2016-2017 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PSYC 301 - Theory and Method: Research Design
This course a graduate level survey of psychological research methods as they relate to philosophies of science, “micro”-theories, and substantive conceptual or pragmatic issues in psychology. Special emphasis is placed on developing useful and logically consistent links between different areas of inquiry and different methods. Students will apply concepts and methods to the development of their own programs of research.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every fall semester
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PSYC 303 - Assessment
Adult Assessment: This course introduces students to the clinical diagnostic interview and major psychological assessment instruments (WAIS, Rorschach, TAT, and MMPI-2) for use in adult clinical assessment. As part of the course, students will learn to administer and interpret these tests with adult subjects.
Anticipated Terms Offered: every fall
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PSYC 304 - Child Assessment
Spring Semester Child Assessment: In this course students will develop skills in the administration and interpretation of clinical assessment instruments with children. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on developmental understanding of children as a base from which to interpret individual differences and psychopathology.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every spring
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PSYC 306 - Qualitative/Interpretive Methods
A graduate-level introductory seminar into qualitative research, its conceptual roots, covering the ontological and epistemological concerns, but centering on the methodological issues surrounding contemporary psychological research. Textbook readings will be supplemented with contemporary articles on ethnography, ethnomethodology, discourse and narrative analysis.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 308 - Social Forum
This is a forum on research and theory in social and cultural psychology in which graduate students and faculty members discuss theoretical and methodological problems, plan new research and share updates on ongoing projects.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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PSYC 310 - Theories of Psychotherapy
This course provides an overview of the major theoretical approaches to conducting psychotherapy. There is a strong emphasis on diversity issues in psychotherapy throughout the course, as well as ongoing consideration regarding how therapeutic interventions can be evaluated empirically.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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PSYC 311 - Psychopathology
Examines the difficulties of defining psychopathology and reviews the major diagnostic categories currently in use from a phenomenological, theoretical and research perspective. Special attention is given to gender, class and diversity issues.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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PSYC 315 - Social and Cultural Psychology of Genocides
This seminar reviews social psychological theories on the psychology of genocide, addressing processes among victim, perpetrator, and bystander groups. Perspectives from cultural psychology that allow for a more contextualized understanding of the evolution of mass violence are also included. While most of the available literature has dealt with the Holocaust, we will also read and discuss the Armenian genocide; genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Sudan; and other relevant contexts and events. In addition to discussing psychological processes and societal factors that enable the evolution of genocide, we will address topics such as rescuing behavior and resistance during genocide, propaganda and hate speech, and psychological reactions to extreme mass violence. The aftermath of genocide and questions of transnational justice will also be briefly touched on.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 317 - Research
This is a variable unit graduate course for students engaged in research at the PhD level. This course replaces the PSYC 399–Directed Studies course.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall and Spring
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PSYC 319 - Advanced Topics in Social Psychology
An intensive treatment of selected areas in social psychological research and theory, including consistency theories in attitude formation and in interpersonal perception; attribution theory in self-perception; and social/situational determinants of normal, everyday behavior and of antisocial behaviors such as violence, criminality and riots.
Topic for Fall 2014: Understanding and Improving Group Relations:
Intergroup conflict and violence continue to plague many parts of the world, and intergroup relations shape our daily lives and statuses within different social structures.
This advanced-level seminar will cover in-depth analyses of theories and principles about intergroup relations from various academic disciplines and intellectual approaches, with special attention given to the social/political psychology of conflict and to proposed strategies to reduce it. Topics will include historical and comparative reviews of research and theory, such as social identity, stereotypes, attitudes, social movements, power, and conflict reduction, as well as the application of these concepts to contemporary societal problems. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts and tools necessary for the study of intergroup relations, and to use these tools to explain the status of marginalized and disadvantaged groups, as well as the role of privilege and power. In this class, we will discuss current, past, and ongoing real-world cases that are relevant to the class’s interests (through film and student presentations), review and critique existing literature on the topic, and explore alternative explanations and solutions to intergroup relations (through simulations and theoretical analyses).
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 323 - Theory and Research in Social and Emotional Development
Explores theories and research on the socialization and individuation (and their interaction) of the developing infant, child and adolescent. Highlights contributions of the child, family, the larger sociocultural context and their interplay. Topics covered include parent-child attachment, temperament, peer relations, self-development and sex-role socialization. Emphasizes research methods and analysis in developmental research (e.g., modeling growth and change).
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 336 - Cognitive and Affective Behavior
This course is firmly research-based but goes beyond the recounting of research to examine the specific pertinence of different findings for understanding normal and atypical child development. Cognitive development research is a major area of developmental psychology that investigates the acquisition of knowledge in children. It describes and explains systematic changes in children’s knowledge about the physical and the social worlds and in their use of cultural tools (e.g., language, writing, and number). Cognition involves a large array of mental processes-perceiving objects and events, problem-solving, reasoning, creativity, using language, conceptualizing, remembering, classifying, symbolizing, understanding others’ intentions, and many others.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 337 - Advanced Graduate Statistics
This course will explore various advanced methods in statistical analysis.
Spring 2016: Multilevel Modeling (MLM) is a statistical tool for the analysis of nested data (i.e., students in classrooms, people in nations, members in a family, partners in romantic relationships, and repeated measures overtime). This course will cover many types of MLM including basic MLMs, growth curve modeling, repeated measures analyses, lagged models, dyadic data analysis, longitudinal dyadic models, and an introduction to Multilevel-SEM. This course will use mainly SPSS software with example datasets and annotated output provided. This course has an applied focus and will stress the execution of models in SPSS and interpretation of the output. Examples of each technique in the psychological literature will be given to aid discussions on the presentation of results in research reports.:
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every other spring
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PSYC 338 - Psychotherapy Practicum
Clinical psychology graduate students in this practicum will learn how to conduct clinical interviews and individual psychotherapy using acceptance-based behavior therapy. Class time will be devoted to group supervision, case conceptualization, and discussions of the broader issues related to providing individual psychotherapy. Students should expect to see between two and three clients over the course of the one-year practicum.
Prerequisites: PSYC 303
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every semester
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PSYC 340 - Mini-Practicum
Clinical psychology graduate students in this optional practicum will complete a year-long, 5-10 hour per week, community placement. Mini-practicum sites are approved by the Director of Clinical Training.
Prerequisites: PSYC 338
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every semester
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PSYC 342 - Couples Therapy Practicum
Students in this practicum will learn how to assess and treat the full spectrum of mildly to severely distressed couples. The treatment approach emphasizes fostering intimacy, closeness and mutual acceptance, while at the same time teaching useful communication and problem-solving skills. We will be treating both married and unmarried couples as long as they are currently living together and are not violent. Depending on the number of students in the practicum, students will either treat couples as part of a two-person team or as the sole therapist. Class time will be devoted to group supervision, discussions of the broader issues of couple therapy and a weekly journal club. Students should expect to see between two and three couples over the course of the one-year practicum, with each course of therapy being approximately 20 to 25 sessions. Students in the practicum will learn about the correlates and predictors of marital distress, how to assess a couple’s level of distress and commitment, how to formulate and test therapeutic hypotheses over the course of treatment, and how to conduct a very powerful and effective approach to couple therapy. Students should expect to be proficient and capable of proceeding quite independently by the end of this one year practicum.
Prerequisites: PSYC 338
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every semester
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PSYC 344 - Externship
Clinical psychology graduate students in this practicum will complete a year-long externship in a community placement of their interest. Externship sites are approved by the Director of Clinical Training. Students will also have regular meetings with the Associate Director of Clinical Training to discuss ongoing progress, supervision, and professional development topics.
Prerequisites: PSYC 342
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every semester
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PSYC 346 - Advanced Therapy Practicum
Clinical psychology graduate students who have completed Externship may elect to take this practicum. This experience is a year-long experience in a community placement of the student’s interest. Training sites must be approved by the Director of Clinical Training.
Prerequisites: PSYC 344
Anticipated Terms Offered: Every semester
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PSYC 350 - Motivation and Self-Regulation
Explores the motivation of human behavior (i.e., what energizes and directs our actions). Examines theoretical and empirical works relevant to motivation, particularly those emphasizing an active organism. Also applies motivational theories to various areas, including education, work, sports, psychopathology and psychotherapy.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 354 - Social and Personality Development
Explores theories and research on the social, emotional, and personality development of individuals across the lifespan. Highlights contributions of the child, family, the larger sociocultural context and their interplay to development. Topics covered include parent-child attachment, temperament, peer relations, self-development, sex-role socialization and issues particular to emerging adulthood, midlife, and older adults. Emphasizes research methods and analysis in developmental research (e.g., modeling growth and change).
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
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PSYC 358 - Stereotypes and Prejudice
This graduate level course provides an introduction to the social psychology of stereotypes and
prejudice. Students will explore a variety of topics regarding stereotypes and prejudice,
including cognitive processing (e.g., categorization, activation, application), content and
structure, expression, sociostructural causes and consequences (e.g., power, status, threat), and
their reduction or elimination (e.g., prejudice reduction, intergroup interactions, social change).
Further, students will engage both theoretical and metatheoretical debates in the field of
stereotypes and prejudice and will develop a critical approach to assessing empirical research.
The goals of this course are to (1) provide students with an in-depth understanding of
stereotypes and prejudice and how they affect social and political reality, (2) critically examine
theory and metatheory guiding research on stereotypes and prejudice, (3) learn how researchers
study stereotypes and prejudice, and (4) develop a research proposal or review paper.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall or Spring
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PSYC 361 - Human Neuropsychology
This course provides a broad overview of neuropsychology for undergraduate and graduate students. The goal of the course is to provide students with knowledge of brain and behavior relationships. Students will learn how the brain governs primary cognitive domains such as memory, attention, executive functions, and intelligence. We will also examine the neuropsychological tests used to evaluate the various cognitive domains, students will become familiar with the format and type of information provided in neuropsychological reports, and we will discuss some of the disorders typically seen in individuals referred for neuropsychological evaluations such as dementias, traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities, ADHD etc.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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PSYC 363 - Knowledge, Development & Instruction
This is an advanced seminar that combines an in-depth examination of research in cognitive development and the learning sciences, with classroom-based research in a public school setting. The course will revolve around a research project conducted in partnership with the Woodland Academy, a public school located near Clark University. We will develop and pilot teaching interventions for preschoolers and kindergartners focusing on developing their knowledge of objects and materials (e.g., the same kind of object can be made of different kinds of materials); weight (e.g., the weight of an object depends on its size and the material it is made of); amount of “stuff” (if you change the shape of a ball of Playdough or divide it into several pieces, do you still have the same amount of clay); and number. Students in this course will produce critical literature reviews, conduct clinical interviews with the children at Woodland Academy, and participate in the design, implementation, and assessment of the teaching interventions. The research project will be based on existing learning progressions for key concepts in math and science, and will contribute to refining those learning progressions. Classroom talk will be an important aspect of our observations, interviews, and interventions. Students in this course will also read on and discuss different topics in cognitive development and in classroom discourse—e.g., the development of numerical skills physical knowledge, and reasoning skills, epistemological and ontological development, and the relation between language and thought. Students need some schedule flexibility in order to participate in the part of the research conducted at Woodland Academy.
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PSYC 364 - Seminar: Diversity Issues
This course examines the sociocultural context of human behavior with a particular focus on issues of diversity in the clinical setting. This course fulfills the Massachusetts State Licensing Board requirement for training in issues of cultural diversity.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year.
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PSYC 365 - Psychology of Men
Explores topics related to the social learning and social construction of masculinity and the male gender role in different social contexts including families, friendships, mental and physical health, sports, and intimate relationships.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 367 - Narrative & the Critique of Romance
Employing a capstone-format, this course examines the use of narrative as an increasingly influential and integrating paradigm within psychology, the social sciences, and the humanities. Our topic this semester will be the conceptual foundations of the narrative perspective including methods of analysis, and their application to the theme of Romance. The participants will be given the opportunity to explore ‘Romance’ in the form of a group project from a perspective of their own choosing in which narrative serves as a basic analytic and organizing principle.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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PSYC 368 - Contemporary Families
The goal of this seminar is to engage students in the major theories, empirical research, and current controversies on contemporary families. Contemporary families are notably diverse, varying in terms of their racial/ethnic makeup, number of parents, gender of parents, biological relatedness among family members, and many other factors. In turn, modern families are the subject of considerable debate and discussion, with questions centering on whether “the family” is in transition or in decline, whether certain families are more valid than others, and so on. This seminar will examine the varied contextual forces and social locations that are fundamentally intertwined with, and serve to shape, family life (e.g., race, social class), as well as the many forms that contemporary families take (e.g., single-parent families, lesbian/gay-parent families, adoptive families). Special attention is paid to timely but understudied topics related to family life, such as the influence of reproductive technologies (e.g., donor insemination) and information technologies and social media (e.g., text messaging, the internet) on family life. This course will also emphasize the major theoretical perspectives that have been used to understand and theorize about families. Finally, media representations of diverse families, as well as resources aimed at addressing the needs of diverse families, will be examined and critiqued based on the empirical literature. This advanced seminar is ideal for students who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of family complexity and diversity, especially those who are interested in working with families in research or applied settings.
The goal of this seminar is to engage students in the major theories, empirical research, and current controversies on contemporary families. This seminar will examine the varied contextual forces and social locations that are fundamentally intertwined with, and serve to shape, family life (e.g., race, social class), as well as the many forms that contemporary families take (e.g., single-parent families, gay-parent families, adoptive families). Special attention is paid to timely but understudied topics related to family life, such as the influence of reproductive technologies (e.g., donor insemination) and information technologies and social media (e.g., text messaging, the internet) on family life. This course will also emphasize the major theoretical perspectives that have been used to understand and theorize about families.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 372 - How to Make an Activist
This capstone seminar explores the question, “what makes an activist” by examining the psychology of social/political activism and political engagement in the U.S. context. Why do some people want to change the world, and how can psychological theories help us better understand activism in the world, and in our own lives? It is not necessary for you to consider yourself an activist (or want to be an activist) in order to take this course. Together we will read empirical and theoretical work examining these questions, and make connections to the world around us. If you are involved with community-based work, or curious about why other people are, this course presents an opportunity to explore these issues from an interdisciplinary psychological perspective. The emphasis will be on how psychological processes and engagement are shaped by social context (history, social and cultural location) and individual differences (including not only personality, but also gender, race, sexuality, class, etc.).
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PSYC 375 - Societal Approaches to Thinking
This capstone seminar provides a theoretical and methodological frame for studying how thinking is shaped by the societal context in which the person is situated, by the social location the person occupies in that context, by the cultural discourses in which he/she participates, and by the nature of what is being thought about. The seminar draws from readings from interdisciplinary sources, including psychology. We start with illustrative works from developmental psychology, sociocultural psychology and social psychology that approach thinking and reasoning in their social and cultural contexts. We also examine some works that do not emphasize the social context of thinking but that examine everyday thinking about social problems. We then discuss interdisciplinary writings that emphasize how societies and cultures are structured internally in terms of gender, race and class, and we examine empirical research on thinking and on personal epistemology that is grounded in this kind of societal framework. The last class of the semester will be a symposium in which each student will present her or his final paper in a 15-minute formal presentation, followed by class discussion.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 377 - Masculinities and Violence
This capstone seminar will focus on how masculinities interact with several forms of human violence. The course will begin with an examination of sociocultural and evolutionary theories of gender and masculinity, and we will debate the strengths and weakness of different perspectives. Each subsequent week will focus on a different form of human violence, including homicide, sexual assault, war and terrorism, bullying, sports, and others. The primary task of our discussions will be to examine how different forms of masculinity provoke, attenuate, or respond to human violence. Although our primary focus will be on understanding human violence, we will also examine efforts and solutions to reducing or eliminating violence (e.g., sexual assault prevention, suicide prevention, and pacifism). This seminar will be discussion based, interspersed with mini-lectures, activities, and media presentations. Students will also work toward developing a theoretically-grounded anti-violence intervention throughout the semester.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
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PSYC 384 - Culture and Human Development
How do behaviors pertaining to infant attachment, puberty, and romantic love vary from culture to culture? How do views of respect for parental authority, the value of autonomy, and the meaning of being an adult vary from culture to culture? And how do such behaviors and views intersect with psychological conceptions of what is healthy vs. unhealthy, normal vs. abnormal? In the course “Culture and Human Development” (Psych 384), we examine the ways an individual’s psychological and social development takes place in cultural context, from infancy to adulthood. Readings include qualitative and quantitative studies of different parts of the life span in diverse cultures (globally and within the United States). While most readings are drawn from psychology, some readings are by anthropologists, legal scholars, and literary authors. Course content has implications for theoretical, research, and applied purposes. The course format is highly interactive, including discussion of readings, class exercises, guest visitors who grew up in different cultures, films, and student presentations. Course Requirements: For clinical psychology Ph.D. students, this course satisfies the “social” APA requirement. For developmental psychology Ph.D. students, it satisfies the developmental graduate seminar requirement. Graduate students from all other programs and departments are welcome.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 386 - Advanced Topics in Social Development
This capstone seminar explores various topics in social development.
Fall 2016
This course will explore theories and research in social and personality development. Beginning in infancy and moving through adolescence, we will examine how children form connections with others and become part of a social world while at the same time becoming individuals with unique experiences, perspectives, and self-concepts. For each session there will be substantive areas covered (e.g., peer influences, parenting, gender roles) as well as focus on a specific methodological/ statistical issue in developmental research (e.g., measuring change).
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 387 - Ethics in Clinical Psychology
This course will address a range of ethical issues faced by clinical psychologists. Among the questions that we will grapple with are, What constitutes confidentiality in therapeutic relationships? How do the ethical guidelines regarding confidentiality differ for adults versus minors? What is the duty to warn and when is it necessary? What are common ethical dilemmas in the initiation and termination of therapeutic relationships with mental health consumers? What are the tensions between ethical standards in clinical research versus clinical practice? For first-year clinical students.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
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PSYC 389 - Clinical Workshop
Clinical Workshop provides an opportunity for all clinical students and faculty to hear outside speakers present on topics of clinical relevance (first semester) and for students to present and receive feedback on their clinical cases (second semester). The agenda for the series is organized by the Clinical Coordinator in consultation with the Director of Clinical Training. This seminar is required of all clinical students for the first four years of their program.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester.
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PSYC 393 - Historical Background of Contemporary Psychology
Includes an appreciation of the generative ideas and world hypotheses underlying contemporary psychological approaches and traces the earlier manifestations of these ideas and world hypotheses in intellectual history or history of ideas. Instructor’s permission.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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PSYC 395 - Social Science Research to Influence Public Policy
The purpose of this course is to teach students strategies for using their research knowledge to influence public policy decisions, particularly at the state level. Students will also be involved in the planning and implementation of the Family Impact Seminar, a seminar where Clark faculty and their colleagues present research to state legislators at an annual symposium at the State House in Boston in late March. Students will learn the importance of using research to influence public policy, the challenges in translating research into a format that is relevant to policymakers, and strategies for overcoming those challenges.
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PSYC 396 - What Children Know
Examines the evolution of children’s knowledge about the physical world; the biological world; language, number and other symbolic systems; and the social world. How do infants’ and children’s perceptual and cognitive abilities interact with input from caretakers to advance their knowledge? How do symbolic systems such as language and writing get internalized? Related topics are the evolution of language in the human species, the history of number and writing systems and animal cognition.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically.
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PSYC 398 - Clinical Internship
This course allows graduate students in the clinical psychology training program who are completing their APA approved internship. Permission of the Director of Clinical Training is required.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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PSYC 399 - Directed Study
Advanced readings or research under the direction of a department faculty member. Offered for variable credit.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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PSYC 1090 - Qualitative Methods
Covers the principles of engagement in qualitative inquiry-with particular emphasis on observing, interviewing, and analyzing people in interaction. Classes take the form of a mix between lecture and discussion, supplemented by an individually conducted observation project, and an interview that is carried out as a small group project.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 1320 - Developmental Psychology
This course provides a comprehensive overview of human psychological development from the prenatal period through the entire lifespan. History, theory, and methods specific to developmental study will be discussed to lay the groundwork for the state of the field, in addition to a broad overview of current research and theory specific to developmental issues. The importance of culture and context will also be emphasized throughout the course. Students will learn the basic skills necessary for scientific and psychological writing, and in general will become critical consumers of research on human development.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 1480 - Introduction to Clinical & Counseling Psychology
Provides an overview of psychologists role in contemporary culture. This course critically examines various theories of cognitive, educational and personality assessment. It reviews theories of intervention and change with attention to their assumptions concerning normal and normative behavior and assesses current directions in health psychology.
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PSYC 1520 - Adolescent Development
This course is designed to introduce you to the research and theory of adolescent and early/emerging adulthood development. We will discuss topics such as change vs. stability in personlity, transitions into long-term relationships/parenthood, and media use in adolescence. We will explore the biological, social, emotional, and cognitive aspects of development, paying particular attention to the contextual factors that direct and inform developmental outcomes. An overarching theme will involve the consideration of how cultural factors and the social world influence development.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 1560 - Cultural Psychology
Provides a survey of theory, methods and research in culture and psychology. We will discuss different definitions of culture, and consider what the different definitions imply for how culture should be studied. Cross-cultural psychology and cultural psychology provide two general frameworks for addressing the complex question of how culture informs human action and experience. We will examine these approaches and explore the role of culture across a range of areas, including perceptual and cognitive processes, human development, identity and emotion. Issues concerning cultural contact and intercultural relations will be considered, and we will explore cultural phenomena such as the cultural organization of the environment, tourism and pilgrimage, burial processes, and music.
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PSYC 1590 - Cultural Diversity in Psychology
This course will provide students with an introductory overview of cultural diversity in psychology. Throughout the course, students will learn theories, research, and practical implications when dealing with cultural diversity in psychology. Therefore, students will be exposed to a range of constructs and be able to apply them in research and clinical practice.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 1690 - Psychology of Buddhism
This course will provide and overview of Buddhist thought and its significance for psychology. The three main branches of Buddhism will be represented: the essential teachings of Theravada as its base, the rich philosophical understanding of the nature of reality (Mahayana) and the esoteric tantric vehicle ( Vajrayana) made accessible to Westerners today by virtue of the Tibetan diaspora. We will study this encompassing and comprehensive system for what it tells about the nature of the person, mind, and reality in relation to our understanding of human psychology. In addition, we will explicitly consider the relationship to Western psychology in praxis and theory.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: VP (summer only)
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 1700 - Social Psychology
Provides a systematic introduction to the field of social psychology, which studies how the thoughts, feelings and actions of a person are influenced by other people and social situations. We will explore the power of situations, culture and context, as well as how people individually react and think about certain social situations.
Anticipated Terms Offered: various
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PSYC 1710 - Psychology of Religion
An investigation of religion and religious traditions through the lens of psychology. We will be investigating religious beliefs, experiences, and behavior through an examination of psychological research and theory, both historical and contemporary. We will be drawing on a diversity of psychological approaches, such as biological, developmental, social, cognitive, cultural, and humanistic.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 1730 - Abnormal Psychology
This course begins with a discussion of the manner in which abnormal behavior has been traditionally defined and the implications of these definitions. A comprehensive overview of the major categories of abnormal behavioral disorders is then provided with an emphasis on theory and research (e.g., schizophrenia, affective disorders, substance abuse, eating disorders, etc.). Special attention is paid to issues of assessment, intervention, and prevention.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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PSYC 2100 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Persons With Co-occurring Disorders
Explores the diagnostic and treatment challenges posed by co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders. There will be strong emphasis on increasing awareness of self and others, as well as development of clinical applications. Concepts and theories behind addictive and psychiatric disorders and their treatment process will be covered.
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PSYC 2200 - Recovery and Relapse Prevention in Mental Illness and Addiction
Mental Health and Addiction Services are increasingly organized according to principles of recovery outlined in the President’s New Freedom Commission Report. The course provides an overview of recovery-oriented approaches to care, psychosocial rehabilitation and relapse prevention. Students will be introduced to stages-of-change theory, motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behavior Therapy based skills and cognitive-behavioral analysis as applied to relapse cycles. The second half of the course will explore problem-specific evidence-based interventions that are consistent with recovery principles.
Anticipated Terms Offered: various
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PSYC 2300 - Psychology of Human Learning
Emphasizes both theoretical understanding and practical application of theories and research findigs. Topics include how people process information in daily living, the use of learning style in educational methods and career choice, and the effect of emotions on perception and memory.
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PSYC 2390 - Psychology of Human Motivation
Students evaluate the different psychological theories of motivation from a phenomenological perspective. Each theory is evaluated in terms of an experiential matrix. Assists the student in his/her attempt to make sense of what comes under the rubric of motivation. Behavior modification and management strategies commonly used in clinics and the workplace are critically examined.
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PSYC 2420 - Psychology of Religion
An investigation of religion and religious traditions through the lens of psychology. We will be investigating religious beliefs, experiences, and behavior through an examination of psychological research and theory, both historical and contemporary. We will be drawing on a diversity of psychological approaches, such as biological, developmental, social, cognitive, cultural, and humanistic.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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SCIS 1960 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
This course provides a broad overview of forensic anthropology-an applied field of biological anthropology. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical/biological anthropology to the legal process. The identification of skeletal human remains is important for both legal and humanitarian reasons. Forensic anthropologists work to determine age, sex, ancestry, stature and unique features from the skeleton. While proficiency in forensic methods will not be the focus of this course, general identification techniques will be addressed. A combination of readings from the assigned textbook and articles assigned by the instructor will form the basis of class lecture and discussion.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
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SCIS 2050 - Forensic Science
What is forensic science? Is it really what we see on CSI and other similar shows? We will answer these questions as well as examine the major issues surrounding forensic science, its capabilities as well as its weaknesses. We will combine the technical aspects of several of the individual disciplines within forensic science with the major current issues pertaining to each particular discipline. We will look closely at the National Academy of Science’s (NAS) publication Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States- A Path Forward which will have a tremendous impact on the future of forensic science. You won’t be a forensic scientist when the course is over but you will be well educated and knowledgeable about the basics of forensic sciences and be able to judge for yourself the credibility of the science used in crime scene investigation.
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SCRN 101 - Foundations of Screen Studies
Introduction to film and related screen media, with emphasis on critical thought and analysis. The course begins with attention to aspects of filmmaking activities - such as cinematography, editing and sound - then explores more contextual screen areas such as art film traditions, screen genres, auteur theory, gender and representation, etc. Students actively analyze films in detail to foster an understanding of screen styles and meanings. Fulfills prerequisites for advanced screen-studies courses.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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SCRN 107 - Introduction to Digital Filmmaking
An introduction to the skills and technology required for digital filmmaking. Each student will conceptualize, design, shoot, and edit three digital film projects (individual and collaborative). The course explores both the art and craft of moving image production; and there is a strong emphasis on the creation of imaginative and personal work.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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SCRN 108 - Intro to Screenwriting
This course is centered on the art and craft of screenwriting–both the theory behind the work, and the application of that theory. Students will be expected to write consistently throughout the term, a minimum of 10 hours a week, and complete a revised, polished feature-length screenplay by the end of term. Students will also be expected to expand their film vocabulary through viewing selected films and reading the course texts. The goal of this course is to provide a full understanding of the theories and principles behind writing for the screen–and to provide a structure in which those principles and theories can be applied.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other spring
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SCRN 114 - Writing About Film: Methods of Film Analysis
Considers a variety of critical methods for the analysis and interpretation of film. The course considers several important kinds of writing about film, including journalistic film criticism and analysis based in film theory. Students actively practice all of these modes of writing to acquire the analytic skills used in upper-level courses. The major critical approaches or methodologies of film studies such as formalist criticism, genre criticism, auteur criticism and forms of ideological criticism are explored in coordination with weekly films.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: VE
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every spring
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SCRN 120 - History of U.S. Film Since 1950
The history of post-WWII American cinema is the story of an ongoing series of adjustments to (or developments within the context of) instability in postwar film business: film noir, 3-D, biblical epics, blockbusters, art film influences, “new blood” from TV and film schools, Black filmmaking, revisionist genre films, high-concept filmmaking, etc. Further complicating this process of adjustments, cinema was overlaid onto, and consequently influenced by, the political turmoil within American society in general: the “Red Scare,” the Vietnam War, the emergence of a mass counterculture, the antiwar movement, Watergate, Reaganomics, the end of the Cold War and increasingly vocal demands by women and minorities for social equality (and media representation).
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: HP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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SCRN 121 - History of International Cinema Until 1960
Broad survey designed to acquaint students with major foreign movements in cinema history. Includes readings on and screenings of examples selected from Italian silent epics, French Impressionism, German Expressionist and Weimar cinema, Soviet montage school, Soviet socialist realism, British documentary school, Nazi cinema, Italian neorealism, Japanese classical cinema and French New Wave.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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SCRN 122 - History of American Broadcasting and Electronic Media
This course considers how broadcasting and electronic media have been developed over the past century. We will examine the technical achievements of the field as well as its social and aesthetic impacts from early electrical and wireless communication (telephone, radio) to mid-century inventions (television, satellites) and more recent innovations (cable, digital technology). We will sample a wide range of media productions, including early radio and TV shows, documentaries and current media phenomena. Students will do some of their own historical research on broadcasting to supplement the course material.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: HP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other semester
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SCRN 123 - Factual Film and Television
FALL 2016 - Focusing on the recent found-footage craze in film and television, this seminar theorizes the various tactics through which contemporary media deceive audiences precisely by telling the truth-delivering content that seduces by appearing actual, or “really real.” Beginning with a close reading of four notable found-footage films-The Blair Witch Project (1999), Paranormal Activity (2007), Cloverfield (2008) and Chronicle (2012)-we will go on to establish the historical, aesthetic, and generic contexts that have made such films possible. Special attention will be paid to media texts that are notorious for having taken liberties with the truth, such as Nanook of the North (1922), “The War of the Worlds” radio drama (1938), David Holzman’s Diary (1967), F for Fake (1973), The Thin Blue Line (1988), and Ghostwatch (1992, TV). During the last five weeks of the course, the seminar will shift into a hands-on workshop phase, in which students will conceive, write, shoot, and edit their own short found-footage pseudo-documentary-a film that is wholly fictional yet purports to be real. Students wishing to enroll should note that this is not in any sense a “film appreciation” course, but instead a serious, rigorous course in Film and Media Studies. The major workload of the seminar will comprise a series of written analyses based on weekly screenings, in which students will grapple not only with narrative (i.e. scripted plots), but also with the intricacies of film form (i.e., editing, sound, cinematography, lighting, production design, and so on).
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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SCRN 124 - History of International Cinema Since 1960
Considers the proliferation and significance since the 1960s of new cinemas outside Europe, as well as major social, industrial, technological, and cultural changes in Western countries supporting alternatives to Hollywood entertainment. Surveys major developments in contemporary international cinema from the mid-1960s to the present, emphasizing both historical study of contexts and critical interpretation of individual films and broader film trends. Begins with politically-critical filmmaking in the Soviet bloc countries and in the developing countries of Latin America and Africa. Subsequently, the course explores aesthetic and industry trends in European and Asian cinemas, selected from the New German cinema movement, pan-European “quality” films, the Dogme 95 movement, Parallel Cinema in India, the Hong Kong New Wave, and China’s Fifth Generation filmmakers. The significant but problematic concept of national cinema is investigated throughout the course.
Prerequisites: SCRN 101 or Permission.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: GP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year.
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SCRN 131 - Film Noir and its Contexts
An in-depth study of this highly influential yet much debated category of American cinema. This course considers the status of film noir as a genre, European and American influences, visual and narrative techniques, cultural contexts such as existentialism, psychoanalysis, and postmodernism, and articulations of gender and race in studio-era and contemporary noir. Weekly class screenings are accompanied by out-of-class film viewing and by course readings drawn from a broad variety of historical, analytical, and theoretical studies.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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SCRN 140 - Film Authors and Authorship
Examines the theory and practice of film authorship through a consideration of works by major American and international film authors. Studies historical development of the idea of film directors as authors in Europe and the United States. Emphasizes the impact of such theories on the study of various American figures, which may include Hawks, Ford, Hitchcock and Coppola, as well as international figures. Also examines the formation of film authorship in emerging cultural contexts, such as women’s cinema and new national cinemas.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
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SCRN 208 - Advanced Digital Production: Narrative Fiction
An advanced production workshop primarily for juniors and seniors, this course uses digital video technology to explore cinematic form and style specifically through the craft of narrative fiction visual storytelling. Students working individually and collaboratively will develop short-form narratives from script to screen using sound and image. Through a series of production exercises and projects, lectures, readings, screenings, in-class critiques, and peer reviews, students will refine their critical and aesthetic sensibilities. Sample topics include lighting, composition, continuity, sound, and editing techniques. This course assumes a competence in production and editing. A working knowledge of Final Cut Pro editing software is required. Time demands are heavy and irregularly distributed.
Prerequisites: SCRN 101 and SCRN 107 or SCRN 145 .
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically.
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SCRN 210 - Experimental Production Workshop: Glitch Aesthetics
Whether appearing in the realm of still images, sound recordings, video, or other media, Glitch Art seeks to disrupt the data behind a digital representation in such a way that its simulation of analog can no longer remain covert. Sometimes intentional and sometimes accidental, a glitch flamboyantly undoes the communications platforms that we, as subjects of digital culture, both rely on and take for granted. In this course, students will investigate, theorize, and collaboratively work to produce Glitch Art in its various evolving forms. The course will thus offer both a formal survey of the history and theory of Glitch Art (including some proto-glitch forms and movements) and a workshop for providing critique and inspiration to individual artists. Because Glitch Art typically aims to render digital files unstable-triggering a partial failure of the software that “plays back” encoded sounds and images-the nature of our artistic practice will necessarily be unruly, our output unpredictable. Disciplinary boundaries will be crossed with impunity and oftentimes entirely ignored. In this course, a musician may try her hand at glitchy photography, while a graphic designer may collaborate with a sculptor on a glitched music video. Prior experience with digital technology and software may prove useful in some students’ work, but not in others. “Glitch Aesthetics” is the fourth in a series of Creative InterMedia courses developed by faculty in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and seeks to enroll juniors and seniors from each of the five V&PA majors: Art History, Music, Screen Studies, Studio Art, and Theater Arts. Students will be evaluated on the basis of an online portfolio of works in various media, as well as a substantial term project of the student’s own design, to be presented in a public group exhibition at end of term. Enrollment is by permission only and will be limited to 3-5 students per major; please contact the instructor prior to or during the registration period to discuss your eligibility.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2014
Placement Guidelines
This course (along with “Genre Production Workshop”) requires V&PA students to apply to the instructor for admission during the previous semester’s registration period, demonstrating through a portfolio, short interview, or transcript that they are serious and adequately prepared. Course is listed “PERM ONLY” and will be restricted to V&PA juniors and seniors.
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SCRN 217 - Cult Logics
Twin Peaks and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Punk Rock and Hello Kitty. Johnny Guitar and Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. To study cult fandom is first of all to confront a shopworn cliché about human subjectivity: there’s no accounting for tastes. The cult devotee’s pursuit is by definition a “minor” taste-at once marginal in subject and style, and hard to find as a material object. Cult objects may be passive “sleepers”-films or TV shows we don’t expect to be any good but which turn around and surprise us. More often, however, we encounter cult objects as transgressive confrontations: divisive, rude, and even boring, but above all oblivious to mainstream desires. Cultism frequently valorizes bad taste, excess, and ugliness (or hyper-cuteness, as in Japanese kawaii culture), forcing the beholder to confront their own perversions and anxieties. At the same time, in order to be a bona fide cultist, one has traditionally taken a vow of non-attainment: to pursue the esoteric beyond all reason. But what happens when the well of esoterica runs dry, as it seems to be doing today, with every outré video freely available on Netflix and Amazon? Does the wholesale commodification of cult products (think Hot Topic) paradoxically annihilate the possibility of cult pleasure? By theorizing the self perpetuating beyond-ness of cult fandom, this course will implicitly call into question why cultists desire their own marginalization, subversively refusing conventional enjoyment. One warning however: despite the garish allure of our readings and screenings, this course should not be mistaken as itself providing a “fun” or “entertaining” fan-oriented indulgence in the pleasures of cult representation. Instead, this course will insist on nothing less than your most serious scholarly engagement as we work to theorize cult pleasure, taste, and aesthetics in relation to questions of gender, race, nation, and class. So prepare to enjoy, but also prepare to work hard to understand the weirdness of your own enjoyment.
Prerequisites: SCRN 101 or COMM 101
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
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SCRN 225 - National Cinema
Issues in National and Regional Cinemas. Variable topics.
Fall 2016 Topic: European Art Cinema
Selective survey of European Art Cinema in the decades following the Second World War. Focuses on five superlative national cinemas, those of Italy, Sweden, France, Czechoslovakia and Germany. Addresses the work of canonical auteurs including Visconti, Fellini, Bergman, Bresson, Godard, Varda, Vláčil, Fassbinder, and others. Readings present both historical and critical analysis of this era in European cinema and of the particular films shown, as well as theoretical arguments about the concept of the “art film.”
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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SCRN 231 - Film Theory
This seminar examines a wide range of theories regarding motion picture reception, and to a lesser extent, production. Topics will include classic arguments about the aesthetic purpose of film and the place of authorship in screen texts, as well as more contemporary concerns such as queer theory, cognitivism, and post-structuralism. The course will also take up the anti-theory movement that has arisen in recent years.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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SCRN 261 - Critical Perspectives on Television
This course explores fundamental questions about the cultural significance of television by considering a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to television criticism, including ideological analysis, semiotics, political economy, feminist criticism, narrative, genre and critical race theories. In this course, we use these analytic tools to examine the cultural, political, and economic implications of television as a form of social communication. Our goals are (1) to become familiar with the key aspects of each theoretical perspective and (2) to apply these frameworks in our own analyses of television programs. By requiring students to continuously read, view, discuss, and write about critical perspectives on television, this course cultivates a deep understanding for the ideological and structural dynamics that constitute popular culture.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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SCRN 288 - Gender and Film
Explores the ways that gender is produced by the “social technologies” of film and video. Examines concepts of sexual difference (masculinity and femininity) and organizing representation, narrative and spectatorship in Hollywood and alternative cinemas, and in some television and video. Readings will be primarily theoretical and critical.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
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SCRN 291 - Capstone Course - Variable topics
Advanced studies of specific issues and approaches in screen arts. Topics vary.
Fall 2016 Topic: War Film & Anti-war Film
The war film, a genre defined by the depiction of scenes of military combat, traditionally has sustained a deep complicity with ideologies justifying war and particular wars. This capstone course looks at notable examples of the genre, reading each in its historical context as an engagement with broader discourses about war and arguments for and against the justness of wars of the day. The course also explores films that represent the effects or aftermath of wars. Readings include critical analyses of the films shown as well as theoretical and philosophical writings on war and resistance, and on the relationship between representational media and the logics of war. Authors include Virilio, Baudrillard, Negri, and others. Filmmakers include Renoir, Spielberg, Kubrick, Malick, Herzog, Bigelow, and others.
Prerequisites: SCRN 101 or Permission.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically.
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SCSV 1090 - The Final Chapter: A Study of Death and Dying
Students will develop an understanding of the death and dying process while exploring their own attitudes, feelings and beliefs. Topics covered include what is dying, the grieving process, children and death, suicide, violent deaths, cultural attitudes and euthanasia. Community resources will also be explored.
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: VP (summer only)
Anticipated Terms Offered: -
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SCSV 1130 - Writing to Heal
An exploration of writing as a tool in maintaining health and well being. We will look at the medical and psychological research that supports the belief that writing boosts in the immune system, reduces emotional distress, and lessens physical pain for some people. Through hands-on practice and group sharing we will become familiar with the ways in which the literary arts are tools for personal growth.
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SCSV 1140 - Health, Culture and Illness
Examines the importance of social and cultural factors in the field of medicine. It focuses on: provider self-awareness of health, illness, familiar folk remedies, traditional health beliefs and practices. Also investigated are the relationships between health care professionals, health institutions, patients, the organization and utilization of health services; the comparative examination of health systems from the cross-cultural perspective and the exception of healthcare illness as a social and cultural phenomena.
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SCSV 1180 - Our Aging Society
In the United States today there are more older people in the population than ever before. Many issues offer new challenges as one enters middle and later life but is there a way “successful aging” can be accomplished? With all of these challenges can one truly grow old gracefully? Topics such as diet, exercise, pensions, family life, and housing will be explored. Theories of the aging process will be discussed as we review the study of aging: past, present and future.
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SCSV 1240 - Drugs and Crime in Society
The physiological, psychological and sociological effects of licit and illicit drugs in society will be studied. A law enforcement perspective into the so called “war on drugs”, the success and failures of various drug prevention and replacement therapy programs as well as the roadblock to recovery being created by the criminal justice system and insurance companies will be discussed. Contemporary topics such as whether addiction is a choice or a disease, the pros and cons of legalization and the issue of medicinal marijuana will also be debated.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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SCSV 1600 - Drugs and Alcohol
Students are asked to explore drug use and abuse in American society, the socio-historical origins of drug and alcohol use from a cross-cultural perspective, the effects of formal organizational studies on the drug rehabilitation users, and independent variables such as family, work and income on chemical dependency. Students investigate societys use of legal as well as illegal drugs, and medical vs. recreational use of psychoactive substances.
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SCSV 2060 - Juvenile Delinquency
An examination of delinquency, the suspected causes of delinquent behavior, and the environmental influences of youthful misbehavior. The use of pretrial detention, shock incarceration, mandatory sentencing, and gang control efforts will be analyzed. Topics such as the role of the courts and police, status offenders, juvenile corrections, transfer of juvenile to adult courts and their impact on the Juvenile Justice system are covered.
Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
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SCSV 2080 - Children in Crisis
Explores the sensitive issues surrounding the increasing number of abused children in contemporary American culture. The biological, psychological and sociological factors affecting child abuse are used as the broad conceptual framework for prevention, identification and treatment. Focuses on the etiology of child abuse as well as treatment and the law.
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SCSV 2180 - Interpersonal Communication
This course will utilize theory and practical applications to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop interpersonal communication competence and better understand its role in the relationship context. Specific areas of study include: relationship building and maintenance, intercultural communication, conflict management and interpersonal communications in the organization.
Anticipated Terms Offered: various
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SOC 010 - Introduction to Sociology
A broad overview of sociology, its areas of study, modes of inquiry, and context for analysis. This course operates from the premise that individual lives are not just personal but social – as humans we are shaped by the societies in which we live and the social forces at work within them. Major theoretical perspectives and concepts will be discussed, with primary emphasis on the roles that culture, dimensions of inequality, and social change play in shaping individual lives. Students will also explore the influence that social institutions such as family, religion, education, health care, government, economy, and environment have on the ways humans live and work in society. Fulfills introductory course requirement for majors.
Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
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SOC 012 - Introduction to Sociology in a Global World
Sociology is a discipline that studies the ways in which society shapes our lives, our relationships, and our identities. It traces the web of influence and connection that often escapes our notice because it falls beyond our immediate vision. In other words, much of what we experience (including such diverse activities as falling in love, getting a job, or committing a crime) can be shown to find its source and meaning in broader forces. Sociologists refer to these factors collectively as culture, social structure and history.
In the past two decades, the scope and reach of these forces have broadened. We often refer to this trend as “globalization.” Time and space have compressed and the world has become increasingly interconnected and interdependent. This course is designed to broaden your analytic vision to examine the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of identity culture and community in a world transformed by globalization.
Fulfills the Global Perspective requirement
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: GP
Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
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