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Psychology Courses
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| Required Core Courses |
PSY 2300 Introduction to Psychology | 3 Credits
This course introduces the major concepts, problems and methods that psychologists use to investigate and understand the human mind. The focus of the course content is on six major topics of modern psychology: physiological psychology, learning, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, abnormal/clinical psychology, and social psychology.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Identify the basic functions of the brain and neurons
- Analyze empirical evidence
- Distinguish between the major types of memory
- Identify the major developmental theories of psychology
- Interpret cognitive dissonance
- Analyze Erikson's stage theory of development
- Summarize the basic concepts of Freudian psychoanalytic theory
- Examine intelligence testing
- Describe the fundamentals of abnormal/clinical psychology
- Integrate behavior therapy, cognitive theory and motivational research
- Identify the concepts of social psychology as applied to self and others
- Analyze sleep disturbances of dreaming
- Examine the association between sensation and perception
- Illustrate principles of learning and classical conditioning
- Analyze anxiety disorders
- Integrate concepts of behavior therapy
- Distinguish differences in gender roles
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate knowledge of the major approaches to therapy
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Biological foundations of psychology: the brain and the neuron.
· Sensation and perception.
· Learning: classical and operant conditioning.
· Memory and forgetting.
· Cognitive development and lifespan development.
· Sex roles.
· Personality theories.
· Psychometrics.
· Psychoanalytic theory and psychopathology.
· Social influence and human behavior.
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PSY 2301 Theories and Techniques of Counseling & Psychotherapy | 3 Credits
This course surveys contemporary theories and techniques of counseling. The main focus of the course includes the counseling process, a comparison of theoretical approaches and the exploration of professional and ethical issues and develops an understanding for effective therapy pracitce that includes a familiarity with the wide range of racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Learning Outcomes: - Identify major contemporary theories of counseling
- Identify therapeutic techniques associated with various theories
- Differentiate among the various theories of counseling
- Explain the ethical and professional aspects of counseling and psychotherapy
- Identify the personal characteristics of an effective counselor
- Discuss and describe how values, culture and personal characteristics could influence counselors
- Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Construct a theoretical approach
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of:
· Theoretical orientations of counseling and psychotherapy.
· Ethical and professional dilemmas.
· Personal and professional burnout.
· Values and conflicts.
· Application of therapeutic techniques and procedures for the various theories.
· Family Systems therapy.
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PSY 2302 Basic Abnormal Psychology | 3 Credits
This course explores the symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of mental disorders. The focus of study includes anxiety disorders, personality disorders, psychophysiological disorders, psychoses, substance use disorders, sexual disorders and organic disorders.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Differentiate among the various types of mental illness described in case examples
- Articulate the controversies in abnormal psychology
- Analyze emotional responses to stress
- Define Abnormal Psychology
- Discuss the criteria used to define abnormality
- Describe the biopsychological approach to abnormality
- Summarize legal and ethical issues related to abnormal psychology
- Describe adjustment disorders and life-cycle transitions
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Evaluate classification system of abnormal behavior
- Assess treatments of psychological disorders
- Classify mood disorders
- Illustrate treatments of psychological disorders
- Identify the major types of mental disorders
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts and begin to recognize:
· Causes of abnormal behavior
· Major classifications of mental disorders
· Major classifications of personality disorders
· Alcoholism and substance abuse disorders
· Maladaptive responses to stress
· Eating disorders
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PSY 2303 Introduction to Human Development | 3 Credits
This course introduces the Learner to the concepts of human development.
The course is designed to explore the basic concepts of human development and the psychological and physical development across the life-span. The focus is on intellectual and social development in children and the factors that affect this process.
Learning Outcomes: - Identify the various stages of development
- Differentiate between various developmental theories
- Identify the developmental stages of infants/toddlers, adolescents and/or parents of children in these stages through lab interview
- Apply concepts of developmental psychology as they relate to case studies
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Introduce self and identify your course objectives
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Differentiate between genes and chromosomes
- Examine the importance of reflexes in the development of infants
- Interpret the relationship of language and cognition
- Analyze the impact of early or late maturation
- Assess Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory of Development
- Evaluate the stage theory of adult development
- Identify a sensory change and physical change in middle adulthood
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts and begin to recognize:
· Theories of human development
· Developmental stages in the life span.
· Developmental stressors.
· Developmental crises and various adaptive and maladaptive responses.
· Stages of development as observed in live interview situations.
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PSY 2304 Fundamentals of Research Methodology | 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the area of research design and methods in the behavioral sciences. The focus of study is designed to familiarize the Learner with the area of research methodology and to prepare him or her for the more advanced courses to follow at the graduate level.
Learning Outcomes: - Summarize the fundamentals of research design
- Formulate ideas for psychological research
- Identify basic statistical concepts
- Differentiate between commonly used research designs
- Utilize APA standards in presenting research design and outcomes
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Illustrate a source of research information
- Demonstrate your knowledge of experiential research
- Show the problem of experimenter bias
- Summarize the ethical considerations of using animals in research
- Describe casual relationships between variables
- Compare specialized research designs
- Interpret single-subject designs
- Identify correlations in research
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of…
· The scientific method
· Research methods
· Internal and external validity
· Types of experimental and quasi?experimental designs
· Analyzing and reporting research findings
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PSY 2305 Cognition and the Brain | 3 Credits
This course Introduces concepts of physiological psychology and cognition. The focus of study is on the exploration of how brain structure relates to brain function, behavior and cognition.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Identify basic brain structures and related functions
- Define and explain behavior
- Examine sensory and motor divisions of the nervous system
- Explain how electrical activity of a neuron is generated
- Describe how drugs and hormones influence behavior
- Describe basic brain development
- Assess brain structure and function as it relates to perception and sensation
- Define and explain neurological aspects of behavior and emotion
- Examine the stages of sleep, the importance of REM sleep
- Define and understand memory function
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of …
· Brain organization
· Brain behavior
· Units of brain function
· Neuron activity
· Learning and memory
· Brain disorders
· Sleep
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PSY 2400 Introduction to Social Psychology | 3 Credits
This course explores social influences on behavior. The content of the course of study includes social perception and cognition, attitudes and attitude change, attraction, altruism, aggression, interpersonal influence and group processes. The course material will focus on how people think about, relate to, and influence one another.
Learning Outcomes: - Identify major social psychological concepts
- Describe the interrelatedness of social psychology, sociology, personality psychology and biology
- Discuss the accuracy of impressions, intuitions and explanations
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of social psychology
- Analyze cultural sources of attitudes
- Describe attitudinal and behavioral manifestations of positive and negative social relations
- Describe applications of social psychology to clinic and court settings and to the future
- Assess current areas of research and debate
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Identify correlational and experimental research
- Discuss the self in a social world
- Describe Milgram's obedience experiments
- Illustrate the conditions that predict conformity
- Interpret sources of prejudice
- Analyze causes of hostile and instrumental aggression
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of…
· Social psychology
· Social thinking
· Social influence
· Social relations
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PSY 2403 Ethical and Professional Issues | 3 Credits
This course describes the legal, ethical and professional issues facing the human services worker. This is an introductory course in ethics; designed both to provide a general overview in regard to psychology and related fields and to prepare undergraduate learners for more advanced coursework in the areas of ethics and law in the helping professions. The focus of study is on teaching ethical, decision-making and on increasing awareness of the complexities inherent in practice.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Examine major legal/ethical concepts
- Analyze ethical decision-making processes
- Assess ethics and organizational culture
- Analyze the potential legal/ethical challenges in computer-assisted counseling
- Examine current state laws and ethics codes as they relate to the helping professions
- List and define discovery procedures in the mental health profession
- Analyze the standards in ethical codes of privileged communication
- Explain the ethical issues of career counseling
- Discuss specific standards in ethical codes of confidentiality
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand these major concepts…
· Rationale for and purpose of professional ethics codes
· Familiarity with the APA principles and standards
· Knowledge of licensing laws and malpractice
· Insight into such ethical issues as confidentiality, minors, risk assessment and abuse
· The difference between laws and ethics.
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| Psychology Electives |
PSY 2401 Introduction to Human Sexual Behavior | 3 Credits
This course explains human sexuality focusing on social, clinical, developmental and biological components. It provides an objective explanation of sexual behavior and human reproductive functioning.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Identify different perspectives on human sexuality
- Analyze male anatomy, physiology and sexual response
- Examine sexually transmitted diseases and effective methods of prevention
- Assess current areas of research and debate in variations of sexual expression & behavior
- Analyze love relationships
- Examine the nature of communication
- Analyze sexuality throughout the lifespan
- Examine sexuality across various cultures and times
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of…
· Male and Female Reproductive Cycles
· Adolescent Sexuality
· AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
· Courtship and Romance
· Sex among the Elderly
· Sex and Disabilities
· Sexual Human Diversity
· Solo Play and Fantasy
· Computer, Radio and Television Sex
· Sexual Dysfunction and Treatment Options
· Legal and Ethical Issues
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PSY 2402 Introduction to Theories & Techniques of Group Counseling | 3 Credits
The course surveys contemporary theories and techniques of group counseling. The course content includes the exploration of group counseling process, comparison of various theoretical approaches, and an introduction to professional and ethical issues. The focus of study includes the impact of members on group identity, on other group members and leadership issues.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe various contemporary theories of group counseling
- Identify ones personal theoretical orientation for the group process
- Distinguish between the different theories of group counseling
- Analyze the ethical and professional aspects of group counseling
- Differentiate between ones own personal characteristics and the characteristics of effective group counselors.
- Identify ones own cultural values and assess its potential impact as a group counselor
- Explain the stages of group development and the tasks of the leader at each stage
- Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of:
· Leadership issues in group counseling.
· Fears and resistances.
· Dependence/independence conflicts.
· Fear of intimacy.
· Termination issues.
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PSY 2404 Crisis Intervention | 3 Credits
This course examines theories and techniques of short-term intervention and referral procedures. The focus of study includes suicide, battering, rape, death and disasters in the community.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Summarize the role of the professional counselor dealing with crisis
- Identify and describe basic attending skills
- Identify and describe the immediate problem presented of various clients
- Summarize the ABC model for Crisis Intervention
- Define how to manage crisis situations for a multitude of client challenges
- Create a directory of referral sources in the community
- Explain legal and ethical and multicultural issues as they relate to crisis interviewing
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- List resources of intervention methods and dynamics of a crisis
- List reading material for a particular crisis
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts and begin to recognize:
· Basic attending skills.
· Various crisis situations.
· Interventions dealing with clients in crisis.
· Alcoholism and substance abuse disorders.
· Maladaptive responses to stress and crisis and client's coping strategies.
· ABC model for crisis intervention.
· Community resources and readings for clients and therapists.
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PSY 2405 Introduction to Behavior Modification | 3 Credits
This course outlines behavior modification and cognitive behavioral therapy. The focus of study is on the presentation and incorporation of learning theory and the psychology of motivation.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Analyze cognitive-behavioral and behavioral interventions in treatment
- Differentiate between theories of operant and classical conditioning
- Discriminate between the behavioral, medical, and intrapsychic models of behavior therapy
- Analyze behavioral and cognitive strategies for the treatment of addictive behaviors
- Describe the theory of behavioral change based on the principles of learning theory
- Define the nature and treatment of pathological anxiety
- Analyze the behavioral interventions for schizophrenia
- Integrate course concepts through the use of student resource materials
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand concepts of…
· Cognitive-behavioral and behavioral interventions in treatment.
· Diverse behavioral, medical, and intrapsychic models.
· The psychology of learning, including classical and operant conditioning.
· Assessment and data collection such as the evaluation of overt behavior.
· The nature and treatment of pathological anxiety.
· Behavioral interventions for schizophrenia.
· The evaluation and treatment of eating disorders.
· The development of behavioral and cognitive strategies for the treatment of
Addictive behaviors.
· The study and practice of behavioral couples therapy.
· Clinical techniques by behaviorally oriented sex therapists.
· How behavioral medicine plays an important role in the management of a wide
Range of disease conditions.
· The principles and procedures of behavior management.
· An eclectic approach to treating children with ADHD.
· A fundamental parent-training model.
· The assessment and treatment of antisocial behavior in families.
· Diagnosis and treatment of depression in children and adolescents.
· Procedures in remediating adaptive behaviors in the mentally retarded
individual.
· The behavioral treatment of autism.
· Applications of behavioral techniques to children who are ill or injured.
· Progress and insight gained through clinical research.
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PSY 2406 Psychology of Communication | 3 Credits
This course explores the basic concepts of communication skills. The emphasis of study includes communication styles, couples' interaction styles, and provides a model of communication for analysis. The course content also includes an overview of both verbal and non-verbal human communication styles. Emphasis is on dysfunctional interaction styles and methodical techniques for improvement. Strategic intervention for effective communication will be addressed.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Differentiate between effective and non-effective communication
- Identify both verbal and non-verbal communication
- Apply strategies of active listening and assertive skills to daily living
- Formulate learning exercises to improve communication by utilizing the text concepts
- Identify healthy boundaries in relationship interactions
- Summarize the fundamental strategies for conflict resolution
- Describe the concepts of intercultural communication
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
Basic communication skills
Advanced interactive styles
Strategies for conflict resolution
Social adeptness
Family communication patterns
Public awareness techniques
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PSY 2407 Intercultural Psychology | 3 Credits
This course examines race and ethnic relations. Common concepts such as racism, discrimination, assimilation, oppression, and conflict are examined. This course analyzes patterns of roles as they vary within subpopulations, and changes over time in the values, attitudes and goals of both the general culture and subcultures. The goal of the course is to understand cultural diversity as it relates to the economic, educational, and political experiences and social realities of ethnic minority groups in the United States.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce yourself and share your objectives for the course
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Identify the basic concepts of racial and ethnic relations
- Differentiate among the major theoretical perspectives
- Identify the different beliefs and problems of specific ethnic groups
- Analyze the global expansion of racism
- Analyze theories of adaptation and conflict
- Identify patterns of racial and ethnic adaptation
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will be expected to...
· Be familiar with the different types of discrimination.
· Be able to articulate the future of ethnic and racial relations.
· Understand the theories of adaptation and conflict.
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PSY 2408 Current Issues in Psychology and Health | 3 Credits
This course compares and contrasts humanistic and holistic approaches to pathology and wellness. This course is a blend of social, behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and biological approaches to the study of health, illness, and medical care. The focus of study is on the exploration of new therapeutic modalities and the issues emerging from current developments and trends.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- List and define the basic terminology used in the health sciences and the study of wellness
- Describe what determines health-related behavior
- Identify important factors in the treatment exchange
- Evaluate the inter-relatedness of psychological processes, stress, and physical illness
- Differentiate between the various stress management approaches for health maintenance
- Analyze a patient's perspective on chronic illness
- Formulate a weight loss plan to promote wellness
- Create a personal health plan combining social, behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and biological basis for yourself
- Illustrate ways in which health care practitioners can improve client compliance with treatment
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· A wellness plan
· Health-related behavior
· Noncompliance
· Treatment exchange
· Chronic illness
· Relapse rates
· Psychological processes
· Physiology
· Cardiovascular effects of exercise
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PSY 2409 Marriage and Family | 3 Credits
This course examines the major challenges, and changing trends facing families and marriages. The focus of study is on the exploration of families and marriages as dynamic systems, social organizations, and as social institutions. Areas of study will include the family in historical perspective, family life course, socialization within families, gender roles, parent-child relations, sexual orientation and non- traditional families are explored.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Analyze common problems of the aged
- Describe the range of sexual norms
- Analyze the impact of work on family life
- Describe the family life cycle
- Analyze the feminization of poverty and social policies to relieve this problem
- Identify the complexities of cohabitation, divorce, and stepfamilies
- Identify multicultural differences in family lifestyles
- Differentiate between homogamy & endogamy of partner selection
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Marriage, family and kinship roles
· Multicultural and subcultural differences
· Sexual norms and sexual socialization
· Impact of work on gender and social roles in the family
· Marital conflict and divorce
· Single parent families and stepfamilies
· Family life cycle
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PSY 2410 Psychology of Adjustment | 3 Credits
This course analyzes how to make satisfying choices in all areas of life and emphasizes how to improve self-esteem, enhance communication skills, and become more aware of human behavior. This course offers the Learner the chance to gain an appreciation of individual differences, learn about the influence of significant life events and situations, and develop coping skills for everyday problems. The focus of study includes self-actualization and autonomy, managing stress, types of intimacy, authentic and inauthentic love, embracing diversity and pathways to self-exploration and self-understanding.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Examine wellness and life choices as related to significant life stages
- Analyze childhood and adolescence and the impact on current behavior
- Describe ABC theory of personality
- Integrate methods of managing stress
- Discriminate between the significance of love, sexuality, and intimate experiences
- Examine death and loss as life stages
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learner will understand major concepts of...
· Stages of personality development
· Active learning styles
· Defense mechanisms
· Gender role expectations
· Wellness and life choices
· Authentic and inauthentic love
· Myths and misconceptions about sexuality
· The AIDS crisis
· Intimacy and relationships
· Confronting fears of loneliness
· Stages of dying and loss
· Values and personal identity
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PSY 2411 Psychology in Business | 3 Credits
This course supports how to apply psychological concepts to improve personal effectiveness in the workplace. The focus of study includes coping with a variety of personalities, group and group decision making, leadership and influencing others and achieving personal productivity.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce yourself and share your objectives for the course
- Synthesize course concepts through interaction and discussion with other Learners
- Demonstrate proficiency in interpersonal skills such as motivating others, constructive criticism, overcoming barriers
- Differentiate between effective coping techniques such as dealing with employer-employee conflict & managing stress
- Formulate possible opportunities made possible through creative decision-making
- Identify and define the terms used on the job such as autocratic manager, positive reinforcement, etc.
- Summarize relevant concepts regarding the world of work
- Integrate course concepts through the use of internet resources
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology
- Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively
- Demonstrate ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Individual differences and work behavior
· Motivation
· Managing stress and burnout
· Conflict resolution
· Personal relationships on the job
· Small group communication
· Leadership skills
· Personal productivity
· Culture of Latino/Hispanic Americans
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General Education
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ENG 1101 English Composition I | 3 Credits
This course is an introductory course in college writing, emphasizing writing as a process. It focuses on generating and organizing ideas, conducting library research, developing paragraphs, improving sentence structure; reviews conventions of punctuation, grammar, spelling, and usage as needed.
Learning Outcomes: - Identify the basic principles of effective writing.
- Summarize the sequence of steps in writing an effective paragraph.
- Illustrate how to write a simple paragraph.
- Define the organization of specific evidence in a paper by using a clear method of organization.
- Plan your sentences to flow smoothly and clearly.
- Evaluate a paragraph for unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills.
- Explain how to develop an exemplification paragraph.
- Illustrate how to write a process paragraph.
- Develop a cause and effect paragraph.
- Illustrate how to write a compare/contrast paragraph.
- Explain how to write a division-classification paragraph.
- Show how to write a description paragraph.
- Develop a narrative paragraph.
- Develop an argument paragraph.
- Compare the differences between a paragraph and an essay.
- Illustrate how to use the Internet to find books on your topic.
- Explain the six steps in writing a research paper.
- Explain the relationship between subject and verb.
- Identify sentence fragements.
- Define fused sentences.
- Identify standard english forms of vebs.
- Show an understanding of subject/verb agreement.
- Identify pronoun types.
- Illustrate the use of adverbs and adjectives.
- Demonstrate proper format in written communication.
- Demonstrate the use of proper punctuation in written communication.
- Demonstrate proper paper formatting.
- Integrate the correct use of capital letters in your written communication.
- Integrate the usage of proper punctuation in you writing.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Good writing
· The writing process
· Audience
· Persona
· The process of revision
· Sentence structure
· Paragraph development
· Abstract/concrete language
· Connotation, metaphor and tone
· Argumentative writing
· Writing mechanics
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ENG 1102 English Composition II | 3 Credits
This course focuses on applied writing using references, citations, and a bibliography. It includes writing a research paper. It enables the student to develop skills of narrowing the subject, note-taking, reading for research, developing a research strategy and library research techniques.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Demonstrate the structure of the traditional essay.
- Define the sequence of steps in writing an effective essay.
- Show how to develop and support a thesis.
- Connect specific evidence in the body paragraphs of an essay .
- Demonstrate revision capabilities so that your sentences flow smoothly and clearly.
- Evaluate an essay for unity, support, and coherence.
- Describe the nine major patterns of essay development.
- Analyze descriptive writing for its strengths and weaknesses.
- Analyze narrative writing for its strengths and weaknesses.
- Write using examples to illustrate a specific point.
- Explain a process — how to do or make something — in writing.
- Illustrate cause and effect - in writing, in order to help a reader understand something.
- Show in writing how two things are similar (comparing) or different (contrasting).
- Illustrate definition writing.
- Explain a subject by dividing it or by categorizing its constituent parts according to a single principle.
- Analyze written arguments for their strengths and weaknesses.
- Summarize 5 important steps in taking essay exams.
- Illustrate the steps necessary in writing summaries.
- Illustrate the steps necessary in writing reports.
- Illustrate the steps necessary in writing a resume.
- Discuss the basic information you need to utilize your college library.
- Identify the six steps to writing a research paper.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Topic ideas.
· Print and electronic research techniques.
· Research strategy.
· Note taking techniques.
· Citation style format.
· Methods of development.
· The finished research paper.
Course Concepts: ENG101 English Composition I
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ENG 1200 American Literature | 3 Credits
3 Credits
This course will trace the development on our national identity through selected readings from the founders of American democracy to the “American Renaissance” period of Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and beyond to the beginnings of modern literature in Whitman, Dickinson, and Twain.
Learning Outcomes: - Analyze the significant areas of American society in the literature of Reason and Revolution, 1770 – 1815.
- Discuss literary themes, symbolism and language in the literature of Romanticism.
- Identify the themes of individualism in transcendentalist writers.
- Explain the concept of civil disobedience in the works of Henry David Thoreau.
- Compare the themes, style and language in the works of romantic poets.
- Compare and contrast the realists/regionalists style with that of the romantic writers.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Course Concepts: Learner will understand major concepts of...
· Symbolism
· Romanticism
· Romance novel
· Gothic literature
· Transcendentalism
· Individualism
· Civil disobedience
· Literary realism
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ENG 1406 Professional & Technical Writing | 3 Credits
The course will prepare learners for their professional lives in scientific, technical, or public service fields by helping them organize their knowledge while exploring ways of applying it, thus developing their professional expertise. A variety of media and formats will be studied, including websites, emails, proposals, memos, and instructions.
Learning Outcomes: - Outline general strategies and legal considerations in writing.
- Discuss the fundamentals of the basic communication process.
- Apply graphics and visuals to make writing more aesthetically appealing.
- Explore document design options and presentation features.
- Review methods of computer research and citation formats.
- Identify errors in writing such as definition fallacies.
- Summarize considerations regarding the law and the writer's audience.
- Prepare a manual, as well as other product-support items.
- Practice various methods of written correspondence.
- Compose a resume and cover letter in order to prepare for a job interview.
- Write a brief report using the guidelines in the text.
- Compose proposals and longer reports.
- Produce fliers, brochures, and newsletters.
- Write professional papers, such as the technical scientific paper, as well as academic papers.
- Discuss how to engage in verbal communication, such as telephone conversations and group discussions.
- Discuss various types of visuals and how to manage them.
- Design and manage a website.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of:
· Using grammar repair
· Using the word processing tool
· Preparing manuals
· Deriving the sources of a definition
· Applying legal considerations
· Writing letters and electronic correspondence
· Analyzing reports
· Writing abstracts and summaries
· Using and writing a scientific or technical research report
· Researching material
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| Humanities |
HU 1104 The Art of Wondering | 3 Credits
This is a course that teaches philosophy in a way that is as interesting as it is enlightening. By applying philosophic thinking tools to a host of original ideas gleaned from the world’s foremost thinkers, it will expose you to a wide range of perspectives and attitudes. The course nurtures analytical skills while critically engaging students in the question of some of life’s true meanings.
Learning Outcomes: - Summarize basic philosophical problems.
- Explain alternative answers to philosophical problems.
- Describe the art, skill and use of philosophical analysis and synthesis.
- Investigate the fields of philosophy of religion, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics.
- Acquire philosophical skills as conceptual clarification and the ability to evaluate and construct sound arguments in order that they might reason more clearly and effectively.
- Participate in the use of philosophical skills for conceptual clarification and the ability to evaluate and construct sound arguments in order that they might reason more clearly and effectively.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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HU 1120 Introduction to Humanities I | 3 Credits
This course is an inquiry into the study of the humanities that focuses on the concept of cultural roots. It emphasizes the learner's personal growth and takes place on three levels - historical, aesthetic, and philosophical. The course has an interdisciplinary approach to the comparative humanities, including a study of literature, philosophy, music, the visual arts and history. The Learner will develop an understanding and appreciation of man's cultural heritage from the beginning of time to the Renaissance.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe the difference between culture and civilization.
- Summarize the significance of the Dark Ages
- Analyze how religion helped to shape Green culture.
- Discuss the rise of Hellenism.
- Recognize classical style in Greek visual arts.
- Discuss the milestones of Hebrew histore from 2000BCE to 70CE.
- Examine Rome's Major Literary Eras.
- Recount the culture of Rome.
- Identify the Judeo-Christian cultural root.
- Analyze the rise of the middle ages.
- Illustrate the leading features of the Islamic religion and the role that it plays in islamic culture.
- Discuss the historic firsts achieved in the High Middle Ages.
- Examine the thrological struggle going on at this time.
- Recognize the characteristics of early Renaissance painting and its impact on later styles.
- Assess what is meant by the term Early Mannerism.
- Discuss the commercial revolution and the shift in economic power from the Mediterrain to the North Atlantic.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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HU 1121 Introduction to Humanities II | 3 Credits
This course continues the Learner's inquiry into the study of the humanities with the focus on the concept of cultural roots. This course emphasizes the Learners personal growth and takes place on three levels- historical, aesthetic, and philosophical. The Learner will understand and appreciate man's cultural heritage from the beginnings of modernity in the Renaissance, the seventeenth century Baroque Age, the eighteenth century European Enlightenment, Romanticism, the nineteenth century Industrial Revolution to the Modernist and Postmodernist movements in the twentieth and twenty-first century.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe the interdisciplinary humanities.
- Discuss humanism in the Early Italian Renaissance.
- Identify art, architecture and music in Florence.
- Describe the Northern Renaissance and Protestant Reformation.
- Explain the consolidation of modernity in the seventeenth century.
- Recognize Baroque style in art and literature in the seventeenth century.
- Identify masters of Baroque music.
- Recognize arts at the court of Louis XIV.
- Describe the European Enlightenment.
- Describe the Enlightenment in the United States.
- Recognize classical style in music.
- Identify romanticism in art, literature, and music.
- Discuss industrialism and the humanities.
- Identify Modernism in the visual arts and literature.
- Discuss new Americans on the world cultural scene.
- Recognize Postmodernism in art and literature.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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HU 1205 Introduction to Theater | 3 Credits
This course is designed to give Learners a broad based survey of theater arts and explore the professional aspects of the theater. The focus of this course is to compare, contrast and examine the aspects of live theater including dramatic structure, theater production, history and performance.
Learning Outcomes: - Interpret the idea of performance.
- Differentiate between theatre and religious festivals.
- Explain the importance of the historical and cultural context of a play.
- Define the internal and external approach to acting.
- Analyze the director's deciding factors in choosing a play.
- Illustrate the interaction between designers in staging a play.
- Compare musical theatre production to nonmusical (drama) theatre production.
- Differentiate between European realism and American realism.
- Analyze the statement
- Describe what is meant by
- Assess the shifts back and forth between two pairs of characters in a scene.
- Examine the fundamental elements of structure: character, plot, language, music, and spectacle.
- Explain tragicomedy.
- Demonstrate forced perspective.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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HU 1410 World Religions | 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the historical, geographic, mythical, ritual, psychosocial, anthropological, and doctrinal differences among the major world religions is presented. The focus is on perspectives and practices revolving around the educational value of studying religions and encountering diversity.
Learning Outcomes: - Develop appreciation for the overall nature, scope, function and purpose of religion.
- Compare the prehistoric and historic roots of the world’s major religions.
- Examine differing beliefs in god and/or gods and goddesses.
- Describe doctrines and values.
- Identify basic world religions’ literature.
- Describe differing world views of major religions.
- Examine key myths and rituals.
- Analyze how beliefs are manifested in daily life.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand these concepts:
· Sympathetic magic
· Nature of religion in prehistoric and primal cultures
· Ritual and Rites
· Myth
· Initiation
· Animism
· Henotheism
· Polytheism
· Pantheism
· Theism
· Karma
· Reincarnation
· Resurrection
· Salvation
· Nirvana and Satori
· Afterlife
· Illusion
· Ultimate reality
· Source of suffering
· Immortality
· The meaning of life
· Yin and yang
· Spirit visitation and ecstatic experience
· Priesthood and Shamanism
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HU 1420 Critical Thinking | 3 Credits
This course examines a wide variety of deliberative processes that will enable the learner to evaluate claims and arguments in everyday life. It integrates inductive and deductive logic; examines non-argumentative persuasion, pseudo-reasoning, and a variety of topics relevant to the task of making sound decisions and problem solving.
Learning Outcomes: - Learn the definitions of argument, premise, and conclusion.
- Differentiate between a value judgment and an issue.
- Identify unstated or implied premises in an argument and identify them.
- Familiarize yourself with the basic principles of organization and focus as they apply to writing argumentative essays.
- Demonstrate how ambiguity can threaten clarity.
- Illustrate the issues of credibility that arise in advertising.
- Define what rhetoric is.
- Understand how psychological fallacies relate to good arguments.
- Identify examples of the
- Assess and use categorical claims with familiarity and comfort.
- Analyze and work with truth-functional arguments.
- Explain what inductive arguments are.
- Describe the purpose of random selection in setting up a generalization.
- Differentiate between an argument and an explanation.
- Explain the special nature of moral reasoning.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
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| Math |
MATH 1105 Mathematics for Business | 3 Credits
This course provides the Learner with the opportunity to develop skills in business math transactions. The focus of this course will be on percents, discounts, markups and markdowns on retail prices, payroll, simple interest and maturity value, discount notes, and the metric system.
Learning Outcomes: - Demonstrate the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers.
- Illustrate the three types of fractions.
- Demonstrate the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions.
- Explain the place value of whole numbers and decimals.
- Demonstrate the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals.
- Demonstrate keeping an accurate checking account balance.
- Interpret personal financial statements.
- Explain the basic procedures used to solve equations for the unknown.
- Compute sales and cash discounts, markup, markdown, and break-even pricing.
- Calculate markups based on cost and selling price.
- Calculate employee gross pay, and employee payroll taxes.
- Analyze simple interest and maturity value for months and years.
- Define the structure of promissory notes and the simple discount note.
- Differentiate between simple and compound interest and compare present value with compound interest.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Demonstrate your understanding of the applications of percents.
Course Concepts: Learners should understand major concepts of…
· Basic arithmetic operations.
· Percents, ratios and proportions.
· Maintaining accurate checking account records.
· Information contained in financial statements.
· Overhead expenses, inventories, and depreciation.
· Payroll and payroll taxes.
· Various business taxes.
· Simple interest.
· Sales pricing.
· International business.
· Statistics in retail and merchandising operations.
· Time value of money.
· Investment evaluation and selection
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MATH 1200 Algebra | 3 Credits
This course focuses on the practical application of numeric, algebraic, and graphic techniques of Algebra using equations and inequalities, graphs, polynomials, exponential and logarithmic functions, and sequences, series, and probability analysis.
Learning Outcomes: - Solve for a specified variable in a formula or literal equation.
- Identify and simplify imaginary and complex numbers.
- Express a relation in mapping notation and ordered pair form.
- Graph functions that are piecewise defined functions.
- Use the factor theorem to evaluate polynomials.
- Solve applications involving with oblique or nonlinear asymptotes.
- Find the domain of a logarithmic function.
- Calculate simple interest and compound interest.
- Visualize a solution in three solutions.
- Solve a system of linear inequalities.
- Recognize inconsistent and dependent systems.
- Use determinants to find whether a matrix in invertible.
- Locate points that are an equal distance from a given point and a given line.
- Distinguish between the equations of a circle, ellipse, and hyperbola.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Exponents and Radicals
· Variation
· Polynomials
· Parabolas, Hyperbolas, and Ellipses
· Logarithms
· Linear Programming
· Determinants
· The Binomial Theorem
· Difference Quotient
· Algebraic Expressions
· Quadratic Equations
· Inequalities
· Zeros of Polynomials
· Rational Functions
· Partial Fractions
· Infinite Sequences
· Mutually Exclusive Events
· Laws of Exponents
· Vertices
· Symmetry
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MATH 1305 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | 3 Credits
This course introduces the Learner to the basic design methodologies and statistical techniques used in behavioral sciences. Some of the topics considered are mixed and correlation designs, analysis of variance and data collection procedures. These topics are divided into two parts: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe statistics.
- Examine the scales of measurement.
- Interpret frequency of distribution.
- Explain the rules for graphing.
- Compare measures of central tendency.
- Summarize standard deviation and variance.
- Explain the binomial probability distribution.
- Describe the characteristics of the normal curve.
- Demonstrate the step-by-step procedure for null testing.
- Identify the sampling distribution of the differences between sample means.
- Illustrate the visualization of ANOVA concepts.
- Summarize the advantages of the two-factor design.
- Compare correlation and causation.
- Demonstrate the chi square goodness-of-fit test.
- Explain the Mann-Whitney U Test.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of†&
· Central tendency.
· Variability.
· Independence.
· Binomial Distribution.
· Probability.
· Sampling Distribution.
· Inference.
· Hypothesis testing.
· Analysis of variance.
· Confidence level.
· Multivariate design.
· Regression study.
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MATH 1110 College Mathematics | 3 Credits
This course is designed to be a math course covering topics that are essential for students in any discipline. Topics to be covered are arithmetic, measurement, data analysis, introductory algebra and signed numbers.
Learning Outcomes: - Increase/improve students' quantitative literacy.
- Illustrate proficiency solving quantitative problems they will experience in their lives.
- Recognize mathematics as an intellectual exercise and a way of thinking.
- Learn to appreciate the visual and intellectual beauty of mathematics.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
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MATH 1115 Pre-Calculus | 3 Credits
Pre-Calculus provides the concepts and skills that should be mastered before enrollment in a college-level calculus course. The students will study and explore the following types of mathematical functions: linear; polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric. In addition students develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.
Learning Outcomes: - Illustrate linear inequalities in oNe variable.
- Solve quadratic equations.
- Identify functions, function notations, and graphs of a function.
- Analyze the graph of a function.
- Graph polynomial functions.
- Define the intermediate value theorem.
- Calculate exponential equations graphically.
- Distinguish the properties of logarithms.
- Interpret the trigonometry of real numbers.
- Explain the transformations and applications of trigonometric graphs.
- Describe the inverse trig functions and their applications
- Summarize the law of cosines.
- Calculate linear systems using matrix equations.
- Classify linear systems in two and three variables.
- Interpret nonlinear systems of equations and inequalities.
- Simplify computations for the rotation of axes.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
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MATH 1210 Geometry | 3 Credits
This course covers traditional topics of geometry; course, lines, angles, triangles, circles, parallel and perpendicular lines and their relationships are studied. Through an informal and intuitive approach, students will explore and apply geometric principles. Deductive reasoning and the role of proof in mathematics are strongly emphasized.
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| Natural Science |
NS 1103 Introduction to Geology | 3 Credits
This course studies the physical processes and serves to introduce the geological forces at work in the environment. It covers such topics as weathering, soil, rocks, ground water, glaciers, earthquakes, mountain building and geologic time.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Explain the structure and history of the earth and the solar system.
- Distinguish the composition of rocks and minerals
- Identify and energy and mineral resources.
- Describe the theory of plate tectonics.
- Assess the causes of earthquakes.
- Describe the nature of volcanic activity.
- Explain the hydrologic cycle.
- Explain the formation of shorelines.
- Rank the factors that influence slope stability.
- Contrast the various types of erosion.
- Describe the greenhouse effect.
- Explain the significance of ground water.
- Distinguish between soil erosion and soil formation.
- Distinguish between energy and mineral resources.
- Describe the formation of oil and natural gas deposits.
- Explore the various alternative sources of energy.
- Analyze waste disposal strategies.
- Describe the major components of water pollution.
- Identify measures that have been taken to clean up our waterways.
- Describe the major components of air pollution.
- Identify measures that have been taken to clean up our air.
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NS 1105 General Biology | 3 Credits
This course explores the principles of cellular life, inheritance, and evolution in the context of biodiversity. Further, it investigates how plants and animals function. Ecology is also introduced as a discipline of the biological sciences, introducing such concepts as the ecosystem and biosphere as relevant to the course.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Explain how biology as the study of life encompasses biologically important molecules, cells and organisms.
- Identify the influencing interactions with and between atoms.
- Classify the four major categories of biological molecules.
- Interpret the units used in measuring cells and sub-cellular structures.
- Describe the types of energy that can be found within living systems.
- Explain what effects metabolic pathways have on living processes on Earth.
- Examine the structure of DNA.
- Summarize the five staged of cell cycle in which normal function occurs.
- Following DNA structure and the cell cycle explain how genes are put into action.
- Discuss how genes controlling certain traits are passed from generation to generation.
- Assess the current state of knowledge about biotechnology.
- Explain the relationship of cellular mechanisms to cancer.
- Summarize Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
- Assess the effect of oxygen in the atmosphere had on the evolution of metabolic processes.
- Explain how fungi obtain nutrients and reproduce.
- Explain the statement
- Compare the diversities seed plants have in order to accomplish sexual reproduction.
- Describe the interactions between the nervous system and senses; and moving bones and muscles.
- Discuss the relationship between the digestive process and human nutritional needs.
- Identify how circulator, respiratory and excretory systems work together.
- Examine the critical role the endocrine system plays in the maintenance of the human body.
- Demonstrate the techniques available in reproductive technologies.
- Describe the complexities of the immune system using HIV and AIDS to elucidate viral action.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Cell structure and function.
· Mitosis and meiosis.
· DNA structure and function.
· Human evolution.
· Plant tissues, nutrition, and development.
· Animal tissues and the functions of all major systems.
· Ecosystems and the biosphere.
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NS 1106 Health and Nutrition | 3 Credits
This course gives an overview of the personal responsibility of health for a lifetime of physical, psychological, emotional and social well being. An important theme is prevention. It discusses the necessary skills you need, the habits you form, the choices you make, the ways you live day by day to shape your health and your future.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of common health terminology.
- Discuss how genetic inheritance plays an important role in a person’s health.
- Describe influences on the development of mental health and mental illness.
- Summarize the strategies to build a spiritual life.
- Explain both the stress response and the relaxation response.
- Assess the physiological origin of sleep and wakefulness.
- Discuss the nutritional guidelines for Americans set forth by the United States.
- Analyze the strategies to incorporate physical activity for life.
- List ways to promote a healthy body image.
- Explain the different approaches to treatment for alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence.
- Illustrate the differences between drug use, misuse, and abuse.
- Examine the patterns of tobacco use in the United States.
- Compare different ways in which people pursue and establish love and intimacy.
- Discuss common varieties of sexual behavior and expressions.
- Describe the various forms of contraception available to men and women in the United States.
- Assess the current level of violence in the United States.
- Explain the major causes of injury and death in the home and work site.
- Compare how overpopulation relates to both energy and natural resources.
- Discuss the biological defenses that the body has to fight infection and disease.
- Describe how the cardiovascular system works.
- Discuss the known risk factors for cancer.
- Classify the basis of traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, and naturopathic medicine.
Course Concepts: Learners will understand major concepts of...
· Psychological wellness.
· Stress management.
· Healthy and unhealthy eating behaviors.
· Physical fitness.
· Relationships and roles.
· Sexual health and reproductive choices.
· Harmful habits and addictions.
· Protecting your health and reducing health risks.
· Death and the process of grieving.
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NS 1107 Environmental Science | 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of earth environments (physical, geological, hydrologic, atmospheric, and biological) and their interactions; modifications (use and misuse) of the physical environment; current environmental issues. Learners will gain an awareness of the importance of Earth's systems in sustaining our daily lives, plus the scientific foundation and tools needed to apply critical thought to contemporary environmental issues.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Define Environmental Science.
- Demonstrate how critical thinking can help us understand environmental issues.
- Describe environmental systems.
- Examine the interactions among species.
- Analyze the relationship between population growth and the impact it has on the environment.
- Explain the nine major terrestrial biomes.
- Design a plan outlining the steps that can be taken to preserve global forests.
- Explain why soil is a living resource.
- Define environmental health.
- Summarize the relationship between the greenhouse effect and our environment.
- Assess the ways water can be conserved.
- Compare the differences in the continental crust and the oceanic crust.
- Identify where we get most of our energy.
- Describe the major components of the waste stream.
- Explain the relationship between economics and urbanization.
- Discuss how environmental policy is formed.
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NS 1400 Anthropology | 3 Credits
This course uses global and holistic perspectives to examine the economic, social, political, cultural and ideological integration of society. It is the study of people of all periods beginning with the immediate ancestors of humans through the development of humans until the present.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Describe the major subfields of anthropology.
- Illustrate how anthropology is a scientific discipline.
- Classify the evidence for geological evolution.
- Explain how new species evolve from existing ones.
- Define the characteristics of culture.
- Describe the taxonomic system of classifying and naming species.
- Compare the different types of primates and the traits that distinguish them.
- Summarize what you know about the evolution of primates.
- Compare human sexual behavior to that of most mammals.
- Define what scientific evidence refutes the existence of biological human races.
- Measure what we know about the social organization of non human primates.
- Compare the different types of marriages we find in human societies.
- Define the features of the human communication system.
- Compare the variable features of religious systems.
- Describe the processes that bring about change within a cultural system.
- Discuss the ways culture and biology interacts to produce human behavior.
- Explain how anthropological knowledge can be applied to modern concerns.
- Define the status of our species today.
Course Concepts: · What is anthropology?
· Genetics and evolution
· Primate evolution: from early primates to hominoids
· The origins of culture and the emergence of homo
· The Upper Paleolithic world
· Origins of food production and settled life
· Origins of cities and states
· Human variation and adaptation
· The concept of culture
· Social stratification and economic systems
· Political life: social order and disorder
· Associations and interest groups
· Psychology and culture
· Applied and practicing anthropology
· Global social problems
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NS 1203 Physical Geography | 3 Credits
This course examines spatial elements of the physical environment; its air, water, climate, landforms, rocks, soils, plants, ecosystems, and biomes – and how we interact with these elements. Students are introduced to the nature and characteristics of these elements, their distribution over the earth, and their interrelationships. It is the study of the natural world around you.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe how various landscapes are formed.
- Identify the elements of weather and climate.
- Summarize the impact of temperature on the landscape.
- Explain the general circulation of the atmosphere.
- Differentiate between the phase changes of water.
- Analyze the effects of transient atmospheric flows and disturbances.
- Illustrate the world distribution of major climate types.
- Assess the cycles and patterns in the biosphere.
- Distinguish between the different zoogeographic regions
- Describe the structure and composition of earth.
- Evaluate the effects of internal processes on the landscape.
- Recognize the preliminaries to erosion.
- Discuss the impact of fluvial processes on streams and stream systems.
- Explain the characteristics of desert surfaces.
- Examine the impact of waves and currents on the landscape.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practice ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
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NS 1205 Introduction to Oceanography | 3 Credits
Oceans cover seventy percent of the Earth’s surface, regulating our climate and maintaining our atmosphere. This course is designed to provide an introduction to Oceanography by highlighting several components of the marine environment. Topics include: extent of the oceans, waves, currents, and tides, plant and animal life of the sea, the nature and topography of the oceans, and the relationship between oceans and weather and climate. There will be a strong emphasis on understanding the basic ocean processes.
Learning Outcomes: - Differentiate between a scientific hypothesis and a theory.
- Illustrate the major seafaring routes of the great voyages of discovery.
- Calculate the mean depth of the oceans.
- Differentiate between the lithosphere, asthenosphere, and mesosphere.
- Explain three different ways to classify sediments.
- Classify the physical properties of water.
- Illustrate the attenuation of light in open ocean water and costal water.
- Describe how sea surface salinity is modified by evaporation, precipitation, and runoff from the continents.
- Outline the Earth's heat budget.
- Explain the properties of water masses in each ocean basin.
- Diagram the formation of surface current gyres.
- Locate the major surface currents on a map of the oceans.
- Describe the process of wave formation, wave generating and restoring forces.
- Illustrate the motion of the ocean surface in a rotary standing tide.
- Diagram and explain the movement of sand in a coastal circulation cell.
- Explain the importance of marine wetlands.
- Differentiate between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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| Social Science |
SS 1102 U.S. Government | 3 Credits
The course will present the fundamentals of the US government, covering the structure and function of our political systems. An emphasis is placed on the national government, with comparisons and contrasts made to state and local government. Learners will study the foundations of democracy, the role and use of power and authority as held by different groups over time, the three branches of government, political participation and behavior, and more.
Learning Outcomes: - Introduce self and explain course expectations
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
- Describe the roots of the American democratic system.
- Differentiate between direct and indirect or representative democracy.
- Summarize the basic ideas upon which the early American colonies were based.
- Define and understand the meaning of Federalism.
- Explain the differences that exist between the House and the Senate with regard to how a bill becomes law.
- Identify the differences between presidential powers in domestic and foreign affairs.
- Identify the factors that work to enhance and impede the independence of the judicial branch of government.
- Outline the modern organization of the executive branch of the federal government.
- Describe the evolution of sophisticated polling techniques during the 20th century and their impact on elections.
- Summarize the functions of American political parties.
- Assess the four key influences on voter choice and be able to explain why these are primary influences.
- Know the importance of the First Amendment protections enjoyed by interest groups.
- Demonstrate the importance of access to free, unbiased information in a democracy.
- Evaluate ideological bias in the media via journalists, editors, and ownership.
- Examine the challenges to freedom of the press in the twentieth century.
- Trace the important legislative steps taken to achieve African American equality.
- Differentiate between equality of opportunity and equality of result
- Analyze the policy-making process as a political process.
- Examine the sources of government revenue.
- Summarize the goals of American foreign relations.
- Identify constraints upon the powers of both the president and Congress in foreign policy
Course Concepts: Participants will understand major concepts of…
· Democracy.
· American political culture.
· Liberalism.
· Conservatism.
· Rights and liberty.
· Capitalism.
· Public opinion.
· Proportional representation.
· Interest groups.
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SS 1103 United States History to 1877 | 3 Credits
This course examines United States history from European settlement through the Civil War. The focus of this course will be on the political and economic history of the United States. Topics to be covered will include: development of American slavery; consequences of the American Revolution; industrial growth; and the Civil War.
Learning Outcomes: - Explain the impact of the development of agriculture on Native American society.
- List the factors contributing to the development of western European interest in exploration and discovery.
- Point out the factors that accounted for the French reluctance to immigrate to the New World.
- Discuss the issue of dissent in Puritan society.
- Describe the conditions of the Middle Passage.
- Discuss the characteristics of eighteenth-century colonial urban centers.
- Define the Albany Congress and the reasons for its successes and failures.
- Discuss the First Continental Congress and list its major accomplishments.
- List the major accomplishments of the Second Continental Congress.
- Explain the challenges faced by George Washington in transforming the Continental Army into professional military troops.
- Compare and contrast the fundamental provisions of the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
- Explain the impact of the Revolution on Native Americans.
- Outline the provisions of the Bill of Rights.
- Identify and explain the historical significance of the Monroe Doctrine.
- Explain the reasons for the Burr conspiracy and comment on its outcome.
- Explain the importance of the Texas issue in the 1844 presidential election.
- Outline the provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
- Explain the meaning of the term Underground Railroad.
- Distinguish geographically, economically, and demographically among the Upper South, the Lower South, and the Border South.
- Identify two Supreme Court decisions that offered protection and support for railroads.
- Outline the path of the Oregon Trail and describe the overlanders who used the trail to migrate west.
- Explain the philosophy of Manifest Destiny.
- Outline the four proposals that shaped the national debate on slavery by 1846.
- Discuss the essential differences that divided the North and South by 1860.
- Describe the initial responses in the North and South to the outbreak of Civil War.
- Point out the reasons the Battle of Antietam is considered a turning point in the Civil War.
- Explain the Reconstruction policy of the radical Republicans and identify their leaders.
- Explain the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment and its impact on the women’s suffrage movement.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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SS 1104 United History Since 1877 | 3 Credits
This course examines United States history from the end of the Civil War to the present. The focus will be on the central ideas and conflicts which shaped American society since the Civil War. Topics to be covered will include: Reconstruction; industrialization; two world wars; the depression; the women’s movement; civil rights; the cold war and the political environment to the present.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe the South’s response to defeat in 1865.
- Explain the long-term impact of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
- Asses the impact of southern urban growth on late nineteenth-century southern culture.
- Identify Thomas A. Edison and describe his contribution to nineteenth-century technology.
- Distinguish between and define vertical integration and horizontal integration.
- Comment on the involvement of Christian denominations in the effort to “Americanize” Native Americans.
- Explain the role of the railroad in promoting the migration of western settlers.
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of supporters of the Democratic and Republican parties at the turn of the century.
- List the economic issues that sparked a crisis among farmers in the late nineteenth century.
- Discuss Roosevelt’s program for conservation of natural resources.
- Outline the justifications that Americans used for their late nineteenth-century imperialism.
- Identify Secretary of State John Hay and outline the principles of his Open Door policy.
- Explain the European political events that led to World War I.
- Identify the issues and events occurring in fall 1916 and spring 1917 that finally culminated in the American entry into World War I
- Identify the candidates and indicate the outcome of the presidential election of 1924.
- Define the terms open shop, yellow dog contract, and welfare capitalism and explain their relevance to corporate treatment of labor during the 1920s.
- Outline the causes of the Great Depression.
- List the positive and negative outcomes of the New Deal in terms of its impact on American politics.
- Explain Adolf Hitler’s agenda on the European continent.
- Identify the new opportunities created for women by the wartime economy.
- Identify the provisions of the GI Bill of Rights.
- Identify four factors that explain American fear of subversion during the 1950s.
- Discuss the growth of the American economy during the 1950s.
- Explain the realist position regarding the American role in Vietnam.
- Explain the significance of the Camp David Agreement.
- Identify and explain the major components of the Reagan economic agenda.
- Identify HIV/AIDS and discuss its role in American political culture.
- Describe the characteristics of the new economy that emerged in the United States during the 1990s.
- Explain the rationale for, and results of, U.S. military actions in Iraq.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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SS 1200 Sociology | 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the systematic study of human society. It examines the nature and scope of sociology, its terminology and concepts; studies sociological perspectives, social processes, social institutions, development of society, and characteristics of social life. Learners are introduced to the basic processes of human interaction that result in social change
Learning Outcomes: - Define sociology as a social science.
- Discuss the ethics of social research.
- Discuss the various elements of culture.
- Discuss the role of socialization.
- Explain the various elements of social structure.
- Describe the various types of groups.
- Discuss the various roles of media from the functionalist perspective.
- Define and discuss the elements of social control.
- Discuss the various sociological perspectives on stratification.
- Discuss social policy on universal human rights.
- Define racial, ethnic, and minority groups.
- Explain the social construction of gender roles.
- Define the conflict approach to age stratification.
- Describe the various compositions of family.
- Explain the sociological approach to religion.
- Describe the nature of schools as formal organizations.
- Identify the various types of authority.
- Summarize the elements of socialism and capitalism as economic systems.
- Describe the health care system in the United States.
- Distinguish between the nature of central cities, suburbs, and rural communities.
- Illustrate the issues surrounding world population policy.
- Classify the various theories of collective behavior.
- Examine the influence of economic and cultural factors on resisting social change.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
Course Concepts: Learner will understand major concepts of...
· Sociological approach
· Culture and socialization
· Deviance
· Social stratification
· Class
· Racial and gender inequality
· Families Education
· Religion
· Power and politics
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SS 1107 African American History to 1877 | 3 Credits
This course looks at African American History from the age of discovery through the reconstruction period. This course emphasizes the events, people, and ideas that have made an historical contribution. The primary focus of this course is for learners to gain a deeper understanding of the meanings of freedom, liberty, equality, and citizenship by understanding the experiences of African Americans and by analyzing the historical concerns. African Americans are not a separate people with a separate history but are American – this course will also look at how African Americans has shaped the U.S. political, social, and economic landscape through reconstruction.
Learning Outcomes: - Describe the various social science disciplines that help reconstruct the past for a people with an oral tradition.
- Summarize the early achievements of the West African Kingdoms.
- Explain the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Europe, Africa, and the Americans.
- Assess what the Africans brought to the American experience.
- Illustrate the important role that Africans played in Colonial American.
- Interpret how white settlers justified slavery.
- Describe how the American Revolution let to the emancipation of slaves in the North.
- Examine the lifestyle of free blacks in contras tot that of slaves.
- Interpret how the Missouri Compromise was a political compromise between slave and free interests.
- Examine the political and government institutions that led up to the Civil War.
- Outline the causes of the Civil War.
- Identify the key events and impact of the Reconstruction era in terms of its impact on African Americans.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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SS 1108 African American History: 1877 to Present | 3 Credits
This course presents to learners historical concerns, interests, and problems confronting African Americans from reconstruction to the present. The African American historical experience and their contributions to the United States history since 1877 are examined. This course is an interpretation of past human interactions and their consequences; it makes clear that the study of history demands imagination and critical thinking. The textbook provides a solid framework for understanding African American history within the context of American History.
Learning Outcomes: - Explain why the reconstruction era was referred to as the Gilded Age.
- Describe conditions that signaled the end of the reconstruction era.
- Analyze the reasons for the formation of the NAACP,
- Define the role of African American in the American labor movement.
- Demonstrate the influence the Great Migration and the war years had on African American acceptance into society.
- Summarize the influence that the Great Depression had on America's black population.
- Apply the four freedoms to African Americans at this time.
- Discuss the influence of unions on improving the plight of African American workers.
- Explain Brown v. Board of Education.
- Describe the move towards greater radicalism in the civil rights movement.
- Evaluate the relationship between radicalism and institutional change.
- Discuss the policies of the Bush administration and their affect on America's African American population.
- Examine ways in which race continues to influence African American potential.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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SS 1205 Women’s History in America | 3 Credits
This course is designed to be an analysis of the role women has played throughout United States History. This course will examine broad themes including domesticity, suffrage, health, employment, race, war and feminism and how these broad themes have affected women’s lives in the United States. This course will move chronologically through American History focusing on the expectations and changing roles of women and, how differently history looks when viewed with a women’s perspective.
Learning Outcomes: - Explore the meaning of women's status across cultures and historical periods.
- Explain how women have attempted to define, maintain, or gain power in changing historical circumstances.
- Identify common dilemmas/struggles faced by women.
- Inquire into women's differences based on race, class, and other factors.
- Study gender as a system of power relations that manifests its self in many realms of American history.
- Explain the effects of sexual division of labor.
- Illustrate the changing roles of women in wartime.
- Describe the struggle to achieve the suffrage for American Women.
- Examine significant constitutional issues and Supreme Court cases since 1877.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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SS 1217 Cultural Anthropology | 3 Credits
This course introduces the Learner to the study of diverse human cultures leading to an understanding of the concept of culture and its importance to understanding human behavior. Topics include language, kinship, gender, economics, politics, ecology, and religion. The emphasis is on understanding each culture from its own point of view rather than from our own.
Learning Outcomes: - Define what it means that anthropology is the holistic and comparative study of humanity.
- Identify and distinguish between the four subfields of anthropology.
- Distinguish between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism and how both relate to human rights.
- Identify the major ethnographic techniques and what kinds of information they collect.
- Explain what medical anthropology is.
- Differentiate between an illness and a disease.
- Describe Focal vocabularies and explain why they exist.
- Distinguish between ethnicity and race.
- Demonstrate what adaptive strategy is and how Cohen used it to classify different societies.
- Define the four basic types of politic systems.
- Differentiate between sex and gender and between gender roles and stereotypes
- Assess how sexualities and gender vary across cultures.
- Illustrate how industrialism has affected family organization.
- Identify and distinguish between incest, exogamy, and endogamy.
- Summarize how religion can be factor of change.
- Discuss the dynamic nature of artistic expression and the factors that influence changing perceptions of the arts.
- Introduce self and explain course expectations.
- Integrate the course concepts through interaction with other Learners and your Mentor.
- Access information efficiently and effectively.
- Evaluate information critically and competently.
- Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
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