Three New Classes Among Course Offerings

for Spring 2006 Semester

 Jordan Williams, staff writer

Starting in January, three new classes will be available to students at South Plains College.

One new class that will be available to students is General Anthropology, ANTH 2346. This additional humanities course and anthropology class will be more diverse, introducing physical and cultural anthropology as well as archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology.

This class will be a study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, as well as their cultural behavior and institutions. It will introduce the major subfields such as physical and cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and ethnology.

This class is similar to World Cultures, HUMA 2323, but offers a more in-depth look into anthropology.

Another new class that will be offered to students is Introduction to Social Welfare Institution, or Introduction to Social Work, SOCW 2361. In order to enroll in this class you must have completed Introduction to Sociology, or SOC 1301, or have consent from the instructor.

This course will allow social work majors to take the first class in their major. Lubbock Christian University and Texas Tech University will accept the class and look forward to having a way to make contact with these students early in their education.

The class will be an introduction to the concept of social work. It will provide a historical overview, as well as different policies and varieties offered in the social work field. It will also make students more aware of the beliefs.

Kim Stark, a Licensed Master Social Worker, will be teaching the class.

“I think that this class will be really cool, because it will sample different aspects of social work,” Stark said. “Lots of students don’t know what kind of social work they want to do. Hopefully this class will help them,” Stark said.

Stark said she believes that a lot of people have shown interest in this class. Stark explained that social work and sociology are not that different from each other, but this is the first social work class to be offered.

One final course that will be offered to students is Introduction to Public Relations, COMM 2330. This course was implemented in 2005, but will be taught for the first time in January.

The number of SPC students declaring public relations as their major has tripled since 2001.

This course is an exploration of the history and development of public relations. A specific course on public relations previously was not included in the degree plan.

The course will be a presentation of the theory behind and the process of public relations, including the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public relation campaigns.

Dr. Jay Driver, dean of arts and sciences, hopes that enough exposure of these courses will get people interested and involved in them.

All of these classes will be available for students to enroll in starting with online pre-registration.