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Power analysis, factorial and repeated measures analysis of variance, nonparametric procedures, contingency tables, introduction to linear regression. Use of SPSS. Note: A grade of C- or higher in DATA 2600 is required to register for any course that has DATA 2600 as a prerequisite. This course was formerly offered as MT 223.Prerequisites: DATA 122 or DATA 1220 or equivalent. Offered: Fall, Spring.

Study of basic economic principles, with an emphasis on macroeconomics. Microeconomic topics include supply and demand analysis, and elasticity. Macroeconomic topics include measurement of macroeconomic activity, national income accounting, aggregate demand and aggregate supply, money, and fiscal and monetary policy. Does not satisfy degree requirements for the EC major or the Boler core.

The course examines economic/financial principles as they apply to health policy in the public and private sectors. It will analyze current economic issues in terms of historical background, present status, and possible solutions. The structure, conduct, and performance of the hospital, physicians, pharmaceuticals, insurance, and long-term care industries will be studied in depth. An economic analysis of the managed care industry, the uninsured, and integrated delivery systems as well as an analysis of health care systems in other countries will be conducted. An economic analysis of public policy options for major components affecting the healthcare industry will be utilized. Equivalent to EC4405 with same topic. Prerequisite: (EC2201 and EC2202) or EC2221.

Overview of basic nutritional guidelines relevant to daily life; the role of nutrition in the development and efficiency of energy systems and energy balance; disabilities related to insufficient or inappropriate nutritional practices.

Interdisciplinary seminar on current population and public health issues in the U.S. and globally. Topics include disease outbreaks, current health policy debates, and community health implications of environmental issues and lifestyles, with special focus on diversity and ethics. May be repeated for up to 3 credits. Offered: Usually Spring.

Fundamental principles of behavior, including research methods, learning, memory and cognition, biological basis of behavior, perception, motivation, human development, social psychology, personality, psychopathology, and psychological testing. A prerequisite to all PS courses at the 2000 level and beyond. Students should take either PS 1000 or PS 1010 as it is the pre-requisite for major-level course requirements. Students completing PS 1000 cannot take PS 1010, and vice versa.

What is society? How can we understand it? What is the role of the individual in society, and how does society affect individual lives? This course examines a variety of topics such as culture, socialization, social structure, inequality, deviance, crime, and serves as an introduction to the field of sociology and criminology.

Introduces basic concepts of public health and explores major public health issues in the United States. Central focus on health disparities regarding who becomes ill and inequalities of access to treatment due to stereotypes, racism, and social class.

Effects of psychotropic drugs on behavior, cognitive functioning, and emotion, with an emphasis on psychotherapeutic agents utilized in the treatment of biochemical abnormalities associated with various psychopathologies and drugs of abuse. Not open to those with credit in PS 2260. Prerequisite: PS 1000 or PS 1010 and the permission of instructor. Crosslisted as: PS 2260.

Theories and controversies about psychopathology and the etiology and symptoms of selected categories of emotional disturbance, with special reference to the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Prerequisite: PS 100 or PS 101 or PS 1000 or PS 1010; Junior or Senior Standing. Offered: once a year.

Social causes of violence in the family, especially dynamics of child and spouse abuse. Review of current research with attention to measures for preventing family violence and treating its effects.

Social scientific examination of human sexuality, including biological, social, cultural, and psychological aspects throughout the life course. Topics include sexual identity, expression, and variation; sources of beliefs and attitudes about sexuality; the influence of changing gender roles and norms; and the social, psychological, and health consequences of sexual behaviors. Prerequisite: One SC course.

Introduction to the relationship between drugs and crime; law enforcement techniques used to reduce drug abuse; prevention and treatment; and the arguments for and against drug legalization. Prerequisite: One SC course.

Four hours of laboratory per week. Corequisite: BL3100. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to analysis of spatial data using ArcGIS software. Students will acquire hands-on experience with a variety of analytical techniques and spatial data types, and apply their skills to investigate environmental and social problems using GIS. Prerequisite: BL155 or BL1500, BL157 or BL1505, BL156 or BL1600, BL158 or BL1605, BL159 or BL1700, and BL160 or 1705. Corequisite: BL4175. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

Three hours of lab per week. Corequisite: BL 4170. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

Four hours of lecture per week. Stoichiometry, thermochemistry, states of matter, atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure, oxidation-reduction, acid-base, solutions. Corequisite: CH 1430. Offered: Fall.

Three hours of laboratory per week. Laboratory experiments illustrating principles developed in the corequisite lecture courses. Offered: Fall. Corequisite: CH 1410. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

Examination of current theoretical and practical implications of medical care and biotechnology. Specific topics include death and end-of-life care; organ transplantation; genetic mapping and testing; aging and dementia; fertility and reproduction; access to health care; patient rights; and the roles of health-care providers.

Examines the ethical principles and forms of moral reasoning that typically guide decisions in health care and frame public policy debates generated by contemporary biomedicine. Includes materials from both religious and secular traditions of thought, with particular attention to Catholic teaching on bioethical issues (e.g., assisted reproductive technology, euthanasia, genetic manipulation, stem cell research). Prerequisite: EN 125 or EN 1250 or equivalent.

Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Historical overview of climate change; effects of greenhouse gases, aerosols, and radiative forcing mechanisms on climate processes and feedbacks; effects of rapid climate change on selected ecosystems; predicted future changes; climate denial; political and ethical considerations in implementation of mitigation policies. Prerequisite: BL155 or BL1500, BL157 or BL1505, BL156 or BL1600, BL158 or BL1605, BL159 or BL1700, and BL160 or BL1705.

Explores the complex relationship between Americans and their natural environment from colonial times through the present. Emphasizes key environmental transformations related to colonization, frontier settlement, industrialization, urbanization, suburbanization, and the growth of the environmental movement of the late 20th Century.

This course examines sustainability challenges experienced around the world today, including climate change, poverty, energy use, population growth, food security, and the effects of human development on natural resources. It will address why and how these challenges developed, where—and to whom— they are most problematic, and what can be done in the future to ensure that they can be managed in a just way for future generations.

A critical examination of how a clean and healthy environment is a basic human right. Topics covered include environmental racism, public health disparities, green collar crime, climate migrants, and how to ensure equitable sustainable development.

Explores the history of health, disease, and medicine in the West: how health and disease were understood and addressed in the ancient world; how these ideas and experiences continued or changed in medieval Europe; ways in which the Scientific Revolution transformed understandings of how the body works and thus how disease would be addressed, and how this new understanding was incorporated into medical treatment and social policy over the next two centuries. Particular attention to disparities in understandings of, and access to, medial treatment as a condition of gender and social class and the degree to which new developments in the 18th and 19th centuries may or may not have altered these disparities.

Integrates immersion experience with the realities of health care access in Latin America. Topics include the cycle of poverty in Latin American countries, the link between health care access and poverty, and the specific case of the rural Honduran health care system. Prerequisite: EN 125 or EN 1250 (or equivalent). Corequisite: HS2471.

Introduction to the public policy process; institutions that structure and implement policy response, models of decision-making, analytical and evaluative methodologies, epistemological approaches, normative concerns. Policy areas are investigated to illustrate both the actual and symbolic impact of the policy process within diverse political settings.

Introduction to the basic concepts, issues, and dilemmas of public health and healthcare systems. Provides students with the vocabulary and tools of comparative public health/healthcare policy analysis by examining in detail the promises and problems of various healthcare systems worldwide. Focuses on the developed world. Offered: Every other Spring.

Two hours of laboratory per week. Students work in groups to design and conduct an experiment investigating some aspects of human behavior, then analyze the data. Corequisite: PS 3011.

Introduction to the scientific method as it is used to design, conduct, and analyze experiments in psychology. Prerequisites: PS1000 (or PS 100) or PS1010 (or PS 101) and DATA 2600 (or DATA 260), with min grade of C- in DATA 2600/260, and EN1250 or equivalent. Corequisite: PS3010.

How can we distinguish good data from bad? One answer is to understand how information is produced. The goals for this course include learning the logic of, procedures for and issues relating to information production in both quantitative and qualitative social research. Topics include hypothesis construction, concept operationalization, research design, data collection, sampling techniques, and ethical concerns. Methods examined include surveys, in-depth interviews, observational field research, and content analysis. Students will also be proposing an original research project using secondary data analysis. Meets the additional writing (AW) requirement for the Integrative Core Curriculum. Prerequisite: SC 1010 and two additional SC courses.

How to do quantitative data analysis, including SPSS statistical analysis program coding/recoding variables, levels of measurement, hypothesis testing, estimation, sampling distributions, bivariate relationships, correlations, and regression. Requires an original quantitative research project. Prerequisite: (DATA1220 or PO1500) and SC3500. Corequisite: SC3520.

Lab time spend working on analyzing statistical data for quantitative research project, including coding/recoding variables, bivariate relationships, correlations, and regression; learning focused on how to present sociological research and enhance professional development skills. Meets the Additional Oral Presentation in the major (OP) requirement of the Integrative Core Curriculum. Corequisite: SC 3510.