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SOCW 327 - Social Work with Children and Families
Concepts and skills for intervention with families; emphasis on family strengths and community resources and some policies affecting families.
Prerequisites SOCW 151 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOCW 334 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Life Stages
Examination of human development across the life span; Focus on reciprocal relationships between and among individuals, families, groups, communities, societies, and social systems.
Prerequisites Pre-Social Work major OR Social Work major.
Credits 3
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SOCW 335 - Social Work Research and Evaluation
Research methods used to enhance and evaluate social work practice knowledge.
Prerequisites SOCW 151, with grade of C or better and Pre-Social Work major OR Social Work major.
Credits 3
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SOCW 340 - Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice
Values and Ethics: Social work applications.
Credits 3
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SOCW 348 - Culture, Experience and Travel Abroad
This course is designed to assist students in the development of generalist social work skills, with an emphasis on different cultures around the world. Students will learn about differences in the social work systems used in the US and the country to be visited during that year. This course will be conducted as a seminar, and all students are expected to play an active role in their own learning through the use of class discussions, case studies, role plays, and other experiential exercises. Students are also required to attend the trip abroad, which will occur the summer after the Spring class.
Credits 3
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SOCW 354 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Person-In-Environment
Examination of interrelationships among social, cultural, and environmental factors that combine with biological and psychological components to affect human behavior and development. (P1).
Prerequisites Sophomore standing or higher
Credits 3
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SOCW 360 - Social Work Practice II: Case Management
This course is designed to teach students intermediate social work skills with a focus on client system assessment, goal setting, case planning, and case management. The course builds and expands upon the interviewing skills acquired in SOCW 253 and prepares students for the development of direct social work skills taught in SOCW 362. This course employs a variety of teaching methods, including lecture, interactive discussion, and experiential exercises.
Prerequisites SOCW 253, SOCW 354, and BSW/Social Work major (admitted to the Social Work program).
Credits 3
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SOCW 362 - Practice III: Interventions
Application of knowledge, values, and skills to social work practice: individuals, families, and groups.
Prerequisites SOCW 253, 335, 354, 360, and admission to the Social Work program.
Credits 3
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SOCW 364 - Community Practice
Application of knowledge, values, and skills to social work practice: organizations and communities; advocacy.
Prerequisites SOCW 253, 335, and admission to the social work program.
Credits 3
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SOCW 395 - Seminar in Social Work
Current trends and issues for practice; studies of social work agencies and programs; examination of social welfare policies and concerns.
Prerequisites Permission of instructor.
Credits 1-3, R9
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SOCW 396 - Field Preparation and Professional Development
The Field Preparation course will prepare senior BSW students for the field practicum. Topics covered will include an overview of the placements available with agencies in Western North Carolina and beyond, the process of applying for and obtaining field placements, conducting oneself as a professional social worker, and developing learning objectives for the field experience. Students will learn about the options available to them for completing their field practicum and develop a clear understanding of the objectives and expectations for the field experience.
Prerequisites SOCW 360 with a grade of C or better.
Credits 1
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SOCW 402 - Diversity in Contemporary Society
Focus on diversity of culture, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, and gender; emphasis on the consequences of marginalizing members of oppressed groups. (P1).
Credits 3
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SOCW 415 - Social Work and Mental Health
The mental health system, issues, history, common diagnoses, emphasis on the strengths perspective.
Prerequisites SOCW 151 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOCW 420 - Addictions
Overview of complex issues related to addictions, including drug, alcohol, gambling, and eating addictions; examines addiction within the context of developmental life stages and culture.
Prerequisites SOCW 151 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOCW 422 - Methods of Substance Abuse Treatment
Methods course that teaches knowledge and skills needed to work effectively in a variety of clinical settings specific to substance abuse.
Prerequisites SOCW 420.
Credits 3
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SOCW 424 - Cultural Competence in Substance Abuse Practice
Overview of unique problems and needs related to substance abuse treatment among diverse populations; application of culturally sensitive intervention strategies.
Prerequisites SOCW 420.
Credits 3
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SOCW 425 - Science of Addictions
Biological basis of addiction; physiological and psychological effects of substance abuse.
Prerequisites SOCW 420.
Credits 3
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SOCW 426 - Child Welfare
Child welfare services, public and private programs, children’s rights, and issues affecting services for children and families.
Prerequisites SOCW 151 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOCW 427 - Trauma Informed Social Work with Children
This course will introduce students to the core concepts (general theory and foundational knowledge), informing evidence-based assessment and intervention for traumatized children and adolescents who are in the child welfare system. Trauma is broadly defined, and includes children and adolescents, exposed to traumatic events including, abuse and neglect and witnessing interpersonal crime (e.g. domestic violence), community violence, and other traumatic events who have come into contact with the child welfare system. The course will highlight the role of development, culture, and empirical evidence in trauma-specific assessment, referral, and interventions with children, adolescents and their families within a child welfare context. It will address the level of functioning of primary care giving environments and assess the capacity of the community and the child welfare system to facilitate restorative processes.
Credits 3
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SOCW 429 - Social Work with Older Adults
Concepts and skills for effective practice with the aging; needs and strengths of older people; community resources; professional approaches to intervention.
Credits 3
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SOCW 430 - Social Work in the Health Field
Concepts and skills for intervention in hospitals, out-patient clinics, and other health settings, and on some policies affecting health care.
Credits 3
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SOCW 435 - Social Work Research & Evaluation II
Qualitative and quantitative application and analysis of social work research.
Prerequisites SOCW 335.
Credits 3
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SOCW 445 - International Social Work
Current trends and social issues, problems, and solutions in countries around the world.
Credits 3
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SOCW 481 - Independent Study
Independent Study.
Prerequisites SOCW 253, 335, or permission of department head.
Credits 1-3, R6
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SOCW 486 - Field Practicum
Full-time supervised placement in selected human service agencies to integrate theory with practice and prepare for professional responsibility.
Prerequisites Permission of Director of Field Practicum.
Corequisites SOCW 496.
Credits 12
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SOCW 494 - Topics in Social Work
Topics in Social Work.
Credits 3, R12
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SOCW 496 - Field Practicum Seminar
Integration of content with field practice.
Prerequisites Permission of Director of Field Practicum.
Corequisites SOCW 486.
Credits 3
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Sociology |
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SOC 103 - Human Society
Analysis of human behavior in social and cultural contexts, emphasizing the sociological perspective. (P1).
Credits 3
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SOC 235 - Social Problems
Problems of modern American society such as poverty, social conflict, corporate power and capitalism, alienation, and deviance. (P1).
Credits 3
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SOC 240 - Social Change
Changes in human societies through cultural, economic, social, and political processes; introduction to development and social movements.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 245 - Social Inequality
Social inequalities in wealth, income, prestige, and power; inequalities based on race, sex, and age.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 248 - Rural Society
Application of sociological concepts to rural environments; characteristics of rural population, social structure, social institutions; social change, structure of agriculture, local government structure, and processes.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 250 - Deviant Social Behavior
Causes and control of individual and group rebellion or retreat from prescribed social norms.
Credits 3
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SOC 255 - Population Dynamics
Study of population characteristics, growth, and trends within a context of social, cultural, economic, and political systems.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 316 - Media and Popular Culture
This course presents an overview and analysis of media and popular culture. Emphasis is placed on the relationship to economic, political, and cultural dynamics.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 320 - The Internet and Society
An examination of the growing significance and impact of the Internet in social life. Cultural, political, economic, and inequality issues are examined.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 326 - Gender Roles and Society
Gender roles examined in a sociological context emphasizing the relationship between these roles and the pre-existing sexual stratification system.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 342 - The Individual in Society
Individual behavior in social context; social interaction.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 345 - Sociology of Emotion
This course provides an overview of the major topics in the Sociology of emotions, focusing on the various theories and methods involved.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 365 - Marriage and Family
Sociological approach to institutions of marriage and family, including mate selection, childrearing, divorce, aging, family violence.
Prerequisites SOC 103.
Credits 3
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SOC 371 - Society and the Environment
Analysis of the interaction between society and the physical environment, including population, pollution, resource depletion, and the effects on and responses of different social groups.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 373 - The Global Society
Explores globalization as the growing interconnectedness among the world’s people. Examination of the causes, contradictions, and consequences of these technological and social changes.
Prerequisites SOC 103.
Credits 3
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SOC 380 - Ethnographic Research Methods
Theory and method; techniques of observation, description, interviewing, note taking, and analyzing data; planning and completing a field study. This course is cross-listed with ANTH 380.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or ANTH 260.
Credits 3
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SOC 385 - Methods of Social Research
The logic of scientific inquiry; techniques of research used in sociology, including sample surveys.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 386 - Analysis of Social Data
Methods for presentation and analysis of social scientific data; descriptive and inferential techniques; measures of association.
Prerequisites SOC 385.
Credits 3
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SOC 391 - Sociological Theory
The development of sociological theory; issues in classical and contemporary social thought.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 410 - Sociology of Aging
The social context of aging, the social implications of, and attendant social policy issues. Individual and societal aging using historical and cross-cultural approaches.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 414 - Minority Groups
Relations between dominant and subordinate racial and ethnic groups; historical, economic, and cultural aspects are considered. Not available as a P1 for Anthropology majors. Cross listed with Anthropology 414. (P1).
Credits 3
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SOC 423 - Sociology of Sport
Social issues in sport examined from historical, cross-cultural, and sociological perspectives with attention to impact of race, gender, and social class on participation.
Prerequisites Junior standing; SM 260 for SM majors.
Credits 3
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SOC 432 - Community Organization and Development
Community organization viewed as a process of bringing about desirable changes in community life. Community structure, needs assessment, and planning for change.
Prerequisites SOC 103, or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 434 - Regional and Societal Development
Social dimensions of economic growth and development with particular emphasis on Third World countries; alternative definitions of development, and changing national, regional, and institutional structures.
Prerequisites SOC 103, or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 448 - Social Movements
Explores theories and historical cases of social movements that promote or resist social change. Reform and radical movements are examined; political, economic, and cultural emphases.
Prerequisites SOC 103, or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 450 - Sociology of Work
This course provides an overview of the major topics in the sociology of work, including the organization of work and inequality related to work.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 3
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SOC 456 - Medical Sociology
An overview of the major topics in medical sociology, including health and illness behavior, the social demography of health and health organizations.
Credits 3
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SOC 460 - Professional Issues
Exploration of career and graduate education opportunities in Sociology by presenting the field as a profession to be practiced in the real world.
Prerequisites Junior or Senior standing; SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 1
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SOC 480 - Independent Study in Sociology
Independent Study in Sociology.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor.
Credits 1-3, R6
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SOC 483 - Internship in Sociology
Application of theory and knowledge to work experience in a cooperating agency. S/U grading. Nine hours per week per course.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor. Three hours credit applicable to sociology major or minor.
Credits 3
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SOC 484 - Internship in Sociology
Application of theory and knowledge to work experience in a cooperating agency. S/U grading. Nine hours per week per course.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor. Three hours credit applicable to sociology major or minor.
Credits 3
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SOC 485 - Internship in Sociology
Application of theory and knowledge to work experience in a cooperating agency. S/U grading. Nine hours per week per course.
Prerequisites SOC 103 or permission of instructor. Three hours credit applicable to sociology major or minor.
Credits 3
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SOC 494 - Topics in Sociology
Topics in Sociology.
Prerequisites Permission of instructor.
Credits 1-3, R9
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Spanish |
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SPAN 101 - Experiencing Spanish and the Spanish-Speaking World
Students develop basic knowledge about the Spanish-speaking world and through that content acquire basic functional proficiency in Spanish. (P6).
Credits 3
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SPAN 102 - Experiencing Spanish and the Spanish-Speaking World II
Students build on their basic functional proficiency in Spanish as they build on their cultural and real-world knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world. (P6).
Prerequisites Some competency in Spanish or consultation with instructor.
Credits 3
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SPAN 104 - Spanish for Educators, Law Enforcement and Health Care Professionals
Students further develop basic language skills related to the contexts of schools, law enforcement, and health care.
Prerequisites SPAN 101 or equivalent.
Credits 3
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SPAN 123 - Spanish for Emergency Medical Care Professional
Students will develop basic language skills and communication strategies specifically designed to assist students pursuing careers in emergency medical care or nursing.
Credits 1
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SPAN 190 - Celluloid and Paper Dreams: Hispanic Literature and Film
Hispanic culture as expressed in film and literature.
Credits 3
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SPAN 231 - Intermediate Spanish I
Continued development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; continued study of the culture of the Hispanic world.
Prerequisites SPAN 102 or equivalent or placement.
Credits 3
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SPAN 232 - Intermediate Spanish II
Continued development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; continued study of the culture of the Hispanic world.
Prerequisites SPAN 231 or equivalent or placement.
Credits 3
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SPAN 240 - Accelerated Intermediate Spanish
Combines SPAN 231 and 232 in one semester. Continued development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing; continued study of the culture of the Hispanic world. Extended class period allows for enhanced proficiency.
Prerequisites SPAN 102 or equivalent score on placement test (SP00 130).
Credits 6
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SPAN 301 - Spanish Conversation and Composition I
Students will discuss and write about challenging topics of interest in the Hispanic world in Spanish with increasing sophistication.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240 or equivalent or placement, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 302 - Spanish Conversation and Composition II
Students will discuss and write about challenging topics of interest in the Hispanic world in Spanish with increasing sophistication.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 303 - Applied Spanish Conversation
Apprenticeship in the intensive language program. Does not count toward major, minor, or DFA in foreign languages. 10 Lab.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240, sophomore standing, selection by faculty.
Credits 3, R6
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SPAN 310 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Introduction to Hispanic literary texts; reading and analysis of literary works.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240.
Credits 3
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SPAN 321 - Hispanic Cultures I
This course will explore the cultures of the Spanish-speaking, including geography, history, gastronomy, art, music, politics, economics, and other related topics.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or 240, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 322 - Hispanic Cultures II
This course will explore the cultures of Spanish speaking world, including geography, history, gastronomy, art music, politics, economics, among other related topics.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240.
Credits 3
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SPAN 330 - Masterpieces of Spanish Peninsular Literature
The literary periods and movements, authors, and selected representative works of Spain.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240.
Corequisites SPAN 301 and SPAN 302, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 331 - Literature of Spain
Representative works of Spanish Peninsular Literature will be studied to examine the relationship between language and society and increase students’ understanding of cultural diversity.
Prerequisites SPAN 301 or permission of department head. May be taken concurrently.
Credits 3
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SPAN 332 - North American & Caribbean Literature in Spanish
This course will explore works of literature and other arts from the Hispanic or Latino communities in North America and the Caribbean.
Prerequisites SPAN 301 or permission of the department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 333 - South American Literature in Spanish
An introduction to the literature of South America.
Prerequisites SPAN 301 or permission of department head. May be taken concurrently.
Credits 3
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SPAN 389 - Cooperative Education in Spanish
See Cooperative Education Program.
Prerequisites SPAN 301, SPAN 302.
Credits 1 or 3, R15
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SPAN 394 - Immersion Experience
This course will allow students to receive credit for study abroad courses that do not exactly match offerings that already exist in the Spanish program but that are approved by the student’s advisor and the Department Head.
Prerequisites SPAN 101.
Credits 3-6, R12
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SPAN 401 - Contrastive Features of Spanish and English
Study of similarities and differences of the two languages regarding phonology, morphology, and syntax and issues concerning L2 acquisition.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240.
Credits 3
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SPAN 420 - Teaching Foreign Language
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about current methods of foreign languages.
Prerequisites Admission to the professional education sequence; EDSE 483.
Credits 3
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SPAN 421 - The Feminine in Hispanic Literature
Study of representative literary works which explore the meaning of feminine identity and gender relations in the literature of Spanish America and Spain.
Prerequisites SPAN 301 or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 431 - Studies in Spanish Peninsular Literature
Study of an author or authors, a genre, literary movement, school, or literary period of Spain.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240.
Credits 3, R6
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SPAN 432 - North American and Caribbean Literature
This course will explore works of literature and other arts from the Hispanic or Latino communities in North America and the Caribbean.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240
Credits 3, R6
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SPAN 433 - Writing from the Margins: Literature of Dissent and Protest in the Spanish-Speaking World
This course will explore works of literature and other arts in Spanish the demonstrate themes of dissent and protest.
Prerequisites One of SPAN 331, SPAN 332 or SPAN 333, or permission of the department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 434 - South American Hispanic Literature
An introduction to the Hispanic literature of South America.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or 240 or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 441 - Laughter and Tears
Study of comedy and tragedy in the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisites SPAN 331, SPAN 332 or SPAN 333, or permission of the department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 451 - Advanced Spanish Grammar
In-depth study of the structures and usage of the Spanish language.
Prerequisites SPAN 301 or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 452 - Advanced Oral Communication
Discussion of selected topics; reports on assigned readings; situational dialogues in practical, everyday Spanish.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240.
Credits 3
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SPAN 461 - Spanish Phonology and Phonetics
An in-depth study of the production and perception of sounds in Spanish.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 462 - Spanish Syntax and Morphology
This course will introduce students to the basics of Spanish syntax and morphology. It will cover the processes of word and sentence structure formation within the Generative framework of Linguistics.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 471 - The Art of Translation
Students study translation theory, learn about translation tools, comprehend settings where translators and interpreters work, practice translation from Spanish to English and vice versa.
Prerequisites WLL 311, or permission of department head.
Credits 3
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SPAN 481 - Independent Studies in Spanish
Independent Studies in Spanish.
Prerequisites SPAN 301 and SPAN 302, or permission of department head.
Credits 1-3, R6
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SPAN 491 - Student Teaching, 9-12
For this course, student teachers will teach in a North Carolina Public School for field experience and assessed on lesson plans.
Corequisites EDSE 490, EDSE 495.
Credits 3
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SPAN 493 - Special Topics in Spanish
Topics will vary.
Prerequisites SPAN 232 or SPAN 240, or permission of department head.
Credits 3, R9
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Special Education |
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BKSE 313 - Assessment of the Young Child
Assessment activities including screening, diagnostic assessment, and educational assessment for young children, with emphasis on connecting observation, assessment, planning, and evaluation. 2 Lecture, 3 Lab.
Prerequisites SPED 240; GPA 2.75 or higher. Professional Education Concentration.
Credits 3
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BKSE 314 - Observational Assessment & Screening of Young Children
Assessment in children birth to five in a variety of early childhood settings such as homes, daycare and public schools. Early Childhood Concentration only.
Prerequisites SPED 240. GPA of 2.75 .
Credits 3
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BKSE 345 - Adaptations and Modifications for Young Children with Disabilities
Methods and materials for supporting young children with disabilities in their naturally occurring environments. 2 Lecture, 3 Lab.
Prerequisites SPED 240, GPA 2.75 or higher.
Credits 3
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BKSE 411 - Family Collaborative Planning
Development, implementation, monitoring of plans (IFSP, IEP); knowledge of state, federal legislation, agency programs affecting young children with disabilities and their families. Collaborating, interviewing families.
Prerequisites GPA 2.75 or higher.
Credits 3
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