AFST 1100 Introduction To Africana Studies

[3 credit hours]

Introductory survey of basic theoretical concepts to analyze the Black experience, with special focus on the general historical process common to the African Diaspora (Africa, Caribbean and the Americas - South, Central and North, especially the USA.)

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

AFST 1200 Introduction To The African Experience

[3 credit hours]

Introduction to the African experience through case studies of critical historical experiences: origin of humanity, origin of civilization, empire and traditional society.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural Non-US Diversity

AFST 2100 Foundations Of Black Intellectual History

[3 credit hours]

An examination of slavery and colonialism in the intellectual history of the African Diaspora, especially in the work of W.E.B. Dubois, C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah.

Prerequisites: AFST 1100 with a minimum grade of D- or AFST 1200 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring

Multicultural US Diversity

AFST 2220 History Of Jazz

[3 credit hours]

A study of the development of jazz styles including listening skills and historical perspectives. Because the major innovations and stylistic interpretations of jazz are a result of African Americans, the course includes a study of how their culture influenced the development of jazz. Students may take P/NC.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Core Arts & Humanities, Multicultural US Diversity, OT36 Arts and Humanities

AFST 2660 African Politics

[3 credit hours]

The character and development of African political institutions and processes with a special emphasis on patterns in the post-independence period and prospects for the future.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural Non-US Diversity

AFST 3600 Entrepreneurship and the Black Community

[3 credit hours]

Explores the gap between entrepeneurial aspirations and the actual entrepeneurial enterprises in the black community. Examines the subject in a socio'historical context. Diverse sociological perspectives, methodologies and analyses are employed. Student would need 3 hours of Soci-Science or 3 hours of AFST.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

AFST 3700 African Women & the Enviornment

[3 credit hours]

Overview of empirical evidence and interpretive models of African women with reference to environment. Specific topics: African women managing natural resources; implications of climate change in Africa; ecology and feminism. Student will need 3 hours of Soci-Science or 3 hours of AFST.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AFST 3800 Ecotourism: Studies of the Africana World

[3 credit hours]

Introduce students to the field of ecotourism studies and specific challenges of community development and sustainability. The course covers ecotoursim in the Africana world of Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AFST 3900 Perspectives on African American Education

[3 credit hours]

Covers the history and cultural heritage of African Americans and an in-depth knowledge of experiences of African American student populations in preparation for a variety of career fields, including education, social work, criminal justice, business, nursing, and other professions. Examines key debates and policy proposals to better understand current issues impacting African American student populations. U.S. Diversity

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

AFST 4660 African American Literature In The 20th and 21st Century

[3 credit hours]

A course focused on 20th and 21st century African American poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

AFST 4900 Senior Seminar

[3 credit hours]

General theoretical synthesis of the field focusing on a close reading of a recent biographical work of intellectual history, a recent work of cultural criticism and a recent work of social analysis.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

AFST 4910 Directed Research

[1-6 credit hours]

Student selected research topic under the supervision of faculty member and the Director of Africana Studies. Permission to enroll is contingent on a written proposal by the student being accepted by the two sponsoring faculty.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer

AFST 4920 Directed Readings

[1-6 credit hours]

For advanced students wishing to read a specialized literature in the field. Requires a written proposal approved by faculty and Director of the Program.

Prerequisites: AFST 1100 with a minimum grade of D- or AFST 1200 with a minimum grade of D-

AFST 4980 Special Topics In Africana Studies

[3 credit hours]

Discussion of a substantial issue in scholarly research or public discourse relative to the African Diaspora. May be repeated for different issues. Maximum number of hours for AFST 4980 should not exceed 9 semester hours.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

ASST 2100 Introduction to Asian Studies

[3 credit hours]

Introduction to Asian studies will introduce students to important facet of Asian countries including their culture, historical and modern, social and economic systems. Students will learn the cultural bases of Asian countries or regions. The course will be an integral part of the education of those majoring or minoring in Asian Studies.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

Multicultural Non-US Diversity

ASST 3010 Issues in Asian Studies

[3 credit hours]

The course covers various topics in Asian Studies, from some specific topics such as Buddhism to the general area of Asian culture. The particular topic may vary depending on the areas of the instructor and the academic interest of the students. It can also serve various topics offered in the study-abroad program.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural Non-US Diversity

ASST 4910 Directed Research

[1-4 credit hours]

Directed research on a specific topic in Asian Studies. The topic will vary on the instructor and the interest of student in the field.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

ASST 4920 Directed Readings

[1-4 credit hours]

Directed readings in Asian Studies of various natures or special topics in Asian Studies. The topic may vary depending on the areas of the instructor and the academic interest of the students.

DST 2020 Introduction to Disability Studies

[3 credit hours]

An overview of the key debates, conversations, and ideas about disability in the United States. This course features perspectives from the social sciences on topics such as activism, representation, society, and culture.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Core Social Sciences, Multicultural US Diversity

DST 2980 Special Topics in Disability Studies

[1-4 credit hours]

Special topics in Disability Studies. Topics vary by instructor; may be repeated for credit.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 3030 Disability Culture

[3 credit hours]

An interdisciplinary exploration of the history and culture of disability, including the issues of stigmatizing and stereotyping, communication barriers and breakthroughs, educational segregation and mainstreaming and the experience of "passing."

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 3040 Disability, Technology, and Society

[3 credit hours]

Interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between disability and technology, focusing on the social and political dimensions of designing and using technology with, for, and by disabled people.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 3060 U.S. Disability History

[3 credit hours]

This course provides a historical overview of the lived experiences of people defined as disabled and changing historical definitions of disability in the region that became the United States of America. We will consider how major historical forces such as capitalism, industrialization, colonialism, and democratic ideals have impacted and been shaped by people with disabilities.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 3090 Disability in American Literature

[3 credit hours]

Disability In American Literature addresses a wide range of contemporary literary productions, including novels, graphic novels, plays, short stories, poetry, memoir, and personal essays, connecting these productions to an American literary genealogy and recognizing the deployment and resistance to ableism in American Literature. At the course’s conclusion, students will be able to understand how literature interacts with cultural stereotypes, ultimately understanding how literature can be utilized for disability justice and social change.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 3100 Disability and Chronic Illness

[3 credit hours]

This course investigates the relationship between chronic illness and disability, asking questions such as: Is chronic illness itself a disability? Does chronic illness cause disability? How do the social and medical models of disability affect our understanding of chronic illness? The course uses interdisciplinary texts (investigative journalism, memoir and literary nonfiction, philosophy, history, political science) to interrogate causes, treatments, cures and non-cures for people living with chronic illness.

Term Offered: Spring

DST 3250 Disability and Life Narratives

[3 credit hours]

This course will examine a diverse selection of disability life narratives and consider what they reveal about disability and the dominant culture.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 3600 Feminist Health Humanities

[3 credit hours]

This 15-week course will be taught from intersectional, feminist, health humanities perspectives. We will use the arts and culture in combination with humanistic social theory, to examine the following: gendered and racialized health disparities; gendered and racial constructions in the history of science/medicine; illness and disability life writing; biomedical ethics; the feminist health movement; grassroots community health organizing and feminist conceptualizations of wellbeing and radical self-care. Throughout the semester, there will be a sustained emphasis on health justice and the experiences of marginalized communities (women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, etc.). Participants will leave the course more aware of important discussions in the health humanities and more fully prepared to apply inclusive knowledge practices within majors and career paths involving “health” – broadly defined. The course fulfills core curriculum requirements for Multicultural U.S. Diversity & Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC).

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

DST 3700 Disability and Communication

[3 credit hours]

In this course we will explore several key communication aspects of disability in society. We will examine the rhetoric of disability, including the ways disability is conceptualized and talked about as well as the growth of disability movements; communication technology and disability; mass media and disability, including the ways the media portray people with disabilities and disability-related issues; and a number of other topics, including interpersonal communication issues around disability.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 3980 Special Topics in Disability Studies

[1-4 credit hours]

Special topics in Disability Studies. Topics vary by instructor, may be repeated for credit.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 4000 Global Issues in Disability Studies

[3 credit hours]

Special focus will be on global and contemporary issues as they arise in changing political and social environments. Geopolitical area of focus may vary based instructor expertise.

Term Offered: Fall

DST 4100 Disability and Sexuality

[3 credit hours]

Utilizing a cultural studies approach, this course investigates complex questions of how someone becomes understood as abnormal in contemporary culture. The course looks at the disability justice and LGBTQA+ justice; trans studies and disability studies; public health and private rights. The course uses interdisciplinary texts including memoir and life writing, philosophy, history, public health and sexuality studies to address questions central to disability justice and lived experience.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 4200 Crip Arts, Crip Culture

[3 credit hours]

This course explores disability art across media and considers its relationships both with disability culture and with the culture-at-large.

Term Offered: Spring

DST 4300 Disability and Children's Literature - WAC

[3 credit hours]

Disabled characters and disability themes abound in texts presented to young readers. This course explores the use of disabled characters in a variety of nonfiction and fiction for young through young-adult readers.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 4400 Gender and Disability

[3 credit hours]

This course examines gender and disability from both theoretical and lived perspectives, particularly as intersecting with other structures of power such as race, nationality, sexuality, and rights. Recommended: DST 2020, DST 3020.

Term Offered: Spring

DST 4500 Asylums, Prisons and Total Institutions

[3 credit hours]

Institutionalization has been a major factor in the daily experiences and understandings of disability in U.S. culture. This course will reevaluate all assumptions about institutions by analyzing when and why these spaces of containment and enclosure, such as prisons and institutions, arise. We will explore how disability and madness are defined, by whom, and for what purposes. The course concludes by analyzing how some ways activists and scholars combat traditional notions of crime, punishment, disability and incarceration.

Term Offered: Fall

DST 4640 Disability Law and Human Rights

[3 credit hours]

Explores the intersections between disability rights and human rights by examining the development, the ideological framework, and the legal contexts of disability law in the U.S. and global contexts. Recommended: DST 2020, 3020, 3030, or 3060.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 4800 Autism and Culture

[3 credit hours]

This course examines the ongoing construction of autism and the autism spectrum, exploring the many controversies around this remarkable range of human conditions.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 4940 Internship In Disability Studies

[3 credit hours]

This course is a service learning model internship with on-campus and/or community agencies addressing disability studies issues. Sites must be approved by the instructor.

Prerequisites: DST 2020 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 4950 Independent Study

[1-4 credit hours]

Students engage in independent research projects with the supervision of a faculty member.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 4960 Honors Thesis and Capstone Project

[1-4 credit hours]

Independent study projects for students seeking departmental honors.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

DST 4980 Special Topics in Disability Studies

[1-4 credit hours]

Special topics in Disability Studies. Topics vary by instructor; may be repeated for credit.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

DST 4990 Capstone in Disability Studies

[3 credit hours]

Provides students with an opportunity to engage with professionals and professors in a seminar format for the intensive study of a topic related to Disability Studies. The focus of the seminar will change from year to year.

Prerequisites: DST 2020 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

GLST 2000 Principles Of Global Studies

[3 credit hours]

A multidisciplinary exploration of the world. Global processes will be examined using many viewpoints, such as culture, politics, economics, geography and philosophy.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural Non-US Diversity

GLST 2980 Topics In Global Studies

[3 credit hours]

An exploration of a specific global issue. Approaches will be explicitly multidisciplinary and will make use of a variety of perspectives. May be repeated for credit.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

GLST 4900 Senior Seminar In Global Studies

[3 credit hours]

Theories and research methods in global studies will be examined. A major component of the course will be a research project on some aspect of global studies.

Prerequisites: GLST 2000 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer

GLST 4960 Honors Thesis In Global Studies

[3 credit hours]

Supervised research and writing for honors students only. May be taken twice for credit.

Prerequisites: GLST 2000 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

GLST 4980 Advanced Topics In Global Studies

[3 credit hours]

An advanced multidisciplinary exploration of a specific issue in global studies. May be repeated for credit.

Term Offered: Fall

LST 2010 Law And Social Thought

[3 credit hours]

This course examines the function and force of law in society in an interdisciplinary context. Students are given the opportunity to think about law in relationship to society, morality, politics, language, history and power. Readings may include perspectives from philosophy, literature, psychology, sociology, history, anthropology and opinions of the court.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 2030 Cultural Geography

[3 credit hours]

A learning-through-writing course. Systematic applications of the concept of cultural to geographic themes: culture areas, cultural landscapes, culture history, cultural ecology and cultural diversity.

Term Offered: Spring

Multicultural Non-US Diversity

LST 2500 Proseminar I

[1 credit hour]

For sophomore and junior majors in LST: discussion among faculty and students of the interdisciplinary study of law and LST program development. Topics vary, may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 2640 Race, Class, And Gender

[3 credit hours]

Introduction to the study of race, class and gender as factors in American satisfaction.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Core Social Sciences, Multicultural US Diversity, OT36 Social Science

LST 2700 Principles of Political Theory - WAC

[3 credit hours]

This course investigates core concepts in the history of political theory such as justice, liberty, and equality. We discuss how and why the influence of certain authors and ideas persists. Contemporary issues are interpreted using these authors and ideas in order to strengthen critical thinking skills and broaden students' thinking about politics.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 2980 Special Topics

[3 credit hours]

Special topics in Law and Social Thought. Topics vary by instructor, may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

LST 3050 Economics Of Gender

[3 credit hours]

Analysis of labor market outcomes and income distribution characteristics resulting from gender differences; gender-related economic outcomes: the "feminization of poverty," persistent male-female wage differential, expanding proportions of female-headed and same sex households.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

LST 3060 U.S. Disability History

[3 credit hours]

This course provides a historical overview of the lived experiences of people defined as disabled and changing historical definitions of disability in the region that became the United States of America. We will consider how major historical forces such as capitalism, industrialization, colonialism, and democratic ideals have impacted and been shaped by people with disabilities.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

LST 3080 Economics Of Crime

[3 credit hours]

Study of crime as an economic activity; costs of crime to the community; economic approach to crime reduction.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3180 Media Communication Law

[3 credit hours]

Case studies and readings in libel, privacy, access and other legal issues arising from constitutional, judicial and administrative laws that affect mass communication.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3500 Proseminar II

[1 credit hour]

For Junior and Senior majors in LST: discussion among faculty and students of the interdisciplinary study of law and LST program development. Topics vary, may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3510 Constitutional Law I

[3 credit hours]

Examines the political and institutional role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the development of the American legal system, the separation of powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government, and the relationship between the federal government and the states. The course focuses on the analysis of Supreme Court cases as well as political science and legal scholarship.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3520 Constitutional Law II

[3 credit hours]

The development of the American legal system and the implications of judicial decisions affecting the institutions and powers of government, the federal system and the relationship of the individual to government.

Prerequisites: PSC 1200 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3550 Principles Of Law

[3 credit hours]

An overview of the politics of law. We examine such questions as the sources and existence of law, the legal process in civil and criminal cases, the nature of rights and the search for justice through participation in the legal system. Addresses specific issues such as plea bargaining and jury trials, personal injury lawsuits, national security and police powers, and the nomination and confirmation of federal judges.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

LST 3710 Psychology And The Law

[3 credit hours]

Emphasizes the utilization of theoretical and empirical notions of psychological science as they apply to both civil and criminal law.

LST 3750 Social And Political Philosophy

[3 credit hours]

A study of classic and contemporary treatments of justice, authority, the relations between individual and community, the meaning of freedom and equality, power and violence, and race and gender.

Term Offered: Fall

LST 3760 Crime And Punishment

[3 credit hours]

A philosophical study of topics such as crime, responsibility, justice and punishment. Special attention is paid to current practices in the criminal justice system.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3770 Art and Disease - WAC

[3 credit hours]

This WAC course considers how objects of material culture (film, photography, painting, sculpture, etc.) have intersected with disease while studying disease-related texts and histories of contagion (e.g., AIDS). Web-assisted course.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

LST 3800 Sexual Politics

[3 credit hours]

This course examines sexual politics through studying canonical literature of Western political theory, feminism and postmodern theory.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3810 Political Geography

[3 credit hours]

An examination of geopolitical and geostrategic issues at the nation-state and international level.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 3820 Contemporary Political Ideas

[3 credit hours]

Surveys trends in 20th century political and social thought, including critical theory, post-structuralist theory, feminism and anti-racist politics. Particular issues addressed include bureaucracy, mass society, state and civil violence, and identity politics.

Term Offered: Spring

LST 3980 Special Topics

[3 credit hours]

Special topics relating to issues in Law and Social Thought. Topics vary by instructor, may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

LST 4000 Global Issues in Disability Studies

[3 credit hours]

Special focus will be on global and contemporary issues as they arise in changing political and social environments. Geopolitical area of focus may vary based instructor expertise.

Term Offered: Fall

LST 4010 Islamic Law and Society

[3 credit hours]

This course will survey Islamic law in historical and comparative modern contexts. This course will provide (a) basic introduction to the sources and methods of classical Islamic legal interpretation, (b) survey of the most pressing areas in which traditional Islamic norms remain relevant today—criminal law, family law, and commercial law, (c) the challenges and transformations introduced by colonialism, modernity, and the nation-state, and (d) comparison with the American law and the constitution, highlighting comparative interpretive methods such as originalism versus progressivism, and innovative dimensions of Islamic law such as legal pluralism, wide room for local custom, religious diversity, and restorative justice.

Term Offered: Spring

LST 4550 Issues In Contemporary Law

[3 credit hours]

Examination of contemporary approaches to the analyses of law and the judicial system with special focus on current issues facing the courts.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 4590 Law, Policy And The Politics of Sexuality

[3 credit hours]

This course explores the public policies that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in the United States and in other countries. It examines the factors that affect policymaking in this area.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 4640 Disability Law and Human Rights

[3 credit hours]

Explores the intersections between disability rights and human rights by examining the development, the ideological framework, and the legal contexts of disability law in the U.S. and global contexts. Recommended: DST 2020, 3020, 3030, or 3060.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

LST 4710 Criminology

[3 credit hours]

Crime and criminal behavior: nature, types and extent of crime, societal reactions; problems in research and theory, prevention, control and treatment.

Term Offered: Summer

LST 4840 Ecotourism: Studies of the Africana World

[3 credit hours]

Introduce students to the field of ecotourism studies and specific challenges of community development and sustainability. The course covers ecotoursim in the Africana world of Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

LST 4900 Seminar In Law And Social Thought

[3 credit hours]

Advanced seminar for the interdisciplinary study of law in society. Topics vary by instructor, may be repeated for credit. Required of LST majors.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

LST 4940 Field Experience

[1-6 credit hours]

Community work, internship, or field study relating to law and society. May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

LST 4980 Special Topics

[3 credit hours]

Advanced seminar in Law and Social Thought. Topics vary by instructor, may be repeated for credit. Required of LST majors.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

LST 4990 Capstone in Law and Social Thought

[3 credit hours]

The Capstone course in Law and Social Thought is an interdisciplinary, collaboratively taught seminar thematically organized around a topic in the study of law.

Prerequisites: LST 2010 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall