SCI 115. Scientific Principles and Processes I. 4-3-5. Prerequisite: Completion of Developmental Studies requirements. This course is the first in a general education sequence of integrated science courses. It emphasizes: (1) modern content in natural science disciplines; (2) analytical skills needed by the educated citizen; (3) the interrelationships among science, other disci plines and human affairs. The course utilizes themes which cut across science disciplines, including the nature of science and how it operates to explain natural phenomena, the interrelationship among matter, energy, work and motion, and the structural and functional interactions in natural systems. Emphasis is on making decisions about scientific issues.
SCI 116. Scientific Principles and Processes II. 4-3-5. Prerequisite: SCI 115. This course is the second in a sequence of general education integrated science courses. It emphasizes: (1) modern content in natural science disciplines; (2) analytical skills needed by the educated citizen; (3) the interrelationships among the sciences, other disciplines and human affairs. The course utilizes themes which cut across science disciplines including change, constancy, the origins and regulation of natural systems and the distinctions between science and non-science. Emphasis is on making decisions about scientific issues.
SCI 201. Concepts in Science. 4-3-5. Prerequisite: Biology 104 and a five hour mathematics course at the 100-level or above. Concepts in Science defines science, examines how science is done and develops fundamental concepts in physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, meteorology and space science. Laboratories emphasize experimental design and data analysis. Primarily for middle school teachers.
SCI 311. Explaining the Universe I: The Gigantic and the Infinitesimal. 4-3-5. Prerequisite: BIOL 104 or a 10 quarter hour sequence in a laboratory science; and a five-hour mathematics course at the 100-level or above. This course will define science and how it is done in the context of explaining phenomena related to astronomy, theoretical physics, chemistry and life sciences on the megascopic and microscopic scales. Science process and critical thinking skills will be emphasized. Laboratories and assignments will emphasize testing explanations and solving application problems of everyday phenomena. This course is designed for Early Childhood (P-5) Education majors.
SCI 312. Explaining the Universe II: The World We See. 4-3-5. Prerequisite: Science 311. This course will define science and how it is done in the context of explaining phenomena related to life science, chemistry, astronomy, physics, geology, and meteorology on the macroscopic (observable) scale. Science process and critical thinking skills will be emphasized. Laboratories and assignments will emphasize testing explanations and solving application problems of everyday phenomena. This course is designed for Early Childhood (P-5) Education majors.
SCED 415. Teaching Science (7-12). 7-9-10. Prerequisite: SEC 302 and permission of the science education program coordinator. An examination of curriculum issues, learning theories, teaching strategies, instructional materials and assessment procedures for teaching secondary school science. Includes a secondary school field experience in science teaching and seminars.
SCED 475. Student Teaching Science (7-12). 1-42-15. Prerequisite: Admission to Student Teaching. Full-time teaching experience in science under the supervision of a secondary school cooperating teacher and a university science education supervisor. Includes a bi-weekly seminar.
SED 204. Nature and Needs of the Adolescent. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 and PSY 105 or ANTH 105 or SOCI 105. A study of human development through the life span with emphasis on the social, moral, emotional, physical and intellectual characteristics and development of the adolescent. Includes learning styles and developmental and cultural differences.
SED 220. Internship. 5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of director of Educational Field Experiences and adviser. A practicum in a classroom during which the student will be actively involved in the teaching-learning process under the guidance of a professional teacher.
SED 302. Curriculum and Instructional Design for Secondary Education. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education. Corequisite: EDSM 303. Examines approaches to curriculum development and implications for practice. Emphasis will be placed on the development in instructional objectives, units and lesson plans for the adolescent learner that are developmentally and culturally responsive.
SED 308. Classroom and Behavior Management in Secondary Education. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: EDUC 330. A study of models and strategies for implementing effective systems for classroom and behavior management in the secondary school. Addresses efficient use of instructional space, time and resources.
SED 362. Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SED 302. An introduction to the process and problems of reading instruction in secondary school subject matter areas and to writing across the curriculum. Strategies and activities that enable the classroom teacher to develop instruction around these processes and problems will be stressed.
SED 398. Internship. 1-15 credit hours. Prerequisite: Permission of director of educational field experiences and adviser. A supervised teaching experience for teachers seeking certification renewal credit.
SED 400. Directed Study. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department chair prior to registration. A concentrated investigation of a particular aspect of education as a topic within a teaching field concentration or degree major. The content of the directed study will be determined jointly by the instructor and the student.
SED 490. Special Topics in Education. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department chair. Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students.
SSCS 303. Comparative Social Science. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: All developmental studies courses if required. A comparative study of concepts, issues and methodologies of the social sciences. Appropriate field studies will be undertaken.
SSCS 311. Policy and Program Evaluation. 3-2-5. Prerequisite: MATH 107. This course is designed to introduce the student to problem solving in public organizational settings. Traditional methods of quantitative decision making are examined, such as cost benefit analysis, forecasting and decision analysis, but care is taken to insure the student understands the role of political factors in the public arena. Students produce evaluation of current public policy and develop a budgetary scenario for a public agency.
SSCS 396. Cooperative Study. 1-3 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of coordinator of cooperative education/internship (Counseling &Advisement Services). A supervised work experience program for a minimum of three academic quarters at a site in business, industry or government. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on-the-job experience in conjunction with their academic training.
SSCS 490. Special topics in Social Science. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor, adviser and department chair. Selected topics of interest to faculty and students.
SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (SSED)
SSED 413. Teaching of Social Science (7-12). 8-6-10. Prerequisite: SED 302 adn permission of social science program coordinator. An examination and application of curriculum issues, learning theories, teaching strategies, instructional materials and assessment procedures for teaching secondary school social studies. Includes a secondary school field experience in social studies teaching and seminars.
SSED 475. Student Teaching: Social Science (7-12). 1-42-15. Prerequisite: Admission to student teaching. Full-time teaching experience in social science under the supervision of a secondary school cooperating teacher and a university social science education supervisor. Includes a bi-weekly seminar.
SOCI 105. Sociological Perspectives. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: ENGL 099/READ 099, if required. This course is an examination of society in a world context, and an introduction to the discipline of sociology and its theoretical and methodological tools. Connections between sociology and other disciplines are also examined. Primarily for non-majors meeting the core social science requirements.
SOCI 201. Principles of Sociology. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: READ 099 if required. Emphasis on the social nature of human behavior, group behavior, the structure of society, culture, social problems, social change and the scientific study of society.
SOCI 251. Social Problems. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201. Current social problems facing American society with attention to developing insights into meaningful solutions. This course will stress the use of conceptual frameworks by which social problems can be analyzed and understood.
SOCI 301. Development of Sociological Theory. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201. A survey of the historical development of social thought, types and nature of social theories and the influence of social theory on contemporary sociology.
SOCI 304. Social Organization. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. A study of structures and process of social institutions and their relationship to community organizations and formal associations.
SOCI 310. Introduction to Gerontology. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 105 or 201, PSY 105 or 201. An introduction to the multi-disciplinary field of gerontology providing an overview of the sociology, psychology and the physiology of aging. Through class activities and field experiences, students will consider research and theories of aging, as well as practical applications in gerontological settings. A key goal for students is to develop a more realistic perception of the aging process in themselves and others.
SOCI 314. Racial and Ethnic Minorities. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. Analysis of intergroup relations, emphasizing origin, maintenance and consequences of prejudice and discrimination.
SOCI 324. Sex Roles in Modern Society. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. The implications of the changes in the kinship, economic and political structures related to male/female relations, their impact on female equality in contemporary society.
SOCI 334. Sociology of Religion. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. Religion as a social institution in historical, comparative and contemporary terms.
SOCI 352. Juvenile Delinquency. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or POLS 205. A survey of definition, extent, cause, treatment, prevention and control of juvenile delinquency.
SOCI 354. Stratification and Mobility. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. An analysis of social class, power, class consciousness and social mobility. Emphasis on theory, research methods and concepts related to class structure.
SOCI 364. Sociology of the Family. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or PSY 201 recommended. The family in relation to society, its history, its structure and indications of change and human sexuality.
SOCI 374. Sociology of Occupations. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. An analysis of the contemporary occupations with emphasis on large-scale organizations, the structure of occupations and the nature of work.
SOCI 400. Directed Study. 1-5 hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor, adviser and department chair. Covers special topics and seminars external to regular course offerings. May include original research projects and practicum experience.
SOCI 424. Aging in a Social Context. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or SOCI 105. Problems and potentials related to the increasing number and proportion of older persons in modern society, the effect of culture and social structure on the aging process.
SOCI 432. Criminology. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or POLS 205. Theory and practice, the nature and causation of crime and the etiology and nature of criminal offenses and offenders.
SOCI 442. Deviance and Social Control. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. A survey of the nature, causes and consequences of deviant behavior. Analysis of the problems of definitions, identification, explanations and social reaction to violations of institutional expectations. Presentation of the techniques of social control employed by a social system.
SOCI 443. Systems of Health Care. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 or 233 recommended. An analysis of (1) the social processes affecting condition of health and illness and (2) the cluster of social relationships and organizations that comprise the social institution of health: emphasis on socio-cultural factors that influence definitions of health and illness, causes, preventions and treatments; cross-cultural and inter-class comparisons of stress, delivery of health care, mental illness, death and dying and health care professionals.
SOCI 444. Social Change and Modernization. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. The nature, types and causes of social change; technological and socio-cultural factors affecting institutional change. Innovation, diffusion and the process of acceptance and rejection of change by social systems.
SOCI 464. Population. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SOCI 201 recommended. An analysis of the size, growth, composition, distribution and characteristics of the population with emphasis on application of demographic information to socioeconomic structure.
SOCI 490. Special Topics in Sociology. 1-5 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor, adviser and department chair. Selected topics of interest to faculty and students.
SPAN 101. Introductory Spanish I. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: ENGL 099 and READ 099, if required; no prior study of Spanish or less than one year of high school Spanish. Major emphasis is on the development of aural-oral skills. Reading and writing skills are developed through the use of dictation, lab exercises and compositions. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
SPAN 102. Introductory Spanish II. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 101, one year or more of high school Spanish or the equivalent. A continuation of Spanish 101. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
SPAN 201. Intermediate Spanish I. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or the equivalent. Development of aural-oral skills continues to be stressed but greater attention is paid to obtaining accuracy in writing and to increasing vocabulary through reading of authentic texts and the use of the target language in context. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
SPAN 202. Intermediate Spanish II. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or equivalent. A continuation of Spanish 201. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
SPAN 220. Intermediate Reading and Composition. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 202. This course emphasizes the development of strategies for reading and writing in Spanish. Students will learn to read and write in Spanish on concrete and abstract topics.
SPAN 221. Intermediate Comprehension and Conversation. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 202. This course emphasizes the development of strategies for comprehension and conversation in Spanish. Students will listen to and speak on both concrete and abstract topics in Spanish.
SPAN 300. Introduction to the Study of Spanish Texts. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 202 (with minimum grade of “C” or equivalent). An introduction to the study and analysis of Spanish literature using original texts. Discussion of literary movements and representative authors of Spain. Taught in Spanish.
SPAN 301. Introduction to the Study of Latin American Texts. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 202 (with minimum grade of “C” or equivalent). An introduction to the study and analysis of Spanish American literature using original texts. Discussion of literary movements and representative authors of Latin America. Taught in Spanish.
SPAN 302. Practical Conversation. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Spanish 202; with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. Students learn to express themselves verbally and in writing on a variety of “survival” topics. Emphasis on class interaction such as role playing based upon real-world situations, skits and extemporaneous speaking. Topics may also expand from basic situations to discussions of professional areas and “problem solving” in the target language.
SPAN 303. Grammar and Composition. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. A review of basic grammar and an introduction to the more difficult points of Spanish grammar and syntax with reference to problems of general translation.
SPAN 304. Commercial Spanish. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. Introduction to the Spanish language as used in business. Emphasis is on practical communication in the form of letters and other business-related documents. Students are also introduced to economic, social and political factors that are important to the conduct of business in the Hispanic world.
SPAN 310. Survey of Hispanic Culture and Institutions I. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. A survey of major institutions, values, customs and literary and historical movements in the Hispanic world from the Middle Ages to the end of the conquest of New Spain. Includes discussions of the role these factors have played in the development of modern Iberia and Ibero-America.
SPAN 311. Survey of Hispanic Culture and Institutions II. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. Survey of major institutions, values, customs and literary and historical movements in the Hispanic world from the colonial period and the accession of the Bourbons to the 20th century. Includes discussions of the role of Iberia and Ibero-America in the modern world.
SPAN 396. Cooperative Study. 1-3 credit hours. Prerequisite: Approval of coordinator of cooperative education/internship (CAPS Center). A supervised work experience program for a minimum of three academic quarters at a site in business, industry or government. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on-the-job experience in conjunction with their academic training.
SPAN 398. Internship. 1-15 credit hours. Supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic quarter with a previously approved business firm, private agency or government agency. Credit is allowed only in elective areas.
SPAN 400. Directed Study. 1-5 hours. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 and approval of instructor, major area committee and department chair. Covers special topics and seminars external to course offerings that allow a student to work individually with the instructor.
SPAN 410. Spanish Linguistics. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 302 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. A study of Spanish articulatory phonetics, phonemics, sound-symbol correspondences and basic word orders.
SPAN 420. Advanced Literature I. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Span 310 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. The literature of medieval and early Renaissance Spain. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
SPAN 422. Advanced Literature II. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Span 310 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. The literature and culture of the Golden Age of Spain and the New World. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
SPAN 424. Advanced Literature III. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Span 311 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. The literature and culture of the 18th and 19th century Spain. Special attention is given to Spain’s increasing isolation from Europe after 1715 and its impact on Modern Spain.
SPAN 426. Topics in 20th Century Hispanic Literature. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 311 or permission of instructor. An introduction to the literary movements and genres of 20th century Spanish and Latin American literature. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
SPAN 450. Topics in Modern Iberia and Ibero-America: Business, Culture, Values. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Span 310/311 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. An introduction to the institutions, business, culture, values customs and literatures of Iberia and Ibero-America in the 20th century. Includes an analysis of their influence on government, politics, diplomacy and business in these regions.
SPAN 455. Advanced Grammar. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: SPAN 303. A review of basic Spanish grammar and a study of the more difficult areas of Spanish grammar and syntax. Texts, lecture and discussion in Spanish.
SPAN 465. Advanced Commercial Spanish. 5-0-5. Prerequisite: Span 304 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. A continuation of Spanish 304 that offers an in-depth survey of business practices and the language of business in the Hispanic World.
SPAN 490. Special Topics in Spanish. 1-5 hours. Prerequisite: Span 202 with minimum grade of “C” or permission of instructor. Special topics relevant to current concerns within the Hispanic community.
SPED 410. Methods, Materials and Classroom in Spanish Education, I (P-12). 4-2-5. Prerequisite: FLED 350. An overview of methods and materials in foreign language instruction with particular emphasis on communicative, or proficiency oriented, approaches to language teaching and testing. The field experience emphasizes principles of classroom and behavior management as well as ways to put theory into practice.
SPED 412. Methods, Materials and Classroom Management in Spanish Education, II (P-12). 3-6-5. Prerequisite: SPED 410. A continuation of SPED 410 that emphasizes communicative, or proficiency oriented, approaches to language teaching and testing. The field experience illustrates principles of classroom and behavior management as well as ways to put theory into practice.
SPED 413. Instructional Design and Application in Spanish, P-12. 0-10-5. Prerequisite: SPED 412. Provides the student the opportunity to synthesize knowledge and experiences acquired in previous course work in order to plan, implement and evaluate units of instruction in an assigned teaching experience in Spanish, P-12.
SPED 480. Student Teaching in Spanish, P-12. 1-42-15. Prerequisite: SPED 413 & admission to student teaching. Full-time teaching experience in Spanish under the supervision of a public school cooperating teacher and university supervisor.
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