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L.POL 241 - Political & Social Themes in Film
Credits: 3
This course examines the ways in which films convey political and social meanings. It draws on both historical and contemporary, as well as international and American, films.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 251 - The Politics of Global Sustainability-EI
Credits: 3
This course interrogates our collective relationship to the natural environment and examines the urgent environmental problems facing us at a global level. This topic is necessarily political in that it leads us to questions of collective decision-making: how should we regulate activities that affect the environment? What are the standards of environmental sustainability that can be brought to bear to answer this question? What cultural, economic, and political obstacles stand in the way of sustainability? Toward the end of addressing such questions, this course engages students in an applied statistical social science research project, a simulation of a United Nations Climate Summit, and a local conference on sustainable community governance. Since this is an Identity, Culture, and Society (EI) Explorations course, we will also explore the role of culture and myth in shaping our relationship to the ecosystems around us.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.POL 301 - Constitutional Law: Federal Powers
Credits: 3
This course examines the structure and powers of the Supreme Court and its role in determining the constitutionally appropriate roles, relations, and powers of institutions within the American political system. Most of the course relies on an analysis of Supreme Court decisions in the areas of judicial review, federalism, congressional and presidential powers, property rights and economic regulation.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 302 - Constitutional Law: Civil Rights & Liberties
Credits: 3
This course examines the Supreme Court’s role in defining the scope and content of civil rights and liberties in the United States, through an analysis of cases in the areas of due process and criminal procedure, privacy, freedom of speech and of the press, religious liberty and the equal protection of the laws. L.POL 301 is not a prerequisite for this course.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 304 - Identity Politics in America
Credits: 3
This course examines the role of factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, and gender in American political life.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 308 - American Public Policy
Credits: 3
This course examines public policy in the United States. We will learn about the process of policy formation, implementation and assessment. We will explore the primary areas of domestic policy, such as taxation, social welfare, healthcare, civil rights, energy, crime, education, and immigration. Finally, we will consider the moral and ethical dimensions of policy-making in these areas.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 314 - Politics in the Developing World
Credits: 3
This course examines the nature and fundamental features of politics in the developing world. It includes investigation of historical, socioeconomic, and cultural influences on politics, as well as the effects of forces such as social change, international political economy and issues such as poverty and debt.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 315 - European Politics
Credits: 3
This course examines the politics of Europe, including struggles over economics, immigration and culture. It also explores the challenges of building the European Union and defining its role in the world.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 321 - War and Pacifism-VX
Credits: 3
This course uses a wide variety of original writings to examine the nature and causes of war, theories of the just war, the pacifist critique of war, and the practice of nonviolence as an alternative to war.
Prerequisite:
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Values in Action-VX
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L.POL 322 - American Foreign Policy
Credits: 3
This course examines the historical patterns and contemporary factors shaping American foreign policy. It pays particular attention to issues in the post-Cold War period. The course considers the social and cultural foundations of American foreign policy, as well as the role of institutions such as the White House, the National Security Council, other executive branch departments, and Congress in the policy-making process.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 331 - Political Thought & Contemporary Social Issues
Credits: 3
This course examines the relationship between philosophical principles like justice, rights, duty, equality, liberty, and democracy and current social and political issues in which they find concrete expression. The selection of principles and issues under examination will vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 394 - Internship
Credits: 1-9
Recognizing the value of learning about politics through personal experience, students can earn up to nine credits for satisfactory completion of supervised internships. These can include government offices, congressional staffs, political parties, election campaigns, law offices, non-profit organizations, and other relevant groups. Proposals and credits are arranged in consultation with faculty members in the program. Internship credits cannot substitute for specified major requirements.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 395 - Topics
Credits: 3
Includes occasional courses on specific topics or contemporary issues.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.POL 489 - Senior Seminar-IN
Credits: 3
This course is the required seminar for senior majors, which attempts to clarify the student’s knowledge and appreciation of the discipline in a culminating or capstone fashion, concentrating on theoretical and substantive issues in the field. It may be individually or team taught in the program.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Integrative Capstone-IN
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L.PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology
Credits: 3
An introduction to the science and practice of psychology as a discipline within the liberal arts. All sections will include an overview and brief history of psychology, basic research methods and statistics, physiological psychology, and human development. Each section will also include three or more of the following topics: learning and/or cognition, social psychology and/or motivation-emotion, abnormal psychology and/or clinical-counseling psychology.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 121 - Lifespan Development
Credits: 3
A study of human development across the lifespan, with emphasis on the factors influencing physical, cognitive, and emotional development.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 131 - Psychology of Stress
Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to theories and principles related to the sources and effects of stress. Students will learn about different sources of stress and anxiety and how physiological systems are affected by stress. As part of the course, all students will spend one weekend off campus on a two-day silent retreat and will attend presentations outside of the regularly scheduled class times.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Fee: There will be an additional course fee to cover costs of the retreat and special instructors.
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L.PSY 190 - The Working Poor
Credits: 3
Through a hands-on simulation, readings, class discussions, guest speakers, and media presentations, students will gain a foundational knowledge of the history of the working poor in the U.S., the theories regarding causation and reduction, and the grassroots efforts for change as they relate to the social class referred to as the working poor. Students will build on this foundation by developing a specific knowledge of the working poor in the Dubuque community.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 201 - Brain and Behavior
Credits: 3
The goal of this course is to give students a comprehensive overview and understanding of the anatomy, physiology and function of the brain. After understanding the basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology students will apply that understanding to psychological topics including motivation, emotion, learning, memory movement, sleep, and sensory processes.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 211 - Research Methods & Statistics I
Credits: 3
An introduction to the use of research strategies and tools of measurement in psychology. The SPSS computer program will be used to introduce basic data handling, descriptive and correlational statistics. Students will be expected to participate in elementary research studies, produce APA-style research papers, and evaluate research literature.
Prerequisite: QR Requirement (C- or better); L.PSY 101 or equivalent.
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 212 - Research Methods & Statistics II
Credits: 3
This course continues instruction in psychological research by reviewing the basics of the scientific method, ethics, and APA style. Experimental research will then be introduced, along with more advanced inferential statistics. More complex designs, such as meta-analysis and factor analysis will be discussed. Students will again be expected to participate in elementary research studies, produce APA-style research papers, and evaluate research literature.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or equivalent; L.PSY 211 (with C- or better).
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 215 - Human Sexuality-EI
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the biological, psychological and social aspects of human sexuality. The course includes the study of sexuality in relation to the life cycle. It will examine the reciprocal impact of society and culture on individual identity, and of individuals on society and culture. Emphasis is placed on analyzing society and culture as they shape human behavior; evaluating how social variables (e.g., sexual orientation, gender, etc.) influence human interaction; and interpreting the nature of human identity. Students in this course will weigh evidence, tolerate ambiguity, act ethically, and reflect other values that are the underpinnings of psychology as a discipline.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.PSY 227 - Culture & Psychopathology
Credits: 3
The course material considers mental illness categories in light of the influence of culture on the diagnosis, course and prognosis. Foundational concepts include a consideration of mind/body dualism, the concepts of self and the phenomenon of resilience. The foundational concepts provide a cultural lens for understanding the broader culture of “mental illness” as it occurs around the world.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 231 - Abnormal Psychology
Credits: 3
An examination of mental disorder in terms of etiology and therapy.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121 ; Sophomore Standing.
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 233 - Human Motivation-EI
Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to theories of human motivation and help them learn to apply those theories to their own behavior. An emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary applications of motivational principles.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.PSY 242 - Industrial-Organizational Behavior
Credits: 3
A survey of how psychology principles may be applied to the behavior of people at work. Topics covered include job analysis, selection, performance appraisal, training, work motivation, work teams, leadership and organizational development.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 ; Recommended: L.PSY 211 or L.BUS 250
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 252 - Positive Psychology
Credits: 3
Students will examine a variety of human strengths such as love, empathy, and happiness and will explore the factors that influence each strength’s development and expression in their lives.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 267 - Psychology & the Arts-EC
Credits: 3
In this course, students will be applying psychology to the arts by exploring how visual art is perceived, created, and used. While the main focus will be on visual art, there will be a few readings and activities related to music. Students will study perception, cultural differences, personality and creativity, and art as therapy. There will be activities designed to enhance creativity. Artistic experience is not required.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design-EC
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L.PSY 285 - Drugs & Human Behavior-ES
Credits: 4
The goal of this course is to explore the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience from a variety of perspectives while actively engaging in scientific discourse and inquiry. Many disciplines have contributed to other research questions and methods and techniques used to address these questions. Our emphases will be to obtain a sound understanding of the scientific study of the brain in order to better inform our understanding about the impact that developments in this field have on our society.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Scientific Inquiry & Innovation-ES
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L.PSY 301 - Cognitive Psychology
Credits: 3
This course will examine the theories, principles, and concepts related to the mental processes of learning, memory, and cognition. Primary topics will include historical foundations of cognitive psychology, basic processes of attention, perception and brain functioning, the complexities of memory, and higher-level thinking processes involved in problem-solving, judgment, and decision making. Students will study how these processes are enabled by the functioning of the brain, how individual differences, emotion, and motivational factors affect them, and how the cognition research can be applied to improve one’s own cognitive processes.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 ; L.PSY 201 ; L.PSY 211 ; Psychology Majors Only; Junior or Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Requirements: Junior or senior standing; Psychology major.
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L.PSY 311 - Advanced Research Methods
Credits: 1
Supervised research in selected topics in psychology. Students are trained as members of a research team in this course that builds on methods introduced in L.PSY 211 and L.PSY 212 . Ongoing research projects offer opportunities for the application of research design, statistical analysis, library research, report writing, and presentations at conferences. Admission by instructor only.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 315 - Interpersonal Relationships
Credits: 3
Psychological study of relationships. Topics include social attraction, intimacy, and interpersonal communication. Special attention will be given to the psychological characteristics of successful relationships. Several theoretical perspectives will be studied, including psychology, sociology, communication, and gender studies.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121 ; Junior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 321 - Developmental Psychology
Credits: 3
In this developmental seminar, both classic and contemporary research will be used to examine the transactional process of development across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains. Students will specifically examine and apply these processes across a diverse set of demographic variables, including socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, gender, (dis)ability, etc., through the use of a simulation and/or case studies.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121 ; Junior or Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Requirements: Junior or senior standing.
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L.PSY 323 - Psychology of Adulthood & Aging
Credits: 3
A survey of modern knowledge about the processes of becoming old (aging) and old age itself. Emphasis is placed on cognitive processes, personality, and mental health.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121 . Junior or Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 331 - Clinical Psychology
Credits: 3
An overview of topics in Clinical Psychology including stigma, differential diagnosis, theories of psychotherapy, ethics, and addressing ethical dilemmas.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 ; L.PSY 231 ; Junior or Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Requirements: Junior or senior standing.
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L.PSY 341 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
Credits: 3
This course will utilize theories and concepts from cross-cultural psychology and intercultural communication to take an in-depth look at culture in general and at a variety of micro-cultures, including gender, social class and popular culture. Students will read an assortment of writings focused on cultural diversity and current issues regarding specific cultural groups.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 or L.PSY 121 ; Junior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.PSY 344 - Personality and Social Psychology
Credits: 3
This course is designed to be an introduction to the scientific study of social and personality psychology for psychology majors. Students will survey major theories in personality and social psychology. They will critically evaluate the results, conclusions, and methods of social psychological research. Topics may include: social cognition social influence, prejudice, aggression, altruism, and group dynamics.
Prerequisite: L.PSY 101 ; L.PSY 201 ; L.PSY 211 ; Psychology Majors Only; Junior or Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Requirements: Junior or Senior standing; Psychology major.
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L.PSY 394 - Internship
Credits: 1-3
Supervised field work in the area of applied psychology. Students should arrange for a field setting the semester before they register. Admission by written permission of instructor only. See internship coordinator for more information.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Cross-listed: Can be taken as L.EXP 394 .
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L.PSY 490 - Senior Seminar-IN
Credits: 3
This seminar course is designed to enhance the professional skills of candidates for the Bachelor of Arts in psychology, skills in idea generation, library research, critical reading, ethical decision-making, and oral/written communication. Students will develop these skills by reading and discussing the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct and by researching, presenting talks, writing papers, and discussing current issues and controversies in psychology.
Prerequisite: Psychology Majors Only; Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Integrative Capstone-IN
Requirements: psychology majors, senior standing.
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L.RST 110 - Jesus & the Gospels-EI
Credits: 3
A critical study of the content of the Four Gospels of the New Testament, as well as their literary, historical, social, and theological contexts. We will compare and contrast their portraits of Jesus, their messages for ancient Christians, and their relevance for modern readers.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.RST 150 - Community of Hope: Christianity, Culture, and Salvation-EI
Credits: 3
Students will examine cultural expressions of the human condition with particular attention to individual and social experiences of brokenness, injustice, and enslavement. Students will also examine multiple understandings of the church in light of its mission to respond to these experiences in healing, just, and liberative ways. In so doing, students will be prepared to think theologically about how the church can remain true to its message of salvation while responding meaningfully to the needs of the contemporary world.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.RST 160 - Worship: Foretaste of Heaven-EC
Credits: 3
How do Christians pray? How does their prayer draw them into an experience of the reign of God? And how are those on earth, unified with those in heaven, transformed in their identity as children of God? In this course students will explore Christian liturgical prayer. They will investigate what Jesus Christ taught about the reign of God. And they will analyze the ways that these fit together to shape the life and faith of the Christian community.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design-EC
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L.RST 171 - Introduction to Peace and Justice
Credits: 3
This course serves as an introduction to peace and justice studies. It is the foundational course for students intending to minor in Peace and Justice. In this course we will examine the critical concepts, methods, and challenges facing individuals who aspire to help bring peace to persons whose lives are marked by injustice. The course will provide a foundational exploration of social justice concepts, issues, and remedies thereby developing the necessary analytical tools and information to assess injustice and inequality and to suggest changes that need to be made to better these situations.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 201 - World Religions
Credits: 3
An introductory study of major world religions, particularly Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The class invites students to compare and contrast the search for meaning that defines each tradition.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 205 - Islam in America-EI
Credits: 3
This is an in-depth study course that examines the history of Islam in the United States, with particular attention given to a period that begins at the end of the nineteenth century and continues into the contemporary period.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.RST 211 - Introduction to the Old Testament
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the different kinds of writing in the Old Testament, to the different methods for interpreting that writing, and to the historical sequence of events that lent it meaning. Students will be asked to think reflectively about how the material they read in the Old Testament relates to the world today.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 215 - God’s Literature
Credits: 3
The New Testament is comprised of the foundational documents of Christian faith. This course surveys these writings as literature that is crafted to communicate God’s revelation and to shape the faith and action of Christian communities. Exegesis will be employed to interpret the New Testament texts as literature in historical context and to think critically about the texts’ meaning for our present context.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 228 - Martyrs, Mendicants, and Masterpieces
Credits: 3
The course is a January term study abroad opportunity in Italy. The course focuses on the culture of pre-Constantinian Christian Rome, medieval Franciscan Assisi, and Renaissance Florence. We will study the customs and artifacts of each period to determine how they affected the development of Christian thought and practice. We will examine how cultural traditions formed and changed, and how these traditions affected social organization, religion, and everyday life.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed L.CTL 263
Cross-listed: This course is cross-listed as L.CTL 263 . The courses are identical but transcripts will reflect the course number (L.RST or L.CTL) that a student registers for and completes.
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L.RST 229 - The Catholic Church in Latin America
Credits: 3
This study travel course covers the history of the Catholic Church in Latin America and the current issues it faces. The course will primarily focus on Spanish and Portuguese colonialism, liberation theology, and the contemporary period. For part of the course, students will travel to Peru and experience historical reminders of the Catholic Church’s past, but also experience first-hand the issues facing the Church in Latin America today.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 256 - Foundations for Ministry
Credits: 3
Frederick Buechner described vocation as the intersection of one’s deep joy with the world’s deep needs. This course explores theological, contextual, and methodological foundations for ministry and prepares students to consider a vocational response to the needs of the church today.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 258 - Communication for Communion
Credits: 3
In diverse ways throughout its history the Roman Catholic Church has sought to create a culture of communion. This communion has many aspects including the union of the human and the sacred; the union of church members with each other; and the union of the church with the broader world. In order to critically examine this culture and its changing expressions over time, this course compares the means and content of the church’s communication in the Italian Renaissance with that of modern/postmodern periods.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed L.CTL-260
Cross-listed: This course is cross-listed as L.CTL-260. The courses are identical but transcripts will reflect the course number (L.RST or L.CTL) that a student registers for and completes.
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L.RST 262 - Eucharist: Banquet of Justice
Credits: 3
Roman Catholics consider the Eucharist to be a sacrificial ritual banquet in and through which they are unified to the heavenly and the earthly Body of Christ. Christian liturgy and the Gospel alike teach that people will recognizably experience a foretaste of the reign of God the more that they see how God transforms that which is ordinary into that which is extraordinary. Students in this community based learning J-Term course will have an opportunity to examine the lived nature of God’s reign through prayer, study, and the experience of welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, and feeding the hungry - with each other, and with guests at the Dubuque Rescue Mission. In so doing, a more robust experience of the Eucharistic celebration will be offered. *Students in this class will be required to participate (to the degree that their personal conscience and/or faith tradition allows) in daily mass and in approximately 65 service hours.
Approved for Community Based Learning.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 268 - Roman Catholic Sacred Spaces
Credits: 3
How are individuals formed by the physical spaces that surround them? How do the spaces in which Roman Catholics worship inform their understanding of the Church and God? How can substantially different understandings of the Church and God be reconciled within a single church? And how might these differences not simply be overcome, but embraced? This course involves travel to a variety of Catholic churches and the analysis of the theological function of those spaces that emerges according to their form.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 276 - Christian Sexual Morality
Credits: 3
This course will examine the Catholic Church’s official teachings on sexual morality, looking both to traditional formulations and to more recent ways of thinking about issues of sexual morality. It will also examine some contrary positions proposed by Catholics and non-Catholics. The course will also consider human sexuality, marriage, and family life as paths for growth in the Christian spiritual life.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 285 - Science, Faith, and Knowledge
Credits: 3
This course will provide an interdisciplinary theoretical and practical introduction to scientific literacy in the natural, human, and behavioral sciences. It aims to assists students in the construction of intellectual frameworks based in sound reason with which to consider the dynamic relationships among empirical scientific research, philosophical commitments, and theological beliefs. Students will be challenged to engage and assess scientific data as well as critically reflect on its practical, personal, and pastoral applications.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed L.PHI 235
Cross-listed: This course is cross-listed as L.PHI 235 . The courses are identical but transcripts will reflect the course number (L.RST or L.PHI) that a student registers for and completes.
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L.RST 291 - The Catholic Heritage
Credits: 3
An examination of defining characteristics of Catholicism, and their manifestation in theology, spirituality, philosophy, history, economics, politics, literature, film and the arts. An integrative course for the Religious Studies major and minor and the Catholic Studies minor.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 303 - Pilgrims in Their Own Land
Credits: 3
Theologian James Cone describes the migration of African Americans north between the First and Second World Wars as “a religious people making their journey toward the promised land.” The same can be said of Eastern European Jews who arrived in the United States in vast numbers at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. This course examines they ways both of these groups used their religious beliefs and practices to help them understand the purpose of their travels, the need to fashion communities in the face of tremendous adversity, and finally how they would respond as “Americans” to both.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 310 - Bible & Literature
Credits: 3
No religious tradition survives without the help of writers who celebrate, challenge, and even transform its beliefs and practices. This course reads Biblical writings for their beauty and artistry and then examines how the Bible has inspired others to compose poetry, fiction, and drama.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 311 - Jewish And Christian Exegesis
Credits: 3
In this course, students will engage extensively in a Christian reading practice known as lectio divina and a Jewish reading practice known as havruta. Seminarians will compare the history, methods, and presuppositions of each practice with higher critical approaches, in order to develop new exegetical skills and interpretations of the biblical texts, which will in turn broaden and hone their understanding of and engagement with the biblical text, and facilitate a deeper understanding of their theology and vocation as future priests.
Prerequisite: L.RST 110 or L.RST 211 ; Instructor Permission Required
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 312 - Biblical Prophets
Credits: 3
In this course, we study Biblical prophecy as an ancient cultural tradition and we examine the ways historical events shaped the words and deeds associated with this tradition. In order to gain a more thorough understanding of how complex Biblical prophecy is, we apply different methods of Biblical interpretation to prophetic books of the Bible and we relate our findings to the world today.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 318 - Seminar on the Letters of St. Paul
Credits: 3
Using a seminar format, this course studies the letters of St. Paul in the order in which they were written, to facilitate an understanding of the author’s theological development in terms of the changing problems he faced. We pay attention to the literary form of the public letter in Paul’s day, his own use of that form, the people and positions he found himself arguing against, and his emerging theological synthesis.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 320 - Belief, Unbelief & the Good Life-VX
Credits: 3
The course examines arguments for and against the existence of God and studies how these arguments affect a comprehension of the moral life and the value of human behavior. The course will begin with a study of “virtue ethics” and will use this ethical theory as a basis for dialogue with the ethics of the non-Christian belief systems of Feuerbach, Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche. Students will develop the tools to make ethical decisions about critical issues facing the human community.
Prerequisite:
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Values in Action-VX
Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed L.CTL 277
Cross-listed: This course is cross-listed as L.CTL 277 . The courses are identical but transcripts will reflect the course number (L.RST or L.CTL) that a student registers for and completes.
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L.RST 327 - Women in the Bible
Credits: 3
In this course, students will engage biblical stories that involve women: women in minor roles, women in major roles; women as heroes, women as villains; women in subjugation, women in power. Students will interpret each story with a variety of methods and from multiple perspectives. These interpretations will be brought into a fruitful
conversation, so as to develop a deeper understanding of women, their identity, and their roles in the biblical time period-and the implication of those identities and roles for the Catholic Church, broader Christianity, and society at large in the present.
Prerequisite: L.ENG 105 or L.ENG 111
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 331 - Christ & Culture
Credits: 3
Jesus of Nazareth has been the most important figure in western culture for twenty centuries. This course examines his legacy by negotiating themes of continuity and change in a wide range of cultural artifacts, from symbols and images to historical accounts and fictional narratives.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 360 - Sacraments: Catholic Identity in Community
Credits: 3
The Christian theological enterprise involves the study of Scripture, past theological work, contemporary culture, and other disciplines which engage the believer. But above all, theology must engage the life of the community in which an individual’s faith is mediated, nurtured, and developed the sacramental life of the Church. How do we understand Christian faith from the past and present celebration of the sacraments?
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 367 - Roman Catholic Liturgical Music in Theology & Practice
Credits: 3
Roman Catholic liturgy is, itself, an art form - one in which God, the artist, artistically forms people. This course explores the artistic nature of Roman Catholic liturgy by focusing on one of its most recognizable artistic elements, liturgical music. Liturgical music impacts the experience of worship, thereby directing the theological vision that is developed by the liturgy itself. Students will explore the ways in which liturgy and liturgical music enrich, shape, and express the Christian spirit.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 370 - Foundations of Ethics
Credits: 3
This course will examine the basic questions of morality and the answers that have been developed within the Western philosophical and Christian theological traditions. Important historical and contemporary primary source material will be examined.
Prerequisite: Not open to First-Year Students
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed L.PHI 301
Cross-listed: This course is cross-listed as L.PHI 301 . The courses are identical but transcripts will reflect the course number (L.PHI or L.RST) that a student registers for and completes.
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L.RST 371 - Catholic Social Teachings-VX
Credits: 3
This course will examine those official documents of the Catholic Church, spanning from Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum (1891) to the present, that make up Catholic Social Teaching. This course will study CST’s guiding principles, how the modern popes and the Second Vatican Council applied them to the social, political, and economic problems of our time, and what continuing relevance they have for Catholics and all persons of goodwill.
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Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Values in Action-VX
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L.RST 378 - Social Justice Practicum
Credits: 3
Students in this course will engage in approved volunteer work and integrate their experiences and research into the study of Catholic social thought and the theology of liberation.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 399 - Religious Studies and Theology Process Writing
Credits: 1
Students in the class will work individually, collaboratively, and with an advisor, to refine their research methods and formal writing. Throughout the semester they will substantively revise a previously written essay from one of their Religious Studies and Theology classes. This course, offered on a pass/fail basis, will help prepare students to research and write their Senior Capstone. This class is the first in a two-part sequence, concluding with either L.RST 491 or L.RST 493 . Junior Religious Studies and Theology majors only.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 490 - Capstone Research-IN
Credits: 1
Students in the class will work individually, collaboratively, and with an advisor to research and use process writing to prepare their Senior Capstone: Thesis or Practicum. This class is the second in a three-part capstone sequence beginning with L.RST 399 , and concluding with either L.RST 491 or L.RST 493 .
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Integrative Capstone-IN
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L.RST 491 - Thesis Writing
Credits: 2
Review of theological research, the identification, use, and citation of sources, and the composition and writing of the thesis paper. This class is one of two options for completing the two-part sequence for the Religious Studies and Theology Senior Capstone.
Prerequisite: L.RST 399 ; L.RST 490 ; Religious Studies & Theology Majors Only; Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.RST 493 - Practicum in Parish Ministry
Credits: 2
Background information and provisions for field experience in various practical aspects of parish ministry, especially parish operation and religious education techniques. This class is one of two options for completing the two-part sequence for the Religious Studies and Theology Senior Capstone.
Prerequisite: L.RST 399 ; L.RST 490 ; Religious Studies & Theology Majors Only; Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 130 - Introduction to Social Welfare-EI
Credits: 3
This course will introduce the student to the field of social work as a profession with linkages to the field of social welfare institutions. The perspective is one of generalist, entry-level social work practitioner. The emphasis will be on the empowering function of social work in modern American society and an examination of society’s current response to human need.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.SCW 190 - The Working Poor
Credits: 3
Through a hands-on simulation, readings, class discussions, guest speakers, and media presentations, students will gain a foundational knowledge of the history of the working poor in the U.S., the theories regarding causation and reduction, and the grassroots efforts for change as they relate to the social class referred to as the working poor. Students will build on this foundation by developing a specific knowledge of the working poor in the Dubuque community.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 231 - Human Behavior & Social Environment
Credits: 3
A critical evaluation of the theories of human behavior within the context of those biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual processes which determine development and behavior throughout the life cycle. Special attention is given to alternative theories that complement the purpose and values of social work practice.
Approved for Community Based Learning.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Pre or Co-requisite: L.SCW 130
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 270 - Self-Care and the Helping Professions-EI
Credits: 3
We will begin by looking at the ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences Study) and the importance of Trauma Informed Care in the helping professions. We will define compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and burnout in relation to working with vulnerable populations. The emphasis is on the professional and their commitment and knowledge of self- care practices. We will be studying different types of trauma on all levels of the environment and the effects on the brain and behavior of people. Throughout the 15 weeks, we will study traditional self-care (exercising, journaling) as well as more untraditional methods (Energy healing, essential oil therapy, meditation, laughter yoga, crystal healing, and sound healing).
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.SCW 340 - Social Work with Groups and Families
Credits: 3
This is the first course in a sequence of three generalist practice courses. This course addresses practice with families and small groups and focuses on introductory skills needed to facilitate groups. The focus is on group work which entails the deliberate use of intervention strategies and group processes to accomplish individual, group and community goals, using the value base and ethical practice principles of the social work profession.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 231
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 345 - Social Work Research
Credits: 3
Students are introduced to the basic steps of the traditional scientific research process. A group research project is carried out following the approval of the Institutional Review Board. The initial results are analyzed and presented to the class. Students are also exposed to alternative research methods such as program evaluation and direct practice evaluation.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 231
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 350 - Career Options and Professional Practice
Credits: 3
An educationally focused community service experience and seminar that emphasizes socialization into the profession of social work. The course combines a two times weekly seminar with agency-based volunteer work in a helping role. A minimum of 100 hours of volunteer work must be completed to receive credit for the course. The seminar assists students in exploring their “goodness of fit” with a social work career and in developing an understanding of their own capacities in relation to professional social work competencies.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 231
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 360 - Social Work with Individuals
Credits: 3
This is the second course in the professional practice of social work with an emphasis upon the values, knowledge and skills of generalist practice. A proactive process of working with individuals and families is offered, including strength-based assessments, cross-cultural competencies and empowerment strategies. Development of written and oral communication skills through the use of interviewing, role plays, videotaping and case studies.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 231 ; L.SCW 340
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 370 - Social Policy-VX
Credits: 3
The focus of this course is on the role of the social worker as a policy advocate who addresses social problems in the public and agency/organizational sectors. This course focuses on policy advocacy as an intervention that requires a skill to be learned much like any other intervention skill in direct practice. Topics covered are the historical context of social policy in the United States, how to analyze social policy and understand the government policy-making process and understanding how values, conflicting viewpoints, and competing interests influence social policy. The focus will be on major policy areas and social action.
Prerequisite:
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Values in Action-VX
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L.SCW 380 - Social Work with Organizations and Communities
Credits: 3
This course explores the aspect of generalist practice involving proactive responding to large groups, communities and organizations. Macro skills of working within an agency or organizational leadership, supervision issues, grant writing, fundraising and community organizing are emphasized. Other skills to facilitate meetings, networking, time management, and handling conflict are addressed.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 360
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 395 - Topics
Credits: 3
Social Work topics course. Used to develop courses which have not been approved under another catalog number. See Division Chair for more information.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SCW 446 - Field Instruction & Portfolio-IN
Credits: 4.5
Individually planned and supervised experience in a public or voluntary social service agency. The student spends approximately 15 hours per week or 210 clock hours during one semester in placement. Some placements will require students to drive their own car. A weekly two-hour seminar is required of all students in field instruction. Application for field instruction must be made in the semester preceding the semester in which the course is to be taken.
Prerequisite: All requirements for the major completed; Social Work Majors Only
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Integrative Capstone-IN
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L.SCW 447 - Field Instruction & Portfolio-IN
Credits: 4.5
Individually planned and supervised experience in a public or voluntary social service agency. The student spends approximately 15 hours per week or 210 clock hours during one semester in placement. Some placements will require students to drive their own car. A weekly two-hour seminar is required of all students in field instruction. Application for field instruction must be made in the semester preceding the semester in which the course is to be taken.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 446 ; Social Work Majors Only
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Integrative Capstone-IN
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L.SCW 448 - Field Instruction & Portfolio-IN
Credits: 9-12
Individually planned and supervised experience in a public or voluntary social service agency. The student spends 420-570 clock hours (depending on credit level) per one semester in placement. Some placements will require students to drive their own car. A weekly two-hour seminar is required of all students in field instruction. Application for field instruction must be made in the semester preceding the semester in which the course is to be taken.
Prerequisite: All requirements for the major completed; Social Work Majors Only
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Integrative Capstone-IN
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L.SOC 3xx - Health & Society
Credits: 3
(pending curriculum committee approval)
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 101 - Sociology in Action-EI
Credits: 3
Through hands-on activities inside the classroom and community based learning in the “real world,” students will be introduced to the ways in which sociologists approach the world. The relationship between individuals and society, ideas about how the world operates, and the dynamic process of social change will be emphasized as students learn to think sociologically.
Approved for Community Based Learning.
Prerequisite: Not open to students that have taken L.SOC 115
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.SOC 115 - Introduction to Sociology-EI
Credits: 3
An overview of the discipline of sociology. The course examines the theories and research methods of sociology as well as substantive areas including culture, social stratification, small group dynamics, social institutions, and the dynamics of social and cultural change.
Prerequisite: Not open to students that have taken L.SOC 101
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.SOC 200 - Deviance and Deviants
Credits: 3
This course examines the causes of deviance and deviant identity, the functions of deviance, inequities surrounding deviance, and social reactions to deviance. Topics such as everyday acts of deviance, drug and alcohol use, gangs, white supremacy, sex work, cults, self-harm, paranormal beliefs, and mental health disorders may be explored. The ways in which class, race, gender, and other forms of difference affect experiences with deviance will considered, as will several theoretical approaches to the study of deviance.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 216 - Social Problems
Credits: 3
Consideration is given to a number of contemporary social problems. Sociological principles are employed in the analysis of such topics as poverty, crime, racial and ethnic relations, health care issues, sexism, environmental degradation and other types of inequality.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 227 - Sociology of the Family
Credits: 3
The primary goal in this course is to introduce and explore important issued related to the influential institution of the family. Social processes, myths, and problems facing contemporary families will be examined. While students will reflect on their own family experiences the course focuses on social structures that shape family life.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 240 - Gender & Society
Credits: 3
An exploration of the influence of gender stratification on both the social development of women and men and their personal experiences of social institutions such as the family, the economy, the political order, religion, and the educational system. Special emphasis is placed on the intersecting character of class, race, and gender stratification systems.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 250 - Aryan Societies-EI
Credits: 3
An examination of the complex relationship between personal identity and community. The course focuses on the formation of racial, class, gender, and sexualized identities in hate group communities, the ways in which white supremacists react to changes in their local environments, and how they affect change in their communities.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Identity, Culture, & Society-EI
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L.SOC 252 - Self & Society
Credits: 3
An examination of the impact of the social environment on individual identity and behavior. The course emphasizes development of self, attitudes and attitude change, interpersonal relations, small groups and collective behavior. Students will develop a stronger sense of human interaction and relationships, and an appreciation for multiple views of social reality that should be useful to their relations at home, with friends, at work, and within their larger community.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 254 - Race & Ethnicity
Credits: 3
The primary emphasis in this course is on introducing and exploring important issues related to race and ethnicity in the United States. The course analyzes information comprehensively and includes historical evidence in order to better understand culture. Students will explore probable causes and consequences of inequality rooted in race/ethnicity. Students will incorporate an analysis of values, including understanding how personal and cultural values result from social forces and structures, into their examination of race and ethnicity.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 295 - Topics
Credits: 3
Sociology topics course. Used to develop courses which have not been approved under another catalog number. See Division Chair for more information.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 310 - Cultural Analysis
Credits: 3
This is a study travel course which examines cultures in depth by focusing on inequality. The course could be offered in a number of different locations. Particular social, political, and economic issues significant to the region of study will be considered. The course immerses students in cultural settings away from campus and includes excursions to a wide range of culturally rich sites including historic sites and museums. Required readings provide a base for students to build upon as they hear from local experts and see many cultural artifacts. Students will hear several guest lectures and interact with guest lecturers and tour guides, and will participate in daily class discussions to critically analyze experiences and information. Students will engage with people from various cultural perspectives to hear first-hand accounts regarding inequality.
Prerequisite: L.SOC 101 or L.SOC 115
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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L.SOC 330 - Sociology of Education
Credits: 3
Education is analyzed as a key social institution that influences, and is influenced by, the larger society. The course will focus on important, enduring issues within the sociology of education such as social class, race/ethnicity, gender, school organization, academic achievement, politics, and educational reform. Additional issues currently under debate, especially in regard to policy and practice will also be examined.
Approved for Community Based Learning.
Prerequisite: L.SOC 101 or L.SOC 115
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable
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