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144 Wayne State CollegeSOC 444 Topics in Sociology (3) Current or special issues inSociology will be examined. The course offers students theopportunity to discuss relevant issues facing society. Topicsmay include community, social change, and the sociologyof women. The course may be repeated for credit, byadvisement, when no duplication of topics exists.SOC 445/545 Native Americans (3) Prerequisite: SOC 110 orinstructor permission. The course explores the factors thathave shaped the distinctive lifestyles of American Indians.These include pre-contact lifestyles, Indian-White relations,and contemporary developments among American Indians.SOC 460/560 Social Stratification (3) Prerequisite: SOC 101or instructor permission. Social stratification systems,social status, and social classes provide the course focus.The expression and impact of stratification in society arealso explored. Inequalities based on race, gender, and ageare also discussed.SOC 465/565 Peoples & Cultures of the Middle East (3)Prerequisite: 110 or instructor permission. The focus ofthis course is the Middle East, its peoples and its culturalheritage. The emphasis is on important environmentaland historical forces that have produced a complex regionwith interlocking linguistic, ethnic, religious, kin, and classdistinctions that characterize the area today.SOC 480/580 Social Theory (3) Prerequisite: SOC 101 orinstructor permission. A survey of the major theorists andmodern theoretical perspectives in sociology.SOC 488/588 Sociology Senior/Graduate Seminar (3)Prerequisite: SOC 101 or instructor permission. This courseis designed to be a student-driven course that reviewsthe theoretical perspectives, basic concepts, importanceof socio-cultural diversity, and research methods firstintroduced in Introduction to Sociology and then utilizedthroughout the sociology curriculum. The course includesrefinement of students’ understanding of the “sociologicalimagination,” ethics, and other professional issues in thediscipline of sociology; further development of students’critical writing, thinking, and communication skills;and engagement in a research project from conceptionto completion. Ultimately, the course is focused on theprofessional socialization of students majoring in sociology.Cross Listed Courses:Six hours from the following courses may be taken forsociology credit in the major or minor, not for the endorsement.CJA 365 Juvenile DelinquencyCJA 405 Family ViolencePSY 316 Social PsychologyEligible seniors may enroll in 500 level graduate courses.Graduate CoursesSOC 500 Topics in Sociology (3) Reading and discussion ofselected topics in sociology. Content and title will vary.May be repeated if topic and title are different.SOC 510 Topics in Anthropology (3) Reading and discussionof selected topics in anthropology. Content and title willvary. May be repeated if topic and title are different.SOC 515 The Family (3) See SOC 415SOC 545 Native Americans (3) See SOC 445SOC 560 Social Stratification (3) See SOC 460SOC 565 Peoples & Cultures of the Middle East (3)See SOC 465SOC 580 Social Theory (3) See SOC 480SOC 588 Sociology Graduate Seminar (3) See SOC 488SOC 600 Studies in Sociology/Anthropology (3) The studyand analysis of selected topics in the fields of sociology oranthropology. Content and title will vary. May be repeatedif topic and title are different.Special Education (SPD)Counseling & Special Education DepartmentSchool of Education & CounselingBrandenburg Education BuildingThe Special Education Program is a collaborative andconsultation based professional preparation program withinthe School of Education & Counseling. This program requireseach preservice teacher to have completed a program of studyin (1) General Education; (2) Professional Education; and (3)Special Education Specialty Studies. The Special EducationField Endorsement, being a teacher education program, isgoverned by all requirements established and set forth by theSchool.Philosophy: The philosophy of the WSC SpecialEducation Program is dedicated toward enabling exceptionallearners to be teachable in regular education settings throughconsultative and collaborative professional educationenvironments.Theme: The WSC Teacher Education Program hasestablished as the theme of its professional educationknowledge base that preservice teachers will be preparedto relate theory and practice through inquiry, reflection, andfacilitation. Using the professional education knowledge basetheme as an integrative core of educating special educationteachers, the specialty studies knowledge base theme ofthe WSC Special Education Program is concentrated upondistinguished professional preparation of the special educatoras a precision teacher and transdisciplinary collaborator.Outcomes: All WSC Special Education majors inaddition to demonstrating competency in the six (6) programoutcomes and nine (9) essential teaching behaviors of theprofessional education knowledge base will also demonstratecompetency in the Special Education Program knowledgebase in nine (9) program outcomes and sixteen (16) essentialcompetencies for mild/moderate exceptional learners K-12.MAT 210 Mathematics for Elementary School TeachersI (3) must be taken for the Block 2 Mathematics General