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• ROBO 1200: Agile Robotics II

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course continues from Agile Robotics I by delving into the details of second-generation agile robotics technology as characterized by mobile robots with autonomous behaviors. Course highlights include use of software tools, further details of robotic systems, application of robot control programming, motion planning and additional applied technician skills. The laboratory component provides discovery activities to solidify lecture concepts and team-oriented, hands-on projects to solve autonomous robotics problems.
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• ROBO 2100: Robotic Teaming

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Modeled from the third generation of agile robotics evolution, this course explores the concept of adding inter-robot communications to autonomous robotic platforms to support swarming behaviors. Swarming capability is a common requirement of both industrial and personal robotic systems to achieve collaborative tasks using a team approach. Sufficient coverage and application of a computer programming language and of an embedded robotic platform is included.
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• ROBO 2900: Robotics Capstone

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This project-based course integrates learning objectives of the robotics engineering technology program along with project management principles. Under the approval of the instructor, students will identify and realize a semester-long project based on mobile robotic technologies. Major phases of the project include literature research, project specification, project design, implementation, documentation and presentation in alignment with established engineering technology methods.
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• SOCI 1000: Introduction to Sociology

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Explore how people interact in social contexts shaped by inequality, health, gender, climate, race, technology, and class. Discover knowledge produced by sociologists working in research, business, advocacy, human services, and education. If you really want to change the world, you must first understand it.
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• SOCI 1210: Civil Discourse

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Explores conversations on controversial subjects with emphasis on recognizing conflict and engaging in constructive modes of interaction. Topics include civil discourse as the foundation for democratic institutions, sustainable relationships and collaborative decision-making. Students will construct, arrange and deliver oral presentations.
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• SOCI 1420: Cannabiz Policy and Compliance

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course introduces students to federal and state Cannabis policy as well as specific regulation and modes of compliance for the Cannabis Industry. Students will gain an understanding of the industry as a whole, and will learn about the opportunities and challenges the industry faces due to multiple legal contexts throughout the U.S. Specific for students seeking to enter the Cannabis workforce, this course provides a detailed state specific regulatory module focused on compliance for Growers, Processors, and Dispensaries.
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• SOCI 2050: Contemporary Social Problems

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will cover a variety of perspectives on a broad range of contemporary social problems. While the specific topics will vary, the focus will be on the events and critical issues that shape social problems and on the variety of effects these problems have on individuals, groups, and society. Potential solutions will also be considered.
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• SOCI 2100: Social Inequalities

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Why is life unfair? Sociology analyzes how patterns of inequality are produced, maintained, and challenged in relation to multiple social identities (ex: ability, class, gender, race, etc.). Using sociological research methods, issues of social stratification, hierarchy, power, and prestige are examined within U.S. and international societies.
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• SOCI 2300: Sociology of Life Course

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The life course perspective represents a sociological way of analyzing how society is organized by age norms and structures. This course applies the life course perspective to better understand how our lives progress through socially constructed stages of life - childhood, adolesence, adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood.
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• SOCI 2700: Animals in Society

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course examines human society's relationship with non-human animals. Topics include: how society has classified and exploited animals, how animals serve human needs, the concept of speciesism as a form of stratification and the consideration of ethical issues surrounding the use of animals for human purposes.
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