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Sociology |
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SO 205 - Social Problems/Social Change (3) Students will study social problems such as sexism, racism, and classism in the United States and around the world. Individual and institutional responses to social problems will be examined with a focus on human rights and the pursuit of social justice for populations-at-risk. Students will be encouraged to explore the concept of “civic responsibility” and discover what they can do to promote social change on local, national, and international levels. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Social Sciences. FA, SP.
MOTR SOCI 201 - Social Problems
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SO 216 - Social Psychology (3) Study of the nature and causes of individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social situations. Topics include social cognition, perception of others’ intentions, attitudes, interpersonal relationships, and the power of a group to influence individual behavior. Prerequisite: PY 101 or SO 101 . 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform. FA, SP.
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SO 221 - Cultures of the World (3-12) A survey of the cultural and social processes that influence human behavior with comparative examples from different ethnic groups around the world. The course will focus on a comparative analysis of economic, political, religious, and family structures in Africa, the Americas, Oceania, and the Orient. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. FA or SP.
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SO 230 - Social Statistics (3) An introductory course in applied statistical techniques used in the social and behavioral sciences. Topics include descriptive statistics such as measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion. Special attention will be given to a systematic discussion of some widely-used inferential statistics such as Chi-square, analysis of variance, and regression. Statistical analysis will be used throughout the course. Prerequisite: Liberal Arts, Mathematics. FA, SP.
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SO 260 - Sociology of Deviance (3) This course provides an overview of the phenomenon of deviance. It examines the social processes leading to the defining of acts as deviant, how individuals and groups respond to deviance, and the various theories explaining deviant behavior. FA.
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SO 309 - Marriage & the Family (3) Examination of the major aspects of the family as a social institution; the current trends, changing nature, and possible developments of the family in the future. FA, even years.
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SO 322 - Classical Sociological Theory (3) This course examines the major early contributors to sociological theory. Particular attention is given to functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and ecological theory. Prerequisite: SO 101 . FA, odd years.
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SO 340 - Social Stratification (3) This course studies the numerous sources of social stratification, as well as its impact on the behavior and the life-course of individuals. A particular emphasis is placed on examining the distribution of wealth, prestige, power in society and the social processes influencing these distributions. Prerequisite: SO 101 . SP, odd years.
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SO 351 - Human Institutions (3) This course provides a comparative analysis of basic human institutions, their origins, and their evolution. Institutions covered include the family, the economy, the polity, kinship, religion, law, and education, among others. Particular attention is given to the interconnection and differentiation among institutions, as well as how institutions influence individual behavior. Prerequisite: SO 101 . FA, even years.
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SO 360 - Criminological Theory (3) This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of criminological theory. The topics covered include distinctions between scientific and nonscientific explanations of crime, criminological schools of thought, and emerging trends in criminological theory. Prerequisites: SO 101. SP, even years.
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SO 366 - Law & Society (3) This course examines law as a fundamental social institution. Attention is given to how legal systems emerge, operate, and change within the context of a larger society. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the theoretical perspectives that explain law as a social phenomenon. SP, odd years.
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SO 380 - Topics in Sociology (3) Sociology principles applied to current issues. Specific topics change each semester.
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SO 390 - Directed Research (1-6) Opportunity for the criminology and justice studies or sociology minor to explore a topic in depth under the supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit, not to exceed course maximum credit of 6 credit hours. Prerequisites: SO 101 and 9 additional hours of sociology.
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SO 397 - Research Methods (3) Introduction to methodology and techniques; formulation of research problems; study design; hypotheses; sampling; measurement; questionnaire construction; interviewing and data collection; processing and tabulation; analysis and interpretation; presentation of findings. FA, odd years.
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SO 499 - Independent Research (1-6) Student will use their knowledge of criminological or sociological theory, methods, and statistical analysis to implement a research project. Students will engage in all steps of the research process, including the writing of a research paper that is appropriate for publication in a professional sociology journal. Course may be repeated for up to 6 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisites: SO 230 and SO 397 .
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Software Engineering |
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SF 195 - Introduction to Computer Careers (1) Considers career opportunities available to computer scientists and software engineers. Students will research the various opportunities and will interview and observe computer professionals. Students will discuss and report on what they learn about the skills, attitudes, and knowledge areas that contribute to success of computer professionals. Prerequisite: CS 120 . SP.
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SF 201 - Introduction to Software Engineering (3) Study of the tools and techniques used in the lifecycle of large software system. Topics include waterfall, iterative, incremental, and agile software development practices; phases of the software lifecycle (e.g. requirements analysis, specifications, design, coding, testing); Unified Modeling Language and other tools for modeling and designing various aspects of software systems; quality assurance and testing. Prerequisite: CS 120 . FA.
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SF 315 - Operating Systems (3) A study of operating system concepts and how those concepts are used in the design and implementation of modern operating systems. Topics include process management, processor scheduling, memory management, virtual memory, I/O, file systems, deadlocks, and concurrency. Prerequisites: CS 222 , MA 120 or MA 125 . SP.
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SF 340 - Database Management (3) Studies of database management systems including database requirements, ER modeling, relational database modeling, database design, normalization and semantic data modeling, and database implementation and use. Students will design databases and program in SQL. Prerequisites: CS 222 , MA 120 or MA 125 . FA.
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SF 350 - Systems Analysis & Design (3) In-depth discussion of the methodologies for designing and implementing computer-based systems. The course considers how to break the software system lifecycle into phases and the activities and products of each phase (especially those dealing with analysis and design). Case studies are used to emphasize the points covered. Prerequisites: CS 120 , MA 120 , and CS 313 or CS 314 . SP.
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SF 495 - Internship (3) Participatory software engineering experience working for a company or non-profit organization. The choice of organization and type of work is to be determined by the student but must be approved in advance by a Computer Science faculty member who will coordinate the student’s placement. Prerequisite: CS 222 , MA 120 or MA 125 , and Senior standing. 2015 CORE: Community Engagement. FA, SP.
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SF 499 - Software Engineering Capstone (3) Provides opportunity for students to integrate learning from throughout their Software Engineering coursework. Students will do major projects requiring mastery of complex software engineering skills and concepts and do literature reviews from software engineering scholarly literature. Prerequisites: CS 222 , MA 120 or MA 125 , and Senior standing. FA, SP.
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Spanish |
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SP 111 - Fundamentals of Spanish I (3) Designed to introduce the student to the study of grammar and vocabulary, aural comprehension, oral ability, and the reading and writing of simple Spanish with the end goal of being able to communicate effectively with Spanish speakers and to understand/develop cultural empathy. This course will focus on language, as well as the many facets of several Hispanic cultures. It will help the student to develop all of his/her language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Because of the strong connection of language to culture and identity, some cultural nuances that he/she has never before considered will become apparent through language learning and practice with interaction and communication in a multicultural environment. This class will emphasize the learning of Spanish for real-world purposes through introductory grammar and basic vocabulary, writings, texts, and skits. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire, Global Studies. FA, SP.
MOTR LANG 103 - Spanish I
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SP 112 - Fundamentals of Spanish II (3) Continued study of the grammar and vocabulary and development of aural comprehension, oral ability, and the reading and writing of simple Spanish learned in SP 111 . It is designed to introduce the student to the Spanish language and the many facets of several Hispanic cultures, and to develop all his/her language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and has an end goal of effective communication and understanding and development of cultural empathy. Because of the strong connection of language to culture and identity, some cultural nuances that the student has never before considered will become apparent through language learning and practice by interaction and communication in a multicultural environment. This course will emphasize the learning of Spanish for real-world purposes through introductory grammar and basic vocabulary, writings, texts, presentations, and written communication with Spanish-speaking pen pals who are at the same or at a similar level of proficiency in English. Prerequisite: SP 111 with a “C” or better or at least one year of high school Spanish. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire, Global Studies. SP.
MOTR LANG 104 - Spanish II
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SP 180, 280, 380 - Special Topics (1-3) Selected topics to be determined by the department. Prerequisite: Permission of Advisor and Instructor.
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SP 490 - Directed Study (1-6) The student independently pursues an approved and directed, in-depth study of a specific area of Spanish. Course may be repeated for up to 3 credit hours towards the degree.
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Study Tour |
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ST 304 - Study Tour (1-3) Short off-campus courses offered in a variety of locations for students who wish to expand their understanding of the peoples and cultures of the world. Includes preliminary lectures and readings and an individual project after returning from the off-campus site. Course may be repeated for up to 3 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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ST 308 - Study Abroad (12-18) Avila University has affiliated with universities to offer study abroad opportunities in countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, England, Austria, Thailand, China, Japan, and Spain. Courses chosen are determined with the assistance of the academic advisor. Credits for study abroad will be transcripted from courses completed at the university abroad. Students interested in information should contact the Center for Global Studies and Social Justice, located on the first floor of Carondelet Hall. Study abroad is open only to current Avila students. Course may be repeated for up to 18 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Completion of application and all paperwork required by deadlines set by the sponsoring university; good standing at Avila University. FA, SP, SU.
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Theatre |
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TR 110 - The World of Theatre (3) This course serves as an introduction to theatre as an institution by providing a multicultural and global understanding. Students will read and discuss dramatic texts in relation to performance from a variety of historical eras with particular emphasis on social and cultural issues and how artistic innovation addresses these. It will give students a greater understanding and meaning of theatre as an efficacious global art form. Designed for non-theatre majors. This course has a lab fee. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Acquire. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Arts. FA, SP.
MOTR THEA 100A - Theatre Appreciation
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TR 180 - Special Topics (1-3) Under faculty supervision, a study project is pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 3 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: departmental permission.
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TR 211 - Voice/Diction and Dialects (3) Physiology of the vocal mechanism and sound formation. Lecture and lab sessions to insure proper training of voice, to achieve voice mastery and power, and in the study of regional dialects. FA, odd years.
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TR 223 - History and Literature of the Theatre I (3) Development of theatre and drama from the Greek to Elizabethan periods. FA, even years.
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TR 225 - Stage Combat (2) Techniques of hand-to-hand and armed choreographed combat and falls. SP.
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TR 227 - Stage Make-up (2) Application of theatrical make-up for various character types and styles. Structure of the face and its relationship to theatrical make-up. FA, odd years.
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TR 229 - Scenic Art for the Stage (3) Introduction to the principles and techniques of scenic painting. SP, odd years.
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TR 235 - Playwriting (3) Basic technique of writing for the stage. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . SP, odd years.
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TR 251 - Stagecraft (3) Introduction to scenery construction and the elements of theatrical design. Laboratory required. FA.
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TR 253 - Stage Lighting (3) Introduction to the principles and theories of lighting stage productions. Laboratory required. SP.
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TR 255 - Costume Techniques/Design (3) Costume construction including the study of fabrics, color, fundamentals of pattern making, elements of design, and construction of costumes for stage productions. Laboratory required. SP, odd years.
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TR 257 - Sound Engineering & Design (3) Intro to the function, principles, and practices of theatrical sound design. Prerequisite: Departmental permission. SP, odd years.
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TR 271 - Acting I (3) Training in basic elements of the performer’s craft. Exercises and class projects to facilitate the understanding of and sensitivity to a given theatrical situation. FA.
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TR 272 - Acting II (3) Scene study acting techniques through the exploration of texts, language, and multiple-character scenes. In-depth analysis of an actions and experience in class presentations. SP.
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TR 280 - Special Topics (1-3) Under faculty supervision, a study project is pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 3 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: departmental permission.
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TR 281 - Script Analysis/Directing Principles (3) Analysis of scripts with application to directing fundamentals in a laboratory experiential situation. FA, even years.
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TR 284 - Theatre Management Practicum (1-2) Participatory experience in Goppert Theatre management for advanced students. Selected individual projects prepare students for future management situations. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree.
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TR 286 - Technical Theatre Practicum (1-2) Participatory stagecraft, design, and production experience. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
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TR 287 - Costume Practicum (1-2) Participatory experience assisting the design and execution of costumes for department production. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
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TR 288 - Stage Management Practicum (1-2) Participatory experience by assuming duties as stage manager or assistant stage manager for department production. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
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TR 289 - Directing Practicum (1-2) Participatory experience by assuming duties as assistant director for department production. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
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TR 314 - Puppetry (3) An introduction to puppetry as a global art form. In this class, we will explore puppetry techniques and styles from around the world. This course will culminate in an original short form puppetry performance. SP, even years.
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TR 315 - Children’s Theatre Production (3) Research and literature of children’s theatre, methods of producing and directing plays for and with children in school and community situations. FA, even years.
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TR 324 - History & Literature of the Theatre II (3) Development of theatre and drama from the Elizabethan period to the present. SP, odd years.
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TR 361 - Stage Management (3) Techniques for stage managers in educational, community, and professional productions. FA, odd years.
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TR 377 - Business of Acting (3) Preparatory steps for interviews, auditions, selection of material, business etiquette, and proper dress. Includes writing a cover letter, resume and vitae, and performing practical class projects. FA, odd years.
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TR 380 - Special Topics (1-3) Under faculty supervision, an advanced study project is pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 6 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: departmental permission.
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TR 390 - Directed Studies (3) Under faculty supervision, an advanced study project is pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Permission of department.
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TR 391 - Acting III (3) Training in character development techniques–scene study, improvisation, and physicality. In-depth process in structuring persona with memoir, anecdote, narrative, and physical nature. This course is intended to prepare students specifically for the senior capstone experience. Course may be repeated for up to 6 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: TR 271 or TR 272 . SP, even years.
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TR 415 - Playwright Seminar (3) Analysis of significant plays and their respective playwrights, including major periods of world theatrical history. SP, even years.
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TR 425 - Dramatic Theory & Criticism (3) Study of the major documents in dramatic theory and criticism, including commentaries from 500 B.C.E. through the early 21st Century. FA, odd years.
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TR 451 - Computer Drafting for the Theatre (3) Principles and theories of scenic composition. Practice in computer drafting, CAD, and model making. Focus on preliminary scenic designs. Prerequisite: TR 251 . FA, odd years.
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TR 452 - Period Styles in Scenic Design (3) Survey of theatre architecture and scenic styles. Study of the designer in a production organization. Practice in drafting, model making, and rendering. Focus on full scenic designs. Prerequisite: TR 451 . SP, even years.
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TR 453 - Advanced Scenery & Prop Construction (3) Advanced techniques in woodworking, painting, metal, fabric, and plastics. Prerequisite: TR 251 . SP, even years.
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TR 454 - Advanced Lighting & Sound Design (3) Practice in different approaches to stage lighting and sound design through light plots, sound engineering, and realized demonstrations. Prerequisites: TR 253 and TR 257 . FA, even years.
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TR 455 - History of Costume (3) Survey of historical dress from the Egyptians to the present. Practice in research and costume design. SP, even years.
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TR 456 - Portfolio Prep for the Theatre (3) Students will explore the business of theatre design technology through development of career related materials including the creation of resumes, cover letters, hard copy portfolios, promotional materials, and websites. Prerequisite: Departmental permission. FA.
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TR 462 - Theatre Management (3) Survey of business management in educational, community, and professional theatre. Techniques in developing and maintaining a theatre will be examined through the development of a mock theatre on paper and with presentations. SP, even years.
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TR 463 - Advanced Directing (3) Practical application of principles and directorial concepts in class and studio projects. Prerequisite: TR 281 . SP, odd years.
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TR 471 - Shakespeare in Performance (3) Examination of classical acting technique focused on Shakespearean verse, prose, and rhetoric. Exercises and class projects facilitate powerful interpretation, expression, and clarity. FA, even years.
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TR 473 - Acting Styles (3) Examination of the various acting techniques through discussion of period styles, acting exercises, and scene work. Styles covered may include Classical Greek, Restoration/French Neo-Classical, Eastern, Naturalism, Realism, Post-Modernism, Theatre of the Absurd and/or Guerilla. Prerequisites: TR 271 and TR 272 . FA, odd years.
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TR 477 - Acting IV–Advanced Acting (3) Addresses advanced acting technique and form through class discussion, improvisation, and scene work. Individual and group projects at the advanced level. Course may be repeated for up to 6 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisites: TR 271 or TR 272 . SP, odd years.
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TR 480 - Special Topics (1-3) Under faculty supervision, an advanced study project is pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: departmental permission.
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TR 490 - Directed Studies (3) Under faculty supervision, an advanced study project is pursued in the area of choice. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
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TR 495 - Internship (3) Student pursues, under faculty supervision, an internship project in the area of choice. Prerequisite: Departmental permission. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute, Community Engagement.
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TR 499 - Senior Project (3) Senior capstone experience in individual student’s discipline incorporating all areas of concentration. Meets the Capstone requirement in the major. Prerequisites: Departmental permission and Senior standing.
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Women’s and Gender Studies |
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WS 111 - Religion & Popular Culture (3) This course helps students build critical analytical tools to study religion as a cultural phenomenon using popular culture as its primary data. Students will become conversant with major themes, issues, and figures that have been instrumental in religion’s social description and analysis. Case studies from popular culture (including film, TV, social media, politics, fashion, etc.) will provide an analytical lens through which to explore how these various theories on religion might be applied. The course will pay special attention to the dynamics of gender, race, and class.
2015 CORE: Belief & Reason, Acquire. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Religious Studies, Global Studies.
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WS 202 - Religion & Gender (3) This course will examine how gender concepts and religious rhetoric have shaped each other across the globe. Drawing from a number of different religious traditions, we will focus on religion as a social tool reflective of a culture’s larger power dynamics, including (among other things) its: gender roles; ideals of sexuality; attitudes about reproduction; and norms regarding physical embodiment. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Religious Studies, Global Studies. SP.
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WS 203 - Religion & US Politics (3) This course considers the role that religious rhetoric has played in the formation of the United States and related concepts of governance, patriotism, and citizenship. We will explicitly examine how politicians and other representatives of the state have used religion in order to impact American culture. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: the religious aims of the Founding Fathers; the separation of church and state; Islamophobia and American national identity; the use of religion in political races, etc. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Religious Studies. SP.
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WS 214 - Psychology of Gender (3) This course provides an exploration of various perspectives on the role of gender in the formation of individual identity, as well as the interrelationship between gender identity and society. Students will examine the construction and development of gender identity through a scientific lens. The interaction between gender stereotypes and relationships, work, and health are explored. 2015 CORE: Explorations of Nature, Transform. FA.
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WS 221 - Divas, Ingénues & Vixens (3) A study of folk, popular, and refined music from the Western tradition specifically analyzing the compositions, performances, and role of women in music and applying feminist perspectives. Comparative elements such as ethnomusicology and male musicians will be utilized to provide a framework for gender within the greater context of the music of women. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Transform. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Arts. SP, odd years.
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WS 253 - Gendered Media (3) A critical/cultural approach will provide a framework for understanding how gender, class, race, age, and ethnicity influence the production, construction, and consumption of the media. The emphasis is on understanding gendered media from a global perspective and empowering media consumers through both critical analysis and active creative production. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Transform, Global Studies. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Social Sciences. FA.
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WS 270 - Fairy Tales & History (3) Using gender as a central category of historical analysis, this course is an exploration of fairy tales as a means to promote and/or subvert power relations in European society from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Students will read and interpret primary sources (i.e., the fairy tales of both male and female collectors/writers) and understand and critically appraise secondary works (scholars’ interpretations of the fairy tales from a variety of historical and other disciplinary perspectives), which are essential in understanding history as a discipline. Meets the lower-division requirement for World history in the history major. Meets the lower-division requirement for World history in the history major. Prerequisite: EN 111 or appropriate assessment score. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, History.
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WS 271 - The Witch (3) Using gender as a central category of historical analysis, this course is an exploration of the images and realities of women and gender in Early Modern Europe in general and the witch hunts of the sixteenth through the eighteen centuries in particular. The focus of the course will first focus on a general survey of women and gender in Early Modern Europe from ca. 1450 to 1750 focusing on 1) power relations and gender in European society and 2) transnational influences of colonialism on both “European” and “colonial” women. The latter portion of the course will focus on case studies of the witch hunts using the theoretical foundation of power relations and gender established earlier in the semester. Students will read and interpret primary sources (i.e., ancient, medieval, and early modern accounts of beliefs, trials, and criticism of witch hunts) and understand and critically appraise secondary works (scholars’ interpretations of the witch hunts from a variety of historical and other disciplinary perspectives), which are essential in understanding history as a discipline. Meets the lower-division requirement for World history in the history major. Prerequisite: EN 111 or appropriate assessment score. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, History.
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WS 275 - Gender & Literature (3) This course explores the expression of gender as it appears in selected literature from the 19th Century to the 21st Century. In this class, we will explore Western heteronormative masculinity and femininity as well as alternative gender expression. Among the secondary focuses evaluated in this course are issues of power, authority, social representation, and social change as they relate to gender issues. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform, Global Studies. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. FA, SP.
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WS 278 - Global Literature (3) Through the lens of literature, this course explores the flows of people and their culture and labor across borders. Each text is examined in terms of its artistic and political dimensions with a focus on identity, gender politics, and historical revision. Rather than discrete nations and single cultures, the course concentrates on movement, hybridity, and multiplicity. In addition to physical movement, the course examines other possessions that move across the borders including information, language, traditions, and beliefs, examining ways in which people remember, re-imagine, and reshape their sense of self and community. Prerequisite: EN 111 or EN 112 . 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Acquire, Global Studies. 2020 CORE: Liberal Arts, Literature/Rhetoric. FA, SP.
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WS 311 - American Women (3) This course explores changing cultural images of women, examines the role of gender in structuring American society, and compares the experiences of American women from a variety of racial and ethnic groups as well as class positions. Additionally, this course includes a discussion of important theoretical and methodological concerns related to women’s and gender history. Meets the upper-division requirement for American History in the history major. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Contribute.
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WS 326 - Feminist Theory & Practice (3) This course provides an overview of the major philosophical issues that have defined feminism as a subject of intellectual inquiry and offers practical engagement of these issues through its community engagement component. Although feminism’s historical focus has been on women, an even more fundamental issue for the movement has been how power and oppression are created from and wielded upon various categories of humans. In this light, this course will explore the construction of numerous identities (including “woman,” “man,” and many other ways of understanding the self), how power is negotiated from those identities, and how these translate into issues of subjectivity, rights, politics, aesthetics, sexuality, ethics, and a host of other issues. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Contribute, Community Engagement. FA.
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WS 331 - Women & Science (3) This interdisciplinary course in Women’s Studies and Natural Science introduces students to the complex and challenging relationship between women and science and technology across the globe. The course introduces students to the history of women and science and technology, including the ways in which female biology has been framed by philosophers, physicians, and scientists from the ancient Greeks to the present and ways in which science has used gender as a way to explain the natural world. The course examines examples of gender bias in the substance of science and technology on both a broad and individual basis, identifies gender stratification within scientific and technological professions, explores the ways in which women use science and technology regarding reproduction, and analyzes persistent barriers to women’s participation and advancement in STEM fields. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform. Global Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies. FA, odd years.
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WS 354 - Victimology (3) This course will examine research, theory, history, legislation, and current trends in various forms of victimization while discussing victim characteristics, victim-offender relationships, and victim interaction with the criminal justice system. SP, even years.
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WS 365 - The German Fatherland (3) This course explores the transformation of the German-speaking lands from an ambiguous cultural patchwork of feudal lands to a unified, industrial, and culturally diverse empire in the period from 1780 to 1914. Using gender as a central category of historical analysis, special attention is given to the dynamic relationship between German national identity (“the German Fatherland”) and supposed outsiders in German society, such as workers, women, and Jews. Meets the upper-division requirement for World history in the history major. 2015 CORE: Creativity & Culture, Contribute.
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WS 372 - Being Together: A Global Context (3) This interdisciplinary course considers what it means to exist together with other human beings in the midst of a “global” world, especially as that concept is navigated by means of gender, race, class, and other differences. The course will consider both the most basic philosophical issues involved in existing with others (recognition, acknowledgment, and inter-subjectivity, and their failures) as well as the more specific ways in which we come to relate to and identify ourselves and each other. 2015 CORE: Social Justice & Civic Life, Transform, Interdisciplinary Studies, Global Studies.
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WS 380 - Topics in Women’s Studies (1-3) Special topics in women’s studies are explored from a variety of academic disciplines. Course topics are determined based on faculty/student interest and program needs. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credit hours towards the degree. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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WS 440 - Gender & Crime (3) This course investigates definitions of gender, gender roles, and how gender effects offending, victimization, and criminal justice processing. The course also examines the influence of gender on working as a criminal justice professional. Criminological theories are evaluated in light of gender and the relationship between gender and the criminal justice system. Prerequisites: SO 101 and CR 264. FA, even years.
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WS 471 - Women & Children Health & Illness Concepts (4) This specialty nursing theory course examines the concepts related to nursing care of women and children. Prerequisites: NU 471 , NU 450 , NU 452 , and NU 453 . SP.
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Liberal Arts |
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LA 101 - Liberal Arts Foundations (3) This course will provide students with a broad understanding of the value of this course of study. Along with a theoretical understanding, practical applications that cross an array of disciplines will demonstrate the efficacy of the major through readings, speakers, in-class discussion, and projects. Required of all Liberal Arts Studies majors.
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LA 499 - Seminar in Liberal Arts Studies (3) Integrative seminar for Liberal Arts Studies majors designed to allow students to integrate the perspectives gained in previous courses in their emphasis areas. Meets capstone requirement in the major. Prerequisties: Senior standing. Liberal Arts Studies majors only.
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