One Credit Special Topic Courses
Information Literacy for Business or the Social Sciences
Designed for students majoring in business or a social science, this course
brings students to a new skill level in information literacy. Focus is on identifying
the information literacy. Focus is on identifying the information need, acquiring
and evaluating information resources, using information effectively, and relating
information to societal issues. Students come with a research topic to the
first class. Topics may deal with but are not limited to Church and State,
Education, Feminism, History of a Country, Global Environmental Change, Health
Care Reform, Human Rights, Peace, Psychotherapy, Race Relations, Taxation,
Terrorism, Wages.
Instructor: Linda Rossi
Investigative Procedures
In this course, students are introduced to interviewing methods and the development
of informants and cooperating witnesses in criminal cases. Students learn to
appreciate the importance of forensics, surveillance, wiretapping and listening
devices which are tools to establishing probable cause. The importance of liaison
with local and federal agencies is stressed.
Instructor: Carl S. Wallace, M.A.
Stress Reduction and Healing Through Imagery for Better Work and Life
Guided imagery is an effective tool to develop an “inner support system” and
to facilitate relaxation and natural healing and coping abilities. In this
workshop, participants learn how to combine breathing, relaxation, and interactive
imagery to cope with specific challenges of daily stress including work stress,
fatigue, insomnia, muscle tension, and reactivity. Participants will be able
to solve problems utilizing a more relaxed, focused state of mind, and they
acquire skills that promote improved immune functioning. This workshop includes
a review of imagery and relation theory and techniques and guided exercises.
Comfortable loose clothing is recommended.
Instructor: Miriam Franco, LCSW,
Psy.D.
Navigating Retirement Options
This course addresses challenges older people face in determining future life
options. It analyzes the aging population nationally and statewide and surveys
a trends analysis of their health status. Through case studies, students investigate
how to determine social and health needs of the aging person and evaluate options
available in their community by completing a plan of care.
Instructor: Nancy
Clarke, M.S.W.
The Impact of Depression
This course focuses on the social aspects of depression. Topics addressed
include the increased incidence of depression and its possible causes, and
depression’s effect on the family, the workplace, and community. Additionally,
students investigate depression from a medical perspective such as differential
diagnosis, necessity for medical intervention, treatment options, and prognosis
as they relate to our society.
Instructor: Kim Nurick, D.O.