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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit This introductory course provides initial exposure to the purpose and subject matter of Women's Studies. Specific areas of investigation may include the social construction of gender
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit Students will investigate their own lives in comparison to historically and locally dominant ideas of what it means to be a man or a woman. With this objective in mind we start by asking a simple question: What does it mean to be a man in the United States? To answer this question we will engage in a cultural survey (history, literature, music, film, etc.) of the prevailing definitions of American masculinity. We will consider how the meaning of "man" has changed through time, and look at thesimilarities and differences in the masculinities of men across ethnicity, race, class, age and sexuality. Against all this, we will attempt to identify and evaluate the conflicting definitions of masculinity in our time as well as imagine possible future developments.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit This course focuses on the depiction of females in mythology and religion. Students will be exposed to a variety of mythological and religious writings that span across continents and cover nearly 3,500 years of written materials. Through exposure to such a wide variety of primary sources, students should develop a greater depth and breadth of literary awareness, as well as a greater appreciation of the role of mythology and religion in shaping and perpetuating gender stereotypes and norms.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit This interdisciplinary course explores and analyzes the rhetorical, critical, and functional aspects of film and theater as visual, performance, and literary genres. Students learn to read the basic signs, syntax, and structures of dramatic and cinematic language.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit This course examines the six dimensions of religion: experiential, mythic, ritual, doctrinal, ethical, and social. The focus is on the inter-relatedness among the six dimensions and how people live their lives in a religiously pluralistic society. The major world religions studied are Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit The purpose of this course is to provide a historical overview of the occupational, consumer and environmental health and safety issues. The student will be introduced to past and present government regulations which helped shape the worker, consumer, and environmental protection programs in the United States. Emphasis will be placed on identifying applicable OSHA regulations, interpreting them, and recommending compliance strategies.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours credit With hazardous materials stored, transported, used and produced throughout the country, it has become increasingly necessary to rely on maps to supply information to Haz-Mat elements, and to help resolve problems caused by emergencies in remote areas of the United States. Equipment, personnel and materials must be transported and phased into a Haz-Mat operation at the proper time and place. Maps are one tool which are used to perform these tasks. The second part of the course deals with the skills required to analyze the local terrain and make sound command decisions. Topics are covered which improve the ability to determine local terrain conditions and potential problems when dealing or planning for a chemical release or spill.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours credit The purpose of this course is to develop an emergency response contingency plan to deal with hazardous material or chemical emergencies in compliance with regulations in order to protect human health and the environment as well as to minimize an organization's risks. Also implement the various portions of the plan as required.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours credit Emphasis is placed on where hazardous materials are used and generated in various types of industrial processes. Understanding the constraints of product lines are discussed. Special attention is paid to potential acute and chronic hazard exposures from various industrial processes. Also, emphasis is placed on how to achieve greater safety and efficiency and to eliminate costly accidents.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours credit Emphasis will be on introduction of concepts, terminology, techniques, potential applications and mechanics of specific hardware in air monitoring.
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