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a lot of recent attention to the negative impacts of our nation's food. Our reliance on
industrial farming and processed foods not only harms our health, but also the Earth
by using too many chemicals, polluting machines, and natural resources during
production. In this course we will investigate the different viewpoints about what is
wrong with our food system and learn about many projects that are trying to make
positive changes. Using a sociological approach, we will research, compare and
analyze these food projects, films, and books to come away with an informed look at
systems of food production and consumption in the U.S. This course will be relevant
for any student interested in health and society, food and popular culture,
environment and sustainability, and community education.
General Education Elective: Behavioral Science
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENG 101.
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toward such diversity, and the implications these two issues hold for human service
professionals. A multicultural model of communication is presented. Provides the
opportunity for students considering a career in human services (teaching, mental
health, criminal justice, nursing) to broaden their understanding of, and ability to
function more effectively with, members of various ethnic and racial groups.
Prerequisite: Completion of SOC 101.
General Education Elective: Behavioral Science
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
requirement.
Academic and study-tour components place an emphasis on situating contemporary
China in a geographical, historical, philosophical, and social/political/economic
context. The readings for the course include selections designed to provide
comparisons between Chinese and American culture values. This course satisfies a
Behavioral Science Elective or Social Science Elective and a Multicultural/Global
Awareness Intensive Value.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENG 101.
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a global power, we need to know more about it, the character of early Western
involvement and Chinese responses, the rise of Chinese communism, and China's
struggle to modernize. The focus of this course will depend on the dynamics within
and outside of China such as current social, political, environmental, and economic
issues. Topics may include Chinese popular media, financial and commercial
institutions, concepts of deviance and crime, and Chinese and American differing
cultural perceptions. Understanding the complex reality that is modern China
provides a competitive edge in today's world. This course supports student
development of Multicultural/ Global Literacy, Critical Thinking, and Written and Oral
Communication.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENG 101.
General Education Elective: Behavioral or Social Science Elective
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
requirement.
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contact Priscilla Eng (engp
Familial relationships throughout the life span are explored within the context of the
following topics: sex roles and power within the family, choice of partners, marriage,
alternative life styles, parenting, domestic violence, divorce, and remarriage.
Prerequisite: Completion of SOC 101.
General Education Elective: Behavioral Science
impact of social forces on criminality. Topics include a study of the theoretical
approaches to criminology, as well as an exploration of the criminal justice system,
including police, courts and correctional institutions.
Prerequisite: Eligible for ENG 101.
General Education Elective: Behavioral Science
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
Requirement.
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historical dimensions of globalization and analyzes the variety of ways that
economic, political, and cultural arrangements are organized in an interdependent
world. It will also examine theories of globalization, the rise of the global economy
and of transnational capitalism, transnational classes and states, political
globalization, global culture and ideology, transnational social movements/global civil
society, transnational migration, the new global labor market, race, ethnicity and
gender within the context of globalization, local-global linkages and patterns of
resistance to globalization.
Prerequisite: 12 credits with a GPA of 3.2 and B or better in ENG 101 or by permission
of instructor(s).
General Education Elective: Behavioral Science; Social Science
Note: This course has been approved to meet the Core Curriculum General Education
Requirement.
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