3 courses with the subject SSC, 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.
SSC 3300Holocaust and Genocide4
Offered: Every spring semester This co-taught seminar will explore the Holocaust and other examples of modern genocide from two different disciplinary perspectives. Those will vary each year depending on the two faculty involved in the course, but they might include art, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion and ethics sociology, and/or theatre. The course will always make some use of the annual Schleunes lecture. The course will always include a semester-long research project making use of the Levy-Lowenstein Holocaust collection in the library. Students can count the course as a 3000-level elective in one of the two discipline departments offered each semester to serve as a major or minor requirement, B.A. requirement course, or general elective. The course may be repeated for credit.
Offered: Periodically based on student need Environment and Society brings social science understanding to the conversation between social groups and “the environment” as it explores the environment-society nexus: How does society define what constitutes “the environment?” Where are its boundaries, and in what ways do social groups shape that environment? What ways is society shaped by it? Who has differential access to environmental resources and why? What are the implication of the policies and politics involved in environmental politics? Why and how are some members victims of environmental injustices and why are others not? Guided by these questions (among others), this course is designed to provide students with a thorough, comprehensive understanding of the key theories, literature, and issues in environmental studies.
2360 is strongly recommended. Offered: Every semester This course presents the principles of methodology and design in social science research. Research approaches used in various areas of modern scientific inquiry are considered. Emphasis is on the design and execution of research using observational, correlational, quasi-experimental, and experimental methods. Some of the statistical analyses presented include content analysis, correlation, t-test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Students will gain experience using computer software to analyze data, and will develop their scientific writing and quantitative/qualitative analysis skills.
