Course Descriptions and Objectives

SHS 271 - Addiction Studies Field Practicum

1. Apply discipline skills and abilities learned in classroom to a certified agency treating those with addictions.

2. Identify professional roles and challenges of working as a Chemical Dependency Professional Trainee (CDP-T) and a Chemical Dependency Professional (CDP).

3. Observe and analyze information gained during placement at the certified agency.

4. Examine and evaluate personal thinking as well as the thought process and perspective of others.

5. Demonstrate ability to write clear and well organized reports appropriate for the treatment setting.

6. Demonstrate listening skills that positively enhance relationships in a certified agency treating those with addictions, and show ability to work as part of a professional team.

SHS 272 - Advanced Addiction Studies Field Practicum

1. Apply skills and abilities learned in previous practicum settings and the classroom to a certified agency treating those with addictions.
2. Evaluate professional roles and challenges of working as a Chemical Dependency Professional Trainee (CDP-T) and a Chemical Dependency Professional (CDP).
3. Analyze information gained during placement at the certified agency and apply to future career planning.
4. Assess and evaluate personal thinking as well as the thought process and perspective of others.
5. Demonstrate ability to write clear and well organized reports, treatment plans, and assessments appropriate for the treatment setting.
6. Demonstrate advanced listening skills that positively enhance relationships in a certified agency treating those with addictions, including skills necessary to work as part of a professional team.

SHS 299 - Special Projects: Social and Human Services

1. Develop a focused plan regarding the application of off-campus educational or volunteer experiences to individual career goals.
2. Participate in activities in the community, including volunteering, attending workshops or seminars, or completing other specific professional development activities including research.
3. Evaluate course experiences and apply them to human service work in the form of a written report.

SOCSC 155 - Special Topics: Social Science

1. Examine and evaluate social science information and arguments from different source forms.
2. Express their findings in formal and informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, and/or oral presentations.

SOCSC 198 - Individual Project in Social Science

1. Produce work through independent exploration and expression on a focused area of interest or need.
2. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.

SOCSC 255 - Special Topics: Social Science

1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.
2. Examine and evaluate social science information and arguments from different source forms.
3. Express their findings in formal and informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, and/or oral presentations.

SOCSC 298 - Individual Project in Social Science

1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.
2. Demonstrate capability in the development, implementation, and completion of a total project adhering to established procedures and due dates.
3. Express their findings in formal and informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, and/or oral presentations.

SOC& 101 - Introduction to Sociology:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of social issues.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze social issues.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people influence social structures and processes and examine the role played by collective behaviors.
4. Analyze and assess the impact of social forces and structures on people’s lives.
5. Explain and analyze how race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and other social identities and group relations affect people’s lives and shape social structures.
6. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding social issues.
7. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their applications both orally and in writing.
8. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 115 - The Sociology of Gender:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of issues related to gender.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to gender.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people influence gender relations and examine the role collective behaviors play in changing these relations.
4. Analyze and assess institutionalized gender relationships and their impact on people’s lives.
5. Describe and analyze the relationship between historical and contemporary gender inequality.
6. Explain and analyze the intersections of gender with race and ethnicity, social class, sexuality, and other social identities.
7. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding gender.
8. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to issues related to gender both orally and in writing.
9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 118 - Introduction to Global Studies:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to analyze international and intercultural relations.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze international relations.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people influence international relations and examine the role played by collective behaviors.
4. Analyze and assess the ways in which social structures and processes shape international relations and impact people’s lives.
5. Analyze and evaluate the roles of nationality, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and other social positions and identities in shaping individuals’ lives and the structures of international relations.
6. Identify and assess economic, demographic, political, ecological, structural, and cultural indicators of development.
7. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding international relations.
8. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to international relations both orally and in writing.
9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 125 - Race and Ethnic Relations:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of issues related to race and ethnicity.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to race and ethnicity.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people influence racial and ethnic relations and examine the role collective behaviors play in changing these relations.
4. Analyze the ways in which race and ethnicity are part of social institutions and assess the impact of racialized institutions on people’s lives.
5. Describe and analyze the relationship between historical and contemporary inequality with respect to race and ethnicity.
6. Explain and analyze the intersections of race and ethnicity with gender, social class, sexuality, and other social identities.
7. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding race and ethnicity.
8. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to race and ethnicity both orally and in writing.
9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 130 - Sociology of the Environment:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of issues related to the environment.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to the environment.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people influence their environment and examine the role collective behaviors play in bringing about environmental changes.
4. Analyze and assess the ways in which social structures and processes shape issues related to the environment and impact people’s lives.
5. Analyze the roles of nationality, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and other social identities in producing differential outcomes related to the environment at both the individual and structural levels.
6. Describe and explain the relationship between historical and contemporary attitudes regarding consumption and its effect on the environment.
7. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding the environment.
8. In individual and group projects communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to the environment both orally and in writing.
9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 150 - Health in Society:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories and concepts to the analysis of issues related to health.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to health.
3. Analyze and assess differences in patterns of health and illness related to nationality, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and other social identities.
4. Explain and analyze the ways in which conceptualizations of health and illness differ according to cultural groups and socioeconomic backgrounds.
5. Explain and analyze how illness and its spread can be prevented or reduced in ways that are sensitive to cultural and economic differences between social groups.
6. Compare and contrast healthcare systems across nations.
7. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding health.
8. In individual and group projects communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to health both orally and in writing.
9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC& 201 - Social Problems:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of social problems.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze social problems.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people influence social structures and processes and examine the role collective behaviors play in changing social issues.
4. Analyze and assess the impact of social forces and structures on people’s lives.
5. Explain and analyze the roles of nationality, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and other social positions and identities in both influencing and producing social problems.
6. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding social problems.
7. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to social problems both orally and in writing.
8. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 214 - Sociology of the Family:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of issues related to families.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to families.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people actively create and shape families in society.
4. Analyze and assess the ways in which social forces and structures affect families and how the institution of the family interacts with other social institutions.
5. Explain and analyze how family relations and conditions vary by race and ethnicity, gender, social class, sexuality, and other social positions and identities.
6. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding issues related to families.
7. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their application to families both orally and in writing.
8. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

SOC 220 - Sociology of Deviance:CD

1. Apply major sociological perspectives, theories, and concepts to the analysis of issues related to deviance and social control.
2. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to deviance and social control.
3. Analyze and assess the ways in which people actively construct deviance as well as their responses to it.
4. Analyze and assess the impact of social forces and structures on the creation of deviance and its control.
5. Explain and analyze how race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and other social identities and group relations affect how deviance is created, interpreted, and controlled.
6. Explain and evaluate the ways in which individuals’ social positions and identities shape their attitudes and views regarding issues related to deviance and social control.
7. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.
8. In individual and group projects, communicate an understanding of sociological principles and their applications both orally and in writing.

VISCO 100 - Career and College Success: Visual Communication

1. Demonstrate the use of study skills to comprehend, retain, and apply class content.
2. Identify individual strengths, skills, characteristics, and interests in order to pursue personal, academic, and career goals.  
3. Apply appropriate communication skills when engaging with peers, instructors, and college community within a culturally diverse environment.
4. Identify, access, and navigate college resources and experiential learning opportunities for program success.
5. Demonstrate the ability to find credible and contextually-appropriate sources through research and evaluation, and to ethically incorporate those sources into their work.
6. Research the profession within visual communications and report on the opportunities and careers.

VISCO 110 - Apple Computers and Adobe Applications

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed design projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in design.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of design techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for design and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of design projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of design for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 120 - Digital Imaging

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed digital imaging projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in digital imaging.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of digital imaging techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for digital imaging and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of digital imaging projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of design for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 125 - Multimedia Design I

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed multimedia design projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in multimedia design.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of multimedia design techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for multimedia design and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of multimedia design projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of multimedia design for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 145 - Illustration

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed illustration projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in illustration.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of illustration techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for illustration and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of illustration projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of illustration for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 210 - Video Editing

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed video editing projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in video editing.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of video editing techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for video editing and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of video editing projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of video editing for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 215 - Video Production

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed video production projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in video production.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of video production techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for video production and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of video production projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of video production for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 230 - Multimedia Design II

1. Reinforce techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed multimedia design projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in multimedia design.
3. Reinforce production of quality work through the application of a variety of multimedia design techniques and media.
4. Reinforce knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for multimedia design and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Reinforce constructive critiques of multimedia design projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Reinforce research skills in multimedia design for presentation and proper documentation of research.

VISCO 240 - Typography

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed typography projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in typography.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of typography techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for typography and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of typography projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in the history of typography for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 245 - Production Design

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed motion graphic design projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in motion graphic design.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of motion graphic design techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for motion graphic design and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of motion graphic design projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in motion graphic design for presentation and using proper documentation of research.

VISCO 250 - Design Portfolio

1. Effectively apply techniques and skills of good craftsmanship to completed design portfolio projects and course assignments.
2. Effectively generate, consider, and evaluate problems in design portfolio and job searches.
3. Produce quality work through the application of a variety of design portfolio techniques and media.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic compositional guidelines for design portfolio and apply them effectively to completed course projects and assignments.
5. Give and receive constructive critiques of design portfolio projects created by you and others using language appropriate to the domain and course themes.
6. Demonstrate research skills in design portfolios for presentation and communications along with using proper documentation of research.

WOMEN 200 - Introduction to Women’s Studies:CD

1. Apply key concepts and theories from the field of women’s studies to a broad spectrum of historical, political, international, and social issues.
2. Reason and think critically about gender relations and women’s positions from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives.
3. Analyze and explore relationships between sociopolitical institutions and individual experience.
4. Explore overlapping meanings and constructions of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
5. Compare and contextualize the histories, stories, and current situations of different groups of women, by race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and physical ability.
6. Examine the ways that intersections of race, class, sexuality, and gender shape life experience and identity formation.
7. Conduct participant observation and service-learning projects with local community partners, and reflect on the value of active, engaged learning.
8. Identify and assess empirical research findings to critically analyze issues related to women’s positions and experiences.
9. Apply knowledge, awareness, and/or skills to identify and analyze issues related to diversity.

WOMEN 220 - Women of the World

1. Define anthropology and culture.
2. Define women’s studies and feminism.
3. Conduct participant observation and service-learning projects with local community partners.
4. Explain the value of participant observation and service learning as research tools in anthropology and women’s studies.
5. Describe and discuss the significance and impact of women in cultural systems.
6. Describe the impact of women’s lives on the cultural landscapes they inhabit.
7. Reflect orally and in writing on the value of service as a means of making a difference in a community.
8. Explain how societies are interrelated and the impact of globalization on women’s lives and cultures.
9. Use a culturally relative approach to the exploration of women’s lives in various cultures.

WRITE 095 - Writing Skills I

1. Demonstrate the use of critical and analytical thinking.
2. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak clearly in an organized and effective manner.
3. Apply group work strategies efficiently while completing group tasks.
4. Demonstrate improvement in editing and proofreading skills.
5. Recognize and develop effective brainstorming and pre-writing strategies.

WRITE 101 - Writing Skills III

1. Formulate and organize a written response to varying assignments.
2. Adjust their writing approach for appropriate audiences.
3. Check for paragraph unity and coherence.
4. Demonstrate improvement in editing for sentence clarity.
5. Use various reference texts for guidance and information.
6. Demonstrate the ability to respond appropriately to such instructions as discuss, summarize, compare/contrast, describe, explain, analyze.
7. Demonstrate the use of critical and analytical thinking.
8. Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly in written texts and oral speech.
9. Apply group work strategies efficiently while completing group tasks.
10. Apply MLA guidelines for citing sources to avoid plagiarism.

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