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of courses. The following list is meant as a guide for those looking for courses with Women's Studies
content. Spring 2003 courses are now listed, click here to see those with Women's
Studies content. Registration began 12/2/02 and classes start Tuesday, January 28.
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Registration begins November 12th $150 per credit - courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted ON-line courses are $200 per credit - no materials fee |
ENGL 132 - Man and Woman in Literature (AL G)
ON-CAMPUS section - Monday through Friday 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Dorothea Lasky
Literature treating the relationship between man and woman. Topics may include: the nature of love, the
image of the hero and heroine, and definitions, past and present, of the masculine and feminine.
Textbooks for online section: Ernest Hemingway, "The Garden of Eden" ISBN 0684804522; Virginia Woolf,
"To the Lighthouse" ISBN 0156907399; Jean Toomer, "Cane" ISBN 0871401517; Raymond Chandler, "The Big
Sleep" ISBN 0394758285; Joan Didion, "Play It As It Lays" ISBN 0374521719.
ONLINE SECTION begins January 2nd - $200 per credit - no materials fee
Instructor: Michael Edwards
PSYCH 308 - Psychology of Women (SB U)
Monday through Thursday 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Prerequisite: Elementary Psychology.
Instructor: Beth Lux
A general introduction. Two sections: the issue of sex differences, including evidence for and
explanation of such differences; and "Women's issues," topics of particular interest to women in
contemporary society (e.g., violence against women, work and achievement).
SOCIOL 106 - Race, Gender, Class and Ethnicity (SB U)
Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m.-noon
Instructor: Sarah Ford
Introduction to sociology. Discussion of the effects and experiences of race, gender, and social class on
social and economic processes and their relationship to family, occupation, and other aspects of social
life.
SOCIOL 222 - The Family (SB U)
Monday through Thursday 9 a.m.-noon
Instructor: Isha Sharma
First part: historical transformations in family life (relationships between husbands and wives, position
and treatment of children, importance of kinship ties); second part: the contemporary family through life
course (choice of a mate, relations in marriage, parenthood, breakup of the family unit).
SOCIOL 387 - Sexuality and Society (SB U)
Monday through Thursday 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Brian Kapitulik
The many ways in which social factors shape sexuality. Focus on cultural diversity, including such
factors as race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual identity in organizing sexuality in both individuals and
social groups. Also includes adolescent sexuality; the invention of heterosexuality, homosexuality, and
bisexuality; the medicalization of sexuality; and social theories about how people become sexual.
SOCIOL 395K - Domestic Violence
Online course
Instructor: Kevin Warwick
A survey of patterns and trends in domestic violence in contemporary America, including detailed
discussion of the factors that cause and reduce it. Topics include the role of family and work-related
stresses as triggers in domestic violence, cultural definitions of violence as an acceptable or
unacceptable response to anger; gender-related differences in this response, and the individual and
social costs of domestic violence. Special attention will be paid to historical changes in American legal
definitions of domestic violence and to the resulting changes in the American criminal justice system's
responses to it.
WOMENSST 187 - Introduction to Women's Studies (I U)
Monday through Thursday 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Chizu Sato
Basic concepts and perspectives in Women's Studies, with women's experiences at the center of
interpretation. Critical reading and thinking about gender and its interaction with race and class. Focus
on women's history and contemporary issues for women.
COMPONENT
(Students who would like the following courses to count towards their major or minor must focus their
paper(s) or project(s) on Women's Studies. 100-level courses count only towards the minor.)
AFROAM 151 - Culture and Literature (AL U)
Monday through Thursday 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Relevant forms of Black cultural expressions contributing to the shape and character of contemporary
Black culture; the application of these in traditional Black writers. Includes: West African cultural
patterns and the Black past; the transition-slavery, the culture of survival; the cultural patterns
through literature; and Black perceptions versus white perceptions.
AFROAM 236 - History of the Civil Rights Movement (HS U)
Monday through Thursday 9:00-12:00 p.m.
Examination of the civil rights movement from the Brown v. Topeka decision to the rise of Black power.
All the major organizations of the period, e.g., SCLC, SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and the Urban League. The
impact on the white students and the anti-war movement.
ANTH 104 - Culture, Society and People (SB G)
Monday through Friday 12:30-3:00 p.m.
Instructor: Jennifer Foster
Exploration of the different societies and cultures, and of the field of cultural anthropology through
the medium of film. Ethnographic and documentary films; focus on non-Western cultures and ecological
adaptations, gender roles, ethnicity, race, class, religion, politics, and social change.
COMM 121 - Introduction to Media and Culture
Monday through Thursday 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Instructor: Lynn Comella
An introduction to the social role of mass media in advanced industrial western societies, focusing on
how relationships between mass communications and the surrounding economic framework affect cultural,
political, and ideological processes in society. An explanation of social and historical contexts within
which newspapers, radio, and television developed and how they are structured with attention to both the
domestic and international implications of treating mass media as just another industry.
COMM 226 - Social Impact of Mass Media
Monday through Friday 12:30-3:00 p.m.
Instructor: Andrea Bergstrom
The correlates, consequences, and functions of mass communication from a variety of traditional and
contemporary perspectives. Theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches that have been applied to
the field; emphasis on how institutions, technology, messages, and audiences contribute to the social and
cultural impact of the mass communication process.
COMP-LIT 122 - Spiritual Autobiography (AL G)
Monday through Friday 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Chris Michalski
Exploration of the individual psyche, growth of self-consciousness; the dark night of the soul and the
role of suffering in personal growth. Reading from a variety of spiritual diaries, autobiographies, from
East and West, written by women and men, believers and heretics. Ancient and modern examples.
COMP-LIT 141 - Good and Evil: East and West (AL G)
Monday through Friday 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Alissandra Paschkowiak
The imaginative representation of good and evil in Western and Eastern classics, folktales, children's
stories, and 20th-century literature. Cross-cultural comparison of ethical approaches to moral problems
such as the suffering of the innocent, the existence of evil, the development of a moral consciousness
and social responsibility, and the role of faith in a broken world. Contemporary issues of nuclear war,
holocaust, AIDS, abortion, marginal persons, anawim, and unwanted children.
EDUC 210 - Social Diversity in Education (IU)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4:00-7:00 p.m. (1/7-1/23)
SA (1/18) 9 a.m.-5 p.m. + Th (1/23) 4-8 p.m.
Instructor: Christopher Lester
Focus on issues of social identity, social and cultural diversity, and societal manifestations of
oppression. Draws on interdisciplinary perspectives of social identity development, social learning
theory, and sociological analysis of power and privilege within broad social contexts.
ENGLISH 115 - The American Experience (AL U)
Monday through Friday, 12:30-3 p.m.
Instructor: Ben Balthaser
Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American culture, with a wide historical scope and
attention to diverse cultural experiences in the U.S. Readings in fiction, prose, and poetry,
supplemented by painting, photography, film, and material culture.
PHIL 164 - Medical Ethics (AT)
ONLINE
Instructor: Brian Kiniry
Introduction to ethics through issues of medicine and health care. Topics include abortion, euthanasia,
truth telling, medical experimentation, and the allocation of scarce medical resources.
SOCIOL 103 - Social Problems (SB U)
Instructor: Brittnie Aiello
Monday through Thursday 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Introduction to sociology. The major social problems facing American society today such as crime, mental
health, drug addiction, family tension, gender, race, ethnic, and social inequalities, are reviewed
contemporarily and historically.
DEPARTMENTAL
ENGLISH 132
SOCIOL 106
SOCIOL 222
SOCIOL 395K- ONLINE COURSE!
WOST 187
ANTHRO 106
ANTHRO 397E
COMM 226
COMP-LIT 131
COMP-LIT 141
EDUC 210
NURSING 490N- ONLINE COURSE!
PHIL 164- ONLINE COURSE!
SOCIOL 224
The following Sociology course, SOCIOL 481 is part of the UWW-DMR program. Only UWW DMH or DMR students
can register for this course.
SOCIOL 481
Registration began December 2, 2002
Classes begin Tuesday, January 28
Courses are 3 credits - $150 per credit
$200 per credit for online courses unless otherwise noted
(All departmental courses except 100-level automatically count towards the major.)
Man and Woman in Literature (AL G)
Thursday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Michael Mattison
Literature treating the relationship between man and woman. Topics may include: the nature of love, the
image of the hero and heroine, and definitions, past and present, of the masculine and feminine.
Race, Gender, Class & Ethnicity (SB U)
Wednesday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Afshan Jafar
Introduction to sociology. Discussion of the effects and experiences of race, gender, and social class on
social and economic processes and their relationship to family, occupation, and other aspects of social
life.
The Family (SB U)
Wednesday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Joshua Carriero
First part: historical transformations in family life (relationships between husbands and wives, position
and treatment of children, importance of kinship ties); second part: the contemporary family through life
course (choice of a mate, relations in marriage, parenthood, breakup of the family unit).
Domestic Violence
Online course begins 1/28, last day to register is 1/24.
Instructor: Kevin Warwick
A survey of patterns and trends in domestic violence in contemporary America, including detailed
discussion of the factors that cause and reduce it. Topics include the role of family and work-related
stresses as triggers in domestic violence, cultural definitions of violence as an acceptable or
unacceptable response to anger; gender-related differences in this response, and the individual and
social costs of domestic violence. Special attention will be paid to historical changes in American legal
definitions of domestic violence and to the resulting changes in the American criminal justice system's
responses to it. No infrastructure fee, no materials fee.
Introduction to Women's Studies (I U)
Monday 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Instructor: Viera Wallace-Lorencova
Basic Concepts and perspectives in Women's Studies, with women's experiences at the center of
interpretation. Critical reading and thinking about gender and its interaction with race and class. Focus
on women's history and contemporary issues for women.
COMPONENT
(Students who would like the following courses to count towards their major or minor must focus their
paper(s) or project(s) on Women's Studies. 100-level courses count only towards the minor.)
Culture Through Film (SB G)
Thursday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Exploration of different societies and cultures, and of the field of cultural anthropology through the
medium of film. Ethnographic and documentary films; focus on non-Western cultures and ecological
adaptations, gender roles, ethnicity, race, class, religion, politics, and social change.
Health, Healing, and Alternative Medicine
Tuesday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Examine the growing trend of alternative medicine in North America from a critical, anthropological
perspective. Focus will be to place this popular phenomenon within the contexts of culture, class,
gender, ethnicity, and history. Look at alternative therapies and how they are integrated and
appropriated within biomedical institutions, with a particular concern with how this synthesis of healing
modalities affects health care. This course is designed for upper-level undergraduates with an interest
in anthropology, health, medicine, and popular culture.
Social Impact of Mass Media
Thursday 6:00-9:00 p.m.
The correlates, consequences, and functions of mass communication from a variety of traditional and
contemporary perspectives. Theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches that have been applied to
the field; emphasis on how institutions, technology, messages, and audiences contribute to the social and
cultural impact of the mass communication process.
Brave New Worlds (AL G)
Monday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Utopian and dystopian novels. The ability of literature to generate social critique. Readings include
works by Huxley, Orwell, Kafka, Atwood, Burgess, Gibson, Piercy, Gilman, Dick, and others.
Good and Evil: East and West (AL G)
Thursday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The imaginative representation of good and evil in Western and Eastern classics, folktales, children's
stories, and 20th-century literature. Cross-cultural comparison of ethical approaches to moral problems
such as the suffering of the innocent, the existence of evil, the development of a moral consciousness
and social responsibility, and the role of faith in a broken world. Contemporary issues of nuclear war,
holocaust, AIDS, abortion, marginal persons, anawim, unwanted children.
Social Diversity in Education (I U)
Tuesday 4:00-6:30 p.m.
Instructor: Christopher Lester
Focus on issues of social identity, social and cultural diversity, and societal manifestations of
oppression. Draws on interdisciplinary perspectives of social identity development, social learning
theory, and sociological analysis of power and privilege within broad social contexts
Nursing Process: Families
Online, course begins 1/28, last day to register is 1/24.
Instructor: Margo Drohan
This course provides the exploration of theoretical foundations for the understanding of family theory as
it relates to health and illness. We will examine the promotion of health, restoration, and
rehabilitation within traditional and non-traditional families across the lifespan. Prerequisite:
Matriculation in the RN/BS Program, NURSING 440, Comprehensive Nursing (Vulnerable Populations). $265
per credit, no infrastructure fee, no materials fee.
Medical Ethics (AT)
Online, course begins 1/28, last day to register is 1/24.
Instructor: Brian Kiniry
Introduction to ethics through issues of medicine and health care. Topics include abortion, euthanasia,
truth-telling, medical experimentation, and the allocation of scarce medical resources. No infrastructure
fee, no materials fee.
Social Class Inequality (SB U)
Monday 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Instructor: Ingrid Semaan
The nature of social classes in society from the viewpoint of differences in economic power, political
power, and social status. Why Stratification exists, its internal dynamics, and its effects on
individuals, subgroups, and the society as a whole. Problems of poverty and the uses of power.
Sociology of Mental Health
Tuesday 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Instructor: Brian Kapitulik
A critical look at mental health and illness. Topics to include: definitions, social distribution,
theories of causation, diagnosis, treatment planning and policy issues. Special attention will be placed
on the intersections of race, class, gender, sexualities and ethnicity as they relate to the field. $200
per credit.