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• SPS 245: Fire Science and Prevention

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course analyzes the history of fire prevention, fire safety education, and the organization and operation of a fire prevention bureau. Students will assess and apply codes, plans, and fire inspections at the residential, commercial, and industrial levels. Fire investigation practices will be examined and evaluated.
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• SPS 275: Policing/Security Services Special Topics II

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course enables students to explore additional topics that expand upon fundamental knowledge and skills in policing/security services based on student needs or requirements beyond courses currently offered at NPRC.
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• SPT 175: Special Topics I

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course enables students to explore additional topics that build fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for additional studies in general education, or a specific discipline, based on student needs or requirements beyond courses currently offered at NPRC.
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• SPT 275: Special Topics II

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course enables students to explore additional topics that expand upon fundamental knowledge and skills in general education, or a specific discipline, based on student needs or requirements beyond courses currently offered at NPRC.
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• SWK 105: Introduction to Social Work

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course gives the student an opportunity to learn about social work. Students examine common human needs and the services which meet them. Values and issues related to social work and the roles assumed by social workers and related helping professionals in the social service delivery system are explored. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
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• SWK 175: Social Work Special Topics I

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course enables students to explore additional topics that build fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for social work studies in accounting based on student needs or requirements beyond courses currently offered at NPRC.
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• SWK 205: Human Behavior and the Social Environment I

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  In this course, students begin to study the person from a biopsychosocial perspective. Students focus on the social environment and apply theoretical frameworks in order to put human behavior into perspective, looking first at the individual from a biological perspective. Next, students examine development of the self. This course examines the impact of culture, the physical environment, and social institutions in shaping human behavior. Students begin to see how social systems impact individual health and well-being.
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• SWK 210: Human Behavior and the Social Environment II

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course focuses on the person in their environment across the life span. Biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural variables that influence development are identified across the life cycle. This course addresses the impact of various systems on human behaviors, as well as issues of discrimination and social/economic justice.
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• SWK 215: Human Behavior and the Social Environment III

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course focuses on ways in which drugs and alcohol impact the individual. It examines the major human biological systems with a special emphasis on understanding the brain as affected by drugs and alcohol and provides the student with a broad understanding and insight into the use and abuse of drugs within American society and their impact upon society in general.
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• SWK 225: Social Problems, Services, and Issues

  3.00 Credits

  Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  
  This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the historical development of social welfare policy in the United States. It provides students with an opportunity to explore career choices through study of, and interactions with, area human service delivery organizations. This course requires a 20-hour field experience. This course is aligned with NPRC Career Services Outcomes. Prerequisite:    Field Experience Clearances
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