School of Language, Culture, and Society
Anthropology
Anthropology offers courses to meet the needs of students interested in a comprehensive understanding of human societies and cultures past and present. Prehistoric, historic, ethnographic, and linguistic study provides the basis for understanding how a variety of societies solve common problems. The anthropology curriculum provides a cross-cultural perspective, a sound basis for later professional or graduate education.
An anthropology degree enables students to pursue a broad range of jobs requiring a liberal arts background; for example, education, human and governmental services, law, business, media, and medicine. It prepares them especially well for work situations that emphasize cross-cultural awareness, international contacts, and management of cultural resources.
Anthropology bridges sciences and the humanities and develops critical thinking, communication skills, facility with group processes, and the ability to work independently. It can help students succeed in an increasingly interconnected and complex world.
Ethnic Studies
Ethnic studies is an established academic discipline traditionally defined by a concentration on the experiences and concerns of the four major ethnic minority groups historically under-represented in United States political and institutional life and in university curricula. Ethnic studies faculty bring a variety of methodological approaches to bear on the exploration of issues affecting African American, Asian American, Chicano/a-Latino/a, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. A degree in ethnic studies provides a sound basis for future work in graduate or professional programs and is of value to students interested in careers in a broad range of jobs requiring a liberal arts background and an understanding of race, ethnicity, and cultural competency.
World Languages
World Languages and Cultures (WLC) offers major programs leading to a BA degree in French or Spanish, and BA or BS in German or International Studies. We also offer minor programs in Asian Languages and Cultures, French, German, and Spanish for undergraduate students with majors in other disciplines. The major and minor programs provide students with the opportunity to develop language skills and to raise their understanding of and appreciation for world literatures and cultures.
Proficiency in a world language and knowledge of another culture can enhance career possibilities in fields that range from business, library work, and government service to park service, oceanography, agriculture, and forestry. Students often find it possible to combine languages with another major such as business administration, psychology, political science, sociology, and professional training to prepare for an exciting, internationally oriented career.
Study of a language other than English can help students improve communication skills in English, become more linguistically aware, develop analytical skills, and communicate on an equal basis with non-English-speaking people. Through language courses, students can gain a global perspective, more fully understand different cultures and value systems, and enhance their general knowledge of world development.
An undergraduate academic major (French, German, or Spanish) is required as a prerequisite to the Fifth-Year Teacher Education Program designed to prepare students for licensure and/or other graduate programs in education.
WLC cooperates with institutions of the Oregon University System and with other Northwest institutions of higher education in administering overseas study centers at Beijing and Fujian, China; Quito, Ecuador; Angers, Lyon, and Poitiers, France; Baden-Württemberg and Saarbrücken, Germany; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Puebla, Mexico; Santander, Oviedo, and Segovia, Spain. Students may also study at different institutions in Russia and in the former Soviet republics. See the International Programs section of this catalog.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at OSU relies on multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of gender and sexuality, particularly as they intersect with race, ethnicity, class, culture, religion, nation, and ability. Our program emphasizes academic excellence, the use of feminist and anti-racist pedagogies, and scholarship that contributes to social change and justice. We are committed to challenging all forms of oppression, and we center queer, transnational, and women of color feminisms in our curriculum. We encourage creative, innovative, and collaborative frameworks of study, and we work to meet the needs of a wide range of students, developing curriculum that is meaningful for students who wish to pursue careers in academia, as well as those who may be interested in community organizing, feminist nonprofit work, and/or other professional areas. The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program offers an undergraduate major, minor, and certificate, as well as the MA in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the opportunity to declare Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as a primary and/or secondary area in the MAIS. We also offer undergraduate and graduate minors in Queer Studies.
Certificate Programs
The School of Language, Culture, and Society participates in the Global Learning, Languages in Culture and Latin American Affairs certificate programs. These interdisciplinary programs are designed for students who wish to combine their school major with a broad knowledge of Latin American or Russian affairs, past and present, or who wish to explore how languages and cultures interact. Core courses are typically taken in language, in the humanities and social sciences.
Graduate Programs
The School of Language, Culture, and Society offers master's of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in Applied Anthropology, College Student Services Administration; and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Graduate minors are offered in Anthropology; Applied Anthropology; Ethnic Studies; Food in Culture and Social Justice; and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Students may earn the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) degree in the areas of anthropology, applied anthropology, ethnic studies, foreign languages and literatures, French, German, Spanish, and women studies. Typically, candidates who select French, German or Spanish as one of their primary areas complete graduate course work in language, linguistics, literature and culture studies. To be admitted to a world language component of the MAIS degree, students must meet the Graduate School’s general entrance requirements and obtain the consent of a graduate faculty member of the School of Language, Culture, and Society who agrees to serve as the field advisor. A maximum of 6 graduate credits completed at an overseas study center may be used to satisfy requirements for any one of three fields of the MAIS degree.
Undergraduate Programs
Majors
- Anthropology
Options: - Ethnic Studies
- French
- German
- International Studies
- Spanish
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Minors
- Anthropology
- Asian Languages and Cultures
- Ethnic Studies
- French
- German
- Global Development Studies
- Indigenous Studies
- Latinx/a/o Studies
- Queer Studies
- Social Justice
- Spanish
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Certificates
- Food in Culture and Social Justice
- Global Learning
- Language in Culture
- Latin American Affairs
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Graduate Programs
Majors
Minors
- Anthropology
- Applied Anthropology
- Ethnic Studies
- Food in Culture and Social Justice
- Queer Studies
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Certificate
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Faculty & Staff
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- Anthropology (ANTH)
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Chinese (CHN)
- College Student Services Administration (CSSA)
- Ethnic Studies (ES)
- Food in Culture and Social Justice (FCSJ)
- French (FR)
- German (GER)
- Italian (IT)
- Japanese (JPN)
- Korean (KOR)
- Linguistics (LING)
- Queer Studies (QS)
- Spanish (SPAN)
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
- World Languages and Cultures (WLC)
Anthropology (ANTH)
ANTH 101, *INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY, 3 Credits
Located at the intersection of the humanities and the sciences, anthropology strives for a holistic understanding of the human condition. This course introduces students to the basic concepts, theories and methods of anthropology, including its four main sub-fields: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. The course is driven by fundamental questions, including: What is culture? How do anthropologists study human populations, both past and present? How can this field help us better understand contemporary human problems?
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 159, *LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE US: AN INTRODUCTION, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed notions. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 159/ES 159/WLC 159. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
ANTH 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-3 Credits
Equivalent to: ANTH 199H
This course is repeatable for 3 credits.
ANTH 201, INNOVATION FOR SOCIAL IMPACT, 3 Credits
Introduces methods for designing solutions to address needs of low-resource or other vulnerable peoples using tools from engineering and social sciences, and investigates techniques to bring ideas to market sustainably through social entrepreneurship. Multidisciplinary teams will step through the design process, including detailed needs assessment and customer discovery, critique and application of theoretical frameworks, exploration of the diffusion process and relevant system/institutions, prototyping, plans for technical and user experience testing, and considering implementation. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 201/HEST 201.
Equivalent to: HEST 201
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 208, *WESTERN CULTURE STUDY ABROAD, 3 Credits
Overseas study of the history and contemporary form of important features of Western culture.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: LING 208
ANTH 210, *INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 3 Credits
Defines culture and how the concept of culture developed in Anthropology, including how anthropologists study culture via fieldwork. Discusses how language impacts culture and how globalization has impacted languages and cultures worldwide. Includes discussion on how race is seen from a non-Western perspective. Uses an anthropological perspective to consider religion, human political history, economic processes, sexuality, and health care practices. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: ANTH 210H
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 230, TIME TRAVELERS, 3 Credits
Introduction to the historical developments of modern archaeology. The often romanticized public image of archaeology will be contrasted with scientific reality. The nature of archaeological data, modern field methods, analytical techniques, and theoretical background will be reviewed in order to illustrate how the unwritten record of human cultural behavior is deciphered. (SS)
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 240, INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 3 Credits
An investigation of the origin of modern people (Homo sapiens) in a historical context; review of key discoveries and current research on the relationships between humans and other primates; exploration of contrasting views of humanity. (SS)
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 251, *LANGUAGE IN THE USA, 3 Credits
Examines the linguistic aspects of ethnic, class, and gender differences in the United States of America, with a focus on language attitudes. Uses both oral and written materials and quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ANTH 251H
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 251H, *LANGUAGE IN THE USA, 3 Credits
Examines the linguistic aspects of ethnic, class, and gender differences in the United States of America, with a focus on language attitudes. Uses both oral and written materials and quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 251
ANTH 261, *FOOD IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 3 Credits
Fosters understanding of the meanings of foods and foodways in American culture. Uses food as a lens to explore general topic areas such as work, family, ecology, and identity. Critically examines core issues that shape and have shaped American culture. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 261/FCSJ 261. (Bacc Core Course) (SS)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: FCSJ 261
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 284, *PRIMATE ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION, 4 Credits
Introduces students to our closest living relatives, the primates. Uses theories and concepts from evolutionary biology to explore the diverse anatomical and behavioral adaptations of different primate species. Explores the relationships between anatomy, behavior, and ecology on the individual and community level. Provides an evolutionary and ecological framework with which to view primates (including humans) and all living organisms.
Attributes: CPBS – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Biological Science
ANTH 311, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-NORTH AMERICA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 311H
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 311H, *PEOPLES WORLD-NORTH AMERICA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 311
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 312, *PEOPLES WORLD-EUROPE, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: ANTH 312H
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 312H, *PEOPLES WORLD-EUROPE, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 312
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 313, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-LATIN AMERICA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 313H
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 313H, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-LATIN AMERICA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 313
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 314, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-MIDDLE EAST, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 314H
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 314H, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-MIDDLE EAST, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 314
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 315, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-AFRICA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 315H
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 315H, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-AFRICA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 315
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 317, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-PACIFIC, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 318, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-CHINA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 318H
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 318H, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-CHINA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Prerequisite: ANTH 110 with D- or better or ANTH 210 with D- or better
Equivalent to: ANTH 318
Recommended: Completion of social processes and institutions requirement
ANTH 319, *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-JAPAN AND KOREA, 3 Credits
Survey of peoples around the world. Early settlement, cultural history, ecological adaptations, population, family and gender roles, religious ideology, political and economic systems, modern social changes, and contemporary issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in culturally distinct regions of the world. Emphasis is placed on dispelling stereotypic images, both past and present. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210 or completion of social processes and institutions requirement.
ANTH 320, *MARITIME CULTURES AND LIFE-WAYS, 3 Credits
Introduces a selection of rich maritime non-western living traditions through intensive study of the literature, ethnographic films and anthropological lectures. The UNESCO convention on intangible cultural heritage domain of knowledge concerning nature and the universe is a grounding point. This domain includes cultural knowledge, skills, and practices that have been developed by cultural groups through interacting with the natural environment. Examines a range of material for key cultural features and concepts and critically reflects on the diversity of maritime cultures and cultural survival.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
ANTH 330, *EVOLUTION OF PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY, 3 Credits
Overview of the evolution and prehistory of the human species, including the development and interaction of human biology, technology, and society.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 330H
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 330H, *EVOLUTION OF PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY, 3 Credits
Overview of the evolution and prehistory of the human species, including the development and interaction of human biology, technology, and society.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 330
ANTH 331, MESOAMERICAN PREHISTORY, 3 Credits
Explores the archaeology and prehistory of Mesoamerica from Paleo-Indian times through the Olmec, Maya, Zapotec, and Aztec cultures to the Spanish Conquest. Themes include the transition to settled agriculture, emergence of social inequality and political authority, the role of the natural environment, and the rich cultural heritage of Mesoamerican civilizations.
Attributes: LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Recommended: Understanding of the fundamentals of archaeology
ANTH 332, ARCHAEOLOGICAL INFERENCE, 4 Credits
In this course on archaeological inference, or the thought process of forming our understanding about the past, we will take a guided tour of the main stages of archaeological research design and try our hand at making archaeological inferences. We begin by learning about the basic conceptual problems in the study of the past, then, we engage with the theories and models used to address them, and finally we apply this knowledge in hands-on analytical activities during the laboratory sessions with archaeological artifacts. Lec/lab.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 345, *BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE, 3 Credits
The social, cultural, and historical context of human biological diversity in the United States. Students become acquainted with primary resources relating to biological diversity within the modern human species and will offer a critical perspective on racial/ethnic categorization of that diversity.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ANTH 345H
Recommended: Sophomore standing and completion of one anthropology course
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 345H, *BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE, 3 Credits
The social, cultural, and historical context of human biological diversity in the United States. Students become acquainted with primary resources relating to biological diversity within the modern human species and will offer a critical perspective on racial/ethnic categorization of that diversity.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 345
Recommended: Sophomore standing and completion of one anthropology course
ANTH 350, LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
An examination of the communicative functions of language and the role of language in the construction of social relations. Covers the origins, structure, and diversity of language. Explores the relationships between language and thought and the use of linguistic models in the study of culture. (SS)
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 350H
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 350H, LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
An examination of the communicative functions of language and the role of language in the construction of social relations. Covers the origins, structure, and diversity of language. Explores the relationships between language and thought and the use of linguistic models in the study of culture. (SS)
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 350
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
ANTH 352, *ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT, 3 Credits
Engages medical and environmental anthropology research to critically explore the values, meanings and ideologies associated with ecological and public health issues in given localities throughout the world. Drawing on theory from relevant literature and ethnographic case studies from around the world (including North America, Latin America, Africa, Oceania, and China), covers key topics related to how people are affected by, and respond to, environmental change.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 361, *FOOD JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Contemporary food systems are examined from a cultural and social justice perspective. The human right to food as recognized by the United Nations serves as the justice grounding point. Impediments to realizing the right to food will be examined in national and international contexts. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 361/FCSJ 361.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 361H, FCSJ 361
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 361H, *FOOD JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Contemporary food systems are examined from a cultural and social justice perspective. The human right to food as recognized by the United Nations serves as the justice grounding point. Impediments to realizing the right to food will be examined in national and international contexts. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 361/FCSJ 361.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
ANTH 370, ^ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES, 4 Credits
Covers foundational theories, concepts, and approaches in anthropology as a means to understanding how anthropologists past and present use theory. Compares and contrasts prominent theories and their application to current events and situations.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 with D- or better or ANTH 210 with D- or better
Recommended: Completion of social processes and institutions requirement
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 371, RESEARCH METHODS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Designed for anthropology majors, this course involves students in learning about and practicing anthropological research methods. Students practice ethnographic fieldwork by conducting participant observation and interviews, writing fieldnotes, analyzing real-life material for cultural values and power differences, and writing up a research paper.
Prerequisite: ANTH 101 with D- or better or ANTH 210 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 372, *SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIETY, 3 Credits
Introduces the foundational theory and concepts of social network analysis (SNA) and explores practical applications of SNA in environmental science, public health, business, politics, education, and public life. Also explores how the Internet, social media, and other information and communication technologies are affecting social networks and culture in the 21st century. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
ANTH 373, APPROACHES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE, 3 Credits
Study various ways of thinking about social justice and evaluate these in case studies and current events. Write a research paper on the theoretical and practical aspects of a social justice issue.
Equivalent to: ES 373, WGSS 373, WLC 373
ANTH 374, *ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH, 3 Credits
Examines historical and contemporary issues in gender health with emphasis on politics, globalization, and the complex outcomes of interventions in diverse cultural settings. Articulates a critical and evidence-based perspective on complex global health issues.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 374H
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 374H, *ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH, 3 Credits
Examines historical and contemporary issues in gender health with emphasis on politics, globalization, and the complex outcomes of interventions in diverse cultural settings. Articulates a critical and evidence-based perspective on complex global health issues.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 374
ANTH 380, *GLOBAL CONFLICTS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, 3 Credits
Introduction to global conflicts. Investigates the origins of global conflicts in cultures of militarism and analyzes the historical connections of militarism with capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, and other structures of power. Explores anthropological, historical, and interdisciplinary methods to explain the implications and wide-ranging consequences of global conflicts and militarisms and to analyze how they forge relations between people in distant places. Applies concepts and frameworks from the humanities and social sciences to generate critical and original analyses of global conflicts. Analyzes global resistance to conflict and militarization and develops creative alternatives to conflict in dialogue with peers.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 380H
Recommended: ANTH 101, ANTH 210 or completion of non-Western Cultures requirement
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 380H, *GLOBAL CONFLICTS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, 3 Credits
Introduction to global conflicts. Investigates the origins of global conflicts in cultures of militarism and analyzes the historical connections of militarism with capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, and other structures of power. Explores anthropological, historical, and interdisciplinary methods to explain the implications and wide-ranging consequences of global conflicts and militarisms and to analyze how they forge relations between people in distant places. Applies concepts and frameworks from the humanities and social sciences to generate critical and original analyses of global conflicts. Analyzes global resistance to conflict and militarization and develops creative alternatives to conflict in dialogue with peers.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 380
Recommended: ANTH 101, ANTH 210 or completion of non-Western Cultures requirement
ANTH 383, *INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 3 Credits
Examines human health and healing systems from evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives. Using a case study approach, explores individual- and population-level experiences of illness and healing, while providing the tools to evaluate global disease patterns and international health promotion and education programs.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Equivalent to: ANTH 383H
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 383H, *INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 3 Credits
Examines human health and healing systems from evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives. Using a case study approach, explores individual- and population-level experiences of illness and healing, while providing the tools to evaluate global disease patterns and international health promotion and education programs.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 383
ANTH 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: ANTH 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 401, RESEARCH, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 403, THESIS, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-6 Credits
Equivalent to: ANTH 405H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 405H, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-6 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 405
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 406, PROJECTS, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 407, SEMINAR, 1-3 Credits
Equivalent to: ANTH 407H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 407H, SEMINAR, 1-3 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 407
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 409, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Opportunities for students at junior and first-term senior class levels to take advantage of off-campus work experiences during regular term sessions for academic credit. Allows students to broaden and deepen their understanding and appreciation of the value of their academic activity. Internship is supervised and evaluated by individual faculty members.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 420, WORLD CULTURES--TOPICS, 4 Credits
Recommended: 9 credits of social science including 3 credits of anthropology
ANTH 421, ANALYSIS OF LITHIC TECHNOLOGIES, 4 Credits
Covers the principles, procedures, and purpose of archaeological lithic analysis and the anthropological interpretation of lithic technologies used by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better
ANTH 422, HISTORIC MATERIALS ANALYSIS, 3 Credits
Introduction to the analytical and descriptive methods and techniques used by historical archeologists to study late 18th through 20th century machine and handmade objects.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better
ANTH 425, CERAMIC ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, 4 Credits
Provides fundamental practical skills and theoretical perspectives for the analysis and interpretation of archaeological ceramics. On the practical side, students will learn both basic and advanced techniques for describing and analyzing pottery assemblages encountered by field archaeologists. On the theoretical side, the course will explore the diversity of research questions in which pottery can play a critical role, as well as the various ways in which ceramic data can be interpreted.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better
ANTH 430, TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
Recent advances in archaeology and their application to special fields of study. Topics vary from term to term.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better or ANTH 330 with D- or better or ANTH 330H with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
ANTH 432, *DOMESTICATION, URBANIZATION, AND THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION, 4 Credits
Reviews the development of culture in the Old and New Worlds with special emphasis placed on the when, where, and how of early domestication of plants and animals. Examines the process of urbanization.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Equivalent to: ANTH 432H
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 432H, *DOMESTICATION, URBANIZATION, AND THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION, 4 Credits
Reviews the development of culture in the Old and New Worlds with special emphasis placed on the when, where, and how of early domestication of plants and animals. Examines the process of urbanization.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 432
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
ANTH 433, FIRST AMERICANS, LAST FRONTIERS, 4 Credits
The initial human occupation of the Western Hemisphere is explored with particular emphasis on northeast Siberian cultural progenitors, routes and timing of entry into the Americas, population dispersal theory, the paleoenvironmental record, and human cultural responses to the conditions of the last frontier prior to 8,000 years ago.
Attributes: LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 434, NORTH AMERICA AFTER THE ICE AGE, 4 Credits
The development of regional hunting and gathering adaptive strategies in North America from 8000 B.C. to the historic period are examined against a backdrop of changing climate, natural disasters, population growth, and human invention.
Recommended: ANTH 433 or 6 credits of anthropology.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 435, CULTURAL RESOURCES: POLICY AND PROCEDURES, 4 Credits
Description and analysis of requirements and demands of cultural resource management. Historical development of cultural resource laws and appropriate field techniques and strategies to implement legislation.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 436, NORTHWEST PREHISTORY, 4 Credits
Materials and theories relating to prehistoric aboriginal cultures of the Northwest. Evaluation of different theories on the origins and adaptations of prehistoric populations to ecological zones within the Northwest; comparisons of the cultural development through prehistoric times of the Columbia Plateau, intermontane and coastal zones of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Special emphasis on the theories of origin, subsequent development of prehistoric cultures in the Northwest, and the present circumstances of archaeology in the Northwest.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology.
ANTH 437, GEOARCHAEOLOGY, 4 Credits
Provides an introduction to geoarchaeological concepts and methods. Emphasis will be placed on the use of geoscientific perspectives and datasets to solve archaeological problems.
Prerequisite: ANTH 230 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 438, ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL, 10-12 Credits
Practical skills, archaeological methods and techniques including use of equipment, site surveying and mapping techniques, site excavation strategies, record keeping, field cataloging, report writing, and field camp management.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 439, ARCHAEOLOGY OF FORAGERS, 4 Credits
Provides an in-depth review of the concepts and approaches employed to study cultural aspects of past foraging peoples using archaeological research methods and theoretical perspectives.
ANTH 440, TOPICS IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
Prerequisite: ANTH 240 with D- or better or ANTH 330 with D- or better or ANTH 330H with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: General biology
ANTH 441, HUMAN EVOLUTION, 4 Credits
The evolutionary history of the primate order as it is represented by fossils of the Paleocene through the Holocene. Special attention given to development of the Hominoids in the Miocene, the Australopithecines in the Pliocene, and members of the genus Homo in the Pleistocene. Lec/lab.
Prerequisite: (ANTH 110 with D- or better or ANTH 210 with D- or better) and ANTH 240 [D-]
Recommended: General biology
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 442, HUMAN ADAPTABILITY, 4 Credits
Overview of human biology and its various subfields, applications of human biology in areas of nutrition, health, growth, adaptation, and demography. Understanding adaptive variations among populations and individuals in responses to environment, disease, and nutritional stress.
Prerequisite: ANTH 240 with D- or better
Recommended: ANTH 340 or general biology
ANTH 443, HUMAN OSTEOLOGY LAB, 4 Credits
Identification and analysis of human skeletal materials in an archaeological context.
Prerequisite: ANTH 240 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 444, NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examines human nutrition and food systems from comparative, biocultural and evolutionary perspectives. Long-term evolutionary processes are examined within an ecological framework as significant factors affecting human biology and susceptibility to diet-related disease. An emphasis on anthropological methods in nutritional assessment including anthropometry, paleodietary assessment and nutritional participant-observation will provide students with the tools to evaluate human diet from skeletal and fossil collections through contemporary cross-cultural populations.
Prerequisite: ANTH 240 with C or better or ANTH 330 with C or better or ANTH 330H with C or better
Equivalent to: FCSJ 444
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 446, FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Concepts and practices in the use of anthropology in legal matters and police cases, especially involving identification of human remains.
Prerequisite: ANTH 443 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 447, *ARCTIC PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL PROBLEMS, 4 Credits
The Arctic is on the frontline of today's most pressing global problems. This course uses Arctic perspectives to explore issues affecting us all: climate change, environmental conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, development, energy extraction, indigenous rights, and indigenous media. Using insights from Arctic perspectives, we will plot pathways toward potential solutions. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: ANTH 447H
ANTH 447H, *ARCTIC PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL PROBLEMS, 4 Credits
The Arctic is on the frontline of today's most pressing problems. This course uses Arctic perspectives to explore issues affecting us all: climate change, environmental conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, development, energy extraction, indigenous rights, and indigenous media. Using insights from Arctic perspectives, we will plot pathways toward potential solutions. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 447
ANTH 448, EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE, 4 Credits
Evolutionary medicine is founded on the idea that many challenges to human health can be accounted for by discordances between contemporary environments and those under which humans evolved. This course examines ways anthropologists may help to reframe questions about diseases within long-term, evolutionary contexts.
Prerequisite: (ANTH 110 with D- or better or ANTH 210 with D- or better) and (ANTH 240 [D-] or ANTH 330 [D-] or ANTH 330H [D-])
ANTH 449, BIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION, 4 Credits
Examines human reproduction and sexuality from the perspective of the New Biocultural Synthesis, a theoretical approach in anthropology that examines the interface of evolved biological, sociocultural and political-economic factors that interact to produce complex human behaviors and biologies. Topics are presented from a life-history perspective where questions related to human reproduction and evolutionary history are examined across the lifespan from mating and conception through elderhood and menopause. Lec/lab.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 452, FOLKLORE AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE, 4 Credits
The study of folklore/popular culture in its social and historical context. Examines content, structure, communicative potential, and performative aspects of various forms of oral and written expression. Includes familiarization with the analysis of myths, legends, tall tales, proverbs, riddles, and play languages. (FA)
Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 454, KALAPUYA PEOPLES CULTURE AND HISTORY STUDIES, 4 Credits
Presents and analyzes the deep history and cultural contexts of the Kalapuya peoples of western Oregon from multiple academic disciplines, including anthropology, history, linguistics, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies. Addresses historic and prehistoric themes including Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), arts and crafts (material culture), settler colonization, treaties & removal, reservation life, federal Indian policy, termination & restoration, and survivance of contemporary cultural identity. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 454/ES 454.
Prerequisite: ES 241 with C or better or ES 241H with C or better
Corequisites: ES 345
Equivalent to: ES 454
ANTH 455, REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: A SERVICE LEARNING COURSE, 4 Credits
Reproductive Justice is a service-learning course that aims to bridge theory and practice in reproductive health and social justice by developing connections between the university campus and members of the local community.
ANTH 458, ANTHROPOLOGY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Introduces the cross-disciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), also called social studies of Science, Technology and Society. Examines how science and technology shape social-cultural and environmental changes, and conversely how social-cultural and environmental changes shape science and technology. Reviews science, technology and society from various perspectives in the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy/ethics, and political science.
Recommended: Analytical, critical thinking, and synthesis skills
ANTH 459, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 459/ES 459/WLC 459.
ANTH 460, ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOL, 6 Credits
Involves an intensive field experience, learning and developing practical skills for operating socially and culturally in another culture. Students engage in anthropological and mixed research topics, methods, and analysis, such as research ethics, research design, participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, community mapping, qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
ANTH 461, NEUROANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
The emerging interdisciplinary field of neuroanthropology combines anthropological understandings of human biological and cultural variation with recent findings in neuroscience. Key topics include socialization and enculturation, addiction, ritual, depression, and psychiatric disorders.
Prerequisite: ANTH 240 with C- or better or ANTH 345 with C- or better or ANTH 383 with C- or better or ANTH 383H with C- or better
ANTH 466, *RURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Concentrates on study of the socio-cultural dynamics in rural communities as they develop in national and global contexts of political and economic change. Includes anthropological readings on rural issues in domestic and international contexts and a research paper on a contemporary rural issue. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 469, ENERGY IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, 4 Credits
Examines historical and current trends in energy around the globe. Course themes include the role of energy in economic development, cultural innovation in energy production, social problems that arise from energy shortages or the uneven distribution of energy resources and social and cultural changes required as societies attempt to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels.
Prerequisite: ANTH 110 with D- or better or ANTH 210 with D- or better
ANTH 470, TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-16 Credits
Covers recent advances in cultural anthropology and their applications to the field. Topics vary from term to term.
Equivalent to: ANTH 470H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 472, CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ISSUES, 4 Credits
Examines the background of Indian treaties and reservations with discussions of present issues such as health care, education, the Indian Child Welfare Act, fishing rights, and religious freedom.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 473, *GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND CULTURE, 4 Credits
Study of the practices and ideologies of gender as they intersect with those of ethnicity, race, class, and culture.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Equivalent to: ANTH 473H
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 473H, *GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND CULTURE, 4 Credits
Study of the practices and ideologies of gender as they intersect with those of ethnicity, race, class, and culture.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 473
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
ANTH 475, ANTHROPOLOGY IN PRACTICE, 4 Credits
Capstone course for Anthropology majors. Discusses the use of anthropological skills and methods to solve real-world problems. Addresses professional opportunities for anthropologists; provides career development opportunities; and assesses learning outcomes for Anthropology majors.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 477, ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examines past and present interactions between humans and their environments. Emphasizes the concept of system and process of human adaptation.
Recommended: Upper-division standing and 3 credits of social science.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 478, *ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM, 4 Credits
Tourism is among the world's largest industries. Seeks to understand the relationships between the industry and the other cultural productions. Explores the cultural practices and impacts of tourism in relation to both host and guest communities, and travel as cultural practice.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 479, ANTHROPOLOGY OF MIGRATION, 4 Credits
Focuses on the multiple aspects of population movements around the globe. Investigates the history of recent human migration; current theories, trends and policies; as well as issues of immigrant incorporation and anti-immigrant politics.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 481, *NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY VALUES, 3 Credits
Investigates relations between human communities and the values of community members. Resource issues integrate concepts from social science, economics, and ecology. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 481H, *NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY VALUES, 3 Credits
Investigates relations between human communities and the values of community members. Resource issues integrate concepts from social science, economics, and ecology. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
ANTH 482, *ANTHROPOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 4 Credits
Examines the ideological and theoretical bases of world assistance programs and their effects on different sectors and classes, including women. Causes of world hunger in terms of agronomic, mainstream economic and radical economic paradigms are developed and contrasted.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 484, *WEALTH AND POVERTY, 4 Credits
Summarizes the distribution of wealth observed cross-culturally and through time. Determines the relation between wealth distribution and economic productivity. Shows the impact of industrialization and economic wealth distribution in Western civilization and cross-culturally. Evaluates how cultural practices affect wealth distribution in Western and non-Western societies. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 485, CAPSTONE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, 2 Credits
Working with an advisor from the Social Justice minor, conduct research to synthesize and extend analysis of a particular social justice issue, building on three previous papers or projects. Results are presented in a 10-15 page paper and a public poster, presentation or website. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 485/ES 485/WGSS 485.
Prerequisite: (ANTH 373 with D- or better or ES 373 with D- or better or WGSS 373 with D- or better or WLC 373 with D- or better) and (ANTH 410 [D-] or ES 410 [D-] or WGSS 410 [D-] or WLC 410 [D-])
Equivalent to: ES 485, WGSS 485, WLC 485
This course is repeatable for 4 credits.
ANTH 486, ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD, 4 Credits
The role of food in human cultures, both past and present. Includes discussion of different food procurement styles, social movements and the political economy of food. Looks at the symbolic aspects of food as well as its relationship with the environment. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 486/FCSJ 486 and ANTH 586/FCSJ 586.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: FCSJ 486
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 490, TOPICS IN METHODOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
Recent advances in anthropological methodologies and their application to special fields of study. Topics vary from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
ANTH 492, ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY METHODS, 1-3 Credits
Provides information on the basics of archaeological laboratory work. Students learn the day-to-day operations of a lab, how to classify and catalog artifacts, and how to do artifact analysis, research hypothesis.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
ANTH 497, ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS, 1-3 Credits
Archaeological field strategies emphasizing reconnaissance and survey. Application of field equipment and project management.
ANTH 498, ORAL NARRATIVE, 3 Credits
Methodology course focused on the collection and processing of multiple speech genres, including personal narrative, oral history, folklore, and songs. Attention is given to ethics, legal issues, different forms of transcription, and the politics of representation.
Prerequisite: ANTH 350 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ANTH 499, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: ANTH 499H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 499H, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ANTH 499
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 501, RESEARCH, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 503, THESIS, 1-12 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ANTH 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 506, PROJECTS, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 507, SEMINAR, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 509, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 510, GRADUATE INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Opportunities for students at junior and first-term senior class levels to take advantage of off-campus work experiences during regular term sessions for academic credit. Allows students to broaden and deepen their understanding and appreciation of the value of their academic activity. Internship is supervised and evaluated by individual faculty members.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology.
ANTH 515, ADVANCED RESEARCH LITERATURE REVIEW, 3 Credits
Provides graduate students with knowledge and experience in the advanced literature review process including construction of the literature review as product. One of the primary skills graduate students must master is advanced review of a body of literature for the research project. Mastery of the literature review process influences quality and sophistication of claims developed to justify research, with the written review clearly delineating the unique contribution of the student’s research and the knowledge gap that it fills. The literature review as a product is a strong written argument that builds a case from credible evidence based on previous research.
Equivalent to: ES 515, WGSS 515
ANTH 521, ANALYSIS OF LITHIC TECHNOLOGIES, 4 Credits
Covers the principles, procedures, and purpose of archaeological lithic analysis and the anthropological interpretation of lithic technologies used by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Recommended: ANTH 230
ANTH 525, CERAMIC ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, 4 Credits
Provides fundamental practical skills and theoretical perspectives for the analysis and interpretation of archaeological ceramics. On the practical side, students will learn both basic and advanced techniques for describing and analyzing pottery assemblages encountered by field archaeologists. On the theoretical side, the course will explore the diversity of research questions in which pottery can play a critical role, as well as the various ways in which ceramic data can be interpreted.
Recommended: ANTH 230
ANTH 530, TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
Recent advances in archaeology and their application to special fields of study. Topics vary from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 531, ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY, 4 Credits
Historical development of archaeological field techniques and theoretical concepts with an emphasis on modern method and theory in North American archaeology.
Recommended: ANTH 230
ANTH 533, FIRST AMERICANS, LAST FRONTIERS, 4 Credits
The initial human occupation of the Western Hemisphere is explored with particular emphasis on northeast Siberian cultural progenitors, routes and timing of entry into the Americas, population dispersal theory, the paleoenvironmental record, and human cultural responses to the conditions of the last frontier prior to 8,000 years ago.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology.
ANTH 535, CULTURAL RESOURCES: POLICY AND PROCEDURES, 4 Credits
Description and analysis of requirements and demands of cultural resource management. Historical development of cultural resource laws and appropriate field techniques and strategies to implement legislation.
ANTH 536, NORTHWEST PREHISTORY, 4 Credits
Materials and theories relating to prehistoric aboriginal cultures of the Northwest. Evaluation of different theories on the origins and adaptations of prehistoric populations to ecological zones within the Northwest; comparisons of the cultural development through prehistoric times of the Columbia Plateau, intermontane and coastal zones of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Special emphasis on the theories of origin, subsequent development of prehistoric cultures in the Northwest, and the present circumstances of archaeology in the Northwest.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology.
ANTH 537, GEOARCHAEOLOGY, 4 Credits
Provides an introduction to geoarchaeological concepts and methods. Emphasis will be placed on the use of geoscientific perspectives and datasets to solve archaeological problems.
Recommended: ANTH 230
ANTH 538, ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL, 1-10 Credits
Practical skills, archaeological methods and techniques including use of equipment, site surveying and mapping techniques, site excavation strategies, record keeping, field cataloging, report writing, and field camp management.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
ANTH 539, ARCHAEOLOGY OF FORAGERS, 4 Credits
Provides an in-depth review of the concepts and approaches employed to study cultural aspects of past foraging peoples using archaeological research methods and theoretical perspectives.
ANTH 540, TOPICS IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 541, HUMAN EVOLUTION, 4 Credits
The evolutionary history of the primate order as it is represented by fossils of the Paleocene through the Holocene. Special attention given to development of the Hominoids in the Miocene, the Australopithecines in the Pliocene, and members of the genus Homo in the Pleistocene. Lec/lab.
ANTH 542, HUMAN ADAPTABILITY, 4 Credits
Overview of human biology and its various sub fields, applications of human biology in areas of nutrition, health, growth, adaptation, and demography. Understanding adaptive variations among populations and individuals in responses to environment, disease, and nutritional stress.
Recommended: ANTH 240 or ANTH 340 or general biology
ANTH 543, HUMAN OSTEOLOGY LAB, 4 Credits
Identification and analysis of human skeletal materials in an archaeological context.
Recommended: ANTH 240
ANTH 544, NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examines human nutrition and food systems from comparative, biocultural and evolutionary perspectives. Long-term evolutionary processes are examined within an ecological framework as significant factors affecting human biology and susceptibility to diet-related disease. An emphasis on anthropological methods in nutritional assessment including anthropometry, paleodietary assessment and nutritional participant-observation will provide students with the tools to evaluate human diet from skeletal and fossil collections through contemporary cross-cultural populations.
Equivalent to: FCSJ 544
ANTH 546, FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Concepts and practices in the use of anthropology in legal matters and police cases, especially involving identification of human remains.
Recommended: ANTH 443
ANTH 547, METHODS IN FOOD IN CULTURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE STUDIES, 4 Credits
Exposes graduate students to the methodological approaches and methods used in guiding empirical research on the socio-cultural aspects of food, focusing on vulnerable populations, food security, procurement, foodways, disasters, and climate change. Methodological approaches and methods as evidenced in peer-reviewed publications is the grounding for the course. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 547/FCSJ 547.
Equivalent to: FCSJ 547
ANTH 548, EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE, 4 Credits
Evolutionary medicine is founded on the idea that many challenges to human health can be accounted for by discordances between contemporary environments and those under which humans evolved. This course examines ways anthropologists may help to reframe questions about diseases within long-term, evolutionary contexts.
Recommended: (ANTH 110 or ANTH 210) and (ANTH 240 or ANTH 330)
ANTH 552, FOLKLORE AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE, 4 Credits
The study of folklore/popular culture in its social and historical context. Examines content, structure, communicative potential, and performative aspects of various forms of oral and written expression. Includes familiarization with the analysis of myths, legends, tall tales, proverbs, riddles, and play languages.
ANTH 554, KALAPUYA PEOPLES CULTURE AND HISTORY STUDIES, 4 Credits
Presents and analyzes the deep history and cultural contexts of the Kalapuya peoples of western Oregon from multiple academic disciplines, including anthropology, history, linguistics, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies. Addresses historic and prehistoric themes including Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), arts and crafts (material culture), settler colonization, treaties & removal, reservation life, federal Indian policy, termination & restoration, and survivance of contemporary cultural identity. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 554/ES 554.
Equivalent to: ES 554
ANTH 555, REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: A SERVICE LEARNING COURSE, 4 Credits
Reproductive Justice is a service-learning course that aims to bridge theory and practice in reproductive health and social justice by developing connections between the university campus and members of the local community.
ANTH 556, SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS: METHODS AND THEORY, 4 Credits
An introduction to social network analysis (SNA), focusing on the methods of research design, data collection, and analysis. Students will learn key concepts and theories of SNA, apply these concepts to research projects in their chosen field, develop methods for collecting network data, and perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of these networks. Readings draw on studies of social networks from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, public health, and political science.
ANTH 558, ANTHROPOLOGY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Introduces the cross-disciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), also called social studies of Science, Technology and Society. Examines how science and technology shape social-cultural and environmental changes, and conversely how social-cultural and environmental changes shape science and technology. Reviews science, technology and society from various perspectives in the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, sociology, history, philosophy/ethics, and political science.
ANTH 559, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 559/ES 559/WLC 559.
ANTH 560, ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOL, 6 Credits
Involves an intensive field experience, learning and developing practical skills for operating socially and culturally in another culture. Students engage in anthropological and mixed research topics, methods, and analysis, such as research ethics, research design, participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, community mapping, qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
ANTH 561, NEUROANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
The emerging interdisciplinary field of neuroanthropology combines anthropological understandings of human biological and cultural variation with recent findings in neuroscience. Key topics include socialization and enculturation, addiction, ritual, depression, and psychiatric disorders.
ANTH 566, RURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Concentrates on study of socio-cultural dynamics in rural communities as they develop in national and global contexts of political and economic change. Includes anthropological readings on rural issues in domestic and international contexts and a research paper on a contemporary rural issue.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 567, AGRI-FOOD MOVEMENTS, 4 Credits
Investigates the origins and contemporary status of producer and consumer food movements including, but not limited to, organics, agricultural labor movements, animal welfare, vegetarian and vegan movements, farmers' markets, and permaculture.
Equivalent to: FCSJ 567
ANTH 569, ENERGY IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, 4 Credits
Examines historical and current trends in energy around the globe. Course themes include the role of energy in economic development, cultural innovation in energy production, social problems that arise from energy shortages or the uneven distribution of energy resources and social and cultural changes required as societies attempt to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels.
Recommended: ANTH 110 or ANTH 210
ANTH 570, TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-16 Credits
Covers recent advances in cultural anthropology and their applications to the field. Topics vary from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 572, CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ISSUES, 4 Credits
Examines the background of Native treaties and reservations with discussions of present issues such as health care, education, the Indian Child Welfare Act, fishing rights, and religious freedom.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
ANTH 573, GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND CULTURE, 4 Credits
Study of the practices and ideologies of gender as they intersect with those of ethnicity, race, class, and culture.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 574, CROSS-CULTURAL HEALTH AND HEALING, 4 Credits
A comprehensive overview of current issues in global health with particular emphasis on social, cultural, and behavioral interventions. Explores issues of health and development in the international context, focusing on such issues as inequality, structural adjustment, economic development, and community-based approaches to health care, specific cultural beliefs and practices, and the influences of people's perceptions of health, illness, and healing.
ANTH 575, THEORY OF CULTURE, 4 Credits
Core ideas in the discipline of anthropology. Examination of the contributions to anthropological method and theory of the major schools of thought in the history of anthropology.
Recommended: 9 credits of upper-division social science, including at least one 400-level anthropology course.
ANTH 576, ADVANCED ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY SEMINAR, 4 Credits
Investigates theories used by current anthropologists to explicate issues of concern in a world of movement, fragmentation, global-local interactions, individuation via state and media unequal power relations, and neoliberal agendas. Students will participate in discussions, essays and a paper that links these theories to their research topics for theses or dissertations.
Recommended: ANTH 575
ANTH 577, ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examines past and present interactions between humans and their environments. Emphasizes the concept of system and process of human adaptation.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science
ANTH 579, ANTHROPOLOGY OF MIGRATION, 4 Credits
Focuses on the multiple aspects of population movements around the globe. Investigates the history of recent human migration; current theories, trends and policies; as well as issues of immigrant incorporation and anti-immigrant politics.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 580, TOPICS IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 581, NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY VALUES, 4 Credits
Investigates relations between human communities and the values of community members. Resource issues integrate concepts from social science, economics, and ecology.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 582, ANTHROPOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 4 Credits
Examines the ideological and theoretical bases of world assistance programs and their effects on different sectors and classes, including women. Causes of world hunger in terms of agronomic, mainstream economic and radical economic paradigms are developed and contrasted.
ANTH 583, ADVANCED MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
An overview of anthropological studies of the health of human communities from a biological and behavioral perspective. Topics include prehistory of disease, cultural perspectives on causation of disease and approaches to healing; anthropological approach to international health issues; and case studies.
Recommended: (ANTH 110 or ANTH 210) and (ANTH 240 or ANTH 330)
ANTH 584, WEALTH AND POVERTY, 4 Credits
Summarizes the distribution of wealth observed cross-culturally and through time. Determines the relation between wealth distribution and economic productivity. Shows the impact of industrialization and economic wealth distribution in Western civilization and cross-culturally. Evaluates how cultural practices affect wealth distribution in Western and non-Western societies.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 585, USES OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examines the practical applications of anthropological knowledge in historical and contemporary contexts. Focuses on planned social change and roles of anthropologists in interdisciplinary research and nonacademic settings such as international business, industrial relations, economic and technological development, education, legal institutions, environmental change, minority relations, health care, and cultural preservation. Emphasizes relevance to public policy and ethical issues associated with applications of anthropological knowledge.
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 586, ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD, 4 Credits
The role of food in human cultures, both past and present. Includes discussion of different food procurement styles, social movements and the political economy of food. Looks at the symbolic aspects of food as well as its relationship with the environment. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 486/FCSJ 486 and ANTH 586/FCSJ 586.
Equivalent to: FCSJ 586
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
ANTH 587, LANGUAGE IN GLOBAL CONTEXT, 4 Credits
Deals with practical uses of linguistics in the global political arena. Explores use of official vs. unofficial languages, language standardization, the preservation of dying languages; problems in learning first and second languages, and the relevance of linguistic knowledge to education and cross-cultural communication.
Recommended: ANTH 251 or ANTH 350 or some knowledge of linguistic structure
ANTH 590, TOPICS IN METHODOLOGY, 1-4 Credits
Recent advances in anthropological methodologies and their application to special fields of study. Topics vary from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 6 credits anthropology
ANTH 591, ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS, 4 Credits
Cultural descriptions are produced through systematic observation, elicitation, and analysis to achieve proximity to the insider's point of view. Covers techniques of interviewing, validating, and interpreting cultural data. Allows students to practice what they have learned.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
ANTH 592, ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY METHODS, 1-3 Credits
Provides information on the basics of archaeological laboratory work. Students learn the day-to-day operations of a lab, how to classify and catalog artifacts, and how to do artifact analysis.
Recommended: 6 credits of anthropology
ANTH 593, STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, 4 Credits
Develops the skills necessary to use statistical software to analyze and interpret numerical data. Covers descriptive statistics, correlation, and multivariate statistical procedures. Evaluate the adequacy of data for parametric and nonparametric statistical tests.
Recommended: A minimum of 6 credits of anthropology if an undergraduate
ANTH 595, ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH DESIGN, 4 Credits
Critical examination of research design and methodology in anthropology; analysis of methods and procedures of research in the subfields of anthropology.
Recommended: 9 credits of upper-division social science, including at least one 400-level anthropology course.
ANTH 597, ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS, 1-3 Credits
Archaeological field strategies emphasizing reconnaissance and survey. Application of field equipment and project management.
ANTH 598, ORAL TRADITIONS, 3 Credits
Method of examining unwritten culture preserved in speech, including local history, folklore, and songs passed from one generation to another. May include the use of life history, genealogy, and other means of collecting information. Attention is given to ethics, legal issues, and the process of transcription.
Recommended: ANTH 350
ANTH 599, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 601, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 602, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 603, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ANTH 605, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 606, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 607, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 610, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 695, ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH DESIGN, 4 Credits
Doctoral student seminar focused on the research process, from the selection of a research topic, to the choice of appropriate methods for data collection and analysis, to the submission of a research proposal. Class assignments will result in completion of a research proposal. Seminal discussion will focus on problem formulation, statement of objectives, theoretical background, methodological approach, analytical techniques, ethical responsibilities, justification for the research, data analysis and interpretation, and budgetary concerns.
ANTH 699, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ANTH 808, WORKSHOPS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
American Sign Language (ASL)
ASL 111, FIRST-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A beginning course to learn the basics of American Sign Language. The course focuses on the ASL language and its uses of syntax, grammar, vocabulary, facial expressions and deaf culture.
Available via Ecampus
ASL 112, FIRST-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A continuation of ASL 111 with the development of structures, receptive/expressive skills and vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of ASL will not receive credit for ASL 111, ASL 112, ASL 113.
Prerequisite: ASL 111 with D- or better
Recommended: Basic foundation of the language
Available via Ecampus
ASL 113, FIRST-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A continuation of ASL 111 and ASL 112 with the further development of structures, receptive/expressive skills and vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of ASL will not receive credit for ASL 111, ASL 112, ASL 113.
Prerequisite: ASL 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ASL 211, SECOND-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A continuation of the first-year ASL courses with the further development of structures, receptive/expressive skills and vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of ASL will not receive credit for ASL 211, ASL 212, ASL 213.
Prerequisite: ASL 113 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ASL 212, SECOND-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A continuation of the second-year ASL series with the further development of structures, receptive/expressive skills and vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of ASL will not receive credit for ASL 211, ASL 212, ASL 213.
Prerequisite: ASL 211 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
ASL 213, SECOND-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A continuation of the second-year ASL series with the further development of structures, receptive/expressive skills and vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of ASL will not receive credit for ASL 211, ASL 212, ASL 213.
Prerequisite: ASL 212 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
Chinese (CHN)
CHN 111, FIRST-YEAR CHINESE, 4 Credits
Essentials of colloquial Mandarin with emphasis on conversation, reading, and writing. Designed for students with no prior training in Chinese. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Chinese will not receive credit for CHN 111, CHN 112, CHN 113.
Available via Ecampus
CHN 112, FIRST-YEAR CHINESE, 4 Credits
Essentials of colloquial Mandarin with emphasis on conversation, reading, and writing. Designed for students with no prior training in Chinese. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Chinese will not receive credit for CHN 111, CHN 112, CHN 113.
Prerequisite: CHN 111 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
CHN 113, FIRST-YEAR CHINESE, 4 Credits
Essentials of colloquial Mandarin with emphasis on conversation, reading, and writing. Designed for students with no prior training in Chinese. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Chinese will not receive credit for CHN 111, CHN 112, CHN 113.
Prerequisite: CHN 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
CHN 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 211, SECOND-YEAR CHINESE, 4 Credits
Further development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis on conversational fluency and increased vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Chinese will not receive credit for CHN 211, CHN 212, CHN 213.
Prerequisite: CHN 113 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
CHN 212, SECOND-YEAR CHINESE, 4 Credits
Further development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis on conversational fluency and increased vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Chinese will not receive credit for CHN 211, CHN 212, CHN 213.
Prerequisite: CHN 211 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
CHN 213, SECOND-YEAR CHINESE, 4 Credits
Further development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis on conversational fluency and increased vocabulary. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Chinese will not receive credit for CHN 211, CHN 212, CHN 213.
Prerequisite: CHN 212 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
CHN 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 311, THIRD-YEAR CHINESE LANGUAGE, 3 Credits
Further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to a more advanced level with emphasis on the practical application of the Chinese language.
Prerequisite: CHN 213 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
CHN 312, THIRD-YEAR CHINESE LANGUAGE, 3 Credits
Further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to a more advanced level with emphasis on the practical application of the Chinese language. Lec/rec.
Prerequisite: CHN 311 with C- or better
CHN 313, THIRD-YEAR CHINESE LANGUAGE, 3 Credits
Further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to a more advanced level with emphasis on the practical application of the Chinese language.
Prerequisite: CHN 312 with C- or better
CHN 379, PROCTOR EXPERIENCE, 1-2 Credits
Supervised practicum for advanced students, with assignments as proctor or tutor in lower-division Chinese courses.
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Recommended: Completion of third-year Chinese with a minimum 3.0 GPA in that sequence
Available via Ecampus
CHN 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
CHN 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CHN 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
PREREQ: Departmental approval required.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
College Student Services Administration (CSSA)
CSSA 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: AHE 501, ED 501
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CSSA 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: AHE 502
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
CSSA 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: AHE 505
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: AHE 506
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-18 Credits
This course is repeatable for 18 credits.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 513, RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Basic understanding of research and assessment ideas, uses, and practices in higher education and student affairs.
Equivalent to: AHE 513
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 520, MULTICULTURAL ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Developing understanding, knowledge, and skills of multiculturalism affecting the student affairs profession and careers in student affairs administration.
Equivalent to: AHE 520
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 530, FUNDAMENTALS OF COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Explores basic helping skills and processes appropriate in a variety of settings, specifically within the higher education arena. Focuses on a variety of counseling skills and techniques through videotape and role plays. Explores ethical standards of conduct, multicultural considerations and competencies, and engages in discussions of counseling issues within higher education.
Equivalent to: COUN 530
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 535, TRAGEDY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Introduction to the history of major incidents of college and university tragedies and best practices for preventing and responding to these crisis situations.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 548, AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3 Credits
The origins and development of higher education in the United States from the colonial colleges to the present.
Equivalent to: AHE 548
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 549, GLOBALIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Exposes students to the multifaceted nature of global education by exploring Globalization/internationalization as it relates not only to student affairs, but to the greater higher education setting.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 551, PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS IN COLLEGE STUDENT SERVICES, 3 Credits
Historical, philosophical, and organizational foundations; operational components and functional areas; overview and analysis of college student services in postsecondary educational institutions; leadership development.
Equivalent to: AHE 551
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 552, STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, 3 Credits
Theoretical and philosophical foundations of student development; analysis of college student characteristics and the student culture; nontraditional student subgroups; student attitudes, values, and beliefs; concepts and models that promote student learning; and assessment of student growth.
Equivalent to: AHE 552
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 553, STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES II, 3 Credits
Gain a deeper understanding of adult student populations and development theory (specifically, cognitive theories and typologies) and its application to practice.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 554, LEGAL ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 3 Credits
A comprehensive presentation and discussion of the law governing administration within public colleges and universities with a special emphasis on tort liability and freedom of expression.
Equivalent to: AHE 554
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 557, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN COLLEGE STUDENT SERVICES, 1 Credit
Self-assessment, goal setting, professional growth, and professional ethics as a practitioner in college student services administration. Graded P/N.
Equivalent to: AHE 557
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 558, ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF COLLEGE STUDENT SERVICES, 3 Credits
Legal foundations, governance models, planning, and goal setting, resource acquisition and allocation, personnel and financial management and administrative leadership
Equivalent to: AHE 558
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 559, CSSA TRANSITIONS, 3 Credits
First-term CSSA students will explore issues of professional transition, orientation and acculturation, including: foundational professional values that inform student affairs work; student affairs professional associations; student affairs research and scholarship; social justice in higher education; and approaches to self-care and professional well-being.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 560, FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, 3 Credits
Examines the foundations of social justice in higher education. Considers foundational critical pedagogists and explores how to engage in action to address issues of inequity and injustice in higher education.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 574, BUDGET AND FINANCE, 3 Credits
Introduces budget and finance in student services. Covers topics which student affairs practitioners should be familiar, able to use, and to assess.
Equivalent to: AHE 574
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 575, INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, 3 Credits
Develops a baseline understanding of key community college concepts. Explores an overview of history and mission, culture, governance, funding, student demographics, academic programs, and student support services.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 580, ACADEMIC ADVISING, 2 Credits
Provides an introduction to academic advising as a profession and an essential component of quality higher education. Examines the history, theory, core values and practices that encompass this dynamic functional area and considers how advising skill sets play out in other student services areas.
Available via Ecampus
CSSA 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Ethnic Studies (ES)
ES 101, *INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES, 3 Credits
This interdisciplinary course focuses on the ethnic group experience in the United States with emphasis on African Americans, Native Americans, Chicanos/as, Latinos/as, and Asian Americans.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 159, *LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE US: AN INTRODUCTION, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed notions. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 159/ES 159/WLC 159. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
ES 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 201, *INVENTING ETHNIC AMERICA, 3 Credits
An examination of past and present constructions of race and ethnicity in U.S. culture and society and their impact on individuals, institutions, policies, and practices, with particular emphasis on contemporary America. (Bacc Core Course) (H) (SS)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 211, *INTRODUCTION TO LATINO/A STUDIES, 4 Credits
An introduction to key concepts and ideas in Latino/a Studies, with a focus on the processes that led to the historical incorporation of various Latin@ groups into the United States, and the factors that have shaped contexts of reception for Latino/as historically. Explore connections and disconnections between historical and present day discourses and processes.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
ES 213, *LATINO/A IDENTITIES AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
A comparative interdisciplinary treatment of contemporary Latino/a cultures and current issues affecting their status in the United States.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 221, *SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES I, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary survey of the African American experience beginning with pre-colonial Africa to the early 1900s. (H) (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ES 221H
ES 221H, *SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES I, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary survey of the African American experience beginning with pre-colonial Africa and ending with World War I. (H) (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ES 221
ES 223, *SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES II, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary survey of the African American experience from World War I to the present. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ES 223H
ES 223H, *SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES II, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary survey of the African American experience from World War I to the present. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ES 223
ES 231, *INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES, 4 Credits
An examination of the histories and experiences of Asian Americans from the mid-1800s to the present through historical texts, oral histories, personal essays, video, audio, and creative writings. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ES 233, *ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN ACTIVISM AND EMPOWERMENT, 4 Credits
A look at Asian Pacific American activism and issues, from early labor organizing to contemporary community efforts, with particular emphasis on the 1960s to the present. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ES 241, *INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, 4 Credits
A survey of Native American cultures and history, both prior to and following contact with Europeans. Introduces the key contemporary issues and questions in the field of Native American studies.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ES 241H
Available via Ecampus
ES 241H, *INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, 4 Credits
A survey of Native American cultures and history, both prior to and following contact with Europeans. Introduces the key contemporary issues and questions in the field of Native American studies.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ES 241
ES 243, *NATIVE AMERICAN ASSIMILATION AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
Comprehensive course dealing with Native American experiences in the United States. Focuses on tribal and individual Native American activism and responses to government policies and cultural practices of assimilation since 1900.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 260, *INTRODUCTION TO PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES, 4 Credits
Introduction to the geography, societies, histories, cultures, and contemporary issues of Oceania (Pacific islands). Especially concerned with the experience of indigenous communities and the representations generated inside and outside Oceania. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Available via Ecampus
ES 270, MAKING ALLIANCES AND SOLIDARITIES, 4 Credits
Examines the history of social justice movement alliances and solidarity work. Students will learn from case studies and analyses of successes and failures in collaborations across race, gender, class, sexuality, and indigenous communities. Students will extend course learning via experiential projects requiring the application and practice of alliance-making and solidarity principles.
ES 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 319, *FEMINIST DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIES: SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH, 3 Credits
Examines traditional scientific methods through a feminist philosophy of science lens that incorporates critiques of the racialized and gendered origins of modern science. Introduces the breadth of feminist research methods associated with social justice research.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Prerequisite: WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better
Equivalent to: WGSS 319
ES 321, AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THOUGHT: 20TH CENTURY, 4 Credits
This interdisciplinary course examines the dialogues, conflicts and self-representations produced by African Americans beginning with the closing years of the 19 century (1895) and ending with the opening days of World War II. (SS)
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
ES 323, CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL DISCOURSE, 4 Credits
Interdisciplinary course examines key African American political discourse(s) that emerged in response to major social and cultural transformations occurring in the United States after World War II to the present. (SS)
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
ES 334, ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits
An examination of various works by Asian Pacific American writers and some of the critical debates surrounding them.
ES 345, NATIVE AMERICANS IN OREGON, 4 Credits
Analysis and understanding of the complex experiences of Native Americans in the present state of Oregon, from early contact with those of other ethnicities to contemporary demographic contexts.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 350, ^PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND WRITINGS ON RACE, 4 Credits
Explores historical and contemporary cases of private, political, and public discourse on race and difference. Students will study diverse examples to explore strategies and methods of dominant and resistant discourse, as well as their social and material impacts.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
ES 351, *ETHNIC MINORITIES IN OREGON, 4 Credits
Exploration of the cultures and contributions of major ethnic groups in the state of Oregon. With timelines, oral histories, and audiovisual aids, the course will allow students to learn the ethnic and regional diversity in Oregon history. (Bacc Core Course) (H)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 353, *ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, 4 Credits
Introduces environmental racism; the unequal impact of environmental harm on communities of color and indigenous peoples. Presents empirical evidence and theoretical frames, and explores efforts by government, residents, and activists to combat it. Considers questions of environmental justice via social structure, public access, open space, indigeneity, food, and media. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ES 353H
ES 353H, *ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, 4 Credits
Introduces environmental racism; the unequal impact of environmental harm on communities of color and indigenous peoples. Presents empirical evidence and theoretical frames, and explores efforts by government, residents, and activists to combat it. Considers questions of environmental justice via social structure, public access, open space, indigeneity, food, and media. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ES 353
ES 355, *RACE, SPACE, AND DIFFERENCE, 4 Credits
A hands-on approach to exploring how we make space, and why geography is always infused with markers of social identity and exercises of power. Will practice "reading" space and landscapes, and learn how notions of race and other forms of "difference" shape space (and vice versa) to produce experiences of inclusion, exclusion, cooperation, and conflict. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ES 355H
ES 355H, *RACE, SPACE, AND DIFFERENCE, 4 Credits
A hands-on approach to exploring how we make space, and why geography is always infused with markers of social identity and exercises of power. Will practice "reading" space and landscapes, and learn how notions of race and other forms of "difference" shape space and (vice versa) to produce experiences of inclusion, exclusion, cooperation, and conflict. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ES 355
ES 357, *FARMWORKER JUSTICE MOVEMENTS, 4 Credits
Justice movements for farmworkers have a long and storied past in the annals of US history. This course begins with the 1960s Chicano civil rights era struggles for social justice. Focus on the varied strategies of four farmworker justice movements: United Farm Workers, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The course is structured around the question of the movement and its various articulations. Course covers central themes and strategies that comprise the core of farmworker movements but is designed to allow students to explore other articulations they find relevant. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ES 357H
ES 357H, *FARMWORKER JUSTICE MOVEMENTS, 4 Credits
Justice movements for farmworkers have a long and storied past in the annals of US history. This course begins with the 1960s Chicano civil rights era struggles for social justice. Focus on the varied strategies of four farmworker justice movements: United Farm Workers, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The course is structured around the question of the movement and its various articulations. Course covers central themes and strategies that comprise the core of farmworker movements but is designed to allow students to explore other articulations they find relevant. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ES 357
ES 360, *INDIGENOUS OCEAN AND COAST, 4 Credits
An intensive experiential course that explores Indigenous ocean and coast relationships. Work directly with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz on several possible coast related projects, all using hands-on learning and application methods. All projects will be centered on traditional knowledge, including traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). Projects will center current tribal interests and needs as well as engage with the complexities of continuing cultural practices within a confederated (and once terminated) tribe comprised of both coastal and inland bands and tribes.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
ES 375, *ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Explores concepts of structural inequality, difference, power, and discrimination through a critical survey of arts activism. Think critically about artwork and artists which address a number of social issues in the United States, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, and indigeneity. CROSSLISTED as ES 375/QS 375/WGSS 375.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
ES 377, *HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Introduction to the intersection of health and social justice, to better understand socially unjust health differences (inequities) present in communities across the United States and abroad. Examination of relevant historical issues, theories of justice, human rights, and empirical evidence of health inequities, with an emphasis in critical analysis and applied knowledge. Overview of community -engaged participatory approaches that may be used to address social injustices and health inequities.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
ES 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: ES 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ES 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 406, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
ES 409, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 431, *QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits
"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
ES 440X, INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE & POP CULTURE, 4 Credits
Examines Indigenous resistance through the mode of pop culture. Explores pop culture medium which includes street art, clothing, music, film/video, online gaming, and other forms of popular culture. Analyzes current issues facing Indigenous people in the Americas as well as Indigenous responses and resistance to these same struggles through pop culture.
ES 444, NATIVE AMERICAN LAW: TRIBES, TREATIES, AND THE UNITED STATES, 4 Credits
Examination of the parameters of native treaty relationships with the federal and state governments, and considers the future of these agreements.
Attributes: LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 445, *NATIVE AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examination of scientific and technological discovery, continuity, and change among indigenous peoples, with particular emphasis on selected communities of pre- and post-European contact North America. (Bacc Core Course) (H) (NC)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ES 445H
ES 445H, *NATIVE AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 4 Credits
Examination of scientific and technological discovery, continuity, and change among indigenous peoples, with particular emphasis on selected communities of pre- and post-European contact North America. (Bacc Core Course) (H) (NC)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ES 445
ES 448, NATIVE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES, 4 Credits
Native American perspectives on ways of knowing, sources of meaning and ethics, the nature of reality, self, community, and cosmos. Includes lectures, scholarship, story-telling, poetry, theater, and music as forums for this exploration. Introduces ideas of leading Native American thinkers about the human relation to the natural world, sources of strength and wisdom, the nature of time and place and spirit, right ways of acting in communities, both civic and biotic, and the place of beauty in a well-lived life. CROSSLISTED as ES 448/PHL 448/REL 448.
Attributes: LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
ES 449, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.
Equivalent to: QS 449, WGSS 449
Recommended: Critical thinking, evaluation, and synthesis skills
ES 451, THEORIES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY, 4 Credits
A seminar examining various theories of race and ethnicity, their historical contexts, and applications.
Available via Ecampus
ES 452, *ETHNICITY IN FILM, 4 Credits
Using ethnicity and gender as primary frames of reference, this upper-division/graduate level seminar seeks to introduce students to critical film theory and examine ethnicity and gender as a force both in front of and behind the camera.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Available via Ecampus
ES 453, *ETHNOHISTORY METHODOLOGY, 4 Credits
A seminar developing techniques for collecting, analyzing, and incorporating ethnic community histories in research papers and theses.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
ES 454, KALAPUYA PEOPLES CULTURE AND HISTORY STUDIES, 4 Credits
Presents and analyzes the deep history and cultural contexts of the Kalapuya peoples of western Oregon from multiple academic disciplines, including anthropology, history, linguistics, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies. Addresses historic and prehistoric themes including Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), arts and crafts (material culture), settler colonization, treaties & removal, reservation life, federal Indian policy, termination & restoration, and survivance of contemporary cultural identity. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 454/ES 454.
Prerequisite: ES 241 with C or better or ES 241H with C or better
Corequisites: ES 345
Equivalent to: ANTH 454
ES 455, INTERNSHIP SEMINAR, 1 Credit
Prepares students for the internship and provides an opportunity to explore career options and/or graduate study.
ES 459, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 459/ES 459/WLC 459.
ES 460, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Seminar examines inequities and social justice issues in contemporary U.S. society, particularly dimensions of race and ethnicity in our public policies and practices impacting communities in areas such as housing, poverty, employment, public health, education, law enforcement, and the environment.
ES 461, RACISM AND THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, 4 Credits
The prison industrial/punishment complex in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has become a growth industry with the privatization of prisons, and mass incarceration of mostly people-of-color. This course examines the history and growth of this industry and the implications that it has on this democracy.
ES 463, US EMPIRE/IMPERIALISM, SETTLER/COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM/RACE, 4 Credits
How and when did the United States become an empire? This course approaches the historical and contemporary actions of the United States as both a continental and global empire through historiography, socio-political, economic, and racial analyses of U.S. hegemony. Students will learn from recent interdisciplinary scholars who have worked to understand the development of U.S. empire as a series of overlapping cultural projects in the homeland, and beyond the borders of the United States as mutually constitutive of political, and economic, and cultural processes of empire-building, that is capital accumulation, and power.
ES 464, FOOD AND ETHNIC IDENTITY: DECOLONIZING OUR FOOD AND BODY, 3 Credits
This interdisciplinary and comparative course will examine the relationship between food and identity. Food, from its production to consumption, is a powerful symbol of social and cultural meaning. As an expression of identity and subjectivity, food also marks borders between humans and non-humans, plants and animals, nature and culture, tradition and modernity, etc. CROSSLISTED as ES 464/FCSJ 464 and ES 564/FCSJ 564.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: FCSJ 464
ES 475, *RACE, GENDER, AND LABOR ON THE OREGON COAST, 4 Credits
Examines the sociopolitical and cultural processes that constitute coastal spaces in Oregon, including issues of race/ethnicity, immigration, labor/class, and gender, as these shape and are shaped by human interactions with the coast and the ocean. In addition to reading, writing, and discussion, engage in guided-inquiry and problem-solving projects, to explore substantive issues in Newport and other locations along the Oregon coast. Takes advantage of the Hatfield Marine Science Center and available technologies, to connect students with Newport and other coastal locations including Coos Bay, Lincoln City, and Astoria. CROSSLISTED as ES 475/WGSS 475.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: WGSS 475
Recommended: Junior class standing; collaboration, critical thinking, and synthesis skills
ES 477, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.
Equivalent to: QS 477, WGSS 477
Recommended: QS 262 and QS 462
Available via Ecampus
ES 485, CAPSTONE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, 2 Credits
Working with an advisor from the Social Justice minor, conduct research to synthesize and extend analysis of a particular social justice issue, building on three previous papers or projects. Results are presented in a 10-15 page paper and a public poster, presentation or website. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 485/ES 485/WGSS 485.
Prerequisite: (ANTH 373 with D- or better or ES 373 with D- or better or WGSS 373 with D- or better or WLC 373 with D- or better) and (ANTH 410 [D-] or ES 410 [D-] or WGSS 410 [D-] or WLC 410 [D-])
Equivalent to: ANTH 485, WGSS 485, WLC 485
This course is repeatable for 4 credits.
ES 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ES 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 506, SPECIAL PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 509, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 531, QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits
"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.
ES 540X, INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE & POP CULTURE, 4 Credits
Examines Indigenous resistance through the mode of pop culture. Explores pop culture medium which includes street art, clothing, music, film/video, online gaming, and other forms of popular culture. Analyzes current issues facing Indigenous people in the Americas as well as Indigenous responses and resistance to these same struggles through pop culture.
ES 544, NATIVE AMERICAN LAW: TRIBES, TREATIES, AND THE U.S., 4 Credits
Examination of the parameters of native treaty relationships with the federal and state governments, and considers the future of these agreements.
Available via Ecampus
ES 548, NATIVE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIES, 4 Credits
Native American perspectives on ways of knowing, sources of meaning and ethics, the nature of reality, self, community, and cosmos. Includes lectures, scholarship, story-telling, poetry, theater, and music as forums for this exploration. Introduces ideas of leading Native American thinkers about the human relation to the natural world, sources of strength and wisdom, the nature of time and place and spirit, right ways of acting in communities, both civic and biotic, and the place of beauty in a well-lived life.
Equivalent to: PHL 548, REL 548
ES 549, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.
ES 551, THEORIES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY, 4 Credits
A seminar examining various theories of race and ethnicity, their historical contexts, and applications.
Available via Ecampus
ES 552, ETHNICITY IN FILM, 4 Credits
Using ethnicity and gender as primary frames of reference, this upper-division/graduate level seminar seeks to introduce students to critical film theory and examine ethnicity and gender as a force both in front of and behind the camera.
Available via Ecampus
ES 553, ETHNOHISTORY METHODOLOGY, 4 Credits
A seminar developing techniques for collecting, analyzing, and incorporating ethnic community histories in research papers and theses.
ES 554, KALAPUYA PEOPLES CULTURE AND HISTORY STUDIES, 4 Credits
Presents and analyzes the deep history and cultural contexts of the Kalapuya peoples of western Oregon from multiple academic disciplines, including anthropology, history, linguistics, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies. Addresses historic and prehistoric themes including Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), arts and crafts (material culture), settler colonization, treaties & removal, reservation life, federal Indian policy, termination & restoration, and survivance of contemporary cultural identity. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 554/ES 554.
Equivalent to: ANTH 554
ES 559, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 559/ES 559/WLC 559.
ES 560, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Seminar examines inequities and social justice issues in contemporary U.S. society, particularly dimensions of race and ethnicity in our public policies and practices impacting communities in areas such as housing, poverty, employment, public health, education, law enforcement, and the environment.
ES 561, RACISM AND THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, 4 Credits
The prison industrial/punishment complex in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has become a growth industry with the privatization of prisons, and mass incarceration of mostly people-of-color. This course examines the history and growth of this industry and the implications that it has on this democracy.
ES 563, US EMPIRE/IMPERIALISM, SETTLER/COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM/RACE, 4 Credits
How and when did the United States become an empire? This course approaches the historical and contemporary actions of the United States as both a continental and global empire through historiography, socio-political, economic, and racial analyses of U.S. hegemony. Students will learn from recent interdisciplinary scholars who have worked to understand the development of U.S. empire as a series of overlapping cultural projects in the homeland, and beyond the borders of the United States as mutually constitutive of political, and economic, and cultural processes of empire-building, that is capital accumulation, and power.
ES 564, FOOD AND ETHNIC IDENTITY: DECOLONIZING OUR FOOD AND BODY, 3 Credits
This interdisciplinary and comparative course will examine the relationship between food and identity. Food, from its production to consumption, is a powerful symbol of social and cultural meaning. As an expression of identity and subjectivity, food also marks borders between humans and non-humans, plants and animals, nature and culture, tradition and modernity, etc. CROSSLISTED as ES 464/FCSJ 464 and ES 564/FCSJ 564.
Equivalent to: FCSJ 564
ES 575, CRITICAL RACE FEMINISM AND OUTSIDER JURISPRUDENCE, 4 Credits
Critical exploration of critical legal justice movements and their relationship to social identities. Seminar emphasizes specific legal cases, federal and state laws, and constitutional issues that impact groups deemed outsiders in legal discourse as well as their social implications. The critical justice movement and anti-subordination struggles will be explored via case analyses that shape race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability relations. Theoretical contributions of law and society, critical race theory, LatCrit, and critical race feminism, critical white studies, critical mixed race studies, OutCrit, ClassCrit, and critical disability studies applied to historical precedent and current attempts at marginalizing/empowering communities. CROSSLISTED as ES 575/WGSS 575.
Equivalent to: WGSS 575
ES 577, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.
Equivalent to: QS 577, WGSS 577
Recommended: QS 262 and QS 464
ES 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ES 808, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
Food in Culture and Social Justice (FCSJ)
FCSJ 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 261, *FOOD IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 3 Credits
Fosters understanding of the meanings of foods and foodways in American culture. Uses food as a lens to explore general topic areas such as work, family, ecology, and identity. Critically examines core issues that shape and have shaped American culture. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 261/FCSJ 261. (Bacc Core Course) (SS)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 261
Available via Ecampus
FCSJ 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 361, *FOOD JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Contemporary food systems are examined from a cultural and social justice perspective. The human right to food as recognized by the United Nations serves as the justice grounding point. Impediments to realizing the right to food will be examined in national and international contexts. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 361/FCSJ 361.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 361, ANTH 361H
Available via Ecampus
FCSJ 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 403, THESIS, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 406, FOOD PROJECTS, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Available via Ecampus
FCSJ 407, SEMINAR, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Opportunities for students to take advantage of off-campus work experiences during regular term sessions for academic credit. Allows students to broaden and deepen their understanding and appreciation of the value of their academic activity. Internship is supervised and evaluated by individual faculty members.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 6 credits of FCSJ
FCSJ 454, *INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD SYSTEMS, 4 Credits
Macro and micro-comparative overview of food systems in at least two different international settings, highlighting the influences of culture, social structure, geography, and economy on food systems. Non-traditional and emerging theoretical critiques of such influences on food systems are highlighted.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
FCSJ 464, FOOD AND ETHNIC IDENTITY: DECOLONIZING OUR FOOD AND BODY, 3 Credits
This interdisciplinary and comparative course will examine the relationship between food and identity. Food, from its production to consumption, is a powerful symbol of social and cultural meaning. As an expression of identity and subjectivity, food also marks borders between humans and non-humans, plants and animals, nature and culture, tradition and modernity, etc. CROSSLISTED as ES 464/FCSJ 464 and ES 564/FCSJ 564.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ES 464
Available via Ecampus
FCSJ 467, CAPSTONE: FOOD IN CULTURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 1 Credit
Working under the supervision of a Food in Culture and Social Justice faculty person, students further engage with a topic previously explored in FCSJ course work and produce a 5-page paper and public poster, presentation or website that demonstrates critical thinking and writing competencies about food, culture and social justice.
Equivalent to: ANTH 467
Recommended: Completion or concurrent enrollment in the last coursework for the FCSJ undergraduate certificate
Available via Ecampus
FCSJ 486, ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD, 4 Credits
The role of food in human cultures, both past and present. Includes discussion of different food procurement styles, social movements and the political economy of food. Looks at the symbolic aspects of food as well as its relationship with the environment. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 486/FCSJ 486 and ANTH 586/FCSJ 586.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: ANTH 486
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
Available via Ecampus
FCSJ 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 501, RESEARCH, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 503, THESIS, 1-12 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
FCSJ 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 506, FOOD PROJECTS, 1-6 Credits
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
FCSJ 507, SEMINAR, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FCSJ 510, GRADUATE INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Opportunities for students to take advantage of off-campus work experiences during regular term sessions for academic credit. Allows students to broaden and deepen their understanding and appreciation of the value of their academic activity. Internship is supervised and evaluated by individual faculty members.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 6 credits of FCSJ
FCSJ 547, METHODS IN FOOD IN CULTURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Exposes graduate students to the methodological approaches and methods used in guiding empirical research on the socio-cultural aspects of food, focusing on vulnerable populations, food security, procurement, foodways, disasters, and climate change. Methodological approaches and methods as evidenced in peer-reviewed publications is the grounding for the course. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 547/FCSJ 547.
Equivalent to: ANTH 547
FCSJ 554, INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD SYSTEMS, 4 Credits
Macro and micro-comparative overview of food systems in at least two different international settings, highlighting the influences of culture, social structure, geography, and economy on food systems. Non-traditional and emerging theoretical critiques of such influences on food systems are highlighted.
FCSJ 564, FOOD AND ETHNIC IDENTITY: DECOLONIZING OUR FOOD AND BODY, 3 Credits
This interdisciplinary and comparative course will examine the relationship between food and identity. Food, from its production to consumption, is a powerful symbol of social and cultural meaning. As an expression of identity and subjectivity, food also marks borders between humans and non-humans, plants and animals, nature and culture, tradition and modernity, etc. CROSSLISTED as ES 464/FCSJ 464 and ES 564/FCSJ 564.
Equivalent to: ES 564
FCSJ 586, ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD, 4 Credits
The role of food in human cultures, both past and present. Includes discussion of different food procurement styles, social movements and the political economy of food. Looks at the symbolic aspects of food as well as its relationship with the environment. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 486/FCSJ 486 and ANTH 586/FCSJ 586.
Equivalent to: ANTH 586
Recommended: 3 credits of social science.
FCSJ 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
French (FR)
FR 111, FIRST-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Develops speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in French at the novice level through interactive and communicative activities, the study and practice of French grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, as well as the exploration of cultural practices, products, and perspectives in the French-speaking world. Taught in French and English. Fluent users of the language are not permitted to enroll in this course.
Available via Ecampus
FR 112, FIRST-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Develops speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in French at the novice level through interactive and communicative activities, the study and practice of French grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, as well as the exploration of cultural practices, products, and perspectives in the French-speaking world. Taught in French and English. Fluent users of the language are not permitted to enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: FR 111 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 113, FIRST-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Develops speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in French at the novice level through interactive and communicative activities, the study and practice of French grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, as well as the exploration of cultural practices, products, and perspectives in the French-speaking world. Taught in French and English. Fluent users of the language are not permitted to enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: FR 112 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 121, SURVIVAL FRENCH FOR STUDENTS AND TRAVELERS, 3 Credits
Provides practical linguistic tools for short stays in France. Basic conversation skills, pronunciation, introduction to French non-verbal language, as well as cultural tools, introduction to French etiquette, visual dictionary, and tips for avoiding cross-cultural misunderstandings common between Americans and the French.
Available via Ecampus
FR 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
Conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary-building, etc. Supplements basic sequence FR 111, FR 112, FR 113. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 211, SECOND-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Continued development of basic language skills, pronunciation, and vocabulary acquisition; introduction to extensive reading. Native and/or bilingual speakers of French will not receive credit for FR 211, FR 212, FR 213.
Prerequisite: FR 113 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 212, SECOND-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Continued development of basic language skills, pronunciation, and vocabulary acquisition; introduction to extensive reading. Native and/or bilingual speakers of French will not receive credit for FR 211, FR 212, FR 213.
Prerequisite: FR 211 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 213, SECOND-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Continued development of basic language skills, pronunciation, and vocabulary acquisition; introduction to extensive reading. Native and/or bilingual speakers of French will not receive credit for FR 211, FR 212, FR 213.
Prerequisite: FR 212 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
Conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary-building, etc. Supplements basic sequence FR 211, FR 212, FR 213. May not be offered every year. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 311, THIRD-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
First course in the third-year sequence. Consolidates and expands writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills in French at the Intermediate level and above through authentic materials and interactions including short stories, news reports, and conversations with diverse fluent speakers and learners of French. Develops awareness of French-speaking cultures beyond France. Reviews grammatical structures and pronunciation rules. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FR 213 with C- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 312, THIRD-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Second course in the third-year sequence. Consolidates and expands writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills in French at the Intermediate level and above through authentic materials and interactions including short stories, news reports, and conversations with diverse fluent speakers and learners of French. Develops awareness of French-speaking cultures beyond France. Reviews grammatical structures and pronunciation rules. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FR 311 with C- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 313, THIRD-YEAR FRENCH, 4 Credits
Third course in the third-year sequence. Consolidates and expands writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills in French at the Intermediate level and above through authentic materials and interactions including short stories, news reports, and conversations with diverse fluent speakers and learners of French. Develops awareness of French-speaking cultures beyond France. Reviews grammatical structures and pronunciation rules. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FR 312 with C- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
FR 315, LE FRANÇAIS PROFESSIONNEL: BUSINESS FRENCH, 3 Credits
Introduces French business world and business language. Develops business vocabulary; practice in writing resumes, business letters and business reports through reading and listening comprehension activities, conversations, peer collaborations. Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FR 312 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
FR 319, SELECTED TOPICS IN FRENCH LANGUAGE, 3 Credits
Skill-orientation variable. Conducted in French.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
FR 321, FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR ADVANCED SPEAKERS I, 1 Credit
Designed for students who would like to continue developing basic listening and speaking skills in French through independent work with a variety of media.
Prerequisite: FR 213 with D- or better
FR 322, FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR ADVANCED SPEAKERS II, 1 Credit
Designed for students who would like to continue developing basic listening and speaking skills in French through independent work with a variety of media.
Prerequisite: FR 213 with D- or better
FR 323, FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR ADVANCED SPEAKERS III, 1 Credit
Designed for students who would like to continue developing basic listening and speaking skills in French through independent work with a variety of media.
Prerequisite: FR 213 with D- or better
FR 333, *FRENCH CULTURE AND SOCIETY SINCE THE REVOLUTION, 3 Credits
Cultural life of the French people from 1789 to the present. Conducted in French. Need not be taken in order. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Completion of 6 credits of 300-level French
Available via Ecampus
FR 339, ESPACES FRANCOPHONES: FRANCOPHONE STUDIES, 3 Credits
Explores geographical, historical, political, artistic and literary facets of the francophone world; examines questions of identity linked to cultural, linguistic, political, and economical dynamics that persist in the francophone world. Applies various linguistic and analytical skills through written analyses, debates, and discussions around authentic textual, multimedia, and/or cinematographic resources. Taught in French.
Prerequisite: FR 313 with C- or better
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
FR 340, INTRODUCTION À LA LITTÉRATURE D'EXPRESSION FRANÇAISE: INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERARY STUDIES, 3 Credits
Explores concepts and vocabulary fundamental to the study of French literature. Synthesizes the main currents of French literary history. Introduces French genres: prose, poetry, and drama. Applies techniques of literary analysis through close reading activities, discussions, peer collaborations and essay writing. Taught in French.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Prerequisite: FR 313 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
FR 344, CULTURES FRANCOPHONES ET CINÉMA: FRANCOPHONE CINEMA, 3 Credits
Explores different cultures of France and the Francophone world through film. Discover socio-historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts through the study of films from (and/or about) France, West Africa, Quebec, the Maghreb, Vietnam, and the Caribbean. Taught in French.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Prerequisite: FR 313 with D or better
FR 349, SELECTED TOPICS IN FRANCOPHONE CINEMA, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
FR 379, PROCTOR EXPERIENCE, 1-2 Credits
Supervised practicum for advanced students. Assignments as proctors or tutors in lower-division French courses. No more than 2 credits may be used to satisfy degree requirements for a major in French; may not be used to satisfy requirements for a minor in French.
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 12 upper-division credits in French, including FR 311, FR 312, FR 313 and FR 351, with a minimum 3.0 GPA
Available via Ecampus
FR 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
FR 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
FR 411, FOURTH-YEAR FRENCH, 3 Credits
A language-use course; primary emphasis on developing oral and written proficiency; extensive practice in speaking and writing. Grammar review; vocabulary study; analysis of writing styles and techniques; oral reports and original presentations in French; original compositions. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FR 313 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
FR 439, ^FRENCH-ADVANCED COMPOSITION, 3 Credits
Examines diverse discourse structures and genres. Reinforces reading and analytical skills using French (and Francophone) short literary and other cultural materials. Explores informal and formal writing in French. Taught in French.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: FR 411 with C or better
Recommended: Courses with extensive writing and reading practice in French
Available via Ecampus
FR 449, SELECTED TOPICS IN FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE, 3 Credits
Conducted in French. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
FR 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
Equivalent to: FR 499H
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
FR 499H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings and prerequisites. Not offered every year.
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FR 499
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
FR 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
FR 505, READING AND CONFERENCE., 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FR 511, FOURTH-YEAR FRENCH, 3 Credits
A language-use course; primary emphasis on developing oral and written proficiency; extensive practice in speaking and writing. Grammar review; vocabulary study; analysis of writing styles and techniques; oral reports and original presentations in French; original compositions. Conducted in French.
Recommended: FR 313
FR 539, FRENCH/FRANCOPHONE STUDIES, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
German (GER)
GER 111, FIRST-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Development of basic writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills; includes cultural component. Designed solely for students with no prior training in German. Native or bilingual speakers of German will not receive credit for GER 111, GER 112, or GER 113.
Available via Ecampus
GER 112, FIRST-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Development of basic writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills; includes cultural component. Designed solely for students with no prior training in German. Native or bilingual speakers of German will not receive credit for GER 111, GER 112, or GER 113.
Prerequisite: GER 111 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 113, FIRST-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Development of basic writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills; includes cultural component. Designed solely for students with no prior training in German. Native or bilingual speakers of German will not receive credit for GER 111, GER 112, or GER 113.
Prerequisite: GER 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 211, SECOND-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Continuing development of writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills; cultural component. Native or bilingual speakers of German will not receive credit for GER 211, GER 212 or GER 213.
Prerequisite: GER 113 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 212, SECOND-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Continuing development of writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills; cultural component. Native or bilingual speakers of German will not receive credit for GER 211, GER 212, or GER 213.
Prerequisite: GER 211 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 213, SECOND-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Continuing development of writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills; cultural component. Native or bilingual speakers of German will not receive credit for GER 211, GER 212, or GER 213.
Prerequisite: GER 212 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 311, THIRD-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Focus on development of German writing, speaking, and listening skills towards the level B1/B2 of the Common European Framework of Languages. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite: GER 213 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 312, THIRD-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Develop writing, speaking, and listening skills in German towards the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Languages. Focus on continued development of intermediate language skills learned in GER 311. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite: GER 311 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 313, THIRD-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Develop writing, speaking, and listening skills in German towards the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Languages. Focus on continued development of intermediate language skills learned in GER 312. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite: GER 312 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 319, SELECTED TOPICS IN GERMAN LANGUAGE, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GER 320, GERMAN FOR THE PROFESSIONS, 3 Credits
Emphasizes intensive application of language for intermediate and advanced everyday proficiency (B1-C1), career exploration, and employment. Explores German-speaking companies: business practices, corporate structure, human resources, product development, marketing, finance, law, cultural aspects. Develops skills in different modes of communication as appropriate in business settings. Taught in German.
Prerequisite: GER 213 with C or better
Recommended: Language proficiency at level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Available via Ecampus
GER 329, SELECTED TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND/OR CULTURE, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
GER 339, SELECTED TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTURE, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: GER 213
GER 349, SELECTED TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE, 3 Credits
Attention to development of German language skills. Conducted in German. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: GER 213
Available via Ecampus
GER 350, INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LINGUISTICS, 3 Credits
Introduces the linguistic structure of German and its variations through linguistic problem-solving. Explores what comprises the German language and how it is used today. Examines linguistic subfields and their relationship with a special focus on morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Develops skills for language analysis and applied linguistic knowledge in order to improve comprehension and communication skills in German. Taught in German.
Prerequisite: GER 213 with C- or better
Recommended: Language proficiency minimally at A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Available via Ecampus
GER 351, GERMAN PRONUNCIATION AND PHONETICS, 3 Credits
Analysis of the fundamentals of the German sound system, including pronunciation, phonology, phonetic and contrastive analysis of sounds; phonemes, intonation, and tone patterns.
Recommended: GER 213
Available via Ecampus
GER 355, TRANSLATION, 3 Credits
Introduces students to translation studies in theory and practice. Students will learn problems behind translating texts and strategies to overcome these issues, before working on shorter and longer translation projects of a variety of texts. Taught in English.
Prerequisite: GER 312 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 361, CRITICAL ISSUES OF GERMAN CINEMA, 3 Credits
Critique of current scholarly debates in German cinema (popular cinema, stars, institutional and cultural frameworks, cultural politics, and transnational connections) in connection with the critical viewing of a large variety of films from various periods. Taught in English.
GER 362, DIVIDED SCREEN: GERMAN CINEMA BETWEEN 1945 AND 1990, 3 Credits
Introduces German cinema between the corner dates 1945--division into East and West--and German unification in 1990. Compares and contrasts films made in East and West Germany to understand differences and similarities in the political and cultural set-up of the two states.
GER 363, CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CINEMA, 3 Credits
Introduces German cinema after unification in 1990. Analyzes German films from various genres, "schools," and directors. Reflects and compares contemporary issues of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to Hollywood cinema.
GER 379, PROCTOR EXPERIENCE, 1-2 Credits
Supervised practicum for advanced students, with assignments as proctors or tutors in lower-division German language courses. No more than 2 credits may be used to satisfy degree requirements for a major in German; no credit may be used to satisfy requirements for a minor in German.
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 12 upper-division credits in German, including GER 311, GER 312, GER 313
Available via Ecampus
GER 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GER 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GER 411, ^FOURTH-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Develops German writing, speaking, and listening skills towards the level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Languages. Conducted in German.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: GER 313 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 412, FOURTH-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Focus on development of German writing, speaking, and listening skills towards the level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Languages. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite: GER 411 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 413, FOURTH-YEAR GERMAN, 4 Credits
Develops German writing, speaking, and listening skills towards the level B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Languages. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite: GER 412 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GER 449, SELECTED TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE, 3 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Conducted in German.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: 9 upper-division credits in German.
GER 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
GER 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GER 549, SELECTED TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE, 3 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Conducted in German.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: 9 upper-division credits in German.
Italian (IT)
IT 111, FIRST-YEAR ITALIAN, 4 Credits
Development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Designed for students with no previous training in Italian. Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for IT 111, IT 112, IT 113.
Available via Ecampus
IT 112, FIRST-YEAR ITALIAN, 4 Credits
Development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Designed for students with no previous training in Italian. Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for IT 111, IT 112, IT 113.
Prerequisite: IT 111 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
IT 113, FIRST-YEAR ITALIAN, 4 Credits
Development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Designed for students with no previous training in Italian. Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for IT 111, IT 112, IT 113.
Prerequisite: IT 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
IT 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
IT 211, SECOND-YEAR ITALIAN, 4 Credits
Develops more advanced listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for IT 211, IT 212, IT 213.
Prerequisite: IT 113 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
IT 212, SECOND-YEAR ITALIAN, 4 Credits
Develops more advanced listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for IT 211, IT 212, IT 213.
Prerequisite: IT 211 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
IT 213, SECOND-YEAR ITALIAN, 4 Credits
Develops more advanced listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Native speakers of Italian will not receive credit for IT 211, IT 212 IT 213.
Prerequisite: IT 212 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
IT 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
IT 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
IT 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
IT 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Japanese (JPN)
JPN 111, FIRST-YEAR JAPANESE, 4 Credits
Designed to help students develop an understanding of basic language structures and to acquire the ability to use them appropriately in a variety of practical, everyday social contexts. Primary focus is on verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Japanese will not receive credit for JPN 111, JPN 112, JPN 113.
Available via Ecampus
JPN 112, FIRST-YEAR JAPANESE, 4 Credits
Designed to help students develop an understanding of basic language structures and to acquire the ability to use them appropriately in a variety of practical, everyday social contexts. Primary focus is on verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Japanese will not receive credit for JPN 111, JPN 112, JPN 113.
Prerequisite: JPN 111 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
JPN 113, FIRST-YEAR JAPANESE, 4 Credits
Designed to help students develop an understanding of basic language structures and to acquire the ability to use them appropriately in a variety of practical, everyday social contexts. Primary focus is on verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Japanese will not receive credit for JPN 111, JPN 112, JPN 113.
Prerequisite: JPN 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
JPN 151, INTRODUCTION TO KANJI, 1 Credit
Covers basic kanjis (Chinese characters) to complement the First Year Japanese course series. Explores characteristics and functions of kanji such as on-reading, kun-reading, and how and when to use them. Practices reading and writing kanjis. Taught in English.
Prerequisite: JPN 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
JPN 199, SPECIAL STUDIES: INTENSIVE JAPANESE, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 211, SECOND-YEAR JAPANESE, 4 Credits
Continued development of basic oral communication skills as required in a variety of social contexts. Initial development of reading skills. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Japanese will not receive credit for JPN 211, JPN 212, JPN 213.
Prerequisite: JPN 113 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
JPN 212, SECOND-YEAR JAPANESE, 4 Credits
Continued development of basic oral communication skills as required in a variety of social contexts. Initial development of reading skills. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Japanese will not receive credit for JPN 211, JPN 212, JPN 213.
Prerequisite: JPN 211 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
JPN 213, SECOND-YEAR JAPANESE, 4 Credits
Continued development of basic oral communication skills as required in a variety of social contexts. Initial development of reading skills. Native and/or bilingual speakers of Japanese will not receive credit for JPN 211, JPN 212, JPN 213.
Prerequisite: JPN 212 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
JPN 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 311, THIRD-YEAR JAPANESE, 3 Credits
Continued development of oral communication skills as required in a variety of social contexts. Further development of reading skills.
Prerequisite: JPN 213 with C- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
JPN 312, THIRD-YEAR JAPANESE, 3 Credits
Continued development or oral communication skills as required in a variety of social contexts. Further development of reading skills.
Prerequisite: JPN 311 with C- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
JPN 313, THIRD-YEAR JAPANESE, 3 Credits
Continued development or oral communication skills as required in a variety of social contexts. Further development of reading skills.
Recommended: JPN 312
Available via Ecampus
JPN 329, SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE, CULTURE, OR LITERATURE, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 379, PROCTOR EXPERIENCE, 1-2 Credits
Supervised practicum for advanced students, with assignment as proctor or tutor in lower-division Japanese courses. No credit may be used to satisfy requirements for a minor in Japanese.
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
JPN 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
JPN 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
JPN 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Korean (KOR)
KOR 111, FIRST-YEAR KOREAN, 4 Credits
For students with no prior training in Korean. Basic language skills along with cultural understanding by introducing the history of Hangul, traditional holidays, games, songs, foods and drama. Provides the Korean alphabet (Hangul), basic vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Three areas of focus: (1) reading and writing the Korean alphabet; (2) basic colloquial expressions; and (3) cultural understanding.
Available via Ecampus
KOR 112, FIRST-YEAR KOREAN, 4 Credits
Basic language skills along with cultural understanding by introducing the history of Hangul, traditional holidays, games, songs, foods and drama. Provides the Korean alphabet (Hangul), basic vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Three areas of concentration: (1) reading and writing the Korean alphabet, (2) basic colloquial expressions, and (3) cultural understanding.
Prerequisite: KOR 111 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
KOR 113, FIRST-YEAR KOREAN, 4 Credits
Designed to increase fluency in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through various topics that are relevant to students' life; sports, health, experiences, housing. Enlarge vocabulary and knowledge of grammar and sentence structure with honorifics, adjectives, connectives, and comparatives. Discuss Korean culture and literature using folk tales.
Prerequisite: KOR 112 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
KOR 211, SECOND-YEAR KOREAN, 4 Credits
Designed to increase fluency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through pragmatic topics necessary for survival in the target language culture. Topic-based lessons consist of model dialogues, narration, vocabulary, grammar and culture corresponding to the level of intermediate low (ACTFL).
Prerequisite: KOR 113 with D or better or Korean 113 with a score of 1
Available via Ecampus
KOR 212, SECOND-YEAR KOREAN, 4 Credits
Designed to increase fluency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through pragmatic topics necessary for survival in the target language culture. Topic-based lessons consist of model dialogues, narration, vocabulary, grammar, and culture corresponding to the level of Intermediate Mid (ACTFL). Students learn to describe favorite activities, feelings, foods, restaurants, fashions, colors, and physical appearances. Students also learn to engage in a conversation as well as to write compositions related to daily life, making recommendations, asking for and giving directions, making a telephone call, and writing a recipe.
Prerequisite: KOR 211 with D or better
Available via Ecampus
KOR 213, SECOND-YEAR KOREAN, 4 Credits
Designed to increase fluency in integrated language skills through pragmatic topics necessary for survival in target language culture. Topic-based lesson consists of model dialogues, narration, vocabulary, grammar and culture corresponding to the intermediate high level. Students will learn to speak in paragraph length conversations; write compositions related to their daily lives, and such social needs as giving suggestions, making appointments and plans, giving descriptions and excuses, asking for and giving advice for a job interview. Visual media makes learning more fun and authentic. Students are required to participate in face-to-face meetings on a regular basis with a weekly partner and the instructor.
Prerequisite: KOR 212 with D or better
Available via Ecampus
Linguistics (LING)
LING 114, MASTER/APPRENTICE STUDY OF A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE, 1-4 Credits
LING 114, LING 115, and LING 116 provides context-rich beginning language instruction, in close collaboration with a native speaker, of a language otherwise not taught at OSU. Learners work toward a level of communicative proficiency approaching the intermediate low level in each of the primary skill areas. Four credits of one language are required before moving on to the next course in the sequence. May be repeated for credit for up to three languages. Not for students who have previous proficiency in the target language.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
LING 115, MASTER/APPRENTICE STUDY OF A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE, 1-4 Credits
LING 114, LING 115, and LING 116 provides context-rich beginning language instruction, in close collaboration with a native speaker, of a language otherwise not taught at OSU. Learners work toward a level of communicative proficiency approaching the intermediate low level in each of the primary skill areas. Four credits of one language are required before moving on to the next course in the sequence. May be repeated for credit for up to three languages. Not for students who have previous proficiency in the target language.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
LING 116, MASTER/APPRENTICE STUDY OF A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE, 1-4 Credits
LING 114, LING 115, and LING 116 provides context-rich beginning language instruction, in close collaboration with a native speaker, of a language otherwise not taught at OSU. Learners work toward a level of communicative proficiency approaching the intermediate low level in each of the primary skill areas. Four credits of one language are required before moving on to the next course in the sequence. May be repeated for credit for up to three languages. Not for students who have previous proficiency in the target language.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
LING 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 201, INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND POWER, 4 Credits
Examines linguistic diversity systematically and critically. Explores everyday, ordinary connections between language and larger power dynamics. Provides linguistic tools for navigating everyday social and cultural interactions. Describes and explains the linguistic subfields and disciplines, and presents various techniques of linguistic analysis through problem-solving experience.
Attributes: LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Available via Ecampus
LING 251, *LANGUAGES OF OREGON, 3 Credits
Basic lessons in languages spoken in Oregon's minority language communities presented by native informants; discussion, language analysis, and assessment facilitated by linguistics faculty. Languages presented will vary. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: LING 251H
LING 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 311, THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY, 3 Credits
Examines key topics in phonetics and phonology ranging from the anatomy of the vocal tract to the cognitive processes behind the comprehension of speech sounds; spoken and non-spoken languages take focus. Explores and evaluates key phonological theories, common phonological processes, and computational techniques for speech analysis. Critically analyzes relationships between phonetics/phonology and sociolinguistic variation, first language acquisition, and second language learning. Provides linguistic tools for examining phonetics and phonology in everyday life.
Prerequisite: LING 201 with C- or better
LING 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
LING 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 509, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
LING 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
LING 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Queer Studies (QS)
QS 262, *INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits
Centering itself on activism and scholarship, this course examines homophobia's and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of oppression. Introduces key concepts, histories, and political frameworks within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer political movements. CROSSLISTED as QS 262/WGSS 262. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: QS 262H, WGSS 262, WGSS 262H
Available via Ecampus
QS 262H, *INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits
Centering itself on activism and scholarship, this course examines homophobia's and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of oppression. Introduces key concepts, histories, and political frameworks within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer political movements. CROSSLISTED as QS 262/WGSS 262. (Bacc Core Course).
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
QS 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
QS 321, *QUEER POP CULTURE, 3 Credits
Examines the concept of Queer popular culture through film, music, TV, image, and other mediums. Seeks to disrupt dominant discourses around gender and sexuality by centralizing women of color feminisms and queer of color critiques to analyze popular representations of gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, and other social locations. CROSSLISTED as QS 321/WGSS 321. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Equivalent to: WGSS 321
Available via Ecampus
QS 362, *SERVING LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES, 3 Credits
Engages the ethics and responsibilities involved in serving LGBTQ+ communities in fields such as education, health, law, and social services for those entering and/or continuing professions in fields that historically underserve LGBTQ+ people. Topics include LGBTQ+ youth; LGBTQ+ elders; issues affecting LGBTQ+ people across their lifespans; approaches to cultural competency; violence against LGBTQ+ people, forms of oppression including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; and LGBTQ+ community resilience. CROSSLISTED as QS 362/WGSS 362. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Equivalent to: WGSS 362
Available via Ecampus
QS 364, *TRANSGENDER POLITICS, 3 Credits
Addresses transgender politics--including non-binary and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 364/WGSS 364.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: QS 364H, WGSS 364, WGSS 364H
Available via Ecampus
QS 364H, *TRANSGENDER POLITICS, 3 Credits
Addresses transgender politics--including non-binary and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 364/WGSS 364.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
QS 375, *ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Explores concepts of structural inequality, difference, power, and discrimination through a critical survey of arts activism. Think critically about artwork and artists which address a number of social issues in the United States, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, and indigeneity. CROSSLISTED as ES 375/QS 375/WGSS 375.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
QS 399, SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
QS 409, PRACTICUM: PROJECTS IN QUEER STUDIES, 1-12 Credits
Capstone projects bring theory into practice through research, design, and implementation of a project that synthesizes and demonstrates learning in the Queer Studies program.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
Available via Ecampus
QS 431, *QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits
"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ES 431, WGSS 431
Available via Ecampus
QS 432, *GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, 3 Credits
A creative and discussion-based course focusing on ways in which photography can and has addressed issues of gender and sexuality. An introduction to key concepts and intersections in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies and photography theory. Create written and photographic responses to artworks, texts, personal experience and pop-culture. CROSSLISTED as ART 432/QS 432/WGSS 432 and ART 532/QS 532.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ART 432, WGSS 432
Available via Ecampus
QS 449, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.
Equivalent to: ES 449, WGSS 449
Recommended: Critical thinking, evaluation, and synthesis skills
QS 462, *QUEER THEORIES, 4 Credits
Engages key themes and critical frameworks in queer theories. Topics include histories of sexuality; forms of oppression, including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; resistance to oppression; violence against LGBTQ people; queer activism; diverse experiences of sexuality; and representations in literature, art, and popular media. CROSSLISTED as QS 462/WGSS 462 and QS 562/WGSS 562.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: WGSS 462
Available via Ecampus
QS 472, ^INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT AND QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits
"Two-spirit" refers to North American indigenous genders outside of European male/female binaries. Two-spirit communities argue for decolonization as a central political struggle, calling all people to unlearn settler colonial gender/sexuality on Native land. Addresses indigenous two-spirit/GLBTQ issues through theory, literature, activism, and art. CROSSLISTED as QS 472/WGSS 472.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Equivalent to: ES 472, WGSS 472
QS 473, TRANSGENDER LIVES, 4 Credits
With a particular focus on transgender people of color and transnational constructions of gender, engages issues in the lives of Transgender people through autobiography, memoir, biography, poetry, and documentary film. CROSSLISTED as QS 473/WGSS 473 and QS 573/WGSS 573.
Equivalent to: WGSS 473
QS 476, *TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES, 4 Credits
Explores contemporary experiences of sexualities within transnational contexts. Analyzes themes including queer and LGBTQI organizing, same-sex desires, queer transnational immigration and labor flows, sex industries and discourses of trafficking, sex tourism, and reproductive justice, using feminist, queer, and postcolonial theoretical frameworks. CROSSLISTED as QS 476/WGSS 476 and QS 576/WGSS 576.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Prerequisite: QS 262 with D- or better or QS 262H with D- or better or WGSS 262 with D- or better or WGSS 262H with D- or better
Equivalent to: WGSS 476
QS 477, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.
Equivalent to: ES 477, WGSS 477
Recommended: QS 262 and QS 462
Available via Ecampus
QS 499, SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits
Topics in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues and scholarship. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
QS 524, TRANS/GENDER POLITICS, 4 Credits
Addresses transgender politics--including transsexual, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 524/WGSS 524.
Equivalent to: WGSS 524
QS 531, QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits
"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.
QS 532, GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, 3 Credits
A creative and discussion-based course focusing on ways in which photography can and has addressed issues of gender and sexuality. An introduction to key concepts and intersections in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies and photography theory. Create written and photographic responses to artworks, texts, personal experience and pop-culture. CROSSLISTED as ART 432/QS 432/WGSS 432 and ART 532/QS 532.
Equivalent to: ART 532, WGSS 532
Available via Ecampus
QS 549, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.
QS 562, QUEER THEORIES, 4 Credits
Engages key themes and critical frameworks in queer theories. Topics include histories of sexuality; forms of oppression, including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; resistance to oppression; violence against LGBTQ people; queer activism; diverse experiences of sexuality; and representations in literature, art, and popular media. CROSSLISTED as QS 462/WGSS 462 and QS 562/WGSS 562.
Equivalent to: WGSS 562
QS 572, INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT AND QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits
"Two-spirit" refers to North American indigenous genders outside of European male/female binaries. Two-spirit communities argue for decolonization as a central political struggle, calling all people to unlearn settler colonial gender/sexuality on Native land. Addresses indigenous two-spirit/GLBTQ issues through theory, literature, activism, and art. CROSSLISTED as QS 472/WGSS 472 and QS 572/WGSS 572.
Equivalent to: ES 572, WGSS 572
QS 573, TRANSGENDER LIVES, 4 Credits
With a particular focus on transgender people of color and transnational constructions of gender, engages issues in the lives of Transgender people through autobiography, memoir, biography, poetry, and documentary film. CROSSLISTED as QS 473/WGSS 473 and QS 573/WGSS 573.
Equivalent to: WGSS 573
QS 576, TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES, 4 Credits
Explores contemporary experiences of sexualities within transnational contexts. Analyzes themes including queer and LGBTQI organizing, same-sex desires, queer transnational immigration and labor flows, sex industries and discourses of trafficking, sex tourism, and reproductive justice, using feminist, queer, and postcolonial theoretical frameworks. CROSSLISTED as QS 476/WGSS 476 and QS 576/WGSS 576.
Equivalent to: WGSS 576
QS 577, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.
QS 599, SPECIAL TOPICS IN QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits
Topics in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues and scholarship. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
Spanish (SPAN)
SPAN 111, FIRST-YEAR SPANISH, 4 Credits
Develops novice level listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish as guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Context. Incorporates interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational elements. Taught in Spanish.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 112, FIRST-YEAR SPANISH, 4 Credits
Develops novice level listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish as guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Context. Incorporates interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational elements. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 111 (may be taken concurrently) with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 113, FIRST-YEAR SPANISH, 4 Credits
Develops novice level listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish as guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Context. Incorporates interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational elements. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 112 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 117, FIRST-YEAR SPANISH-COMPLETE SEQUENCE, 12 Credits
Introduction to Spanish. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills developed. Students must take all twelve credits. Entire first-year sequence in eight weeks.
SPAN 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-3 Credits
May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
SPAN 211, SECOND-YEAR SPANISH, 4 Credits
Develops intermediate level proficiency through further development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish as guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Context. Incorporates interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational elements. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 113 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 212, SECOND-YEAR SPANISH, 4 Credits
Develops intermediate level proficiency through further development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish as guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Context. Incorporates interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational elements. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 211 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 213, SECOND-YEAR SPANISH, 4 Credits
Develops intermediate level proficiency through further development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish as guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Context. Incorporates interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational elements. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 212 with D- or better or placement test
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 217, SECOND-YEAR SPANISH-COMPLETE SEQUENCE, 12 Credits
Intermediate Spanish. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills developed. Students must take all 12 credits. Entire second-year sequence in eight weeks.
SPAN 221, SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS I, 3 Credits
SPAN 221 and SPAN 222 is a two-part series focusing on development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills. SPAN 221 focuses on building an ACTFL intermediate mid-level grammar base, in preparation for SPAN 222 which will deepen grammar structures, guiding students to ACTFL intermediate high-level. Focuses on healthcare and medical topics, specifically human body systems, including related illnesses and Latino-Hispanic healthcare issues. Designed for students studying health sciences, pre-professional related fields or those that are currently healthcare professionals. Provides cultural learning and competency needed to serve Latino populations. Conducted in Spanish.
Recommended: Intermediate low-level proficiency or above per ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 222, SPANISH FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS II, 3 Credits
SPAN 221 and SPAN 222 is a two-part series focusing on development of listening, comprehension, vocabulary, speaking, reading and writing skills. SPAN 222 builds on concepts learned in SPAN 221, deepening the grammar base up to ACTFL intermediate high-level. Focuses on healthcare topics related to micro-systems of the human body and diseases not discussed in SPAN 221. Designed for students studying health sciences, pre-professional related fields or those that are currently healthcare professionals. Provides cultural learning and competency needed to serve Latino populations. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 221 with C- or better
Recommended: Intermediate low-level proficiency or above per ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
SPAN 311, THIRD YEAR SPANISH, 3 Credits
Focuses on reading, writing, oral production, listening comprehension and the acquisition of skills related to inter-cultural communication. Enables further development of the language skills acquired in earlier courses while studying the more complex aspects of the language. Spanish classes at OSU are guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Community.
Prerequisite: SPAN 213 with C- or better or placement test
Equivalent to: SPAN 314
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 312, THIRD YEAR SPANISH, 3 Credits
Focuses on reading, writing, oral production, listening comprehension and the acquisition of skills related to inter-cultural communication. Enables further development of the language skills acquired in earlier courses while studying the more complex aspects of the language. Spanish classes at OSU are guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Community.
Prerequisite: SPAN 213 with C- or better or placement test or SPAN 311 (may be taken concurrently) with C- or better
Equivalent to: SPAN 315
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 313, THIRD YEAR SPANISH, 3 Credits
Focuses on reading, writing, oral production, listening comprehension and the acquisition of skills related to inter-cultural communication. Spanish classes at OSU are guided by the national standards, known as the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Community.
Prerequisite: SPAN 213 with C- or better or SPAN 311 (may be taken concurrently) with C- or better or SPAN 312 (may be taken concurrently) with C- or better or placement test
Equivalent to: SPAN 316
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 314, THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS, 3 Credits
Extensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking. Refinement of spelling, grammar, and vocabulary within a relevant cultural context. Students cannot receive credit for both SPAN 311 and SPAN 314.
Equivalent to: SPAN 311
Recommended: SPAN 216 or placement
SPAN 315, THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS, 3 Credits
Extensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking. Refinement of spelling, grammar, and vocabulary within a relevant cultural context. Students cannot receive credit for both SPAN 312 and SPAN 315.
Equivalent to: SPAN 312
Recommended: SPAN 314 or placement
SPAN 316, THIRD-YEAR SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS, 3 Credits
Extensive practice in reading, writing, and speaking. Refinement of spelling, grammar, and vocabulary within a relevant cultural context. Students cannot receive credit for both SPAN 313 and SPAN 316.
Equivalent to: SPAN 313
Recommended: SPAN 315 or placement
SPAN 317, DIRECTED READING AND WRITING IN SPANISH, 3 Credits
Emphasizes reading comprehension and improving writing ability. Builds on language skills and cultural awareness using different forms of literary expression from the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisite: (SPAN 311 with C- or better and SPAN 312 [C-] and SPAN 313 [C-]) or (SPAN 314 [C-] and SPAN 315 [C-] and SPAN 316 [C-])
Equivalent to: SPAN 327
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 318, INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE, 3 Credits
Provides the literary background and analytical tools for students to discuss Spanish language literature with some depth and prepares students for more advanced literature courses. Some discussion of Latin American and Spanish history, politics and culture will provide a context for the readings.
Recommended: 9 credits of upper-division Spanish
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 319, SPANISH FOR BUSINESS, 3 Credits
Introduction to the Spanish business world and commercial language. Development of business vocabulary, discussion, practice in writing resumes, business letters and reports. Conducted in Spanish. May not be offered every year.
Recommended: SPAN 312
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 320, SPANISH CONVERSATION, 3 Credits
Facilitates extensive interpretive, interpersonal and presentational practice in Spanish. Emphasizes confident, creative and spontaneous communication in Spanish through a student-directed learning community. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: (SPAN 311 with C- or better and SPAN 312 [C-] and SPAN 313 [C-]) or (SPAN 314 [C-] and SPAN 315 [C-] and SPAN 316 [C-])
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 327, MEXICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FOR SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS, 3 Credits
Combines the study of fiction, drama, and poetry in Spanish language produced by people of Mexican origin in what is today the United States, with intensive practice in the writing of formal Spanish. Students are encouraged to develop their independent thinking and analytical ability. Designed for students from a Spanish-speaking background.
Equivalent to: SPAN 317
Recommended: SPAN 316
SPAN 331, *THE CULTURES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, 3 Credits
Historical development of the cultures and societies of the Iberian Peninsula. Taught in Spanish. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Completion of 9 credits from SPAN 311, SPAN 312, SPAN 313, SPAN 317, SPAN 318.
SPAN 332, *THE CULTURES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, 3 Credits
Historical development of the cultures and societies of the Iberian Peninsula. Taught in Spanish. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Completion of 9 credits from SPAN 311, SPAN 312, SPAN 313, SPAN 317, SPAN 318.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 333, CULTURES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, 3 Credits
Historical development of the cultures and societies of today's Iberian Peninsula. Taught in Spanish.
Recommended: Completion of 9 credits from SPAN 311, SPAN 312, SPAN 313, SPAN 317, SPAN 318.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 336, TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD, 3 Credits
Emphasizes literary and artistic expressions in the diverse cultures of Spanish-speaking communities across Latin America and Europe. Explores events and developments across the regions using a variety of Spanish language texts to develop perspectives, make connections and build understanding of contemporary Spanish-speaking cultures.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Prerequisite: SPAN 311 with C- or better and SPAN 312 [C-] and SPAN 313 [C-]
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 337, TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD, 3 Credits
Emphasizes literary and artistic expressions in the diverse cultures of Spanish-speaking communities across Latin America and Europe from the post-independence period to the present. Explores events and developments across the regions using a variety of Spanish language texts to develop perspectives, make connections and build understanding of contemporary Spanish-speaking cultures.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Prerequisite: SPAN 311 with C- or better and SPAN 312 [C-] and SPAN 313 [C-]
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 338, TEXTOS Y NARRATIVAS DEL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE: TEXTS AND NARRATIVES OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD, 3 Credits
Emphasizes literary and artistic expressions in the diverse cultures of Spanish-speaking communities across Latin America and Europe from the post-independence period to the present. Explores events and developments across the regions using a variety of Spanish language texts to develop perspectives, make connections and build understanding of contemporary Spanish-speaking cultures.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Prerequisite: SPAN 311 with C- or better and SPAN 312 [C-] and SPAN 313 [C-]
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 339, MEXICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES, 3 Credits
Examines the historical, economic, and social determinants of Mexican migration to the United States. Analyzes the social, ethnic, linguistic, political and economic consequences for migrant families and communities on both sides of the Río Grande, through readings, movies, radio programs and music from various disciplines such as history, sociology, economics, ethnography, and creative literature. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPAN 311 with D- or better and SPAN 312 [D-] and SPAN 313 [D-] and (SPAN 336 [D-] or SPAN 337 [D-])
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 350, PHONETICS AND PRONUNCIATION, 3 Credits
An exploration of the organs of speech and hearing, acoustic analysis, and transcription of native and learner Spanish speech samples.
Recommended: 3 credits of upper-division Spanish.
SPAN 351, HISPANIC LINGUISTICS, 3 Credits
Explores scientific approach to the structure of the Spanish language: syntax, phonology, word formation, dialectal differences. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: LING 201 with C- or better and ((SPAN 311 with C- or better and SPAN 312 [C-] and SPAN 313 [C-]) or (SPAN 314 [C-] and SPAN 315 [C-] and SPAN 316 [C-]))
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 355, INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH TRANSLATION, 3 Credits
Combines beginning translation theory with hands-on practice using a variety of activities from several areas of professional specialization. Introduces the uses and limits of automatic translators. Includes a brief introduction to simultaneous interpretation as it is done in professional conference settings. Taught in English and Spanish; participants must be proficient in both.
Prerequisite: SPAN 311 with D- or better or SPAN 314 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 379, PROCTOR EXPERIENCE, 1 Credit
Supervised practicum for advanced students, with assignments as proctors or tutors in lower-division Spanish language courses.
This course is repeatable for 3 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 21 upper-division credits in Spanish with a minimum 3.00 GPA
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 411, SPECIALIZED GRAMMAR OR LINGUISTICS TOPICS, 3 Credits
Students develop an in-depth knowledge of various linguistic aspects of Spanish, particularly in regard to problematic grammatical structures and the development of writing proficiency. The main focus is on integrating a thorough understanding of grammatical structures into writing using selected literary works as models. Students analyze their own linguistic progress and apply this meta-knowledge to their writing.
Recommended: 18 credits of upper-division Spanish.
SPAN 412, ADVANCED COMPOSITION, 3 Credits
Emphasis on creative writing. Students will read and discuss a series of stories with the same theme, then write their own. The subjunctive and other advanced grammar topics will be reviewed and incorporated into the writing activities. Taught in Spanish.
Recommended: 18 credits of upper-division Spanish
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 416, MIGRACION Y SALUD: MIGRATION AND HEALTH, 3 Credits
Introduces the major health and healthcare challenges related to immigrant communities in the United States. From a socio-ecological perspective, acquire an understanding of the theories and realities about migration and the migration-health relationship, towards developing proficiency in Spanish for public health/health services. Specific topics include assimilation and acculturation, access to care, healthy practices (the so-called Latin paradox), environmental and labor issues. Investigates relevant political and ethical issues surrounding migration and health. Conducted in Spanish.
Recommended: At least six credits of upper division Spanish
SPAN 435, SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE, 3 Credits
Historical and contemporary aspects of the cultures of Latin America. May include material relevant to Spain and U.S. Latinos. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: 18 credits of upper-division Spanish
SPAN 438, ^SELECTED TOPICS IN LUSO-HISPANIC CULTURE, 3 Credits
Contemporary aspects of the cultures of Spain, Portugal, or Latin America with a cross-cultural perspective. Topics and language of instruction vary. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 6 credits from SPAN 331, SPAN 332, SPAN 333, SPAN 336, SPAN 337, SPAN 338.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 444, SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LITERATURE OF SPAIN, 3 Credits
Representative Spanish prose, poetry, and drama, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Taught in Spanish. See Schedule of Classes for current term offering. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 21 upper-division credits in Spanish.
SPAN 445, SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LITERATURE OF LATIN AMERICA, 3 Credits
Representative prose, poetry, and drama of Spanish America and/or Brazil, with an emphasis on the mid-19th century to the present. Topics and language of instruction may vary. See Schedule of Classes for current term offering. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 18 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 21 upper-division credits in Spanish.
SPAN 456, SPANISH IN THE UNITED STATES, 3 Credits
Provides a foundation for the study of Spanish in the United States. Focuses on the diverse identities of Latino/as and Spanish speakers as they define what it means to be bilingual locally, regionally, and nationally. Spanish and Spanish-English bilingualism will be studied from critical sociolinguistic, historical and political perspectives.
Available via Ecampus
SPAN 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
SPAN 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
SPAN 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 506, SPECIAL PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
SPAN 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
(See SPAN 410 for description.)
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
SPAN 535, SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE, 3 Credits
Historical and contemporary aspects of the cultures of Latin America. May include material relevant to Spain and U.S. Latinos. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: 18 credits of upper-division Spanish
SPAN 538, SELECTED TOPICS IN LUSO-HISPANIC CULTURE, 3 Credits
Contemporary aspects of the cultures of Spain, Portugal, or Latin America with a cross-cultural perspective. Topics and language of instruction vary. Not offered every year. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 6 credits from SPAN 331, SPAN 332, SPAN 333, SPAN 336, SPAN 337, SPAN 338.
SPAN 544, SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LITERATURE OF SPAIN, 3 Credits
Representative Spanish prose, poetry, and drama, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Taught in Spanish. Not offered every year. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 21 upper-division credits in Spanish.
SPAN 545, SELECTED TOPICS IN THE LITERATURE OF LATIN AMERICA, 3 Credits
Representative prose, poetry, and drama of Spanish America and/or Brazil, with an emphasis on the mid-19th century to the present. Topics and language of instruction may vary. Not offered every year. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
This course is repeatable for 18 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 21 upper-division credits in Spanish.
SPAN 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
SPAN 808, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
WGSS 110, *GENDER, RACE, AND POP CULTURE, 3 Credits
Introduces students to the critical analysis of mass media and representations of women, gender, sexuality, and race in popular culture. Topics vary from term to term and may include the entertainment industry, advertising, music, literature, the internet and technology. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: WGSS 110H
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 110H, *GENDER, RACE, AND POP CULTURE, 3 Credits
Introduces students to the critical analysis of mass media and representations of women, gender, sexuality, and race in popular culture. Topics vary from term to term and may include the entertainment industry, advertising, music, literature, the internet and technology. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 110
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
WGSS 111, *FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON CURRENT EVENTS, 3 Credits
Introduction to feminist analysis through the examination of current events and their relation to gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, class, age, and ability. Topics vary from term to term and may include issues related to politics, social movements, education, the workplace, science and technology, the environment, globalization, arts and culture, and the media. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
WGSS 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-3 Credits
Special topics of contemporary relevance to research of women and gender role issues. For students who seek an elementary introduction to a specific realm of women, gender, and sexuality studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Equivalent to: WS 199
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
WGSS 223, *INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, 3 Credits
Multidisciplinary introduction to women, gender, and sexuality studies. Focuses on the lives and status of women in society and explores ways institutions such as family, work, media, law and religion affect different groups of women. Explores issues of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, size and ability.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: WGSS 223H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 223H, *INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, 3 Credits
Multidisciplinary introduction to women, gender, and sexuality studies. Focuses on the lives and status of women in society and explores ways institutions such as family, work, media, law and religion affect different groups of women. Explores issues of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, size and ability.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: WGSS 223
WGSS 224, *WOMEN: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 3 Credits
Examines the way the questioning of traditional gender roles and their accompanying power structures can lead to change in women's personal and public lives. Explores women's heritage and contributions and focuses on issues of self-growth and social movements for change.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
WGSS 230, *WOMEN IN THE MOVIES, 3 Credits
Examines ways women are depicted in the movies and how those depictions are created by and create larger social constructions of women. Special attention is given to the intersections of race, class, sexual identity, and age with gender. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: WGSS 230H, WS 230
WGSS 230H, *WOMEN IN THE MOVIES, 3 Credits
Examines ways women are depicted in the movies and how those depictions are created by and create larger social constructions of women. Special attention is given to the intersections of race, class, sexual identity, and age with gender. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 230
WGSS 235, *WOMEN IN WORLD CINEMA, 3 Credits
Explores constructions and practices of gender in a transnational, multi-religious, and global framework by examining a wide variety of films about women around the world. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: WGSS 235H, WS 235
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 235H, *WOMEN IN WORLD CINEMA, 3 Credits
Explores constructions and practices of gender in a transnational, multi-religious, and global framework by examining a wide variety of films about women around the world. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 235, WS 235, WS 235H
WGSS 240, *GENDER, RACE, AND SPORT, 3 Credits
Focuses on sport as a gendered and racialized institution. Drawing from cultural, psychosocial, and political perspectives students examine intersections of gender with race, sexual identity, social class, ability, age, and religion.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Equivalent to: WGSS 240H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 240H, *GENDER, RACE, AND SPORT, 3 Credits
Focuses on sport as a gendered and racialized institution. Drawing from cultural, psychosocial, and political perspectives students examine intersections of gender with race, sexual identity, social class, ability, age, and religion.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 240
WGSS 262, *INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits
Centering itself on activism and scholarship, this course examines homophobia's and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of oppression. Introduces key concepts, histories, and political frameworks within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer political movements. CROSSLISTED as QS 262/WGSS 262. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: QS 262, QS 262H, WGSS 262H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 262H, *INTRODUCTION TO QUEER STUDIES, 3 Credits
Centering itself on activism and scholarship, this course examines homophobia's and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of oppression. Introduces key concepts, histories, and political frameworks within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer political movements. CROSSLISTED as QS 262/WGSS 262. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
WGSS 270, *RESISTING GENDER VIOLENCE, 3 Credits
Addresses issues of domestic violence, rape, dating violence, as well as contemporary social debates about pornography and the media's impact on violence in society, which includes a global perspective. Focuses on individual and collective practices resisting gender violence.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
WGSS 280, *WOMEN WORLDWIDE, 3 Credits
Focuses on women's experiences throughout the world and examines women's issues and status cross-culturally. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: WGSS 280H, WS 280
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 280H, *WOMEN WORLDWIDE, 3 Credits
Focuses on women's experiences throughout the world and examines women's issues and status cross-culturally. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 280, WS 280, WS 280H
WGSS 295, *FEMINISM AND THE BIBLE, 3 Credits
Examines feminist interpretations of the Bible and pays special attention to intersections of race, social class, sexual identity, and nation in biblical interpretation.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Equivalent to: ENG 295, ENG 295H, PHL 295, PHL 295H, WGSS 295H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 299, TOPICS IN WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, 1-6 Credits
Current topics related to women, gender and sexuality. Description and analysis of different realms of knowledge about gender issues.
Equivalent to: WS 299
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
WGSS 312, *GLOBAL EXPERIENCE: WESTERN CULTURE, 3 Credits
Engagement in a study abroad experience in Western Europe with an emphasis on transnational, queer, and critical race feminist analysis.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
WGSS 319, *FEMINIST DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIES: SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH, 3 Credits
Examines traditional scientific methods through a feminist philosophy of science lens that incorporates critiques of the racialized and gendered origins of modern science. Introduces the breadth of feminist research methods associated with social justice research.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Prerequisite: WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better
Equivalent to: ES 319
WGSS 320, *GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY, 3 Credits
Explores women's contributions and focuses in technology fields. Analyzes gendered nature of technology. Theory and practice of technologies. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Equivalent to: WS 320
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 321, *QUEER POP CULTURE, 3 Credits
Examines the concept of Queer popular culture through film, music, TV, image, and other mediums. Seeks to disrupt dominant discourses around gender and sexuality by centralizing women of color feminisms and queer of color critiques to analyze popular representations of gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, and other social locations. CROSSLISTED as QS 321/WGSS 321. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Equivalent to: QS 321
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 325, *DISNEY: GENDER, RACE, EMPIRE, 3 Credits
Explores constructions of gender, race, class, sexuality, and nation in the animated films of Walt Disney; introduces concepts in film theory and criticism, and develops analyses of the politics of representation. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: WGSS 325H, WS 325
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 325H, *DISNEY: GENDER, RACE, EMPIRE, 3 Credits
Explores constructions of gender, race, class, sexuality, and nation in the animated films of Walt Disney; introduces concepts in film theory and criticism, and develops analyses of the politics of representation. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 325
WGSS 340, *GENDER AND SCIENCE, 3 Credits
Analyzes the relationship between society and science by explaining technology and science as gendered practices and bodies of knowledge. Focuses on the ways the making of women and men affect the making of science and explores the roles of women in scientific pursuits. (SS) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: WGSS 340H, WS 340
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 340H, *GENDER AND SCIENCE, 3 Credits
Analyzes the relationship between society and science by explaining technology and science as gendered practices and bodies of knowledge. Focuses on the ways the making of women and men affect the making of science and explores the roles of women in scientific pursuits. (SS) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Equivalent to: WGSS 340
WGSS 350, *POLITICS OF MOTHERHOOD IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, 3 Credits
Introduces students to the politics of motherhood in global contexts, focusing on politics of transnational adoption; motherhood, surrogacy, and biotechnologies; effects of globalization on mothering across borders; mothering in the global welfare state; movements for reproductive justice; and transnational representations of motherhood.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 360, *MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, 3 Credits
Students will become familiar with central topics in global masculinity studies, analyze texts in diverse media, develop original arguments, and engage with issues of masculinity and representation through written and creative work. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Equivalent to: WGSS 360H, WS 360
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 360H, *MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, 3 Credits
Students will become familiar with central topics in global masculinity studies, analyze texts in diverse media, develop original arguments, and engage with issues of masculinity and representation through written and creative work. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 360, WS 360
WGSS 362, *SERVING LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES, 3 Credits
Engages the ethics and responsibilities involved in serving LGBTQ+ communities in fields such as education, health, law, and social services for those entering and/or continuing professions in fields that historically underserve LGBTQ+ people. Topics include LGBTQ+ youth; LGBTQ+ elders; issues affecting LGBTQ+ people across their lifespans; approaches to cultural competency; violence against LGBTQ+ people, forms of oppression including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; and LGBTQ+ community resilience. CROSSLISTED as QS 362/WGSS 362. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Equivalent to: QS 362
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 364, *TRANSGENDER POLITICS, 3 Credits
Addresses transgender politics--including non-binary and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 364/WGSS 364.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: QS 364, QS 364H, WGSS 364H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 364H, *TRANSGENDER POLITICS, 3 Credits
Addresses transgender politics--including non-binary and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 364/WGSS 364.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
WGSS 375, *ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Explores concepts of structural inequality, difference, power, and discrimination through a critical survey of arts activism. Think critically about artwork and artists which address a number of social issues in the United States, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, immigration, and indigeneity. CROSSLISTED as ES 375/QS 375/WGSS 375.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
WGSS 378, *RELIGION AND GENDER: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, 4 Credits
Introduces students to the academic study of religion, as well as the academic study of gender. In order to offer a global perspective, we will read a series of case studies that deal with the religion as a gendered experience. Students will produce two essays, one of which will be based on independent research. CROSSLISTED as HST 378/REL 378/WGSS 378.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
WGSS 380, *MUSLIM WOMEN, 3 Credits
Examines the lives and experiences of Muslim women in Islamic communities around the world from a variety of perspectives in order to highlight issues significant for contemporary Muslim women: family, education, work, politics, health, marriage, divorce, war, and violence.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
WGSS 399, TOPICS IN WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, 1-6 Credits
Current topics in women, gender, and sexuality. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Equivalent to: WGSS 399H, WS 399
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
WGSS 399H, TOPICS IN WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, 1-6 Credits
Current topics in women, gender, and sexuality. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 399, WS 399, WS 399H
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
WGSS 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WS 402
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 406, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 407, SEMINAR, 3 Credits
Equivalent to: WS 407
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
WGSS 409, PRACTICUM, 1-12 Credits
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
The internship experience provides the opportunity to gain experience within an off-campus private, public, or community agency or organization which has as one of its goals the improvement of the status of women in society. Students work with an on-site mentor who guides their field experience in collaboration with the internship coordinator in the WGSS program. Only 6 credits will count toward the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major.
Equivalent to: WS 410
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 414, *SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION IN WOMEN'S LIVES, 4 Credits
Explores the ways different systems of oppression and discrimination impact women's lives. Examines sexism, classism, racism, and anti-Jewish oppression, as well as discrimination against queer women, older women, and those who differ in ability and appearance. (SS) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better
Equivalent to: WGSS 414H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 416, THEORIES OF FEMINISM, 4 Credits
Explores feminist conceptions about the nature of the world, women's reality and visions for change. Analyzes major issues raised by the women's movement and the development of feminist ideas, as well as provides a critical examination of feminist thought and different theories which comprise it.
Prerequisite: WS 223 with D- or better or WS 223H with D- or better or WS 224 with D- or better or WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better or WGSS 224 with D- or better
Equivalent to: WS 416
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 430, WOMEN OF COLOR FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores the contemporary experiences of women of color, as well as the theoretical and practical frameworks of women of color feminisms. Analyses key themes in women of color feminisms, including politics of representation, multiple forms of state and interpersonal violence, intersecting forms of oppression, economic justice, reproductive justice, and strategies of resistance.
Prerequisite: WS 223 with D- or better or WS 223H with D- or better or WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better
Equivalent to: WS 430
WGSS 431, *QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits
"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 432, *GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE, 3 Credits
A creative and discussion-based course focusing on ways in which photography can and has addressed issues of gender and sexuality. An introduction to key concepts and intersections in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Queer Studies and photography theory. Create written and photographic responses to artworks, texts, personal experience and pop-culture. CROSSLISTED as ART 432/QS 432/WGSS 432 and ART 532/QS 532.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ART 432, QS 432
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 440, *WOMEN AND NATURAL RESOURCES, 3 Credits
Explores the relationship between women and natural resources. In particular, the course examines the roles of policy, technology, culture, and management in women's use and control of natural resources. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Equivalent to: WGSS 440H, WS 440
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 440H, *WOMEN AND NATURAL RESOURCES, 3 Credits
Explores the relationship between women and natural resources. In particular, the course examines the roles of policy, technology, culture, and management in women's use and control of natural resources. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WGSS 440
WGSS 449, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.
Recommended: Critical thinking, evaluation, and synthesis skills
WGSS 460, ^SEXUALITIES, FEMINISMS, WOMEN, 4 Credits
Explores the historical, theoretical, and political dimensions of female sexuality. Examines the basic assumptions about the meaning of gendered sexuality, how it has been shaped and controlled, and why women's sexuality has been/is a source of both women's liberation and subjugation. Incorporates Queer and Trans* theories about gendered/women's sexualities.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core
Prerequisite: WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better or WGSS 224 with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 462, *QUEER THEORIES, 4 Credits
Engages key themes and critical frameworks in queer theories. Topics include histories of sexuality; forms of oppression, including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; resistance to oppression; violence against LGBTQ people; queer activism; diverse experiences of sexuality; and representations in literature, art, and popular media. CROSSLISTED as QS 462/WGSS 462 and QS 562/WGSS 562.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: QS 462
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 472, ^INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT AND QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits
"Two-spirit" refers to North American indigenous genders outside of European male/female binaries. Two-spirit communities argue for decolonization as a central political struggle, calling all people to unlearn settler colonial gender/sexuality on Native land. Addresses indigenous two-spirit/GLBTQ issues through theory, literature, activism, and art. CROSSLISTED as QS 472/WGSS 472.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Equivalent to: ES 472, QS 472
WGSS 473, TRANSGENDER LIVES, 4 Credits
With a particular focus on transgender people of color and transnational constructions of gender, engages issues in the lives of Transgender people through autobiography, memoir, biography, poetry, and documentary film. CROSSLISTED as QS 473/WGSS 473 and QS 573/WGSS 573.
Equivalent to: QS 473
WGSS 475, *RACE, GENDER, AND LABOR ON THE OREGON COAST, 4 Credits
Examines the sociopolitical and cultural processes that constitute coastal spaces in Oregon, including issues of race/ethnicity, immigration, labor/class, and gender, as these shape and are shaped by human interactions with the coast and the ocean. In addition to reading, writing, and discussion, engage in guided-inquiry and problem-solving projects, to explore substantive issues in Newport and other locations along the Oregon coast. Takes advantage of the Hatfield Marine Science Center and available technologies, to connect students with Newport and other coastal locations including Coos Bay, Lincoln City, and Astoria. CROSSLISTED as ES 475/WGSS 475.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: ES 475
Recommended: Junior class standing; collaboration, critical thinking, and synthesis skills
WGSS 476, *TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES, 4 Credits
Explores contemporary experiences of sexualities within transnational contexts. Analyzes themes including queer and LGBTQI organizing, same-sex desires, queer transnational immigration and labor flows, sex industries and discourses of trafficking, sex tourism, and reproductive justice, using feminist, queer, and postcolonial theoretical frameworks. CROSSLISTED as QS 476/WGSS 476 and QS 576/WGSS 576.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
Prerequisite: QS 262 with D- or better or QS 262H with D- or better or WGSS 262 with D- or better or WGSS 262H with D- or better
Equivalent to: QS 476
WGSS 477, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.
Recommended: QS 262 and QS 464
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 480, *GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISMS, 3 Credits
Focuses on social constructions of gender in global context. Explores the comparative realities of various gendered struggles for social justice and studies key definitions and theoretical assumptions relevant to the subject of global feminist activism.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Prerequisite: WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better or WGSS 224 with D- or better
Equivalent to: WGSS 480H
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 480H, *GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISMS, 3 Credits
Focuses on social constructions of gender in global context. Explores the comparative realities of various gendered struggles for social justice and studies key definitions and theoretical assumptions relevant to the subject of global feminist activism.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Prerequisite: WGSS 223 with D- or better or WGSS 223H with D- or better or WGSS 224 with D- or better
Equivalent to: WGSS 480
WGSS 482, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S HEALTH, 4 Credits
Women's health issues are examined from a global perspective in the context of a woman's life and through a feminist political lens. Central to our discussions will be an analysis of the interplay among race, class, and gender in shaping particular health care outcomes. The course stresses the potential for women's agency and autonomy with respect to improving their health and environments.
Equivalent to: WS 482
WGSS 483, RACE, GENDER, AND HEALTH JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Based on a social justice framework, explores the intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, disability and sexuality to provide a deeper understanding of how these factors shape health inequities in diverse communities nationally and globally.
WGSS 485, CAPSTONE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, 2 Credits
Working with an advisor from the Social Justice minor, conduct research to synthesize and extend analysis of a particular social justice issue, building on three previous papers or projects. Results are presented in a 10-15 page paper and a public poster, presentation or website. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 485/ES 485/WGSS 485.
Prerequisite: (ANTH 373 with D- or better or ES 373 with D- or better or WGSS 373 with D- or better or WLC 373 with D- or better) and (ANTH 410 [D-] or ES 410 [D-] or WGSS 410 [D-] or WLC 410 [D-])
Equivalent to: ANTH 485, ES 485, WLC 485
This course is repeatable for 4 credits.
WGSS 498, FEMINIST PRACTICE, 4 Credits
For graduating seniors in women, gender, and sexuality studies. Building on knowledge and experiences acquired in required and elective women, gender, and sexuality studies courses, it focuses on central questions for feminist research and activism. In particular, the course helps students develop deeper understandings of the process of generating feminist knowledge and its application in diverse forms of feminist practice.
Prerequisite: WGSS 414 with D- or better and WGSS 416 [D-]
Equivalent to: WS 498
Available via Ecampus
WGSS 499, TOPICS, 1-6 Credits
Topics on contemporary research in women, gender, and sexuality studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Equivalent to: WS 499
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
WGSS 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WS 501
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WS 502
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WS 503
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
WGSS 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WS 506
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
The internship experience provides the opportunity to gain experience within on off-campus private, public, or community agency or organization which has as one of its goals the improvement of the status of women in society. Students work with an on-site mentor who guides their field experience in collaboration with the internship coordinator in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.
Equivalent to: WS 510
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 511, ORIENTATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION I, 1 Credit
The WGSS 511, 512, 513 sequence prepares Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate students to succeed in their courses of study and in their chosen profession. WGSS 511 provides knowledge about Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as a discipline and as a course of study that helps students manage the transition to graduate school.
Equivalent to: GRAD 511, WS 511
WGSS 512, ORIENTATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION II, 1 Credit
The WGSS 511, 512, 513 sequence prepares Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate students to succeed in their courses of study and in their chosen profession. WGSS 512 guides students in the development of an intellectual life with a focus on thriving and surviving as a scholar in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Equivalent to: GRAD 511, WS 512
WGSS 513, ORIENTATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION III, 1 Credit
The WGSS 511, 512, 513 sequence prepares Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate students to succeed in their courses of study and in their chosen profession. WGSS 513 focuses on helping students shape a future that utilizes the graduate degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. It helps students manage the transition to life after the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Master's program at OSU.
Equivalent to: GRAD 511, WS 513
WGSS 514, SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION: STRATEGIES FOR RESISTANCE, 4 Credits
Explores the ways different systems of oppression function in society. Applies feminist intersectionality approaches to examine interlocking systems of inequality and privilege.
Equivalent to: WS 514
WGSS 516, THEORIES OF FEMINISM, 4 Credits
Explores feminist conceptions about the nature of the world, women's reality and visions for change. Analyzes major issues raised by the women's movement and the development of feminist ideas, as well as provides a critical examination of feminist thought and different theories which comprise it.
Equivalent to: WS 516
Recommended: WS 223 or WS 223H or WS 224 or WGSS 223 or WGSS 223H or WGSS 224
WGSS 518, FEMINIST RESEARCH, 4 Credits
Explores the socio-political and historical context out of which traditional research methodologies emerge and the relationship of gender to scientific pursuits. Teaches what it means to do emancipatory anti-sexist and participatory research.
Equivalent to: WS 518
WGSS 521, FEMINIST LEADERSHIP, 4 Credits
Examines theories of feminist leadership and applications in non-profit, governmental, and higher education institutions.
Equivalent to: WS 521
WGSS 524, TRANS/GENDER POLITICS, 4 Credits
Addresses transgender politics--including transsexual, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming issues--through feminist and intersectional approaches by analyzing transgender theories, arts, and activism. CROSSLISTED as QS 524/WGSS 524.
Equivalent to: QS 524
WGSS 530, WOMEN OF COLOR FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores the contemporary experiences of women of color, as well as the theoretical and practical frameworks of women of color feminisms. Analyses key themes in women of color feminisms, including politics of representation, multiple forms of state and interpersonal violence, intersecting forms of oppression, economic justice, reproductive justice, and strategies of resistance.
Equivalent to: WS 530
WGSS 531, QUEER OF COLOR CRITIQUES, 4 Credits
"Queer of color critiques" refers to political theories and activism that emerge from LGBTQ people of color to examine the intersections between race, sexuality and gender. Addresses these intersections through theory, history, and activism. CROSSLISTED as ES 431/QS 431/WGSS 431 and ES 531/QS 531/WGSS 531.
WGSS 535, FEMINIST TEACHING AND LEARNING, 4 Credits
Focuses on the experiences and practices of the feminist classroom. Key components of the class include issues associated with the identity and development of the teacher, as well as the development of skills to help facilitate understanding, empowerment, and the personal and social agency of students.
Equivalent to: WS 535
WGSS 542, THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM: DIFFERENCE, POWER AND DISCRIMINATION, 3 Credits
An examination of multidisciplinary scholarship on difference, power, and discrimination; critical pedagogies; and curriculum transformation. Discussions of theory and research are coupled with practical hands-on opportunities for students to develop and hone their teaching and course development skills. CROSSLISTED as GRAD 542/WGSS 542.
Equivalent to: GRAD 542
WGSS 549, INDIGENOUS FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Explores Indigenous feminisms as well as some of the issues facing Indigenous women in the Americas and Pacific Islands. Relates Indigenous feminisms to the complexity of federal law and policies as well as land struggles between Indigenous communities and contemporary settler colonial nations. Raises awareness of current Indigenous struggles as well as Indigenous feminist responses and resistance to these same struggles.
WGSS 555, FEMINIST TEXTUAL AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Graduate students are introduced to current methods and modes of feminist literary, visual culture, performance, new media, and film studies with a focus on application. In doing so, the course focuses on feminist approaches to key topics within textual studies (such as form, authors, and readers) as well as distinct methodological approaches to various genres and mediums (including poems, performances, photographs, and films).
WGSS 562, QUEER THEORIES, 4 Credits
Engages key themes and critical frameworks in queer theories. Topics include histories of sexuality; forms of oppression, including heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia; resistance to oppression; violence against LGBTQ people; queer activism; diverse experiences of sexuality; and representations in literature, art, and popular media. CROSSLISTED as QS 462/WGSS 462 and QS 562/WGSS 562.
Equivalent to: QS 562
WGSS 572, INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT AND QUEER STUDIES, 4 Credits
"Two-spirit" refers to North American indigenous genders outside of European male/female binaries. Two-spirit communities argue for decolonization as a central political struggle, calling all people to unlearn settler colonial gender/sexuality on Native land. Addresses indigenous two-spirit/GLBTQ issues through theory, literature, activism, and art. CROSSLISTED as QS 472/WGSS 472 and QS 572/WGSS 572.
Equivalent to: ES 572, QS 572
WGSS 573, TRANSGENDER LIVES, 4 Credits
With a particular focus on transgender people of color and transnational constructions of gender, engages issues in the lives of Transgender people through autobiography, memoir, biography, poetry, and documentary film. CROSSLISTED as QS 473/WGSS 473 and QS 573/WGSS 573.
Equivalent to: QS 573
WGSS 575, CRITICAL RACE FEMINISM AND OUTSIDER JURISPRUDENCE, 4 Credits
Critical exploration of critical legal justice movements and their relationship to social identities. Seminar emphasizes specific legal cases, federal and state laws, and constitutional issues that impact groups deemed outsiders in legal discourse as well as their social implications. The critical justice movement and anti-subordination struggles will be explored via case analyses that shape race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability relations. Theoretical contributions of law and society, critical race theory, LatCrit, and critical race feminism, critical white studies, critical mixed race studies, OutCrit, ClassCrit, and critical disability studies applied to historical precedent and current attempts at marginalizing/empowering communities. CROSSLISTED as ES 575/WGSS 575.
Equivalent to: ES 575
WGSS 576, TRANSNATIONAL SEXUALITIES, 4 Credits
Explores contemporary experiences of sexualities within transnational contexts. Analyzes themes including queer and LGBTQI organizing, same-sex desires, queer transnational immigration and labor flows, sex industries and discourses of trafficking, sex tourism, and reproductive justice, using feminist, queer, and postcolonial theoretical frameworks. CROSSLISTED as QS 476/WGSS 476 and QS 576/WGSS 576.
Equivalent to: QS 576
WGSS 577, QUEER/TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARTS AND ACTIVISM, 4 Credits
LGBTQ people of color often engage struggles for social justice through artistic movements. Focuses on arts by LGBTQ people of color and the way these artistic movements contribute to activism that interrupts interlocking systems of oppression. CROSSLISTED as ES 477/QS 477/WGSS 477 and ES 577/QS 577/WGSS 577.
Recommended: QS 262 and QS 464
WGSS 582, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S HEALTH, 4 Credits
Women's health issues are examined from a global perspective in the context of a woman's life and through a feminist political lens. Central to our discussions will be an analysis of the interplay among race, class, and gender in shaping particular health care outcomes. The course stresses the potential for women's agency and autonomy with respect to improving their health and environments.
Equivalent to: WS 582
WGSS 583, RACE, GENDER, AND HEALTH JUSTICE, 4 Credits
Based on a social justice framework, explores the intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, disability and sexuality to provide a deeper understanding of how these factors shape health inequities in diverse communities nationally and globally.
WGSS 585, TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS, 4 Credits
Introduces students to themes and theoretical principles of transnational feminisms, with special emphasis placed on feminist movements of the global South. We will explore colonialism, globalization, nation-building, representation, global economies, militarism, human rights, and politics of gender, race, class, sexuality, and nation.
Equivalent to: WS 585
WGSS 586, GLOBAL EXPERIENCE I, 1 Credit
Prepares students to participate in a short-term study abroad experience that emphasizes volunteer experiences in women's organizations and analysis from transnational feminist perspectives.
Equivalent to: WS 586
WGSS 587, GLOBAL EXPERIENCE II, 1 Credit
Engages students in a short-term study abroad experience that emphasizes volunteer experiences in women's organizations and analysis from transnational feminist perspectives.
Equivalent to: WS 587
Recommended: WS 486 or WS 586 or WGSS 486 or WGSS 586
WGSS 588, GLOBAL EXPERIENCE III, 1 Credit
Students reflect on their short-term study abroad experience by engaging in in-depth transnational feminist analysis of particular aspects of the study abroad experience.
Equivalent to: WS 588
WGSS 599, TOPICS, 1-6 Credits
Topics on contemporary research in women, gender, and sexuality. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Equivalent to: WS 599
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
WGSS 601, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
Individual and collaborative research and scholarship under the supervision of faculty.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 602, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
Independent study in some field of special interest under the supervision of a faculty member.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 603, THESIS, 1-12 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
WGSS 605, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
Independent reading in specialized topics, guided by discussions in conference with faculty.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 606, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
Special project initiation and participation under the supervision of faculty.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WGSS 610, INTERNSHIP, 1-6 Credits
The internship experience provides opportunities to gain experience in a private, public, or community agency or organization, which has social justice advocacy as one of its goals. Students work with an on-site mentor who guides their field experience in collaboration with the internship coordinator in the WGSS program. One feature of graduate internships is the opportunity to shadow key personnel in order to meet internship goals.
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
WGSS 611, COLLOQUIUM, 1 Credit
Provides presentations of feminist research by OSU faculty and graduate students and faculty members from other institutions.
This course is repeatable for 4 credits.
WGSS 616, MULTIRACIAL, TRANSNATIONAL, AND QUEER FEMINISMS I, 4 Credits
Introduces doctoral students to foundational and emerging themes and texts in women, gender, and sexuality studies, with particular emphases on women of color feminisms, transnational feminisms, and queer feminist critiques. The first seminar in a two-part sequence (WGSS 616 and 617).
WGSS 617, MULTIRACIAL, TRANSNATIONAL, AND QUEER FEMINISMS II, 4 Credits
Introduces doctoral students to foundational and emerging themes and texts in women, gender, and sexuality studies, with particular emphases on women of color feminisms, transnational feminisms, and queer feminist critiques. The second seminar in a two-part sequence (WGSS 616 and 617).
Prerequisite: WGSS 616 with B or better
WGSS 619, DECOLONIZING METHODS, 4 Credits
Navigates from feminist philosophy of science interventions to postcolonial, Chicana/Latina, and critical race criticisms of methodological stances in "normal" science. Standpoint methodologies, racialized and gendered origins of modern statistical methods, longstanding affinity between colonial inequalities and Eurocentric scientific inquiry, and successor sciences/sciences from below constitute the main themes of the course.
WGSS 620, SOCIAL JUSTICE THEORY AND PRACTICE, 4 Credits
An examination of social justice theories and practices. Specifically engages with issues of power and privilege, systems of oppression, intersectionality, and social activism. Explores the practices of social justice movements.
World Languages and Cultures (WLC)
WLC 159, *LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE US: AN INTRODUCTION, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed notions. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 159/ES 159/WLC 159. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
WLC 230, *FRANCE TODAY: CULTURES WITHIN AND BEYOND ITS BORDERS, 3 Credits
An exploratory study of French culture and society since 1945. Topics include: decolonization, immigration, Francophone intellectual currents, France's European vocation, and social conflict today. Conducted in English. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: FR 270, FR 270H, WLC 230H
Available via Ecampus
WLC 230H, *FRANCE TODAY: CULTURES WITHIN AND BEYOND ITS BORDERS, 3 Credits
An exploratory study of French culture and society since 1945. Topics include: decolonization, immigration, Francophone intellectual currents, France's European vocation, and social conflict today. Conducted in English. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FR 230, FR 230H, WLC 230
WLC 231, *GERMAN DICTATORSHIPS: NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS, 3 Credits
Introduction to the two best-known dictatorships in German society, National Socialism of the Third Reich from 1933-1945 and Socialism in the German Democratic Republic from 1949-1989 via the study of visual media (feature films, documentaries, newsreels, etc.) and other primary and secondary sources. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: GER 231, GER 231H, WLC 231H
Available via Ecampus
WLC 231H, *GERMAN DICTATORSHIPS: NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS, 3 Credits
Introduction to the two best-known dictatorships in German society, National Socialism of the Third Reich from 1933-1945 and Socialism in the German Democratic Republic from 1949-1989 via the study of visual media (feature films, documentaries, newsreels, etc.) and other primary and secondary sources. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: GER 231H
WLC 241, *GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES, 4 Credits
Read a selection of the most popular Grimms' fairy tales and consider why they have remained so popular. What is it about fairy tales that has made them such a lasting source of creative inspiration into our time? Learn to understand and critique fairy tales and their role in Western cultures through analysis of the tales and creative adaptation of a tale for a modern audience.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: WLC 241H
Available via Ecampus
WLC 241H, *GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES, 4 Credits
Read a selection of the most popular Grimms' fairy tales and consider why they have remained so popular. What is it about fairy tales that has made them such a lasting source of creative inspiration into our time? Learn to understand and critique fairy tales and their role in Western cultures through analysis of the tales and creative adaptation of a tale for a modern audience.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WLC 241
WLC 301, *INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES, 4 Credits
Addresses the structure, histories, and cultures associated with world languages and presents skills for learning languages more effectively. Includes related topics such as globalization, colonialism, and language justice; language policy, linguistic diversity, and language death; immigration and migration; race and racism.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
Available via Ecampus
WLC 320, *FRANCOPHONE CULTURES IN FILM, 3-9 Credits
An exploration of the different cultures of France and the Francophone world through film. Students will delve into the heart of these societies and discover their socio-historical, political, economic and cultural context. Students' analytical and critical skills will be thoroughly solicited through various research and writing activities. Taught in English. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: FR 329, FR 329H, WLC 320H
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WLC 320H, *FRANCOPHONE CULTURES IN FILM, 3-9 Credits
An exploration of the different cultures of France and the Francophone world through film. Students will delve into the heart of these societies and discover their socio-historical, political, economic and cultural context. Students' analytical and critical skills will be thoroughly solicited through various research and writing activities. Taught in English. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FR 329, FR 329H, WLC 320
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
WLC 331, *CHINESE CULTURE I, 3 Credits
Introduction to basic features of Chinese culture from ancient times to the 9th century. Topics include philosophy and religion, the Chinese language, literature and the arts, science and technology, government, family and gender, social and economic conditions, contacts with the outside world. Taught in English.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: CHN 331
Available via Ecampus
WLC 332, *CHINESE CULTURE II, 3 Credits
Introduction to basic features of Chinese culture from the 10th through the 19th centuries. Topics include philosophy and religion, literature and the arts, science and technology, government, family and gender, social and economic conditions, daily life, and contacts with the outside world. Taught in English.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: CHN 332
Available via Ecampus
WLC 333, *CHINESE CULTURE III, 3 Credits
Survey of important developments of Chinese society and culture from the early 20th century to the present. Topics include wars and revolutions, economic, political, and social conditions, the new culture movement, changing family structure and women's status, relationships within greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong). Taught in English.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: CHN 333
Available via Ecampus
WLC 334, FASHION AND DESIGN IN THE FRANCOPHONE WORLD, 3 Credits
A study of the world of French fashion and design: origins and history, what's new and exciting in French fashion today and attitudes about fashion and beauty of design that have given the French the inside track on prestige in this arena for centuries.
Equivalent to: FR 338
Available via Ecampus
WLC 335, *JAPANESE CULTURE I, 3 Credits
An introductory survey of Japanese history, arts, literature, society, and traditions from the ancient to the mid-19th century. Taught in English. May not be offered every year. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: JPN 331
Available via Ecampus
WLC 336, *JAPANESE CULTURE II, 3 Credits
An introductory survey of Japanese history, arts, literature society, and traditions from the ancient to the mid-19th century. May not be offered every year. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: JPN 332
Available via Ecampus
WLC 337, *JAPANESE CULTURE III, 3 Credits
A survey of Japan from the mid-19th century to the present in areas including arts, literature, business, education, society, politics, and foreign relations. Taught in English. May not be offered every year. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: JPN 333
Available via Ecampus
WLC 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WLC 410, WORLD LANGUAGE INTERNSHIP, 1-12 Credits
Equivalent to: FLL 410
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 90 credits with 2.75 GPA or higher; completion of the third-year language course in one foreign language with 3.00 GPA or better, with at least three terms of study in the OSU School of Language, Culture, and Society.
WLC 429, *FRENCH SOCIETY THROUGH ITS CINEMA, 3 Credits
An examination of French society through its own cinema. Via the screening and study of films from the various periods of French history, students will delve into the heart of French society and will discover the socio-historical, political, economic and cultural context.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
Equivalent to: WLC 429H
Available via Ecampus
WLC 429H, *FRENCH SOCIETY THROUGH ITS CINEMA, 3 Credits
An examination of French society through its own cinema. Via the screening and study of films from the various periods of French history, students will delve into the heart of French society and will discover the socio-historical, political, economic and cultural context.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WLC 429
WLC 459, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 459/ES 459/WLC 459.
WLC 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WLC 499H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WLC 499H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WLC 499
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WLC 510, WORLD LANGUAGE INTERNSHIP, 1-12 Credits
Equivalent to: FLL 510
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: Completion of 90 credits with 2.75 GPA or higher; completion of the third-year language course in one foreign language with 3.00 GPA or better, with at least three terms of study in the OSU School of Language, Culture, and Society.
WLC 559, LANGUAGE, RACE AND RACISM IN THE U.S.: ADVANCED STUDY, 4 Credits
Unpack language, race and racism--as well as the intersections between those ideas-- as cornerstones to understanding identity and society as inherently socially constructed ideas. Better understand how racism is produced and reproduced in talk and text (this will include symbols and signs), especially in the context of the denial of racism. Focuses on the language of racism, and more specifically, types of discourse that construct Whiteness as dominant over Color. CROSSLISTED as ANTH 559/ES 559/WLC 559.
WLC 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.