2021-2022 Online and Continuing Education Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Online Continuing Education Courses
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Psychology |
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PS 2310 - Statistics for the Social Sciences
The focus of the course is on the application of statistics to answer questions in social science. Students will be introduced to the theoretical aspects of probability, sampling, and hypothesis testing and taught to utilize statistical software for social science research. Topics include data file creation, data entry, descriptive statistics, basic inferential statistics, pictorial representation of data, and the interpretation of statistical analysis. Students will learn when to use the various statistics (including r, t, F, and _2), how to interpret them, and how to write up an APA‐style results section. Prerequisites: MT 1100 Credits: 4
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PS 2410 - Interpersonal Relationships and Interview Skills
This course covers the purpose, structure, focus, and techniques employed in effective interviewing. It also offers an opportunity to learn and use interpersonal communication skills effectively, to increase effectiveness in helping relationships with client populations. Topics such as group dynamics, assertive behavior, and conflict management will be covered. Credits: 4
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PS 3110 (CJ 3110) - Juvenile Delinquency
This course offers an in‐depth analysis of the (anti‐) social phenomenon of our time: delinquent youth gangs. We are currently witnessing a rise in the number of gangs, the degree of violence they exhibit, and their impact on American society. This course will combine psychological theory with the delinquents’ own accounts of their gang affiliation and behavior. This is a seminar-type course that requires some research and presentation on topics chosen by the student in agreement with the instructor. Credits: 4
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PS 3160 - Child Psychology
This course studies child development from conception through adolescence. We will examine milestones and implications of not meeting those milestones when anticipated. The course will cover topics of physical, social, psychological, emotional, moral, and cognitive development, as well as family and educational structures. Disorders of childhood (biological as well as psychological), learning differences, social/cultural and socioeconomic status also will be explored at length. Pre-requisites: PS 2140 . Credits: 4
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PS 3170 (CJ 3170) - Forensic Psychology
The goal of this course is to acquaint the student with the different psychological characteristics, levels of motivation, and different prognoses for criminal behavior. Homicide will be presented, not as a unitary event, but as a complex behavior, with different phenomenology, psychopathology, and dynamics. The course focuses on a number of case studies that illustrate the complex psychological issues involved in domestic violence, hate crimes, sexual homicide, and the role of mental illness in crime. In addition, the course covers the relationship of psychology to the practice of law and justice, and the role a forensic psychologist plays within the criminal justice arena. Concepts of personality assessment, expert testimony, and profiling of various offenders are discussed. Prerequisites: Any 2000‐level CJ or PS course. Credits: 4
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PS 3210 - Abnormal Psychology
This course focuses on the causes, symptoms, definition, and treatments of psychological disorders. Emphasis is on the more serious forms of psychopathology. The complexities involved in judging normalcy (i.e. the forensic vs. clinical model); the correlation between delinquency and mental illness, deinstitutionalization, and the rights of the mentally ill are also studied. Prerequisites: PS 1110 or CJ 1110 , and 30+ credits. Credits: 4
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PS 3230 - Delivery of Human Services
This course explores the knowledge, ethics and skills needed to effectively work as human service professional in a multidisciplinary setting. Topics for inquiry include assessment, interventions, theories of causality, cultural competency, organizational structure, leadership style and social policy. Prerequisites: PS 1110 Credits: 4
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PS 3240 - Applied Behavioral Analysis
This course will introduce students to the basic principles of behaviorism. Topics examined will include, but are not limited to, classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement and punishment, reinforcement schedules, and habituation. Credits: 4
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PS 3260 - Cognitive Psychology
An introduction to experimental study of higher mental procedures including pattern recognition, perception and comprehension of language, memory and problem solving. Prerequisites: PS 1110 Credits: 4
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PS 3270 - Marriage and Family
This course is designed to introduce students to trends in marriage and family relationship. The position of family and its roles of its members in the past are explored as well as trends and forecasts to the future. Credits: 4
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PS 4000 - Issues in Professional Practice: Psychology
This capstone course prepares students for the challenge and responsibilities of professional practice and study in the field of psychology. Discussion of ethics in research and practice, consideration of current controversies in the field, and exploration of future trends and opportunities within the discipline are included. Prerequisites: 60+ credits Credits: 4
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PS 4120 - Substance Abuse
This course focuses on the various types of addiction as well the effects of Substance Use and the various medical and mental health conditions that may coexist with addiction. The second part of the course examines the various aspects of substance use disorder treatment processes and interventions. Credits: 4
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PS 4220 - Research Methods
This seminar course involves an examination of the various research strategies used by psychologists and other social scientists. The advantages and disadvantages of each methodology are analyzed. Control, experimental and alternative designs, context, and standards for ethical research are discussed. A research project constitutes a major feature of the course. Students generate, conduct, write up, and present an original APA style research study. Prerequisites: PS 1110 or SO 1110 , PS 2310 or MT 2310 , PS 2115 , and 60+ credits.
Credits: 4
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PS 4320 - Fundamentals of Counseling and Therapy
This course involves an in‐depth examination of the various approaches to the process of counseling and psychotherapy applied to a variety of life conflicts. Included are the accepted theoretical approaches to counseling and therapy as well as the specific skills of communication, listening and empathy. Pre-requisites: PS 1110 , PS 3210 , and 60+ credits. Credits: 4
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PS 4340 - Client Assessment and Planning
This course will develops helping skills used in human services settings in addition to learning about case management, evaluating crisis situations, and reviewing approaches to individual and family assessment. The course also discusses ethical and multicultural issues and responsibilities involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment options. Credits: 4
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PS 4420 - Psychological Assessment
In this course students will learn about the various ways that psychological tests are used to access individual’s cognitive, emotional, and mental state. Current techniques and methods in test selection, test administration, and psychological report writing will be introduced. Assessment instruments to be examined will include constructs such as intelligence, personality, clinical screening, psychodiagnosis, and achievement. Credits: 4
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PS 4430 - Applied Behavioral Analysis with Development, Disabilities, and Psychopathology
The course introduces students to the foundations for child development, disability, developmental psychopathology, and diversity within individual development from an ecological-behavioral and competence enhancement perspective. Emphasis is on implications for research-based intervention and practice in schools. The purpose of this class is to review patterns of typical child behavior and development as well as behaviors in children that are generally regarded as atypical (interfering with quality of life or life functioning). The course also reviews special education law and how it relates to classification and service delivery in schools. Credits: 4
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PS 4501 - Understanding Trauma and Addiction
This course will look at trauma and its impact on addiction and recovery. One of the reasons given by those addicted is it is a way of dealing with some trauma event. Whether dealing with returning war veterans, those abused as children, or those with other family issues, using a substance to avoid a problem seems to be a consistent trend. This course will look at trauma and different ways to help treat the individuals who are addicted deal with these traumatic events. Credits: 4
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PS 4980 - Advanced Topics in Alcohol and Drug Use and Abuse
This seminar will address current trends in addiction habits and with assessment, treatment plans for both in patient and outpatients. Some of the issues that may be addressed include: special populations, dual diagnoses, addiction in teenagers, addictive competency’s, professional burnout, transgenerational addiction, current trends in usage, to name a few. The seminar is more topic and research based for the upper level student who is interested in a career in the field of addiction. Credits: 4
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Sociology |
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SO 1110 - Introduction to Sociology
This course introduces students to the dynamic and varied discipline of sociology. It provides an overview of major concepts, perspectives, and methods used in sociological inquiry. Students are encouraged to look at society and its institutions in new ways, and to identify and challenge social injustice. Credits: 4
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SO 3020 - Sustainable Enterprises
The course addresses how social and economic forces shape community development practices locally, nationally and globally. The course analyzes the impact of corporations in local communities and how the private and public sectors, together with not for profit organizations, can work together to foster well‐being and community development in the regions where they operate. Credits: 4
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SO 3060 - Social Inequality
This course explores the main mechanisms and institutions important in structuring inequality in the U.S., including education, labor markets, welfare policy and family structure, residential segregation and neighborhoods, health and the environment and the criminal justice system. Within each topic area, the course focuses on the significance of race and ethnicity, social class and gender. Special attention is also given to the popular and scientific explanations of inequality, especially with respect to the high and low ends of the distribution of income and wealth. Credits: 4
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SO 3150 - Deviance
An introduction to the general phenomenon of social deviance. Focuses on criminal as well as non‐criminal deviance. Theoretical approaches which seek to explain deviance will be critically explained. Credits: 4
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SO 3850 - Social Welfare Policy
This course provides an overview of the issues and conditions that result in the need for human services. You will analyze the historical and current events impacting the human services profession as well as the social, political, and economics forces affecting the welfare and social service systems. In addition, you will gain an overview of the programs, policy issues, public opinions, occupational aspects, and societal impacts on the profession as well as techniques to effect social change. Credits: 4
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SO 4000 - Issues in Professional Practice: Human Services
This course prepares students for the challenges that are related to ethical issues and client’s rights, in addition to examining personal and professional counselor responsibilities in the Human Services profession. Students will explore the importance of confidentiality, maintaining boundaries, cultural competency, and multiple relationships as they relate to the professional codes of conduct and the law. 60+ credits Credits: 4
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SO 4950 - Capstone in Social Sciences
This course represents the culmination of a student’s course of study in the social sciences. Projects may range from the more routine “senior thesis” to any other media in which the human experience can be expressed. The options are limited only by the imagination of the student and the availability of expertise and appropriate technologies. Prerequisites: 60+ credits. Credits: 4
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Writing |
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WR 1015 - Writing in the Liberal Arts and Sciences I
The First-year writing course plays a central role in crafting the foundation of an education at New England College. The central goal of the Writing curriculum is to produce confident writers who are “rhetorically aware,” who analyze the social contexts that create occasions for writing, consider the needs of potential audiences, and make wise choices about content, format, and style. This course emphasizes a process approach to writing that involves critical thinking, drafting, and revising. In order to be successful in any discipline, students are going to be required to demonstrate their knowledge and abilities through writing.
Writing 1015 is an evidence-based, writing intensive course designed to improve critical thinking, reading, and writing proficiencies through guidance in a variety of academic formats. Students will develop strategies for turning their experience, observations, and analyses into evidence suitable for academic writing. Over the course of the term, students will build upon their developing critical thinking skills to learn the processes necessary for gathering and incorporating research material in their writing. Students will learn how to evaluate, cite, and document research sources, as well as how to develop arguments and support them with sound evidence. Credits: 4
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WR 1020 - Writing in the Liberal Arts and Sciences II
The goal of this course is to teach academic research as a tool for critical thinking that provides the basis for well-developed arguments. This course requires synthesis, analysis, and application of information through writing in a variety of rhetorical forms for a variety of audiences. Students are asked to research and discuss a variety of social issues through the use of selected readings from modern essayists and the available library resources. Prerequisite: WR 1010 or WR 1015 Credits: 4
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Electives Appearing in Program Pages |
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LAS Elective - LAS Elective
Placeholder course for LAS elective. To be selected from available LAS offerings. Credits: 4
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