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Term: Summer 2024

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AIS 202 - Roots Of Federal American Indian Policy: Surveys basic concepts and ideologies surrounding modern U.S. federal Indian policy, emphasizing stereotypes, historical controversies, and cultural differences. Letter grade only.
AIS 290 - Foundations Of Indigenous Environmental Justice: Law, Policy And Movements: This course examines perspectives on environmental justice, the history of the environmental justice movement, policy and law, contemporary issues, and current struggles of indigenous peoples for environmental justice worldwide. Letter grade only.
AIS 304 - Indigenous-state Relations: Comparative Global Contexts: As a critical approach to the study of Federal Indian Law, this course will examine the basic principles of Indian Law in the United States in a comparative context, utilizing both other British-influenced legal systems (Canada, New Zealand, Australia) as well as those of other former colonial powers, such as Spain and France. The course would include an introduction to Federal Indian Law as usually conceived. Letter grade only.
ANT 104 - Lost Tribes And Buried Cities: An archaeological window on the rise and fall of the most spectacular cultures of the ancient past. Explores the ancient foundations of culture diversity among a variety of prehistoric civilizations including the Aztec, Maya, Shang China, Stonehenge, Iraq, and Iran. Letter grade only.
ANT 105 - Anthropology Today: Global Issues: An introduction to the field of anthropology and the application of anthropological approaches to the understanding of contemporary global issues, with particular emphasis on non-western societies and their cultures, histories, and differences. The course focuses on a different issue each semester. Letter grade only. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
ANT 210 - Cultural Diversity In The Americas: This Social & Political Worlds is a topics course that considers cultural diversity in the United States and how a group's language, values, traditions, norms, and identity intersect with race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and/or ability. Different sections of this course will focus on different topics concerning cultural diversity in the United States. Topics offered will be indicated in the class schedule each semester under the course main title. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
ANT 230 - Global Migration And Human Rights: This seminar explores why migrants leave their home countries, how they experience migration and adaptation to their host countries, and the economic, social, and cultural effects migration has in sending and receiving countries. Discussions will include migrant and refugee rights, discrimination, transnational families and identities, human trafficking and labor rights, notions of citizenship, and diasporic communities. We will consider how an anthropological approach might enrich efforts to improve conditions for migrants and challenge nativist sentiment and policy. Letter grade only.
ANT 253 - Aztec, Maya And Their Predecessors: Archaeological exploration of the development of complex societies in Mesoamerica, with emphasis on subsistence and technological factors that shaped socio-political development and collapse. Letter grade only.
ANT 281 - Health Disparities, Violence, And U. S. Cultural Diversity: ANT 281 explores the ways in which social, political, and economic processes shape lived experiences of health, illness, and healing among several ethnic groups within the United States. You will engage with a body of contemporary ethnographic research to explore how medical practitioners come to understand and conceptualize the relationships between ethnic diversity and health inequities in various social contexts across the United States. We also critically evaluate how political structures and medical systems can contribute to processes that produce a disproportionate prevalence of illnesses among some groups, while analyzing the perspectives of those people who learn to navigate, circumvent, or collectively confront medical institutions. The focus on different forms of violence in this course serves as a point of departure to theorize and examine distributions of power, and how power connects with forms of vulnerability and disparities in health. Letter grade only.
ANT 306 - Peoples Of The Southwest: Introduces the greater Southwest as a major world culture area, including recent and contemporary peoples, the nature of multi-ethnic society, current directions of change, and pockets of persistence. Letter grade only.
ANT 306H - Peoples Of The Southwest - Honors: Introduces the greater Southwest as a major world culture area, including recent and contemporary peoples, the nature of multi-ethnic society, current directions of change, and pockets of persistence. Letter grade only.
ANT 350 - Ancient Civilizations: The Roots Of Cultural Diversity: Comparative study of the origins and growth of civilizations in ancient Egypt, Iraq, India, Pakistan, China, Mexico, and Peru. Case studies are drawn from the Sumerians, Egyptians, Harappans, Shang, Inca, Maya, and Aztec. Letter grade only.
ANT 350H - Ancient Civilizations: The Roots Of Cultural Diversity - Honors: Comparative study of the origins and growth of civilizations in ancient Egypt, Iraq, India, Pakistan, China, Mexico, and Peru. Case studies are drawn from the Sumerians, Egyptians, Harappans, Shang, Inca, Maya, and Aztec. Letter grade only.
ANT 351 - Southwestern Archaeology: Origins, characteristics, and relationships of the prehistoric cultures of the American Southwest. Letter grade only.
ANT 351H - Southwestern Archaeology - Honors: Origins, characteristics, and relationships of the prehistoric cultures of the American Southwest. Letter grade only.
ANT 370 - Human Ecology: General survey of ecological relationships and the cultural environment as these affect human behavior, demographic characteristics, and variations in human types, past and present, including discussion of current issues and future prospects of human population development, and practical applications of current knowledge. Letter grade only.
BBA 385 - Mexico: Business Practices And The Economy: Analyzes the business practices in Mexico considering the Mexican culture. Surveys Mexico's sweeping economic changes since 1982. Examines contrasts and similarities between Mexican and North American business practices. Letter grade only.
CCJ 101 - Introduction To Crime And Justice: Introduces the branches of the U.S. justice system and the policies, processes, controversies, and challenges facing the justice system in the global world. Letter grade only.
CCJ 325 - Drug Issues And The Law: Examines theories and research related to causes and consequences of illegal drug usage and its effect on the justice system. Letter grade only.
CCJ 340 - White Collar And Corporate Crime: Examines crime by and against businesses and explores problems in the prevention and prosecution of white-collar crime. Letter grade only.
CCJ 340H - White Collar And Corporate Crime - Honors: Examines crime by and against businesses and explores problems in the prevention and prosecution of white-collar crime. Letter grade only.
CCJ 360 - Women, Crime, And Justice: Analyzes women offenders, victims, and professionals in the criminal justice system, with emphasis on changing sex roles. Letter grade only.
CCJ 380 - Law In America: Theoretical study of sources of law; issues in the implementation of law; assessment of effects of law in American society. Letter grade only.
CCJ 385 - Security In A Globalized World: This course explores how security in a globalized world impacts justice practice and policy. It provides a criminological framework for critical examination of the latest trends shaping the "new paradigm" of global security, including the war on terror and the increased securitization of criminal justice. Letter grade only.
CCJ 395 - Borders, Immigration, And Human Rights: Examines the legal, historical, sociopolitical, human rights, and justice policy issues associated with the creation and enforcement of national and regional borders designed to control migration and other human population movements. Letter grade only.
CCS 201 - Indigenous Cultural Expression: Introduces the cosmologies, rituals, and worldviews of global indigenous traditions, ancient and contemporary. Letter grade only.
CCS 201H - Indigenous Cultural Expression - Honors: Introduces the cosmologies, rituals, and worldviews of global indigenous traditions, ancient and contemporary. Letter grade only.
COM 150 - Environmental Communication: Survey of environmental communication that is also focused on analytical research and the production of environmental messages for the purpose of public awareness and/or action. In addition to writing, the course involves the creation of messages in audio, visual, oral, or other forms. Letter grade only.
COM 212 - Mass Media And Society: Development and functions of mass media in Western civilization and their relationship to social, economic, cultural, political, and regulatory systems. Letter grade only.
COMU 302 - Stereotypes And The Media: This course examines media's portrayal of men, women, and members of minority or "marginalized" groups. Students will study the history of these patterns of portrayal in order to learn how they have become interwoven in media structures. We will study race and gender as well as representations of sexualities and sexual orientation, economic class, and people with disabilities. Letter grade only.
CST 111 - Fundamentals Of Public Speaking: Development of basic skills for creation and delivery of oral messages in public and in small groups. Emphasizes organization and reasoning. Letter grade only.
CST 111H - Fundamentals Of Public Speaking - Honors: Development of basic skills for creation and delivery of oral messages in public and in small groups. Emphasizes organization and reasoning. Letter grade only.
CST 151 - Interpersonal Communication: Analysis of communication concepts, processes, and practices in interpersonal contexts, including development of self-concept, other-awareness, culture-awareness, and situational-management of interactions and relationships. Letter grade only.
CST 365 - Communication In Contemporary Affairs: Examines the effect of communication on historical and contemporary events. Particular attention given to how communication has been employed as an instrument of social change, order, and control. Letter grade only.
CST 370 - Rhetorics Of Nature And Environmentalism: This course explores the intersection of rhetoric and nature: symbolic constructions of nature via verbal and nonverbal media, environmental debates, and environmental social movement. Includes theoretical perspectives, research, and applications. Letter grade only.
CSTU 366 - Communication And Social Movements: Through the study of a variety of social movements, this course examines the effect of communication on historical and contemporary events. This course will look particularly at how communication is used within the social movements as an instrument of social change, order, and control. Letter grade only.
CTE 300 - Contexts Of Career And Technical Education: Explores the historical, political, and social contexts of career and technical education and their relationship in preparing a skilled workforce for a market economy. Letter grade only.
DIS 201 - Introduction To Disability: Introduction to Disability explores the disability experience from the perspective of the person with a disability, from how society views disabilities and considers the relationship between the two. Letter grade only.
DIS 303 - Perspectives On Disabilities: This course explores the personal, cultural, social, political, and economic experiences of persons with disabilities in global and national contexts. Letter grade only.
DIS 304 - Accessibility And Usability: Introduction To Universal Design: Introduction to issues faced by individuals with disabilities and others based on the planning and design of spaces, products, facilities, curriculum, and information and how universal design addresses these issues. Cross-listed w/ ESE 304. Letter grade only.
DIS 335 - Ethics And Disability: This course examines disability from a philosophical, and especially ethical perspective. It brings the experience of disability to bear on the domain of philosophy to discover whether philosophers have been flawed in fundamental ethical concepts and theories while using the methods and skills of philosophy to help understand disability in new and illuminating ways. Cross-listed with PHI 335. Letter grade only.
DIS 335H - Ethics And Disability - Honors: This course examines disability from a philosophical, and especially ethical perspective. It brings the experience of disability to bear on the domain of philosophy to discover whether philosophers have been flawed in fundamental ethical concepts and theories while using the methods and skills of philosophy to help understand disability in new and illuminating ways. Letter grade only.
ECO 280 - Introduction To Economics: This course is designed to introduce the fundamental concepts of economic analysis and to apply them to contemporary problems. (Note: If you're enrolled in a BSACCY., BSBA, or MBA program within The W.A. Frank College of Business, you cannot take this course for credit.) Letter grade only.
ECO 284 - Principles Of Economics: Micro: Overview of a market economy; analysis of supply and demand; using graphical techniques; consumer behavior; production and costs; determination of prices in various product and resource markets; causes and consequences of income distribution, international economics. Letter grade only.
ECO 284H - Principles Of Economics: Micro - Honors: Overview of a market economy; analysis of supply and demand; using graphical techniques; consumer behavior; production and costs; determination of prices in various product and resource markets; causes and consequences of income distribution, international economics. Letter grade only.
ECO 285 - Principles Of Economics: Macro: Measurement of national economic variables; determination of output, income, employment, and price levels through aggregate supply and demand analysis and related graphical techniques; business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, global implications of international trade and production. Letter grade only.
ENG 120 - Introduction To Workplace Writing: This course is an introduction to workplace writing in diverse professions. Students will examine narratives of workplace writers to understand the obstacles they face and how to overcome them. In addition, students will understand the content production and delivery processes of the workplace writer through the analysis of written documents, digital content, and oral presentations. Students will explore technical communication careers while developing writing, collaboration, and presentation skills. Letter grade only.
ENV 359 - Environmental Policy: Political aspects of environmental problems, policy responses to those issues, and their impact on the human and natural environment. Cross-listed with POS 359. Letter grade only.
ENV 359H - Environmental Policy - Honors: Political aspects of environmental problems, policy responses to those issues, and their impact on the human and natural environment. Letter grade only.
EPS 340 - Educational Psychology For Educators: The course will provide students with a foundation in the concepts, theories and principles that support student development, behavior and learning in educational settings. The course examines learning through developmental, behavioral, cognitive, affective, political and cultural perspectives to explore the dynamic nature of creating effective educational contexts. Letter grade only.
ES 215 - Race And Ethnic Relations: Characteristics of minority-dominant relationships, their formation, stabilization, and modification in terms of discrimination, segregation, conflict, power, and assimilation. Cross-listed with SOC 215. Letter grade only.
ES 291 - Intersectional Movements Of Race, Class, Gender, And Sexuality: This course analyzes race, class, gender and sexuality as intersectional structures which affect power, inform identities, and impact systemic interactions in the United States. It also examines how intersectionality, and the matrix of inequality, have shaped the production of knowledge. Comparative perspectives of African American, Latina/o/Chicana/o, Asian American, and Native American communities will be highlighted throughout the course, providing a critical lens through which intersectional epistemologies can be foregrounded. Letter grade only.
ES 300 - Global Race And Ethnic Relations: The purpose of this course is to understand global race and ethnic politics and relations. Letter grade only.
ES 378 - Asian American History: A critical examination of the historical experience of Asian Americans as an ethnic minority group in the United States within the context of US and world history. Cross-listed w/ HIS 378. Letter grade only.
ESE 304 - Accessibility And Usability: Introduction To Universal Design: Introduction to issues faced by individuals with disabilities and others based on the planning and design of spaces, products, facilities, curriculum, and information and how universal design addresses these issues. Cross-listed with DIS 304. Letter grade only.
ESE 304H - Accessibility And Usability: Introduction To Universal Design - Honors: Introduction to issues faced by individuals with disabilities and others based on the planning and design of spaces, products, facilities, curriculum, and information and how universal design addresses these issues. Letter grade only.
ESE 330 - Principles And Strategies For Teaching Adolescents With Exceptionalities: This course will provide you with principles and strategies for teaching adolescents with exceptionalities, providing research-based instructional strategies in reading, including for students with dyslexia, and delivering appropriate accommodations, modifications, or universally-designed interventions through effective and developmentally-appropriate instructional design and lesson planning. The course includes an overview of relevant laws and regulations and the process of developing and implementing individualized education plans. Co-convene with ESE 530. Letter grade only.
FIN 190 - Personal Finance In A Global Economy: Personal Finance in a Global Economy will examine the role of the consumer in society, and how elements of our social, cultural and political systems lead to healthy and unhealthy financial behaviors. Topics include: the use of credit, savings, insurance, stocks, bonds, and other investment programs; using bank services, determining personal taxes, planning for retirement, and estate planning. No prior background in business required. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 3 units of credit with different topics.
FOR 222 - Environmental Conservation: Environmental quality problems in natural and human-made environments. Letter grade only.
FOR 230 - Multicultural Perspectives Of Natural Resource Management: Introduces the effects of culture on attitudes, institutions, and natural resource management from a US ethnic minority, multicultural perspective. Letter grade only.
FYS 141 - Social And Policital Worlds First Year Seminar: Students learn about the dynamic relationships between and within human communities, as well as significant psychological, social and/or political components. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit. Each repeat must be a different topic.
GSP 170 - Human Geography: Human Geography offers students an introduction to the global distribution of human characteristics through the theoretical lens of critical geography. We examine key concepts of the discipline such as place, space, territory, scale, and uneven development. These concepts are grounded in contemporary empirical examples of globalization, uneven development, conflict, migration, gentrification, segregation, and climate change. Topics will include population, cultural, agricultural, industrial, economic, political, urban, linguistic and religious geographies. The character, distribution, and origin of these geographies will be examined along with their relationship to each other and the physical environment. Letter grade only.
GSP 201 - Introduction To City Planning: Urban planning, growth and land use; sustainability and the process of land use change and community development. Letter grade only.
GSP 220 - United States Geography: Analyzes the relationships between physical and cultural aspects of the United States with an emphasis on contemporary geographic trends. Letter grade only.
GSP 240 - World Geography West: Physical and cultural elements of Europe, Russia, and North and South America; areal distributions and factors influencing location, development, global processes, and international issues. Letter grade only.
GSP 240H - World Geography West - Honors: Physical and cultural elements of Europe, Russia, and North and South America; areal distributions and factors influencing location, development, global processes, and international issues. Letter grade only.
GSP 241 - World Geography East: Physical and cultural elements of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific regions; areal distributions and factors influencing location, development, global processes, and international issues. Letter grade only.
GSP 241H - World Geography East - Honors: Physical and cultural elements of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific regions; areal distributions and factors influencing location, development, global processes, and international issues. Letter grade only.
GSP 263 - Geography Of National Parks And Public Lands: We will explore connections between environment, people, and places in Geography of National Parks and Public Lands, a course which uses a geographic perspective to critically examine public lands of the United States. About 28 percent of the area of the U.S. is owned by the federal government and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the US National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of the Interior. We focus on public lands as a lens through which to examine physical, human, and environmental geography in an integrative way. You will be introduced to basic geographic concepts to help you understand the history, development, and meanings of public lands in the context of American culture. Together we will examine the human and physical geographic structure of the some of these areas, with a particular focus on cultural issues and environmental issues that connect to society more broadly including relationships between Native Americans and public lands. By the end of the semester, you will be able to critically converse, think about, and analyze the meaning of public lands of the United States. Letter grade only.
GSP 272 - Nature And Society: This course serves as an introduction to how humans relate to the non-human world. More specifically it will analyze how humans affect nature and how nature affects society. Letter grade only.
GSP 276 - Planning For Sustainable Tourism: Issues and methods in planning for tourism development from a sustainability perspective. Letter grade or pass-fail.
GSP 348 - Geography Area Studies: Geography of selected areas, such as a continent or country. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit for different areas.
GSP 376 - Critical Geographies Of Global Tourism And Recreation: Geographic perspectives on the global patterns of tourism and recreation. Letter grade only.
HIS 100 - World History I: Exploration of humankind through a detailed analysis of materials from the world's major ancient and early medieval civilizations, paying particular attention to their intellectual, religious, political, and social traditions. Letter grade only.
HIS 100H - World History I - Honors: Exploration of humankind through a detailed analysis of materials from the world's major ancient and early medieval civilizations, paying particular attention to their intellectual, religious, political, and social traditions. Letter grade only.
HIS 238 - The Middle Ages: Western Europe in the world context from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West (c. 300 A.D.) to the breakdown of medieval synthesis and discovery of the new world in the fifteenth century. Letter grade only.
HIS 238H - The Middle Ages - Honors: Western Europe in the world context from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West (c. 300 A.D.) to the breakdown of medieval synthesis and discovery of the new world in the fifteenth century. Letter grade only.
HIS 240 - The Development Of Europe To 1650: Topics related to the development of Europe in a global context including ancient Middle East, Greeks and Romans, the medieval world, and the Renaissance and Reformation. Letter grade only.
HIS 240H - The Development Of Europe To 1650 - Honors: Topics related to the development of Europe in a global context including ancient Middle East, Greeks and Romans, the medieval world, and the Renaissance and Reformation. Letter grade only.
HIS 241 - The Development Of Europe Since 1650: Topics related to the development of Europe in a global context in the ages of absolutism, reason, revolution, Napoleon, nationalism, and the world wars, and the social and cultural background of the modern age. Letter grade only.
HIS 241H - The Development Of Europe Since 1650 - Honors: Topics related to Europe in the ages of absolutism, reason, revolution, Napoleon, nationalism, and the world wars, and the social and cultural background of our own age. Letter grade only.
HIS 251 - Making Of Modern Asia: Thematic study of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of China, Japan, and India in the modern era. Letter grade only.
HIS 251H - Making Modern Asia - Honors: Thematic study of the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of China, Japan, and India in the modern era. Letter grade only.
HIS 270 - Ancient Egypt, Mespotamia, And The Mediterranean: Surveys the major cultural and political areas of the ancient Near East, with a focus on Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Egypt, Assyria, the Hittites, and Syria Palestine during the last three millennia BCE. Letter grade only.
HIS 272 - Ancient World: Rome: Development of the Roman world from the ninth century B.C.E. until the fifth century C.E. Outlines major political, social, and religious trends. Letter grade only.
HIS 272H - Ancient World: Rome - Honors: Development of the Roman world from the ninth century B.C.E. until the fifth century C.E. Outlines major political, social, and religious trends. Letter grade only.
HIS 291 - United States History To 1865: Colonial period and national development to the close of the Civil War. Letter grade only.
HIS 292 - United States History Since 1865: Social, economic, and political developments since the Civil War. Letter grade only.
HIS 312 - Gandhi's India: Examines the impact of British imperialism on the South Asian subcontinent between A.D. 1750 and 1950. Letter grade only.
HIS 312H - Gandhi's India - Honors: Examines the impact of British imperialism on the South Asian subcontinent between A.D. 1750 and 1950. Letter grade only.
HIS 314 - Contemporary India: Examines political, social, economic, and cultural developments in India from 1947 to the present. Letter grade only.
HIS 325 - Modern China: Examines the political, socioeconomic, and cultural-intellectual developments in China from the 1830s to the 1940s. Focuses on the dual processes of modernization and revolution. Letter grade only.
HIS 325H - Modern China - Honors: Examines the political, socioeconomic, and cultural-intellectual developments in China from the 1830s to the 1940s. Focuses on the dual processes of modernization and revolution. Letter grade only.
HIS 332 - Modern Japan: Examines the political, social, and cultural history of Japan from the mid-nineteenth century to the World War II. Letter grade only.
HIS 332H - Modern Japan - Honors: Examines the political, social, and cultural history of Japan from the mid-nineteenth century to the World War II. Letter grade only.
HIS 333 - The Hellenistic World From Alexander To Cleopatra: Political, social, and cultural development of the multi-cultural Hellenistic world that emerged in the wake of Alexander of Macedon's conquest of the Persian Empire, stretching from Spain in the West to India in the East, until the Roman and Parthian conquests of these regions, culminating with the death of Cleopatra. Letter grade only.
HIS 333H - The Hellenistic World From Alexander To Cleopatra - Honors: Political, social, and cultural development of the multi-cultural Hellenistic world that emerged in the wake of Alexander of Macedon's conquest of the Persian Empire, stretching from Spain in the West to India in the East, until the Roman and Parthian conquests of these regions, culminating with the death of Cleopatra. Letter grade only.
HIS 335 - The Rise Of Ancient Greece: Political, social, and cultural development of the Greek-speaking world from the Early Iron Age to the reigns of Philip and Alexander of Macedon. Letter grade only.
HIS 335H - Ancient World: Greece - Honors: Development of Greek culture from earliest times until the Roman conquest in 146 B.C.E. Outlines major events and political, social, and religious trends. HIS 240 is recommended before taking HIS 335H. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: Honors student group.
HIS 340 - Renaissance And Reform: Cultural, political, religious, and social development of Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the Thirty Years War. HIS 240 or HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 340. Letter grade only.
HIS 340H - Renaissance And Reform - Honors: Cultural, political, religious, and social development of Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the Thirty Years War. HIS 240 or HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 340H. Letter grade only.
HIS 343 - Nations, Empires, Industry: Europe 1815-1914: The legacy of the French Revolution, the industrial revolution, the rise of nationalism and imperialism, urbanization and modernity. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 343. Letter grade only.
HIS 344 - Mass Politics And Global Conflict: Europe 1914-Present: The Great War, the Russian Revolution, the origins and consequences of the Second World War, the Cold War and its aftermath. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 344. Letter grade only.
HIS 344H - Mass Politics And Global Conflict: Europe 1914-Present - Honors: The Great War, the Russian Revolution, the origins and consequences of the Second World War, the Cold War and its aftermath. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 344. Letter grade only.
HIS 350 - Modern Spain: Politics, Society, And Culture: A political, social, and cultural history of Spain from the Napoleonic invasion (1808) to the present. Letter grade only.
HIS 351 - Modern France: Revolution, Reaction And Republicanism: French political, economic, and social history from the revolution of 1789 to World War I. Topics include republicanism, nationalism, industrialism, imperialism, social reform, class, and gender. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 351. Letter grade only.
HIS 351H - Modern France - Revolution, Reaction And Republicanism - Honors: French political, economic, and social history from the revolution of 1789 to World War I. Topics include republicanism, nationalism, industrialism, imperialism, social reform, class, and gender. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 351H. Letter grade only.
HIS 353 - Sexuality And Politics In Antiquity: This course explores the ways in which sexual behavior and identity intersected with power relations in various ancient societies, shaping "citizen" identities and socio-political relations within democratic and other institutional contexts, as well as setting and challenging limits imposed upon non-dominant gender groups. Cross-listed with WGS 353. Letter grade only.
HIS 355 - History Of Feminisms And Feminist Historiography: Examines differing histories of international feminist movements and the writing of histories of the same. Looks at how scholars have sought to build alliances across various cultural and political borders. Cross-listed with WGS 355. Letter grade only.
HIS 360 - Modern Germany: Society, government, and culture from the French Revolution to the present; German unification under Bismarck; World War I; Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich; and the Germans since 1945. HIS 241 or HIS 344 and Sophomore status is recommended before taking HIS 360. Letter grade only.
HIS 360H - Modern Germany - Honors: Society, government, and culture from the French Revolution to the present; German unification under Bismarck; World War I; Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich; and the Germans since 1945. Letter grade only.
HIS 366 - The Holocaust: Nazi program for the destruction of European Jews, 1933-45. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 366. Letter grade only.
HIS 375 - Topics In Medieval History: Selected topics in medieval history, including society, culture, religion, political and ecclesiastical authority, warfare, gender, and sexuality from the late Roman Empire through the fifteenth century. HIS 240 is recommended before taking HIS 375. Letter grade only.
HIS 376 - Modern Britain: This course examines the history of Britain and the British Empire from the early 18th century to the present and traces the transformation of the British Constitution and the changing meanings of "Englishness" and "Britishness" as well as the making and unmaking of the British Empire. The course considers how the resonance of race, class, gender, and the nation and the dynamics of imperial expansion in Britain changed over time. HIS 241 is recommended before taking HIS 376. Letter grade only.
HIS 378 - The Asian American Experience: A critical examination of the experience of Asian Americans as an ethnic minority group in the United States within the context of US and world history. Cross-listed with ES 378. Letter grade only.
HIS 378H - The Asian American Experience - Honors: A critical examination of the experience of Asian Americans as an ethnic minority group in the United States within the context of US and world history. Letter grade only.
HIS 392 - The Civil War: Union In Crisis: Surveys the antebellum era and historiography of causation; principal events of the war and reconstruction. HIS 391 is recommended before taking HIS 392. Letter grade only.
HIS 394 - Cold War U.s.: Traces the history of the U.S. since 1945 with particular attention to the Cold War and its impact on domestic politics, culture, and society. Letter grade only.
HIS 396 - Chicana(O) History: A History Of Mexican Americans: Examines major topics, methods, and recent scholarship in the field of Chicana and Chicano history from the sixteenth century to the present. Letter grade only.
HIS 396H - Chicana(O) History: A History Of Mexican Americans - Honors: Examines major topics, methods, and recent scholarship in the field of Chicana and Chicano history from the sixteenth century to the present. Letter grade only.
HIS 397 - Survey Of American Environmental History: Introduces American environmental history from the colonial era to the present: intellectual-cultural context, major writers, policies and legislation, ecofeminism, and environmental justice. HIS 291 or 292 is recommended before taking HIS 397. Letter grade only.
HIS 397H - Survey Of American Environmental History - Honors: Introduces American environmental history from the colonial era to the present: intellectual-cultural context, major writers, policies and legislation, ecofeminism, and environmental justice. Letter grade only.
HIST 300 - History Of The American Ballot Box: This course provides an historical overview of voting in the United States, a cornerstone of our democracy. Knowledge about the voting process, past and present, will help students become more informed about the mechanics of the United States as a democratic republic and foster informed civic engagement. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the US Constitution, key constitutional amendments and landmark Supreme Court cases pertinent to voting rights and the key debates surrounding voting and voting rights. Contextualizing contemporary voting issues relative to the history of voting will foster informed, critically aware evaluation of sources of information and misinformation on the voting process. Letter grade only.
HIST 340 - African American History: The course examines the historical significance of African Americans from African Origins through the present. The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the role and contributions of African Americans to the growth and development of the United States. Letter grade only.
HON 244 - Honors Seminar: Social And Political Worlds: Honor seminar that carries Social and Political Worlds Liberal Studies credit. Topics will vary by semester. Letter grade only.
HON 294 - Topics In Social And Political Worlds: Individual And Society: Introduction to the dynamic relationships between human communities and their ecological context, the systemic components and dynamics of contemporary human societies, relationships between human societies and the global community. Partially fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English Foundation. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
HON 394 - Advanced Honors Seminar (Spw): Seminar employing multidisciplinary approach towards understanding problems and issues involved in understanding the integrative nature of social, historical, and/or research related to a particular problem or issue. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
HUM 356 - Holocaust: The Holocaust is put in cultural, historical and ethical perspectives with reflections on its meaning and impact on contemporary society. Includes study of anti-Judaism, modern antisemitism, racial ideology, and Nazi genocidal policy. Ghettoization, camps, strategies of victimization, and survival are examined. Students also study bystanders, perpetrators, victims, Allied responses, as well as issues of historiography and moral accountability. Letter grade only.
HUM 356H - Holocaust - Honors: The Holocaust is put in cultural, historical and ethical perspectives with reflections on its meaning and impact on contemporary society. Includes study of anti-Judaism, modern antisemitism, racial ideology, and Nazi genocidal policy. Ghettoization, camps, strategies of victimization, and survival are examined. Students also study bystanders, perpetrators, victims, Allied responses, as well as issues of historiography and moral accountability. Letter grade only.
HUM 375 - Women In American Arts And Culture: Examination of the art and literature of diverse American women. Attention to political, social, historical, and economic contexts. Letter grade only.
HUM 375H - Women In American Arts And Culture - Honors: Examination of the art and literature of diverse American women. Attention to political, social, historical, and economic contexts. Letter grade only.
HUM 395 - Digital Humanities: Examines the contemporary public humanities, defined as the production of humanistic meanings in public contexts, from museum work, to oral historians, government and non-profit work, as well as engagement in a wide array of community-based projects. We will consider the ramifications of the digital humanities for the communication and preservation of culture and the impact of technology on the interpersonal interactions. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 15 units of credit.
HUM 395H - Digital Humanities - Honors: Examines the contemporary public humanities, defined as the production of humanistic meanings in public contexts, from museum work, to oral historians, government and non-profit work, as well as engagement in a wide array of community-based projects. We will consider the ramifications of the digital humanities for the communication and preservation of culture and the impact of technology on the interpersonal interactions. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 15 units of credit.
HUMA 377 - Utopias And Dystopias: This course is designed to acquaint the student with utopian and dystopian images of society primarily in literature, but also in film. This course will approach the study of utopias and dystopias by looking at them throughout history, starting with Thomas More's Utopia and moving forward through history to analyze how humankind's conception of the ideal society has changed in conjunction with technological advancement and social reform. The focus on utopias will be the social and political world associated to the society. Letter grade only.
ITG 201 - Ideation: This is a multi-disciplinary course incorporating theory and application from at least 2-3 different disciplines, such as marketing, psychology, graphic design, engineering, and computer science. The goal is to expose students across multiple departments and colleges to the 5 stages of the design thinking methodology, which provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. With this methodology, we will tackle problem solving in 5 stages: EMPATHIZE, DEFINE, IDEATE, PROTOTYPE AND TEST. Working through the stages of conceptual development, production of prototypes, iterations, and actualization. Letter grade only.
JUS 110 - Introduction To Criminal Justice: This course provides an overview of developments and trends of the U.S. Criminal Justice System, the philosophy of criminal law, theories of deviance, and the nature and extent of crime in America. Students will examine contemporary issues defining criminal law, the enforcement of law, policing strategies, judicial systems, sentencing strategies, correctional practices, and emerging forms of justice. Letter grade only.
JUS 120 - Introduction To Criminology: This course provides an introduction to the social science of criminology. As criminology traditionally examines the principle themes and theories related to the causes of crime, students will examine a number of the most significant theories concerning the nature and causes of crime, different types of crimes and criminal behaviors, and the impact that crime has on society at large. Letter grade only.
JUS 215 - Drugs And Society: This course introduces students to drugs from a criminal justice perspective. Focus is placed on how chemical substances affect our minds and our bodies, as well as the negative impact drug use has on society as a whole. The course also explores the relationship between drugs and crime, and outlines legal and social approaches that have been used to combat drug use. Letter grade only.
JUS 232 - Ethics And Justice: This course introduces students to the ethical issues that impact the criminal justice system, Focus is placed on ethics and the police, courts, and corrections. Course material explores basic ethical theories, concepts, and practices as they relate to criminal justice. Emphasis is also placed on developing critical thinking and ethical decision-making skills. Letter grade only.
JUS 310 - Community Relations In 21st Century Policing: The purpose of this course is to share, with criminal justice students, strategies police departments can use to build a positive police/community relationship, a vital component to effective policing in the current environment. To develop this type of positive relationship, police officers and leaders must (1) have an understanding and appreciation of community members' different cultures, (2) be able to adopt effective community-based policing strategies, and (3) develop an active community relations plan that includes the use of social media. To ensure criminal justice students are prepared to work in the current criminal justice field, this course will provide contemporary and comprehensive material in each of these three areas. Letter grade only.
JUS 410 - Cultural Diversity In The Justice System: This course offers a comprehensive, critical and balanced examination of the issues of crime and justice with respect to ethnicity and culture. Procedures and policy in a pluralistic and multicultural society are examined relative to the law enforcement, the courts, and the corrections environments. Letter grade only.
LAN 340 - Global Engagement Abroad: This asynchronous online course facilitates an exploration of students' learning-immersion experience while abroad, particularly with respect to cultural and social expectations in academic, professional, and personal spheres of the host culture. The course provides a guided structure for researching, reflecting on, journaling/blogging, and communicating about immersive academic experiences abroad by promoting dialogue across disciplines and cultures via online communication. Additionally, students will engage in direct research through engagement in the society in which they are living and studying in order to help prepare them for their field work experiences during the second semester abroad. Participation is limited to, and required of, students in the Interdisciplinary Global Programs (IGP) who are currently studying and working abroad (normally the fourth year of the program). Letter grade only.
LAN 340H - Global Engagement Abroad - Honors: This asynchronous online course facilitates an exploration of students' learning-immersion experience while abroad, particularly with respect to cultural and social expectations in academic, professional, and personal spheres of the host culture. The course provides a guided structure for researching, reflecting on, journaling/blogging, and communicating about immersive academic experiences abroad by promoting dialogue across disciplines and cultures via online communication. Additionally, students will engage in direct research through engagement in the society in which they are living and studying in order to help prepare them for their field work experiences during the second semester abroad. Participation is limited to, and required of, students in the Interdisciplinary Global Programs (IGP) who are currently studying and working abroad (normally the fourth year of the program). Letter grade only.
PHI 335 - Ethics And Disability: This course examines disability from a philosophical, and especially ethical perspective. It brings the experience of disability to bear on the domain of philosophy to discover whether philosophers have been flawed in fundamental ethical concepts and theories while using the methods and skills of philosophy to help understand disability in new and illuminating ways. Cross-listed with DIS 335. Letter grade only.
PHI 335H - Ethics And Disability - Honors: This course examines disability from a philosophical, and especially ethical perspective. It brings the experience of disability to bear on the domain of philosophy to discover whether philosophers have been flawed in fundamental ethical concepts and theories while using the methods and skills of philosophy to help understand disability in new and illuminating ways. Letter grade only.
PHI 357 - Political Philosophy: Issues encountered in the analysis, evaluation, and justification of political authority. Letter grade only.
PHI 357H - Political Philosophy - Honors: Issues encountered in the analysis, evaluation, and justification of political authority. Letter grade only.
POS 100 - Introduction To Politics: Issues in contemporary political analysis, human values, and political goals; comparative study of how political systems differ; how nations influence one another. Letter grade only.
POS 101 - The Global Village: This interdisciplinary course is designed to foster global understanding and global citizenship and to introduce students to many disciplinary perspectives on the Global Village. Letter grade only.
POS 110 - American Politics And Institutions: Basic introduction to American national government; constitutional foundations, the structures of government, courts, Congress, the presidency, interest groups, political parties, and major political issues facing the American people. This course satisfies state teacher certification for teachers in Arizona for federal constitution only. Letter grade only.
POS 220 - Federal And Arizona Constitution: Basic course in the national and Arizona government designed to meet the requirements for state teacher certification. Not available for credit to political science majors or minors. Letter grade only.
POS 224 - Public Administration: Overview of the organization and management of public organizations, with attention to the political setting in which government bureaucracies and public agencies operate. Letter grade only.
POS 230 - Current Issues Politics: Analyzes selected contemporary issues in national and international politics. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
POS 230H - Current Issues In Politics - Honors: Analyzes selected contemporary issues in national and international politics. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
POS 241 - State And Local Politics: Politics and administration of state and local government in the United States; problems, structures, and services. This course satisfies state teacher certification requirements for teachers in Arizona for Arizona constitution only. Letter grade only.
POS 250 - Introduction To Public Policy Making: Policy making in the United States and/or other countries in a political, social, economic, and cultural context. Letter grade only.
POS 254 - Political Ideologies: Political ideas and belief systems in theory and practice. Includes democracy, liberalism, conservatism, Marxism, democratic socialism, liberation, and green ideologies. Letter grade only.
POS 260 - Comparative Politics: Comparative analysis of selected foreign governments: democratic, totalitarian, and those in the process of developing. Letter grade only.
POS 344 - Environmental Movements: Examines the broad range of environmentalisms existing in the United States today. Covers varied experiences, motivations, social and political critiques, organizational models, and political tactics. Letter grade only.
POS 359 - Environmental Policy: Political aspects of environmental problems, policy responses to those issues, and their impact on the human and natural environment. Cross-listed with ENV 359. Letter grade only.
POS 359H - Environmental Policy - Honors: Political aspects of environmental problems, policy responses to those issues, and their impact on the human and natural environment. Letter grade only.
POS 361 - Politics Of Developing Nations: Investigates the political dynamics of nations undergoing rapid social change and economic development. Focuses on problems endemic to the nations of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Letter grade only.
POS 361H - Politics Of Developing Nations - Honors: Investigates the political dynamics of nations undergoing rapid social change and economic development. Focuses on problems endemic to the nations of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Letter grade only.
POS 362 - Studies In Western European Politics: Structures and behavior of governmental institutions and political processes in selected countries of western Europe; the significance of the European Union. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different content.
POS 362H - Studies In Western European Politics - Honors: Structures and behavior of governmental institutions and political processes in selected countries of western Europe; the significance of the European Union. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different content.
POS 364 - Studies In Russian And Central European Politics: Structures and behavior of governmental institutions and political processes in Russia and the central European states. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different content.
POS 364H - Studies In Russian And Central European Politics - Honors: Structures and behavior of governmental institutions and political processes in Russia and the central European states. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different content.
POS 380 - Advanced International Politics: Analyzes international political relations emphasizing major theoretical approaches and their contributions to the search for solutions to particular issues and cases. Letter grade only.
PSY 101 - Introduction To Psychology: Surveys the science of psychology, including history of psychology, physiology, development, health, abnormal, learning, sensation, perception, motivation, personality, and intelligence. Letter grade only.
PSY 101H - Introduction To Psychology - Honors: Surveys the science of psychology, including history of psychology, physiology, development, health, abnormal, learning, sensation, perception, motivation, personality, and intelligence. Letter grade only.
PSY 240 - Developmental Psychology: Surveys physical, social, and cognitive development from conception through adulthood. Letter grade only.
PSY 240H - Developmental Psychology - Honors: Surveys physical, social, and cognitive development from conception through adulthood. Letter grade only.
PSY 250 - Social Psychology: Scientific theory and research on how people think about self and others, influence other people, and form relationships with others. Letter grade only.
PSY 280 - Cross-cultural Psychology: Introduction to the academic study of the interaction between culture and human behavior. Topics will include cross-cultural methodology, cultural perspectives on cognition, emotion, motivation, development, social interaction, and psychopathology. Letter grade only.
REL 285 - Religion And The Public Sphere: Topics course examining issues in the role of religion in broader society, and its intersection with social, political, and economic forces. Pass/Fail or Letter grade. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
REL 306 - Religion And Gender: Examines how gender functions within religious traditions, communities, and identities in gender discourses, views of gender normativity and deviance, gender exclusivity or inclusivity relative to religious authority and roles, and the use of images of masculinity, femininity, androgyny, and gender transcendence in modeling human perfection. Pass/Fail or letter grade. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different topics.
REL 306H - Religion And Gender - Honors: Examines how gender functions within religious traditions, communities, and identities in gender discourses, views of gender normativity and deviance, gender exclusivity or inclusivity relative to religious authority and roles, and the use of images of masculinity, femininity, androgyny, and gender transcendence in modeling human perfection. Pass/Fail or letter grade. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different topics.
REL 307 - Comparative Fundamentalisms In The World Religions: We study fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. How did fundamentalism move from American Protestantism to signify a global phenomenon? How do fundamentalists describe themselves? What are their grievances, ambitions, goals? Do they intersect with ethno-national identities? Does fundamentalist piety differ from religious extremism and violence? What are the roles of men and women? Letter grade only.
REL 307H - Comparative Fundamentalism - Honors: We study fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism. How did fundamentalism move from American Protestantism to signify a global phenomenon? How do fundamentalists describe themselves? What are their grievances, ambitions, goals? Do they intersect with ethno-national identities? Does fundamentalist piety differ from religious extremism and violence? What are the roles of men and women? Letter grade only.
REL 361 - Religion And Violent Conflicts: From Torture To Genocide: Violence is the assault on body and mind and inscribed into discourses of power. It is enforced and resisted by religions. We examine how violence affects the physical, gendered, racialized, religious, and collective body. We consider strategies and philosophies to counter violence. We critically examine intellectual, moral, and spiritual worldviews while analyzing specific arguments for their truth claims. Letter grade only.
REL 390 - Recent Trends In Religion: Topical study of selected religious trends that significantly affect the world today. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
SA 205 - Topics In Study Abroad - Spw: Only available to Study Abroad students while participating in a Study Abroad program. Content includes introductory social, cultural, historical, political, artistic and/or economic developments related to the Study Abroad student's host culture/country. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SA 205H - Topics In Study Abroad - Spw - Honors: Only available to Study Abroad students while participating in a Study Abroad program. Content includes introductory social, cultural, historical, political, artistic and/or economic developments related to the Study Abroad student's host culture/country. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SA 215 - Topics In Study Abroad - Spw-gd: Only available to Study Abroad students while participating in a Study Abroad program. Content includes courses that enhance understanding of different cultures of the world through the study of language, literature, religion, and artistic creations or other disciplines. In addition, course must cover perspectives (e.g. theoretical; historical; social; political; economic; cultural; religious; geographic or sense of place; environment; or intellectual traditions and/or ways of knowing) of non-Western peoples Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SA 305 - Special Topics In Study Abroad - Spw: Topics include intermediate and advanced studies in social, cultural, historical, political, artistic, and/or economic topics related to your host country. Must be currently participating in a Study Abroad program. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SA 305H - Special Topics In Study Abroad - Spw - Honors: Topics include intermediate and advanced studies in social, cultural, historical, political, artistic, and/or economic topics related to your host country. Must be currently participating in a Study Abroad program. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SA 315 - Topics In Study Abroad -Spw-gd: Only available to Study Abroad students while participating in a Study Abroad program. Content includes courses that enhance understanding of different cultures of the world through the study of language, literature, religion, and artistic creations or other disciplines. In addition, course must cover perspectives (e.g. theoretical; historical; social; political; economic; cultural; religious; geographic or sense of place; environment; or intellectual traditions and/or ways of knowing) of non-Western peoples. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SOC 101 - Introduction To Sociology: Basic concepts and interpretations of human action; significance of a sociological perspective on the human experience. Letter grade only.
SOC 101H - Intro To Sociology - Honors: Basic concepts and interpretations of human action; significance of a sociological perspective on the human experience. Letter grade only.
SOC 204 - Sociology Of Gender: Examines the cultural meanings, social structures, and inequalities that affect women and men in relation to other forms of diversity; applies sociological, feminist, and socialization theories. Letter grade only.
SOC 204H - Sociology Of Gender - Honors: Examines the cultural meanings, social structures, and inequalities that affect women and men in relation to other forms of diversity; applies sociological, feminist, and socialization theories. Letter grade only.
SOC 210 - Social Problems: Selected social problems in contemporary American society. Letter grade only.
SOC 215 - Race And Ethnic Relations: Characteristics of minority-dominant relationships, their formation, stabilization, and modification in terms of discrimination, segregation, conflict, power, and assimilation. Cross-listed with ES 215. Letter grade only.
SOC 215H - Race And Ethnic Relations - Honors: Characteristics of minority-dominant relationships, their formation, stabilization, and modification in terms of discrimination, segregation, conflict, power, and assimilation. Letter grade only.
SOC 217 - The Family: Historical variations in and antecedents of today's diverse family experiences; cultural, economic, and structural contexts shaping family lives; contemporary controversies. Letter grade only.
SOC 301 - Topics In Contemporary Social Issues: Examines selected social issues in contemporary societies. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit for up to 12 units with different content.
SOC 301H - Topics In Contemporary Social Issues - Honors: Examines selected social issues in contemporary societies. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit with different content.
SOC 318 - Sociology Of Health And Illness: Health care from the sociological perspective, with special emphasis on the patient as a person in an overall life situation; the place of medicine in society; the social organization of health care; the social rules and roles of health; special concerns of medicine, nursing, and health. Letter grade only.
SOC 318H - Sociology Of Health And Illness - Honors: Health care from the sociological perspective, with special emphasis on the patient as a person in an overall life situation; the place of medicine in society; the social organization of health care; the social rules and roles of health; special concerns of medicine, nursing, and health. Letter grade only.
SOC 327 - Sociology Of Organizations: A look at organizations' function in and impact on contemporary society, as well as at the experience of the individual within the organization. Topics such as culture, work, decision-making, management, gender, race, cooperation, and deviance are examined from an organizational perspective. Letter grade only.
SOC 333 - Environment And Society: This course explores the social construction of nature and the growth of an environmental consciousness. Students will explore the cultural and structural roots of human-produced ecological problems. Letter grade only.
SOC 339 - Crime, Law And Society: Analyzes the origins and development of law and social control agencies; structural theory of the origins of crime and criminality. Letter grade only.
SOC 353 - Power, Wealth And Inequality: Types and consequences of social inequality; social class, status, and power as determinants of behavior, values, and life chances; social mobility in modern society. Letter grade only.
SOC 353H - Power, Wealth And Inequality - Honors: Types and consequences of social inequality; social class, status, and power as determinants of behavior, values, and life chances; social mobility in modern society. Letter grade only.
SOC 375 - Sociology Of Social Movements: This is a Liberal Studies interdisciplinary course that will introduce students to the study of social movements. We will explore the complicated relationship between state, civil society, marginal social groups, national identity, the economy, the market and globalization. We will study both traditional and contemporary approaches to social movements, the dynamics, networks and organization of these movements, and the social impact of their activism. We will study several US movements, such as, Civil Rights, Women Rights, and Labor Movements, as well as other global movements, such as, Fair Trade, World Social Forum, Autonomia and Hacktivism. Letter grade only.
SOC 391 - Sociology Of Race, Class, And Gender: This course is designed to examine how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class intersect to shape both individual experience as well as the social landscape in the United States and globally. In this class, we consider race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class as socially constructed systems of meaning -- that is, rather than focusing on any biological differences, we will study the way our white normative society shapes how we come to understand and experience these social identities. We will use both sociological theoretical approaches (prejudice/discrimination; assimilation; pluralism) and intersectional theoretical approaches to understand how divisive systems of inequality have been constructed to privilege some and oppress others as well as how different forms of discrimination can interact and overlap in our social structures. A central focus will be developing an understanding of how systems of oppression reinforce each other and how they intersect to create an overall matrix of domination. Additionally, we will examine how groups impacted by intersectional oppression work to resist and build resilience in U.S. society. Letter grade only.
SUS 101 - Introduction To Sustainable Communities: The course examines the relationship between communities and sustainability. It asks: how do we produce sustainable communities? It answers the question by looking at dominant philosophical, social, and economic paradigms about the environment, while exploring alternatives that better support flourishing human communities. The course will cover core concepts for sustainable communities and study the critical forces that prevent their formation. Letter grade only.
SUS 220 - Environmental Inequalities: This course focuses on the intersection of environmental hazards, communities, and the social inequalities that exist across the globe. The course will adopt a power, class, race, and species analysis to explain the ideological, cultural, end economic origins for how we conceptualize the environment from multiple viewpoints, while evaluating how communities and culture are formed, evolve, and contend with sustainability. Letter grade only.
SUS 230 - Community Leadership And Peer Mentoring: Effective practices of organizing and leadership that enable students to enhance their own and others' capacity to become agents of change in relation to democratic, socially just, and sustainable communities. Letter grade only.
SUS 330 - Community Engagement In American Democracy: Examine the interrelationships between civic engagement in the informal democratic sector (nonprofits, social movements) and the formal institutions and practices of representative democracy (local, regional, and state levels). Study the variety of ways in which diverse organizations in the informal sector seek to influence, contest, change, or transform the processes and outcomes of formal representative and administrative institutions. Letter grade only.
SW 220 - People To People: Social Welfare And Social Work: Introduces social work as a profession within the context of the institution of social welfare. 25 hour volunteer experience required. Letter grade only.
SYS 241 - Topics In Civic And Global Engagement: This Second Year Seminar will explore issues focused on the interconnectedness and interdependence of the human experience on a local and global scale. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to six units of credit with different topics.
WGS 250 - Introduction To Queer Studies: This course will provide an introduction to queer theory and activism. Studies include social and historical construction of gender and sexuality, politics of coming out, transgender theory, mainstream LGBT movement, historical trauma and violence, HIV/AIDS, connections between sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, national citizenship, role of allies and social change. Letter grade only.
WGS 260 - Introduction To Transnational Feminisms: Survey focusing on women, gender constructions, histories, and issues in post-colonial settings in Africa, Asia, and/or Latin America. Letter grade only.
WGS 280 - Women, Health, And Sexuality: This course provides students with an in-depth examination of women's sexual and reproductive health issues. The course begins with theoretical and historical context, exploring development of sexuality and certain aspects of reproductive health throughout history. The course uses cross-cultural and global perspectives by focusing on issues and aspects of sexuality and reproduction, mapping change across time and space. It will cover topical areas in the field such as sexual socialization, medicalization of female sexuality, sexual identity and practices, self-pleasure, female genital cutting, sexually transmitted infections, eugenics and critiques of population control programs. These topics will be examined from feminist, public health, historical, sociological, and anthropological perspectives. The course demonstrates that sexuality and reproduction are extremely complex and have diverse meanings in contrast to being understood as simple and self-evident. Letter grade only.
WGS 301 - Gender, Health And Healing: This course will address the politics around health issues and specific impacts on genderqueer people and transgender women and men as well as cisgender people. It is taught from an intersectional approach and will include practical, interactive healing practices. Letter grade only.
WGS 315 - Trans Existence And Resilience: This Trans Studies course is about trans, gender variant, and non-binary peoples' existence and resilience. It centers work by Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx film makers, poets, memoirists, and theorists and their articulations about the relationship of gender to race and racism, capitalism, and colonialism in a U.S. context. We will examine trans epistemologies as well as critiques of Eurocentric models of thinking about genders that explain peoples' existence within Western frameworks and ontologies. In a world that says trans folks do not exist, we will think about the relationship between art, futurity, expression, survival, freedom, and liberation. Letter grade only.
WGS 315H - Trans Existence And Resilience - Honors: This Trans Studies course is about trans, gender variant, and non-binary peoples' existence and resilience. It centers work by Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx film makers, poets, memoirists, and theorists and their articulations about the relationship of gender to race and racism, capitalism, and colonialism in a U.S. context. We will examine trans epistemologies as well as critiques of Eurocentric models of thinking about genders that explain peoples' existence within Western frameworks and ontologies. In a world that says trans folks do not exist, we will think about the relationship between art, futurity, expression, survival, freedom, and liberation. Letter grade only.
WGS 353 - Sexuality And Politics In Antiquity: This course explores the ways in which sexual behavior and identity intersected with power relations in various ancient societies, shaping "citizen" identities and socio-political relations within democratic and other institutional contexts, as well as setting and challenging limits imposed upon non-dominant gender groups. Cross-listed with HIS 353. Letter grade only.