May 20, 2024

2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue

2012-2013 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

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Social Work
	SWK 526 - Strengths-Based Practice with Severe and Persistently Mentally III Credits: (3) Prerequisite: SWK 500 and 501 . Advanced client-directed, strengths-based assessment and clinical practice, including case management. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 528 - Advanced Practice in Chemical Abuse and Dependence Credits: (3) Review of social work practice and programs in the field of substance use, abuse, and dependency, with extensive review of relevant research and program evaluation. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 530 - Social Work in the Health Care Setting Credits: (3) Examination of critical issues in social work practice in health care. Advanced practice skills and strategies for work with individuals, families, groups, interdisciplinary teams, and service providers in a variety of health care settings. Social work practice examined in the context of psychosocial consequences of illness, current health care delivery systems, technological advances, and changing regulatory approaches and organizational structures. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 532 - Health and Mental Health Issues of Women Credits: (3) Examination of health and mental health conditions applicable to adolescent and adult women, and the impact these have on individual and family development and functioning. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 534 - Advanced Social Work Practice in Schools Credits: (3) Examination of public school social work policy and practice, emphasizing solution-focused practice in the context of the school-family-community environment. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 536 - Strengths-Based Rural Social Work Practice Credits: (3) Examining the elements of rural communities and families that sustain and endanger rural life. Emphasis on building knowledge of strengths based social work practice with individuals, families and communities through service-learning in rural communities and with the people who live there. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 538 - Social Work Practice with Older Adults Credits: (3) Examination of strengths-based practice issues related to social work practice with older adults and their families. Practice encompasses individual counseling and therapy, support groups, psycho-education, research models and findings, service delivery systems, and relevant state, federal and international policies. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 540 - Law, Liability, and Litigation in Social Work Practice Credits: (3) Review of relevant law and professional regulation in social work practice with selected case illustrations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 545 - Developing and Managing a Practice Credits: (3) Review of the current character of private practice in social work with emphasis upon the organizational and financial aspects of developing and operating a fee-for-service service organization. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 550 - The Culture of Military Life and Entering the War Zone Credits: (3) (450) The culture of military life; values, norms, language, rank systems, military justice, family life. Becoming combat ready and entering the war zone. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 551 - Returning Home from the War Zone and its Consequences: PTSD and Traumatic Injury, Intervention and Prevention Credits: (3) (451) Prerequisite: SWK 550 . PTSD and Traumatic Injury, Intervention and Prevention. Readjustment to returning home and to state side military life. Confronting stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, panic, PTSD and recovery from traumatic injury. Interventions and preventive measures. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 552 - Advanced Practice in Child Protective Services Credits: (3) Social, historical, and political contexts of child abuse and neglect in the U.S. and internationally. The current child protective service system will be reviewed, including child welfare practices and other specialized treatment models in child abuse and neglect. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 553 - Practice with Children and Adolescents Credits: (3) Focus on the strengths-based social work practice with children, adolescents, and their families. Emphasis will be placed on assessment and practice strategies, particularly as they pertain to special problems related to life conditions and events that affect children. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Prerequisite: Overall GPA of at least 3.0, and consent of instructor, department chair, and graduate school. Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in exiting courses. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWK 595 - Special Topics in Social Work Credits: (1-3) Intensive study of selected topics in social work. May be taken for 1, 2 or 3 credit hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Social Work Lab
	SWKL 500 - Clinical Practice I Lab Credits: (1) Corequisite: SWK 500 . The skills lab will provide the opportunity to practice the knowledge gained in SWK 500 . This course is the lab for SWK 500 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWKL 501 - Clinical Practice II Lab Credits: (1) Prerequisite SWK 500 . Corequisite SWK 501 . This skill lab will provide an opportunity to practice strengths-based and solution-focused skills and interventions learned in SWK 501 . This course is the lab for SWK 501 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWKL 502 - Clinical Practice III Lab Credits: (1) Corequisite: SWK 502 . The skills lab will provide an opportunity to practice the knowledge gained in SWK 502 . This course is the lab for SWK 502 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SWKL 503 - Clinical Practice IV Lab Credits: (1) Corequisite: SWK 503 . Strengths-based integration of motivational, cognitive, and solution-focused models of practice will be applied to working with individuals, families, and therapeutic groups. This course is the lab for SWK 503 . Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Sociology
	SOC 500 - Social Research Methods Credits: (3) Analysis of process of social research in terms of problem definition, research design, data sources, and methods of data analysis. Emphasis will be placed on the application of research methods to practical problems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 501 - Aging and Society Credits: (3) GRN 501 Study of age as a structural feature of changing societies and groups, aging as a social process, and age as dimension of stratification. May be taken for elective credit in the GLS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 502 - Evaluation, Methods and Policy Credits: (3) Advanced research methods course focusing on the techniques and principles of evaluation research. Emphasis will be on methods of evaluation and research design, instrument development, data collection techniques within a public/applied setting. Additionally, students will become familiar with the policy implications and consequences of evaluation research. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 503 - Sociological Theory Credits: (3) Analysis of sociological theories and theoretical perspectives, with emphasis on their practical application to contemporary society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 504 - Data Analysis Credits: (3) The purpose of this course is to instruct students in techniques of quantitative data analysis. It will explore techniques to describe and make inferences from univariate, bivariate and multivariate data. Students will learn to evaluate scholarly literature that makes use of such methods. They will also have the opportunity to apply these statistics to current social problems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 505 - Pro Seminar Credits: (1) Focus on the professional role of social scientists in different types of organizational contexts as constrained by organizational policies and protocol, professional codes of ethics, budgets, client needs, politics, professional commitment, technology, inter-organizational linkages, and other considerations. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 506 - Qualitative Data Analysis Credits: (3) An introduction to qualitative methods of data gathering and analysis in sociology and criminology. Specific content will cover: participant observation, in-depth interviewing, content analysis, field methods. Students are required to collect and analyze qualitative data. A final research paper demonstrating these methods is required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 507 - Community-Based Participatory Research Methods Credits: (3) Focus on engaged methodologies that facilitate community-based participatory research (CBPR). Attention will be given to the history of CBPR, ethics, logic and methods of community-based research, research design, conceptualization, measurement and sampling, modes of observation, data gathering and analysis and democratization of the research process through validating multiple forms of knowledge. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 508 - Public Sociology Seminar Credits: (3) An overview of the roots of public sociology and current debates surrounding public sociology. Methods, theory and praxis will be examined. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 509 - Seminar: Teaching in Higher Education Credits: (1) (CRM 509) The purpose of this course is to provide graduate students with a basic foundation in preparation for teaching positions, post-graduation. The course will include the development of a course, learning skills related to teaching and becoming familiar with process of applying for an academic position. Students will develop course syllabi, guest lecture in a course as well as create a teaching portfolio. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 515 - Advanced Victimology Credits: (3) A sociological examination of victimization and formal responses to victimization. Empirical patterns of specific forms of victimization will be discussed, including: domestic violence, sexual violence, corporate violence, political violence, etc. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 516 - Globalization and Development Credits: (3) Globalization is one of the most important features of the contemporary world, which describes a socioeconomic system of interdependence unprecedented in terms of scope and intensity. What is less clear and still under debate, however, is the nature and the consequences of globalization: Who has pushed it forward and who benefits from it? This course will review the process of globalization and critically examine the different perspectives on it. Students will better understand how globalization has influenced (and will change) our and other’s life and development. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 518 - Women and Aging Credits: (3) (GRN 518) Examines women’s experiences of old age and the aging process. Specific emphasis on family, medical, and economic institutions. May be taken for elective credit in the GLS program. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 520 - Polictical Economy of Rural Development Credits: (3) Examination of the development and underdevelopment of rural economies. Emphasis is placed on the dynamics of socioeconomic political change and the ways in which current global political economy shapes rural experiences. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 521 - Urban Sociology Credits: (3) Examination of sociological theory and research on urban growth and its consequences on social behavior. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 524 - Social Stratification Credits: (3) Examination of social and economic inequalities based on social class and status as basic dimensions of individual life chances as well as of the structure and dynamics of societies and the world system. Reviews current state of the field in regard to academic and policy debates, theories, methods, crucial research findings, as well as comparative analyses. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 525 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations Credits: (3) Examination of race and ethnicity in modern societies and the modern world system. Focuses on the causes and consequences of racism, discrimination, prejudice, racial conflict, and racial oppression in American society. Special emphasis will be given to the relationship between race/ethnicity and social class. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 526 - Social Control and Social Change Credits: (3) This course looks at how societal control mechanisms interact with a society’s ability incorporate change. Following a review of the social control literature, the class will analyze social behavior that breaks from existing patterns and expectations, such as riots, crowds, revolution, and social movements. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 530 - Restorative Justice Credits: (3) Restorative justice practices will be examined theoretically, empirically, and historically. Emphasis will be placed on Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Specific content includes: juvenile crime, violence against women, aboriginal/indigenous justice, victims and offenders needs. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 531 - Self, Desocialization, No-Self Credits: (3) Explores the social construction of self and desocialization practices through the study of sociological, postmodern, and Buddhist perspectives on self and no-self. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 535 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior Credits: (3) Examines what comes to be considered, and treated, as deviant behavior in historical, cultural, and societal context, linking theories as to the causes and appropriate management of deviant behavior to changes in that larger context. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 543 - Corporations and Consumer Culture Credits: (3) Critically examines the social significance of popular culture with special emphasis on corporations and the commercialization of culture. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 546 - Tourism and Society Credits: (3) An examination of the role of tourism and tourists in human societies. Topics may include: history and growth of mass tourism; relations between hosts and guests; tourism and development; heritage, environmental and pilgrimage tourism; tourism ethics; typologies of tourists and tourist experiences; and the social consequences of tourism. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 547 - Sociology of Education Credits: (3) Advanced analysis of the social structures and processes both affecting and characteristic of education in modern societies. Topics include: education’s role in the socialization process; the ways in which education is both a product and producer of social stratification; variability in racial experiences in education; human, social, and cultural capital; social and cultural change and their impact on education. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 549 - Sociology of Law Credits: (3) Review of theoretical and empirical developments in the sociology of law, including classical and modern sociological theories of law and selected sociological themes of law in various social settings. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 550 - Gender Credits: (3) This course first explores the history of social inequality associated with gender. It will explore both micro and macro factors that perpetuate inequality as well as those factors that have reduced inequality. The course will culminate with an in-depth look at current global efforts to address gender inequality. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 560 - Sociological Theory Credits: (3) Analysis of sociological theories and theoretical perspectives, with emphasis on their practical application to contemporary society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 561 - Seminar in Criminology Credits: (3) An overview of the breadth of topics that comprise the discipline of criminology, with emphases on theoretical explanations and the various reactions to crime in society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 565 - Social Psychology Credits: (3) This course offers an overview of the current themes in contemporary Social Psychology as well as their applications. This course focuses on the social structural determinants of social behavior and social change, with an emphasis on inequality. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 567 - Sociology of Health Credits: (3) This course explores the effects of social structural inequality on health. It looks at the history of social, economic, and political factors that have affected health and well being. It covers comparative health care systems as well as current issues concerning the United State health care system. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 568 - Media and Democracy Credits: (3) Critically examines the social, cultural, and political consequences of privately-owned corporate media, and the important role of independent media, in a democratic society. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 569 - Intersectionality in Media Credits: (3) Critically examines the intersectionality of race/ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality in popular media. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 580 - Social Justice Credits: (3) A sociological examination of social justice, and policies that proclaim to promote social justice in the United States. The class examines various forms of institutionalized inequality on the basis of social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Social policy solutions are also examined. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 584 - Community Development Credits: (3) Analysis of principles, theory and practice of community change and development. Examination of multiple definitions of community and the contribution of community capitals to community well-being. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 586 - Sociology of Work, Occupations and the Labor Force Credits: (3) Theories of work and occupations; the changing structure of the labor force, the relationships between work, the individual and society. Focus on the changes in the place of work in society corresponding to technological and organizational change. Specific topics may include workplace restructuring, women and minorities in the labor force, and relations between labor and management. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 587 - Sociology of Organizations Credits: (3) Analysis of organizational theory and research applied to issues in contemporary society; topics include organizational social psychology, organizational structure and process, and inter-organizational relationships. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 590 - Sociology of Poverty Credits: (3) Analysis of trends, measurement, and extent of poverty in the United States. Examination of sociological theory explaining poverty, social policy addressing policy, specifically welfare reform, and its consequences. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Independent investigation of research topic in a selected area of criminology or public sociology. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 592 - Special Topics in Criminology and Public Sociology Credits: (3) Intensive study of selected topics in criminology and/or public sociology. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 598 - Internship Credits: (1-6) Prerequisite: permission from instructor and successful defense of internship proposal. Supervised participation in field experience, includes written final research report. Will be graded satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (U). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SOC 599 - Thesis Credits: (1-6) Prerequisite: Successful defense of thesis proposal. Intensive study of a topic selected by the student and approved by thesis committee. Will be graded satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (U). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Spanish
	SPN 500 - Advanced Writing Techniques Credits: (3) Intensive work on an advanced level in specific areas of writing. Topics may include essay writing, technical writing, writing for publication in professional journals, and journalism. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 501 - Translation Techniques & Practices Credits: (3) (401) Translation of various kinds of texts and documents. Practical application of translation theory and development of strategies for solving predictable translation problems. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 504 - Spanish for Professionals Credits: (3) Study of linguistic and cultural concepts pertinent to the various professions and directed toward students’ individual interests and professional needs. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 505 - Conversation & Composition Credits: (3) (405) Prerequisite: SPN 305 or equivalent. Emphasis on spoken Spanish and essay writing. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 507 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Graduate status. Study of the Spanish sound system. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 508 - Hispanic Linguistics Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Graduate status. Study of Hispanic Linguistics. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 511 - Topics in Spanish Civilization Credits: (3) Advanced study in geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Spain. Topics will focus on specific time periods, geographic areas, or cultural phenomena. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 512 - Topics in Spanish American Civilization Credits: (3) Advanced study in geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Spanish America. Topics will focus on specific time periods, geographic areas, or cultural phenomena. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 521 - Studies in Spanish Literature Credits: (3) Study of representative Spanish authors, literary movements, and genres. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 522 - Studies in Spanish American Literature Credits: (3) Study of representative Spanish American authors, literary movements, and genres. May be repeated under a different subtitle. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 550 - Teaching College Spanish Credits: (3) Exploration of relevant areas of foreign language research and their application to Spanish instruction at the college level. Readings, lectures, and practical demonstrations will expose students to second language acquistion theories and the principles of proficiency. Students will work with a variety of approaches to communicative language teaching, with a focus on the proficiency-oriented approach. They will explore classroom techniques designed to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills while integrating culture. Approaches to developing and implementing testing and incorporating technology will also be highlighted. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 585 - Hispanic Film Credits: (3) Exploration and interpretation of Spanish and Latin American cinema in its theoretical, historical and cultural contexts. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 591 - Directed Independent Study Credits: (1-3) Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. May not exceed 3 hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SPN 595 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies Credits: (1-6) Advanced study of topics related to Hispanic literature, culture, linguistics, language, and/or foreign language pedagogy. Subtitles will vary from semester to semester. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Special Education
	SED 502 - Literature Review in Special Education: Behavior, Cognitive, or Learning Disorders Credits: (3) Designed to explore special education literature in either behavior, cognitive, or learning disorders. Students will study literature review models, survey the related literature, and write a draft for their thesis or research project. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 503 - Instructional Design in Special Education Credits: (3) Designed to provide students with a unified set of viable instructional design principles for evaluating or modifying curriculum. Application of these principles will ensure that the curriculum is accessible to a diverse group of learners. The course provides a framework for designing instructional sequences and error correction procedures that optimize progress. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 550 - Learning Disorders Seminar Credits: (3) Examination of the field of learning disorders including etiology, assessment, definition, characteristics, teaching strategies, historical influences, and current trends. Emphasis is on the application of LD issues, research, and theory to classroom practice. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 551 - Methods for Teaching Academic Skills Credits: (3) Drawing on current research on learning and instruction, this course examines the design, implementation, and evaluation of strategies for teaching reading, mathematics, writing, and content areas to students with exceptionalities. Students will become fluent with concepts and instructional techniques. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 553 - Advanced Classroom Management and Behavioral Development Credits: (3) Designed to develop knowledge and skills necessary for establishing appropriate social and emotional behaviors of children. Focus is on identifying developmental factors, effective solutions, and implementing a system of functional behavioral assessment-based behavior support planning. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 554 - Cognitive Disorders Seminar Credits: (3) Examination of the field of cognitive disorders including etiology, assessment, definition, characteristics, and teaching strategies, historical influences, and current trends. Emphasis is on the application of issues, research, and theory to classroom practice. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 555 - Behavior Disorders Seminar Credits: (3) Involves the advanced study of etiology, assessment, intervention, theories, and contemporary research findings related to teaching children and youth with social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Examines and evaluates institutional and programmatic issues, controversies, dilemmas, debates, and conflicts confronting the field. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 556 - Seminar on Families, Diversity, and Collaboration Credits: (3) Designed to develop understandings and skills related to working with families and caregivers of students with special needs. Focus will be upon characteristics of diverse families, and development of skills in communication, collaboration, and teaming models to address the variety of needs identified. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 557 - Technology Applications in Special Education Credits: (3) Designed to provide teachers of children with disabilities the skills to integrate technology, including assistive devices, into classroom instruction. The technology examined will focus on devices used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of children with disabilities. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 558 - Issues and Trends in Special Education Credits: (2) Designed to focus on emerging directions related to the education of students with exceptionalities. Relevant instruction, assessment, service delivery, technology, management, legal, psychological, medical, and social issues will be examined as well as implications for schools. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 559 - Special Education Practicum Credits: (3) Supervised public school practicum for students with cognitive, learning, and behavior disorders including developing and implementing advanced assessment skills, clinical instruction, behavioral support programs, and collaborating with teachers, parents, and other professionals. Focus on research to practice, and implementing and writing results for thesis/project. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 560 - Reading Theories and Methods for Students with Special Needs Credits: (3) Designed to provide evidence-based instructional practices in reading that accelerate student learning through careful curriculum design and instructional delivery. Emphasis on clear communication, explicit instructional formats, progress monitoring, instructional grouping, teacher/student interactions, and generalization. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 561 - Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction Credits: (3) Designed to provide students with research-based methods for teaching reading. Emphasis on the application of instructional techniques and progress monitoring strategies to meet the needs of individuals with exceptionalities. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 562 - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Characteristics and Instruction Credits: (3) Examination and understanding of behaviors associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) including current research on etiology and diagnosis. Emphasis will be placed on learning styles, educational needs, and intervention strategies for persons with ASD. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 563 - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Social and Communication Skills Credits: (3) Identification of the social and communication needs and intervention strategies common in persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger’s Syndrome. Emphasis on the application of research-based treatments for social and communicative functioning. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	SED 603 - Special Education for Educational Leaders Credits: (3) Study of special education legal mandates and their implications, administrative issues related to special education, students with exceptionalities, and current issues and trends. Includes examination of parental involvement, assessment, program development, services and personnel, discipline, diversity, collaboration, and student characteristics and related implications. Field experiences required. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
Statistics
	STT 500 - Research Consultation Credits: (1-3) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Statistical consultation on graduate thesis research provided through access to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics’ Statistical Consulting Center. May be repeated for a total of three credit hours. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 501 - Applied Statistical Methods Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Any elementary statistics course. A survey of statistical methods for scientists. Topics include: data description, probability, estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA, simple linear and multiple linear regression and contingency tables. This course does not count towards the Master’s degree in mathematics. No credit granted after successful completion of STT 411 , 412 , 511 , or 512 . May be taken once for credit, open only to graduate students. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 505 - Data Analysis Credits: (3) Prerequisite: Any statistics course. Introduction to exploratory data analysis. Use of stem and leaf plots, boxplots. Transformations of data, resistant lines, analysis of two–way tables, residual analysis. Comparison of robust/resistant methods with standard statistical techniques. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 511 - Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance Credits: (3) (411) Prerequisite: Any elementary statistics course. Review of elementary statistics; design of experiments including completely randomized, randomized block, factorial, split–plot, and repeated measures designs; analysis of variance; non–parametric alternative methods of analysis. Statistical software packages will be used as appropriate in problem solving. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 512 - Applied Regression and Correlation Credits: (3) (412) Prerequisite: Any elementary statistics course. Review of elementary statistics; linear and multiple regression; correlation. Statistical software packages will be used as appropriate in problem solving. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 520 - Biostatistical Analysis Credits: (3) (420) Prerequisite: Statistical programming and consent of instructor. Statistical methods used in epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. Topics include measures of association, logistic regression, covariates, life tables and Cox regression; statistical analysis using SAS. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 525 - Categorical Data Analysis Credits: (3) (425) Prerequisite: Statistical programming and consent of instructor. Introduction to the analysis of qualitative data. Basic methods of summary and inference for two and three way contingency tables; introduction to the generalized linear model for binary and Poisson data; focus on multinomial responses (nominal and ordinal) and matched pairs data; statistical analysis using SAS. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 530 - Introduction to Non-parametric Statistics Credits: (3) (430) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. Theory and methods of non–parametric statistics in the one– and two–sample problems and their comparisons with standard parametric procedures. Non–parametric tests for comparing more than two samples; tests of randomness and independence. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 535 - Applied Multivariate Analysis Credits: (3) (435) Prerequisite: STT 511 , 512 . Matrix manipulations; multivariate normal distribution; inference for mean vector and covariance matrix; multivariate analysis of variance; principal components; canonical correlations; discriminant analysis; factor analysis; cluster analysis; statistical analysis using SAS. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
	STT 540 - Linear Models and Regression Analysis Credits: (3) (440) Prerequisite: A calculus-based statistics course. Theoretical introduction to the general linear model and its application to simple linear regression and multiple regression. Estimation and hypothesis testing of model coefficients; residual analysis; analysis of covariance. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.

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SWK 526 - Strengths-Based Practice with Severe and Persistently Mentally III

SWK 528 - Advanced Practice in Chemical Abuse and Dependence

SWK 530 - Social Work in the Health Care Setting

SWK 532 - Health and Mental Health Issues of Women

SWK 534 - Advanced Social Work Practice in Schools

SWK 536 - Strengths-Based Rural Social Work Practice

SWK 538 - Social Work Practice with Older Adults

SWK 540 - Law, Liability, and Litigation in Social Work Practice

SWK 545 - Developing and Managing a Practice

SWK 550 - The Culture of Military Life and Entering the War Zone

SWK 551 - Returning Home from the War Zone and its Consequences: PTSD and Traumatic Injury, Intervention and Prevention

SWK 552 - Advanced Practice in Child Protective Services

SWK 553 - Practice with Children and Adolescents

SWK 591 - Directed Independent Study

SWK 595 - Special Topics in Social Work

SWKL 500 - Clinical Practice I Lab

SWKL 501 - Clinical Practice II Lab

SWKL 502 - Clinical Practice III Lab

SWKL 503 - Clinical Practice IV Lab

SOC 500 - Social Research Methods

SOC 501 - Aging and Society

SOC 502 - Evaluation, Methods and Policy

SOC 503 - Sociological Theory

SOC 504 - Data Analysis

SOC 505 - Pro Seminar

SOC 506 - Qualitative Data Analysis

SOC 507 - Community-Based Participatory Research Methods

SOC 508 - Public Sociology Seminar

SOC 509 - Seminar: Teaching in Higher Education

SOC 515 - Advanced Victimology

SOC 516 - Globalization and Development

SOC 518 - Women and Aging

SOC 520 - Polictical Economy of Rural Development

SOC 521 - Urban Sociology

SOC 524 - Social Stratification

SOC 525 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations

SOC 526 - Social Control and Social Change

SOC 530 - Restorative Justice

SOC 531 - Self, Desocialization, No-Self

SOC 535 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior

SOC 543 - Corporations and Consumer Culture

SOC 546 - Tourism and Society

SOC 547 - Sociology of Education

SOC 549 - Sociology of Law

SOC 550 - Gender

SOC 560 - Sociological Theory

SOC 561 - Seminar in Criminology

SOC 565 - Social Psychology

SOC 567 - Sociology of Health

SOC 568 - Media and Democracy

SOC 569 - Intersectionality in Media

SOC 580 - Social Justice

SOC 584 - Community Development

SOC 586 - Sociology of Work, Occupations and the Labor Force

SOC 587 - Sociology of Organizations

SOC 590 - Sociology of Poverty

SOC 591 - Directed Independent Study

SOC 592 - Special Topics in Criminology and Public Sociology

SOC 598 - Internship

SOC 599 - Thesis

SPN 500 - Advanced Writing Techniques

SPN 501 - Translation Techniques & Practices

SPN 504 - Spanish for Professionals

SPN 505 - Conversation & Composition

SPN 507 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology

SPN 508 - Hispanic Linguistics

SPN 511 - Topics in Spanish Civilization

SPN 512 - Topics in Spanish American Civilization

SPN 521 - Studies in Spanish Literature

SPN 522 - Studies in Spanish American Literature

SPN 550 - Teaching College Spanish

SPN 585 - Hispanic Film

SPN 591 - Directed Independent Study

SPN 595 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies

SED 502 - Literature Review in Special Education: Behavior, Cognitive, or Learning Disorders

SED 503 - Instructional Design in Special Education

SED 550 - Learning Disorders Seminar

SED 551 - Methods for Teaching Academic Skills

SED 553 - Advanced Classroom Management and Behavioral Development