Interdisciplinary Courses
Selected topics with Africana Studies focus.
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Special topics with a women’s studies focus.
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(Also PSY 335) An analysis of present research finding and theory pertaining to gender-related issues. Social and intellectual development, gender differences and gender role socialization will be examined. This course will provide students with a basis for understanding the role of gender in research and clinical applications.
(Also SOC 336) This course will analyze the social, cultural "non-western" conceptions of masculinity, femininity, male and female, heterosexuality and homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism, transsexuality and transgenderism.
(Also ENG 356) Major figures in the literature of Latin America and the Caribbean in translation. Writers will include: Allende, Borges, Vargas, Llosa, Fuentes, Hijuelos, Wolcott, Marquez, and Paz.
(Also HIS 361) This course will examine the “democratic” Revolutions in the United States, France, and Haiti. Precipitating events, choices, and outcomes will be analyzed through the process of comparing and contrasting the revolutions in each location. The treatment of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities will be given special consideration when considering ideas of citizenship and nationhood. Each student will write a major (20 page) research paper for this course.
(Also ENG 363) Distinguished writers of African, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin and African-American heritage. Emphasis is upon the theory and practice of Diaspora, and how it has shaped the literary voices of writers of African descent.
(Also SOC 369)This course seeks to examine Black families in the United States by exploring the social and cultural factors that have shaped them. It begins with an overview of the historical and anthropological roots of Black families, and then focuses on an in-depth analysis of their contemporary formations.
(Also SOC 414) This course examines the nature of social protest and resistance to oppression and asocial injustice, the ways in which individuals have organized to challenge the limitations and boundaries imposed upon them in order to create the conditions necessary for a dignified life, and the consequences of social protest. Topics include: revolutionary, human rights, civil rights, black power, labor, and women's movements around the world.
(Also SOC 415) This course involves a comprehensive examination of the particular situation of women when confronting the criminal justice system. Topics include: the history of women’s imprisonment, responses to female crime, theories of female criminality, crime statistics pertaining to women, and the criminal justice system’s response to women when they encounter it as victims.
(Also SOC 4 17) A requirement for the WMS minor, this course focuses on contemporary feminist theories regarding culture, identity, class, "race'/ethnicity, gender and sexuality. Relationships between social theory and praxis, and research methodology and the creation of knowledge are explored.
(Also PSY 425) A study of cultural differences in psychological functioning. In a world of increasing cultural contact, globalization, immigration, and ethnic tensions, it is increasingly important to learn about cultural differences and intercultural communication. Are there any psychological universals? How can intercultural relations be improved? These are some of the questions cross-cultural psychology seeks to address.
An interdisciplinary course on topics that arise from any of the academic disciplines. Specific topics may include culture, art, identity, sociobiology, and literature, among others. Divisions can elect to offer major and/or general education elective credit for a given seminar when appropriate, by submission to the General Education Committee. This course may be repeated for credit as topics change.
An interdisciplinary course on topics that arise from any of the academic disciplines. Specific topics may include culture, art, identity, sociobiology, and literature, among others. Divisions can elect to offer major and/or General Education elective credit for a given seminar when appropriate, by submission to the General Education Committee. This course may be repeated for credit as topics change.