Medical sociology can be subdivided into two broad areas: the sociology of health, illness, disability, and treatment-seeking, and the organization of medical care. This course focuses on the first area, exploring the social origins of illness and disability. We will review classic and contemporary work on the social construction of illness and biomedical knowledge, and on the unequal distribution of disease, disability, and death by social status.
This seminar introduces the major considerations associated with planning, designing, and implementing survey research. Special attention is given to situations under which surveys represent an appropriate methodological choice, the advantages and disadvantages of various types of surveys, considerations involved in question wording, survey design, sampling, and survey implementation, and the presentation of results to various audiences.
This seminar is designed to provide an understanding of the main topics of concern and debate in the study of race, ethnicity, and representation in U.S. film. In the broadest sense, we will explore changing images of race and ethnicity in American films through readings, discussions, screenings, and writing assignments.
This course introduces students who are speakers of both English and Spanish to the theory and practice of professional interpretation. It will include readings on the history and current trends within Interpreting Studies, an exploration of the ethics of interpreting practice among the different professional areas, units on each of the major fields of specialization within the profession: healthcare/medical interpreting, legal/court interpreting, and conference interpreting.
This course focuses on deepening our understanding of the ways in which race and ethnicity has shaped the Americas from the colonial era to the present. This course will focus on race and ethnicity as socially constructed categories, and on the ideology of race and diversity in Latin America and the US (past and present). We will treat race and ethnicity as dynamic processes that shape all social institutions, belief systems, and individual experiences.
Use of statistical programming languages R and SAS to gain insight into statistical theory, to better understand fundamental statistical concepts, and to visualize data appropriately. Sampling distributions, confidence intervals and p-values, the central limit theorem, expectation, and maximum likelihood estimation. Simulation studies, data management, editing data, running basic statistical procedures, and producing reports.
This course provides an overview of the history and development of criminal justice in our country including the adjudication and court processes. The management, treatment and rehabilitation of behaviors that violate societal norms will be examined as well as the role of social and legal systems in the oppression of individuals and groups. Finally, understanding how crime affects the victim, offender, community, and society as a whole is examined as well as current trends in diversion and treatment.
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the fundamental concepts, language, design, and implementation of qualitative research. The history, characteristics, philosophy, and evaluation of qualitative research will also be a focus, as will the "habits of mind and heart" (Rossman & Rallis, 2003, p. xii) that guide qualitative researchers. The unique contributions that qualitative research can make to the knowledge base in your field of study (with an emphasis on social work) will be underscored.
Students will meet each semester in Musical Theatre Master Class to participate in Master Classes (voice, acting, and dance), Audition Preparation, Audition Coaching, and various Guest Lectures to aid in their professional development.
Students will be introduced to critical methodologies that can be applied to in-depth analysis of a variety of styles and genres of dramatic literature and performance.
