College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

140 CARD 6619 - Strategic Community Planning and Partnerships An overview of the community from a strategic perspective, identifying: social, economic, demographic and cultural trends and patterns within the community; areas of concern for law enforcement and government; ways to initiate and develop community-wide strategic planning for peaceful community relations and growth; building community partnerships between law enforcement, the criminal justice system and community agencies and groups; community justice; and the use of data, data collection and analysis in developing and implementing collaborative long and short term plans for community development, problem solving and funding initiatives. Offered occasionally. SHSS 6620 - Academic Writing A user-friendly seminar on how to write clear, unpretentious academic prose. Covers technical issues–sentence structure, punctuation, tenses, idea development–in a non- technical manner. Includes strategies for creating and editing manuscripts and for researching, organizing, and writing literature reviews. Offered all terms. CARD 6621 – Introduction to Human Rights This course provides students with an introductory survey of political, philosophical, historical, economic, and legal considerations related to fundamental human rights concepts. Students will examine human rights issues in both domestic and international arenas. In particular, the course addresses the issues of the ideological and cultural origins of human rights theory; the sources of rights and rights violations; the impact of the nation-state system, governments and other institutions (such as corporations, churches and universities), and domestic and foreign policies particularly of the U.S.) on human rights law and enforcement. Finally, students examine the wide variety of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights warranting protection. Offered Yearly. CARD 6623 - Practicum III This course is a more advanced field research project that incorporates classroom knowledge and real-world settings. Students will demonstrate their ability to apply theory to practice and analyze situations utilizing knowledge from previous course work. Program approval required. Department approval required . Offered occasionally. CARD 6624 - Advanced Practicum This practicum experience is a faculty-driven experience in which a faculty member will design a project in conjunction with another organization or university and students selected for the practicum will work on that project with the faculty member. The project may also entail a one to two week mandatory field experience in which students and the faculty member will work on the project on location. Students will be responsible for their expenses. Students will apply for this practicum and must be selected. Offered occasionally. CARM 6625 Field Studies Practicum The Global Field Studies Practicum Course in Conflict Resolution incorporates a field- immersion component as part of this practicum course. It is developed around principles of multidisciplinary conflict analysis, management, and resolution which promote scholarship of engagement in communities through research, education, and practice. This course provides a solid knowledge base by the application of conflict resolution concepts through experiential learning that lead to professional development. The field experience enhances students’ cross-cultural skills, appreciation and understanding of diversity and global issues. During the course students are exposed to a diverse community of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, who share with students their experience and career journeys. The course provides for the enhancement of students’ career development