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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of creation, maintenance, and enforcement of female and male roles. Socialization processes, cultural definitions, major social institutions, and structured social inequality. Course Information: Same as WGS 452.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Law that affects the family. Topics include divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, adoption, child support and custody, parental control, abuse and neglect laws, issues affecting the elderly, domestic law reform, and the impact of the women's rights movement. Course available online; may also be available on campus. Refer to current course schedule for further information. Course Information: Same as HDC 446, LES 446, SWK 446, and WGS 446.
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4.00 Credits
Investigates gender dynamics of political movements in several countries around the world, including the United States, Brazil, Russia, Egypt, Iran, and India. The course examines gender as a dynamic social institution, interacting with class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, and culture. Course Information: Same as WGS 456.
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4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary survey of expressions of masculinity in global and transnational perspective, with emphasis on non-Western cultures. Themes and topics include motives for, and ethnographic and systematic approaches to study of men and masculinities interspersed with case studies of specific forms of masculinity in various geographic regions. Course Information: Same as GBL 455 and WGS 455. Prerequisite: Prior mastery of fundamental concepts, theories and terminology in WGS.
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introductory and inter-disciplinary survey of the study of men and masculinities primarily in the contemporary United States. Major themes are the rationale for study men and masculinities; gender, power, and male privilege; the utility of the plural term ‘masculinities’; the social construction of masculinities; masculine cultures of sports, war, and violence; masculinity in popular culture; and alternative masculinities. Course information: Same as WGS 457. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of the complex relationship between individuals and the society around them. Topics include socialization, the self, social influence, motivation, norms, morality, group dynamics, roles, impression management, and interaction. We will explore these topics by studying the work of Simmel, Mead, Goffman, and Berger & Luckman, among others. We will see that and why individuals and their society are inseparable. Course Information: Prerequisite: A course in social science or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the complex relationship between Society and Religion by reading and discussing the core thinkers in the field, including Durkheim, Weber, and Berger. Topics include the social foundations of religious beliefs, rituals, rationality, and secularization. Course Information: Prerequisite: A Social Science course or consent of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Overview of prehistoric cultures of Europe from the earliest arrival of human ancestors to the Iron Age. Emphasis on hunter-gatherer adaptations to Ice Age climates, the spread of agriculture from the Near East, and the rise of regional polities. Course Information: Prerequisite: A course in archaeology or human evolution or consent of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Intensive, on site training in archaeological field methods including survey, mapping, excavation, artifact and analysis. Lectures and excursions introduce students to the archaeology and history of southern Germany from Paleolithic to Medieval. Students live for three and a half weeks in the small towns of Blaubeuren. No previous experience or German language skills required. Participation fee required. Course Information: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the concepts of sociology, globalization, Jamaican culture and communication in a Jamaican community. The three wee course requires that students perform service learning projects with Jamaican schools and organizations. This course is part of the global Experience Program. Course Information: Application is required of students who want to participate.
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