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Some 4000-level courses may be applied toward master’s degree requirements, subject to limits established by the school and approval of the graduate adviser:
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SW 3762 - Cross Cultural Practice with Older Adults
(3)
Prerequisites: Completion of Block A and Block B4, one additional course from Block B, and at least one course each from Blocks C and D. This course exposes students to cross cultural and direct practice with older adults through examination of ethnicity, age, race, gender, social class, and religion to meet the health and human services needs of the increasingly diverse aging segment. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
GE UD D; (cl)
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SW 3763 - Forensic Social Work Practice
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Status. This course deals with the history, philosophy, legal basis, and procedures governing practice in the civil, family, and criminal court systems. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 3820 - Community Organizing
(3)
Prerequisites: Completion of Block A and Block B4, one additional course from Block B, and at least one course eachfrom Blocks C and D. This course applies stages of the generalist social work method to community organizing,community analysis, dynamics of social power and formal organizations. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
GE UD D; (cl)
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SW 3850 - The Homeless in Society
(3)
Prerequisites: Completion of Block A and Block B4, one additional course from Block B, and at least one course each from Blocks C and D. This course examines the homeless and homelessness, including cultural, health, sociopolitical, economic, legal issues, policy, programs, and service delivery responses. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
GE UD D; (cl)
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SW 3910 - Social Work Research Methods
(3)
Prerequisite: MATH/ECON 1090 or HHS 4000 or SOC 2100 or EDFN 4520. Scientific, analytic approach to knowledge building and practice in social work; experimental, quasi-experimental, and single subject research designs; sampling, survey methods, case studies, exploratory-descriptive studies, and evaluation research. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4540 - Selected Topics in Social Work
(1-4)
Current topics of special interest in social work, as announced in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit.
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SW 4560 - Multidisciplinary Teams, Child Maltreatment, and Family Violence
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Status. Personal and professional responsibility in reporting, preventing, and treating child maltreatment; a multidisciplinary team approach to problems of child maltreatment and family violence. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4630 - Diversity and Intersectionality in Social Work
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the Social Work Major and SW 3700. This course presents theories of diversity and intersectionality applicable to social work, examines the impact of diversity issues on clients, and applies these ideas to working with diverse clients. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4650 - Programs and Policies Related to the Elderly
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Policies, programs, and service delivery systems related to the elderly; descriptive and normative analysis of social problems related to aging with emphasis on ethnic minorities.
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SW 4740 - Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the Social Work Major, SW 3700 and SW 3720. Practice theory and skill development derived from a variety of frameworks for application in professional social work practice with individuals and families. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4750 - Social Work Practice with Groups
(3)
Prerequisite: Social Work Major, SW 3700 and SW 3720. Theory, principles, and skill development concerning direct practice with small groups.This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4780 - Social Welfare Policy and Social Services
(3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Social Work Major and SW 3700. Identifying, formulating, implementing, and evaluating social welfare policy options. Design and implementation of social service delivery systems. Minimum C grade required for passing.This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4830 - Financial Capability and Asset Building
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Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing. This course prepares social workers to enhance clients’ financial capability. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4840 - Community Engagement, Service Learning, and Community Practice with Youth
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division status. This course prepares students to work with youth using the empowerment model and contextualizes social work courses on human behavior and child welfare policy. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4850 - Social Work Practice with Military and Veteran Populations
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division status This course explores social work practice specific to military and veteran populations. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4860 - Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division status. The purpose of this course is to enhance students’ professional competence with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4870 - Forensic Social Work: Focus on Involuntary Clients
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Status This course examines the roles of social workers in the legal system with an emphasis on criminal justice issues. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4900 - Latino Mental Health
(3)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Status. Psychosociocultural aspects of mental health problems and issues within Latino community; factors affecting mental/emotional well-being, the design and delivery of culturally based services, and implications for practice and research. Service in an agency serving Latino clients is required. This course requires service learning. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4951 - Integrative Field Practicum I
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the Social Work Major, SW 3010, SW 3700, SW 3711, SW 3712, SW 3720 and 90 units or more. This course is a supervised field placement for generalist social work practice. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 4952 - Integrative Field Practicum II
(3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Social Work Major and SW 4951. This course is a supervised field placement for generalist social work practice. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5100 - Overview of Human Behavior and the Social Environment
(2)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW Program. Human growth and development from birth through young adulthood, including views based on biological, psychological, cultural, interpersonal, and social structural assumptions. Examination of theoretical perspectives that discuss human development and behavior across the life course from a multidimensional context and that present applications to social work practice.
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SW 5101 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to MSW Program. Human growth and development from birth through early childhood, including views based on biological, psychological, cultural, interpersonal, and social structural assumptions. Examination of theoretical perspectives that discuss human development and behavior across the life course from a multidimensional context and that present applications to social work. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5102 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5101. Building on theoretical knowledge associated with human behavior/development, this course examines normative biopsychosocial developmental issues from middle childhood into young adulthood and the influence of contextual variables on development. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5103 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment III
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5101. Building on theoretical knowledge associated with human behavior/development, this course examines normative biopsychosocial developmental issues from middle adulthood into late adulthood and the influence of contextual variables on development. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5200 - Overview of Ethics, Foundational Principles of Social Work Treatment, and Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis
(2)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW Program. Overview of knowledge and skill related to ethical practice and effectively developing the client-worker relationship; theory and practice focusing on the problem-solving approach, psychodynamic techniques, and crisis intervention; and instruction in using the DSM for diagnosis and treatment.
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SW 5201 - Ethics and Engagement
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to MSW Program. Examination of knowledge and skill related to ethical practice and effectively developing the client-worker relationship. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5202 - Foundational Principles of Therapy, Counseling and Services
(3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW Program. Theory and practice focusing on the problem-solving approach, psychodynamic techniques, and crisis intervention. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5203 - Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis
(3)
Prerequisites: SW5201. Instruction in using the DSM for diagnosis and treatment. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5204 - Advanced Models of Therapy, Counseling and Services
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5202. Practice theory and skill development derived from a variety of frameworks for selective application in professional social work practice with diverse, cross-cultural, and micro-level systems. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5301 - History of Social Welfare Policy and Introduction to Policy Practice
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW program. History, philosophy, ethics, functions and structures of social welfare institutions and the social work profession within sociopolitical, economic and cultural systems and analysis of policies designed to address social problems. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5302 - Community Organizing
(3)
Prerequisite: SW5301. Social work interventions with natural and formed groups; understanding of community development, especially in low-income and under-represented communities; community organizing theories and analysis. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5303 - Administration of Social Service Agencies
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5301. Issues in management and organizational behavior within human service systems; leadership; decision making; conflict resolution; program and staff development; fiscal management; working with boards and volunteers. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5304 - Advanced Policy Analysis and Practice
(3)
Prerequisite: SW5301. Analysis of federal, state, and local policies affecting social welfare populations; impact of demography, diversity, and intergenerational claims on shaping policies; advocacy to promote social justice in policy-making and implementation. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5400 - Overview of Social Welfare Research and Statistics
(2)
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW program. Overview of research designs and methodologies in social work; problem formulation, sampling techniques, instrument construction, evaluation research, descriptive and inferential statistics, and data analysis.
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SW 5401 - Social Welfare Research and Statistics
(3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW program. Research designs and methodologies in social work; problem formulation, sampling techniques, instrument construction, evaluation research. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5402 - Advanced Social Welfare Research
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5401. This course provides instruction on advanced research designs and methodologies in Social Work in preparation for the Master’s Project/Thesis. Research questions and hypotheses, protection of human subjects, advanced quantitative and qualitative research methods will be covered in this course. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5491 - Field Practicum I
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to MSW Program. This course is a supervised field placement for generalist practice with individuals, families, groups and communities.
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SW 5492 - Field Practicum II
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5491. This course is a supervised field placement for generalist practice with individuals, families, groups and communities.
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SW 5540 - Selected Topics in Social Work
(1-3)
Current topics of special interest in social work, as announced in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit.
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SW 5802 - Recovery and Empowerment in Mental Health
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW Program. This course examines the recovery process in mental health, a consumer empowerment model. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5804 - Trauma, Substance Abuse and Violence
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW Program. Examines advanced social work practice interventions with clients impacted by trauma, physical and sexual violence, and substance abuse. Emphasis is placed upon effective cross-cultural service delivery of contemporary, integrative interventions that are innovative and evidence based.
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SW 5805 - Policy and Practice in Public Child Welfare
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW Program. This course examines contemporary practice in California’s public child welfare systems in the context of current policy and administrative issues. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5806 - Grief and Loss in Later Life
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSW Program. This course examines historical, cultural, societal, and personal perspectives on grief and loss in contemporary society and, in particular, how it impacts older adults.
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SW 5911 - Field Practicum III
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5492. Advanced case and group management and community planning responsibilities in a supervised field setting.
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SW 5912 - Field Practicum IV
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5911. Advanced case and group management and community planning responsibilities in a supervised field setting.
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SW 5950A - Field Practicum I
(3)
Prerequisite: Admission to MSW Program. This course is a supervised field placement for generalist practice with individuals, families, groups and communities. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5950B - Field Practicum II
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5950A. This course is a supervised field placement for generalist practice with individuals, families, groups and communities. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5950C - Field Practicum III
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5950B. Advanced case and group management and community planning responsibilities in a supervised field setting. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5950D - Field Practicum IV
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5950C. Advanced case and group management and community planning responsibilities in a supervised field setting. This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5960 - Graduate Studies
See the Comprehensive Examination in the requirements for the Master’s Degree section of this chapter.
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SW 5970 - Graduate Studies
Prerequisites: Instructor consent to act as sponsor and approval of Associate Dean. Independent research under guidance of faculty member. Acceptable final written report required. May be repeated for credit with approval of instructor and Associate Dean. Graded CR/NC.
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SW 5990 - Thesis or Research Project
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5402. This course is the second in a series of two courses that culminate in the production of a three chapter Master’s Project/Thesis. The course addresses the application of research to Social Work policy and practice. Non-traditional grading system (Graded CR/NC). This course may be offered as an online or hybrid course.
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SW 5991 - Thesis or Research Project
(3)
Prerequisite: SW 5402. This course is the second in a series of two courses that culminate in the production of a three chapter Master’s Project/Thesis. The course addresses the application of research to Social Work policy and practice.
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SW 9000 - Graduate Studies
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Prerequisite: SW 5970. Courses in the 9000 series are open only to graduate students who have previously enrolled in thesis or project units (5990 and 5991), but will use University facilities or consult with faculty.
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Sociology (Undergraduate) SOC 2010 normally is prerequisite to all upper division courses in sociology and may be waived only with instructor consent.
All 4000-level courses may be applied toward master’s degree requirements subject to limits established by the department and approval of the graduate adviser.
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SOC 1001 - Individual Development in Diverse Contexts
(3)
Social, psychological, and socialization processes, and intersections among gender, LGBT, class and race/ethnicity affecting identity formation throughout the lifespan. Understanding differential opportunity structures and success strategies in life-long problem-solving. Community-based activity is required. Graded ABC/NC.
GE E; (d)
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SOC 1010 - Social Problems
(3)
Methods that social institutions and interest groups use to define “social problems,” including poverty, substance abuse, delinquency, racism, sexism, crises in education and health care, and urban/environmental issues; policy implications.
C-ID SOCI 115:
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.
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SOC 1200 - Intimate Relationships in Our Diverse Society (also listed as CHDV 1200)
(3)
Developing personal awareness, knowledge and skills in communication styles, conflict management, and interaction principles among intimate partners/friends/siblings. Intersectional gender, LGBT, class, and race/ethnicity issues within relationships and in social context. Some sections may be offered in online or hybrid format.
C-ID SOCI 130:
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.
GE E; (d)
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SOC 2010 - Introduction to Sociology
(3)
Social institutions, social interaction, and group behavior; social order and change. Issues include inequality, globalization, pluralism, distribution of privilege and power, sources of cooperation and conflict, deviance and social control.
C-ID SOCI 110:
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.
GE D; (d)
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SOC 2100 - Elementary Statistics
(3)
Prerequisite: Recommend basic college mathematics course. Introduction to social statistics, covering univariate descriptive statistics, level of measurement, hypothesis testing for mean differences, using Excel and SPSS for data management and analysis, tables and charts. Some course sections may be offered as online or hybrid format.
C-ID SOCI 125:
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.
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SOC 2630 - Asian-American Experience (also listed as AAAS 2630)
(3)
Comparative experiences of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian refugee and other Asian groups in the United States. Immigration, adaptation, discrimination, identity, alienation, stratification and other contemporary issues. Some sections may be offered in online or hybrid format.
GE D; (re)
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SOC 3000 - Cultural Emotions
(3)
Prerequisites: Completion of Blocks A and B4, an additional course from Block B, and one course each from Blocks C and D. Cultural diversity of emotions in context of racial/ethnic cultures, socialization, relationships and social movements worldwide. Social structural causes of racial/ethnic conflict and harmony as analyzed through emotional feeling and expression.
GE UD D; (re)
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SOC 3100 - Intermediate Statistics
(3)
Prerequisite: SOC 2100. Intermediate level social statistics, covering causal hypothesis, hypothesis testing, and bivariate associational statistics such as cross-table analysis, gamma, pearson correlation, and Analysis of Variance(ANOVA). Some course sections may be offered as online or hybrid format.
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SOC 3220 - Socialization: Childhood and Adolescence
(3)
Social-psychological approaches to socialization, from early childhood to adolescence. Emphasis on basic issues of social control and change. Topics are correlated with the California standards for the Multiple Subject Credential.
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SOC 3230 - Adult Life in a Diverse World
(3)
Prerequisites: Completion of Blocks A and B4, an additional course from Block B, and one course each from Blocks C and D. Social psychology of identity and maturity across the adult life-death span. How LGBT, gender, class, race/ethnicity and age intersect emotional, intellectual, familial, and work experiences in diverse global cultures.
GE UD D; (d); (cl)
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SOC 3300 - Social Issues in the Urban Setting
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Completion of Block A and B4 and one course each from Blocks B, C, and D. Social issues in urban setting; technological and economic changes; ethnic, cultural and class diversity; cross-cultural comparisons; population and environmental concerns; and social planning.
GE UD D
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SOC 3310 - The Dynamics of Poverty
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Service Learning Course Some sections to be offered online with required community service. Extent and characteristics of poverty in the United States. Analysis of the social construction of poverty, including theoretical background and myths. Socio-structural responses, change models, and community action are discussed. This course requires service learning. Student placements arranged through EPIC with community agencies are part of the course requirements.
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SOC 3410 - Sociology of Gender
(3)
Completion of Block A and B4 and one course each from Blocks B, C, and D. Gender issues in society in light of sociological theories and research; focus on intersectionality with race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality.
GE UD D; (d)
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SOC 3480 - Sociology of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
(3)
Completion of Block A and B4, and one course each from Blocks B, C, and D. Sociological examination of race/ethnicity, social class, and sex/gender as bases of inequality and the processes by which inequalities are maintained or reproduced; emphasis on race/ethnicity and intersectionality of factors. Some course sections to be offered in online or hybrid format.
GE UD D; (re); (cl)
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SOC 3830 - Violence and Society
(3)
Completion of Blocks A and B4, an additional course from Block B, and one course each from Blocks C and D. Conceptualization and explanation of violence in human societies. Of particular concern are the social conditions associated with violence and its various forms - such as torture, robbery, terrorism, and rape.
GE UD D
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SOC 3900 - Quantitative Research and Writing
(3)
Prerequisite: SOC 2100. Application of scientific method to quantitative sociological data; research design, data collection, elementary analysis procedures; survey and experimental designs, measurement, scale, and index construction; prediction models; and writing quantitative papers.
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SOC 3910 - Qualitative Research and Writing
(3)
Exploration of qualitative research epistemologies, research questions, and design; methods of data generation, analysis, and interpretation; issues of ethics, representation and qualitative sociological writing. (wi)
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SOC 3980 - Cooperative Education (see UNIV 3980)
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Cooperative Education
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SOC 4050 - Sociology Internships and Service Learning
(3)
Students link sociological concepts, empirical studies, public and applied sociology, and field research with internships and service learning in organizations outside CSULA, writing papers on service projects and sociological research. Service learning required. Lecture 1 hour, field work 4 hours. May be repeated once for credit. Graded CR/NC.
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SOC 4120 - Sociological Theory
(3)
Critical examination of significant sociological analytic perspectives in classical and contemporary sociological theory, with special emphasis in the development of Western social thought.
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SOC 4121 - Special Topics in Sociological Theory
(3)
Prerequisite: SOC 4120. Critical examination of selected contemporary theoretical topics with a focus on global, critical, engaged, cultural, feminist and post-colonial perspectives on social justice. Some course sections may include service learning. May be repeated once for credit.
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SOC 4150 - Political Sociology
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Social factors underlying democracy and totalitarianism, social movements and revolutions, conflict and conflict resolution, voting behavior, and political socialization.
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SOC 4160 - Feminist Theories and Contemporary Society (also listed as WGSS 4160)
(3)
Examination of the various feminist theories, all of which focus on some aspect of gender inequality. Implications of each theory and its applications to contemporary society are also discussed. Some course sections may be offered in online or hybrid format.
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SOC 4180 - Crowd Behavior and Social Movements
(3)
Analysis of crowd types, formation, and dynamics, including mobs, riots, panics, mass hysteria, rumors, fads, and fashion. Development, tactics, ideologies, and effects of social movements, cults, and rebellions.
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SOC 4200 - Group Processes
(3)
Inequality, power, justice, status, authority, conformity, and conflict in small groups; emphasis on understanding theory development; use of experimental methods in the process of developing theories.
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SOC 4210 - Social Sources of Human Sexuality
(3)
Effects of social environment on emergence, justification, and maintenance of sexual attitudes and behavior; social factors influencing sexual behavior; changing sociosexual mores and behavioral patterns, and emerging sexual life styles.
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SOC 4220 - Social Psychology
(3)
Inquiry into social-psychological dimensions of group behavior, emphasizing interactive processes involved in communication, group behavior, perception, attitude formation, motivation, socialization, and evolvement of self-concept.
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SOC 4230 - Sociology of Globalization and Resistance
(3)
Sociological analysis of globalization as a contested process; emergence of global societies, political structures, and movements; social forces advancing global neoliberalism; resistance by workers’, indigenous, women’s, and environmental transnational movements.
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SOC 4250 - Medical Sociology
(3)
Role of the hospital and socialization process on professional development of personnel in the healing professions; social epidemiology of physical and mental disorders.
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SOC 4260 - Deviant Behavior
(3)
Basic theoretical orientations to social and personal disorganization resulting from role conflict, social conflict, normlessness, or alienation; individual and social deviance related to group processes and structures.
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SOC 4270 - Society and Mental Illness
(3)
Lay and professional ideas about mental illness in historical and cross-cultural perspective; organizational treatment of the mentally ill; identity, stigma, and adaptations.
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SOC 4280 - Self and Identity
(3)
The development and maintenance of the sense of self or identity among children and adults, particularly emphasizing how understanding theories of the self contributes to community service. Service learning required.
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SOC 4300 - Urban Sociology
(3)
Urban community and urbanization as contemporary social process; consideration of urban areas, institutions, values, and problems; social and demographic characteristics, urban and suburban change and planning.
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SOC 4330 - Bioethics and Sociology
(3)
Sociological analysis of ethical and legal issues concerning health, including dilemmas in health care delivery, reproduction, the beginning and end of life, institutional ethics committees, genetic testing, and new medical technologies.
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SOC 4350 - Asian Societies
(3)
Comparative analysis and exploration of transformations in Asian societies, through historical and contemporary examination of institutions, education, development, urbanization, and deviance/crime.
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SOC 4380 - Sociology of Sport
(3)
Analysis of sport as a social institution and its interrelationship with other, dominant American social institutions and the process of globalization. Examining social diversity, stratification, and social construction in sports.
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SOC 4390 - Aging and Family Life
(3)
An overview of theory and research on family relations in adulthood and later life from a sociological perspective; examines how diversity (race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual orientation) affects older families.
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SOC 4400 - Partnership, Marriage, and Families
(3)
Family as a diverse social institution (same-sex couples, adoption, blended families, interethnic/interracial families, single-parent families, cohabitants, and kinship families). Relationship styles between intimates, parenting styles, grandparent roles, and sibling relationships.
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SOC 4410 - Researching Gender in Social Institutions
(3)
Advanced sociological analysis of sex role differences; conducting research on differential treatment in social institutions; application of theoretical perspectives on gender.
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SOC 4420 - Social Change
(3)
Classical and contemporary theories of sources and consequences of social change; revolutions and alternative routes to modern world; issues in historical sociology; change and social contexts of creative achievements in arts and sciences.
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SOC 4430 - Social Policy, Inequity and Non-Traditional Families
(3)
Examine inequitable impact of laws, government, and employer policies on non-traditional families (e.g. single-parents, cohabitors, step- and same-sex parents, offspring of sperm donors, surrogate mothers, foster children) in cross-cultural context.
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SOC 4440 - Sociology of Popular Culture
(3)
Art, film, literature, music, and television are examined in terms of social roles, social processes, context, and the construction of meaning. Popular culture is studied as reflecting, reinforcing, or challenging norms.
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SOC 4450 - Sociology of Religion
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Social bases of religion, religious institutions, and their modern organizational life; comparative analysis and theories of religious behavior; religious institutions, their representatives, religious conflict, and public law.
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SOC 4460 - Sociology of Business Organizations
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The sociological understanding of control in different technical, structural, and commercial settings. Corporate culture, work subcultures, role constructions, and network processes are emphasized. Case studies are used.
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SOC 4470 - Work and the Workplace
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Analysis of the social world of work: occupational trends and mobility, education and skills, meaningful work, alienation and stress, inequality and discrimination, globalization; study of selected occupations, professions, and workplaces.
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SOC 4480 - Social Class and Inequality
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Examination of sociological theory and research bearing on social stratification; social differentiation: class position, class interests, correlates of social class; trends in occupational mobility; comparison of stratification systems.
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