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PSYC 385 - Health Psychology
Description:
Contribution of environmental and psychological factors to the causes, treatment, and prevention of disease.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as PSYC 585 .
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PSYC 388 - Animal Behavior
Description:
Comparative study of animal behavior; description, classification, analysis, and evolution of behavioral patterns of animals. Also social behavior and underlying mechanisms.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 ; BIOL 101 or BIOL 160 .
May not receive credit for both PSYC 388 and BIOL 388 .
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: IS
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as PSYC 588 .
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PSYC 395 - Selected Topics in Psychology
Description:
Discuss topics in psychology. Subtitle will designate area.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 and cons instr. Additional prereqs may apply depending on the topic.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
3 cr.
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PSYC 397 - Field Experience
Description:
Application of psychological principles in professional settings under the direction of faculty member. Credit and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. No more than nine combined credits from PSYC 397, PSYC 398 , and PSYC 399 may be applied to the major.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 ; cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
Typically Offered:
Fall and Spring
1-6 cr.
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PSYC 398 - Directing Readings
Description:
Readings in specific areas of psychology under direction of faculty member. Credit and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. No more than nine combined credits from PSYC 397 , PSYC 398, and PSYC 399 may be applied to the major.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 ; cons instr.; PSYC 200 recommended.
Typically Offered:
Fall and Spring
1-6 cr.
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PSYC 399 - Directed Research
Description:
Research in specific areas of psychology under direction of faculty member. Credit and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. No more than nine combined credits from PSYC 397 , PSYC 398 , and PSYC 399 may be applied to the major.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 ; cons instr.; PSYC 200 recommended.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
1-6 cr.
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PSYC 400 - Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
Description:
Exposure to and practice with advanced research designs used in psychology. Focus on the link between research and design and the statistical tests used for these designs. Conduct research projects, collect and analyze data, and write and present as appropriate to the field.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 , PSYC 200 , PSYC 300 and cons. instr; 22 credits in Psychology.
3 cr.
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PSYC 401 - Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy
Description:
Major approaches to counseling and psychotherapy; theory, research, evaluation, and demonstration.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 and PSYC 200 ; PSYC 301 or PSYC 351 ; jr. st; cons instr for nonmajors.
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as PSYC 601 .
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PSYC 402 - Practicum in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Description:
Clinical application of theory/research in counseling and psychotherapy. Develop professional ethics, attitudes, behaviors, communication, and intervention skills essential to therapeutic interview. Videotape/critique student counseling interviews.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 401 and cons instr.
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as PSYC 602 .
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PSYC 480 - Applied Theories of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Description:
Application of behavioral and cognitive theory and research in the remediation of psychological disorders and behavior problems, including such topics as operant conditioning, cognitive restructuring, desensitization therapies, token economies and biofeedback. Practical application of behavior principles included.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 , PSYC 200 , and PSYC 351 ; jr. st; PSYC 375 recommended.
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as PSYC 680 .
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PSYC 490 - Seminar: Topics in Psychology
Description:
Integrative discussion of theory and research in psychology. Subtitle will designate area. Write and present as appropriate to the field.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 110 , PSYC 200 , PSYC 300 , and cons instr; 22 credits in Psychology. Additional prereqs may apply depending on the topic.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
3 cr.
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PSYC 491 - Workshop
Description:
Subtitle will designate area.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
1-5 cr.
Available for graduate credit as PSYC 691 .
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PSYC 494 - Human Services Internship
Description:
Field experience in human services agencies or activities under direction of field placement supervisors and psychology faculty.
Prerequisites:
PSYC 351 , PSYC 401 , psych major, jr st, 2.5 cum & Psychology GPA, cons instr, and con reg in PSYC 495 .
May repeat for 9 cr max.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
1-6 cr.
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PSYC 495 - Human Services Internship Seminar
Description:
Weekly professional seminar meetings. Review professional practice standards, critique case study presentations, discuss professional ethics.
Prerequisites:
Con reg in PSYC 494 .
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
2 cr.
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PSYC 500 - Statistics for Psychologists
Description:
Calculation and interpretation of measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, and regression in psychological research; hypothesis testing and estimation from large and small samples; analysis of variance; forms of experimental design.
3 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.
4 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 300 .
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PSYC 550 - Psychological Assessment
Description:
Introduction to psychological assessment and norm-referenced testing. Psychometrics, test construction, and validation. Contemporary intelligence, achievement, interest, and personality tests and behavioral assessment techniques.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 350 .
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PSYC 560 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Description:
Introduction to child and adolescent (developmental) psychopathology. Includes identification, causes, course, and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders, specific learning disorders, internalizing disorders, externalizing disorders, and pediatric psychological conditions in children and adolescents.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 360 .
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PSYC 575 - Learning
Description:
Basic mechanisms of how the environment influences the behavior of humans and other animals. Topics include the principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, motivation, and observational learning.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 375 .
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PSYC 585 - Health Psychology
Description:
Contribution of environmental and psychological factors to the causes, treatment, and prevention of disease.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 385 .
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PSYC 588 - Animal Behavior
Description:
Comparative study of animal behavior; description, classification, analysis, and evolution of behavioral patterns of animals. Also social behavior and underlying mechanisms.
May not earn credit in both PSYC 588 and BIOL 588 .
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 388 .
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PSYC 599 - Independent Study
Description:
Qualified students may arrange for independent study, research assistantship, or other relevant learning experience under the direction of psychology faculty. Credit based on scope of project.
1-3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 399 .
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PSYC 601 - Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy
Description:
Major approaches to counseling and psychotherapy; theory, research, evaluation, and demonstration.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 401 .
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PSYC 602 - Practicum in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Description:
Clinical application of theory/research in counseling and psychotherapy. Develop professional ethics, attitudes, behaviors, communication, and intervention skills essential to therapeutic interview. Videotape/critique student counseling interviews.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 402 .
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PSYC 680 - Applied Theories of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Description:
Application of behavioral and cognitive theory and research in the remediation of psychological disorders and behavior problems, including such topics as operant conditioning, cognitive restructuring, desensitization therapies, token economies and biofeedback. Practical application of behavior principles included.
3 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 480 .
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PSYC 691 - Workshop
Description:
Subtitle will designate area.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
1-5 cr.
Available for undergraduate credit as PSYC 491 .
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PSYC 796 - Special Work
Description:
Advanced graduate students may arrange for specialized independent study with cons instr, chair, and chair of major department.
Typically Offered:
Not currently offered
Credit based on scope of project.
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REL 100 - Religions of Asia
Description:
Survey religious traditions of Asia with special attention to Hinduism and Buddhism.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3, NW; GEP; GA, HU
3 cr.
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REL 101 - Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Description:
Survey religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam including origins, issues of inter-religious conflict, other comparative themes.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 107 - Religious Autobiographies
Description:
Autobiographical accounts of religious persons to introduce stories representing a diverse and multicultural cross section of the world’s religions, including Native American religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Latin American Catholicism, African-American Protestantism, and Islam.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3, NW; GEP; GA
Typically Offered:
Not currently offered
3 cr.
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REL 111 - Religious Diversity in Modern America
Description:
Surveys the diversity of religions in modern America, with particular emphasis upon issues of pluralism, tolerance and inclusion, and with attention to the ways in which America’s increasing religious diversity impacts debates concerning politics, law, education, public space, medicine and culture.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: USD
3 cr.
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REL 199 - Reading in the Discipline
Description:
Improve critical reading and thinking skills. Taken in conjunction with designated sections of religious studies courses.
1 cr. pass/fail.
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REL 202 - Introduction to the Study of Religion
Description:
Introduction to method and theory in the comparative study of religion.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 302 - Religion and Cultural Conflict
Description:
Explores questions of the nature and function of religion in a context of situations of cultural conflict and change. May include colonialism and post-colonialism, millenarian movements, religion and violence, religion and politics, and global fundamentalism.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 303 - Jewish Scriptures
Description:
Study of Jewish scriptures (known to Christians as the Old Testament) in context of historical and cultural background, and issues of interpretation.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 304 - New Testament and Early Christianity
Description:
Study selected New Testament and extra-biblical texts to discern religious perceptions shaping various early Christian movements.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 305 - Prophets and Prophecy
Description:
A comparative study of ancient and modern prophecy in a variety of cultures, including Israelite, American Indian, African, and East Indian.
Typically Offered:
Not currently offered
3 cr.
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REL 307 - Religion and Health
Description:
Exploration of a variety of world religions with particular focus on how these traditions deal with issues of health, healing, disease and dying.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: GA
3 cr.
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REL 311 - American Religious History
Description:
Surveys American religious history from the colonial period through the 19th century with emphasis on the dynamics of cultural encounter, intersections of religion, racism, and sexism, and the struggles of minority groups and women for equality and justice.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3, MNS; GEP: IS, USD
3 cr.
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REL 317 - New Religious Movements
Description:
A study of new religious movements, primarily in America, applying the methodologies of history, sociology, and religious studies. Topics may include cult formation, church and state questions, religious violence, gender, the anti-cult movement, and the role of popular media in shaping public perceptions.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: IS
3 cr.
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REL 318 - Religion and Popular Culture
Description:
Explore the fluid relationship between religion and popular culture with emphasis on the American context. Topics will include how popular culture constructs religion, how religious groups appropriate aspects of popular culture, how popular culture reflects aspects of the religion, and how religious bodies interpret and engage with popular culture.
3 cr.
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REL 321 - Studies in Religion
Description:
Topics in the study of religion in human life and culture. Subtitle will designate area.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 330 - Women and Religion
Description:
Explore intersections of religion and sexism, including historical development of attitudes toward women and human sexuality in Western religious traditions.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 333 - Women and Goddesses in India
Description:
Study of women’s roles, notions of female power, and goddesses in Hindu tradition.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3, NW; GEP; GA, HU
3 cr.
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REL 340 - Buddhism
Description:
Study of Buddhist religious traditions in their historical and cultural contexts. Relevance of Buddhism for addressing problems in the modern world such as war, environmental degradation, and social injustice.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3, NW; GEP; GA, HU
3 cr.
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REL 341 - Religions of India
Description:
Study Hindu deities, practices, and philosophies including comparison of Indian and U.S. Hinduism, and Hinduism’s influences on Indian Christianity.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3, NW; GEP; GA, HU
3 cr.
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REL 342 - Islam
Description:
Study of Islam in variety of historical, cultural, political contexts. Overview of Islamic beliefs and practices including issues of women, politics and war, and mysticism in Islam.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: HU3; GEP: HU
Typically Offered:
Not currently offered
3 cr.
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REL 343 - Judaism
Description:
Study of Judaism in history and its contemporary global context. Issues to consider may include traditions of textual interpretation, anti-Semitism, Zionism, immigration and assimilation in America, and the diversities of modern Judaism.
3 cr.
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REL 344 - Christianity
Description:
Study of Christian religious traditions in their historical and cultural contexts. Issues to consider may include the development and canonization of scripture, the relationship between the church and the state, and the modern global diversity of traditions.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: HU
3 cr.
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REL 350 - Religion and Film
Description:
Explore the aesthetic, cultural, and historical dimensions of cinema in relationship to religious communities and religious themes. These explorations will include how different religious communities have related to cinema as well as how movies have represented, maligned, or promoted various religions over time.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: ART
3 cr.
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REL 363 - Religion and Society in Ancient Israel
Description:
What can we know about the social and religious worlds of ancient Israel? And how does this knowledge shape the way we interpret biblical texts? These questions will be pursued through the application of multiple disciplinary approaches from the Social Sciences and the Humanities to the analysis of both textual and non-textual evidence from ancient Israel and neighboring cultures. Application of different methodologies and distinct fields of knowledge and their impact upon the interpretation of specific biblical texts.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: IS
3 cr.
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REL 390 - Service Learning
Description:
Volunteer in a community service organization for an agreed upon number of hours, to vary according to credit earned. In consultation with a specific religious studies faculty member, you pursue a course of reading and writing specifically designed to complement your volunteer activity and help you pursue “the cross-cultural examination of humanity’s diverse religious traditions” that characterize religious studies courses.
Prerequisites:
Cons Religious Studies faculty member.
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
1-3 cr.
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REL 392 - Religious Studies Internship
Description:
Intern provides small group writing and reading assistance in selected religious studies courses.
Prerequisites:
Cons instr.
1 cr. pass/fail.
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REL 396 - Special Topics Through Study Abroad
Description:
Advanced study of Religious Studies during UW-Stevens Point semester abroad or study tour. Subject varies by destination and resources.
1-3 cr.
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REL 399 - Independent Study
Description:
Individual work in religious studies on special problem, theme, thinker, or period may be arranged with instructor and cons chair. Credit based on scope of project.
1-3 cr.
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REL 450 - Senior Seminar
Description:
Major issues in academic study of religion and culture. Subtitle will designate topic.
Prerequisites:
Cons instr.
May repeat under different subtitles.
3 cr.
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RSCH 798 - Graduate Research
Description:
Continuation of graduate research.
Prerequisites:
Approval of grad adviser and grad program coordinator.
0 cr.
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RUSS 101 - First Year Russian
Description:
For students with no previous training in the language.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: FL (BA BM/BFA), NW
4 cr.
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RUSS 102 - First Year Russian
Description:
Continuation of RUSS 101 .
Prerequisites:
RUSS 101 , or by placement exam.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: FL (BA BM/BFA), NW
4 cr.
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RUSS 211 - Second Year Russian
Description:
Intensive grammar review, practice in reading and speaking Russian.
Prerequisites:
RUSS 102 , or by placement exam.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: NW
4 cr.
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RUSS 215 - Continuing Russian
Description:
Intermediate-level grammatical structures for reading; the roots of Russian; verbs of motion. Subtitle will designate area.
Prerequisites:
RUSS 211
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: NW
4 cr.
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RUSS 315 - Continuing Russian
Description:
Advanced intermediate work. Content is varied so this course, as well as RUSS 215 , can be taken by continuing students. Subtitle will designate area.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: NW
4 cr.
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SHP 330 - Environmental Wellness
Description:
Insights into individual, organizational and societal activities that affect the health of the natural environment. How society, organizations and individuals impact their natural environment. How to minimize identified threats to the health of that environment. Promote intellectual consumerism and citizen advocacy.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: EL
3 cr.
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SW 261 - Introduction to Social Work and the Social Services Field
Description:
Development of social welfare; contemporary public and private programs and appropriate settings; philosophy and principles of social work; orientation to the National Association of Social Work Code of Ethics.
May not earn credit in both SW 261 and SOC 261 .
3 cr.
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SW 262 - Social Welfare Policies and Programs
Description:
Development and philosophy of social welfare as an institutional system; critical analysis of programs, policies and issues; their interrelationship with other aspects of the social system.
May not earn credit in both SW 262 and SOC 262 .
3 cr.
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SW 301 - Social Investigations II
Description:
Written and verbal methods of investigation and communication in Sociology and Social Work. Subtitle will designate area.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 , SOC 102 , or cons instr.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles. May not earn credit in both SW 301 and SOC 301 .
3 cr.
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SW 316 - Child Welfare Practice
Description:
Focus on fundamental skills and knowledge of child welfare practice that includes basic interviewing skills; assessment; case planning; protective services; extended family and foster family care; family centered services; their effects on Native American and other minority cultures; and child welfare policies such as ICWA, ASFA, WI Children’s code.
Prerequisites:
Admission into Social Work Major or cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: MNS
3 cr.
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SW 352 - Research Methods
Description:
Examine and apply social research processes from problem formulation to data analysis; includes computer applications; includes applications for social work practice. May not earn credit in both SW 352 and SOC 352 .
Prerequisites:
SOC 350 and SOC 351 or cons instr.
Typically Offered:
Every semester
3 cr.
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SW 359 - Social Work Methods: Casework
Description:
Principles of generic social work in Microsystems; concepts and casework practice with individuals, interviewing, relationships, social diagnosis, and treatment.
Prerequisites:
Admission into Social Work Major or cons instr.
3 cr.
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SW 361 - Social Work Methods: Groups and Families
Description:
Principles of generalist social work practice with groups and families; principles of model development, assessment, and treatment.
Prerequisites:
Admission into Social Work Major or cons instr.
3 cr.
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SW 362 - Social Work Methods: Community Organization and Social Service Administration
Description:
Principles of generalist social work practice in macrosystems including planning, action, and advocacy; social service administrative concerns including relationships between organizations, and issues within the organization including supervision, consultation, research, and continuing education.
Prerequisites:
Admission to Social Work Major or cons. instr.
3 cr.
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SW 364 - Social Services in Native American Communities
Description:
Introduction to values, beliefs, customs, and histories of Native Americans emphasizing Wisconsin tribal nations and their social service needs.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SW 261 /SOC 261 , or cons. instr.
May not earn credit in both SW 364 and SOC 364 .
3 cr.
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SW 365 - Social Work with Native American and Other Culturally Diverse Families
Description:
Awareness and understanding of values and lifestyles of culturally diverse families; Apply cultually competent principles of social work practice to Native American, African American, Latino/Hispanic, and Asian families.
Prerequisites:
Admission to Social Work Major or cons. instr.
3 cr.
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SW 376 - Human Behavior and Social Environment
Description:
Theories of human behavior in social context as applied to the practice of social work.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SW 261 /SOC 261 , or cons. instr.
May not earn credit in both SW 376 and SOC 376 .
3 cr.
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SW 378 - Problems in Family Interaction
Description:
Theories and modalities used in treatment of contemporary family problems. Examine families in social, economic, environmental, and cultural contexts.
Prerequisites:
Prerq: SOC 101 or SW 261 /SOC 261 , or cons instr.
May not earn credit in both SW 378 and SOC 378 .
3 cr.
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SW 395 - Special Topics in Social Work
Description:
Subtitle will designate area.
Prerequisites:
SW 261 or SOC 261 or cons. instr.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles.
1-3 cr.
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SW 494 - Social Work Practicum
Description:
Observe and practice social work under guidance of cooperating field placement supervisors in an approved social service agency; emphasis on guided social work.
Prerequisites:
Accepted Field Placement Application; con reg in SW 495 .
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
1-8 cr.
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SW 495 - Social Work Practicum Seminar
Description:
Weekly meetings to discuss application of social work practice theory to the agency setting, and increase knowledge and identification with social work profession.
Prerequisites:
Prereq:; Accepted Field Placement Application; con reg in SW 494 .
General Education Designation(s):
GEP: XL
1-2 cr.
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SW 498 - Social Work and Social Administration
Description:
Upperclass sociology majors or minors may arrange for independent study with cons chair. Credit based on scope of project. May apply 6 cr max to major.
1-3 cr.
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SOC 100 - Forum in Sociology or Social Work
Description:
Lecture and discussion of current social issues or topics in sociology or social work. Subtitle will designate area.
May repeat with different subtitles for 3 cr max. 2 hrs per wk or equiv.
1 cr. pass/fail.
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SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
Description:
Sociology as special field of social science, social relations, and social systems; the organization of societies and other human groupings; fundamentals of sociological investigation, dealing with the underlying premises, concepts, logic, and methods of sociology.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: MNS, SS1; GEP: SS, USD
3 cr.
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SOC 102 - Social Problems
Description:
Theories explaining social and personal disorganization and deviation; selected contemporary problems analyzed and related to their social contexts.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: MNS, SS1; GEP: SS, USD
3 cr.
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SOC 225 - Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
Description:
Socialization processes in childhood and adolescent years; impact of social and cultural factors on child and adolescent issues and problems.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS1; GEP: SS
3 cr.
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SOC 230 - Criminology
Description:
Analysis of crime as an institution, with reference to behavior of those who define, engage in, or become the victims of criminal behavior.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS1; GEP: SS
3 cr.
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SOC 240 - Marriage and the Family
Description:
Institutional variations of marriage/family; contributions of behavioral sciences to understanding processes of courtship and marriage interaction.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS1; GEP: SS
3 cr.
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SOC 261 - Introduction to Social Work and the Social Services Field
Description:
Development of social welfare; contemporary public and private programs and appropriate settings; philosophy and principles of social work; orientation to the National Association of Social Work Code of Ethics.
May not earn credit in both SW 261 and SOC 261.
3 cr.
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SOC 262 - Social Welfare Policies and Programs
Description:
Development and philosophy of social welfare as an institutional system; critical analysis of programs, policies and issues; their interrelationship with other aspects of the social system.
May not earn credit in both SOC 262 and SW 262 .
3 cr.
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SOC 270 - Race and Ethnicity
Description:
Race and ethnic relations and inequalities; prejudice and discrimination; social construction of racial and ethnic identity; and racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: MNS, SS1; GEP: SS, USD
3 cr.
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SOC 300 - The American Community
Description:
Community organization and social processes that influence community behavior and change.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SOC 102 or cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS1; GEP: SS
2 or 3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as SOC 500 .
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SOC 301 - Social Investigations II
Description:
Written and verbal methods of investigation and communication in Sociology and Social Work. Subtitle will designate area.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 , SOC 102 or cons instr.
May repeat for credit with different subtitles. May not earn credit in both SOC 301 and SW 301 .
3 cr.
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SOC 306 - Social Aspects of Substance Abuse
Description:
Social aspects of alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and other drugs. Emphasis on prevention, cause, treatment, and social policies.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or cons instr.
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as SOC 506 .
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SOC 308 - Sociology of Medicine
Description:
Analysis of the social organization of medicine and health care delivery systems; social processes and conditions of disease and health, such as adaptations to illness, the sick role, and doctor-patient relationship.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SOC 102 or cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS2; GEP: SS
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as SOC 508 .
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SOC 310 - Social Psychology
Description:
How social learning and habits relate to development of the social self in groups: interaction, perception, motivation, attitudes, values, communication, roles in interpersonal relations.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SOC 102 or cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS1; GEP: SS
3 cr.
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SOC 320 - Sociology of Gender
Description:
Examine the role of gender in everyday life, how gender influences social institutions such as family, government and mass media and the effect of gender inequalities both in American society and cross-culturally.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or cons instr.
3 cr.
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SOC 327 - Social Inequality
Description:
Analyze patterns of inequality in the distribution of power, rewards, and opportunities between classes and other groups.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SOC 102 or cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: SS1; GEP: SS
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as SOC 527 .
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SOC 332 - Juvenile Delinquency
Description:
Definition and sociological explanations of juvenile delinquency; individual and gang forms; control and treatment.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SOC 102 or cons instr.
3 cr.
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SOC 333 - Corrections
Description:
Control and treatment of offenders.
3 cr.
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SOC 340 - Community Research
Description:
Methods and practice of applied research in community-based organizations.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101
Typically Offered:
Not currently offered
3 cr.
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SOC 343 - Cultural Perspectives of Family
Description:
The family as social institution, its place in different culture/social strata, impact of industrialization and urbanization.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or SOC 102 or cons instr.
General Education Designation(s):
GDR: NW; GEP: GA
3 cr.
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SOC 350 - Sociological Theory
Description:
History, content, construction, and application of sociological theories.
Prerequisites:
SOC 101 or cons instr.
3 cr.
Available for graduate credit as SOC 550 .
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SOC 351 - Social Statistics
Description:
Descriptive and inferential statistics; use statistical software to analyze sociological data.
Prerequisites:
MATH 90 or equiv, SOC 101 or cons instr.
3 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.
4 cr.
Available for graduate credit as SOC 551 .
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