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PUBL 617 - The Economics of Law [3]
Applies economic theory and reasoning to the classification and evaluation of legal doctrines and practices. Primary areas include property, torts, liability and contracts. Students look at the economics of the legal process, including selection of cases for trial, rules of evidence, criminal procedure and plea-bargaining. The course covers policy areas such as zoning, public utilities, environmental law, copyright and the First Amendment. Critical appraisal of efficiency as a legal standard is emphasized.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Prior exposure to microeconomics is helpful, but not necessary.
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PUBL 618 - Issues in Healthcare Finance and Service Delivery [3]
The purpose of this course is threefold: (1) to provide an overview of the concepts, principles and practices in healthcare finance and service delivery in the United States; (2) to understand the relationship between public and private-sector finance and service delivery of healthcare; and (3) to examine recent trends in healthcare payment and service delivery, including healthcare reform efforts.
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PUBL 621 - The Legal Context of Administration [3]
Concepts, constraints, opportunities and impact of the law relevant to administrators. Legal analysis for non-lawyers of public law and/or private law problems of administrators. The intended and actual social and political impact of administrators’ law-related actions. Evaluations of the administrative process.
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PUBL 623 - Governmental Budgeting [3]
The budget as a means of financial control, management and policymaking. The politics of the budgetary process.
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PUBL 625 - Theories of Public Administration [3]
An examination of classic and contemporary literature on public administration. Some consideration of foreign models of public administration is included.
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PUBL 627 - Policy Networks and Intergovernmental Problems [3]
Complex public policy programs draw in the involvement of a wide range of governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Governmental agencies increasingly rely on cooperative or contract relationships with private and non-profit organizations to deliver services to the public. Public agencies now frequently coordinate their efforts to address multiple dimensions of a public problem at the same time. Students of public policy must be aware of how public problem solving occurs in a multi-organizational context. This class prepares students to work in or conduct research on public management networks, contract relationships, and collaborative efforts. Topics covered include the foundations for multi-organizational collaboration, design and evaluation of public management networks, and privatization and the management of contract relationships.
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PUBL 636 - Law, Politics and American Education Policy [3]
Examination of the way in which the political process creates and implements educational policy. Topics include school integration, students’ rights and academic freedom, religion and education, federal legislation and regulation, politics of higher education, school finance, collective bargaining, urban school governance and school decentralization.
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PUBL 644 - Urban Theory [3]
This course reviews the main debates in urban theory. Topics include regime theory, economic theories of the city and social theories of urbanization.
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PUBL 645 - The U.S. City [3]
This course examines the issues currently affecting metropolitan U.S. and evaluates current urban policies.
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PUBL 646 - The Global City [3]
This course examined the global urban system with particular attention focused on the global urban hierarchy, third world urbanization and the connections between urbanization and globalization.
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PUBL 647 - Urban Issues and Problems [3]
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the nature and causes of urban problems and the ability to analyze and understand these problems and policies addressed to them. It covers the logic of urban policy analysis (e.g., how to analyze urban problems and policies); urban trends, conditions and processes; the role of the city in the regional and national economies; city-suburban policy interactions; and local and national urban policies. The last part of the course focuses on specific urban problems and policies (e.g., poverty, education, crime, housing and economic development).
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PUBL 648 - Cities and Environmental Issues [3]
This course examines the most important urban environmental issues and evaluates the main urban environmental policies.
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PUBL 649 - Urban Politics [3]
This is a survey course about urban and metropolitan politics. It addresses such issues as urbanization and suburbanization; power and bias in urban America; structural issues of urban government; urban policies and policymaking; the management of urban areas; financing urban governments; and various contemporary urban political, social, economic and environmental topics. The course is designed to provide students with a broad theoretical and practical understanding of urban politics, policymaking and issues.
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PUBL 652 - Politics of Health [3]
This course examines how health policies reflect the political system in which they are enacted and implemented. It introduces concepts, theories and literature concerning the development of the U.S. healthcare system and the contemporary agendas and actions of the federal and state governments. It applies political dimensions to policy issues such as access to insurance and health services, cost containment, disease and injury prevention and initiatives for healthcare reform.
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PUBL 697 - Internship [0]
The Public Policy Internship Course is designed to augment the student’s academic activities in the master’s program. The internship provides a realistic exposure to an organizational environment for students who do not possess revelant work experience. Through the internship, the student will apply the methodological and analytic skills acquired in the classroom in a public, for profit, or nonprofit organization.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Completion of five courses in the public policy master’s program. Must be a M.P.P. student to enroll.
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PUBL 699 - Policy Analysis Paper [1]
Required policy analysis paper for MPP degree. Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 700 - Doctoral Research Seminar [3]
This seminar provides training in policy analysis for students working collectively and individually on research problems.
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PUBL 701 - Individual Study in Public Policy [1-3]
Independent reading for master’s students supervised by a member of the public policy faculty.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and track advisor.
Note: Intended for students who desire to study independently an aspect of public policy that is not covered by the regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit. A particular faculty member must agree to supervise the study before a student may register for this course.
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PUBL 799 - Master’s Thesis Research [2-9]
Six credit hours are required of students selecting the thesis option.
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PUBL 801 - Individual Study in Public Policy [1-3]
Independent reading for doctoral students, supervised by a member of the public policy faculty.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and track advisor.
Note: A particular faculty member must agree to supervise the study before a student may register for this course. May be repeated for credit. Intended for students who desire to study independently an aspect of public policy that is not covered by the regular course offerings.
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PUBL 898 - Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Research [3-9]
Research on doctoral dissertation conducted under the direction of a faculty advisor before candidacy. Consent of instructor.
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PUBL 899 - Doctoral Dissertation Research [9]
Research on doctoral dissertation is conducted under direction of faculty advisor.
Prerequisite: Admission to Doctoral Candidacy Required
Note: A minimum of 18 credit hours are required. This course is repeatable
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Science Education |
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SCIE 501 - Physics Concepts, Principles and Applications [3]
Through a series of investigative, laboratory studies and computer modeling, students will develop a deeper understanding of forces and motion, conservation of energy and increase in disorder, interactions of energy and matter, energy transformations, electricity and magnetism.
Prerequisite: Prerequsite: Consent of department and admission to M.A.E. program.
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SCIE 502 - Chemistry Concepts, Principles and Applications [3]
Through a series of investigative laboratory studies and computer modeling, students will develop a deeper understanding of chemical and physical properties of matter, chemical periodicity/periodic trends, kinetic theory and states of matter, structure of the atom, chemical bonding and reactions, atomic and nuclear forces, solutions and solubility.
Prerequisite: Prerequsites: Consent of department and admission to M.A.E. program.
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SCIE 503 - Life Science Concepts, Principles and Applications [3]
Through a series of investigative laboratory studies and field studies, students will develop a deeper understanding of the cell; living organisms and their behaviors; molecular basis of heredity; biological evolution; interdependence of organisms among themselves and with the environment; matter, energy, information and organization in living systems.
Prerequisite: Prerequsites: Consent of department and admission to M.A.E. program.
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SCIE 504 - The Environment (Chesapeake Bay) [3]
udes a week-long summer experience and two one-day, fall follow-up experiences. Students enrolled in the course will explore research topics centered on real-world questions, issues and problems related to the bay. A strong emphasis is placed on developing teachers’ abilities to apply understandings in middle school classrooms.
Prerequisite: Prerequsites: Consent of department and admission to M.A.E. program.
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SCIE 505 - Earth/Space Science Concepts, Principles and Applications [3]
This course is designed as an interdisciplinary science experience that integrates biology, chemistry and physics within an earth science context. Students enrolled in the course will develop content understandings connected to five areas of study: atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and space science.
Prerequisite: Prerequsites: Consent of department and admission to M.A.E. program.
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SCIE 506 - The Designed World [3]
Drawing upon the idea that the natural world is understandable and predictable, and that science is durable but cannot provide complete answers to all questions, students will examine their own world views of science. This course will assist students with the fundamental abilities and concepts to do scientific inquiry, including designing a solution or product, implementing a proposed design, evaluating completed technological designs or products, and communicating the process of technological design.
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SCIE 507 - Advanced Teaching, Learning & Current Elem/Mid Science [3]
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SCIE 508 - Advanced Teaching, Learning and Current SEC Science [3]
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SCIE 510 - Fundamentals of Lunar Robotics [3]
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SCIE 520 - Physics Concepts, Principles and Applications II [3]
Students will use mechanics, electricity and magnetism concepts taught in Physics, Concepts and Applications I to build an understanding of waves, light, modern physics, fluids and thermodynamic concepts in a lab-based setting. Through asking their own physics questions, performing meaningful experiments, and applying mathematics to make meaning out of observations, students will develop a deep understanding of accepted physics concepts, principles, and applications in a way clearly connected to their work in schools.
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SCIE 521 - Chemistry Concepts Principles & Applications II [3]
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SCIE 528 - Biotechnology Applications [3]
This course is designed to help the in-service teachers prepare to incorporate concepts of advanced applications of science, education, curriculum, learning, and methodology through the use of new and emerging concepts of biotechnology. The course will assist teachers to develop a stronger knowledge base in molecular and cell biology, biochemistry to understand how biotechnology applications interact with all science content areas.
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SCIE 531 - Inquiry I [3]
This course provides an overview of theories and research related to promising inquiry-based science teaching practices. This course will provide teachers with experiences intended to develop an understanding of inquiry-based science teaching at the secondary grade level. Teachers will examine the current theories and research, promising practices, and historical perspectives linked with inquiry-based science teaching. The course will include reflections on current teaching practices, mini-implementations with inquiry-based instruction, and analysis of the instructional experiences. The course is a prerequisite to SCIE 532 Inquiry II.
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SCIE 532 - Inquiry II [3]
This course will provide science teachers with the opportunity to apply and extend the knowledge gained in the Inquiry I course. Teachers will develop an expanded inquiry-based experience, aligned to HCPSS curriculum and appropriate for their discipline and grade level. This course will involve teachers in designing and analyzing the experiences as they relate to promising science inquiry-based practices.
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SCIE 533 - Culturally Responsive Science Teaching [3]
Culturally responsive teaching involves using students’ cultural experiences and background as a medium for helping them learn science content and skills. This course provides an overview of theories and research related to culturally responsive science teaching practices. Students in this course will examine culturally responsive teaching strategies designed to help all students excel and improve student achievement. Students will learn how to design, apply and assess practices embedded in the cultural proficiency continuum into their classroom, department and school. The goal of the course is to identify and examine issues pertinent to building science programs that are culturally responsive in terms of design of curricula, instruction, and assessment.
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SCIE 534 - Experimental Design [3]
This course provides teachers with the opportunity to apply their science content knowledge to an inquiry-based science experiment of their choosing. Teachers will develop a scientific question, gather evidence in response to the question, formulate explanations from the evidence, evaluate their explanations in light of alternative explanations and communicate their proposed explanations. The course will involve teachers in designing and analyzing their experiments in a collaborative setting relating it to their current teaching assignments and interests.
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SCIE 535 - Inquiry 111: The Nature of Science [3]
The course is designed to achieve three fundamental objectives: Expand the student’s understanding of the Nature of Science (NOS) and Scientific Reasoning
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SCIE 539 - Inquiry into Practice [3]
Examine current beliefs regarding NOS of adults and adolescent learners. Explore the impact of the knowledge of science through scientific literacy on society and modern life. Adapt existing lesson plans to explicitly address the various elements of the Nature of Science (NOS). The end product associated with SCIE 535 is to modify and/or create lessons to explicitly integrate components of the NOS. This course can be a stand alone course or can provide teachers with the opportunity to apply and extend the knowledge gained in the Inquiry I SCIE 531 and Inquiry II SCIE 532 courses.
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SOCY 600 - Research Methodology [3]
This course is designed to advance graduate students’ knowledge of the modes of inquiry in the social sciences and to familiarize them with research methods and techniques.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
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SOCY 601 - Formal Organization Theory [3]
This course is an examination of the internal structure of large private, public and nonprofit organizations. Variations in structure are analyzed for their causes and consequences for organizational functioning. The role of management in designing structures to achieve organizational goals is stressed.
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SOCY 602 - Power and Policy Formation [3]
An examination of the relationship between power and policy formation. The course analyzes how power is manifested in social structure, including social classes, class segments and organizations, and how political coalitions emerge to exercise power and influence policy formation.
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SOCY 604 - Statistical Analysis [3]
An introduction to the concepts and methods of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Bi-variate and multi-variate statistical techniques will be examined.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: SOCY 600 or equivalent and consent of instructor.
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SOCY 605 - Advanced Research and Evaluation Techniques [3]
Components in research design and strategy, problems in and approaches to the application of research and statistics to program evaluation, policy decision-making based on research data.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: SOCY 604 or equivalent and consent of instructor.
Note: Also listed as PUBL 605 .
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SOCY 606 - Social Inequality and Social Policy [3]
This course examines poverty and inequality in modern society. The focus is on describing the extent of poverty and inequality, examining theories that attempt to explain these phenomena and discussing the policies that have been employed to mitigate them. In addition to class inequality, the course will consider racial and gender inequality.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Note: Also listed as LLC 606 .
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SOCY 608 - Advanced Statistical Methods [3]
Focus on concepts and methods used in multi-variate statistical analysis and on the computer techniques and packages used in this process.
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SOCY 609 - Sociological Theory [3]
Classical and contemporary sociological theorists are studied and compared, as well as different schools of theory. The course surveys and critiques different types of theory and metatheory.
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SOCY 610 - Sample Surveys in Social Science [3]
An introduction to the techniques of survey research (sample design, questionnaire construction and analysis of survey data) as applied in the social sciences. Students will participate in a survey research project. Prerequisite: A course in social statistics.
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SOCY 611 - Constructing Race, Class and Gender [3]
This course provides an interdisciplinary examination of the complex array and interplay of structural and cultural limitations on individual and group mobility in contemporary American society. Using a range of approaches, the course defines and clarifies the limitations of these dominant social categories by problematizing and interrogating four important social categories: race, class, gender and schooling. Also listed as EDUC 611 and LLC 611 .
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SOCY 614 - The Evaluation of Educational Policy [3]
This course applies research findings from the sociology of education to some key issues of educational policy, focusing on primary and secondary education. Both issues of educational quality and equality are considered, including school quality, choice proposals, school desegregation, compensatory education, tracking, mainstreaming and bilingual education. The course includes an introduction to the nature of educational policy, an overview of the policy-making process at the local level and a critical assessment of policy research with special attention given to problems of measurement and study design.
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SOCY 615 - Higher Education and Social Inequality [3]
A sociological analysis of the impact of higher education on social inequality in the United States. Topics will include a discussion of problems of attaining a representative student body, missions of different types of institutions, the development of programs for different types of students and the effects of affirmative-action programs.
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SOCY 616 - Cyberspace Culture and Society [3]
The information superhighway, communications revolution and cyberspace are used to describe the contemporary revolution in human communications. This course will explore the cultural and societal implications of computer-mediated communications by addressing such topics and questions as the representations of self and self-identity in cyberspace, interactions in cyberspace, information technology and institutional change, community formation in cyberspace, democracy and collective action in cyberspace, and order and deviance in cyberspace. Throughout the course, contemporary technological advances will be compared to and contrasted with the cultural and societal effects of previous technologies, such as the printing press, wireless telephone and television. Also listed as LLC 616 .
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SOCY 618 - SAS for Social Scientists [3]
This course introduces students to the basic principles of SAS, a widely used statistical software package. Students will learn data entry, data correction and validation, data analysis, combining data sets, rearranging data and macros.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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SOCY 619 - Qualitative Methods in Social Research [3]
This course will focus on the styles of research, analysis and epistemologies associated with qualitative research in the applied social and policy sciences. As an increasingly important mode of inquiry, qualitative, multi-method approaches are particularly relevant to the study of social interaction and behavior in natural settings. Qualitative approaches involve collecting and analyzing empirical information from multiple sources, such as first-person accounts, life histories, visual/printed records, semi-structured and open-ended interviews, informal and formal observations, and biographical and autobiographical materials. Students in the course will learn how to design, collect and analyze qualitative information by conducting a small, semester-long study. Sections of the research project will be prepared, presented and evaluated throughout the course.
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SOCY 620 - Social Epidemiology [3]
Basic concepts and methods of epidemiological investigation with special emphasis on the social environment and its influence on health.
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SOCY 621 - Immigration, Race, and Society [3]
This introductory graduate seminar focuses on current issues of immigration, race-ethnicity, and society using interdisciplinary and multisystem lenses. The first part of the course focuses on the context of immigration by studying who migrates to the U.S. and why, and the consequences of immigration for the U.S. society. The second part of the course focuses on the experiences of children of immigrants in the U.S. We will examine theories of acculturation and assimilation to understand immigrants’ integration (or isolation), the role of ethnic communities in the new country, family and intergenerational relations, issues of identity, and the schooling and educational experiences of immigrant children. The course highlights the diversity and theoretical approaches used to understand issues of immigration and explores significant variations in current immigration and integration experiences and the variability of opportunities available to different ethnic groups.
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SOCY 622 - Inequality in Education
See LLC 622 under Language, Literacy and Culture
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SOCY 629 - Aging in Cultural Context [3]
Drawing upon readings about contemporary peoples from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the United States, this course examines the process of aging and what it is like to be old in a worldwide context. Using case studies, life histories, readings and films, an analysis will be made of the way culture affects the aging process and is linked to variation in religion, family organization, social networks and beliefs about the life cycle. Global research on aging is used to discuss specific issues such as ethnicity, long-term care, community roles of the aged, urban development and homelessness.
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SOCY 630 - Sociology of Aging [3]
Changing work, family and other sociological roles of the elderly; the subculture of the aged; economic, health, medical care and other social problems of the elderly.
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SOCY 631 - Family and Aging in Society [3]
An analysis of human development and aging as they relate to the institution of the family. Using a family lifecycle perspective, the course examines demographic trends, historical change in the family, stages of family life, changing family roles and inter-generational relations. Particular attention is paid to the mutual effects of changing family structure and social policy in shaping the status of the aged in society.
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SOCY 632 - Work and Retirement [3]
An examination of the issues and research related to work among older people and the termination of work at retirement. Specific topics to be addressed include the work career and aging, skill obsolescence, efficiency of older workers, age discrimination in employment, the retirement decision, differences in retirement by sex, consequences of retirement for health and economic status, pension policy and implications for the future.
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SOCY 633 - Gender, Work and Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective [3]
This course examines the intersection of work and family as affected by gender stratification in various countries. The topics covered include the separation and inter-dependence of work and family, gender wage differences, occupational gender segregation, division of household labor and childcare, dual-earner families and the impact of national policies (childcare, parental leave, affirmative action) on women and men.
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SOCY 634 - Gender and the Life Course [3]
This course examines the complex interactions of two critical social constructs: gender and the life course. Material will examine how these constructs have developed over time, how they vary across cultures and historical periods, and how they interact to construct very different lives for males and females in society. Specific foci of the course include demographic and biological underpinnings of gender and the life course, age stratification systems and times of family and other life events by gender.
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SOCY 645 - Health and Illness in the 21st Century [3]
This course will examine issues that characterize modern medical practice and medical care including health care costs; public and private health care providers and insurers; treatment of important chronic and infectious diseases; public health issues related to chronic diseases; medical ethics; socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic differences in health and medical care; and medical research. Readings will be assigned from the current medical literature.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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SOCY 650 - Demographic Analysis [3]
Methods of processing and analyzing demographic data. Measures of mortality, fertility, migration and population projections as applied to census and vital statistics data will be analyzed, and the more general applications of demographic techniques to other classes of data will be illustrated.
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SOCY 651 - Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior [3]
Analysis of health needs and demands of the population. Examination of health and illness behavior and utilization patterns, taking into account socio-demographic variations and trends. Topics include mortality and morbidity, health attitudes and behavior, social psychology of illness and patient-professional relationships.
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SOCY 652 - Healthcare Organization and Delivery [3]
Current issues are reviewed in healthcare organization, delivery and financing in the United States and the various policies and approaches that impact the changing healthcare delivery system. Particular emphasis is placed on the implications of technological developments and the increasingly competitive environment for alternative aspects of healthcare.
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SOCY 654 - Comparative Health Systems [3]
A comparative analysis of different types of health systems in the United States and selected other nations, examining differences in financing, cost, use, staffing, services provided and relations with other social institutions.
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SOCY 655 - Disability and Rehabilitation [3]
Conceptualization and measurement of disability, determinants and consequences of disabling chronic conditions, services for the disabled and program planning and evaluation in disability and rehabilitation. The development of Social Security policy and rehabilitation will be discussed in terms of interdisciplinary approaches.
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SOCY 657 - Social History of American Medicine [3]
The history of American healthcare, hospitals and ambulatory care facilities, the role of government, public health programs and social issues such as smoking and abortion.
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SOCY 658 - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness [3]
The course examines the social history of mental illness, the concepts and treatments employed, the professional’s role, the role of social class in mental illness, social factors in psycho-pathology, stress, social support and coping processes, along with sociological critiques of mental health practices. More currently, the course examines deinstitutionalization and the community mental health movement, the relationship between mental illness and the criminal justice system and the mental patients’ rights movement.
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SOCY 663 - Introduction to International Field Research [3]
The purpose of this course is to help prepare students for the increasingly sophisticated requirements of a global society; to develop an international perspective on important issues in culture, policy and practice; and to gain experience using social science field research methods. The international experience is designed to enable students to conduct field research exercises on issues that will be of importance to the United States and Europe by studying the inter-relationships of health and social policy, science and technology, and culture and lifestyle in an international context. Students learn social science research methods, vocabulary and concepts from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology and health services research. This course includes lectures, structured exercises, field trips, site visits and discussions in the United States and Switzerland.
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SOCY 670 - Social Ties across the Life Course [3]
This course explores the nature and meaning of individuals’ ties to other members of society from childhood to old age. Specifically, the course examines social ties, networks, and roles across the life span in the context of topics such as the life course (e.g., socialization and transitions), family groups, work and social capital, and friends/leisure. These topics are examined in light of societal change and their implications for equality.
Course ID: 102176
Linked with/Also listed as SOCY 470
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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SOCY 672 - Issues in Aging Policy [3]
This course addresses salient issues in aging policy and provides students with a context for understanding the public policy process. The course will explore theoretical models of public policy and apply them to aging policy, examine major public policy controversies facing the aging society, study the role of organizations in the policy process, provide tools for analyzing social policies in aging and expose students to key literature in aging and social policy.
Note: Also listed as PUBL 672 .
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SOCY 680 - Applied Sociology [3]
The course focuses on the “practical side” of sociology: using sociological insights and research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) in an applied setting to examine local social conditions and social organizations or programs that address them. The course prepares students to become “embedded sociologists,” who conduct change-oriented research in communities or organizations. Course content includes conceptualization of applied research projects, an introduction to community-based research, training and practice in various applied field methodologies, conducting an applied research project, and practice in communicating applied research results to local stakeholders.
Prerequisite: SOCY 600
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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SOCY 681 - The Social and Institutional Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in American Society [3]
This course describes the history, organization and functions of nonprofit organizations in American society. Topics include the functions of the nonprofit, government and for-profit sectors; the history of the social roles of volunteerism and nonprofit organizations; the impact of nonprofit organizations on American society and the changing roles of the three sectors in the 21st century.
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SOCY 685 - Structure and Function of Nonprofit Organizations [3]
This course analyzes the internal operations of nonprofit organizations and external relationships that nonprofit organizations need to develop. Topics include nonprofit financial systems, budgeting requirements, relationships with the funding community, interactions with government, and effective use of human resources.
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SOCY 698 - Advanced Selected Topics in Sociology [3]
The specific topics will be announced in advance of the semester the course is offered.
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SOCY 699 - Selected Topics [3]
Topics selected on the basis of the background interests of faculty and students.
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SOCY 701 - Directed Independent Study [1-3]
Independent reading for master’s students under supervision of faculty member.
Note: Intended for students who desire to study topics not covered by regular course work with individual faculty members. May be repeated for credit.
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SOCY 711 - Analytical Paper Research [1-3]
Students will write their analytical papers under the supervision of their first and second faculty readers. A total of three credits of SOCY 711 is required. Students must obtain agreement from a full-time department faculty member to serve as first reader and submit a “Graduate Student Analytical Paper and Thesis Form” signed by the first reader to the Graduate Program Director. The second reader will be chosen by mutual agreement of the student and the first reader. Permission of first reader required for enrollment in the course.
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SOCY 758 - Advanced Seminar in Medical Sociology [1-3]
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SOCY 778 - Advanced Seminar in the Sociology of Aging [1-3]
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SOCY 798 - Internship Placement [1-3]
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SOCY 799 - Master’s Thesis Research [1-6]
Students will write their theses under the supervision of a thesis committee consisting of a chair and two members. A total of six credits of SOCY 799 is required. Students must obtain agreement from a full-time department faculty member to serve as chair of the committee and submit a “Graduate Student Analytical Paper and Thesis Form” signed by the faculty member to the Graduate Program Director. The other two members of the committee will be chosen by mutual agreement of the student and the committee chair.. The student must have an oral defense of the completed thesis with the committee and usually an oral defense of the thesis proposal. The Graduate School website contains a manual to assist students in the preparation of their theses. Permission of the thesis committee chair required for enrollment in the course.
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SOCY 801 - Directed Independent Study [1-3]
Independent reading for doctoral students, under supervision of a faculty member (in PUBL-SOCY track of doctoral program). Note: Intended for advanced students who desire to study independently an aspect of medical sociology and/or aging/gerontology not covered by regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit.
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SOCY 7700 - Master’s Special Study [1]
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SPAN 600 - Special Projects in Spanish [1-3]
Open to students with special projects on application to the instructor who will supervise the particular project.
Note: Permission to register must be in writing and must specify the number of credits sought.
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SPAN 601 - Studies in Spanish Language [3]
Advanced training in oral and written communication in Spanish.
Note: May be repeated for credit, as topics change.
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SPAN 621 - Studies in Hispanic Literature [3]
A seminar on a selected topic in Hispanic literature, such as a century, movement, genre, theme or an individual author. Topics will be announced each semester offered.
Note: May be repeated for credit.
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SPAN 638 - Studies in Spanish Linguistics [3]
An in-depth examination of specific issues in Spanish linguistics in light of contemporary linguistic theory. A theory-significant and original research paper is required.
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SPAN 671 - Topics in Spanish Society [3]
Topics to be announced each semester offered. Among the offerings: Post-Franco Spain, the Spanish Civil War, modernization and tradition, nationalism and regionalism.
Note: May be repeated for credit.
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SPAN 672 - Topics in Latin-American Society [3]
Topics to be announced each semester offered. Among the offerings: Caribbean culture, colonial Latin America, contemporary Mexico and the Latin-American diaspora in the United States, Latino immigrants in US and Spain, Women and Politics in Latin America, Costs and benefits of Immigration, Latino Political Participation in USA.
Note: May be repeated for credit.
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STAT 601 - Applied Statistics I [3]
Theory and applications of the linear regression model, least squares estimation, model building, influence diagnostics, multi-collinearity and graphical analysis of residuals, nonlinear regression, logistic regression. Data analysis using statistical packages and other topics as time permits.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: STAT 453 or consent of instructor.
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STAT 602 - Applied Statistics II [3]
Principles of experimental design, the analysis of variance and covariance, randomized designs, Latin square designs, incomplete block designs, factorial designs, confounding and fractional replication, split-plot designs and use of statistical packages.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: STAT 453 or consent of instructor.
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STAT 603 - Categorical Data Analysis [3]
Theory and applications related to the statistical analysis of categorical nominal and ordinal data, scales of measurement, epidemiologic measures of risk assessment, discrete distribution theory, exact confidence intervals, two-by-two tables, conditioning on margins, chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests, measures of agreement, inter-rater reliability, matched pairs, McNemar’s test, theory and applications of log-linear models, multi-nomial response models, methods for ordinal data analysis, missing data and data analysis using statistical software packages.
Co- or prerequisite: STAT 653 , STAT 601 or consent of instructor.
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STAT 605 - Survey Sampling [3]
Sampling versus total enumeration, planning of a survey sampling, statistical sampling methods and their analysis, simple random sampling, stratified sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling, and double and multi-stage sampling, problem of non-response and variance estimation, and practical case study.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: STAT 453 or consent of instructor.
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STAT 607 - Bayesian Inference [3]
The course is designed to provide statistics graduate students with an introduction to Bayesian methodology. The first part of the course will deal with theoretical and methodological development in Bayesian statistics. The second half of the course also will introduce students to Bayesian computing and related software such as BUGS.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: STAT 651 and STAT 653 , STAT 611 and STAT 612 , or consent of instructor.
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STAT 608 - Large Sample Theory 3
This course is a graduate-level introduction to large sample theory. This course will cover basic probably, convergence of random variables, consistency and normality of maximum likelihood estimator, central limit theorem, martingale, asymptotic distribution of sample quantiles, asymptotic theory of extreme order statistics, limiting distribution of likelihood ratio test, efficiency of tests.
Components: Lecture
Grading Method: R
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