Substance Abuse (formerly Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Formerly “Drug and Alcohol Abuse.” Substances such as anabolic steroids, over the counter medications, dependency/addiction, societal effects, screening, diagnosis and neurological factors.

Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Ethical issues, biological development, perception, learning & memory, cognition & language; social, emotional, and personality development, social behaviors, family life cycle, adjustment to life stresses, bereavement and loss.

Introduction to Law Enforcement

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Overview of the U.S. criminal justice system, police systems in the U.S., police organization, management & issues; and U.S. law and precedents.

Introduction to Geography (formerly titled: Human/Cultural Geography)

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Earth and basic facts (maps, physiography, atmosphere, soils and vegetation, water), culture and environment, settlement patterns, political geography and regional geography.

History of the Soviet Union (formerly The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union)

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Russia under the old regime, the Revolutionary Period, New Economic Policy, Pre-war Stalinism, Second World War, Post-war Stalinism, Krushchev Years, Brezhnev Era, and reform and collapse.

General Anthropology

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Theoretical perspectives, physical anthropology, archaeology, social organization, economic organization, political organization, religion, and modernization & application of anthropology.

Fundamentals of Counseling

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Historical development, counselor roles & functions, the counseling relationship and theoretical approaches to counseling.

Criminal Justice

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Criminal behavior, police, the court system, sentencing issues, adult prison systems and juvenile correction alternatives.

Art of the Western World

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Deals with the history of art during various periods, e.g. Renaissance, Baroque and Realism.

Foundations of Education

Social Sciences | 3 Baccalaureate
Contemporary issues in education, past and current influences on education (philosophies, democratic ideals, social/economic influences), and the interrelationships between contemporary issues and influences.