Interdisciplinary Courses

AFS 226
Also Known As: WMS 226 , ENG 226

Varied works of western and/or non-western literature that illustrates how different races, ethnic groups, genders, and classes view themselves.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C-or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness, Writing Intensive
LAC 232

(Also ENG 232) Survey of Latin American literatures from the sixteenth century to the present. Emphasis is upon literary discourses the reflect and shape the diverse array of Latin American cultural identities throughout the region.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness
AFS 232
Also Known As: REL 232

(Also REL 232) This course will introduce the student to the basic beliefs and practices of Islam. It will also survey major historical, cultural, theological, and social developments. Special attention will be given to the Arabian origins of Islam and to its subsequent growth into a dynamic global tradition. The role of Islam in the modern world and its impact on American society will also be considered.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness
WMS 233

Selected topics with women’s studies focus.

Please contact your instructor for specific topic.

Prerequisite: Announced by the department offering the course.
LAC 233

(Also HIS 233) This course provides for the in-depth study of the people, society, culture, or movements during a particular historical period or for comparative analysis of societies, cultures or movements of people or ideas during particular periods, or other historical moments. This course also allows for the in-depth study of particular historical events. The topic and methods of evaluation will be defined by the instructor of the course. Offered most Spring and Fall semesters.

Please contact your instructor for specific topic.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
Minimum grade C- or better
AFS 233

Selected topics with Africana Studies focus.

Please contact your instructor for specific topic.

Prerequisite will be defined by the department offering the course.
WMS 234
Also Known As: SOC 234

(Also SOC 234)  Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Skills This course examines inequalities in power, privilege, and opportunities, which characterize the structure of most societies. It explores the role of ideology in legitimizing and sustaining unequal treatment due to differences in class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Topics include legal systems and the relation between educational attainment and social mobility.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology , PSY 100 Introduction To Psychology
Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
WMS 241
Also Known As: LAC 241 , SOC 241 , AFS 241

(Also AFS/LAC/SOC 241) This course examines race, ethnicity, racism, prejudice, discrimination, majority-minority relations, and other intergroup relations from a sociological perspective, paying close attention to the experiences of the major racial/ethnic groups in the United States-American Indians, European Americans, African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology , SOC 215 Statistics For Sociologists
With a grade of C or better.
LAC 241
Also Known As: WMS 241 , AFS 241 , SOC 241

(Also AFS/SOC/WMS 241) This course examines race, ethnicity, racism, prejudice, discrimination, majority-minority relations, and other intergroup relations from a sociological perspective, paying close attention to the experiences of the major racial/ethnic groups in the United States, namely, American Indians, European Americans, African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology , PSY 100 Introduction To Psychology
AFS 241
Also Known As: LAC 241 , SOC 241 , WMS 241

(Also LAC/SOC/WMS 241) This course examines race, ethnicity, racism, prejudice, discrimination, majority-minority relations, and other intergroup relations from a sociological perspective, paying close attention to the experiences of the major racial/ethnic groups in the United States, namely, American Indians, European Americans, African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology , PSY 100 Introduction To Psychology
AFS 248
Also Known As: PHL 248 , ENG 248

(Also ENG/PHL 248) Broad review of the literary period known as the Harlem Renaissance or the New Negro Movement. An examination of poetry, fiction, critical essays, art and music for social and aesthetic values projected in the artistic production of the day. Highlighting the transnational, trans-ethnic texture of African-American social consciousness.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
WMS 249
Also Known As: SOC 249

(Also SOC 249) From the perspective of the family as the most basic social institution in human society and as a focus of social change, this course discusses the major trends in the past forty years that have called attention to the diversity of American family life. Themes include the family life cycle, couple interaction, subcultural variations, and work-family interaction.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology
WMS 251
Also Known As: SOC 251

(Also SOC 251)  Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Skills Globalization may be conceptualized as the constellation of transformations and c rises with local and global consequences. Global crises are social, economic and political. Driven by networks of power, capital and technology, global processes are changing the structure and meaning of the nation-state, institutions, communities, family, culture and the self worldwide.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology
Problem Solving/Critical Thinking
WMS 256

This course explores the ways in which tradition, myth, social stereotypes and social forces shape American women’s lives. We will study the influence of gender from several disciplinary perspectives to help illuminate large subject areas, such as work, love, creativity, pornography, the family, communication, personal identity and selfworth. Any study of women recognizes that gender roles affect both women and men; thus, discussion includes issues related to male and female social development. Readings balance women’s common realities, such as biological functions and sex role training, with individual realities influenced by class, race, age and sexual orientation. Central to this course are choices and constraints contemporary women and men face as we make our way into the twenty-first century.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
WMS 258
Also Known As: ENG 258

(Also ENG 258) Spooky crumbling castles and things that go bump in the night are not all there is to gothic literature. This course examines the ways in which this literary genre delves into the human psyche to explore all the dark impulses that arise from the human soul. The course also looks at ways in which gender and sexuality figure into both the writing of this literature and the attitudes that it expresses. Students learn to examine fiction through a literary critical lens.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Aesthetic Appreciation, Transcultural & Global Awareness
AFS 259
Also Known As: ENG 259 , PHL 259

(Also ENG/PHL 259) Contemporary African-American Thought explores the intellectual contributions of prominent African-American writers and philosophers from the late twentieth century to the present. Through literary analysis, discussion, and participation in a class conference, students investigate the cultural, political, aesthetic, and philosophic dilemmas of the African Americans in the contemporary age.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness
LAC 264
Also Known As: ENG 264

(Also ENG 264) Study of Caribbean literature with emphasis upon the oral and literary traditions of the English-speaking Caribbean. Consideration is also given to creole Caribbean languages and the ways in which they have shaped the development of Caribbean literatures and cultures.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness
AFS 266
Also Known As: CAT 266

(Also CAT 266) An overview of the contributions African-Americans have made to American performance culture. Exploration of black performance traditions and the social contexts in which they were developed. A useful sampling of information for students interested in American Studies, African-American Studies, Theatre, Dance, Drama, History, Music, Popular Culture and related areas.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
LAC 268
Also Known As: ENG 268 , AFS 268

(Also AFS/ENG 268) Haitian literature explores the literary contributions of prominent writers, artists, and filmmakers from Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora. All course texts are in translated to English. Using the literature as a lens, the course investigates Haitian history and Haitian cultural discourses. Haiti’s historic and cultural impact in the Caribbean region and throughout the Americas is also considered.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness
AFS 268
Also Known As: ENG 268 , LAC 268

(Also ENG/LAC 268) Haitian literature explores the literary contributions of prominent writers, artists, and filmmakers from Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora. All course texts are translated to English. Using the literature as a lens, the course investigates Haitian history and Haitian cultural discourses. Haiti’s historic and cultural impact in the Caribbean region and throughout the Americas is also considered.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
With a final grade of C- or better.
Transcultural & Global Awareness
WMS 300
Also Known As: HIS 300

(Also HIS 300) This course will examine the treatment of people monetarily improverished by public and private institutions from the colonial period to the modern ear. Changing theories, practices, and attitudes about the poor and about poverty are the focus of study. Of central concern to this course is the response of poor peoples to these policies and the ways in which they resisted and organized. Each student will write a major (20 page) research paper for the course. This course will alternate between a United States history course and a Latin America Caribbean history course.

Prerequisites: HIS 219 Writing History
Or consent of the Instructor.
Writing Intensive
WMS 302
Also Known As: CAT 302

(Also CAT 302) A hands-on quilting bee and a global look at women, past and present, as artists and workers in fabric.

Prerequisites: WRT 108 Enhanced Synthesis and Research Writing , WRT 109 Synthesis and Research Writing
Transcultural & Global Awareness
LAC 305
Also Known As: SOC 305

(Also SOC 305) Latinos, or Hispanic Americans, constitute the largest minority in the United States today. Yet, in a society that continues to focus on the BlackWhite racial divide, Latinos are often ignored. This course explores the experiences of Latinos from a sociological perspective. Topics include immigration trends, the meaning of race in the construction of Hispanic ethnicity, educational attainment, work, health, media representations, and family life.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology
WMS 314
Also Known As: SOC 314

(Also SOC 314) Using historical documents, social statistics, works of literature, anthropology, and social and psychoanalytic theory, this course examines the process of marginalization, compares conceptions of sanity and insanity among different cultures and sub-cultures, and analyzes the consequences of institutionalization, stigmatization, and marginalization.

Prerequisites: SOC 100 Introduction To Sociology , SOC 215 Statistics For Sociologists
With a grade of C or better.
WMS 333

Special topics with a women’s studies focus. 

Please contact your instructor for specific topic.

Prerequisite: Announced when department offers the course.

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