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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


      Courses numbered from 101–299 are lower-division courses, primarily for freshmen and sophomores; those numbered from 300–499 are upper-division courses, primarily for juniors and seniors. The numbers 296, 396, 496, and 596 designate individual study courses and are available for registration by prior arrangement with the course instructor and approval of the department chair.

The number in parentheses following the course title indicates the amount of credit each course carries. Variable credit courses include the minimum and maximum number of the credits within parentheses.

Not all of the courses are offered every quarter. Final confirmation of courses to be offered, information on new courses and programs, as well as a list of hours, instructor, titles of courses and places of class meetings, is available online in Safari which can be accessed through the Wildcat Connection, and go to www.cwu.edu/registrar/course-information. The registration handbook will assist you in navigating through Safari and is available online at www.cwu.edu/registrar, click on Registration Handbook and then 2012-2013 Registration Handbook, a copy is also available in Registrar Services or your university center office.    

 

Safety and Health Management

  
  • 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, SHM 373, SHM 375, SHM 377, or SHM 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, SHM 472, SHM 474, SHM 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: SHM 352 or SHM 353, and either SHM 371, SHM 373, SHM 375, SHM 377, or SHM 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)


Safety Education

  
  • SED 298 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SED 382 - Driver Task Analysis


    Description:
    Introduction to traffic safety education, the highway transportation system, driver task analysis, classroom instruction techniques.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SED 180.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • SED 398 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SED 481 - Teaching Traffic Safety Education: Classroom and Simulation Instruction


    Description:
    Methods, materials and techniques for teaching classroom and simulation. Experience in teaching beginning drivers.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SED 382 and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • SED 482 - Teaching Traffic Safety Education: In Car


    Description:
    Methods, materials and techniques for teaching in dual-control vehicles. Experience teaching beginning drivers.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SED 382 and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SED 484 - Safety Program Supervision


    Description:
    Development and management of a total school safety program.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SED 382.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • SED 491 - Workshop


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  
  • SED 498 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SED 499 - Seminar


    Credits: (1-5)


Science Education

  
  • SCED 301 - Interdisciplinary K-8 Science Inquiry


    Description:
    Interdisciplinary investigation of applied life, physical, and Earth science concepts applicable to K-8 classrooms using integrated contexts. Applied inquiry processes are used to increase student knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

    Credits: (5)

    Notes:
    Six lecture/lab hours per week.
  
  • SCED 311 - Science Concepts for Teachers


    Description:
    An in-depth examination for the science concepts applicable to K-12 classrooms using an individualized and inquiry-based approach. Online and community recourses are utilized to enhance existing science content knowledge and understanding.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SCED 322 - Science Education in the Elementary School


    Description:
    Techniques, selection of materials and appropriate subject matter for the various grade levels. Demonstrations and student investigative activities for use in classroom science teaching.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and conditional or full admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (4)

  
  • SCED 323 - Teaching Middle School Mathematics and Science


    Description:
    Prospective teachers will learn and use the methods and materials needed to teach middle school students mathematics and science with emphasis on the use of experiments, manipulatives, problems solving, cooperative learning, and communication of understanding. SCED 323 and MATH 323 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: MATH 324 or EDEL 323 or SCED 324 or SCED 322, current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and application to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (3)

    Consent
    By permission.
  
  • SCED 324 - Science Education in Secondary Schools I


    Description:
    Methods, techniques, and materials appropriate for teaching science in secondary schools. Curriculum, planning, and experiments for use in teaching.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: EFC 330 and SCED 401, current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • SCED 325 - Science Education in Secondary Schools II


    Description:
    Applied field experience for teaching science in secondary schools. Planning, instruction, and management for teaching science. Enrollment is subject to full admission to the Professional Education Program.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: SCED 324, admission to the Teacher Certification Program, and current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • SCED 354 - Science, Society and the Teaching Community


    Description:
    Teacher candidates will learn the nature and context of science, compare science with other ways of knowing, describe the relationship between science and the community, gain skills in integrating community resources with the classroom.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (3)

  
  • SCED 398 - Special Topics


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SCED 401 - Interdisciplinary Secondary Science Inquiry


    Description:
    Interdisciplinary investigation of applied life, physical, and earth science concepts applicable to secondary school classrooms using integrated contexts. Applied inquiry processes are used to increase student knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: one laboratory course from two of the following areas: biology, chemistry, geology, or physics.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SCED 411 - Field Experience in Communicating Science to the Public


    Description:
    Applied field experience in communicating science to the public. Methods, techniques, materials, and practices for effective communication of scientific ideas, and methods. SCED 411 and SCED 511 are layered courses, students may not receive credit for both.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: senior standing.

    Credits: (2)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 4 credits.
  
  • SCED 422 - Advanced Teaching Strategies in Elementary Science


    Description:
    Further develop knowledge and skills of elementary science teaching with a particular emphasis on the science inquiry process, assessment of student knowledge and cross-curricular integration. Includes teaching practica.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SCED 322.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SCED 487 - Teaching Secondary Science Seminar


    Description:
    Students compile knowledge, skills, and dispositions evidence and reflect on performance relative to professional standards. Students discuss current secondary science education issues, participate in program assessment, prepare for endorsement exam, and complete an electronic portfolio.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: students must plan to teach within a year of enrolling in this course.

    Credits: (2)

  
  • SCED 491 - Workshop


    Credits: (1-6)

  
  • SCED 495 - Science Education Research


    Description:
    This course introduces pre-service science teachers to qualitative and quantitative methods of action research. Course requires completion of a research project of the student’s design.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: current WSP/FBI fingerprint clearance, and admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

    Credits: (1-3)

    Repeatable for Credit
    May be repeated up to 6 credits.
  

Science Honors Program

  
  • 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.

Science, Technology & Mathematics Enhancement

  
  • STEP 101 - Science Seminar I: Research Experience


    Description:
    First course in three-quarter freshman science series.  Students gain practical introduction to the scientific process through designing and conducting experimental, laboratory and field investigations. Students must take STEP 101, 102, and 103 to receive credit for Applications of Natural Science breadth area.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: enrollment in STEP Program.

    Credits: (2)

    General Education Category
    NS-Application Natural Science (W)
  
  • STEP 102 - Science Seminar II: Interdisciplinary Research Theme


    Description:
    Second course in three-quarter freshman science series.  Students will take an interdisciplinary approach toward a class research project centered on a single theme. Students must take STEP 101, 102, and 103 to receive credit for Applications of Natural Science breadth area.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: STEP 101 and enrollment in STEP Program.

    Credits: (3)

    Consent
    By permission.
    General Education Category
    NS-Application Natural Science (W)
  
  • STEP 103 - Science Seminar III: Current Topics


    Description:
    Third course in three-quarter freshman science series.  Topical survey of active research efforts by faculty and students in science, technology and mathematics fields at CWU. Students must take STEP 101, 102, and 103 to receive credit for Applications of Natural Science breadth area.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: STEP 102 and enrollment in STEP Program.

    Credits: (1)

    General Education Category
    NS-Application Natural Science (W)
  
  • STEP 301 - Bridge Seminar I: Survey of Research Opportunities


    Description:
    First course in two-quarter sequence for incoming transfer students. Students are introduced to undergraduate research opportunities at CWU and learn to write an effective research proposal.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite:student must be enrolled in STEP Program.

    Credits: (1)

    Consent
    By permission.
  
  • STEP 302 - Bridge Seminar II


    Description:
    Second course in a two-quarter sequence for incoming transfer students. Students develop research and critical thinking skills through careful reading of scientific publications and hands-on experiments.

    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisites: STEP 301, and admission to the STEP program, or by permission of instructor.

    Credits: (2)

    Consent
    By permission.

Sociology

  
  • 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-Found Human Adaptations (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: (5)

  
  • 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 cross-listed 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 358 - Sociology of Sexualities


    Description:
    Exploration of how sexualities are socially constructed and controlled. This course we use a sociological lens to examine how sexualities directly and indirectly shape our daily lives, adopting both a life-course and cross-cultural perspectives to understand the fluidity of sexuality.

    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 or permission from the instructor.

    Credits: (5)

  
  • SOC 364 - Data Analysis in Sociology


    Prerequisites & Notes:
    Prerequisite: SOC 363.

    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 under a different title. COM 369 and SOC 369 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.

    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 449 and ANTH 449 are cross-listed 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)

 

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