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SOC 3610 - Rural Sociology (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Examines patterns and processes of social change in rural and nonmetropolitan sectors of the U.S. and other advanced industrial societies. Considers how rural social change is influenced by demographic, economic, political, and natural resource conditions at regional, national, and global scales.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 3750 - Sociology of Aging
3 credits
Examination of social context in which aging occurs, the social implications of aging, and attendant social policy issues. Considers both individual and societal aging, using an historical and global approach.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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SOC 4010 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
3 credits
Critical analysis of major theorists and schools of theory in sociology from the late nineteenth century through recent and current works. Emphasizes contemporary issues, insights, and uses of sociological theory.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SOC 4350 - Political Sociology
3 credits
Examines prevalent theories and concepts related to global development, underdevelopment, and social change, while building an understanding of contemporary global social issues accompanying these processes. Particular emphasis placed on understanding global inequality and regional differences.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SOC 4420 - Criminal Law and Justice (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Sociological analysis of relationship between law and social control and social change, especially regarding law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 4600 - Senior Research Capstone Seminar
3 credits
Students undertake sociological analysis from research question through hypotheses, research design, data collection, data analysis, and presentation. Synthesis of student training in critical thinking and substantive areas in sociology.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SOC 1010 , SOC 3010 , SOC 3110 , SOC 3120 , SOC 4010 , or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Environment and Natural Resources (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Social aspects associated with the environment and natural resources. Topics include: environmental attitudes and perceptions, environmentalism as a social movement, resource scarcity and land use, and social change in resource-based communities.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 4720 - Applied Community Development
3 credits
Uses asset-building model to explore current practice and theory of community development. Organized around service-learning placements with local and regional organizations. Includes reflective evaluation of theories based upon the service-learning experiences.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SOC 1010 , SOC 3010 , SOC 3110 , SOC 3120 , SOC 4010 ; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: SOC 6720 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SOC 4800 - Seminar in Sociology
1-3 credits
Seminars in various areas of sociology: (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) social organization, (e) social deviance, (f) social psychology, (g) human ecology, (h) gerontology.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 4900 - Independent Readings in Sociology
1-5 credits
Independent readings in various areas of sociology: (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) social organization, (e) social deviance, (f) social psychology, (g) human ecology.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SOC 5120 - Population and Health
3 credits
Examines current threats to health and longevity among populations in industrialized and developing nations. Evaluates debates surrounding the history of mortality decline. Emphasis is given to the demographic, socioeconomic and environmental determinants of poor health and premature mortality.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Alternate Years
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SOC 5130 - Ethnographic Field School
3-6 credits
Provides practical training in use of ethnographic field methods, qualitative data analysis, and ethnographic report-writing. Combines classroom instruction with supervised off-campus field research, while living in a cross-cultural setting. Fulfills program methods requirement. Application and additional fee required.
Cross-listed as: SOC 6130 and ANTH 5130 /ANTH 6130 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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SOC 5460 - Sociology of Health
3 credits
Examination of social and cultural factors influencing health. Analysis of health behaviors as consequences of variety of diverse personal and social processes.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Even Years
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SOC 5640 - Conflict Management in Natural Resources (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Introduction to conflict management techniques for those involved in natural resource management.
Cross-listed as: SOC 6640 and ENVS 5640 /ENVS 6640 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SOC 5650 - Developing Societies (DSS)
DSS Depth Social Sciences
3 credits
Reviews how sociology, cultural geography, and economic anthropology analyze processes of globalization in postcolonial societies. Examines changing livelihoods, patterns of spatial incorporation and societal evolution, and emergent policy problems associated with rapid socioeconomic change.
Cross-listed as: SOC 6650 and ANTH 5650 /ANTH 6650 and GEOG 5650 /GEOG 6650 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 6010 - Development of Sociological Theory
3 credits
Examines development of social theory from early to premodern times. Special attention given to nineteenth century European influences on development of American sociological theory.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 6020 - Modern Social Theory
3 credits
Examines current analytical and empirical theories from sociology as science perspective. Also explores network, exchange, conflict, functional, and interactionist approaches to, and difficulties with, scientific theorizing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 6100 - Advanced Methods of Social Research
3 credits
Examines philosophical bases, techniques, and political and ethical aspects of social research.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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SOC 6120 - Population and Health
3 credits
Examines current threats to health and longevity among populations in industrialized and developing nations. Evaluates debates surrounding the history of mortality decline. Emphasis is given to the demographic, socioeconomic and environmental determinants of poor health and premature mortality.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Alternate Years
3 |
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SOC 6130 - Ethnographic Field School
3-6 credits
Provides practical training in use of ethnographic field methods, qualitative data analysis, and ethnographic report-writing. Combines classroom instruction with supervised off-campus field research, while living in a cross-cultural setting. Fulfills program methods requirement. Application and additional fee required.
Cross-listed as: SOC 5130 and ANTH 6130 /SOC 5130 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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SOC 6150 - Social Statistics II
3 credits
Statistical procedures for sociological analysis; nonparametric statistics; inferential statistics, cross-tabulation, and log-linear analysis; correlation; regression; ANOVA; and other multivariable social science statistical treatments.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6200 - Social Demography
3 credits
Focuses on relationships between demographic and sociological processes. Study of theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses of the determinants. Consequences of change in population size, composition, and distribution, as well as changes in demographic processes.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 6230 - Techniques of Demographic Analysis
3 credits
Provides instruction in use of rates, ratios, life tables, and related measures to describe, analyze, and estimate population. Review of measures designed to examine the three demographic processes: fertility, mortality, and migration. Utilization of analytical tools to explore population composition. Special emphasis placed on use of U.S. Census data to create population profiles.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SOC 6250 - Sociology Internship/Co-op
1-6 credits
Professional level of educational work experience in an internship/cooperative education position for graduate students.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SOC 6310 - Sociology of Work and Occupations
3 credits
Uses an applied and comparative cross-cultural perspective to examine work in pre-industrial (agricultural/pastoral), industrializing, industrialized, and post-indus- trial societies.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6420 - Gender and Social Inequality
3 credits
Contemporary American gender stratification, including (1) What is the problem? (2) Why is it a problem? (3) How does it interact with other stratifiers? (4) What caused or is causing it? (5) How and why is it maintained? and (6) When does it vary and why? Comparison of different views on these issues.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6450 - Special Topics in Social Problems
3 credits
Seminars on various topics appropriate to sociological analysis of contemporary social problems. Subject matter will reflect current faculty research and interests.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SOC 6460 - Sociology of Health
3 credits
Examination of social and cultural factors influencing health. Analysis of health behaviors as consequences of variety of diverse personal and social processes.
Cross-listed as:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Even Years
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SOC 6620 - Environment, Technology, and Social Change
3 credits
Focuses on human interactions with the physical environment and changes brought about by this interaction. Topics of major emphasis include: approaches to environmental sociology; environmental values and attitudes; social movements pertaining to environmental concern; and social change responses to technology and resource scarcity.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6630 - Natural Resources and Social Development
3 credits
Focuses on social dimensions of natural resources use, development, scarcity, and allocations. Examines ways in which changing resource conditions impact human social organization. Emphasis on topics including: social characteristics of resource-dependent communities and areas; social organizational responses to changes in availability of, or access to, natural resources; and social impacts of natural resource development activities.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6640 - Conflict Management in Natural Resources
3 credits
Introduction to conflict management techniques for those involved in natural resource management.
Cross-listed as: SOC 5640 and ENVS 6640 /ENVS 5640 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6650 - Developing Societies
3 credits
Reviews how sociology, cultural geography, and economic anthropology analyze processes of globalization in postcolonial societies. Examines changing livelihoods, patterns of spatial incorporation and societal evolution, and emergent policy problems associated with rapid socioeconomic change.
Cross-listed as: SOC 5650 and ANTH 6650 /ANTH 5650 and GEOG 6650 /GEOG 5650 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 6700 - Advanced Rural Sociology
3 credits
Analysis of major developments in the study of rural society and rural communities. Emphasis on rural social changes related to economic, demographic, organizational, and technological trends at societal and global levels.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6720 - Applied Community Development
3 credits
Uses asset-building model to explore current practice and theory of community development. Organized around service-learning placements with local and regional organizations. Includes reflective evaluation of theories based upon the service-learning experiences.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SOC 1010 , SOC 3010 , SOC 3110 , SOC 3120 , SOC 4010 ; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed as: SOC 4720 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 6730 - Gender and International Development
3 credits
Examines gender issues in economic and social development. Focuses on theory and methodologies for gender analysis.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SOC 6750 - Theory and Research in Social Change
3 credits
This seminar course engages contemporary sociological theories and exemplary empirical analyses in the area of social change. The course provides a broad understanding of theoretical perspectives and provides a foundation for students to conduct theory-driven research on social change.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Even Years
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SOC 6760 - Theory and Research in Social Inequality
3 credits
This graduate seminar provides perspectives on the processes that generate and perpetuate social inequality. The focus is on foundational theoretical and empirical works as well as important contemporary scholarship.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Odd Years
3 |
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SOC 6800 - Seminar in Sociology
1-3 credits
Seminars in various areas of sociology: (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) social organization, (e) social deviance, (f) social psychology, (g) social problems, (h) international development, (i) domestic development, (j) rural sociology, (k) environmental sociology, (l) other.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SOC 6900 - Independent Readings in Sociology
1-3 credits
Independent readings in various areas of sociology: (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) environmental/natural resource sociology, (e) sociology of development, (f) social problems.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SOC 6970 - Thesis Research
1-12 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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SOC 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-3 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SOC 7010 - Issues in Sociological Theory
3 credits
Explores current philosophical discussions on theoretical approaches to understanding society. Examines feminist, post-structuralist, and post-modernist conceptualizations of power, knowledge, and identity.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7100 - Advanced Survey Techniques
3 credits
Examines the empirical and methodological literature regarding techniques for designing and implementing mail, telephone, and internet surveys for sociological research. Focuses on practical lessons for sampling, data collection, and survey data organization.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7110 - Advanced Sociological Analysis
3 credits
Provides review of several quantitative approaches utilized in contemporary social research. Students undertake small-scale analytical exercises in topics including, but not limited to, log-linear and structural equation modeling, logistic regression, and event history analysis.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 7150 - Advanced Qualitative Methods in Sociology
3 credits
Examines the empirical and methodological literature regarding techniques for designing and implementing qualitative data collection and analysis for sociological research. Emphasizes practical tools for graduate students seeking to use qualitative methods for their thesis or dissertation research.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7210 - Teaching Sociology
3 credits
Provides a learning opportunity for graduate students who will be graduate instructors or teaching assistants. Reviews teaching strategies (meeting a class for the first time, teaching a large lecture class) and course development (constructing a syllabus, developing tests and writing assignments).
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 7250 - Advanced Seminar in Social Demography
3 credits
Detailed comparative and multilevel examination of substantive and methodological issues in the study of nuptiality, fertility, morbidity and mortality, migration, and social mobility. Covers theories, data collection strategies, measurement issues, and analytical techniques.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7350 - Political Sociology
3 credits
This graduate seminar familiarizes students with theory and research in political sociology. It explores fundamental relationships between state institutions, political processes, and social structure. Topics include democracy, political inclusion and exclusion, political participation , social movements, and culture and political ideology.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, Alternate Years
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SOC 7400 - Perspectives on Inequality and Social Problems
3 credits
Examines major theoretical and empirical approaches to the sociological analysis of inequality and social problems.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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SOC 7440 - Crime and Society
3 credits
Explores the field of criminology, which is primarily concerned with describing and explaining patterns of deviance violating criminal laws. Reviews the epistemological foundations of criminology, and then addresses specific topics surrounding various legal definitions of criminal behavior.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7620 - Sociology of Environmental Hazards and Risks
3 credits
Focuses on how individuals and organizations respond to environmental hazards and risks resulting from either natural events or human technological and industrial processes.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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SOC 7640 - Population and Environment
3 credits
In-depth exploration of relationship between human populations and their environment. Heavy emphasis placed on developing an understanding of contemporary research in this area, especially with regard to the association between environmental factors and population organization, change, and growth.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7660 - The Environment and Social Inequality
3 credits
Explores the intersection of social inequality and the physical environment. Examines how social structures and individual actions both perpetuate and combat various forms of inequality, including class, race, ethnicity, gender, and “expert knowledge.”
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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SOC 7720 - Community Theory and Research
3 credits
Explores theoretical and empirical sociological literature on the human community. Topics include: conceptualization and measurement of community well-being, dynamics and impacts of social and economic change on community life, and comparison of community research conducted in different settings.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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SOC 7800 - Topical Seminar in Sociology
3 credits
Seminars in various areas of sociology: (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) environmental/natural resource sociology, (e) sociology of development, (f) social problems.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SOC 7900 - Independent Study
1-3 credits
Independent study in sociological areas emphasizing (a) theory, (b) methodology, (c) demography, (d) environmental/natural resource sociology, (e) sociology of development, (f) social problems.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SOC 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-12 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-12 |
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SOC 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SPAN 1010 - Spanish First Year I
4 credits
Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: No more than one year of Spanish in high school or placement in this specific class by examination.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPAN 1020 - Spanish First Year II
4 credits
Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 1010 (or equivalent coursework) or placement in this specific class by examination.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPAN 1050 - Intensive First Year Spanish
8 credits
Intensive one-semester alternative course to SPAN 1010 and SPAN 1020 , emphasizing active usage.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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SPAN 1800 - Spanish I Study Abroad
1-4 credits
Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: Taught only in Studies Overseas in Spanish Program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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SPAN 2010 - Spanish Second Year I
4 credits
Continued development of communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 1020 (or equivalent coursework) or placement in this specific class by examination.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPAN 2020 - Spanish Second Year II
4 credits
Continued development of communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2010 (or equivalent coursework) or placement in this specific class by examination.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPAN 2800 - Spanish II Study Abroad
1-4 credits
Continued development of communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 1020 or equivalent.
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: Taught only in Studies Overseas in Spanish Program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SPAN 2988 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
An elective course intended for advanced students. Students will work individually with the instructor to develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Emphasis will be on advanced grammar and conversation. Hispanic culture will also be emphasized. Significant reading and work outside of class are required.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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SPAN 3010 - Hispanic Outreach Practicum
1-4 credits
Allows students of Spanish to improve their language skills and cultural awareness within a Hispanic community setting. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 credits, only 3 of which can be applied toward the Spanish major or minor.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SPAN 3040 - Advanced Spanish Grammar
3 credits
Intense review of selected problematic areas of Spanish grammar for students with advanced language skills.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 (or equivalent coursework) or placement in this specific class by examination.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring (Summer distance ed. only)
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SPAN 3060 - Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Development of advanced conversation and writing skills through debate and composition on contemporary controversial topics.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 or demonstration of equivalent proficiency through testing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3100 - Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
3 credits
Study of medical terminology in Spanish. Explores Hispanic cultural issues in the health professions. Features guest lectures by medical professionals having experience in treating U. S. Hispanics/Latin Americans. Provides conversational practice for medical situations. Includes field trips to clinics/hospitals.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
3 |
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SPAN 3300 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis
3 credits
Readings in Hispanic literatures, focusing on literary analysis (both oral and written) in the principle literary genres: narative, drama, and poetry.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Grade of B- or better in SPAN 2020 or permission of instructor
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3510 - Business Spanish
3 credits
Development of communication skills in Spanish for international Hispanic business purposes.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 or demonstration of equivalent proficiency through testing
3 |
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SPAN 3520 - Business Spanish Practicum
1-4 credits
Allows students of Spanish to gain practical work experience in a Hispanic Business context. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 credits, only 3 of which can be applied toward the Spanish major or minor.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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SPAN 3550 - Spanish Culture and Civilization (DHA)
DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
3 credits
Historical, social, political, economic, and cultural conditions and institutions of Spain.
Corequisite: SPAN 2020 or demonstration of equivalent proficiency through testing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring (Summer distance ed. only)
3 |
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SPAN 3560 - Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Culture
3 credits
This course is an introduction to U.S. Latino/Latina history, civilization, literature, and culture. Students will examine the socio-historical, cultural, and political contexts that shape the educational experience of Latinos in the U.S., paying particular attention to concepts of identity, race, class and gender.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3570 - Latin American Culture and Civilization (DHA)
DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
3 credits
Historical, social, political, economic, and cultural conditions and institutions of Latin American countries.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 or demonstration of equivalent proficiency through testing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring (Summer distance ed. only)
3 |
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SPAN 3600 - Survey of Spanish Literature I (DHA)
DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
3 credits
Selective readings and discussions of major works and authors in Spanish literature from El Cid through Calderon.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3610 - Survey of Spanish Literature II (DHA)
DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
3 credits
Selective readings and discussions of major works and authors in Spanish literature from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring (Summer distance ed. only)
3 |
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SPAN 3620 - Survey of Latin American Literature I (DHA)
DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
3 credits
Selective readings and discussions of major works and authors in Latin American literature from Pre-Columbian works through the beginnings of Modernism.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3630 - Survey of Latin American Literature II (DHA)
DHA Depth Humanities and Creative Arts
3 credits
Selective readings and discussions of major works and authors in Latin American literature from Modernism to the present.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3640 - Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Literature
3 credits
This course introduces students to contemporary Latino/Latina in the United States, with a major focus on Mexican Americans/Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Dominican Americans. The course will familiarize students with an important part of American Literature that is often ignored and help to develop a greater sensitivity to cultural issues.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SPAN 3650 - Spanish Literature - Study Abroad
1-4 credits
Selective readings and discussions of major works and authors in Spanish literature.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: Taught only in Studies Overseas in Spanish program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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SPAN 3660 - Latin American Literature - Study Abroad
1-4 credits
Selective readings and discussions of major works and authors in Latin American literature.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; SPAN 3040 or permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: Taught only in Studies Overseas in Spanish program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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SPAN 3800 - Spanish III Study Abroad
1-4 credits
Intense review of selected problematic areas of Spanish grammar for students with advanced language skills.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 or demonstration of equivalent proficiency through testing
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: Taught only in Studies Overseas in Spanish Program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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SPAN 4200 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
3 credits
This course is designed for future Spanish teachers. Students enrolled in this course will learn about the most important aspects of Hispanic linguistics, such as the morphology, syntax, semantics and the history of the Spanish language.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 3040 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SPAN 4800 - Hispanic Culture and Civilization - Study Abroad
1-4 credits
Historical, social, political, economic, and cultural conditions and institutions of Hispanic countries.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 or demonstration of equivalent proficiency through testing
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: Taught only in Studies Overseas in Spanish Program.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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SPAN 4880 - Individual Readings
1-4 credits
Individual readings or projects in Spanish.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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SPAN 4900 - Topics of Spanish Literature
3 credits
Repeatable for additional credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite/Restriction: At least two of the following: SPAN 3600 , SPAN 3610 , SPAN 3620 , and SPAN 3630 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 4910 - Topics of Latin American Literature
3 credits
Repeatable for additional credit when topics vary.
Prerequisite/Restriction: At least two of the following: SPAN 3600 , SPAN 3610 , SPAN 3620 , and SPAN 3630 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPAN 4920 - Spanish Language Tutoring
1 credit
Allows students to develop tutoring skills by assisting professors in lower-division courses or fulfilling instructional duties for a comparable amount of time in the language laboratory, public schools, or similar activities with departmental approval. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 credits.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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SPAN 4990 - Spanish Degree Assessment
1 credit
Includes review of coursework and comprehensive exit examination, individualized according to the courses taken for the degree.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of instructor.
1 |
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SPAN 6200 - Spanish Linguistics and Phonetics
3 credits
Analysis of phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Spanish language.
Prerequisite/Restriction: SPAN 2020 , another 3000-level or higher SPAN course, or demonstrated proficiency through testing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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SPED 0100 - Strategies for Reading
1-3 credits
Practical course with major emphasis on improvement of reading, writing, and comprehension skills that are essential for academic success. Remedial class not carrying USU or transfer credit. Remedial fee required.
Repeatable for credit
Remedial
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPED 1010 - Society and Disability (BSS)
BSS Breadth Social Sciences
3 credits
Discussion of definitions and types of disabilities, ethical issues, society’s prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities, and the individual’s adjustment to the disability experience. Disability as a natural part of life.
Cross-listed as: REH 1010 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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SPED 2010 - Effective Behavior Management Practices for Paraeducators
1-3 credits
Teaches paraeducators to apply effective behavior management practices to individuals with disabilities in a variety of settings. Introduction to proactive behavior management strategies, basic concepts of behavior management, and the application of intervention plans.
Repeatable for credit.
1-3 |
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SPED 2150 - Introductory Experience with Students with Disabilities
1-4 credits
Introductory seminar from which students learn basic instructional techniques from video simulations, then apply techniques in public schools.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
1-4 |
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SPED 2790 - Special Topics
1-4 credits
Repeatable for credit.
1-4 |
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SPED 3030 - Educational and Multicultural Foundations
1-3 credits
Explores historical and cultural aspects of schooling and the inclusion of students with disabilities and bilingual students in general education classrooms. Examines how schooling practices change from elementary to high school and commonalities that bind the teaching profession.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer, Taught Alternate Odd Years
1-3 |
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SPED 4000 - Education of Exceptional Individuals
2 credits
Characteristics of all types of exceptional children with emphasis on the educational and psychological implications of these conditions to the development of the child.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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