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CHM 121 Chemistry and Scientists (ALY)$25 Course fee required: Covers atomic structure, nuclear chemistry, chemical bonds, inorganic and organic nomenclature, molecular structures, biochemistry, inorganic chemical equations and quantitative problems. Examines the contributions of women and minorities to physical science. Three hours lecture and two hours lab per week. 4 Cr. (Every Semester.)
CMC 201 Public Speaking (AY)A course in the development of effective informational, persuasive, and special occasion speaking. Attention given to analysis of audience, occasion, speech composition, oral delivery, and development of critical listening skills. A grade of C or better is required for CMC majors and minors. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
ENV 202 Environmental Science (ALY)$50 Course fee required: Required for majors. Open to non-majors. Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary study combining ideas and information from the natural and social sciences. The eight integrated themes of lecture and discussion are biodiversity, sustainability, connections in nature, pollution and its prevention, population growth, energy consumption and efficiency, solutions to environmental problems, and the importance of individuals changing their lifestyles and working with others to bring about environmental change. Laboratory and field activities emphasize hands-on applications of environmental science methods, problem solving, and proper writing of laboratory reports. 4 Cr. (Every Semester.)
BUS 210 Social Media and Consumers (AASY)This course provides students with the theoretical and practical approaches to think critically about the powerful ways social media are shaping our lives and society. This course covers a broad range of topics, including consumer culture, online communities, self-presentation and branding, business and marketing, crowdsourcing, online sharing, and word-of-mouth. 3 Cr.
JRB 219 Advertising and Consumer Culture (AHY)Explores the role and influence of advertising and mass persuasion in today's society, theories of persuasion and persuasive techniques commonly employed in advertising and mass persuasion, techniques of persuasive manipulation and its neutralization, and ethics in persuasion. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
SOC 230 Social Institutions (AASY)Explores theories related to the analysis of social institutions, with a special emphasis on family, religion, economy, politics and education. Factors contributing to institutional stability and change are discussed. The course builds on the concepts and theories covered in Introduction to Sociology, and extends that work by analyzing the social world at the institutional level more thoroughly. 3 Cr.
SOC 235 Sport, Politics & Protest (AVY)Examines the many ways that sports and politics are intimately bound together in contemporary American and global culture. Includes examinations of the public financing of sport stadiums, politicians’ use of sport to raise approval ratings and push policy, including the use of sports to legitimize authoritarian regimes. We also examine the contested nature of sport through attempts to pass anti-transgender legislation and fights over racist names and mascots. We conclude the course by considering the possibilities and limitations of sport as a site of protest, activism, and impetus for social change. 3 Cr.
JRB 242 Introduction to Media (AY)Provides an introduction to media. Studies basic principles and historical, economic, technological and ethical aspects of media. Requires readings in fundamental theory and current practices. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
DCC 245 Professional Development Seminar 1 (AY)Prepares students to identify, research, and present on a selected topic, while refining personal communication and public speaking skills. Prepares students to complete the Delta Experiential Learning Requirements. Engages students in resume development, cover letters, networking, and interviewing techniques. 3 Cr.
BUS 260 Professional Skills and Acumen (ABSY)Discusses and develops skills that are key to success as a manager, including leadership, time management, workload management, communication, team work, interaction with colleagues and customers, presentation and writing skills, and professional comportment. This one- credit, 15-week course is required of all students in the management track of the business degree and establishes expectations for writing, presentation, and team exercises in all management track courses. 1 Cr. (Every Semester.)
BUS 263 Socioeconomics of Entrepreneurship (AASY)BUS 263 is a general business course that introduces students to the field of entrepreneurship and brings students' awareness to the concepts of self-employment, start-up companies, small and medium sized enterprises, innovation management, and the entrepreneurial mindset. It provides broad exposure to many topics of entrepreneurship, including understanding social and technical entrepreneurship, socioeconomic conditions facing new ventures, generating and iterating ideas, conducting basic market analysis and financial analysis, understanding innovation management process and its stakeholder impact, and designing plans for implementing ideas pertaining to the creation of for-profit and non-profit new ventures. BUS263 will benefit students of any discipline wishing for a single exposure tinto the broad world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Course requires a minimum grade of D for general education/major/minor/certification. 3 Cr. (Fall.)
BUS 278 Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Business (AHY)Investigates ethical issues related to environmental sustainability and business to develop students' abilities to critically analyze environmental issues from the perspective of business firms, consumers, and policy makers. Examines how business can both help solve sustainability issues and can create or exacerbate threats to environmental sustainability, including climate change. Explores how decision making frameworks from business and economics approach questions about how to properly value the natural environment. 3 Cr.
BIO 285 Biology of Aging (AY)Credit not applicable to the major in biology. Covers mechanisms of aging at the physiological, cellular, and molecular levels. Examines physiological changes associated with human aging. Discusses aging as a disease and age-related diseases. Studies of aging in model organisms are used to provide insights into mechanisms of human aging. Covers treatments of aging, both bogus and bona fide that claim to decrease aging and increase longevity. While this course covers the biology of aging, various social, political, and ethical issues concerning aging will be covered. 3 Cr.
BIO 303 Ecology (AY)$50 Course fee required: Cross-listed as ENV 303; Prerequisites: BIO 202 or ENV 202 or 204 with min grade of C-. Ecology addresses interrelationships among organisms and the physical environment. Considers energy flow, nutrient cycling, population and community dynamics, principles of animal behavior, and natural history in lecture, laboratory and field study. 4 Cr.
AAS 305 Urban Sociology (AIY) Considers the process of urbanization and its social consequences. Explores a number of urban theories; the evolution of U.S. cities; suburbanization, immigration, race relations, redevelopment, urban politics and planning, and international comparison. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed with SOC 305.]
SOC 305 Urban Sociology (AIY) Considers the process of urbanization and its social consequences. Explores a number of urban theories; the evolution of U.S. cities; suburbanization, immigration, race relations, redevelopment, urban politics and planning, and international comparison. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed with AAS 305.]
PBH 306 Contemporary Issues in Health (AIY)Provides for the identification and analysis of current critical health and health care issues in the US; focuses on ethical, legal, economic, and social implications of controversial health issues; and examines the dynamics of the American health care system from the perspective of the patient, consumer, and health care provider. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
AAS 307 Exploring the Black Experience (AWY)Explores the black experience through writing with a detailed examination of African peoples' social, cultural, and literary responses to the modern zeitgeist. Aims to increase students' response repertoire and writing abilities about African peoples' social, cultural and literary traditions. 3 Cr.
CMC 312 Argumentation and Debate (AY)Provides for the preparation and defense of logical argument, response to attacks by opponents, construction of cross-examination, undergoing cross-examination, research and support of arguments, and recognition and refutation of fallacies. 3 Cr.
PLS 313 Gender Politics (AY)Explores, from a feminist perspective, the socio-political barriers that have made women the "majority minority" or "silenced majority." Includes barriers such as discriminatory legislation, political folkways, sex gender roles, and myths that have created and perpetuated a male-dominated society. Cross-listed as HON & WMS 313. 3 Cr.
WMS 313 Gender Politics (AWY)Explores, from a feminist perspective, socio-political barriers that have made women the "majority minority" or "silenced majority." Includes barriers such as discriminatory legislation, political folkways, sex and gender roles, and myths that have created and perpetuated a male-dominated society. Cross-listed as HON & PLS 313. 3 Cr.
DNS 316 History and Development of Dance (AWY)This course investigates how dance and dance history connect to issues of gender, sexuality, race, class, and nationality. It incorporates a variety of historical and theoretical texts to examine dance from multiple perspectives and considers the historic practice in relation to present day dance. 3 Cr.
SOC 329 Sports and Society (AIY)Focuses of sports as social and cultural phenomena. We will use sociological concepts and critical thinking to investigate such issues as: How do sports and sport participation affect our lives? How do sports impact our ideas about masculinity, femininity, class inequality, race and ethnicity, work, leisure, achievement, competition, individualism, aggression, and violence? How are the organization and meaning of sports connected with social relations in groups, communities, and societies? How are sports connected with important spheres of social life in societies (such as education, politics, economics, media, and religion)? 3 Cr.
ANT 330 Global Inequality (AY)Examines the drivers of inequality as an emerging form of human organization. Studies the impact of poverty on people around the world in both past and present societies. Covers issues related to economic development, international and institutional practices of structural violence, and resistance movements and questions the popular assumption that inequality is natural and/or inevitable. 3 Cr.
ANT 331 Environmental Anthropology (AIY)Examines nature/human relationships cross-culturally, through the lens of Anthropocene and political ecology theories that aim at understanding and explaining the impact of the human species on planet Earth, with the goal of making evidence-based assessments of the near-future possibilities for life on Earth. Covers climate change, the 6th big extinction event, changing land and water conditions, and human responses to these changes. 3 Cr.
SOC 332 Health, Medicine and Society (AIY)Examines current knowledge about the relationship between society, the individual, and the social structure of the medical system. Topics include the social construction of health and illness; social disparities in morbidity & mortality; the medicalization of human experience; the social experience of illness; and the organization and financing of medical care. 3 Cr.
WMS 335 Feminism and Philosophy (AY)Explores the philosophical foundations of some major strands in feminist theory. Examines the philosophical commitments of, e.g., liberal, radical, lesbian, Marxist, postmodern, and cyber feminisms. Investigates how these feminisms respond to contemporary concerns about work, parenthood, sexuality and technology. Cross-listed with PHL 335. 3 Cr.
PLS 338 Global Issues (AIY) Covers a selection of issues such as military weapons growth, problems of world order, gender issues, terrorism, globalization, international politics of energy, food, population growth and natural resources. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.) [Cross-listed with INS338.]
WMS 338 Lesbian and Gay Literature (AY)Focuses on gay and lesbian authors; analyzes the intersections between race, class, gender, and sexuality in contemporary literature. Requires oral presentations, intensive critical discussion, and written responses to texts. 3 Cr.
JRB 343 Media Performance (BY)Course fee: $20. Explores styles of speech, analysis and interpretation of copy, voice development, on-camera behavior and techniques in both radio and television and more broadly in various types of performance. The general objective is to make the student a more effective communicator. 3 Cr.
FRN 350 Conversing with French Cinema (AY) This film-based course builds upper division students’ language skills through engaging activities that move students from basic comprehension to analysis and synthesis while reinforcing communication and critical thinking. Emphasis will be placed on discourse strategies, range of expression, and vocabulary acquisition. A review of French grammar will expand knowledge of idioms and improve accuracy. 3 Cr. (Fall.) [Prerequisite: FRN 212 or 213.]
HST 359 History of European Women (AHWY)Examines the history of European women since 1500, including traditional roles in political, economic, cultural and social life. Focuses on the changes over the centuries. 3 Cr. (Spring.) [Cross-listed as WMS 359.]
WMS 359 History of European Women (AHWY)Examines the history of European women since 1500, including traditional roles in political, cultural, and social life. Focuses on change over the centuries. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as HST 359.]
JRB 366 Television Reporting (BY)$75 Course fee required: Prerequisite: JRB 224. Designed to teach students the fundamentals of television news reporting. Students will learn how to find, write, shoot, and edit news packages for broadcast on television and the internet. Students will learn how to weave words, pictures and sound together in a factual, compelling, and interesting manner. 3 Cr. (Fall.)
WMS 367 Women in World Literature (AWY)Cross-culturally examines writing by and about women. May be focused on particular themes, genres, historical moments, movements or international women authors. May address questions concerning literary canons, social and cultural contexts for literary representations of women, women writers working within particular genres, politics of women’s writing and publication, etc. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as ENG 367.]
ENG 367 Women in World Literature (AWY) May be focused on particular themes, genres, historical moments, movements or international women authors. May address questions concerning literary canons, social and cultural contexts for literary representations of women, women writers working within particular genres, politics of women’s writing and publication, etc. 3 Cr. [Cross-listed as WMS 367 Cross-culturally examines writing by and about women.]
HST 390 Research Methods (AY)Engages students in the creation of historical knowledge as they research, draft and polish a major research paper. Topics vary by instructor but in all sections students craft their own sub-topics, learn to use databases and research tools, and develop oral presentation skills. Required for History majors. Open to History minors and others by advisement. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.) [Prerequisite: Completion of at least 3 of HST 201, 202, 211, and 212 or equivalents, with a minimum grade of C.]
PRO 451 Issues in Nursing Leadership and Management (AIY)Overview of the course: This course is designed to examine leadership and management in nursing and involvement of this role in contemporary issues in nursing. Topics will include: leadership and management roles, power in nursing, career choices, overview of responsible delegation, legal and ethical issues in nursing, and examination of controversial topics in health care including nursing educational issues, politics and gender. This course also examines the challenge of sustainability of health care and health care costs in the United States. 3 Cr. (Every Semester.)
