LA-205 ADVANCED SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS
3 credits
A variety of speech communication topics will be studied in this course with
an emphasis on business settings. Included are intercultural communication, negotiation and conflict management, small group dynamics, and interviewing.
Students will research and prepare several oral presentations to the class and complete projects leading to a deeper understanding of the central role communications plays in diverse situations. PREREQUISITE: LA-120 and EN-109 or HN-150
LA-209 SOCIAL ISSUES
3 credits
This course is designed to investigate contemporary social issues, policies
and problems (i.e., AIDS, abortion, crime, discrimination,
domestic violence, drugs, homelessness, poverty, privacy, social deviance, the welfare system
and others) and their impact on American social structures.
How society attempts to find solutions to alleviate
these social problems will also be examined. Students
will be asked to assess issues in terms of their origins,
extent, impact, implications, and various possible avenues of resolution. PREREQUISITE: LA-101 or LA-102
LA-220 PHILOSOPHY
3 credits
This course examines basic questions about human life and its place in the universe. Topics include the nature
of knowledge and reality, the mind and the physical
universe, ethics, skepticism, religious and secular condition and rationality and faith. These central issues will be studied
in the context of brief selections from writings of major philosophers from antiquity to the present. PREREQUISITE: EN-109
LA-221 RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
3 credits
Religious experience is a universal phenomenon for humanity. The histories, developments, and interactions of the world’s major religions have shaped the cultures and societies of our contemporary world. This course provides students with an under-standing
of the major ideas and practices of these religions.
One section will examine the religions of Western civilization
that trace their roots to the biblical figure of Abraham:
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The second section
explores the religions of India – Buddhism and Hinduism,
and the third deals with the philosophies of life in
Southeast Asia – Confucianism and Taoism. (A possible
fourth section may delve into indigenous Native American
beliefs, Jainism, and Zoroastrianism.)
LA-240 CRIMINOLOGY
3 credits
An examination of crime as social phenomena with particular attention to its
causes and to the methods society has developed to control
behavior. The course will address the nature and distribution
of crime in America, offender and victim profiles, and
appropriate criminological research mythologies. The
major biological, psychological, and social theoretical explanations for criminal behavior will be considered in detail. PREREQUISITE:
LA-101 or LA-102
LA-241 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
3 credits
This course focuses on the nature of juvenile delinquency in society. It will
address the nature and extent of delinquency; its causes
and correlations, and contemporary social, political, and legal techniques and strategies to reduce and eliminate the problem. Relevant legal issues, research methodologies,
and theories of causation will be explored. PREREQUISITE: LA-101 or LA-102
LA-242 VICTIMOLOGY
3 credits
An examination of the nature of victimization, including the demographic and geographical patterns and trends associated
with victimization, the nature of risk and the potential
for victimization, the relationship between victims and offenders, and the interactions between crime victims and the police, court, and correctional systems.
The methodologies and victim support services will be considered. PREREQUISITE: LA-102
LA-243 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SERVICES
3 credits
The course examines the historical, social and political forces that have led
to the development of both governmental and non-profit human services systems in contemporary America. The
organization and operation of the primary social supports for meeting human service needs; the various
models for the delivery of those services; theoretical
perspectives; target populations, and the characteristics and skills of a human service
professional will be examined in detail. Ethical considerations
and diversity issues will be addressed.PREREQUISITE: LA-101
LA-245 INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING THEORY
3 credits
This course is an introduction to contemporary counseling theories and techniques, and their applications, including
a review of major behavioral models, including psychoanalytic, existential, person-centered, interpersonal, Gestalt, behavior therapy, rational-emotive therapy, reality therapy, solution-focused, feminist, and non- – traditional perspectives. Emphasis
will be placed on conditions for an effective helping relationship, attending and interviewing skills, Basic theoretical assumptions, ethical
principles, and professional orientation, including
the attributes necessary for the practice of counseling. PREREQUISTIE: LA-101
