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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines social and cultural characteristics of various minority groups and emphasizes the use of a variety of resources for addressing/resolving problems faced by minority groups. It is designed to provide content related to the experiences, needs, and responses of ethnic minorities in the United States in order to build community resources to address/resolve potential problems faced by ethnic minorities. Attention will be given to identifying, exploring, and demonstrating the knowledge, values, and skills essential for multicultural competence in both social work and public educational practices. (This course is cross-listed with SW 2400)
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    Involves a special project where there is a demonstrated need which cannot be met through enrollment in a regularly scheduled course. Also could include special projects of unusual merit in furthering a student's professional goals. Student(s) must be able to sustain framework for developing and enhancing student abilities to do lucid thinking. Requires approval of instructor, division dean, and curriculum committee.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is designed to address a special topic associated with the discipline that may not be included as a part of the normal curriculum. Topics may be extensions of current field of study or it may include possible future additions to the departmental curriculum.
  • 2.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Participants will delve into the historical past of Mexico, which included Guatemala, to look at the events, and oppressions suffered by these people which shaped their culture and outlook on life. This will include their view of US citizens and their treatment by the education system here. Students will come to understand the nature of learning and the diversity of learning opportunities for students in Latin America. The families role in the education process, the role religion may or may not play in education, what, if any, extra educational opportunities are available to students and are they generally used, how the education of students with special needs is handled, and what role Latin American culture plays in education. These should give an overall idea of what the education system in Latin America is like, what drives it, and how it compares to that in the USA.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    An opportunity for majors to apply knowledge and techniques learned in the classroom to an actual job experience. Classroom instruction must precede the experience, or the student must be registered for courses at the same time the student is enrolled in the work experience.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    An opportunity for majors to apply knowledge and techniques learned in the classroom to an actual job experience. Classroom instruction must precede the experience, or the student must be registered for courses at the same time the student is enrolled in the work experience.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    An opportunity for majors to apply knowledge and techniques learned in the classroom to an actual job experience. Classroom instruction must precede the experience, or the student must be registered for courses at the same time the student is enrolled in the work experience.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Recommended for students scoring lower than 17 on the English section of the ACT (and required for those scoring below 11), this course provides a first experience with academic writing and/or a review of the basic components of writing, including grammar, usage, and punctuation. Students learn simple sentence construction and coordination leading to basic paragraph construction. Students learn to respond to written texts and prompts. The course prepares students to succeed in English 1010.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is for students who qualify for Student Support Services only and is recommended for students scoring lower than 17 on the English section of the ACT or below 810 on the SAT. The course emphasizes sentence and paragraph construction and reviews grammar, usage, and punctuation. Students respond to written texts and prompts in preparation for ENGL 1010.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes critical reading, writing, and thinking skills through writing-intensive workshops. It explores writing situations as a complex process focusing specifically on idea generation relative to audience and purpose, working through multiple drafts, peer collaboration, and revision, and it includes rhetorical analysis. See prerequisites.