7 courses with the subject CAST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CAST 301Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Child Advocacy3
Meets GOAL 5 and GOAL 9. This course will cover the history of child maltreatment and child advocacy in the United States and around the world, the current theoretical perspectives for understanding child maltreatment, the definitions of child maltreatment, an introduction to the professional responses to child maltreatment, an introduction to advocacy for children, and contemporary issues in the fields of child maltreatment and child advocacy. Grade only. Offered each semester. Course Registration
CAST 301 - Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Child Advocacy and CAST 302 - Global Child Advocacy Issues . Grade only. Offered each semester. Course Registration
CAST 403Child Exploitation, Pornography, and the Internet3
The overall goal of this course is the study and analysis of child sexual abuse and the manner in which human and social services respond to this problem. Specifically, this course will examine the predatory actions of offenders who engage in child sexual abuse and exploitation. Included in this assessment is an understanding of how perpetrators use computers, the Internet, and emerging technologies to exploit children. Students will also learn how social services and the criminal justice system respond to this phenomenon. Thus, the student will understand and appreciate the roles of law enforcement, forensics, courts, social workers, and health service providers in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of this form of child exploitation. Grade only. Offered fall semester. Course Registration
Students will analyze poverty and child poverty in the U.S. while placing both in an international and historical context. Students will understand the demographics of poverty and the impacts of poverty on children. Students will also evaluate societal responses to poverty and child poverty, particularly as they relate to child maltreatment. This course is useful for students in fields such as nursing, criminal justice, education, social work, sociology, pre-medicine, and pre-law. Grade only. Offered spring semester. Course Registration
