Requirement:Completeaminimumoftwo theorycourses.Atleastonecoursemustbe numericallygradedwith a minimumgradeof3.0.
Definition:TheoryCoursesexplainthe“why”orthebigpicture.TheOxfordDictionarydefinesa theoryas“A suppositionora systemofideasintendedtoexplainsomething,especiallyonebasedongeneralprinciples independentofthethingtobeexplained.“
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ANTH562-ClinicallyAppliedAnthropology(3)
Anthropologyasit relatestointerdisciplinarydeliveryofculturallyrelevanthealthcare.Culturalvariationinillness beliefsandbehavior,typesof healingpractices,illnessprevention,socialsupportnetworks.Prerequisite:graduate standing,permissionofinstructor.Offered:jointlywithNURS562.
BH502-EthicalTheory(5)
Studiesthemajornormativeethicaltheories,includingbothteleologicalanddeontologicalapproaches. Emphasizesmoralphilosophyduringtheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies,as wellascontemporary commentary.Recommended:courseinethicsorphilosophy.Offered:A.
GEOG575-AdvancedPoliticalGeography(5,max.10)
Providesresourcesfortheorizinghowpoliticsshapesandisshapedbygeographicalrelationships.Examineshow politicsare situatedincomplexmaterialanddiscursivegeographiesthatarepartlyreproducedthroughpolitical negotiations.Examinesinterrelationshipsofcontemporarycapitalismwithothercomplexsystemsofsocialand politicalpowerrelations.Offered:jointlywithJSISB575.
GEOG576-ResearchSeminar:GeographiesofRacialFormationsandPostcolonialism(5)
OverviewofkeyinsightsfromethnicandNativestudies,postcolonial,andcriticalracetheories.Focusesonho geographerscanbuildfromthisliteraturetodeepenourunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenrace,state formations,andpowerrelations.
GEOG 600 – Independent Study or Research (*-)
GWSS502-CrossDisciplinaryFeministTheory(5)
Raisesquestionsabouthowfeminismbecomestheoryandwhattherelationoffeministtheoryistoconventional
disciplines.Readingsexemplifycurrentcrisesinfeminism(e.g.,theemergenceofneo-materialism;criticalrace theory;citizenship;identity;transnationalandmigrancyandquestionsofpost-colonialism)toconsider disciplinization.
GWSS564-QueerDesires(5)
Exploresdesireandthepoliticsofsexualityasgendered,raced,classed,andtransnationalprocesses.Intimacies andglobalization,normalityandabnormality,andpowerandrelationshipsassitesofinquiryintotheconstitution of"queerness."Studentsinterrogatequeerandsexualitystudiesusingvariedmedia-films,activistwriting, scholarlyarticles.
GWSS572-TransnationalChicanaFeministTheory(5)
Examinationofthebodyofknowledgeandscholarshipproducedundertherubric"TransnationalChicanafeminist
theory."AnalyzesthewaysChicanafeministtheorydynamicallyengagesintellectual,poetic,andaesthetic traditions.ConsidershowChicanafeministtheoryfunctionswithinandbetweendisciplinaryframeworks. ExplorestransnationalrootsandroutesofChicanafeministtheory.
LIS 534 – Indigenous Systems of Knowledge (3)
Conceptual foundations and comparative analysis of indigenous knowledge organization systems. Feasibility and use of contemporary knowledge organization mechanisms including thesauri and ontologies in expressing the cultures and artifacts of indigenous peoples.
NURS590-Ecologyof HumanHealth(5)
Providesconceptualfoundationforthestudyofhumanhealthecologywithinnursingscience.Frameworksfor
understandinghumanhealthasanoutcomeofindividual,family,andgroupinteractionsandtransactionswith environmentsareapplied.Providesthebasisforevaluationanddevelopingtherapeuticapproachestoimprove health.
PolS 427-InternationalPoliticalEconomy(5)
Examinesmajortheoreticalproblems,substantiveissues,andschoolsofthoughtininternationalpoliticaleconomy
(IPE),includingissuesoftrade,production,andfinance. Preparationforcriticalanalysisofdilemmasentailedin establishingandmaintaininganinstrumentallyeffectiveandethicallyacceptableIPEsystem.
PolS 517-MarxismandCriticalTheory(5)
WorksofMarxandEngelsas wellasselectedworksoftwentieth-centuryMarxistandcriticaltheorists.Themes
suchasMarx'smethod,twentieth-centuryinterpretationsofMarx,andrelationshipoftwentieth-centurytheorists totheireighteenth-andnineteenth-centuryforebears.
Psych510-CoreConceptsinSocialPsychology(4)
Anoverviewofcontemporarytheoriesandresearchinsocialpsychology,focusingonintroducinggraduate studentstothefieldaspractitionersof socialpsychologicalresearch.Prerequisite:graduatestandingin psychology,orpermissionofinstructor.
Psych580-MinorityMentalHealth(3)
Surveystopicsonmentalhealthandtreatmentofracialandethnicminorities.Theoryemphasesinclude:models addressingethnicidentity,cross-culturaldifferences,modelsofculturallysensitiveintervention.Practice emphasesincludeuniquepsychotherapystrategiesfor:African-,Asian-,andLatino-Americans,andAmerican Indians.Prerequisite:graduateclinicalmajorstandinginpsychology,orpermissionofinstructor.
PUBPOL 599 – Critical Race Theory (3)
Introduce and explore key concepts associated with CRT, and examine the specific analytic strategies critical race theorists deploy to discuss the sues and meanings of “race” in U.S. legal institutions and political ideology.
Soc513- DemographyandEcology(3)
Theoriesandresearchonhumanfertility,mortality,mobility,migration,andurbanizationinsocial/economic context.ComparativeandhistoricalmaterialsonEurope,theUnitedStates,andtheThirdWorld.Offered:jointly withCSDE513
Soc517-Deviance & Social Control
Survey of current research on deviant behavior and mechanisms of social control; definitions and forms of deviant behavior, causal analysis, and legal or other methods of social control.
SocWl554-AnalyticalPerspectivesonSocialWelfarePolicy(3)
Broadoverviewofthesocialwelfarepolicyprocess,includingepistemologicalissues,contentonsocialproblem constructionanddefinition,policyagendasandcasestudymethodology.Introductiontoanalyticaltoolsand conceptsneededtotakea proactiveroleinpolicydevelopment,advocacy,implementation,andpolicyresearch.
SocWl577-PromotingWell-BeingamongAt-RiskGroupsthroughPreventionResearch(3)
Interdisciplinaryoverviewofmajorconceptsandmethodsinhealthpromotionandpreventionresearch,with emphasisonat-riskpopulations.Attentivetohealthdisparities,collaborationwithdiversecommunitiesand biobehavioraladvancesinadditiontoapplicationoftheoryandprevention-scienceframework.Encourages interdisciplinaryparticipationandsupportingstudentsinarticulatingtheirresearchperspectives.
SocWl579-InterdisciplinaryApproachestoPreventionScience:ChildrenandAdolescents(3)
Overviewoftheory,research,andpracticeinpreventionscience.Developmentalperspectiveexaminingfactors thatpromoteorinhibithealthdevelopmentatdifferentstagesandduringtransitions(focusonbirththroughage
21).Designedforinterdisciplinarydialogue,andincludesguestfacultyfromaroundtheUniversitywhoare specialistsincoursetopics.Credit/No-creditonly