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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Urban Affairs and Public Policy
  

  • UAPP 300 - Public Policy Field Experience (1 to 9cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-9
    PUBLIC POLICY FIELD EXPERIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Policy-oriented, experiential learning. Faculty and public service and research centers will provide a mentoring experience in a range of forms including internships, research projects, study abroad, and supervised community-based initiatives in the world of practice with public agencies and nonprofit organizations in Delaware, the region, nationally and internationally.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: For public policy majors only. Not intended for freshmen.
    Additional University Requirement(s): Discovery Learning Experience Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 301 - Topics in Public Policy (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    TOPICS IN PUBLIC POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Special topics in public policy and administration. Topics will vary.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for nine credits when topics vary.
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 325 - Public Policy Analysis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the basic principles and concepts of policy analysis. Practice application through problem solving and critical examination of analyses conducted by prominent research groups within the field as well as through case study problem-solving.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally

  

  • UAPP 330 - Public and Nonprofit Administration (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PUBLIC & NONPROFIT ADMINSTRATN
    Component: Lecture
    This course examines major topics in public and nonprofit administration, including how policy is transformed into action and services. It also examines key administrative processes and ethical issues facing public and nonprofit leaders.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally Reason Scientifically
  

  • UAPP 333 - Research Methods for Policy Analysis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    RESEARCH METHODS POLICY ANALYS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines research methods and their applications in policy analysis. Demographic analysis, survey research and geographic information systems are applied to policies in such areas as transportation, health, energy and economic development.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH 202   or SOCI 301 .
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Through Creative Expression Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally Reason Scientifically
  

  • UAPP 334 - Financial Management Public & Nonprofit (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    FINANCIAL MNGMT PUBLIC NONPROF
    Component: Lecture
    This course introduces the practical tools and concepts of financial management for public and nonprofit organizations. Topics include budgeting, capital budgeting, cost analysis, financial planning, investment decisions, debt management, financial reporting, financial statement analysis, and financial condition analysis.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally

  

  • UAPP 337 - Topics in Political Communication (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    TOPICS IN POLITICAL COMM
    Component: Lecture
    This lecture series focuses on various thematic issues in political communication and campaign politics.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with COMM 337 , LEAD 337 , POSC 337 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated twice for credit.
    General Education Objectives:
    Communicate Through Creative Expression Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 366 - Independent Study (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 367 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 390 - Teaching Assistant (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    TEACHING ASSISTANT
    Component: Independent Study
    Practical teaching experience. Students participate and assist in instruction of an undergraduate UAPP course. Students must work 28 hours for each credit hour.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Must have a 3.0 GPA, have completed the course for which they assist in good standing, and be available the entire semester.
    Additional University Requirement(s): Discovery Learning Experience
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 401 - Public Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PUBLIC POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the political economy of public policy, including the intersection of policy with politics and markets, and the institutional and structural dimensions of the policymaking process. The course also explores the challenges of policy implementation, and modes of policy assessment and choice.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • UAPP 405 - Metropolitan Planning and Governance (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    METROPOLITAN PLAN & GOVERNANCE
    Component: Discussion
    Contemporary issues like sprawl, growth management, and sustainability are inherently wicked, complex, and require the coordinated action of several governmental and non-governmental actors. This course will focus on the roles of government and governance institutions in fostering the cooperation of these actors and the coordination of their activities. This course will also provide you with a history of regional and metropolitan planning.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 406 - Plan Sustainable Communities & Regions (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PLAN SUST COMMS & REGIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines theory and methods for planning for more sustainable communities and regions in a global context in the twenty-first century. Sustainable development is defined and theories of sustainable planning presented that meet goals in the areas of environment, economy, and equity (the Three Es). After discussion of issues central to sustainable planning, course looks at tools and policies for sustainable planning and how planning practices can become more oriented to sustainability.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with GEOG 434 .
    General Education Objectives:
    Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Scientifically
  

  • UAPP 408 - Poverty, Neighborhoods and Community Develpoment (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS&COMM DEV
    Component: Lecture
    Examines social science literature through which multidisciplinary analysts have described and explained poverty, analyzed neighborhoods, and categorized community development efforts. Focusing on the United States, particular attention is paid to analyses from 1960 to the present.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 410 - Politics & the Delivery of Public Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLITICS & DELIVRY PBLIC POLIC
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on challenges in implementing and delivering policy decisions focusing on key processes including legislative, budget and public information and key players including elected officials, bureaucrats, media, and stakeholders. Students develop skills related to preparing decision memos, press releases and press events in support of a policy implementation plan.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 411 - Regional Watershed Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    REGIONAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
    Component: Lecture
    Reviews the practical applications of watershed planning as a tool to manage land, water and ecosystem resources. Explores public policies and practices of watershed planning by examining case studies. Uses a multidisciplinary approach involving the fields of geography, environmental science, geology, public policy, land planning, geographic information systems (GIS) and engineering.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally Reason Scientifically
  

  • UAPP 412 - Urban Housing Policy and Administration (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    URBAN HOUSING POLICY & ADMIN
    Component: Lecture
    Examines problems associated with providing adequate and affordable housing in the United States. Covers the structure and dynamics of the housing market; supply and demand factors; market failure; financing methods; federal, state and local public policy affecting housing, including taxation, regulation, subsidy programs, and land use controls.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 413 - Planning Theory and Urban Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PLANNING THEORY & URBAN POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an overview of the development and current conceptual normative and methodological issues in planning theory as applied to urban regions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: UAPP 325  Public Policy Analysis
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Scientifically
  

  • UAPP 415 - Media, Citizenship & Public Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MEDIA,CITZENSHP & PUBLIC POLIC
    Component: Lecture
    This course examines the structure, role, influence, and effect that the media have on public policies and the implications for citizenship.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally

  

  • UAPP 418 - Traditional Architectural Materials (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TRAD ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of composition, fabrication methods, deterioration mechanisms, and preservation needs of stone, ceramic, metal, glass, mortar, plaster, paint, and wood components of traditional architecture from a variety of cultural contexts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • UAPP 419 - Policy Leadership and Ethics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLICY LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced examination of the theory and practice of leadership in public policy, specifically emphasizing ethical issues and implications with and between multiple sectors.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with LEAD 419 .
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 421 - Contemporary Issues in a Global Society (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CONTEMP ISSUES GLOBAL SOCIETY
    Component: Lecture
    Focus on the “cutting edge” issues of urban affairs, public policy and public administration. Features presentations by leading policy makers, policy researchers, practitioners and scholars with whom students engage in lively discussion. Demonstrates the roles that public administration, policy analysis and policy research play in a complex global society.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally

  

  • UAPP 423 - Urban Society and Public Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    URBAN SOCIETY & PUBLIC POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on how individuals and groups contribute to the metropolitan environment and how they react and adapt to their communities. It begins with an examination of city life in early decades of the twentieth century and concludes with a consideration of how globalization is transforming metropolitan communities.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 424 - Comparative Public Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    This course examines public policy and administration in a global context, highlighting the distinctive features of policies in different nations in such areas as health, education, social services, housing, and economic development. The course compares U.S. policies and public institutions with those of other nations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 425 - Energy Policy and Administration (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ENERGY POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
    Component: Lecture
    Analyzes energy use and energy policy with respect to politics, society, economics, political economy, technology, resources, and environment. Focuses on interrelationships among energy, environment, economy and equity (E4). It considers the energy policy options needed to achieve a more sustainable world.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ENEP 425 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Through Creative Expression Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • UAPP 427 - Evaluating Public Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    EVALUATING PUBLIC POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Exploration and application of evaluation techniques as they relate to the study of public programs and policies. Explores multiple empirically-based approaches to critical examination of intentions and effects of public policy.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 428 - World Heritage Sites (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    WORLD HERITAGE SITES
    Component: Lecture
    Goals and political context of UNESCO’s World Heritage program, UNESCO activities related to that program, process of nomination of new sites for the World Heritage List, and cultural and preservation issues presented by world heritage sites in a variety of regions and countries.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • UAPP 429 - Historic Preservation Theory and Practice (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HIST PRESERVA THEORY AND PRACT
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of the theory underlying historic preservation in the United States and globally, including its history and evolution over time. Examines the impact of preservation laws and public policies, and the strategies and regulations for identifying significant structures, sites, and cultural heritage worthy of preservation.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally

  

  • UAPP 430 - Methods in Historic Preservation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    METHODS IN HISTRC PRESERVATION
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces students to the critical skills and methodologies employed in the field of historic preservation. Organization is based on the steps used in preservation planning, including survey and identification of historic resources, evaluation of significance, development of historic context, and creation of preservation treatment alternatives.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally

  

  • UAPP 431 - Documentation of Historic Structures (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    DOCUMENTATION OF HIST STRUCTUR
    Component: Laboratory
    Focuses on the process of creating a physical record of a historic structure, including preparation of scaled, annotated field notes and measured drawings in AutoCAD (plans, sections, elevations and details), architectural photography, and learning to “read” the critical features of a historic resource.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 433 - Washington D.C. Policy Practicum (3 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 3-6
    WASHINGTON D.C. POLICY PRACTIC
    Component: Lecture
    Students will live in Washington D.C. and be placed in intern positions. Class will include lectures and site visits and discussions with practitioners and instructors.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with POSC 483 . RESTRICTIONS: Approval of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Winter
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 436 - Research Topics in Historic Preservation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    Component: Lecture
    Seminar addresses a specific research issue within historic preservation including hypothesis construction, design of research methodology and evaluation of results. Emphasis on use of primary sources and application of data-base techniques.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 439 - Community Development Theory, Concepts and Practice (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COMMUNITY DEV THRY & PRACTICE
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the evolution of core principles and concepts associated with community development, examines various models of practice, and identifies and assesses current challenges and issues confronting the field in the United States.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 440 - Contemporary Policy Issues (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CONTEMPORARY POLICY ISSUES
    Component: Lecture
    Capstone course serves as a culminating learning experience for students during their senior year. Involves an integration of the policy skills that they have developed within applied contexts related to their minors or areas of interests and their UAPP 300 Field Experience.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Capstone: Prof Practicum and Internship Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 441 - Topics in Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS IN NP MGMT & LEADERSHIP
    Component: Lecture
    Offers an additional and advanced opportunity to delve into nonprofit management and leadership in the context of the current sociopolitical and economic environment. Expands knowledge and understanding of the issues confronting the sector as a whole and builds analytic and problem-solving skills.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 448 - Environmental Ethics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
    Component: Lecture
    Ethical problems associated with environmental protection, local, national, and international. Relations to social and political movements. Seminar format.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PHIL 448 .
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 449 - Civil Rights Law and Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the origin and evolution of the laws and policies that govern the rights of African-Americans and other people of color in the United States. Examines emerging approaches to civil rights scholarship and considers the implications of the Supreme Court’s recent embrace of a conservative posture in civil rights issues.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 453 - Politics and Healthcare (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLITICS AND HEALTHCARE
    Component: Lecture
    Prepares students to understand and assess the American healthcare delivery system. Examines the political dynamics involved in developing healthcare policies in both the public and private sectors.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 454 - Vernacular Architecture (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    Vernacular Architecture
    Study of traditional American folk architecture from the 17th century to the present. Examination of changes in construction, house types and decoration in vernacular buildings, as well as issues of regional differences and individual craftsmanship.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: ARTH 454  
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 456 - Politics and Disaster (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLITICS AND DISASTER
    Component: Lecture
    The politics and public administration of governmental preparedness for, and response to, natural and human-caused disasters and emergency incidents.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 457 - Health Policy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HEALTH POLICY
    Component: Lecture
    Provides students with a basic understanding of the U.S. health system and gives them practical experience in analyzing how healthcare reform and health policy more generally affect various sectors of the economy.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • UAPP 461 - Conflict Resolution Collab Prob Solving (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PROB SOLV
    Component: Lecture
    This course is will examine the nature of interpersonal conflicts in organizations and communities, and methods of resolution through negotiation and collaborative problem-solving. Students will learn how to select and apply appropriate conflict management techniques.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 465 - Climate Change: Policy, Equity and Mitigation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY & EQUITY
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on climate change equity, international compliance mechanisms, and US initiatives. It is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who seek to gain substantive understanding of climate change policy and the means, impediments and opportunities to reaching resolution of complex international questions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 462 , POSC 462 .
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Scientifically
  

  • UAPP 466 - Independent Study (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 467 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 468 - Undergraduate Research (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Undergraduate research conducted on or off campus, out of class, and under the supervision of a UAPP faculty member. Students must keep a log of activities, meet regularly with their faculty sponsor, and submit a final report. One credit requires a minimum of 40 hours of research.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Additional University Requirement(s): Discovery Learning Experience
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 472 - Nonprofit Organizations: Scope, Frameworks and Dynamics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    NP ORGS:SCOPE,FRAMEWRK & DYNAM
    Component: Lecture
    Addresses the size, scope, subcomponents, and legal framework of the nonprofit sector, as well as the traditions, values, roles and functions of nonprofits in today’s environment.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 473 - Governing Nonprofit Organizations (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GOVERNING NONPROFIT ORGS
    Component: Lecture
    Addresses governance issues facing nonprofit executives and governing boards. Topics include board relationships and voluntary leadership, board development, advocacy, records management and the use of information technology in management and governance, and other key challenges to the nonprofit sector.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 474 - Strategic Fundraising and Marketing for Nonprofits (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STRATEG FUNDRAIS & MKT FOR NP
    Component: Lecture
    Prepares students for advanced practice with nonprofit organizations in the interrelated areas of strategic marketing and fundraising. Provides an integrated approach to strategy, marketing and resource development with current and emerging nonprofit organizations.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • UAPP 475 - Land Use and Transportation Linkages (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    LAND USE & TRANSPORTN LINKAGES
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the linkages between land use planning and the provision of transportation infrastructure. Discussions include guest speakers who are recognized practitioners in the fields of land use and transportation planning. Land development techniques and patterns which influence transportation needs are covered. Shows how the interplay between land use patterns and transportation infrastructure influences travel and development characteristics.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 1 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • UAPP 487 - State Government Policy and Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STATE GOVERNMENT POLICY & MGMT
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on roles and functions of United States state government. Topics include legislative policy making and operations, executive branch organization and functions, structure and role of state courts, and the role of the governor and the states in intergovernmental policy making. State government in the mid-atlantic region will receive special attention.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:

Women’s Studies
  

  • WOMS 156 - American Sexualities (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    AMERICAN SEXUALITIES
    Component: Lecture
    Learn about the history of American sexuality and its importance to our politics and culture today. We will examine a variety of topics: the history of marriage and the family, pregnancy and childbirth, contraception, abortion, rape, prostitution, erotica/pornography, sexual reform and social purity movements, sexuality and racial conflicts, sex during wartime, transsexuality, same-sex desires and communities, the sexual politics of women’s emancipation, sexual diseases, sex education, sexual liberation, and the gay rights movement.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with HIST 156  and SGST 156 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 166 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 167 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 200 - Cultural Introduction to Sexualities and Gender Studies (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SEXUALITIES & GENDER STUDIES
    Component: Lecture
    An exploration of the variations in the social construction of lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual, transsexual, transgender and queer identities and communities in contemporary American society through study of gay literature, history, theory, religious and legal issues and the arts including film, music, television, and visual arts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with SGST 200 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 201 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO WOMEN’S STUDIES
    Component: Lecture
    Study of causes and conditions determining women’s status in society, as evidenced in institutional structures and personal relations between men and women. Taught from multidisciplinary perspectives.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 202 - Women’s Studies in Global Context (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN’S STUDIES: GLBL CONTEXT
    Component: Lecture
    Examines how policies and laws promoted by national, international and transnational systems affect women’s lives. Asks how race, ethnicity, gender, region and culture influence women’s experience from the local to the transnational level. Explores the range of women’s voices, including resistance and activism.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Scientifically
  

  • WOMS 203 - Contemporary Moral Problems (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
    Component: Lecture
    The application of philosophical techniques to contemporary moral problems such as abortion, punishment, biomedical ethics, reverse discrimination and sexual morality.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PHIL 202 .
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 204 - Gender and Communication (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GENDER AND COMMUNICATION
    Component: Lecture
    Deals with gender differences in communication in varied contexts, such as conflict, marriage, family, friendship, and work.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with COMM 204 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 205 - Women in the Arts and Humanities (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES
    Component: Lecture
    Interdisciplinary survey of women’s contributions to the arts and humanities, also including literary/artistic images of women, contributions of minority and non-Western women, and study of the relationship between women’s social-economic roles and cultural expressions.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit.
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 206 - Women and Work (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN AND WORK
    Component: Lecture
    Covers a variety of topics including women in traditional and non-traditionaloccupations, gender-based discrimination (wage inequities, sexual harassment,exclusionary policies), the contributions of women to the economy and the roleof law in shaping conditions for women in the workplace.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with SOCI 206 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 208 - Current Issues in Sexuality and Gender Lecture Series (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    CURRNT ISSUES SEXUALITY/GENDER
    Component: Lecture
    Lecture series in which faculty and guest speakers discuss their research on contemporary and historical perspectives on sexuality and gender. Research presented from several disciplines, including sociology, history, literature, art, music, anthropology and psychology, among others.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with SGST 208 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 209 - Mindfulness and Self Care for Trauma Work: Gendered Perspectives (3CR.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MINDFULNESS FOR TRAUMA WORK

    Victims of violence, including gender-based violence, experience trauma, but the advocates who work with them can experience trauma as well. For this reason, advocates need to develop self-care practices that nurture their physical and emotional wellbeing. Examines the science and experience of trauma, the mind/body health risks that advocates and other trauma professionals face, and the role that mindfulness can play in their self-care routines. Discuss how gender, race, and social inequality can shape their experience of and responses to trauma. Finally, students will practice mindfulness techniques throughout the semester, both inside and outside of class.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall

    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 210 - Women and Religion (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN AND RELIGION
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the relationship between sacred text and women’s religious and societal roles within Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism during diverse historical moments. Examine the experience of women operating within the confines of their various traditions as well as consider those who pushed the boundaries of their faith communities. Utilize a variety of feminist approaches to the study of religion.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with PHIL 210 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 212 - Motherhood in Culture and Politics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MOTHERHOOD IN CULTURE&POLITICS
    Component: Lecture
    Examines contemporary cultural and political issues related to motherhood and mothering experience, including definitions and cultural significance of motherhood, experiences of childbirth, effects of new reproductive technologies, surrogate mothering and “maternal thinking;” also, efforts to avoid motherhood through contraception and abortion and related legal controversies.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 213 - Men and Women in American Society (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MEN & WOMEN IN AMER SOCIETY
    Component: Lecture
    Designed to provide students with a sociological framework for analyzing sex and gender relations in contemporary American society. Topics include the social construction of gender, patterns of sex-role socialization, gender stratification in the paid work force, gender relations in the family and other social institutions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with SOCI 213 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 216 - Introduction to Feminist Theory (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO FEMINIST THEORY
    Component: Lecture
    This course explores the various theoretical explanations for and solutions to gender inequality. The development of feminist theory will be presented as an intellectual history placing each theoretical framework in conversation with the others covered during the course of the semester. Students will become familiar with a variety of feminist theories including: liberal, Marxist, socialist, transnational, radical, homosexual, multicultural, psychoanalytic, cultural, standpoint, social construction, multiethnic/racial, postmodern, and queer. Our understanding of these theoretical perspectives will be aided by the inclusion of current case studies and class debates.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with PHIL 216 .
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 217 - Sex, Violence, and the Media (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SEX, VIOLENCE, AND THE MEDIA
    Examine the issues surrounding the prevalence of sex and violence in the media. Topics include free speech/press decisions and their impact, why people watch, the possible effects, and the market forces that encourage corporations to carry such content.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with COMM206.
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences
    General Education Objectives:
    Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 222 - Language and Gender (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LANGUAGE AND GENDER
    Component: Lecture
    Explores various ways in which gender is reflected in language. Topics include sexism in language, sexist language and differences in the structural aspects of men’s and women’s language and conversational style. Emphasis on the social implications of these differences.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LING 222 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally Reason Scientifically
  

  • WOMS 223 - Food, Gender and Culture (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    FOOD, GENDER AND CULTURE
    Component: Lecture
    Explores how preparing, eating, and thinking about food demonstrates culturally determined gender and power relations in different societies. Using cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives, explores various understandings of issues such as nutrition, eating disorders, body images, and gender differences around food.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANTH 223 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Scientifically
  

  • WOMS 225 - Black Male Experience (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BLACK MALE EXPERIENCE
    Explores the complex and diverse experiences of African American males in contemporary U.S. society by examining the various factors impacting their lives such as family, education, prison, sports, relationships, etc. This allows a better understanding of the thoughts and practices of African American males as well as the impact they have on society as a whole. Include an intersectional lens of analysis that includes race, gender, sexuality, age, disability, and socio-economic class.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with AFRA225.
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOC & BESC) Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 240 - Women and Violence (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN AND VIOLENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Analyzes a variety of issues and topics relating to women and violence, including rape, domestic violence, images of women in popular culture, incest and child abuse, pornography, sexual harassment and women who use violence. Presents descriptive materials, sociological analysis and strategies for change.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 242 - Woman As Image and Imagemaker (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMAN AS IMAGE AND IMAGEMAKER
    Component: Lecture
    Analyzes the depiction of women in art from pre-history to the present inlight of recent feminist studies. Topics correspond with particular periodsin history. Each class includes a brief discussion of women artists and theirworks.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ARTH 242 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 250 - Topics in International Women’s Studies (3 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 3-6
    TPCS:INTERNATL WOMEN’S STUDIES
    Component: Lecture
    Explores topics related to women’s lives in various parts of the world and mayinclude women’s history, women’s creativity, and social movements in Africa,Asia, Europe, Australia or Latin America.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 260 - Women: Cultural Representations (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN: CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
    Component: Lecture
    Examines issues of representation across time and cultures. Offers criticalanalysis of how women have presented and represented themselves, as well ashow their cultural productions and creative labors in a variety of media havebeen represented by others.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 266 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 267 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 284 - Gender, Culture and Digital Media (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GENDER CULTURE & DIGITAL MEDIA
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the relationship between gender, culture, and digital media.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with COMM 284 .
    Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 290 - Women and Gender in International Films (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    GENDER IN INTERNATIONAL FILMS
    Component: Lecture
    Through viewing feature films about women and/or gender in cultures outside that of mainstream United States, explores how sex and gender shape lives and experiences. Enriches understanding of the diversity of gendered cultural norms and ways filmmakers choose to illustrate them.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 291 - Women’s History Through Film (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    WOMEN’S HISTORY THROUGH FILM
    Component: Lecture
    Explores women’s historical experiences through the medium of film. Studentswill view and discuss a variety of documentary films on women and readmaterials related to topics covered in the films. Films will deal withhistorical and contemporary issues in the United States and internationally.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with HIST 291 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 298 - Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    RESRCH:RACE ETHNICITY&CULTURE
    Component: Lecture
    Lecture series in which faculty and guest speakers discuss their research on contemporary and historical perspectives on race, ethnicity and culture. Research presented from several disciplines, including sociology, history, literature, anthropology and psychology, among others.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 2 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with AFRA 298 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 299 - Research on Women (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    RESEARCH ON WOMEN
    Component: Lecture
    Interdisciplinary lectures in which faculty, staff and advanced students share results of their research on women. Lectures cover issues in anthropology, sociology, political theory, psychology, philosophy, literature, history, theology, ethnic studies, music, art, sciences, health, etc.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 99 Multiple Term Enrollment: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 300 - Women in American History (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
    Component: Lecture
    The position of women in American life viewed from a historical perspective including such topics as home and family life, women in the work force, women as agents of social change and feminism.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with HIST 300 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 301 - Gay and Lesbian Film (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GAY AND LESBIAN FILM
    Component: Lecture
    Explores gay and lesbian issues represented in film and an academic analysis of these issues. Through film, students study the social constructs of sexuality and gender, analyze the role of homosexuality, examine the development of gay and lesbian characterization, and explore the differences between sex and sexuality.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with SGST 301 . PREREQ: WOMS/SGST 200 OR WOMS 201  .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Through Creative Expression Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 302 - Women in Music: An Alternate Survey (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN IN MUSIC:ALTERNATE SURVE
    Component: Lecture
    Survey of women’s contributions to Western art music traditions from 12th century to present day through the study of women as composers, performers, patrons, and as the subject of musical expression. Explores cultural systems that have alternately encouraged and suppressed women’s creativity.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MUSC 302 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 303 - Women in Judaism (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN IN JUDAISM
    Component: Discussion
    Examines the role of women in global Jewish history, culture and religion from ancient times to the present. Sources of study include primary religious texts about women and gender in Judaism; as well as interpretations, personal accounts and historical narratives of different periods of history. Topics to be addressed will include leadership roles and sources of authority, law and custom, family life, education, transmission and reform of religious law.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with JWST303 and HIST303.
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 304 - Adolescent Girls in Multicultural Perspective (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADOLESCENT GIRLS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores key writings on contemporary girlhood and examines various aspects of female adolescent experience across race, class, and culture in both the US and in a global context.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: WOMS 201.
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures

  

  • WOMS 305 - The Evolution of Human Sex Roles and Reproduction (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    THE EVOL OF HUM SEX ROLES & RE
    Component: Lecture
    Survey of the evolution of human reproduction and sex differences. Evidence derived from the human fossil record, living non-human primates, modern biological differences between human males and females and cross-cultural comparisons of reproductive behavior and sex roles.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANTH 305 .
    University Breadth: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason QuantitativelyReason Computationally Reason Scientifically
  

  • WOMS 308 - Theories of Sexuality and Gender (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    THEORIES OF SEXUALITY & GENDER
    Component: Lecture
    Examines the major theoretical approaches to the study of sexuality and gender with an emphasis on queer theory and intersections between sexuality, gender, race, class, and nationality.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with SGST 308 , POSC 308 . PREREQ: WOMS 200 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 309 - Political Culture By Country (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLITICAL CULTURE BY COUNTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the political and civic cultures underpinning and supporting different political systems. Topics may vary depending on host country.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with POSC 309 , AFRA 309 , LLCU 309 . RESTRICTIONS: Offered only in conjunction with travel abroad programs. May be taken twice for credit when countries vary.
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 310 - Wives, Mistresses, and Matriarchs: Asian Women’s Lives (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ASIAN WIFE MISTRESS MATRIARCH
    Component: Lecture
    Using examples from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East, examines how lives of Asian women have been constructed by cultural, historical, and international forces and seeks to understand and challenge culturally pervasive stereotypes that define their lives.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANTH 310 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 311 - Women, Society and the Arts (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    WOMEN, SOCIETY & THE ARTS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the role of women in art and society throughout the ages. Interdisciplinary and feminist readings emphasize a variety of approaches. Topics vary. Examples: Women in Antiquity, Renaissance Women, etc.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 6 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ARTH 311 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit once when topics vary.
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 312 - Asian Women in the Globalized Workplace (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ASIAN WOMEN/GLOBALIZED WRKPLC
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on relationship between work, gender, and social, cultural, and economic transformations associated with globalization in East and Southeast Asia.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANTH 312 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 313 - Theory and Methods in Feminism (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    THEORY AND METHODS IN FEMINISM
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the visions and methods that feminist scholars use to study feminist issues within and across a range of disciplines. Students will read and discuss how feminist scholars rethink analytical paradigms and create new theoretical models to guide their work. Feminist theory is presented as an intellectual history placing theoretical frameworks in conversation with other perspectives. Develop a critical awareness of research methods and the research methods of others.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Any 200-level Women’s Studies course.
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Course Typically Offered: Spring
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Quantitatively

  

  • WOMS 314 - Social Media: Feminist Activism (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SOCIAL MEDIA: FEMINISM AND GLO
    Component: Lecture
    In less than two decades, social media and the growth of virtual networks and communities has shifted the dynamics of contemporary global society. This course traces how feminists have been using the Internet since the late 1990’s and explores contemporary feminist usage of social media.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Any 200 level WOMS or SGST course.
    Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally Communicate Through Creative Expression Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications

  

  • WOMS 315 - Anthropology of Tourism and Travel (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ANTH OF TOURISM AND TRAVEL
    Component: Lecture
    Views tourism as an international industry, a cultural practice and a phenomenon of globalization. Examines such topics as tourism and modernity, sexual and romantic tourism, ecotourism and environmental tourism, tourism and “authenticity”.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANTH 311 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Engage in Constructive Ideation Communicate Effectively in Writing Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications Reason Computationally Reason Scientifically
  

  • WOMS 316 - Islam and Gender (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ISLAM AND GENDER
    Component: Lecture
    Uses anthropological case studies and historical material to comprehend ideals, practices, and themes of gender and gender relations in Islam. Introduces representations of Islamic belief in doctrinal, historical, and contemporary contexts.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ANTH 316 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences
    General Education Objectives:
  

  • WOMS 317 - Gender and Politics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GENDER AND POLITICS
    Component: Lecture
    Engages gender as a useful lens for the broad study of politics. Includes analysis of gender in shaping personal, group, national and international interactions.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with POSC 317 .
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Reason Quantitatively

  

  • WOMS 318 - Studies in Film (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STUDIES IN FILM
    Component: Lecture
    Special topics such as film genres, major directors and Soviet cinema.
    Repeatable for Credit: Y Allowed Units: 9 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ENGL 318 , CMLT 318 , JWST 318 . PREREQ: ENGL 110 . RESTRICTIONS: May be taken up to three times when topics vary.
    General Education Objectives:
    Read Critically Analyze Arguments and Information Communicate Effectively in Writing Communicate Orally

  

  • WOMS 319 - Topics: French Literature in Translation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TOPICS: FRENCH LIT IN TRANSLAT
    Component: Lecture
    Study of the works of one or more outstanding authors or of a special theme. Taught in English. Topics vary and are announced prior to the registration period.
    Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with LLCU 319 .
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
    General Education Objectives:
 

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