Courses
SM 382 SPORT NEW MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the relationship between new media and the sport industry, including broadband, wireless, mobile technologies, sport websites, streaming video, audio, iTV, podcasting, e-commerce, and online marketing. Focus is on the relationship of new media to current trends in sport marketing, sponsorship, broadcasting, UGC, CRM, etc. Emphasizes developing critical new media-related skills, including webpage design.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SM 390 INTERNSHIP IN SPORT MANAGEMENT 3.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Students are directly involved in various dimensions of managing the sport enterprise. Emphasis is on the practical application of management and marketing principles and skills to a specific sport business. On-site sport management professionals supervise students.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
SO 372 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 3.0 Credit(s)
This sociological theory course gives students an understanding of the works of the major classical theorists whose ideas played a central role in the development of sociological theory and introduces students to the dominant contemporary perspectives in social thought. Emphasis is on developing the students' knowledge of the range of thinking that exists concerning social issues and what the strengths and weaknesses of each position are, therefore enabling them to work within any point of view. A seminar format is used, requiring students to do assigned readings before a topic is discussed in class because it is through class discussions that ideas are analyzed, dissected, and critically assessed. A prerequisite to SO 384 Prerequisite: SO 110 and 3 credits 200 or 300 level SO courses
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SO 398 SENIOR SEMINAR IN SOCIOLOGY 3.0 Credit(s)
The capstone course in the Sociology major. Students write and defend a sociological thesis under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Prerequisite: Take SO-384
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SO 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Designed for students interested in advanced study or in pursuing areas within sociology for which no course is offered. By special arrangement.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SP 315 CONVERSATION-CONTEMP. ISSUES I 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 316 CONVERSATION-CONTEMP.ISSUES II 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 341 CONTRAST LINGUISTICS:SPAN-ENGL 3.0 Credit(s)
Teaches the relationship between linguistics and the learning of a new language. Prerequisite: Take SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 360 WOMEN IN 20TH CENT./SP/AM/LIT 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of modern women's literature in Latin America.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 361 SPANISH AMERICAN FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
Varied topics in the study of prose fiction from Latin America.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 363 Self & Soc in 20th Century Latin Am Lit 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers works of literature spanning Latin America in the Twentieth Century, including novels, essays, and poetry. Various topics will be covered, for example politics, personal and collective identity, social class, social upheaval and mass conflicts, and psychology. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 and SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 365 MODERN MEXICAN LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers various prose works (novels, short stories, and nonfiction essays) from Twentieth Century Mexico, covering themes such as social class, gender roles, political and social upheaval, and relations with the United States, among others. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 381 PUERTO RICO AND THE CARRIBEAN 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of Puerto Rico, its culture and history, viewed within the wider Caribbean context.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SPANISH 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with instructor who directs this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified students in Spanish on basis of written prospectus. By special arrangement.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SW 375 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE II 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines intervention skills with families, groups, communities, and organizations using the planned change process. Introduces spirituality in social work practice. Prerequisite: Take SW-275
Offered: Fall Semester All Years