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  • SOC 200: Contemporary Social Issues

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course is taught seminar style and focuses on the theoretical constructs and the analysis of social problems at local and national levels. The ability to distinguish and identify social issues and analyze their impact on the community serves as the course objective. Prerequisite:    SOC 100
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  • SOC 205: Race Class and Gender in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course examines some of the ways societal systems operate to construct our ideas, beliefs, values, behaviors, and attitudes toward ourselves and others, as well as how differences between and among people are created and maintained. Attention will be drawn to differences within society and how hierarchies are established from such perceived differences. Students will examine the concept of social construction and how it can help us see the ways systems of race, class, gender, and sexuality function to establish the boundaries of our lives. The power of words, of definitions, of language itself is explored for students to consider the multiple ways they might participate in or be impacted by structures of domination from a historical and sociological perspective. Topics will be explored through reading original empirical research and review; and utilize APA style research. Prerequisite:    SOC 100
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  • SPA 101: Spanish I

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course studies the foundations of Spanish grammar with exercises in speaking, and an introduction to Spanish culture and history through selected readings. Open to students with no previous training.
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  • SPA 102: Spanish II

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course is a continuation of SPA101 with increased emphasis on reading and conversational skills. Prerequisite:    SPA 101
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  • SPA 203: Spanish III

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    Spanish III combines the review of Spanish grammar with intensive practice in reading, writing, speaking and listening. The student will develop cultural sensitivity through contact with authentic materials such as videos and readings by famous Hispanic writers and personalities. The student will respond by speaking, reading, writing and understanding on a level commensurate with his emerging proficiency level. He/she is expected to improve his/her skills weekly so as to complete the course with an advanced-mid designation in accordance with established ACTFL guidelines. Prerequisite:    SPA 102
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  • SWK 100: Introduction to Social Work

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course is designed to introduce students to the field of social work and social welfare as an institution and a discipline. Students survey the social, political, economic and historical dimensions of poverty and welfare services in the United States. This course is intended to help students think critically, to develop an analytical approach to the value judgments made by social institutions and to broaden the understanding of human diversity and the human condition in the United States.
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  • SWK 117: Beginning Interviewing and Document

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course focuses on important introductory skills such as interviewing, report writing, and service documenting. These skills are explored and practiced in the classroom. Students will learn about attending behaviors, basic interviewing skills and reflection of feelings. Special attention will be given to applying these essential skills in order to work effectively with diverse client groups.
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  • SWK 120: Health Information for Soc Science

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course will cover basic medical and therapeutic terminology for the direct care professional. It is designed to introduce the student to medical and therapeutic terms, the origins and meanings so that students become comfortable with hearing, saying, and being knowledgeable of a word's meaning.
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  • SWK 135: Families in Society

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course focuses on the family system in the U.S. society, and explores a sociological analysis of the family as a social institution. It introduces students to how sociologists study families including historical development, contemporary patterns in the United States, and possible future trends. A central theme will be diversity and change, as this course explores the many ways families have changed from generation to generation, and the various forms of family diversity in the U.S. society.
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  • SWK 210: Social Welfare

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

    This course introduces students to the concepts, history, and development of social welfare, social welfare institutions and social policy within the United States. The course is designed to prepare students to systematically analyze social problems and to gain understanding of the social welfare system in the U.S. The evolution, and current status, of the profession of social work is described as it interfaces with social welfare development, policies and practices. The role of discrimination, oppression and inequality in the establishment and implementation of social welfare policies and services is also explored. Social problems of ongoing concern including poverty, health care, and rural issues are highlighted and gaps in policies and programs especially as they link to social and economic justice, diversity, populations at risk and social work ethics and values are assessed.
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