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2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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Courses

 

Gender Studies
  
  

  • GS 420 - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Theory


    3 credit(s)
    In this introduction to primary texts in the theories of feminism, gender, and sexuality studies, students read historical and contemporary authors in a range of interdisciplinary contexts, studying such crucial issues as the construction of gender, the importance of standpoint and location, and debates concerning essentialism, difference, power, and intersectionality. While gender and sexual identity serve as primary focal points for the course, discussions of race, class, and other categories of social classification are never far behind.
    Prerequisite(s): GS 100  and 9 additional credits of gender studies courses; or permission of instructor.


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  • GS 450 - Internship in Gender Studies


    3 credit(s)
    Under the supervision of a faculty member, the Internship in Gender Studies is designed to be an integrative, culminating experience through which students apply scholarship in gender theory, method, and content to work in an organization or agency outside the University community. The internship reflects the structure of the academic program, with emphasis on the humanities or social sciences. It also reflects the program’s commitment to foster links between scholarship and community engagement, and provides avenues for career training in the context of a liberal arts environment. Students are expected to meet regularly with their faculty supervisors, keep a research journal, and present their findings in a final paper.
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor.


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  • GS 451 - Independent Study in Gender Studies


    3 credit(s)
    Guided by a faculty supervisor, the independent study serves as an integrative, culminating experience on a subject of particular interest to the student. The project typically culminates in a scholarly composition. Student meets regularly with a faculty supervisor to discuss scholarly progress, including, but not limited to, bibliography, thesis, research methodology, theoretical approach, and writing. Students submit regular written progress reports.


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Government: Hillyer
  
  

  • GVB 120 - An Introduction to the American Judicial System: Process and Issues


    3 credit(s)
    A survey of the American judicial process, its structure, principles, and functions within the context of the American political process. A topical approach is used, with consideration given to the Constitutional basis of the national judiciary, the dynamics of judicial federalism, and an examination of the court’s general role in the national development of civil rights and liberties and due process of law.


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  • GVB 130 - How to Change the World: An Introduction to Social Action

    Course Cross-listed with SYB 130 
    3 credit(s)
    This course introduces students to the strategies necessary to create and advocate for solutions to social, political, and environmental problems. Particular attention is devoted to the role of activists and organizations as forces for social change. The course uses case studies of specific social changes, guest lectures from activists, and student involvement in a social action project to provide students with the insights and skills necessary to become more effective agents for social change.


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  • GVB 140 - Current Issues in American Politics


    3 credit(s)
    This course focuses on how the American Political system deals with major domestic and foreign policy issues. Particular attention is paid to the process through which issues are identified, analyzed and debated, and policies are implemented and evaluated. Topics to be studied vary, but may include the economy, education immigration, health care, the environment, terrorism, and foreign policy issues.
    Prerequisite(s): GVB 110  or permission of instructor.


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  • GVB 210 - Urban Politics


    3 credit(s)
    Addresses issues associated with the governance and politics of urban America, from neighborhood to city council and city hall. Readings and course work provide opportunities to learn about the shape and pattern of local government in the United States and why it has evolved as it has. Special attention is given to topics such as why cities develop; machine politics; the relationship between public and private power; the interplay of race, ethnicity, and class in urban governance; and the political and economic fragmentation of American cities.
    Prerequisite(s): GVB 110 , or permission of instructor.


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Health Education
  
  

Health Science
  
  

  • HS 111 - Healthcare Concepts


    3 credit(s)
    A general overview of the healthcare system in today’s society. Working in teams, students investigate current healthcare issues and must demonstrate competency in oral and written communication and use of the library. Topics include healthcare systems, healthcare reform, medical ethics, universal precautions, AIDS, alternative medicine, and the roles and responsibilities of allied health professionals.
    Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.


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  • HS 140 - Introduction to Healthcare Professions I


    2 credit(s)
    An introductory course for all first-year students in the Department of Health Sciences. This course addresses issues of being a new college student as well as a student within the health professions. Topics related to healthcare are covered within the framework of providing students with skills essential for success as a college student (research, group work, in-class presentations, writing assignments, and class discussions). This fall semester is linked with a spring-semester course that continues with topics related to professionalism, patient care, and healthcare system.


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  • HS 475 - Genomics: A Critical Perspective


    3 credit(s)
    The Helsinki Accord of 1962 expanded upon earlier documents ensuring that all subjects of human investigation would be informed of risks, and freely consent to those risks, before being subject to any experimental protocol. But genetic engineering is an experimental protocol and, on the scale currently in vogue, it subjects us all to unquantifiable risks without our consent. This course investigates these risks and weighs them objectively against imagined benefits. It encourages students to reclaim their right to give informed consent before being subjected to these risks.
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher as a biology, chemistry, or heath science major.


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History and Literature of Music
  
  
  
  

  • HLM 111 - History of Music Theatre


    3 credit(s)
    This course is an in-depth study of the evolution of the American musical from the late 19th century to the present. With special focus on the contributions of major theatre composers, lyricists, and librettists, topics include European operetta, revue, musical comedy, musical drama, political satire, the director-choreographer “progressive” musical theatre, and the “theatrical pop event.”
    Prerequisite(s): Open to music theatre majors or by permission of instructor.


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  • HLM 474 - String Quartet Literature


    3 credit(s)
    This course helps string players to develop and synthesize their historical, analytical, and rehearsal skills through guided sight reading of the quartet literature. Stylistic roblems encountered while reading the course repertory initiate class discussion of topics such as historical context, notational practice, phrase structure, and articulation. Individual practicing of repertoire is not required. Open to undergraduates majoring in violin, viola, or violoncello.


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History: General Courses
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • HIS 441W - Making History


    3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
    In this course students make history. They choose topics and conduct primary and secondary historical research on them, including how historical interpretations of their topics have changed over time. Students find and interpret primary sources, identify and report on the relevant historical scholarship, and ultimately seek to make and substantiate an original argument based on this research. In the end, students have “made history” and created their own contributions to scholarly literature on their topics. Weekly class discussions provide students with tools for locating and analyzing sources and learning how to write a coherent and well-argued historical article.
    Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 , HIS 130  , HIS 131  , and HIS 241W .


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History: American History (A)
  

  • HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era


    3 credit(s)
    The first half of a two-part survey of American life since Columbus arrived in the New World, this course focuses on four principal topics: European colonization of the Americas, the development of the colonies and the road to the American Revolution, the origins and growth of African American slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. The course emphasizes broad themes and the experience of many different groups—farmers, servants, Indians, slaves, women—as well as the achievements of great leaders. Required for history majors. No prerequisite.


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  • HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era


    3 credit(s)
    The second half of a two-part survey of American life since Columbus arrived in the New World, this course focuses on five principal topics in American history since 1865: the rise of American industry and the development of American labor, world wars and America’s growing influence on world affairs, the impact of immigration, the birth and explosive growth of mass culture, the struggles to extend American democracy to excluded groups. The course emphasizes broad themes and the experiences of many different Americans as well as the achievements of great leaders. Required for history majors. No prerequisite.


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