Provides an introduction to the field of social welfare, primarily in the United States and major social movements. Examines the history of the social welfare system and social work profession, in the context of societal factors with particular attention to the intersectionality of race, class and gender. Explores the impact of values and beliefs on the development of the modern U.S. social welfare system. Investigates the dynamics of privilege and oppression as part of the political, economic and social factors that influence the policies and services provided by social work practitioners.
Develop basic interviewing skills for assessing, goal setting and intervention for use in home service and social work settings. Emphasizes skill application with diverse populations.
Concentrates on the physical design and implementation of databases. Query algorithms and efficiency optimization are explored. Design, implement and document large database systems.
Introduces the teaching of language acquisition and literacy processes for education candidates. Includes language development, word recognition, vocabulary and comprehension through the integrated language arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, visualizing and visually representing. Includes clinical experiences.
Examines concepts, principles, theories and research related to the teaching and learning of children in grades Pre-K-6. Focuses on research as it relates to learning theories, cognitive processes, motivation and learner differences. Explores formative and summative assessment strategies to support, verify and document student learning and improve teacher performance. Includes clinical experiences.
Reviews theories and aspects of cultural competence most relevant to teaching in diverse classrooms. Explores the ideals of freedom, democracy, justice, equality, equity and human dignity from the perspective of the family. Provides experiences that heighten candidates' diversity awareness and sensitivity. Examines different beliefs, attitudes, values and practices that foster cultural and linguistic competence at the family level. The instructor may use different medium to study the topic.
Introduction to the ideas and tools economists use to understand human behavior that is constrained by scarce resources with applications to environmental policy. Analytic tools, including demand and supply analysis, will be used to introduce students to policies to address externalities, including the use of taxes, subsidies and marketable pollution permits.
A non-technical introduction to weather and its interconnectedness with humans and the built environment. Topics include hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, anthropogenic climate change, urban effects on the atmosphere and weather's impact on everyday life (e.g. sports, environmental hazards).
Study of the methods and techniques for conducting a systems project that solve business problems with information technology. Plan, analyze, design and implement a business system as a member of a project team. Computer-based systems analysis and design tool is available for use in the lab.
Introduction to basic techniques and modes of reasoning for discrete problem solving. Set theory, recurrence relations, counting, graphs and lattice number theory.
Critical analysis of the decisions made by student interns in K-12 schools. Emphasis upon identifying possible solutions for problems interns face during K-12 student internship.
Continuation of introductory physics. Topics include: electrostatics, current and resistance, DC and AC circuit analysis, magnetic fields, induction, electromagnetic waves and geometrical and wave optics.
