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3.00 Credits
This course will be a survey of the development of, and current issues involving, legal rights as they are impacted by gender in the U.S. Among the topics that will be covered are interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and gender concerns regarding equal protection, reproductive rights, political participation, education law, labor issues, and family law. The course will also address the role of feminism in the development of civil rights, including the diversity of approaches and concerns among different branches of feminism. Also addressed will be examples of ways in which males have been negatively affected by protective legislation and rigid policy approaches to gender roles. Offered Each Year.
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Contextual Competency. This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principal events and interactions in East Asia. Various political, social, and economic aspects of China, Japan, and the two Koreas will be closely examined within the regional context of the past and present, carefully discerning the similarities and differences among those East Asian countries. Offered Each Year (Fall).
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Contextual Competency. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the governments and politics of South Asia. We will begin the course with an overview of South Asian civilization and its unique development for over several millennia. We then look at the British colonialism and independence movement. Since the independence and the partition that soon followed, the countries in the Indian subcontinent have taken different paths to modernity and national development. The politics, society, and economy of each country - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka - will then be carefully examined. In doing so, students will gain a better understanding of such questions as how and why these countries have adopted different ways; what are the sources of social and religious tensions in each country; how these countries have accommodated social diversity, etc. We will complete the course by paying special attention to the conflict between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed states. Offered As Needed.
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Communication Skills. This course will be an introduction to the skills of persuasive speaking and argumentation. Students will develop the ability to advocate a position persuasively, in an enthusiastic yet dignified manner, using current political controversies as subjects. In the process, students will also gain a deeper understanding of the multiple points of view inherent in current political controversies which they have selected to discuss. Among the topics that will be covered are the role of argumentation in society, structure and process of debate, development of arguments, researching and analyzing subjects for debate, use of evidence, use of logic and rhetorical devices, refutation and the role of emotion in advocacy. This course is also intended to help develop the skills of students interested in participating in the Moot Court Experience. Students who are taking, or who have completed, this course will be given preference as participants in Moot Court. Offered As Needed.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-listed as ENS 411. Case method approach to judicial interpretations of environmental laws. Additional topics may include litigation as a political tactic, expansion of standing to sue and intervener funding strategies. Prerequisite: GVT 211. Offered As Needed.
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3.00 Credits
The development of the power and prerogatives of the American Chief Executive including responsibilities in foreign affairs, relation to the Congress and the President’s own administrative bureaucracy, with emphasis on the modern presidency. Offered Alternate Years (Spring).
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3.00 Credits
Offered Alternate Years. The following Environmental Studies (ENS) courses are cross-listed as Government (GVT): 115, 211, 212, 217, 219, 411. See Environmental Studies course descriptions in the Interdisciplinary Programs Section of the Catalog.
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills core competency: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Course explores the U.S. health care model and other models around the globe, including each systems service delivery structure, typical practice environments and roles and responsibilities of the different practitioners and patients with the system. It will focus on the historical development of the different health care systems; the types of facilities, services, agencies and personnel that constitute the different systems; as well as the responses of each health care systems to the changing global community's health care needs. Discussions will encompass the ethical, economic, and social issues confronted by each of the different systems. Offered Each Year (Fall).
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1.00 Credits
Outlines the roles of the first responder and the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in emergency care. The course focuses on first aid management for life-threatening and non-life-threatening emergencies such as choking, respiratory & cardiac arrest, bleeding, shock, temperature-related problems and injuries incurred during athletic activities. Successful completion by the student is required for eligibility for American Red Cross Responding to Emergencies and Community CPR Certifications. Offered Each Year (Spring).
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of current complementary therapies. Complementary therapies, also commonly referred to as Alternative therapies, recognize the person as a physical, mental and spiritual being and that disease affects each of these areas of life. These therapies, each in its own way, attempt to achieve a state of balance to help promote the return to wellness and to help the individual remain healthy in the future. Each therapy is reviewed, compared and contrasted as to its history, purpose, uses, contraindications and education/training of the practitioner. Offered As Needed.
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