, and the consequences for North American society.
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SOCI 4330 - Music and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will (aintroduce you to the sociology of music, and (bdevelop your understanding of the sociology of Rock and Roll, and the ways in which Rock and Roll influences society.
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SOCI 4350 - Social Justice I
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course will present a critical theory and science of social justice and provide an active-learning social justice experience. As such, we will examine how social justice is developed, institutionalized, applied, and corrected.
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SOCI 4351 - Social Justice II: Praxis
1 to 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: SOCI 4350 with a C or higher.
Description
The is an active-learning course that provides students with the opportunity to design, implement, and assess a social justice program with the guidance of the instructor. Unlike Domestic Field School courses, projects in this course are student-generated and student-led. And unlike internships, students work in this course must interpolate social justice.
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SOCI 4360 - Religion and Society
3 Credit Hours
Description
Religion as a social institution, including its interrelationships with other social institutions and other aspects of society and culture. Analysis of theories of religion and society applied to contemporary religious institutions. Global Scholars course.
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SOCI 4361 - Dying in America
3 Credit Hours
Description
This course explores the ethical and religious facets of end of life care. Students will engage with topics including miracles and hope, suicide, physician assisted suicide and euthanasia, withdrawal of life-sustaining interventions, brain death, and organ donation.
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SOCI 4380 - Educational Sociology
3 Credit Hours
Description
Sociological foundations of modern education and the relationships of the school as a social institution to family, church, and community institutions. Emphasis will be placed upon the school and social problems related to rapid urban development.
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SOCI 4870 - Honors Thesis I
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
Requirements: Signature Experience course.
Description
Readings or research preparatory to honors thesis or project.
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SOCI 4880 - Honors Thesis II
1 to 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
Requirements: Signature Experience course.
Description
Writing or production of Honors thesis or project.
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SOCI 4980 - Internship
3 Credit Hours
Requirements: Application required. Signature Experience course.
Description
Combined academic training and professional experience in community agencies. See department adviser for information, including deadlines for applying.
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SOCI 4990 - Sociology in the Real World
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Sociology majors in their senior year (or in advance junior year with permission of instructor).
Description
This course is designed for students to achieve the twofold goals: ato integrate knowledge and skills that have been acquired throughout their undergraduate curriculum; and bto prepare for professional life as sociologists.
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SOCI 4995 - Directed Readings B.I.S.-CTW
3 to 4 Credit Hours
Requirements: This course may satisfy the junior and/or senior-level Critical Thinking Through Writing requirements.
Description
Directed Readings designed for Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies students. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SPAN 1001 - Elementary Spanish I
3 Credit Hours
Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
Description
Development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; acquisition of grammatical structures. Students are introduced to various aspects of Hispanic culture.
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SPAN 1002 - Elementary Spanish II
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 1001 with grade of C or higher, or placement in 1002.
Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
Description
Development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; acquisition of grammatical structures. Students are introduced to various aspects of Hispanic culture.
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SPAN 1101 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
6 Credit Hours
Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
Description
Intensive introduction to Spanish, with emphasis on communicative competence, equivalent to Span 1001 and Span 1002.
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SPAN 2001 - Intermediate Spanish I
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 1002 or Span 1101 with grade of C or higher, or placement into 2001.
Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
Description
Continuing development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through use of audio and video materials as well as literary and non-literary texts. Grammar review as needed. Hispanic culture presented.
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SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 2001 with grade of C or higher, or placement into 2002.
Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
Description
Continuing development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through use of audio and video materials as well as literary and non-literary texts. Further introduction to Hispanic culture. Grammar review as needed.
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SPAN 2101 - Intensive Intermediate Spanish
6 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 1002 or Span 1101 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent.
Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
Description
Intensive exposure to intermediate Spanish with emphasis on communicative competence, equivalent to Span 2001 and Span 2002.
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SPAN 2203 - Intermediate Spanish III
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 2002 or 2101 with grade of C or higher, or placement into 2203.
Not open to native speakers of Spanish. Not open to students with prior credit for Span 2501.
Description
Continuation of Spanish 2002 with emphasis on conversation and composition. Hispanic cultrue presented.
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SPAN 2501 - Intermediate Spanish III for Heritage Speakers
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: placement on basis of departmental exam and/or interview.
Designed for, and open only to, Spanish speakers who have not received a formal education in a Spanish-speaking country.
Description
Review and practice of basic grammatical structures, vocabulary building, and development of appropriate register in the oral and written forms. Not for students with prior credit in Span 2203.
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SPAN 2901 - Study Abroad in Spanish I
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 1002 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent, and permission of program director.
Description
Intermediate level study of communicative skills in Spanish completed at a study abroad location in Spain or Latin America. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SPAN 2902 - Study Abroad in Spanish II
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 1002 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent, and permission of program director.
Description
Intermediate level study of communicative skills in Spanish completed at a study abroad location in Spain or Latin America. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
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SPAN 3301 - Oral Communication in Spanish: Topics in Language and Culture
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: SPAN 2002 or SPAN 2101 with a C or higher, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Description
This course will focus on improving the student’s ability to communicate by speaking in Spanish with attention given to various types of oral communication including presentational and interpersonal through activities like skits, debates, oral reports, and other forms of contextualized communication with a focus on social and cultural issues. It is advisable that students complete SPAN 3301 before taking more advanced courses at the 3000- and 4000-level. Global Scholars course.
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SPAN 3302 - Written Communication in Spanish
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: SPAN 2002 or SPAN 2101 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Requirements: One of the two Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) courses required of all Spanish majors.
Description
This course will focus on improving the student’s ability to communicate in writing in Spanish with attention given to various types of writing (bus. letters, etcthrough a practical application in specific contexts. It is advisable that students this course after completing the 2000-level. This course is a designated Critical Thinking through Writing (CTW) course. Global Scholars course.
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SPAN 3303 - Advanced Grammar I
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 2002 or Span 2101 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Description
Intensive review of grammatical structures of most frequent error occurrence at intermediate level and their application in written form. Intermediate grammatical level is here defined as the average grammatical performance of students who have completed the first four semesters of Spanish at elementary and intermediate levels. Global Scholars course.
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SPAN 3308 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Span 2002 or Span 2101 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent.
Description
This course provides a non-technical introduction to Spanish Linguistics to provide students with knowledge that helps them make connections between the structure of Spanish and issues in contemporary Hispanic linguistics. Global Scholars course.
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