2 courses with the subject IS, 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.
IS 81082: Clinical Reasoning in the Social Professions2
This doctoral seminar explores the multifaceted nature of clinical reasoning and judgment in various social professions (clinical sociology, included). The course centers on Christine Tanner's influential model of clinical judgment (Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, Reflecting) as a framework for understanding the cognitive and intuitive processes practitioners use. Simultaneously, it engages critically with Michel Foucault's concept of the "clinical gaze," analyzing its historical emergence and the dynamics of power, knowledge, and objectification embedded within institutionalized assessment and intervention practices. Stud
This doctoral seminar provides an advanced investigation of James Grier Miller’s Living Systems Theory (LST) as a rigorous analytical framework within the broader tradition of General Systems Theory. Students will dissect the functional architecture of social systems (from small groups to supranational entities) to identify the universal processes that sustain social life or lead to systemic entropy. Miller's 20 critical subsystems will be integrated with contemporary sociological theory to evaluate the tension between systemic efficiency and human agency. The seminar equips doctoral researchers with the methodological tools t Total Credits: 8 Focus of Study in Artificial Intelligence Ethics
