STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Analyze and draw conclusions from the course materials.

 II.     Do research and write a comprehensive paper from source materials.

 III.    Describe and explain violence in different cultural settings.

 IV.     Describe social/cultural factors that promote violence.

 V.      Describe and explain how violence intersects with gender, ethnicity, social class, and cultural differences.

 VI.     Work cooperatively with others and contribute ideas, suggestions and effort to a group project.

 VII.    Integrate practical experience from service learning with the theoretical material from the class.

 VIII.   Gain and demonstrate various methods of understanding and accepting other races, classes, genders, ethnicities, and cultures.

 IX.     Demonstrate commitment to social improvement and the welfare of others through service learning.

 X       Describe different approaches to the assessment, prevention and treatment of violence.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      The culture of violence

 II.     Violence, gender, and ethnicity

 III.    Violence and the media

 IV.     Family violence: child abuse, spouse abuse, sibling abuse, and elder abuse

 V.      Sexual violence and rape

 VI.     Institutional violence and the state

 VII.    Prevention of violence and social change

 VIII.   Research and methodology