Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 / Undergraduate Academic Catalog
This course examines the process by which social policies that influence education , health care , income , and the aging are formed and how these policies affect social change both positively and negatively . Students will examine how they can influence policy to bring about social change through research , politics and advocacy .
SOC-311 Sociology of Medicine ( 3 ) Examination of the social organization of modern science-based medicine . Emphasis on health and disease as social processes influenced by social roles , community factors and cultural values . Prerequisites : SOC-321 Group Processes ( 3 ) ( For description see PSY 321 .) Prerequisites : SOC-325 Social Stratification ( 3 ) Prerequisites : SOC-330 The Healing Journey ( 3 ) ( For description see PHL 330 .) Prerequisites : SOC-331 The Middle Adult Years ( 3 ) ( For description see PSY 331 .) Prerequisites : SOC-335 Human Service Administration ( 3 ) Students will learn management and administration skills to prepare them for work in human service agencies . Course will examine the various agencies composing the human service delivery system and their administrative needs , such as hiring , state and federal regulations , and team building . Areas of study will include planning , goal setting , decision making , leadership , conflict resolution , budgeting , and fiscal management . Prerequisites : None
SOC-338 Global Perspectives on Women ( 3 ) This course explores women ' s issues in international law and policy , in third world development , and in cross-cultural and multi-cultural contexts . Prerequisites :
SOC-341 Social Psychology of Aging ( 3 ) Study of the social definitions of and responses to aging as they relate to personal adaptation , changing family patterns , quality of life issues , retirement , and reactions to loss and death . ( May be taken for psychology credit .) Prerequisites : PSY-100 , SOC-100 ( Required , Previous ).
SOC-400 Social Work Research Methods ( 3 ) A critical examination of research methods found in both quantitative and qualitative sociology . Foundations of research , including research design , ethics , conceptualization , measurement and the logic of sampling , leading to the creation of a proposal for original research by the student . Outside exercises also familiarize students with different research methods , techniques of observation and the reading and evaluation of published research . ( Offered Fall semester only .) Prerequisites :
SOC-4000 Capstone ( 3 ) With the permission of the Human Services Program Coordinator , senior level students will be provided the opportunity to demonstrate skills learned throughout the Human Services degree program . Through writing assignments , role play , lecture , site visits , portfolio development , and a service project that contributes to the field , students will demonstrate their mastery of the program goals for the Human Services degree . Prerequisites :
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