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  • 3.00 Credits

    Presents comparative and critical approaches to the understanding of religious institutions and practices. Analyzes religion and its impact upon societies, global-international events, and personal well-being. It emphasizes the diversity and nature of "religious experience" in terms of different groups, classes and individuals. Surveys Western, Eastern, New Age, and Native American religions, as well as unaffiliated groups in terms of their defining beliefs and practices. Explores religion in terms of social processes and phenomena that include, socialization, social control, social identity, authority, power, law, political behavior, stratification, culture, social change, deviance, and gender. The course contributes to an understanding of the functioning, and diversity or religion important to making more discerning decisions regarding cultural, political, and moral issues that are often influenced by religion.
  • 3.00 Credits

    No course description available.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to make available on a one-time basis courses or workshop on topics outside the existing Sociology curriculum.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Topics vary. Taught by members of the University Statistics Committee. Check current class schedule for cross-listings.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Understanding people with learning, behavior, sensory, and physical differences. Emphasis on examining the effects of culture and societal values on the inclusion of people with disabilities in home, school, and community settings. Students enrolled in SP ED 5010 will be held to a higher standard of performance and may be assigned additional work.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces special general education candidates to teaching strategies for meeting the needs of students with disabilities in general education settings.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces special and general education teacher education candidates to strategies for meeting the needs of students with disabilities in secondary general education settings. Students enrolled in SP ED 5012 will be held to a higher standard of performance and will be assigned additional work.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to give students a broad base knowledge about global issues and global perspectives concerning the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights that Everyone has a right to education. Guiding questions in this course include (a) Do global communities have the same perspectives on the right to an education for all learners including those with disabilities?, and (b) Is there an evolving global movement for educating all learners including those with disabilities? This course will introduce students to an international frame of reference so that they may think critically about global education practices concerning individuals with exceptional learning needs involved in four of the world's major civilizations (a) Confucian, (b) Islamic, (c) Western, and (d) Hindu. This course will support students' understanding of differing perspectives concerning the universal right to education while investigating the needs of persons with disabilities in the global community. Students will be expected to build skills in communicating with understanding about international needs of exceptional populations in global communities. Students registered for SP ED 5020 will have additional assignments.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree. Prerequisites: Member of Honors College.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Understanding people with learning, behavior, sensory, and physical differences. Emphasis on examining the effects of culture and societal values on the inclusion of people with disabilities in home, school, and community settings. Students enrolled in SP ED 5010 will be held to a higher standard of performance and may be assigned additional work.