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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Information

Catalog Course Definitions 

Core - Course is approved for specific core curriculum (i.e. arts and sciences curriculum; quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills)

Cross-Listed – Class that is offered along with another class that has the same topic, title, and course content.  Max Hours displayed for each cross-listed class is the total number of hours allowed for all courses completed within a particular cross-listed group. See below for more information on Max Hours.

Gt - Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer as part of the gtPathways program. 

Max Hours (in Course Description) - Total number of applicable credit hours that count toward a student’s degree for a particular course or cross-listed group.

Requisite: 

  • Prerequisite -  Specific course completed or “in progress” (i.e. ENGL 1020 or ENGL 1020 with C- or higher)
  • Corequisite – Specific course taken at the same time (i.e. BIOL 2071 taken same time as BIOL 2051)
  • Restriction – Restricted to a specific population (i.e. Restricted to MUSC majors or junior standing, etc.)

Course Number Definitions:

  • 1000 - 4999 Undergraduate Level
  • 5000 - 9999 Graduate Level
 

Urban & Regional Planning
  

  • URPL 6560 - Transit Planning


    This course provides a comprehensive exploration of transit planning, including transit planning fundamentals; transit routes and systems; transit modes and technologies; ridership modeling; scheduling; operations; funding; policies and regulation; relationship to land use; and facilities/design requirements. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6565 - Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning


    This course provides a detailed focus on the unique planning issues and factors involved with bicycle and pedestrian modes of transportation, including pedestrian/bicycle planning fundamentals; routes and systems; facilities and design requirements; funding; maintenance and operations; policies; and best practices. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6600 - Regional Planning & Economic Development


    Explores the institutions, policies, laws and funding that support planning for housing, transportation, infrastructure, air quality, and job creation at the metropolitan scale. Students will learn analytic techniques to study the labor market, economic growth and performance, commuting patterns, etc. Restriction: Restricted to graduate level students. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6605 - Regional Economic Systems


    This course offers a comprehensive investigation into regional economic systems; metropolitan economies; regional economic development; regional market assessment; job generation; taxes/spending; and fiscal/economic policies and impacts at the metropolitan, regional, and statewide scale. Cross-listed with GEOG 4400. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6610 - Planning Sustainable Suburbs


    This course takes a detailed look at the unique characteristics, issues, and challenges associated with planning and retrofitting automobile-oriented suburban communities and the opportunities for development of new communities using sustainable planning and design principles. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6615 - Small Town, Rural, and Resort Planning


    This course investigates the unique characteristics, issues, and challenges associated with planning in small and/or rural communities, including agricultural issues and farmland conservation; growth management; rural economic development; and small downtown revitalization strategies. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6620 - Tourism and Resort Planning


    This course investigates the unique aspects associated with planning and developing sustainable tourism infrastructure. Topics include: eco-tourism; historic tourism; cultural tourism; urban tourism; sports and recreation planning; regional tourism planning; and sustainable resort planning and development. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6625 - Sustainable Planning for Tourism and Small Towns


    This course is about sustainably planning for tourism-dependent communities, particularly small towns. It focuses on the impacts of tourism on fragile cultural and ecological environments and addresses how to assess impacts, mitigation approaches and tools, and communication with the public. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6645 - Disaster/ClimateChangePlanning


    Introduces students to concepts and debates that shape disaster and climate change studies. Features case studies of disaster and climatic issues affecting Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Looks specifically at how planning can reduce risk and increase local resilience. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6650 - Planning in the Dev. World


    This course explores the issues involved in planning in the developing world; challenges and solutions for complex development; health/community issues; social justice; cultural/technological issues; environmental justice; funding; infrastructure development; international development organizations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6655 - Comparative International Planning


    This course investigates the global dimensions of planning, including a survey of global planning issues; a comparative analysis of planning philosophies, policies, techniques and approaches used throughout the world; and international planning coordination and organizations. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6730 - International Studies Preparation


    The course will prepare students to go to China, for 10-day International Summer School, 5-week China Summer Urban Design Joint Studio, 9-month Gensler Internship, and 1-year LA Dual Degree program. Topics include historic, geographic and cultural issues, and language lessons. Cross-listed with ARCH 6730, LDAR 6730, and URBN 6730. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • URPL 6800 - Special Topics: Urban and Regional Planning


    Various topical concerns are offered in urban and regional planning, theory, concepts, methods, case studies and practice. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6805 - Planning Internship


    Designed to provide professional practice experience in urban and regional planning. The emphasis is on actual work experience in settings with client groups as the students assist them in determining solutions to their problems. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6810 - Independent Study: URPL


    Studies initiated by students or faculty and sponsored by a faculty member to investigate a special topic or problem related to urban and regional planning. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • URPL 6900 - Planning Capstone


    Planning Capstone A requires students to identify an independent study/small group project of their choosing and develop a detailed plan to complete the project. Prereq: URPL 6000 or instructor consent. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  

  • URPL 6920 - Planning Thesis A


    Spanning two semesters, Planning Thesis requires students to plan and complete a research thesis of their choice. Part A provides instruction for proper thesis research, analysis, and writing while students develop a detailed work plan and begin their research. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URPL 6925 - Planning Thesis B


    Spanning two semesters, Planning Thesis requires students to plan and complete a research thesis of their choice. Part B includes the completion of the research and the thesis document, and presentation of the project to the student’s thesis committee. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3

Urban Design
  

  • URBN 6610 - Design Studio I


    Working at the urban/metropolitan scale, this studio introduces design through urban structure and morphology, presenting the city as a complex ecological organism comprised of interrelated systems. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  

  • URBN 6611 - Design Studio II


    Advances understanding and application of urban design tools, methods and practice. Studio emphasizes designer’s proactive role in shaping design using regulations and policy. Students consider real estate development, economics, aesthetic criteria, historic preservation, and methods of effective community participation. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  

  • URBN 6612 - International Design Studio


    Immerses students in international location(s) to engage urban design in other cultures. Studio operates within network of professionals involved in contemporary urbanization projects. Focus on complexities of international practice. Students develop complete project and consider context, politics, economics and regulation. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  

  • URBN 6633 - Form and Formation of Cities


    This course investigates the origins and types of human settlements; the history of cities and urbanization; urban morphology and the evolution of the built environment; urban form principles and theory; and types of urbanism. Cross-listed with URPL 6350. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6640 - History of the City


    Introduces students to the history of global cities through selected typologies. Explores similarities and differences among cities considered against the larger cultural, political and socio-economic envelope of which they are part. Provides awareness of origins, growth and evolution of urban form. Cross-listed with ARCH 6240. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6641 - Design Process


    Advances current practice by exploring innovative methods of design analysis, production, representation, and communication. Community participation and civic engagement are integral components of seminar. Cross-listed with URPL 6398. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6642 - Design Policy


    Argues that a role of urban designers is to shape built environment through combination of physical intervention and policy development. Students review urban economic and real estate trends and assess zoning/land use regulations to understand impacts on built environment quality. Cross-listed with URPL 6397. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6643 - Graphics for Planners


    Professional planners must be able to communicate their design concepts through graphical means. Students will learn to communicate with use of hand and technical drawings, color renderings, computer modeling and graphic layout design. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6644 - Sustainable Urbanism


    This seminar explores the connections between ecology and urbanism. It will examine the multiple, interrelated ecological and social systems operating in the city. Students will explore innovative design processes and techniques that serve to create a higher quality of life and place with a particular emphasis on the effectiveness of sustainable design approaches at varying scales. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6645 - Global Design Practice


    This seminar will educate students about critical issues related to practicing design in a global context. Course will examine diverse issues of design and planning practice from contracts, communication and culture to remote research, design opportunities and ethics. Prereq: URBN 6612. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6651 - Design Practice


    Introduces students to the business of urban design through contact with prominent and innovative urban design professionals. Examines issues of design implementation; project management; communication, negotiation and facilitation; leadership; and finance. Restrictions: Restricted to ARUR-MUD majors in the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6652 - Design Seminar


    Investigates topical issues in urban design, typically within the framework of a theme running through an entire course of study. Focus is on critical evaluation of theory, process and methods. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • URBN 6686 - Special Topics: Urban Design


    Various topical concerns are offered in urban design history, theory, elements, concepts, methods, implementation strategies, and other related areas. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • URBN 6730 - International Studies Preparation


    The course will prepare students to go to China, for 10-day International Summer School, 5-week China Summer Urban Design Joint Studio, 9-month Gensler Internship, and 1-year LA Dual Degree program. Topics include historic, geographic and cultural issues, and language lessons. Cross-listed with ARCH 6730, LDAR 6730, and URPL 6730. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • URBN 6840 - Independent Study: URBN


    Studies initiated by students or faculty and sponsored by a faculty member to investigate a special topic or problem related to urban design. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • URBN 6930 - Urban Design Internship


    Designed to provide professional practice experience in urban design. Emphasis on actual work experience in settings with client groups as students assist them in determining solutions. Program directors approval required. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3

Urban Teacher Education
  

  • UEDU 1930 - Intro To Urban Education


    This course examines sociological issues concerning urban schools, communities and provides an overview of school culture, diversity and social realities in American schools. Students will critically examine education issues that affect their lives, their community and classrooms throughout the country. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4040 - Exploring Diversity in Content and Pedagogy I


    The purpose of this course is to explore multiple aspects of complex curriculum and instructional processes including: 1) standards-based instruction; 2) instructional design; and 3) formative & summative assessment, and 4) differentiation in curriculum and instruction so that meaningful instruction becomes accessible to all students. Prereq or co-req: EDFN 4010 and CLDE 4020. Restriction: Professional Year Admission required. Cross-listed with 5040. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4050 - Capstone: Curriculum Planning through Social Studies


    The course examines integrated curriculum planning with a standards based, backwards planning approach, through the elementary social studies content area. Teacher Candidates will design and teach their own unit with attention to culturally, linguistically and academically diverse students. Cross listed with UEDU 5050. Restriction: Professional Year Admission required. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4100 - Secondary Literacy Instruction and Assessment


    Provides knowledge and practice in using specific literacy methods to enhance students’ content learning and literacy development in middle schools and high schools. Various methods of literacy assessment to guide instruction for students are emphasized. Instructional strategies for special populations, especially speakers of English as a second language, are also addressed. Cross-listed with UEDU 5100. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4110 - Tchg Literacy in Eng Ed


    Designed to meet both Colorado Literacy Council & Colorado Performance-Based Standards for prospective secondary English/LA teachers concerning Knowledge of Literacy, the course provides knowledge and practice using specific literacy methods to enhance students’ literacy development in English/LA/reading classrooms. Cross-listed with UEDU 5110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4200 - Theory and Methods of Teaching Secondary English


    Focuses on teaching/learning theories and practical classroom strategies for teaching English Language Arts to adolescent learners in middle school, junior high school and high school classes. Cross-listed with LCRT 5200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4201 - Adolescent Literature


    Reading and evaluating fiction and non-fiction appropriate for students in middle and senior high school. Emphasis is on modern literature. Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in an internship or permission of instructor required. Admission into the IPTE Program. Cross-listed with UEDU 5201 and LCRT 5201. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4464 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies


    One of two courses on linguistically and culturally relevant social studies teaching. Course content includes geography, economics, civics. Cross-listed with UEDU 5464. Cross-listed with UEDU 5464. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4465 - Methods of Teaching History


    One of two courses on linguistically and culturally relevant history teaching. Cross-listed with UEDU 5465. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4840 - Independent Study


    Independent Study in Urban Community Teacher Education, Topic of study varies according to project. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 4845 - Special Topics:


    Course topics will vary depending on faculty and student interests. Max hours: 15 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 5
  

  • UEDU 4931 - Internship & Lrng Comm I


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, teacher candidates participate in the activities of a school community (the school, its classrooms and the community in which the school exists). Graduated learning activities for each internship and time requirements are specified in the program handbook. Cross-listed with UEDU 5931. Restriction: Professional Year Admission required. Max hours: 2 Credits. Semester Hours: 2 to 2
  

  • UEDU 4932 - Internship & Lrng Comm II


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, teacher candidates participate in the activities of a school community (the school, its classrooms and the community in which the school exists). Graduated learning activities for each internship and time requirements are specified in the program handbook. Prereq: UEDU 4931. Restriction: Professional Year Admission required. Cross-listed with UEDU 5932. Max hours: 2 Credits. Semester Hours: 2 to 2
  

  • UEDU 4933 - Internship & Lrng Comm III


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, teacher candidates participate in the activities of a school community (the school, its classrooms and the community in which the school exists). Graduated learning activities for each internship and time requirements are specified in the program handbook. Prereq: UEDU 4932. Restriction: Professional Year Admission required. Cross-listed with UEDU 5933. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 6 to 6
  

  • UEDU 4934 - Extended Internship & Learning Community


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, they participate in the activities of a professional learning community. Cross-listed with UEDU 5934. Max hours: 8 Credits. Semester Hours: 4 to 8
  

  • UEDU 5015 - TFA Professional Learning Communities


    The Teach for America Professional Learning Communities are designed to be a resource and forum for content groups to collaborate on best practices in assessment, instruction, and data gathering. As truly purposeful communities, they exhibit five characteristics: a shared mission and vision, high levels of collective efficacy, strategic use of all available assets, outcomes that matter to all, and adherence to agreed-upon processes. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5040 - Exploring Diversity in Content and Pedagogy I


    The purpose of this course is to explore multiple aspects of complex curriculum and instructional processes including: 1) standards-based instruction; 2) instructional design; and 3) formative & summative assessment, and 4) differentiation in curriculum and instruction so that meaningful instruction becomes accessible to all students. Prereq or co-req: EDFN 5010 and CLDE 5020. Cross-listed with 4040. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5050 - Capstone: Curriculum Planning through Social Studies


    The course examines integrated curriculum planning with a standards based, backwards planning approach, through the elementary social studies content area. Teacher Candidates will design and teach their own unit with attention to culturally, linguistically and academically diverse students. Cross listed with UEDU 4050. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5060 - Motivation and Engagement in Curriculum and Learning


    This course focuses on the Six Cs of motivation and engagement; the framework designed to reach these students who are not complaint learners. This course allows teachers to think deeply about their role in motivating and engaging students and allows participants to apply the research to their individual classrooms. The classes incorporate the M.E. (motivation and engagement) Framework into each lesson. Teachers will gain a deep understanding of motivation and engagement through modeling, research, and a “transfer” of knowledge. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5100 - Secondary Literacy Instruction and Assessment


    Provides knowledge and practice in using specific literacy methods to enhance students’ content learning and literacy development in middle schools and high schools. Various methods of literacy assessment to guide instruction for students are emphasized. Instructional strategies for special populations, especially speakers of English as a second language, are also addressed. Cross-listed with UEDU 4100. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5110 - Tchg Literacy in Eng Ed


    Designed to meet both Colorado Literacy Council & Colorado Performance-Based Standards for prospective secondary English/LA teachers concerning Knowledge of Literacy, the course provides knowledge and practice using specific literacy methods to enhance students’ literacy development in English/LA/reading classrooms. Cross-listed with UEDU 4110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5200 - Theory and Methods of Teaching Secondary English


    Focuses on teaching/learning theories and practical classroom strategies for teaching English Language Arts to adolescent learners in middle school, junior high school and high school classes. Cross-listed with LCRT 5200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5201 - Adolescent Literature


    Reading and evaluating fiction and non-fiction appropriate for students in middle and senior high school. Emphasis is on modern literature. Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in an internship or permission of instructor required. Cross-listed with UEDU 4201 and LCRT 5201. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5464 - Methods Teachg Social Studies


    One of two courses on linguistically and culturally relevant social studies teaching. Course content includes geography, economics, civics. Cross-listed with UEDU 4464. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5465 - Methods of Teaching History


    One of two courses on linguistically and culturally relevant history teaching. Cross-listed with UEDU 4465. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5705 - Global Experiential Learning


    Develop global competency skills. Research problems or opportunities of global significance using 21st century skills. Engage in learning communities to reflect, analyze and communicate international educational experiences. Design global education teaching and learning or compare education perspectives. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5710 - Global Education Capstone Project


    Propose a culminating project that allows integration of previous coursework and travel experience to translate into practice. Collaborate to develop a product that will be of use in a work setting, school, or classroom. Present and defend the capstone project. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5840 - Independent Study


    Independent Study in Urban Community Teacher Education, Topic of study varies according to project. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • UEDU 5845 - Special Topics:


    Course topics will vary depending on faculty and student interests. Max hours: 15 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 5
  

  • UEDU 5931 - Internship & Lrng Comm I


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, teacher candidates participate in the activities of a school community (the school, its classrooms and the community in which the school exists). Graduated learning activities for each internship and time requirements are specified in the program handbook. Cross-listed with UEDU 4931. Max hours: 2 Credits. Semester Hours: 2 to 2
  

  • UEDU 5932 - Internship & Lrng Comm II


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, teacher candidates participate in the activities of a school community (the school, its classrooms and the community in which the school exists). Graduated learning activities for each internship and time requirements are specified in the program handbook. Prereq: UEDU 5931. Cross-listed with UEDU 4932. Max hours: 2 Credits. Semester Hours: 2 to 2
  

  • UEDU 5933 - Internship & Lrng Comm III


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, teacher candidates participate in the activities of a school community (the school, its classrooms and the community in which the school exists). Graduated learning activities for each internship and time requirements are specified in the program handbook. Prereq: UEDU 5931 and UEDU 5932. Cross-listed with UEDU 4933. Max hours: 8 Credits. Semester Hours: 8 to 8
  

  • UEDU 5934 - Extended Internship & Learning Community


    Teacher candidates engage in systematic observation of, participation in, design of, and reflection on curricular, instructional, and management practices across the full range of educational programs within a school. Additionally, they participate in the activities of a professional learning community. Cross-listed with UEDU 4934. Max hours: 8 Credits. Semester Hours: 4 to 8

Women’s Studies
  

  • WGST 1050 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies


    This course provides an introduction to key concepts, themes and approaches to the interdisciplinary field of women’s and gender studies. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 1111 - First Year Seminar


    Restriction: Restricted to Freshman level students. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • WGST 2900 - Smart Girl Leadership Training and Practicum


    Provides leadership and mentoring training, and a practicum in which UCD students mentor teenagers in their community or school settings. Following completion of the training, students work as near-peer mentors and coaches with groups of teenage girls in the Denver community and apply the skills learned in their training. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3010 - Sociology of Human Sexuality


    Increases the understanding of differences in views of sexuality, specifically the link between sex and reproduction and its role as the motivation for gender roles and sex acts. Explores the history of sexuality, cross-cultural studies and primate modeling. Cross-listed with SOCY 3010. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3020 - Gender, Sexuality and Race in American Popular Culture


    This course explores the impact of popular culture on the lived experience of diverse women and men in America. Students will examine how cultural media (including film, television, print ads, music & digital games) can both reproduce and challenge existing structural inequalities. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3080 - Sex and Gender


    Causes and consequences of sex role differentiation at the individual, group and societal levels. Current issues related to changing norms and values concerning gender in modern society are examined. Cross-listed with SOCY 3080. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3343 - Women in U.S. History


    An analysis of women’s place in society, in the work place, and in the political arena over the last 300 years. Cross-listed with HIST 3343. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3450 - Twentieth Century Women Writers


    Examines how women write about a specific theme, such as home, work, family, the “other,” as well as how women’s writing may differ from men’s. Theme and genre vary. Prereq: sophomore standing or higher. Cross-listed with ENGL 3450. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3700 - Sociology of the Family


    The family as a social institution. Historical development and contemporary cross-cultural analysis, with emphasis on contemporary American families. Cross-listed with SOCY 3700. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 3840 - Independent Study: WGST


    Note: Students must submit a special processing form completely filled out and signed by the student and faculty member, describing the course expectations, assignments and outcomes, to the CLAS undergraduate advising office for approval. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • WGST 3939 - Internship


    Designed experiences involving application of specific, relevant concepts and skills in supervised employment situations. Prereq: Students must have junior standing and at least a 2.75 GPA and must work with Experiential Learning Center advising to complete a course contract and gain approval. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • WGST 4215 - Women’s Rights, Human Rights: Global Perspectives


    Explores the global feminist movement’s campaign to “engender” human rights. Examination of women’s human-rights issues and the critique of this campaign as representing cultural imperialism. Prereq: 6 hours of political science or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with PSCI 4215. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4230 - Women in the West


    Focuses on ways in which women, from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century, of different races, classes, and ethnic background, have interacted and been active participants in the development of the western states. Cross-listed with HIST 4230, HIST 5230 and WGST 5230. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4248 - Gender, Globalization and Development


    Analyzes the effects of globalization on the gendered processes of international development and strategies to empower women to achieve gender justice across race, class and national divisions. Cross-listed with PSCI 4248/5245 and WGST 5248. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4303 - Sex and Gender in Modern Britain


    Examines modern British history by focusing on sex and gender as central aspects in people’s lives. Considers the ways gender shapes the realms of politics, economics, society and culture in Britain from the 18th century to the present. Cross-listed with HIST 4303/5303 and WGST 5303. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4306 - Survey of Feminist Thought


    Examines changes and continuities in feminist thought from the 18th century to the present, using historical and literary materials. Explores the ways that women’s characteristics, experiences, and capabilities have been understood and challenged. Cross-listed with ENGL 4306, 5306, HIST 4306, 5306, WGST 5306. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4307 - History of Sexuality


    Explores the relationships between gender and norms, sexual practice, and ideas about sexuality in Europe and the United States. Examines how sex and sexuality have changed over time and how those changes relate to social, cultural, political and economic history. Cross-listed with HIST 4307/5307 and WGST 5307. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4308 - Contemporary Feminist Thought


    This course explores contemporary feminist thought in philosophy and literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics include lesbianism, black feminism, Chicana feminism, transgender identity, women and work and others. Cross-listed with ENGL 4308, ENGL 5308, PHIL 4308, PHIL 5308, WGST 5308. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4345 - Gender, Science, and Medicine: 1600 to the Present


    Examines the ways science and medicine have both shaped and been shaped by ideas about gender. Pays particular attention to the relationship between scientific/medical ideas about the sexes and the social organization of gender. Cross-listed with HIST 4345/5345 and WGST 5345. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4420 - Goddess Traditions


    Explores the many forms which goddesses have assumed through history, including the Neolithic Great Mother and her heiresses in the ancient Mediterranean cultures, such as: Isis, Ishtar, Demeter, Hecate, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena and others, and their parallels in India. Goddess traditions have encompassed a full spectrum from virgins to Great Mothers to dark underworld goddesses of death and destruction. Cross-listed with RLST 4420/5420 and WGST 5420. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4500 - Feminist Philosophy


    Seminar on key debates & figures in historical & contemporary feminist philosophy. Topics may include: rights, embodiment, gender, sexuality, race, reason, & violence. Figures may include: Wollstonecraft, Stanton, Beauvoir, Judith Butler, and bell hooks. Crosslisted with WGST 5500, PHIL 4500 & 5500. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4510 - Whores and Saints: Medieval Women


    Studies how women are presented in texts, as well as works by women. Investigates the roles open to women and societal attitudes toward women, who were considered seductresses, saints, scholars and warriors in the middle ages. Prereq: Nine hours of literature courses or instructor permission. Cross-listed with ENGL 4510/5510, RLST 4730/5730 and WGST 5510. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4511 - French Women Writers


    Designed to explore writings by French and Francophone women from the Middle Ages to the present. Addresses the question of what it means to be a woman and want to write. The selections include a wide variety of genres: autobiographical writings, stories, poems, manifestos, letters, political and historical documents. Note: This course assumes that students have passed FREN 3112 or 3122 or an equivalent course, plus one other 3000 level course in French. Cross-listed with FREN 4510/5510 and WGST 5511. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4540 - Race, Class, and Gender in Spanish Golden Age Literature


    Explores works of various genres in relation to their social and political contexts in 16th and 17th century Spain, emphasizing the cultural attitudes toward race, class, and gender that inform them. Prereq or Coreq: SPAN 3101. Cross-listed with SPAN 4340/5340 and WGST 5540. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4555 - International Women’s Resistance


    Examines local and international struggles of women to build peace and justice by resisting systems of inequality such as colonialism, racism, patriarchy, globalization, and religious intolerance. Cross-listed with PSCI 4555/5555, ETST 4555 and WGST 5555. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4564 - Gender and Politics


    Analysis of the political experience of women and of strategies for change. Emphasis on the U.S. Cross-listed with PSCI 4564. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4610 - Communication, media, and sexuality


    Developing tools to think critically about representations of sexuality and to understand the social construction of sexuality, the role of sexual representations in mass media and society and the complex relationship between sexual acts, identities and desires. Cross-listed with COMM 4610. Restriction: Restricted to Junior, Senior, or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4710 - Women and Religion


    A sociological exploration of the contemporary roles of women in religion. Course examines American and world religious groups with an eye to women’s involvement. Considers how women have changed these traditions as they take on leadership roles and discusses the tensions that arise within these traditions as a result of their expanded participation. Cross-listed with HUMN 5710, SSCI 4710/5710, WGST 5710, RLST 4710/5710. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4827 - Women and the Law


    Examines the role of the courts in the development of public policy toward women; how the legal system affects the economic power, family roles, safety and political participation of women. Cross-listed with PSCI 4827 and ETST 4827. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 4840 - Independent Study


    Note: Students must submit a special processing form completely filled out and signed by the student and faculty member, describing the course expectations, assignments and outcomes, to the CLAS undergraduate advising office for approval. Prereq: permission of instructor. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • WGST 4880 - Directed Research


    Students will engage in original research projects supervised and mentored by faculty. Students must work with faculty prior to registration to develop a proposal for their project and receive permission to take this course. Note: Students must submit a special processing form completely filled out and signed by the student and faculty member, describing the course expectations, assignments and outcomes, to the CLAS undergraduate advising office for approval. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • WGST 4933 - Philosophy of Eros


    What does it mean to understand philosophy as an erotic activity? This question will be examined, first by studying Plato’s dialogues-such as Lysis, Symposium and Republic-and then by reading texts from Sigmund Freud, Michael Foucault and others. Cross-listed with PHIL 4933/5933, WGST 5933, SSCI 5933 and HUMN 5933. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • WGST 5230 - Women in the West


    Focuses on ways in which women, from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century, of different races, classes, and ethnic background, have interacted and been active participants in the development of the Western states. Cross-listed with WGST 4230 and HIST 4230/5230. Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
 

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