Course Descriptions, 2008-09

All courses are three credits unless otherwise specified.

Accounting

ACC125E Introduction to Accounting I

This course provides acquaintance with the entire cycle of recording procedures through the corporate balance sheet approach, adjustments, final statements, and closing books. It includes the study of controlling accounts and voucher systems.

ACC126E Introduction to Accounting II

This course includes the study of partnerships and corporation accounting, manufacturing accounts, cost controls, classification of accounts, handling of cash, funds and reserves, consignments, and analysis of statements. Prerequisite: ACC125E

ACC135E Managerial Accounting

The analysis of theory and the practice of liability reporting and asset evaluation in the accounting cycle and in the generation and interpretation of financial statements are included in this course. In addition, there is an introduction to cost accounting and its role in management decisions, budgets, and forecasting. Prerequisite: ACC126E

ACC200E Intermediate Accounting I

This course is the first half of a two-semester study of financial accounting and reporting problems. Topics include generally accepted accounting principles and their application to financial statement presentation, cash, receivables, inventories, present value concepts and productive resources. Emphasis is on the theory and practice of providing useful information to external financial statement users. Prerequisite: ACC126E

ACC201E Intermediate Accounting II

This course is the second half of a two-semester study of financial accounting and reporting problems. Topics include current and long-term liabilities, investments, stockholders' equity, accounting for income taxes, pensions, leases, earnings per share and cash flow. Emphasis is on the theory and practice of providing useful information to external financial statement users. Prerequisite: ACC200E

ACC210E Cost Accounting

Deals with the processing, reporting, and use of accounting data for managerial decision making. This course focuses on the use of cost accounting as a highly developed quantitative device for
the selection and achievement of objectives. Emphasis is on cost-volume-profit relationships, job order costing, process costing, standard costs, budgeting, and performance evaluation.
Prerequisite: ACC126E

ACC211E Accounting Information Systems

The overall objective of the course is to develop a framework for the analysis and design of accounting information systems. Based on this framework, the objective is then to show the student how to analyze, design, and implement accounting information systems that satisfy the transaction processing, reporting, and decision-making requirements of management. Prerequisite: ACC126E; CSC113E recommended.

ACC310E Taxes

This course focuses on federal income tax law as it applies to individuals. The course is geared toward a practical approach to tax law, with an introduction to tax planning and research. Prerequisite: ACC201E or permission of instructor.

ACC320E Advanced Accounting

This course concentrates on advanced applications of financial accounting concepts not considered in depth in previous courses. Topics covered may include: partnership organization, operation, and liquidation; business combinations; special financial reporting issues, interim reports, business segments; Securities and Exchange Commission requirements; and financial reporting by multinational companies. Prerequisite: ACC201E

ACC311E Corporate and Partnership Taxes

The course objective is to impart a working knowledge of federal taxation with particular emphasis on corporations, partnerships, fiduciary taxes and transfer taxes. The course is geared to the practical application of the tax law and the resources available for problem solving. Prerequisite: ACC310E

ACC420E Auditing

An introduction to auditing theory. The course includes professional ethics, legal liability, internal control and working papers, auditing practices and procedures, standards, and the composition of the auditing report. Prerequisite: ACC201E

Anthropology

ANT 131E Cultural Anthropology

This course will be an overview of the discipline of cultural anthropology, introducing the student to diverse cultures around the globe through reading and analysis of anthropologists' writings about their work. Readings will show that humans in different cultures have developed different solutions to the same problems. Emphasis will be placed on techniques for learning about other cultures, and the theories and concepts used to understand why humans behave as they do.

ANT 132E Introduction to Archaeology

A survey of the field of archaeology, including these topics: the history and goals of archaeology; methods for recovering, dating, preserving, analyzing, and interpreting archaeological data; and the contributions of archaeology to a study of the past. May include sections on the archaeology of New England, the archaeology of foraging societies, and the origins of agriculture.

ANT 220E       Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion

A cross-cultural study of humankind’s responses to the wonder and terror of the process of nature, and efforts to control these processes through interaction with, and manipulation and control of, supernatural beings, power, and events. Emphasis is placed on the diversity of the human religious experience in its broadest sense. This class considers both anthropological theory and ethnographic data.

Art

ART121E        Introduction to the Study of Art

This course is designed as a study of the formal elements and subject matter particular to the three major visual art forms of painting, sculpture and architecture. The student is introduced to method in art study, and is encouraged to develop his/her own capacity to look at and understand some of the great masterpieces of the world.

ART175E Digital Photography

This project-based studio course serves as an introduction to digital photography as it applies to the fine arts. Students explore technical and aesthetic foundations of photography through the latest digital technology. Digital cameras, scanning, and image manipulation software is covered as well as an examination of the history of photography and its role as a form or artistic expression. Students are required to supply their own digital cameras. Lab fee: $75.

ART223E        Renaissance Art

Painting, sculpture and architecture of the Italian 15th century from its beginnings in Giotto through its flowering in Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo. While our emphasis is on the specific beauty of the art works themselves, we also show their connection to the great intellectual revolutions of the times, the growth of cities, trade and science. Also studied are the two aesthetic currents of line and volume; the rise of anatomy and perspective; the impact of Savanarola, the Medici and neo-Platonism; and the frictions and resolutions between religious and secular aesthetic interests. We will worry, as they did, over the role of material realism, beauty, the nude and classicism in art.  

ART225E        Meaning of Modern Art

This study shows Modern Art to be a single unified cultural style evolving logically and relentlessly from the two central values of modern times: science and individualism. From its birth in 1860 to its death in 1960, each substyle (e.g., cubism, surrealism) and each personal style (e.g., Chagall, Kandinsky) is shown to be an inevitable step in the overall evolution of Modern Art through its "search," "flowering," and "extremist periods," the three traditional stages of any cultural style. Its extraordinary systems of meaning and beauty are shown to be unique in art history and shed light on modern attitudes and concern.

Biology

BIO102E Human Biology -- Health and Disease

Learn how the human body functions in health and when struck by disease. A course for non-science majors that surveys the functional systems of the body, the organs that compose them, and the interactions among them. Special attention is given to disease processes.

BIO116E Nutrition

Learn to sort through the competing and often contradictory messages about nutrition. The course presents the basic principles of normal nutrition, emphasizing the role of nutrients in the body’s functioning, food as a source of the nutrients, and the body’s utilization of nutrients. The processing, selection and preparation of food to meet physiological, cultural and psycho-social needs throughout our life cycle are discussed. Common nutrition-related health problems in the United States are examined. Principles of diet therapy are introduced.

Communications

COM 170E Creative Publishing with InDesign

Learn to create top-notch flyers, posters, ads, brochures, and other publications for business or personal use. Principals of good design are taught using Adobe InDesign to produce high-quality, attractive publications. Emphasis is on learning to include graphics and documents created in other programs like word processing into your publication without having to recreate them.

COM313E Communication Issues in Contemporary Organizations

Is your message getting through? Can you hear me now? This course examines the nature and function of communication in present-day organizations. After studying various forms of communication (individual and group; formal and informal; verbal, non-verbal and electronic), students will link theory to practice by investigating specific communication practices in their own organizations.

COM380E Intercultural Communication

How do we communicate across borders and cultures to achieve our goals in life? As the global economy shares resources, technology, and communication strategies, the need for understanding the variety of cultures and behaviors is imperative for effective interactions and sound business practices. This course reviews the theories behind organizational communication in relation to the demographic changes in the workforce. Discussions include cultural differences and gender factors that influence communication activities, barriers and problematic issues that challenge successful communication transactions, and cultural views of leadership and the effect on management styles and practices.

COM400E Communications Practicum

This practicum serves to integrate prior studies in communications within an experiential learning project and is required of all candidates for the communications certificate program in their final semester. Projects are planned and carried out by students under faculty guidance. Contact the Center for more information on planning for the practicum.

Computer Science

CSC113E Introduction to Computers

This course presents an overview of computers and their application. Students work on both the Mac and PC microcomputers. Topics include word processing and Internet as well as hardware, software, authoring systems, and multimedia. Use of a computer outside of class time is required.

CSC118E Internet

Learn to use and navigate the Internet like a professional. This course allows students to explore the Internet and other online services. Topics include a short history of the Internet and other online services, e-mail, connecting to remote systems, list servers and news feeds, downloading of information, searching techniques, web page creation, and ethics.

CSC119E Presentation Graphics with PowerPoint

Learn how to make powerful and memorable presentations that reach your audience. This course examines the creation of professional and effective graphical presentations using the computer program of Microsoft’s PowerPoint. The focus is on producing presentations for different types of audiences and includes overheads, handouts, and on-screen presentations. Students explore the different managerial styles, organizational structures, networks, and message flows as they apply to informational skills.

CSC 170E Creative Publishing with InDesign

Learn to create top-notch flyers, posters, ads, brochures, and other publications for business or personal use. Principals of good design are taught using Adobe InDesign to produce high-quality, attractive publications. Emphasis is on learning to include graphics and documents created in other programs like word processing into your publication without having to recreate them.

CSC 175E Databases and Spreadsheets

This course covers the establishment and effective use of a database using Access: design, screen forms and data-entry, queries, updating, linking related tables, report generation, and export/import to other programs. It also presents the design and application of spreadsheets using Excel: formatting, ranges, built-in functions, user defined formulas, array formulas, table-lookups, summaries by pivot tables, graphing, linking, and macros. Some mathematical background is assumed. Prerequisite: CSC 113 or equivalent.

CSC180E Electronic Communications and Multimedia

This course explores communicating with computer-based systems.  Students develop web sites using Dreamweaver.  Two-dimensional and 3-D graphics principles and use are surveyed using drawing programs, Photoshop, and Infini-D. Students explore digital video use for the web as well as studio applications. Content will include underlying characteristics and principles of electronic communication systems. Students will use both Macintosh and Windows systems. Prerequisite: CSC 113E or equivalent                               

CSC220E Multimedia Development for the Web

This course explores the use of tools to implement interactive web-based multimedia. Students develop sound, video, and 3D graphics/animation effects with controls. Software includes Shockwave, Macromedia Director, Authorware, 3D Studio Max, After Effects, and Infini-D. Basic Java Script controls are also introduced. Both Windows and Macintosh O/S will be used for development. Prerequisite: CSC180E or equivalent.

CSC315E E-Commerce

Learn to use the fastest-growing marketplace in the world! This course is an introduction to the world of electronic ,covering technical and business topics. Case studies and business examples, including triumphs and flops, are analyzed. The course considers ways that EC is affecting the business community, and the problems managers face as they adapt to doing business in cyberspace. Prerequisite: CSC113E

Criminal Justice

CRJ100E Introduction to Law Enforcement

Are the “cops” shows on TV an accurate depiction of what really goes on in law enforcement? This course is an examination of various aspects of police operations and administration. Topics include the purpose and types of police patrol, communications, public relations, and the elements of effective management policies. Police organization and bureaucracy are also examined.

CRJ110E Introduction to Corrections

In 2005, over 7 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole – 3.2% of all U.S. adult residents, or one in every 32 adults. Is the correctional system part of the problem, or part of the solution? This course is designed to address correctional issues from policy making to treatment modalities. The issue of historical perspective and its relation to corrections today is a major focus, in addition to providing comprehensive coverage of topics such as custody versus treatment, private versus public interests, confinement versus community-based alternatives, current trends in corrections, and the challenges facing the practitioners.

CRJ242E Criminology

The course examines the patterns, causes, and consequences of crime, and the ways in which the criminal justice system attempts to deal with the crime problem in the United States. Topics include: analysis of how laws are created; theories of crime causation; penology, the relationship between crime/criminal justice and social class, race/ethnicity, and gender; fear of crime; the social construction of crime in the media; the growth of the prison system; and an assessment of the efficacy of alternative "crime-fighting" strategies such as community policing.

CRJ243E Juvenile Delinquency

Why do children do the terrible things we read about in the paper or see on the evening news? Is it really as bad as it seems? This course is an analysis of the origins of the societal category “Juvenile Delinquency” and a search for causes and cures of juvenile delinquent careers. The course also examines the major contemporary issues in the field. Topics include: decriminalization, deinstitutionalization, court diversion, radical non-intervention, community arbitration, and community-based corrections.

CRJ244E Children in Crisis

Child abuse is a violation of an innocent youngster and a gross assault on the values of society. This course focuses on the characteristics and dynamics of sexual predators within our communities who prey on children, and considers the efforts at prevention, intervention, and prosecution designed to break the child abuse cycle. Issues include: sexual misconduct in Massachusetts schools; the dangers of the Internet; shaken baby syndrome; priestly sexual abuse; repressed memories; balancing children’s safety and sex offender’s rights; sentencing issues; and the case of Andrea Yates.

CRJ245E A Study of Violent Crime

This course surveys the nature and extent of violent crime in actual crime cases and examines the social structures in our society that allows violence to exist. Topics for review include gang war, molestation of children, sex and violence, and family violence. High profile cases will include Commonwealth v Porter, Commonwealth v Stewart, and California v Peterson.

CRJ246E White-Collar Crime

Bad guys used to wear black; now they wear Armani. This course covers the theoretical explanations for white-collar crime committed by individual offenders and corporations. Areas of study include fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, bribery, insurance and healthcare fraud, identity theft, internet crimes, terrorism, and software piracy. Students study the extent and costs of these crimes, victim and offender profiles, and corporate liability.

CRJ248E Introduction to Criminal Justice

Does the criminal justice system work? This course focuses on the criminal justice system and issues concerning the jury system, the principle behind defense of insanity, defendants’ rights, a judge’s authority in sentencing, the role of the district attorney, and public safety.

CRJ249E Cyber Crime

Nearly all business transactions depend on computer technology today, creating a whole new venue for criminal activity. The course focuses on computer-related high-technology crimes. Areas of study include privacy issues, electronic commerce, computer-related evidence, hidden criminality, encryption, new legal precedents, and the stance of corporations. Students study an electronic crime scene, the fundamentals of internet investigations, and the need for technical expertise in law enforcement, the courts, and the legislature. The course examines the computer’s role in crime, its use as a tool and a target, and the manner in which enforcement extends beyond its jurisdiction.

CRJ250E Introduction to Forensic Psychology

This course examines the field of forensic psychology and explores the historical origins and evolution of the domain as an emerging scientific discipline. Students are exposed to current theories and theorists who contribute to the field, and examine sociopathy, psychopathy, criminal profiling, and the realities of forensic psychology. Ethical considerations in conducting forensic evaluations are discussed as well as legal case law.

CRJ251E Introduction to Forensic Science

This course examines the many different fields of study within forensic science. Students review the theories and the application of science in the collection, examination, interpretation, and evaluation of evidence collected during a criminal investigation. Terminology and important legal case law is introduced.

CRJ260E Great American Criminal Trials

Criminal trials have been the ultimate means to determine guilt or innocence in American society from colonial times to the present.  Criminal trials have been a prime source of popular entertainment, public ritual and real-life human drama.  This course focuses upon the background of the crime and the highlights of the trial, including:  jury selection; introduction of evidence; whether or not the defendant takes the stand in order to testify; the verdict and its appropriateness of lack thereof; and the impact of the trial on the government and the defendant.  Included are landmark cases such as U.S. v Hinckley, Florida v Smith, California v Simpson, Commonwealth v Amireault, Connecticut v Skakel, and the New Bedford Rape Trial.

CRJ265E Terrorism in the United States

How do we fight and defend ourselves against an unseen enemy? This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of preparing an organization and community for terrorism in the 21st century. The focus is to provide an understanding about the tools and methods used to plan for, respond to, and deal with the consequences of a domestic terrorist incident involving nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons of mass destruction.

Economics

ECO110E Principles of Microeconomics

Introduces fundamental concepts and definitions of economics, quickly reviews basic price determination through supply and demand, then takes a closer look at consumer demand and the output and price-setting decisions of the business firm. Examination of business decisions provides the basis for an evaluation of the efficiency of a market system, separating the theory of competition from the reality of market power. Students address the principles of supply and demand as they apply to the factors of production. Other topics may include income inequality and poverty, the theory of international trade, and economic planning and its problems. Prerequisite: MAT111E

ECO111E Principles of Macroeconomics

Following a descriptive examination of the principal institutions of the American economy, the course is devoted to analysis of the basic theory of aggregate economic activity and the application of the theory to current policy programs. Topics include national income accounting, the determinant of the level of income and employment, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policies, and economic growth and stability. Prerequisite: ECO110E

ECO115E Statistics

The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding on an introductory level of how statistical inferences are made in the face of uncertainty. The underlying role of probability is stressed. A secondary purpose is the application of various test designs to formulated research questions. These designs include: tests, analysis of variance, chi square analysis, and linear regression. Prerequisite: MAT114E

ECO325E Corporate Finance

Following a survey of all major financial markets and institutions, the principles and techniques utilized in the solution of problems encountered in the financial management of business during organization, expansion, and failure are examined. Particular attention is given to the problems of the corporation. Prerequisites: ACC125E, ACC126E, ECO110E, ECO111E, ECO115E

ECO357E Investment Theory

An examination of investing using economic analysis. Topics discussed include: types of investments, investment objectives, investment return and risk, security analysis, portfolio theory, the efficient market hypothesis, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, and the capital asset pricing model, among others. Prerequisites: ECO110E, ECO111E, ECO115E

English

ENG100E Speech

Learn to use the power of speech effectively, and overcome the fear of public speaking. This is a course in the fundamentals of public speaking. Emphasis is on content, form, and delivery of the most common types of short speeches such as introducing a speaker, presenting information, persuading an audience, demonstrating a technique or process, and impromptu speaking. Self-evaluation, oral and written comments, videotapes, and conferences are included.

ENG112E Professional and Academic Writing

This course provides practice in writing to inform and persuade, and prepares students for successful writing for college and career. Emphasis is on audience, organization, summary, analysis, use of sources, documentation, revision, and mechanics. Several types of essays and a research paper are required. Prerequisite: ENG130E recommended.

ENG113E Learning Skills Seminar

A great way to start, or re-start, your college career. This entry-level course is designed for students who are new to college or who have been away from academia for a considerable length of time. It introduces students to the learning skills necessary for success in their college careers: writing, reading, studying, speaking, thinking, and researching. While students are sharpening these learning skills, they are simultaneously developing confidence in their ability to communicate effectively.

ENG130E English Composition

Take your writing to the next level with this basic writing course emphasizing planning, composing, and revising. Specifically, the course deals with strategies for generating ideas, recognizing audience, clarifying purpose, focusing on a perspective, and choosing effective arrangements of ideas. Techniques of revision, which are central to the course, focus on appropriateness of language and effectiveness of development, as well as on editing.

ENG140E Introduction to Literature

Explore some of the best fiction, drama, and poetry ever written in the English language, and meet a cast of characters along the way. This course includes short stories, plays, poetry, and a short novel. Class discussion and writing assignments make use of such critical concepts as point of view, imagery, and tone. Prerequisite: ENG130E recommended

ENG204E Effective Business Writing

Learn to get your point across and achieve your goals in business. Simple and direct writing works best, and this course improves skills and provides strategies to write better emails, memos, letters, reports, and resumes.

ENG 209E Creative Writing

In this course, students study the techniques used by published poets and fiction writers and learn to employ some of these techniques by writing original poetry and fiction. We also learn the critical language for discussing these genres in a more precise and meaningful way, and have ample opportunity to develop our understanding of the formal characteristics of poems and stories by both published and student writers.

ENG219E Mass Communication in the 21st Century

An overview of the field of mass communications, this is an issue-based course exploring such topics as the influence of television upon culture; media ethics; money and the media; rhetorical analysis of persuasive messages in advertising; public relations and politics; media and minorities; issues in radio, in the music industry, and in publishing; and mass media in the 21st century.

ENG 221E Survey of British Literature I

This course will provide a survey of English literature to the 18th century, concentrating on a selected number of core texts.  There will be special emphasis on literary trends in the Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, the Renaissance, the Seventeenth Century, and the Enlightenment.

ENG233E Modern Short Story

A study of the major short story writers including Poe, Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Hurston, Oates, and Graphic Narratives.

ENG263E Children’s Literature

Beginning with the Tales of Mother Goose, the fairy and the folk tale, this course focuses on the history and the tradition of children’s literature, including works such as Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, and Charlotte’s Web. Multicultural works that include Asian, Hispanic, and African-American poetry, drama, historical fiction and stories are discussed.

ENG 309E Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction

Learn to tell a better story! In this course students read and write essays in various forms of creative nonfiction: the personal essay, nature writing, travel writing, and literary journalism. The course will focus especially on the personal essay, in which writers draw upon and narrate elements of their history or experience to address broader social, political, or philosophical themes.

ENG381E American Novel to Film:
Insane, or Just Plain Evil?  Five Works of North America Fiction, and the Films That Followed

This course will consider the questions of insanity and, in most cases, evil in five North American works of fiction: The novels Moby-Dick, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and No Country For Old Men, plus the ghost-story novella The Turn of the Screw and the Alzhiemer’s short story “The Bear Came Over The Mountain.” Each week we will cover a work of fiction, then view the film that resulted; in addition to the previously mentioned themes, we will explore literary categories and techniques, plus film techniques and adaptation theory.

ENG387E        African-American Literature

From rap to hauntings, African-American literature is a dynamic part of our culture. Many of us, however, have limited appreciation of these texts because we are ignorant of their cultural contexts. Beginning with a video on Black English—which shows the aesthetic integrity of this dialect— students explore both the folk and literary traditions as reflectors /creators of African American experience. Work songs, blues, and jazz, as well as classic AA texts form the perspective through which we study novels by Baldwin, Ellison and Morrison.  

ENG396E American Cinema from the 60s

A study of some of the classics of American film from the 1960s and beyond, a time of extraordinary excitement and creativity, when the old studio system was breaking up and a new generation of American filmmakers -- Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas, Nichols and a host of others -- began to develop new language to reflect the changing social and emotional realities of American life. Films may include The Graduate, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Jaws and others. In addition to discussing the thematic implications of the work, students learn the basic components and terminology of film.

Geography

GEO103E        Weather and Climate

An introductory examination of our atmosphere with special attention being paid to the study of weather phenomena and their causes. Practical use of meteorological data, climatic controls, weather systems, instrumentation, laboratory applications and some weather-prediction exercises are included. No science background is necessary, only an interest in the field.

Health Care Management

HCM240E  Special Topics in Health Care: Public Policy

This course is designed to study current health care problems and to explore changes and future trends in health care in the area of public policy. Topics include financing health care, alternative health care delivery systems and social problems such as child abuse, domestic violence, and sexually transmitted diseases.   

History

HIS 119E History of Modern Europe and the United States II

This course approaches in an integrated way historical developments in both Western Europe and America (with emphasis on what is now the United States) from 1815 to the present. (Survey Course)

HIS 213E Women and the American Experience

Students in this course explore the contribution of women to the American historical experience and examine the impact of changes in American politics, economics, and society on the lives of women and their families. Through readings, class discussions, films, and independent writing assignments, students will be able to explain the diversity of experience that has always characterized women and families in America. (Survey Course)

HIS 264E         The United States since 1960

An examination of contemporary America and its role in the world. Topics include the Civil Rights Movement, the "Great Society," Vietnam, Watergate, the Carter years, the "Reagan Revolution," the end of the Cold War, and the recent Clinton and Bush years.

HIS 275E The Jewish Holocaust

This course examines the Nazi persecution and extermination of the Jews in the larger historical context of intensifying anti-Semitism in modern times, its particular effect on Germany, and the manner in which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis systematically engaged in the Holocaust. The reasons behind this apocalyptic event, the reaction of people to it and what it says about western society in the 20th century are also considered.

HIS276E History of American Science and Technology

This course examines the unique nature of American scientific and technological development. It examines the emergence of “republican” characteristics for U.S. science and technology from colonial times to the present, and the impact of these trends on political, environmental and gender issues throughout the last 225 years.  (Survey course)

HI 277E  History of Flight & Space Travel

This course studies the history of aviation beginning with humanity’s insatiable desire to fly and the roots of the first powered flight.  The origins of aviation are studied beginning with flight and then the progression into developments in speed, altitude, jet & rocket propulsion and eventually man’s venture into outer space.  The course also focuses on the technological drive of aviation through two World Wars and the post-1945 World.  Emphasis is on the growth & evolution of both military & civilian aviation.  The course then follows the development of how aviation and ultimately space travel (unmanned & manned) has led to a technocratic global society. (Survey course)

HIS278E          War and American Society

This course examines the general evolution of American attitudes toward war and the military since 1776. At the heart of this inquiry is the seeming dichotomy between our abhorrence of a professional military and our respect for the same, and our frequent willingness to use war as an instrument of domestic and international policy. We also look at how the “American Way of War” has been a reflection of our industrial development as well as our social structure. (Survey Course) 

Human Services & Rehabilitation Studies

HRS111E The Helping Services

A supervised summer session study-field experience in a social service or rehabilitation agency. The course meetings focus on discussion of those human conditions which the helping services aim to alleviate or eliminate. The supervised field experience (100 hours) in the helping services enables the student to work with a multidisciplinary staff, participate in case conferences, and provide helping services to clients at the level which their current training and skills allows. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

HRS 200E Addiction: Etiology, Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation

This course provides an overview of addictions and addictive behavior. Topics include the historical, psychological, social, societal, physiological, family and relationship aspects of addictions. The pharmacology, treatment, prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation related to substance abuse, alcohol dependence, eating disorders, gambling addictions, steroid use, etc. are also explored. This course introduces students to the different theories of addiction (e.g., biological, psycho dynamic, social-learning, and socio-cultural) and the implications for successful intervention. Ethical issues related to addictions and addiction counseling are also discussed

HRS228E Introduction to Sign Language

An introduction to the language of many Americans who are deaf. Students develop a beginning, functional use of Sign Language structures and vocabulary. Students also study the culture of persons who are deaf through readings and videotapes.

HRS329E Sign Language II

A continuation of the development of Sign Language vocabulary and grammatical forms through dialogues, role-playing, and use of videotaped materials. Readings and class discussion will continue to inform students about current issues in the community of persons who are deaf. Prerequisite: SRS228E

Interdisciplinary

IDS106E Child Abuse

This course examines the problems of child abuse and neglect. Medical, psychological, social, and cultural perspectives of the causes of child abuse are examined. Programs and new directions in prevention, recognition, and response are discussed.

IDS110E Coping With the Loss of a Child

The syndrome of grief experienced after losing a child differs in some of the manifestations from those ordinarily experienced following loss.  The effects of loss for parents, grandparents, siblings and many other individuals who have assumed a significant role in the life of the child are considered.  The developmental stage of children’s death concepts is explored as a foundation to the explanation of death to other children, particularly siblings. 1 credit

IDS111E Who Speaks for the Child?  Rights of School-Aged Children

This course is designed to give lay persons an opportunity to study the laws that directly affect the school-aged child.  Using non-technical language, participants are given a basic understanding of the law in areas of confidentiality, liability, special education (Chapter 766), handicapped (P.L. 504) and equal opportunities for female students (622).  1 credit

IDS112E Creative Ways to Help Children Grow

Have television and the internet become the main sources of your children’s knowledge?  Are there more productive ways for promoting the creative processes within our children?  This course allows you to discover new techniques in such areas as rhythm, drama, poetry and language.  There is special emphasis on storytelling in the areas of fairy tales and folk literature. 1 credit

IDS210E Forensic Science and the Courts

This course examines the critical role scientific evidence plays in American courts of law.  Starting from the landmark murder case from 1923, Frey v. United States, where a primitive form of “polygraph” testing was first offered at trial, the readings detail the explosion in the use and importance of such evidence.  The impact of this evidence’s use on the everyday lives of Americans is explored through reading cases on the use of radar in speeding cases, breathalyzers in drunk driving cases, and DNA testing in high-profile murder cases.  The importance of an informed public in the area of science and law as a guarantee to the fair administration of justice is the goal of the course.

IDS222E Elder Law

As life expectancy increases and the population of America ages, there is a growing focus on the law as it applies to the elderly. This course covers a wide variety of topics, including: transferring assets; wills, trusts, and conservators; guardians, medical treatment, and housing; financing health care; long term care insurance; medicaid and medicare; and tax issues.

IDS223E Health and Wellness

An introduction to health concepts and current issues in wellness, with an emphasis on developing health and wellness strategies within the context of daily life. Topics include psycho-social health; stress, violence, and abuse; interpersonal relationships; addictive behavior and substance abuse; infectious and noninfectious diseases; fitness, weight control, nutrition, and eating disorders; alternative therapies; healthy aging; death and dying; and the environment.

IDS224E Obesity: A Childhood Health Crisis

An introduction to the socio-economic, cultural, physical, and genetic factors leading to obesity and other related weight disorders in children. Students receive current data on obesity and have an opportunity to examine and distinguish between the realities and misconceptions contributing to weight problems in children and adolescents. Students gain an understanding of effective intervention strategies and develop the expertise necessary to implement positive weight management behavior in children. An excellent course for parents, educators, health care professionals, and child care workers.

IDS316E Public Relations

Public relations professionals work on the front lines of any organization. This course explores the profession and the skills needed to succeed in this challenging and exciting field. It examines the role of the PR professional in the profit and nonprofit sector. Students learn to define and influence public opinion, to establish and manage a public relations program, and to apply strategies to motivate, inform or sell to varied publics. The use of media, publications, and public speaking are covered.

Management

MGT 100E Management and Organizational Behavior

This course introduces and emphasizes the systems approach to investigating organizational structures, processes, functions, and dynamics. It applies selected theories and principles to such organizational phenomena as power, authority, conflict, motivation, communication, and managerial/leadership style to explore individual, interpersonal, and group behavior in the organization. The course builds an understanding of key managerial skills and the interpersonal, informational, and decision-making roles of managers that support effective performance. The course examines the planning, organizing, staffing, motivating, communicating, and controlling functions. (replaces MGT100E & MGT120E)

MGT101E Foundations of Marketing

This course examines the tools and methods of analysis, planning, and control as used in the management of the marketing process in all types of organizations. It sequentially traces the marketing process as follows: environmental monitoring of opportunities, internal assessments of goals, resources, and constraints; formulation of marketing strategy; development of marketing programs (interface of product, price, promotion, and distribution), financial analysis, and marketing control (strategic and operational). It stresses applications through case studies and the development of a full marketing plan.

MGT210E Quantitative Methods

Focuses on problems and issues of management and administration relevant to the process of problem-finding, problem-solving, decision-making, and coping with environmental uncertainties. The course also draws on the concepts of mathematics through calculus, statistics, probability, and economics. It covers introduction to deterministic models and linear programming, optimization algorithms, variations of the simplex method, and network models. The course involves examination of computer solutions to appropriate problems in business, economics, and management. Prerequisite: ECO115E

MGT215E Business Law

An introduction to the basic concepts and principles of business law. Contracts, sales, agency negotiable instruments, and the Uniform Commercial Code are studied in this course. Consideration is also given to emerging concepts of consumer-oriented legislation.

MGT220E Production and Operations Management

An examination of the productive function of a variety of organizations using two approaches, manufacturing management and operations management (applicable to services, not-for-profit, and public organizations). The course develops an understanding of such standard tools and techniques as linear programming, waiting line series, break-even analysis, and critical path scheduling. It also deals with topics pertaining to capacity management such as facilities planning, technical forecasting, and planning. Prerequisite: MGT210E

MGT225E Leadership

This course reviews both theoretical models of leadership and practical leadership issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It considers leadership in relation to change management, male and female styles of leadership, cultural diversity, ethics, values, organizational culture, team building, employee empowerment, and mentoring and motivation.

MGT300E Human Resources Management

This course examines the relationship of an employee to the total organization. It investigates strategic human resources and such decisions as job evaluation and design, human resources planning, and recruitment. It also covers training and development, performance appraisal, promotion and transfer, compensation and discipline, and due process. It focuses on responsibilities of the personnel manager such as affirmative action, safety and health, demands for job satisfaction, and environmental protection. Prerequisite: MGT100E

MGT302E       Management Information Systems

Examines the role of information in the organization for purposes of defining and implementing goals and objectives and guiding operational decisions. Treats information as a key organizational resource parallel to people, money, materials, and technology, and views information and its uses within a general systems framework in its utilization for purposes of planning, operations, and control. It also surveys specific MIS tools such as simulations, planning, programming, budgeting system, flowcharting, and cybernetic theory.  Prerequisites:  CSC113E; MGT100E       

MGT 308E Consumer Marketing Behavior

This course is an in-depth examination of the processes involved when individuals or groups select, purchase, use, and dispose of products, services, and ideas to satisfy their needs and wants. Understanding consumer behavior from the complex perspectives of environmental, individual, and psychological influences provides a foundation for the formulation of effective marketing strategies. Prerequisite: MGT 101E.

MGT309E Marketing Management

Relying exclusively on real-world cases, students learn to develop useful marketing concepts. Students are asked to distinguish opinion from fact, to analyze and assess data, and to pursue a logical path of inquiry leading to a decision which can be defended on both economic and practical grounds. These ideas appear in a wide range of cases emphasizing the following: the importance of defining the problem, consumer behavior, market segmentation and target marketing, product meaning and positioning, strategy formulation, and optimum use of the marketing mix. Prerequisites: MGT100E, MGT101E

MGT310E Advertising

This course is designed to provide an overview of various aspects of and issues related to successful advertising. It provides students with practical knowledge and experience which can be easily translated to the skills necessary to provide workable advertising campaigns.

MGT311E Diversity in the Workforce

Explore the issues and challenges of managing an increasingly diverse work force. This course prepares students to work and to manage in multi-cultural organizations. Special emphasis is placed on topics related to the impact of gender, race, ethnicity and other differences on interpersonal relations and group behavior within a managerial organizational context.

MGT313E Communication Issues in Contemporary Organizations

Is your message getting through? Can you hear me now? This course examines the nature and function of communication in present-day organizations. After studying various forms of communication (individual and group; formal and informal; verbal, non-verbal and electronic), students will link theory to practice by investigating specific communication practices in their own organizations.

MGT315E E-Commerce

This course is an introduction to the world of electronic commerce with a balanced coverage of technical and business topics. Case studies and business examples are analyzed, using both successful and unsuccessful examples. The course considers ways that EC is affecting the business community, and the problems managers face as they adapt to doing business in cyberspace. Prerequisite: CSC113E

MGT316E Public Relations

Public relations professionals work on the front lines of any organization. This course explores the profession and the skills needed to succeed in this challenging and exciting field. It examines the role of the PR professional in the profit and nonprofit sector. Students learn to define and influence public opinion, to establish and manage a public relations program, and to apply strategies to motivate, inform or sell to varied publics. The use of media, publications, and public speaking are covered.

MGT330E       Small Business Management

The status, problems, and requirements that must be dealt with in successfully launching and operating a small business are studied in this course.  Management and marketing functions are stressed with emphasis on accounting, budgeting, advertising, and personnel administration.

MGT350E       Talent Acquisition and Management

Talent Management is a process of planning for, sourcing and selecting, on boarding, assimilating, developing and retaining top talent in order to achieve a company's business goals.  A company's talent, its employees, is what distinguishes them from their competition, and will help them win in the marketplace.  Every time a job opening occurs, it is an opportunity to upgrade a company's talent pool and build bench strength for the future.  In this course you will learn about each phase of the Talent Management process through actual case studies.  At the conclusion of the course, you will understand and be able to help your company win the war for talent.

MGT356E Ethical Issues in the Management of Human Resources

This course analyzes several ethical issues that arise in the context of an organization’s relationship with its employees. The course emphasizes the relationship between the insights of ethical theory and some of the areas of controversy that affect modern organizations. Topics include sexual harassment, anti-discrimination laws and policies, affirmative action, managing employees with AIDS, employee rights to privacy, layoff and wrongful termination, free speech and whistleblowing, and intellectual property rights and trade secrets.

MGT357E Legal Aspects of Human Resources

An update of legal issues facing HR professionals, including employment law and its impact on day-to-day business operations. Students deal with state and federal regulations, court decisions, and administrative regulations that govern the interaction between employers and employees. Case studies and student presentations provide a hands-on approach to a learning of the law and its subsequent application.

MGT360E Compensation and Benefits

This course provides both a theoretical and practical approach to the employee-employer exchange process and examines the current state of compensation decision making. The focus is on the application of total compensation theory and design, including pay level decisions, job evaluation techniques, the benefit determination process, the role of benefits in the total compensation mix, and achieving compliance with pay and benefits laws.

MGT363E Employee Relations Management

Explore the critical role of coaching, counseling, managing differences, negotiating, problem solving and conflict resolution have in the world of human resource management, and improve your ability to understand and lead a changing workforce. The course provides a firm grounding in basic interpersonal communication and management skills, and provides strategies for immediate use in workplace situations, using case studies and role-playing.

MGT395E Personal Financial Planning

Learn how to accumulate wealth, and how to keep it. This course covers the fundamental steps in sound financial planning. Topics include managing your cash flow, handling credit, fundamentals of investing, mutual funds, planning for retirement, protecting your assets in later years, saving for a college education, estate planning, tax planning, mortgage refinancing, wills and trusts, and financial considerations of various lifestyles.

MGT400E Business Strategy

This course integrates prior studies in management, marketing, human resources, organizational behavior, production, and accounting. It uses the case method and a computer management simulation. Prerequisite: Senior Status

Mathematics

MAT111E Introductory Mathematics

This is an introductory course that covers logic and sets, real and complex numbers, and elementary algebra. Not open to those who have taken any higher-numbered mathematics course.

MAT114E Elementary Functions

This is a survey of those topics in algebra, trigonometry, and analytic geometry that provide a desirable background for the study of calculus. Topics covered include exponential and logarithmic functions, complex numbers and polynomial functions, trigonometry, and plane analytic geometry. Prerequisite: MAT111E

MAT117E Calculus I

An introductory course in differential and integral calculus. Topics include limits and continuity, the derivative and applications, and an introduction to integration. Prerequisite: MAT114E or equivalent.

MAT118E Calculus II

A continuation of Calculus I. Topics include the definite integral and application, elementary techniques of integration, partial derivatives and first-order differential equations. Prerequisite: MAT117E or equivalent.

Music

MUS190E Community Chorus: Salisbury Singers

A chorus of mixed adult voices reflects a diverse community of singers: faculty and staff, alumni/ae, students, and the renowned Salisbury Singers under the direction of Dr. Michelle Graveline. Rehearsals lead to one concert performance each semester. Students may take this course up to a maximum of two times to earn a total of three credits. Admission is subject to approval by chorus director. (Held off campus) 1.5 credits

MUS232E   American Classics: Blues, Jazz, and Rock & Roll (pending approval)

An American music survey course covering the cultural background and development of blues, jazz, and rock and roll.  Topics will include nineteenth century trends and influences, major compositions and prominent artists within each genre.  Each student should expect reading and listening assignments to learn about the artists and their work. Artists will include Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Carol King, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, and Joan Baez.

MUS239E Bob Dylan: Singing Poet

Bob Dylan is arguably the most significant American poet-musician of our time. From his recording debut in 1961 to 2006's eloquent "Modern Times," and in thousands of live performances given before, between, and since those landmarks, he has sung poetry of beauty and power to music equally beautiful and powerful, constantly reinventing his own songs from performance to performance. This course digs deep into Dylan's art -- analyzing his music and poetry, and considering many of his released albums as artistic statements -- but it will be impossible to ignore certain themes in the life of the artist as they have influenced his creative work.

Paralegal Studies

PLS100E Introduction to Law

An overview of topics pertaining to the study of law. This course covers important legal terms and concepts from various areas of the law, including torts, contracts, property, criminal law, corporations, domestic relations, and probate.

PLS201E Litigation

Learn about the court system from pre-trial preparation to post-trial responsibilities of the paralegal, including: pleadings, motions, preparation of interrogatories, rules of evidence, equity jurisdiction, service or process on individuals, corporations, and non-residents, and appellate procedure.

PLS202E Corporations

This course covers the formulation and structure of corporations, stockholders' and directors' meetings, corporate financing, charter amendments, reorganization and liquidation, and the qualifications of foreign corporations.

PLS203E Estates and Trusts

This course covers descent and distribution, wills (probate and administration), fiduciary accounting, and various types of trusts.

PLS204E Criminal Law and Procedures

This course introduces concepts of criminal responsibility and definition of elements necessary to constitute a crime. It covers search and seizure laws, confessions, interrogations, identifications, pretrial procedures, arraignments, and trial procedures.

PLS205E Family Law

This course covers adoptions, separate support, annulment, marriage, divorce, custody, contempt cases, guardianships, and conservatorships. The course material also covers the forms and procedures used in probate courts such as complaints, summons, financial statements, and petitions, and uses case studies that illustrate their use.

PLS206E Real Estate Law

Real estate and property law, purchase and sales agreements, mortgages, leases, easements, deeds, closing, and recording of documents are reviewed in this course. It familiarizes participants with private, public, and subsidized housing, recent statutory and case law developments, and remedies available to enforce landlord-tenant obligations.

PLS208E Legal Research & Writing

The course is designed to teach students the basic techniques of legal research, writing, and analysis. The student is introduced to case briefing, case synthesis, and analysis through a series of research and writing assignments. Students learn how to research legal issues, frame legal arguments, and analyze legal problems. In addition to learning traditional research methods, students are introduced to computer-based legal research such as Lexis and Westlaw.

PLS222E Elder Law

As life expectancy increases and the population of America ages, there is a growing focus on the law as it applies to the elderly. This course covers a wide variety of topics, including: transferring assets; wills, trusts, and conservators; guardians, medical treatment, and housing; financing health care; long term care insurance; Medicaid and Medicare; and tax issues.

Philosophy

PHI100E Introduction to Philosophy

A course designed to familiarize the student with that activity called philosophy, the study of the meaning of life and the human condition. There is an examination of the beginning, the method, and the goal of philosophy. A division of philosophy into its specialized problem areas is included.

PHI190E Logic

We are constantly bombarded with ideas, whether in religion, politics, law, morality, science, sound investing, or life itself. How does one evaluate the argument? Is it valid? Is it sound? Are the premises true? What about the evidence? Are there certain rules to follow in constructing or evaluating a logical argument? What about the ambiguities of our everyday language? Logic is the study of the rules of right reasoning that are used to construct a good argument, or to evaluate the validity of an argument. This logic course is an exercise-filled study of formal deductive logic.

PHI 201E Philosophical Psychology

The method of studying life in philosophical psychology and its place in the complete study of life with experimental psychology and biology. Main problems of the discipline and solutions offered by Greek and modern philosophers. 3 credit

PHI 202E Ethics

Is everything relative? Do we determine for ourselves what is right and what is wrong, or is there something beyond the individual? An exploration of the question, "How should I live?" Classical, modern, and contemporary positions are examined in an attempt to understand the best human life.

PHI204E God and the Philosophers

An examination of the ways that philosophers have understood the divine. Topics may include arguments for the existence of God, critiques and defenses of classical theism, the appropriate language to speak of the divine, the problem of evil, the nature of religious experience, why miracles may be problematic, and science and God. How does one’s understanding of the existence and character of the divine bear on one’s self-understanding and how one lives?

PHI310E Love & Friendship

An investigation of the kinds of love, their causes and effects. The necessity, nature, forms, and properties of friendship.

PHI320E Professional Ethics

A review of the main theories of ethics and justice, with a focus on the application of these theories to business. The course examines case studies and legal decisions involving issues of the rights and responsibilities of business with regard to the employee, the consumer, and government. Topics include business in modern society, societal responsibility and the environment.

PHI380E          Contemporary Women in Philosophy

This course introduces students to the philosophical ideas of four contemporary thinkers: Simone Weil, Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt, and Iris Murdoch. Each woman’s work involves a quarrel with modernity, occasioned by experience, whether proximate or remote, of the second World War and its aftermath, but in each case the grounds for the quarrel differ. Our analysis evokes these differences, and also considers the affinities between them.

Political Science

POL318E        Problems in Civil Liberties

This course deals with important problems in the field of civil liberties, including the meaning and scope of the freedoms of speech and religion (including such issues as seditious speech, obscenity, school prayer, parochial school aid, and free exercise of religion).  This course also considers special problems in civil liberties in light of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Portuguese

POR 101E Portuguese I

This course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of Portuguese language. It is an introduction to the language and cultures of Brazil and Portugal. Students learn basic grammatical structures and develop the four communicative skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Appreciation of the cultures of Brazil and Portugal is taught through movies, TV shows, music, and newspapers. Most of the activities in the classroom emphasize the development of oral skills.

POR 102E Portuguese II

This course is a continuation of Portuguese I and is designed for students who have taken Portuguese I or who have basic knowledge of Portuguese language. The language and cultures of Brazil and Portugal are studied throughout the semester. Students continue to develop the four language skills, and learn more complex grammatical structures. The cultural topics include Cabo Verde and Azores, and are taught through movies, TV shows, music and newspapers.

Psychology

PSY101E Introduction to Psychology

This course is an introduction to the study of psychology as a biological and social science. This study includes research methods and theories used in studying such topics as learning, perception, motivation, emotions, thinking, personality, and social interaction.

PSY140E Psychology of Personality

A survey of a variety of theories of personality with a focus on the major assumptions, concepts and modes of explanation used in each approach.  This course is designed to provide a background out of which the student can develop his/her own views on the nature of personality.

PSY181E         Psychology of Development: Adolescence and Maturity

This course focuses on the experience of adolescence by exploring those developmental and personal tasks which are unique to this period of life. A diverse range of readings, including both scholarly and literary works, provides a background for discussions and experiential activities on such topics as identity, self-awareness, self-actualization, peer relationships, career choices, mortality and sexuality. Individuals are encouraged to examine their own development as persons both as a resource for self-knowledge and for understanding key aspects of the developmental process in adolescence. 

PSY186E Psychology of Aging

How do behavior and personality change as we age? Behavior at each stage of an individual’s life should be viewed as the product of the dynamic interaction between the social system and the personal system as each system reflects both stability and change over time. The course simplifies and elaborates the gerontological knowledge base which, combined with professional values, enhances skill development in service to aging persons, families, and groups.

PSY190E         Psychology of Development: Infancy and Childhood

Focuses on the major developmental sequences that occur during this time-frame. Areas include: physical development, cognitive development, social and moral development, parent-child relationships and skill mastery. Also identification and "identity" formation are covered.

PSY209E         Psychology of Men

The unique qualities of the male psyche are explored, beginning with the early theories of Freud and Jung as well as the contemporary theories of Robert Bly and Sam Keen. Topics include identity formation in men, masculine rites of passage, relationships with women, male bonding and personality changes caused by development and aging.

PSY212E         Psychology of Sport

This course provides the student with an understanding of the theoretical and applied principles of sport psychology.  Topics include social psychology of sport, theories of motivation and competition, cognitive/behavioral strategies used to enhance sport performance, and gender issues. 

PSY214E         Psychology of Identity & Human Sexuality

An attempt to gain psychological understanding of sexuality as an important component of self and to aid the student in gaining understanding of psychological theories regarding human sexuality.  

PSY215E         Psychology of Dreams

Dreams and related expressions of the human capacity to create and use symbols and metaphors are considered from the viewpoints of such theorists as Freud, Jung, Perls, Adler, Savary, and Faraday.  The course focuses on interpretation and understanding of dreams through different approaches.  Related topics such as the physiology of dreaming and the psychology of consciousness are also explored.

PSY265E         Statistics

Students are introduced to basic concepts in statistics and probability with emphasis on the testing of statistical hypotheses using the methodology of inferential statistics.

PSY 351E Physiological Psychology

In this course, stress is placed on determining the contributions and limitations of physiological psychology in understanding behaviors, such as perception and thinking, psychosomatic disorders, learning, and emotion. Prerequisite: PSY 101E

Sociology

SOC110E Introduction to Corrections

In 2005, over 7 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole – 3.2% of all U.S. adult residents, or one in every 32 adults. Is the correctional system part of the problem, or part of the solution? This course is designed to address correctional issues from policy making to treatment modalities. The issue of historical perspective and its relation to corrections today is a major focus, in addition to providing comprehensive coverage of topics such as custody versus treatment, private versus public interests, confinement versus community-based alternatives, current trends in corrections, and the challenges facing the practitioners.

SOC122E Social Problems

This course explores the dilemma of modern society and the social problems associated with it. Understanding the dilemma as one in which society provides a stable social order and protects cherished values, while at the same time it generates and sustains serious social problems, the course explores some remedial responses as well. Topics may include: drugs, crime, alcoholism, poverty, sexism, abortion, injustice, suicide, racial discrimination, mental illness, aging, pornography, and disease.

SOC230E Aging in Society

An introduction to the critical sociological study of aging and old age in human society. The contemporary Western response to age is explored by contrasting it with other definitions and treatment of age in societies other than our own. The experience of aging, the medicalization and institutionalization of old age, and the survival strategies of old age are examined.

SOC242E Criminology

The course examines the patterns, causes, and consequences of crime. Topics include: analysis of how laws are created; theories of crime causation; penology, the relationship between crime/criminal justice and social class, race/ethnicity, and gender; fear of crime; the social construction of crime in the media; the growth of the prison system; and an assessment of the efficacy of alternative crime-fighting strategies such as community policing.

SOC243E Juvenile Delinquency

Why do children do the terrible things we read about in the paper or see on the evening news? Is it really as bad as it seems? This course is an analysis of the origins of the societal category “Juvenile Delinquency” and a search for causes and cures of juvenile delinquent careers. The course also examines the major contemporary issues in the field. Topics include: decriminalization, deinstitutionalization, court diversion, radical non-intervention, community arbitration, and community-based corrections.

SOC245E A Study of Violent Crime

This course surveys the nature and extent of violent crime in actual crime cases and examines the social structures in our society that allows violence to exist. Topics for review include gang war, molestation of children, sex and violence, and family violence. High profile cases will include Commonwealth v Porter, Commonwealth v Stewart, and California v Peterson.

SOC248E Introduction to Criminal Justice

Does the criminal justice system work? This course focuses on the criminal justice system and issues concerning the jury system, the principle behind defense of insanity, defendants’ rights, a judge’s authority in sentencing, the role of the district attorney, and public safety.

SOC365/366E Gerontology Practicum

This course accompanies the internship placement which is required for completion of the gerontology certificate program. Students complete 100-120 hours of field placement while under academic supervision. Academic requirements include journals, reports, and/or research projects related to field placement experiences. Students intending on registering for the course must meet with the Coordinator by March 15 for a Summer or Fall practicum or October 1 for a Spring practicum. 6 credits total

Spanish

SPA101E Spanish I

This is a beginning study of the fundamentals of the Spanish language. Speaking and reading are stressed and the course includes exercises in elementary composition. This course is for students who have not previously studied Spanish, or for those who have studied it for less than two years in high school.

SPA102E Spanish II

This course is a continuation of Spanish I. It is aimed at developing further the language skills. Prerequisite: SPA101E

Theology

THE100E The Bible

An introduction to the Bible. Both the Old and the New Testaments are approached from their historical and theological perspectives.

THE201E         Problem of God

The mystery and the problem of God examined in the light of representative resources of the Christian tradition.  The nature of faith, the relationship of faith and reason, and the challenges to faith in the modern world are discussed.

THE204E Catholicism Today

An investigation of the beliefs and practices which constitute the identity of Catholicism as a distinctive way of life. Particular attention is given to the impetus for renewal provided by the Second Vatican Council and to an assessment of the current state of the Church. Related issues include authority and dissent in the Church, the emergence of liberation theology, and the Church’s response to the contemporary crisis of faith.

THE314E         Wisdom and Psalms of the Bible

Reading and discussion of the Books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.  Particular attention is given to the literary form of the Psalms, their origin and use in Jewish and Christian prayer over the centuries.

THE316E Biblical Perspectives on Women

This course is an extended reflection on the role and place of women in the Bible. Its purpose is to bring the student to a greater awareness of the meaningful part that women have in the unfolding of the scriptural story. Writings that introduce various contemporary avenues of interpreting biblical texts, which focus on the feminine presence, are used. Prerequisite: THE100E recommended.

THE341E         Moral Issues in Health Care

This course is an introduction to medical ethics. It studies the questions of genetic control, birth and the family and abortion. It further examines the rights of the patients and the responsibility of medical personnel. The questions of death, death with dignity, suicide and euthanasia are investigated.

THE 345E The Virgin Mary: Woman who Bore Christ

Mary of Galilee was the human mother who bore Christ. Her Son was truly God and truly human. Christ’s human nature is established by knowing his mother.  Virgin Mary participated in the redemption of  humanity by her cooperation with God’s will; she  continues to be Christ’s mother in the world as a mediator for all who seek God; and Mary is the advocate for life-giving in the Holy Spirit.  This course will examine the following elements of Mariology – a theological study of Virgin Mary and Marian spirituality: biblical foundations, patristic theological sources, Marian dogmas, medieval and 18th-19th century Marian theology, Vatican II and contemporary Marian theology, Marian devotion through the ages, apparitions, ecumenical issues, and spirituality in liturgy, music and art.  A theological study of Mary provides Christological insights and an awareness of centuries-long Marian tradition heralding her as the most important woman in history. Students will find this study of Mary to be engaging, meaningful in addressing the hurt and brokenness of the world, and critical to Christian thought and spirituality.

THE 371E Religion and Modernity

Taking its bearings from the works of representative thinkers, both religious and secular, the course investigates the encounter between Christianity and modernity. Attention is focused on the relationship between Christianity and the theoretical foundations of modern science and modern liberalism, the attempted accommodation between Christianity and modernity, the modern criticism of religion, and the challenge of Christian faith in the contemporary world.

THE373E         Psychology of Religion

An introduction to the psychology of religion with special attention to religious experience and expression, religious development in childhood and adolescence, and the question of religious pathology and religious maturity.  Readings are taken from a broad range of thinkers including Allport, Frankl, Freud, Glaser, James, Jung, Kohlberg, and Powell.  Among the issues discussed are relations between religion and psychological health, the development of religious thinking throughout the life cycle, and the function of religious symbolism in the lives of individuals and societies.