CSST 345: Unruly Bodies
Kate Drabinski, Lecture TuTh 10-11:15, Fine Arts 011
Drawing on feminist, queer, social, and
critical race theory, this course examines the status of the body in
both historical and contemporary debates about identity, representation,
and politics. We tend to take the body for granted as the ground of
experience and knowledge, but this course challenges that common sense,
asking how the body is produced, managed, and deployed in various ways
to discipline and manage populations. We will also investigate the
political possibilities of body work to resist and reshape these same
disciplinary practices, paying particular attention to "queer" forms of
embodiment. Recommended Preparation: CSST 210, GWST 100, or permission
of instructor.
EDUC 388: Inclusion and Instruction
Zoe Fritz, Lecture Mo 4:30-7, Information Technology 241
This course introduces students to
strategies for differentiating instruction within general education
classrooms. The course examines the legal, philosophical and
programmatic underpinnings of instructional inclusion, especially in the
areas of reading, writing and math. The course emphasizes approaches
for adapting the curriculum to meet the needs of socio-culturally,
linguistically, cognitively (e.g., dyslexic, dyscalculic) and
behaviorally diverse student populations, including students identified
traditionally as having special needs (e.g., gifted and talented,
physically challenged). A weekly field experience is required.
Department Consent Required
IS 303: Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction
Sidas Saulynas, Lecture Tu 1-2:15, Physics 101, Discussion time varies, Information Technology 237
This course provides a survey of human factors
and human computer interaction relevant to the design and use of
information systems. It describes the contributions of information
systems, computer science, psychology, sociology and engineering to
human-computer interaction. Emphasis is placed on human factors
theories, human information processing concepts, interaction design
approaches and usability evaluation methods. Application areas and
current research are also reviewed.Prerequisite: IS 202, IS 300, or IS 300H with a grade of 'C' or better.
AGNG 200: Aging People, Policy and Management
Lauren Price, Lecture TuTh 10-11:15, Physics 201 (Variety of online options)
Based in the life-course perspective, this course
blends academic analysis of human aging in social context with more
experiential learning, including exposure to literature on older adults,
awareness exercises about aging in the news and talking with older
adults in and out of class to debunk common myths and stereotypes
regarding aging and older adults. Academic content is broadly social, in
terms of understanding family and community contexts of aging, the
individual experience of aging including productivity, spirituality and
typical engagement, normal changes and diseases common in physical and
psychological health, and a focus on how society views aging. Finally,
students will be encouraged to identify themselves as aging individuals,
on a trajectory toward later life.Prerequisite: ENGL 100 with a grade of 'C' or better.
AGNG 440: Diversity in Aging Services
Robin Majeski, Online asynchronous
Providing services to older people involves the
diversity of the clients and, increasingly frequently, the diversity of
the service provision staff. Including aspects of cultural diversity,
socioeconomic diversity, gender diversity and age diversity, this course
provides students with information regarding aspects of diversity that
may influence the expectations and satisfaction of both groups in the
service delivery system. Examples include variations in family systems,
expectations about later life and illness, issues related to eligibility
for services, and problems of communication and comfort in cross-age,
intercultural or interclass interactions.Prerequisite: AGNG 200 with a grade of 'C' or better.
PBHL 350: Public Health Ethics
Andrea Kalfoglou, Lecture TuTh 11:30-12:45, Sondheim 101
This course serves to introduce central
concepts and key issues in public health ethics. Students will learn
various proposed frameworks for analyzing ethical issues in public
health, and how public health ethics differs from traditional medical
ethics. Students will use a case-based approach to analyze ethical
issues in public health, and practice applying the frameworks to real
and fictitious cases through class discussions and written assignments.
Recommended Course Preparation: HAPP/SOCY 354; PHIL 350; PHIL/HAPP 355.
Prerequisite: PBHL 100 with a grade of 'C' or better.
PBHL 358: Bioethics
Daniel Jenkins, Lecture MoWe 1-2:15, PAHB 229
A survey of the ethical constraints on the
practice of medicine, biomedical research using human and nonhuman
animals, and the delivery of health care. Specific topics will include
doctor-patient confidentiality; autonomy, competence, and medical
decision-making; ethical issues at the beginning and end of human life;
and controversial biomedical technologies such as cloning and stem cell
research. Recommended Preparation: PHIL 150, PHIL 152, HAPP 350. Prerequisite: One PHIL course with a grade of 'C' or better
SOCY 351: Sociology of Health, Illness, and Medicine
Karon Phillips, Lecture We 7:10-9:40, Public Policy 105
This course explores how health, illness,
and the field of medicine are shaped by social and cultural forces. It
examines the changing role of physicians and other providers; medicine
as a social institution; the nature of healthcare organizations; and the
experience of health and illness. Special attention is given to the
doctor-patient relationship, and factors that shape individuals'
interactions with their health providers, as well as analyzing the role
of persistent sociocultural inequalities across health and health care.
Recommended Preparation: SOCY 101 or ANTH 211.