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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Same as PSY 1150) Explores varieties of verbal skills; word classification systems; correct and incorrect language; language labels; linguistic changes due to societal pressures; media and the changing types of communication; sign language; conversational analysis; censorship; language of body movements; propaganda and persuasion.
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3.00 Credits
Examines differing approaches to culture, beginning with an overview of basic concepts of culture, knowledge, and identity. We analyze connections and tensions between literature, art and science in the modern world, as well as explore distinctions between high and popular culture. We will pay particular attention to the rise of the mass media and the formation of youth subcultures and styles around trends in popular music and visual media like television and film. The course links these various topics together in a concluding section on shifting notions of culture in the period of the information revolution, the internet and globalization.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores contemporary issues and persectives in mass media studies, and aims to foster a critical persepctive on mass media in contemporary society. We will address issues including the pervasiveness of entertainment culture, television and American culture, representations of gender, race and ethnic groups such as Jews in mass media, the cutural and social impact of advertising and marketing, and the future of mass media.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the impact of welfare state policies that affect families. It includes the effects on family structure, income, children, fertility, and social institutions supporting family life. This classs willlook at these intersections from an international comparative perspective. We will answer questions like: Can social policy change fertitlity patterns? How does welfare policy influence women's employment patterns? Should the state force men to take parental leave?
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on poverty among U.S. families and the problems poor families confront as they move through the life course. We will examine trends in poverty in the U.S. including those associated with female-headed families, family size, multigenerational families and cohabitation. COnsidered: How poverty is measured, defined and explained before moving on to the consequences of poverty on children and adults, labor market issues such as unemployment, minimumwage, employer-sponsered benefits, and programs in the U.S designed to eliminate or reduce poverty.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines health care and social policy focusing on the U.S. healthcare system, global health issues, and public health policy. We will discuss social determinants of health, the organization and outcomes of health care systems and institutions, global health priorities and challenges, and the implications for public policy. Racial/ethnic differences in health and mortality in the U.S. are explored covering such topics as explanations for why some race/ethnic groups fare better than others, how inner city poverty and residential segregation may contribute to racial/ethnic differences in health outcomes, and the health of immigrants versus native-born populations.
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3.00 Credits
This class focuses on global inequality and human needs. We will look at health and illness in an increasingly unequal world. Global trends in the context of race, class, gender, social policies, and economic development are considered.
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