Developing a critical lens to engage in cultural studies through interdisciplinary perspectives with a specific focus on cultural diversity.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

An analysis of major social problems confronting modern society.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

An introduction to racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S.A., with focus on trends in immigration, demographics, socio-cultural dynamics and issues, past and present.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring & Summer Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Foundations of Academic Discovery serves as the entry point to the Rock Integrated Studies Program. With its strong faculty-student interaction, the course promotes intellectual inquiry, critical and creative thinking, and computer skills needed for academic success. Through varied content, the course introduces students to academic discourse and information literacy while exploring topics such as diversity and inclusion and global awareness. This course will set students along the path to becoming engaged with issues and scholarship important to a 21st century education while they learn about themselves and their place in the world.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2.
Enrollment limited to students with the ROCK STUDIES 2 STUDENT or ROCK STUDIES STUDENT attributes.

The course is an introduction to the techniques and strategies used by interdisciplinary social scientists to develop an understanding of the root causes, social context, and personal consequences that define the key issues of our contemporary social and cultural worlds.

Credits: 3

Enrollment limited to students with the ROCK STUDIES 2 STUDENT or ROCK STUDIES STUDENT attributes.

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Basic concepts of social behavior, group structure and group processes.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Every Term

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Human beings as cultural and biological entities. Emphasis is on primitive and peasant societies.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Every Term

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

This course provides an understanding of the place of the human species within the biological system. It stresses the concepts and processes of evolution and emphasizes the study of human and non-human primates as seen in the fossil record as well as through study of genetics and behavior.

Credits: 3

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course

A discussion of culture history around the world based on archaeological evidence. It begins with early signs of culture called the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age of Africa, Asia, Europe and America (where it is named Paleo Indian), and concludes with the rise of complex, stratified cultures based on agriculture in the Middle East, America, and East Asia.

Credits: 3

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Sociological/anthropological analysis of selected population trends, problems and controversies in the contemporary world-both literate and non-literate.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Sociological aspects of urban life. Includes metropolitan areas and small cities.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

An analysis of health services, public policy and institutional relations. Note: This course is taught from either a sociological or anthropological viewpoint. The student should check with the instructor to determine the approach being taken in the current offering.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Anthropology course dealing with sociocultural phenomena of specific cultural areas. Topics to be announced. Course may be repeated one time in a different area.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Every Term

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A course designed to introduce students to basic techniques in the field and to provide laboratory experience in working with field materials.

Prerequisite: INDP 202^D
D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

An enrichment course that introduces statistical concepts and techniques of data analysis with computer application to analyze contemporary social issues.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Every Term

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Major methods and procedures used in interedisciplinary studies, including anthropology, cultural area studies, gender and diversity studies, leadership studies, nonprofit management and sociology.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Data gathering techniques and evaluation of anthropological phenomena from tribal, peasant and industrial societies.

Prerequisites: (SWCJ 202^D or INDP 202^D or PROF 202^D) and (SWCJ 317^D or INDP 317^D or SOWK 317^D or CRIM 317^D or PROF 317^D)
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

An examination of the minority group concept with special emphasis on women, the poor, behavioral and physical minorities. Note: This course is taught from either a sociological or anthropological viewpoint. The student should check with the instructor to determine the approach being taken in the current offering.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This course introduces the student to the unique intellectual and cultural achievements of the Native Civilizations of Central and South America prior to the arrival of the Spanish. Two thirds of the course concentrates on Mesoamerica, especially the Aztecs and the Maya. One third on South America, with an emphasis on the civilizations of Peru. The variety of cultural developments, including their great time depth, social, political, economic, and artistic achievements as revealed through archaeological exploration, are explored.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

The subject and nature of deviance with particular emphasis on its relativity and its relationship to social control and social change.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Comparative perspectives of the family as a universal social institution. Note: This course is taught from either a sociological or anthropological viewpoint. The student should check with the instructor to determine the approach being taken in the current offering.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

An examination of the relationship between personal characteristics and social environment.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Explores the relationship between religion and society and some of the key issues confronting religion today.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Even

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

An analysis of social movements, publics, crowds, mobs and similar social phenomena.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Even

Thematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

An examination of gender roles, what they are, how they develop and how they are maintained. An examination of the effects of gender roles on education, occupation, the polity and other institutions as well as the effects of role restrictions of personal relationships. Note: This course is taught from either a sociological or anthropological viewpoint. The student should check with the instructor to determine the approach being taken in the current offering.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Odd

Thematic Thread(s): Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Examination of the theoretical and practical implications of economic disparity across diverse populations: class, race, ethnicity and gender.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Even, Offered Summer Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Social changes, which accompany aging. Emphasis placed upon how social processes influence patterns of aging and social problems of older people.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Winter Terms

Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Human Diversity & Well-Being, Transfer Thread Completion Course

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Approaches to the study of the structure and functions of large-scale social organizations.

Prerequisites: INDP 201^D or INDP 202^D or SWCJ 201^D or SWCJ 202^D or PROF 201^D or PROF 202^D
D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Students will have an opportunity to gain an in depth understanding of the issues surrounding the roles and status of women in a rapidly changing Asia; from both a historic and a current context. These issues, which are political, religious, economic, health, social justice and legal, among others are vital for women in Asia, their societies as well as this ever globalizing world.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Using anthropological concepts and methods, this course explores the role of archaeologists, and physical and cultural anthropologists in understanding and facilitating change in human biological and cultural issues.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Even

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Historical and modern development of basic concepts of sociology and cultural anthropology.

Prerequisites: (INDP 201^D or INDP 202^D or SWCJ 201^D or SWCJ 202^D or PROF 201^D or PROF 202^D) and (SWCJ 318^D or SWCJ 320^D or INDP 318^D or INDP 319^D or SOWK 318^D or CRIM 318^D or PROF 201^D or PROF 202^D or PROF 318^D or PROF 319^D)
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Supervised placement in selected professional agencies.

Credits: 1-12

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

Credits: 1-6

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

Credits: 1-3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed

Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.

This seminar is designed to assist students in developing awareness and skills for entry into the career or graduate studies. Students enrolled will participate in career development activities, reflection on the application of their knowledge for a future career and submit a final portfolio project.

Prerequisites: INDP 102^C and INDP 318^D
C Requires minimum grade of C.
^D Requires minimum grade of D.

Credits: 3

Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms

Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Senior 1 or Senior 2.
Enrollment limited to students with department of Social Sciences.