Proposing Faculty Member: Yoshiko O. Green Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: In Japanese culture, the language used daily plays an important role in food. Language can express experiences with food and reflect cultural beliefs and aspects of society. The focus of the course will be on healthy Japanese dishes, Japanese seasonings, and… Read more »
RECENT APPROVALS
Global Cultures: EALC-E 270 Japanese Language and Society
Proposing Faculty Member: Yoshiko O. Green Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: This course will cover Japanese language and society including multilingualism, language and nationalism, technology and language, native language, and reading habits. It is organized around the theme of language and identity, in particular the role of language in constructing national, international, and personal… Read more »
Global Cultures: WGS-W 350 / HSC-H 350 (Global Health, Gender and Sexuality)
Proposing Faculty Member: Christina Gerken Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: This course examines the gendered dimensions of global health. We will analyze how ideas about health intersect with culture and how state and global institutions have influenced, manipulated and exploited health. We will put a specific emphasis on the power relations and… Read more »
Visual Literacy: CMLT-C 294 (Film Genres)
Proposing Faculty Member: Elaine Roth Category: Extended Literacies Component: Visual Literacy Description: This global survey of film history moves from the middle of the twentieth century to the present moment. In this course, students will develop interpretive skills relevant to the study of film by examining the history of several major film movements. Lectures, readings,… Read more »
SOC-B 399 (VT: Young People Creating Social Change: How You Can Transform the World!
Proposing Faculty Member: Gail McGuire Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: This course we will examine the ways in which young people have created social change on national and international topics, such as gun violence, climate change, civil rights, and women’s rights. Drawing on historical analyses, social science research, and fictional… Read more »
PALC-B 190 (VT: Introduction to Palliative Care)
Proposing Faculty Member: Bunmi Okanlami Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: This course introduces students from diverse disciplines to the interdisciplinary field of Palliative and Supportive care, which improves the quality of life for people of all ages with serious illnesses. Students will be introduced to the philosophy under which a… Read more »
HSC-B 190 (VT: Disabilities Related to Communication and Society)
Proposing Faculty Member: Jennifer Essig Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: Introduction to behavioral and social aspects of communication disorders. There will be an emphasis on human perception of disabilities and the experiences of individuals with communication disorders. Also discussed are the potential influences of popular media in shaping the thinking… Read more »
GEOL-N 390 (VT: Our World’s Oceans)
Proposing Faculty Member: Henry Scott Category: Common Core Component: The Natural World Description: Our world’s oceans have elicited fear, balanced against human curiosity, for all of recorded history; remarkably, this continues to today because they are so vast and much remains unknown. From our earliest attempts to fish from their shores, to modern efforts to… Read more »
CJUS-B 190 (VT: Crime and the Media!)
Proposing Faculty Member: Stacie Merken Description: Have you ever wondered whether what you see about crime in the media is accurate? Do Criminal Minds, Orange is the New Black, and Law and Order: SVU resemble real FBI, corrections, courtroom, and policing? This course will examine the criminal justice system through a media lens, including, but… Read more »
THTR-A 190 (VT: The Secret Life of Puppets)
Proposing Faculty Member: Aimee Cole Description: This course will explore the use of puppetry in the performance arts of theatre, television and film. Topics will include exploring the history and diversity of puppetry in world culture, appreciating various puppet styles and performance methods and research master puppeteers and their contribution to the field. This is… Read more »