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4.00 Credits
Postcolonial theory addresses issues of identity, culture, literature and history arising from the social context of colonization, resistance to colonization, liberation from colonization and the formation of new nations. It crosses the boundaries of the social sciences and humanities in its approach to theory and analysis of the discourses used to constitute colonial and postcolonial subjects. We begin with some classic texts of postcolonial theory before moving to a focus on specifically feminist debates and texts within postcolonial studies. Literature and film are used in dialog with theoretical texts to examine questions about gender and women's issues in various societies. Also offered as Global Studies 367, English 367 and Philosophy 367.
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4.00 Credits
Sexuality culturally operates as a central trope by which we come to "know" ourselves as sexed people (that is female or male) andhow we come to understand our desire. In this course we unpack sexuality from a culturally and gendered perspective-we discuss how we have come to know sexuality culturally, materially and in our everyday lives. In doing so, we explore topics such as the invention of modern notions of sexualities, queer identity, love, pornography and sex work through reading, writing, artistic expression and research. This course is reading- and writing-intensive.
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4.00 Credits
In this capstone course for the minor, we explore how feminist perspectives (such as socialist, poststructuralist/French, queer, transnational, psychoanalytic, postcolonial) inform both the construction of the interdisciplinary field of gender studies and the work that feminist scholars do as they transform traditional disciplines and disciplinary ways of knowing and thinking. After discussions with a number of gender studies faculty about how feminism influences their work, students reflect on how their gender studies minor influences the ways by which they approach their academic majors.
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8.00 Credits
Students are required to spend eight hours per week in an internship at an agency that deals with gender-related issues and problems, such as sexual identity, domestic violence, sexual assault, the feminization of poverty, conceptions of masculinity and femininity among students, etc. Students reflect on their experiences in a journal that applies gender studies concepts to the experiences, attend bi-monthly service learning workshops with other campus interns, and prepare a research paper related to the gender studies issues relevant to the internship. Prerequisite: Gender Studies 103 and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Individual study of a topic, which must be approved by the gender studies advisory board in the semester prior to be undertaken. Independent study may be used to satisfy the sixth course research requirement. Prerequisite: Gender Studies 103 and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of the Earth intended for students with little or no previous exposure to geology or other science. The course examines the materials from which the Earth is made and the forces that govern their distribution; it explores the formation, abundance and distribution of economically useful earth materials (oil, natural gas, coal, strategic metals, precious minerals, water resources) and examines natural hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, radiation exposure and floods. Laboratory work gives students hands-on and field experience with rocks, minerals and many kinds of maps.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the methods by which we can reconstruct geological events that have shaped the modern Earth. Where have modern ideas about the Earth come from? How do geologists unravel the history of the Earth? What has happened in the Earth's history? The course examines fundamental controversies that have faced geology throughout its history as a science, reviews in detail the methods that geologists use to determine past events, and examines evidence recorded in rocks and fossils during the past 4.6 billion years. Prerequisite: Geology 103 or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
This course relates geology, the science of the Earth, to human activities and emphasizes the importance of geology in environmental affairs. Important geologic concepts and fundamental principles necessary to unite the cultural and physical environments are discussed. Topics include natural geologic hazards and interaction between people and the environment, including human modification of nature, geologic resources and energy. May not be taken following or in conjunction with Geology 103. Also offered as Environmental Studies 110.
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4.00 Credits
Climate is perhaps the single most important and pervasive factor controlling global ecosystems and human well-being. This interdisciplinary course examines global climate from a historical perspective, beginning with the formation of the solar system and continuing through geologic time to the present. Topics include the development of the atmosphere; the workings of the global "heat engine" of atmosphere, oceans and continents; evidencefor past climate change; causes of global climate change; the effects of climate change on human evolution, and the effects of human evolution on the global climate system. Also offered as Environmental Studies 112 and Physics 112 and through Global Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the nature of the crystalline state as displayed by the common rock-forming minerals through their physical and chemical properties. Topics include symmetry and its graphical representation; the relationship between crystal morphology and internal structure; hand-specimen description and recognition; mineral phase equilibria and mineral origins; economic uses; and an introduction to petrology and such analytical tools as the petrographic microscope and x-ray diffractometer. Prerequisite: Geology 103.
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