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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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LS 300 - Community Concerns and Social Problems (SF)


Credits: 3 credits

Examines major social problems and issues in communities and modern society using an interdisciplinary perspective. Explores various aspects of each issue and critically evaluates proposed solutions. Students develop skills in the analysis of community concerns/social problems and in making informed judgments about their causes and solutions. Special emphasis is given to the Sisters of Mercy Critical Concerns and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

This is a Sustainability-focused course

Prerequisite/Corequisite
None

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Apply interdisciplinary frameworks with which to understand community concerns/social problems and how each shapes the perspective used to examine the issues;
  2. Explain and analyze the composite of complex factors which contribute to the phenomenon termed community concerns/social problems
  3. Recognize the wide range of contemporary social problems affecting local, national and global communities;
  4. Examine their role as local community members and/or global citizens and leaders/professionals to work to reduce in some small way, the magnitude and scope of community concerns/social problems;
  5. Evaluate how community concerns/social problems and injustice impact persons as persons and not just “as numbers” through their engagement in experiential learning opportunities;
  6. Demonstrate their verbal and written communication skills through class participation, reflective practice, experiential learning activities and assignments.




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