May 05, 2024  
2019-2020 Online Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Online Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course Descriptions

The course number system is:

000-099 Institutional Credit. (Does not meet graduation requirements and will not transfer to four-year colleges.)

100-199 Freshman Courses

200-299 Sophomore Courses

 

SOC - Sociology

  
  • SOC 213 - (PSY 213) Social Research Methods


    This course explores the application of scientific methods to the study of human behavior and social interaction. The relationship between theory and research is examined. Students develop skills in understanding and using such techniques as case studies, surveys, experiments, participant observation, testing, and basic statistical devices to analyze data.
    Prerequisites: PSY 101  or SOC 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SOC 219 - Gender and Work


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course explores how gender, race/ethnicity, and social class shape work. It offers students a guide to occupational development and helps students think critically about work in the past, the present, and the future. This course is taken as a diversity elective and an elective for the Psychology, Sociology and Social Services programs.
    Prerequisite: ENG 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SOC 273 - Marriage and the Family


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course uses sociological perspectives to examine the diversity of families and explore the changing marriage patterns in contemporary society. The goal of the course is to help students develop a sound base for a successful marriage and healthy family.
    Prerequisite: SOC 101  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

SPA - Spanish

  
  • SPA 101 - Beginning Spanish I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course includes development of the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Listening practice is available. Media are incorporated into the classroom experience and web-based materials are a required part of the course. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106.
    Prerequisites: ENG 096 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 102 - Beginning Spanish II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is a continuation of SPA 101  . Media are incorporated into the classroom experience, and web-based materials are a required part of the course. Native speakers may not take elementary level courses in their native languages designated as 101, 102, 105, or 106.
    Prerequisites: SPA 101  or 2 years high school Spanish
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 105 - Conversational Spanish I


    This course offers development of ability to communicate orally in Spanish. Students who wish to take SPA 105 must have completed two years of high school Spanish or SPA 102 , or must have the permission of the instructor. Fulfills one semester of the foreign language requirement. Not open to native Spanish speakers.
    Prerequisite: ENG 096 , if required
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 106 - Conversational Spanish II


    This course is a continuation of SPA 105 . Not open to native Spanish speakers.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 109 - Spanish Grammar and Composition for Hispanics


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course includes study of peculiar grammatical and syntactical problems that confront native Spanish speakers. Topics include spelling, accentuation, theme writing. Those who take this course are normally required to complete the language requirement (if any) by taking SPA 112  course or higher. This course fulfills one semester of the foreign language requirement or can be taken for elective credit.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 111 - Intermediate Spanish I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course provides review of fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Media are incorporated into the classroom experience and web-based materials are a required part of the course.
    Prerequisite: SPA 101 , SPA 102  or 3 years high school Spanish
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 112 - Intermediate Spanish II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is a continuation of SPA 111  or 3 years of high school Spanish. Media are incorporated into the classroom experience and web-based materials are a required part of the course.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 113 - Intermediate Spanish for Healthcare Personnel


    This course introduces essential medical vocabulary and intermediate conversational skills in Spanish. Via a communicative approach it will recreate everyday situations encountered in work settings such as doctor’s offices, hospitals and emergency rooms. Multimedia and Web-based content will be used to develop and reinforce the ability to read, write, speak and listen in Spanish.
    Prerequisite: SPA 102 , three years high school Spanish or native ability in Spanish
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 115 - Spain: Its Culture and its People (Foreign Study)


    This course offers a comprehensive survey of Spanish culture and civilization including geographical, historical, social, and economic factors. This course is offered in conjunction with a trip to Spain and fulfills one semester of the Spanish Modern Language requirement or may be taken as a free elective.
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 116 - Civilization of Latin American Countries (Foreign Study)


    This course offers an introduction to Hispanic life and civilization. This course is offered in conjunction with a trip to Latin America and fulfills one semester of the Spanish Modern Language requirement or may be taken as a free elective.
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 121 - Advanced Spanish I


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course provides further development of skills in reading, composition and conversation.
    Prerequisite: SPA 112 , or its equivalent
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours
  
  • SPA 122 - Advanced Spanish II


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    This course is a continuation of SPA 121 .
    Prerequisite: SPA 121  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

TRN - Translating

  
  • TRN 101 - Introduction to Written Translation


    A general, introductory course that covers the theoretical and practical aspects of translating written text from one written language into another. Students learn what skills and knowledge are needed to become professional translators. They perform translations on a variety of documents. The emphasis is on translation into written English from any other written language although practice and feedback are given in the opposite direction as well.
    Prerequisites: Completion of all developmental English and ESL requirements of the College. This is an online course.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

UCC - College Success

  
  • UCC 101 - College Success


    UCC 101 is a College Success course designed to connect students to each other, their new college environment, and their future goals and careers.  This course will teach students effective study skills and help them develop career plans.  It will show students how to clarify their interests, prepare for job applications and interviews, and utilize all college resources to get them to graduation.
    2 lecture hours per week
    2 credit hours

UPR - Psychosocial Rehabilitation

  
  • UPR 101 (PSRT 1101) - Introduction to the Principles of Psychosocial Rehabilitation


    Enables students to identify the methods by which individuals with severe mental illness are helped in psychosocial rehabilitation and treatment settings. Classroom lectures and seminars provide students with opportunities to explore concepts unique to psychosocial rehabilitation, including history, philosophy and values of psychosocial rehabilitation.
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

URS - Urban Studies

  
  • URS 101 - Introduction to Urban Studies


    ▲ = Fulfills a General Education Requirement
    The course examines the variety of issues faced by the nation’s cities. It explores the historical development of the city, the city-suburban relationship, regional patterns, and recent developments which impact on the cities, as well as those institutions and processes which particularly affect the nation’s cities.
    Prerequisites: ENG 096  
    3 lecture hours per week
    3 credit hours

WDW - Walt Disney World

  
  • WDW 297 - Internship I


    This course provides an internship at Walt Disney World (WDW) in Orlando, Florida or Disneyland in California for one semester. Students must submit weekly journals and a final paper electronically to the WDW instructor. At the time of the required interview with Disney representatives, students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0. The student is responsible for transportation to and from Florida or California. Students receive an hourly wage. They are housed on Disney property; housing costs are deducted from their weekly paycheck. Students must register for this course prior to the internship. Students may not register for Internship I and any Union County College co-op experience class or Internship II during the same semester.
    Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA
    200 contact hours
    3 credit hours
  
  • WDW 299 - Internship II


    This course provides an internship at Walt Disney World (WDW) in Orlando, Florida or Disneyland in California for one semester. Students must submit weekly journals and a final paper electronically to the WDW instructor. Students must also participate in a minimum of two Disney workshops. At the time of the required interview with Disney representatives, students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0. The student is responsible for transportation to and from Florida or California. Students receive an hourly wage. They are housed on Disney property; housing costs are deducted from their weekly paycheck. Students must register for this course prior to the internship. Students may not register for internship and any Union County College co-op experience class or Internship I during the same semester.
    Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA
    300 contact hours
    6 credit hours
 

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