National and global urban policy development is also discussed. Experiential and academic learning modalities are combined to provide an opportunity for students to explore professional and service work environments from an analytical and critical perspective. Students will be supervised on-site by a professional and the sociology program coordinator will supervise the academic component and monitor the placements. Students in Social Justice may petition for social justice credit. This course introduces the history, philosophy and institutional arrangements in the field of public welfare in the United States, and the role of the helping professional.
Contrast is provided by an analysis of the welfare systems in other countries.
Survey of the social aspects of aging in contemporary society, with emphasis on biological and psychological changes, special needs, facilities, and emerging community and national programs. One hour for fieldwork, if desired. This course takes a critical and analytical perspective on the criminal justice system in the United States using cross-national comparisons. The system is surveyed by attention to community, media, crime statistics, law enforcement, courts and corrections, the operation and influences of the various components, and criminological theories concerning the causes and remedies for criminal deviance. An analysis of the processes shaping the emergence, objectives, structures, strategies, tactics and long term outcomes of representative movements aimed at social change.