Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2004-2005
SOSC 100 - AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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AP Credit.
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SOSC 102 - INTELLECT FOUND OF SOCIAL SCI
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
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A survey of fundamental ideas, theories and approaches that have shaped the intellectual heritage of the social sciences. A foundation course.
SOSC 300 - SOCIAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC POLICY
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Credit Hours: 3
Description: SOCIAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC POLICY
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Survey of how different disciplines in the social sciences treat public policy. Includes specific policy questions as a means of highlighting each discipline's approach to the study of public policy.
SOSC 301 - POLICY ANALYSIS
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group II
Credit Hours: 3
Description: POLICY ANALYSIS
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Familiarizes students with the analytical tools necessary for evaluating and analyzing public policies. Repeatable for Credit.
SOSC 305 - COMTEMP PALESTIAN ISSUES
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: CONTEMP PALESTIAN ISSUES: TRANS TOWARDS NATION BLDG
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No description.
SOSC 330 - HEALTH CARE REFORM IN U.S.
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE 50 STATES
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Examination of those states that have undertaken comprehensive health system reform, have carried out more limited revisions, or have failed to even begin the process, assessing successes and failures. Includes general theories of state-federal relationships and the role of the federal government in state health reform.
SOSC 400 - POLICY STUDY RESEARCH SEMINAR
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 1 TO 6
Description: POLICY STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR
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Advanced research in public policy. Students will complete a policy study or policy analysis in a substantive policy area.
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Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Repeatable for Credit.
SOSC 420 - COMPETITION&MANAGD HEALTH CARE
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: HEALTH CARE: COMPETITION AND MANAGED CARE
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Introduction to managed care and its distinguished characteristics. Includes managed care and market competition and impact on science in general and medical science in particular, as well as evaluation of how competition and regulation influence the development, assessment, and diffusion of new health technologies within the managed care framework.
SOSC 430 - THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY
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Department: Social Sciences Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY
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Study of how health-care policy decisions are made and implemented, using an interdisciplinary approach involving government, law, ethics, economics, and history. Includes case discussions of major policy problems by faculty experts in these disciplines and guest speakers who are leading national figures in the shaping of public policy. Open to juniors and seniors with permission of instructor. Class meets at an off-campus location. For information, call (713) 500-9491.