HIST The American Past II Dr. Lauren Brown M/W 10:00-11:21am

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1 Includes offerings that apply to Political Science, Sociology, Social Work, and Gender and Sexuality Studies minors. Students must obtain adviser approval for any substitutions. HIST The American Past II Dr. Lauren Brown M/W 10:00-11:21am Beginning with the post-reconstruction era and ending circa the 1980s, this course provides a study of why and how the United States evolved from a relatively insignificant agrarian nation to the world s major economic and political power. Among the topics to be explored are industrialization, the impact of immigration, urbanization, World Wars I and II, the impact of modernity, the Great Depression, Civil Rights, Vietnam and the beginning of the post-industrial age. Historical and literary texts, lectures and class discussion form the basis exploring these issues. Co-requisite: WRIT 009, if required May be substituted for PHR governance and/or PS minor elective. Counts as DS5 PHR Foundations of Political and Social Inquiry Dr. Jessica Blatt M/W 11:30-12:51am Recent years have seen the emergence of the Occupy movement, the Arab Spring, the near collapse of the European Union, and eruptions of unrest in many parts of the world. What connects these events and grievances? What differentiates them? Which possibilities and dangers can we glimpse in them? These are the sorts of questions that social scientists ask, and this course will address. This course introduces tools and perspectives from the critical, interpretive tradition of social science for the analysis of politics and human rights. Students will become familiar with key concepts such as power, structure, agency, ideology, and globalization. In the process they will discover new ways of looking at the world and acquire a firm foundation for further study in politics and human rights. Co-requisite: WRIT 101 PS , 02 Introduction to U.S. Politics Dr. Rosemary Nossiff T/TH 1:00-2:21pm; M/W 10:00-11:21am This introductory course provides an overview of politics in the United States. Topics include the origins and development of the American system of government, civil liberties and civil rights, the function and interrelations of the branches of the federal government and the states, and the roles of elections, parties, and interest groups in national politics. Co-requisite: WRIT 101 PS minor requirement and/or may be substituted for PHR governance elective PS Introduction to Criminal Justice Prof. Amol Sinha Th 7:20-10:01pm The purpose of this course is to survey and analyze the origin, development, and classification of the criminal law. The principal topics to be covered will be grouped into the following areas: crime as a legal concept, the objectives of punishment, an overview of the American criminal justice system, the trial, the role of the attorneys, judges, and the jury, the bail system, plea bargaining, sentencing, jails, prisons, probation, and parole. Visits to courts and prisons will be included in the course. PS minor elective and/or may be substituted for PHR governance elective 1

2 IS World Geography Prof. Ellen Houston T/TH 5:50pm-7:11pm The purpose of this interdisciplinary and team taught course is to introduce students to the world s major regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America. The course will examine the diversity of physical environments and natural resources, and its impact on human societies. The evolution of the regions socio-economic, political, religious and cultural institutions will also be covered. SW Practicum in Social Work Prof. TBA (4 credits) F 11:30am-2:21pm The general aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts, modalities, and skills of social work practice. This is accomplished through the use of lectures, discussions, readings, written exercises, films, and through the use of simulated client-helper scenarios and community based internships. Since social work is a practice-based profession, the intent is for students to use the experimental aspects of the course (role plays, client worker simulations, process recordings and internships) to practice applying conceptual and theoretical knowledge gained from lectures, class discussions and readings. Prerequisites: WRIT 101 & SOC 105; or permission of department PHR experiential learning and/or SW minor requirement GSS Gender Studies Dr. Manolo Estavillo M/W 11:30am-12:51pm This interdisciplinary course will provide an overview of the key texts, topics, debates, and politics that inform the field of gender studies. Course instruction involves readings, lectures, media clips, and discussion, as well as student assignments. Topics include the debate between nature versus nurture, intersections of race, ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, and sexuality, and social institutions such as family, education, work, and sport. We will pay particular attention to the connection between social structure and human agency -- how people s lived experiences are both shaped by social forces and reshaped through human action. GSS minor requirement IS/ECO Global Economy Prof. Lucas Perello F 11:30am-2:21pm This course will examine the changing nature of the global economy, trying to understand better the complex interaction between transnational corporations and the nation-state set within the context of a volatile technological environment. It will pay particular attention to regional and international trading blocks and international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, The International Monetary Fund, and The World Bank. Prerequisites: WRIT 101 & ECO 150 or 210 SW minor requirement and/or may be substituted for PHR governance requirement HIST/IS Making of the Modern World Prof. Mary Brown M/W 5:50-7:11pm This course will examine the history of the twentieth century from a global perspective. It will emphasize the material and cultural processes of modernization and globalization as they have variously affected peoples throughout the world. After providing background on 19th century European and other industrializations, nation state developments and imperialism, the course concentrates on the 20th century: the first half century of war, revolution and international capitalist collapse, and the second half with its emergence of new patterns of political, social, and economic formation, as well as attempts to understand our contemporary situation. This course satisfies General Education, liberal arts and International Studies major requirements. Counts as DS5 2

3 PHR Environmental Justice Dr. Christina Nadler T/TH 4:00-5:21pm This course explores the social construction of nature, the environment and environmental problems. Students will investigate how social institutions shape the meaning of nature and the environment and thereby what we as a society perceive to be environmental problems. In this investigation, the role of race, gender, and class in environmental inequality will be demonstrated. Topics such as trash, urban parks, sustainability projects, landfills may be explored. This course will ground these inquires with specific study of nature, the environment, and refuse in New York City. Culture elective, PS/IS Comparative Politics Prof. William Payne M/W 1:00-2:21pm This course is intended to introduce students to recent and contemporary political dynamics in different world regions. Particular attention will be paid to developments in Britain, China, Germany, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia. The course will emphasize the distinctive role that state structures, production systems, democratic processes, and social identities play within and across these countries. Class discussions will be organized around course readings, supplemented by documentary films and guest lectures. PHR governance elective and/or PS minor requirement HIST/IS Modern East Asia Prof. TBA W 2:30-5:21pm A study of the emergence of four modern East Asian nations - China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam - during the past two centuries. Topics to be examined include: the impact of imperialism and nationalism in East Asia; revolutions and communism in China, North Korea and Vietnam; industrialization and democratization in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, and the rise of Pacific Rim and its role in today s global society. Co-requisite: WRIT 101 HIST/IS Modern South Asia Prof. Amit Bhattacharyya T/TH 1:00-2:21pm This course will introduce students to the diversity and richness of the history, culture, and institutions of the countries of South Asia. Although each of the countries has its own distinctive characteristics, they all are deeply interconnected by common historical as well as cultural and linguistic ties. The course will focus on the political context and evolution of South Asia and the interrelated and relevant social, economic, cultural, and institutional features of its peoples and countries. GSS Sexuality Studies Dr. Manolo Estavillo M/W 8:30-9:51am The main premise to be studied in this course is that human sexuality is not a given of nature but the product of myriad social and political forces. This course does not negate the biological aspects of the human sexual response, but does argue that the pleasures of the body in any given culture and/or moment in history are facilitated and constrained by the legal, medical and ethical systems that characterize that particular moment in space and time. Utilizing a social constructionist, historically radical, and global approach, this course will allow the student to analyze the impact of political economic, cultural, and social arrangements on the systematization of our sexual and other erotic experiences. Of particular interest in this intellectual journey will be the intersection of matters of sex and eroticism with concerns regarding race, gender, class, and nation, among others. As suggested above, this course will utilize knowledge from a variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to history, sociology, anthropology, economics, literature, and philosophy. GSS minor requirement, 3

4 PS Multiculturalism and Democracy Prof. TBA M/W 5:50-7:11pm This course considers the relationship between democracy and multiculturalism in the United States. It examines both the strengths and weaknesses of American democracy and explores whether and how people rule. The course examines how the definition of democratic citizenship has created exclusions based on categories of race, ethnicity, nationality, language, culture, gender and sexuality. Students will study competing perspectives on the meaning of multiculturalism. Co-requisite: Writ 102 or 201 PHR Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment Dr. Jennifer Mueller TH 2:30-5:21pm This course will focus on problems and solutions of human development within a changing international political and economic context. The course will focus on the construction of developmental discourse; the reshaping of the world s economic and political relations; the pivotal role of women in human development efforts and the elements of an environmentally sustainable development process. Prerequisites: WRIT 102, and ECO 150 or 210 HIST/IS Twentieth Century Europe Prof. TBA TH 7:20-10:00pm Course will consider the major political, socioeconomic, and intellectual developments of twentieth century Europe. Emphasis will be placed on the failures and successes of European governments in dealing with crises engendered by world and cold wars, depression and monetary crises, social transformations, and class and ideological conflict. Prerequisite: WRIT 102 PHR Theories of Human Rights Dr. Jennifer Mueller T 2:30-5:21pm This course examines the nature and origin of human rights, as well as the conflicts that result from the different understandings of the concept. It will explore questions such as: Are human rights individual or collective? Are they universal or should instead be understood as culturally sensitive? Do they include positive rights or only negative right? Do they include economic and social rights? The course combines discussions about the concept of human rights with analyses of current cases of human rights violations around the world, including the origin of these violations, desired changes, policies, and effective actions. Prerequisite: PHR 101 or permission of chair PHR core theory requirement and/or may be substituted for PS elective IS International Law Dr. Jennifer Mueller T/Th 11:30-12:51pm Examines the evolution and development of International Law and its impact on the political and economic relationships among nations. Besides the traditional laws of war, peace and neutrality, the course will cover contemporary international law of cooperation and its social, cultural, humanitarian and technological dimensions. Prerequisite: WRIT 102 May be substituted for PHR governance elective or PS minor elective 4

5 SOC Great Social Thinkers Dr. Christina Nadler T/TH 2:30-3:51pm In this course, a selected number of classical and contemporary social thinkers who have made major contributions to social thought will be examined. Among those to be considered are Comte, de Tocqueville, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Veblen, Keyes, Freud and Michels. In addition, students will select, for purposes of a research paper, a major contemporary social thinker from the social sciences other than those discussed in class, e.g. Toynbee, Lasch, Arendt. Prerequisite: WRIT 102, & SOC 101, PS 106, IS 109 or permission of the instructor AIP-CP PHR/PS Playing Politics Dr. Jessica Blatt T 10:00am-12:51pm This course consists of elaborate games, set in moments of particular political contestation, ferment, and significance, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts of political and social theory. Games take place over several weeks, with most class sessions run entirely by students working in teams (usually) or alone (sometimes). The instructor advises and guides students and grades their oral and written work. The games seek to promote engagement with big ideas and improve intellectual and academic skills. Students may consult the instructor to find out which games will be played in a given semester. or 102 AIP-EP or UP AIP The Politics of Abortion Dr. Rosemary Nossiff T/TH 10:00-11:21am With the exception of race, no issue has remained on the political agenda as long or has split the country as fractiously as abortion policy. Since 1973, when access to abortion was legalized in the United States, there have been hundreds of pieces of legislation introduced and court cases filed in every state challenging the Roe v. Wade decision. Two major social movements and numerous interest groups on both sides of the issue have emerged as well. This course seeks to understand why this has happened by analyzing the historical, political, religious and cultural dimension of this issue within the broader context of American government and public policy. Prerequisites: WRIT 102 or 201 PHR culture and PS minor elective AIP-UP PS Political Participation Prof. Adam McMahon T/TH 8:30-9:51am Who participates in American Politics and why this matters is explored in this course. It examines the historical roots of the party system, the decline in voter turnout, the ascendancy of social movements and organized interest, the power of money in electoral politics, and how the media influence political participation and shape public policy. Prerequisite: WRIT 102 & PS 106; or permission of the instructor PHR governance and PS minor elective AIP-UP HIST/IS Middle East in the Twentieth Century Prof. TBA M 7:20-10:01pm This course examines contemporary international and regional politics of the Middle East. The political and social history of the region will be explored in terms of its effect on current political dynamics. Prerequisites: WRIT 102 or 201 & IS/PS 109, or permission of department 5

6 AIP Structural Racism Dr. Manolo Estavillo TH 2:30-5:21pm This course will explore discrimination based on race and ethnicity in relation to economic, political, social, and cultural phenomena. Taking these structural phenomena, as opposed to the biological or psychical, as points of departure, we will explore how the content and experience of race is a dynamic process that involves dominant and subordinate groups in the production and contestation of a white supremacist order. Through the study of various media and disciplines we will study how this order does not require a racist actor but requires practices, enshrined in the normative structure of institutional life, that culminate in discriminatory practices that are simultaneously the cause and the effect of racial and ethnic discrimination. Institutions to be discussed include but are not limited to those associated with housing, education, healthcare, and criminal justice. Prerequisites: WRIT 102 or 201; Standard 45 credits prior to registering for an AIP course May be substituted for a culture elective AIP-REP SOC Race and Ethnicity Prof. TBA F 2:30-5:21pm In the United States, the terms race and ethnicity have been subject to a variety of shifting meanings and definitions over the course of the last century. This course will explore contemporary meanings of race and ethnicity and examine the social, political, economic and cultural forces that shape those meanings. It will also introduce students to a variety of sociological theories of race relations, including theories of prejudice and discrimination. Students will also explore the economic, social and historical contexts of race relations in the U.S., including the legacy of slavery and the history of immigration, through an overview of minority groups in the United States. Using a sociological and historical lens, we will address contemporary issues in race relations, including the affirmative action debates, multiculturalism, model minority status and immigration. Prerequisite: WRIT 102, & SOC 101, PS 106, IS 109 or permission of the instructor AIP-CP PS 360.HP01 American Presidency and the Electorate Dr. Rosemary Nossiff M/W 2:30-5:21pm This course explores the nature of presidential power. It examines the historical, political and economic factors that transformed the office of the presidency in the nineteenth century into the most powerful branch of government in contemporary America. Some of the topics analyzed are the constitutional origins of the presidency, the institutional aspects of the office, the relationship among the three branches, and the role of mass media in expanding the reach of the presidency. Prerequisite: PS 106 and WRIT 102 or 201 AIP-UP HIST/IS Women and Family in Chinese History Prof. TBA T 2:30-5:21pm This course will provide for an examination of women s life and women s roles within Chinese family from antiquity to the modern period. Viewing gender as a historical category in analyzing changes of Chinese society and culture, the course will cover the following topics: property and inheritance between men and women; household economies; marriage; divorce and maternal roles; reproduction, fertility and infanticide; female chastity and Confucian ritual-propriety; and women s social networking and the formation of sisterhood. Prerequisite: WRIT 102 GSS minor elective, IS Directed Study: Latin America in the World System Prof. Lucas Perello TH 11:30am-2:21pm 6

7 IS Directed Study: Africa and Globalization Prof. TBA T 7:20-10:01pm PHR/IS Women and Terrorism Prof. Stephanie Szitanyi W 7:20-10:01pm IS Directed Study: Contemporary Global Issues Prof. Ellen Houston T 2:30-5:50pm PHR Imagined Communities Dr. Manolo Estavillo TH 10:00-11:21am When a community raises a flag or elevates its fist up in the air, for whom does it do so? In the life of a community images are not simple reflections of a reality that precedes them but a vital force in the creation of the community it documents. In this course we will discuss this intimate relationship between the visual image and the fate of communities from a visual ethnographic angle to explore the political expediency of images in the forging of the moral values that bring social life into existence. During the course of the semester, we will go on the field photographing our communities and utilize a visual ethnographic angle to workshop photographic essays that reflect and shape the communities where we live. The final essays together with a critical narrative and a visual chronicle of the work leading up to the student s final choice of photographs will be published electronically. You are required to bring your own photographic device such as but not limited to the camera on your smartphone. IS/PS 479/PHR Senior Seminar Dr. Lauren Brown M 2:30-5:21pm The course will examine and analyze key theories about the social, cultural, political and ecological worlds. Through close reading of social theorists, we will ask probing why questions from multiple perspectives. Each class participant will engage social theory as a basis for an original research project. Advanced students only May be substituted for PHR 450 7