Real Estate
SOC 150
Successful completion of RES 101 and 102 mak es a student eligible to take the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission’s Salesperson’s Licensing Examination.
Prerequisite: COMPASS Reading Score of 79 or above, successful completion of RSS 100, or enrollment in the course as part of a Learning Community linked to RSS 100. Sociology studies how we define our social world, create and learn rules for interacting with one another, establish and maintain institutions such as the family, school, and church, divide and distribute work and wealth among ourselves, struggle for power and prestige, and adjust to new ideas and technologies. This course introduces students to the conceptual tools needed to e xplore these issues and to develop a critical understanding of the social world.
RES 101
Real Estate Fundamentals
2:2:0
Corequisite: RES 102 Acquaints the student with the language, principles, and la ws governing the business of real estate. Emphasis on the concepts of land, property, and rights in realty, and the means, methods, and laws governing the conveyance of these rights. A student must attend 80% of the class for the course to be used as credit to take the State Licensing Examination.
Course Descriptions [RES/REL/SSC/SOC]
3:3:0
SOC 151
Modern Social Problems
3:3:0
Religion
SOC 154
Introduction to Women’s Studies
3:3:0
REL 201
Prerequisite: ENG 105 Corequisite: ENG 106 This interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary course is a preliminary exploration of the ever burgeoning literature of Women’s Studies. It will expose students to recent discussions about the origins of present attitudes about women in Western society; critical analysis of the situation of women in patriarchal cultures; and efforts by women to achieve self-defined female identity. Drawing on materials from literature, history, religion, biology, psychology, feminist analysis, anthropology, and sociology, the course will investigate cultural beliefs about women’s “nature” and role at different times and places; various attempts to explain the origins and persistence of female subordination; and women’s efforts to define a new identity through political and creative activity.
RES 102
Real Estate Practice
2:2:0
Corequisite: RES 101 Acquaints the student with the basic techniques, procedures, regulations, and ethics involved in a real estate transaction along with a working knowledge of the forms and documents used, including related mathematics. Survey of specialization alternatives with emphasis on the real estate agent’s role in the field of residential brokerage. A student must attend 80% of the class for the course to be used as credit to tak e the State Licensing Examination.
RES 110
Real Estate Law
3:3:0
Provides a basic knowledge of real estate law. Studied are court decisions as well as state and national law concerning various legal aspects of the exchange of real estate. A student must attend 80% of the class for the course to be used as credit to tak e the State Licensing Examination.
Comparative Religion
3:3:0
Prerequisite: English 100 and RSS 100 or equivalent Provides an analytical and comparative survey of the major living religions of the world: religions of India (proto-Hinduism, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism), religions of the F ar East (Confucianism, Taoism, East Asian Buddhism and Shinto) and religions of the Middle East (Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam) with emphasis on their cultures, mythologies and ethical beliefs.
Sociology SSC 100
Introduction to the Social Sciences
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This course offers a sociological approach to the study of social problems. Students will examine how a problem comes to public attention, how it is defined, how data are used or misused in the presentation of a problem, and how political ideology affects what solutions are offered for a problem. Course materials will give special attention to the role of the media in highlighting cer tain problems and in shaping an audience’s perspective on those problems. Students will investigate the social-structural conditions that produce particular problems and explore the ways in which a variety of problems are connected to one another. They will look at the political and economic interests that are tied to those social structures and consider how those interests affect policy. Throughout the course, students will evaluate “solutions” put forward by various advocates and agencies and identify ways in which individuals can become involved in shaping policy debates and/or taking political action. The particular problems addressed will vary, but may include poverty, heterosexism, violence, substance use/abuse, access to healthcare, educational disparities, environmental pollution, war and genocide, and/or the exploitation of labor.
SOC 155 3:3:0
Prerequisite: Reading assessment score of at least 59 Corequisites: RSS 100, 101, or 104 recommended An introductory, multidisciplinary course designed to improve individual skills in the social sciences. The course introduces students to the central concepts in economics, sociolo gy, psychology, geography, political science, and history. The course is designed to give students the skills necessary to study how each social science discipline contributes to an overall understanding of the human enterprise. This course will not fulf ill the social science distribution requirement.
192
Introduction to Sociology
Mass Culture
3:3:0
Surveys popular culture in America as a mirror of American life. Popular music, sports, movies, radio, TV advertising, books, and the industries that support them will be surveyed and analyzed. Hero worship, romance and sex, and the dream of success are examined as major themes of American pop culture. The various relationships between pop culture and education, leisure, f amily relations, and the role of women and minorities are also examined.