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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • SHM 371 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness


    Description:
    Program management relating to emergency planning including facility security, workplace violence, emergency response planning, continuity of operations.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SHM 351.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 373 - Industrial Machinery and Process Safety


    Description:
    Program management relating to process design, materials handling, ergonomics, machinery/equipment, boilers/pressure vessels, and energy in industrial settings.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SHM 351.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 375 - Transportation and Fleet Safety


    Description:
    Program management relating to fleet safety including transportation systems loss control management, fleet management, and driver safety training.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SHM 351.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 377 - Hazardous Materials Management


    Description:
    Program management relating to the use of hazardous materials including chemical and physical properties and hazard communication.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHM 351, and either CHEM 101, CHEM 111/111LAB, or CHEM 181/181LAB.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 379 - Facility and Building Safety


    Description:
    Program management relating to facility and building safety including fire prevention, accessibility, confined spaces, indoor air quality and ventilation, and walking-working surfaces.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SHM 351.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 471 - Industrial Hygiene I


    Description:
    The reasons for, benefits of, and activities related to industrial hygiene with a focus upon radiological hazards and physical hazards (including ergonomics).

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SHM 353 and BIOL 201.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 472 - Industrial Hygiene II


    Description:
    Continuation of industrial hygiene practice, biological and chemical hazards, toxicology, indoor air quality, ventilation.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHM 377 and SHM 471.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 474 - Safety and Health Management Systems


    Description:
    Procedures to internally monitor safety and health management: risk management, loss control, benchmarking, measurement, program evaluation.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHM 353, MGT 380, and two of SHM 371, 373, 375, SHM 377, or 379.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 475 - Management System Auditing


    Description:
    Procedures to externally monitor: auditing, data collection, safety and health management systems, assessment strategies, consulting and contracts.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHM 474, either SHM 477 or IET 481, and either PSY 456 or MGT 386.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 477 - Environmental Management


    Description:
    Overview of present and future environmental safety and health issues, environmental management systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHM 353 and 377.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SHM 481 - Professional Safety Today


    Description:
    Presentations and case studies by practicing safety professionals on contemporary safety and health management topics, and professional networking techniques.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SHM 353.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • SHM 485 - Safety and Health Management Capstone


    Description:
    Senior capstone course addressing ethical considerations and knowledge synthesis.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHM 353 and 8 units of SHM 471, 472, 474, 475, or SHM 477.

    Credits: (4)

    Consent
    By permission.
  
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    SHM 490 - Cooperative Education


    Description:
    An individualized contracted field experience with business, industry, government, or social service agencies.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: either SHM 352 or 353, and either SHM 371, 373, 375, 377, or 379.

    Credits: (1-12)

    Consent
    By permission.
    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
    Grading Basis
    Grade will either be S or U.
  
  • SHM 491 - Workshop


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  
  • SHM 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SHM 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • SHP 301 - Science Honors Junior Seminar: Elements of Scientific Research


    Description:
    The process of science from a multi-disciplinary perspective, including the historical development of scientific methods and reasoning, effective experimental design, and the interpretation of measurements.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • SHP 401 - Science Honors Capstone Seminar


    Description:
    Skills and techniques for communicating the results of scientific research. Students prepare the final draft of their Science Honors thesis as part of the coursework.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • SHP 497 - Science Honors Thesis


    Description:
    Completion of Science Honors thesis. Strategies for effective oral presentation of scientific work will also be covered. Students must present results of Science Honors project at SOURCE.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SHP 401 and admission to the Science Honors Program.

    Credits: (1)

    Grading Basis
    Grade will either be S or U.
  
  • SOC 101 - Social Problems


    Description:
    An introduction to the study of contemporary issues such as poverty, military policies, families, crime, aging, racial, ethnic conflict, and the environment.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W)
  
  • SOC 107 - Principles of Sociology


    Description:
    An introduction to the basic concepts and theories of sociology with an emphasis on the group aspects of human behavior.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    SB-Foundations of Human Adaptations & Behavior (W)
  
  • SOC 291 - Workshop


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  
  • SOC 299 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • SOC 301 - Introduction and History of Social Service Agencies


    Description:
    Introduction to the fields of social welfare, health services and corrections; organization and function of agencies.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 305 - American Society


    Description:
    Introduction to the social structure and processes of American society; emphasis on institutions such as government, family, schools, and religion, and processes such as conflict, change, stratification, mobility, and communication.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above.

    Credits: (5)

    General Education Category
    SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W)
  
  • SOC 307 - Individual and Society


    Description:
    An analysis of the relationship between social structure and the individual.

    Credits: (5)

    Repeatable for Credit
    No
    Grading Basis
    GRD
  
  • SOC 310 - Social Service Methods and Casework


    Description:
    Casework interviewing techniques and skills, traditional and contemporary methods, emphasis upon developing a personal casework style.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 301.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 320 - Death and Dying


    Description:
    An analysis of social attitudes, practices, and institutions associated with death and dying in American society.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 325 - Aging


    Description:
    Problems and advantages of growing old in society; post-parental families, retirement, the economics of pensions, importance of interaction in old age, residential facilities, geriatric medicine, and dying.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 326 - Demography of Contemporary World Populations


    Description:
    Demographic analysis, fertility and the birth control movement, mortality and life expectancy, and migration. Involves use of computers.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 327 - Sociology of Health


    Description:
    The social causes of disease and illness behavior, organization of medical care and comparative health systems.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 331 - Sociology of Sport


    Description:
    Sports and games as social phenomena.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 333 - Genealogy


    Description:
    Kin names, pedigrees, family trees, and ancestral histories. Research with records, family documents, and interviews.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • SOC 338 - Political Sociology


    Description:
    Major theories of power in society. Analysis of the political/economic structure of society as it determines the differential access to social power by different social groups.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 340 - Social Interaction


    Description:
    Face-to-face contact, communication and social psychological features of groups.

    Credits: (5)

    Repeatable for Credit
    No
    Grading Basis
    GRD
  
  • SOC 343 - Child Abuse


    Description:
    An analysis of the causes, consequences of and prospects for dealing with the phenomena of child abuse and neglect in American society.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 344 - Juvenile Delinquency


    Description:
    A study of social factors causing delinquency in youth; major theories, analysis of treatment and control.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 345 - Deviance


    Description:
    A survey of approaches to the field of deviance with emphasis on contemporary work and focus on the problematics of the field.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 346 - Criminology


    Description:
    A study of the adult criminal, criminal behavior, and criminality in human societies.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 348 - Women and Crime


    Description:
    This course will critically assess the current theoretical and empirical literature on female criminality and social control.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SOC 349 - Law and Society


    Description:
    Law is studied through the major sociological perspectives by examining law and its relations with the economy, policy, family, religion, socioeconomic production, social class, gender, and race and ethnicity.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 107.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 350 - Social Theory I


    Description:
    An introduction to social theory through study of early social thinkers, emphasizing the works of Durkheim, Marx, and Weber.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SOC 107 and 10 units of  sociology 300-and-above level courses.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 351 - Sociology of Work


    Description:
    An historical view of the impact of technology on society and social change. Importance of work as an institution. How work relates to the other social institutions, to culture, and to the development of personality.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 352 - Punishment and Corrections


    Description:
    Origin, maintenance, structure, and function of institutions of punishment and correction with particular emphasis on American society; problems of change in punishment and corrections.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 354 - Minority Experience


    Description:
    Explanations will be identified for institutional racism common to the history and character of American minorities. SOC 354 and ETS 354 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 356 - Sociology of Gender


    Description:
    A review and analysis of the development, maintenance, and consequences of masculine and feminine social roles.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 357 - Sociology of Families


    Description:
    Theory and research about familial interaction and society.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 362 - Social Movements


    Description:
    Causes, organizational problems, consequences of revolutions, and political, religious and social movements.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 363 - Methods of Social Research


    Description:
    Principles and applications of social research methods.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SOC 107 and 5 units of  sociology 300+ level courses.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 364 - Data Analysis in Sociology


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Sociology 363 is required as a pre-requisite for this course.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 365 - Minority Groups


    Description:
    Study of the social formation of minority groups in American society, their historical development, current conditions, and issues.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 366 - Sociology of American Indians


    Description:
    This course presents a sociological approach to Native American society. Specifically, it explores social institutions in Indian Country including political, economic, family, religious, and educational systems. Understanding the American Indian experience in relation to broader society is emphasized.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 367 - Sociology of Religion


    Description:
    The social organization of religious experience in small and large societies and the relationship of religious beliefs to human life.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 369 - Mass Media and Society


    Description:
    Relationship of the mass media to social institutions; including philosophy, responsibilities, regulations, and criticism. Variable topic, may be repeated for up to 8 credits. SOC 369 and COM 369 are equivalent courses.

    Credits: (4)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
  
  • SOC 370 - Social Change


    Description:
    Social processes, institutional development and revolutions.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 375 - Sociology of Conflict


    Description:
    Major theories of conflict in society. Applications of theories to contemporary United States. Investigation of major factors related to societal power and conflict.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 380 - Social Ecology


    Description:
    The structure and development of human communities as they interact with environmental conditions.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 382 - Sociology of the Future


    Description:
    A sociological analysis of predictions of the future. Principal questions will revolve around the effects of technology on social structure and the individual.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 386 - Seminar on Racism


    Description:
    An advanced level of study examining the nature and dynamics of social forces in American society that produce the phenomena of racism. The changing forms of racism that occur historically at the intersection of class and gender oppression.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 398 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SOC 399 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • SOC 415 - Urban Sociology


    Description:
    Growth, structure, and functions of the city; their relationships to surrounding and rural areas, urban ecological patterns, planning, and the problems of urban living.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SOC 107 and 10 units of  sociology 300-and-above level courses.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 425 - Sociology of Education


    Description:
    Impact of culture on schools. Examination of contemporary social trends and relationships among church, school, and government; contributions of sociology to the area of education in its broadest sense.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 442 - Social Welfare Policy


    Description:
    Review of U.S. social welfare policy, emphasis on 20th century social policies influencing nature of welfare state, and delivery of social services.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 445 - Social Inequality


    Description:
    The distribution of wealth, power, and prestige in society.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 107.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 447 - White-collar and Organization Crime


    Description:
    This course explores crimes by and against social organizations. Crimes by the organization include illegal behavior by corporations, governments, and crime syndicates. Crimes against the organization include illegal acts by trusted professionals.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 107.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 449 - Contemporary Native American Cultures and Issues


    Description:
    Analysis of contemporary Native American cultures and issues, including tribal sovereignty, resource management, education, religion, economic, and health status, and cultural continuity, and adaptation. SOC 440 and ANTH 449 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: either ANTH 341, ANTH 347, SOC 366, AIS 103, or permission of instructor.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SOC 450 - Social Theory II


    Description:
    Study of selected modern social theories, including structural functionalism, conflict theory, exchange theory, symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, and the dramaturgical school.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 350.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 459 - Organizations


    Description:
    Theory and research on the structure and development of organizations.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 460 - Community Structure and Organization


    Description:
    Community formation from inner-city to rural hamlet. Changes in community institutions and organizational life related to industrialization, politics, social stratification, and ethnicity. Students will conduct field research on specific community functions and social structures.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SOC 107 and 10 units of  sociology 300-and-above level courses.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 464 - Applied Data Analysis


    Description:
    Application of the principles of research methodology and statistical analysis to the collection and analysis of social data.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 364.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 470 - Contemporary Social Thought


    Description:
    Prospects for sociology theory.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 450.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SOC 488 - Colloquy


    Description:
    Current literature in sociology.

    Credits: (1-3)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to a total of 10 credits.
  
  • SOC 489 - Senior Seminar


    Description:
    A senior capstone course. Portfolio review, career planning, and program evaluation activities.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: senior standing and admission to either the sociology or social services major.

    Credits: (1)

  
  • Learning Agreement Forms

    SOC 490 - Cooperative Education


    Description:
    An individualized contracted field experience with business, industry, government, or social service agencies. This contractual arrangement involves a student learning plan, cooperating employer supervision, and faculty coordination.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: prior approval required.

    Credits: (1-12)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated for credit.
    Grading Basis
    Grade will either be S or U.
  
  • SOC 491 - Workshop


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SOC 492 - Sociology Teaching Experience


    Description:
    Experience in the classroom and/or laboratory teaching.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: senior standing and admission to the sociology major.

    Credits: (1-5)

    Consent
    By permission.
    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 10 credits.
  
  • SOC 494 - Research Practicum


    Description:
    Supervised experience in qualitative research.

    Credits: (1-5)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 10 credits.
  
  • SOC 495 - Sociological Research


    Description:
    Individual research project.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SOC 350, 363, and 364.

    Credits: (1-15)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 15 credits.
  
  
  • SOC 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SOC 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)

  
  • SPAN 151 - First-year Spanish


    Description:
    Develop elementary skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. For students with the equivalent of fewer than two years high school Spanish. Courses must be taken in sequence.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SPAN 152 - First-year Spanish


    Description:
    Develop elementary skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. For students with the equivalent of fewer than two years high school Spanish.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 151.

    Credits: (5)

    Notes:
    Courses must be taken in sequence.
  
  • SPAN 153 - First-year Spanish


    Description:
    Develop elementary skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. For students with the equivalent of fewer than two years high school Spanish. Courses must be taken in sequence.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 152.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SPAN 181 - Intensive Review of First-year Spanish


    Description:
    Intensive review of first-year Spanish for students with the equivalent of two years of high school Spanish who wish to continue with second-year Spanish.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: either at least two years of high school spanish, SPAN 151, or SPAN 152.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SPAN 251 - Second-year Spanish


    Description:
    Develop intermediate skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Courses must be taken in sequence.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SPAN 252 - Second-year Spanish


    Description:
    Develop intermediate skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Courses must be taken in sequence.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 251.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SPAN 253 - Second-year Spanish


    Description:
    Develop intermediate skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Courses must be taken in sequence.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 252.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SPAN 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SPAN 301 - Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Literature


    Description:
    This transitional course will prepare students for advanced literature courses by introducing the tools for analysis and critique of literary works in the various genres. Lectures, readings, and discussions will be conducted in Spanish.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: either SPAN 341 or SPAN 345.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 310 - Hispanic Civilizations and Cultures


    Description:
    This course focuses on the study of major historical and cultural events that have shaped Spanish-speaking societies. Lectures, readings, and discussions conducted in Spanish.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: either SPAN 341 or SPAN 345.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 341 - Spanish Composition and Grammar I


    Description:
    Development of writing skills through the practice of grammar, vocabulary, and rhetorical devices. SPAN 341 and SPAN 345 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 253

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 342 - Spanish Composition and Grammar II


    Description:
    Further development of writing skills through the practice of grammar, vocabulary, and rhetorical devices. SPAN 342 and SPAN 346 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 341.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 343 - Spanish Conversation


    Description:
    Development of speaking and listening skills through the practice of grammar, vocabulary, and communicative strategies.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 253.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 345 - Spanish for Spanish Speakers I


    Description:
    Grammar, composition and conversation for academic purposes for heritage speakers of Spanish. SPAN 341 and SPAN 345 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 253.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 346 - Spanish for Spanish Speakers II


    Description:
    Further development of grammar, composition, and conversation for academic purposes for heritage speakers of Spanish. SPAN 342 and SPAN 346 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 345.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SPAN 385 - Spanish Phonetics


    Description:
    Analysis of the Spanish sound system. Students will learn to describe, recognize, and produce the sounds of standard Latin American Spanish. Other dialects will also be examined.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SPAN 253.

    Credits: (4)

 

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