on social classes in American societies and the distribution of power, prestige, and privileges.
SOC 343: Juvenile Delinquency 3
- concurrently. Study of the causes of delinquency as revealed through personal, family, and community-situational conditions. An overview of professional practice for potential Social Work majors. Exposes students to various professional Professions
- concurrently. Examination of social processes, including the emergence of leadership, the structure of authority, and the differentiation between and among urban institutions. SOW 306: Human Behavior I Prerequisite: SOW 201 or consent of instructor. Analyzes the development and behavior of persons from conception
- are assigned to research and agriculture extension mentors. The objective is to encourage careers in agriculture through direct experience. SOW 307: Human Behavior II Prerequisite: SOW 306 or consent of instructor. A continuation of Human Behavior I, this course examines
- instructor. A study of social and individual dynamics, social roles, attitude formation and change with emphasis on behavioral variation and social control. SOW 308: Dynamics of Marriage and the Family Prerequisite: SOC 203 or consent of instructor. An examination of diversity and change in marriage, family life,
- cultural, and intellectual foundations of sociological theory. SOW 310: Foundations of Social Work Practice
- of a broad range of perspectives for the application of sociological principles and techniques to human environmental problems and conditions. SOC 428: Applied Sociology Prerequisite: Junior classification in Sociology. Examination 3 Prerequisite: SOW 310 or consent of instructor. Provides students an opportunity to develop skills in communication, interviewing, purposeful observation, recording, problem identification, and record keeping. Professions *
- SOC 430: Child Welfare Services An historical analysis of child welfare as an institution and an in-depth study of programs, policies, practices and their impact on children, youth and families. 3 SOW 315: Advanced Skills in Social Work Methods Prerequisites: SOW 308 and SOW 314. Development of techniques and skills in problem-solving with families, groups, communities, and organizations. Selected
- Prerequisites: SOC 203 and 9 additional semester credit hours earned in upper-level Sociology courses. Open to seniors only. A seminar in which students present and defend independently developed projects on the dynamics of change. SOW 321: Social Welfare Policies, Issues, Prerequisite: SOW 201 or consent of instructor. Historical and philosophical development of social welfare as an institution and Social Work as a profession. Policy structures and Programs
- Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A directed reading, research, or pre-professional working-learning experience for selected students in sociology. SOW 322: Social Welfare Policies, Issues, and Prerequisites: SOW 310 and SOW 321, or consent of Programs II
SOC 499: Senior Colloquium *
Prerequisite: Senior Classification. This course is designed to develop analytical skills, interpretation and research; and
to nurture intellectual self-reliance and critical thinking.
SOCIAL WORK
Prerequisites: SOW 310 and SOW 321, or consent of instructor. Analysis and interpretation of social welfare policies, programs and issues. Examines the influence of movements, ideologies, political conditions, and sociocultural attitudes on social welfare.