Social Science Online Courses
The follow online classes, managed by the School of Distance Education, are offered in interactive online asynchronous and self-paced formats.
Description: Principles of psychology including the study of growth, perception, learning, thinking, motivation, emotion, personality, and mental health.
Format(s) Available: Interactive Online (section 999), Self-Paced Open Learning(section 901), Interactive Term-based (section 999)
Cost: online campus tuition, main campus tuition, (additional costs for books and fees)
Tech Requirements: Latest version of Chrome or Mozilla browser. Check computer requirements.
Description: Lifespan is an integrative approach to psychological development which emphasizes the inter-dependency of physical, cognitive, emotional and social development. The interrelatedness of theory, research, and application are seen throughout the entire sequence of human development from conception to death.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology or written permission of the teacher.
Format(s) Available: Self-Paced Open Learning(section 901), Interactive Term-based (section 999)
Cost: online campus tuition, main campus tuition, (additional costs for books and fees)
Tech Requirements: Latest version of Chrome or Mozilla browser. Check computer requirements.
Description: A study of human behavior within a group context. Included are attitues, social roles, collective behavior, and the dynamic aspects of human interaction.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 or SOCI 119
Format(s) Available: Self-Paced Open Learning(section 901), Interactive Term-based (section 999)
Cost: online campus tuition, main campus tuition, (additional costs for books and fees)
Tech Requirements: Latest version of Chrome or Mozilla browser. Check computer requirements.
Description: A study of the development of sociology as a social science, some concepts and ideas associated with the study of human behavior, and an overview of the principles, terms, and concepts in the discipline.
Format(s) Available: Self-Paced Open Learning(section 901), Interactive Term-based (section 999)
Cost: online campus tuition, main campus tuition, (additional costs for books and fees)
Tech Requirements: Latest version of Chrome or Mozilla browser. Check computer requirements.
Description: Comparative study of human diversity and of ways of being human. The concept of culture and ethnography as the primary tool of cultural anthropological research. Salient features of tribal communities, state level policies and modern network society. Globalization and its social, economic and environmental consequences. Understanding “ourselves” and those we call “others.”
Format(s) Available: Self-Paced Open Learning(section 901), Interactive Term-based (section 999)
Cost: online campus tuition, main campus tuition, (additional costs for books and fees)
Tech Requirements: Latest version of Chrome or Mozilla browser. Check computer requirements.
