|
|
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog This is not the most recent catalog version; be sure you are viewing the appropriate catalog year.
Courses
|
|
| |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WGST 200 - Introduction to Women’s Studies [GEUS]
This course provides an overview of the main issues confronting women in the United States today. Topics covered may include patriarchy and oppression, media images, violence, work, sexuality, feminism and commonalities and differences of women from different racial/ethnic and class backgrounds.
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Introduction to Women’s Studies introduces students to diversity in the United States by examining the lives of women from diverse racial/ethnic and class backgrounds. The course explores constructions of difference- whether based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality or class- and helps students understand how these constructions have been and continue to be fundamental to life in the U.S.
Notes -
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
-
WGST 202 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality [GEUS]
This course will introduce students to the way in which society constructs gender and sexual identity, and the way in which, in turn, gender and sexuality shape our understanding of the world and ourselves. Topics will include femininity and masculinity, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender history and experience.
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Introduction to Gender and Sexuality meets the requirements of the General Education Program in the U.S. Diversity area by demonstrating the ways in which gender and sexual conditioning influence the experiences of men and women and shape their sense of identity as it intersects with different classes, racial or ethnic groups, and sexualities. The course helps students to understand and explore the ways in which these complex constructions and attitudes towards gender and sexuality lead to prejudice in the spheres of family, education, employment, health, politics and the media.
Notes -
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
-
WGST 205 - Women in Business [GEUS]
Social and business conditions that support the entry of women to executive positions in business; career opportunities at the professional and executive levels of business.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Cross-Listed with BMMT 205
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
This course fulfills the requirement for General Education in the area of Perspectives of a Diverse World- U.S. Diversity , as it reviews the role of women in business from the perspective of the individual and the manager. It traces the development of women’s roles in the workforce starting with the dramatic influx of women in manufacturing during World War II. Then it looks at the changing social and business conditions from the 1960’s through today that has added to the growing numbers of women workers. Laws enacted to eliminate gender discrimination in employment are reviewed, as well as legislation only applicable to women (such as with pregnancy). This course also examines masculine, feminine and androgynous management and leadership styles, and the unique work challenges faced by women of color. The challenges of global job assignments are reviewed, particularly as they relate to women in children, Lastly, the course introduces students to organizations that provide support for women pursuing business careers.
Notes -
Equivalent Courses BEDU 205, BMMT 205, WMST 205
Updates Equivalent courses added 11/2017; Approved for GEUS 5/2013, effective Winter 2014
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
-
WGST 210 - Gender in a Transnational World [GEGA]
This course introduces students to a comparative framing of gender issues through a cross-national and inter-sectional approach. Course topics- the social construction of gender relations, the gendered family, gendered media and popular cultures, religion and gender, the gendered body, and the violence of gender - will be taught cross-culturally and cross-nationally. An inter-sectional approach - the interconnections of gender with class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and location - will be explored throughout course topics. Students will critically analyze gender issues by situating them in a transnational world. Globalization will be presented as both a gendered and a multidimensional- cultural, economic, and political - process.
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Gender relations have been increasingly impacted by economic, cultural and political globalization processes. This has led to new dynamics between the local and global in the construction and transformation of gender. By contextualizing and comparing gender issues across cultures and socio-economic contexts, this course fosters global understanding and values, as well as it builds necessary skills and knowledge to improve gender relations and combat gender inequalities within and among local and global locations. Critically understanding gender relations from a cross-cultural perspective becomes central to one’s full participation as citizens and workers in increasingly globalized gendered communities and workplaces. As such, WGST 210 - Gender in a Transnational World meets the outcomes for a course in the Global Awareness category of the General Education program.
Notes -
Updates Gen Edu Approval 1/2013, effective Summer 2013; New Course 11/2012, effective Winter 2013
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
-
WGST 226 - Feminist Theory [GEGA or GEKH]
A consideration of philosophical issues concerning the nature and status of women. Readings from both traditional and contemporary sources. Topics may include scientific and religious views, the ideal society and women’s place in it, varieties of feminism, views on sexuality, family and reproduction, and work and the economy.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Cross-Listed with PHIL 226
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Gender is one of the principal characteristics determining the identity and life experience for human beings. This course takes a philosophical approach to gender, examining beliefs about women and men from a wide variety of cultural and political perspectives. We consider both traditional justifications of the differential treatment of women and men in such institutions as marriage and family, as well as theories that challenge these traditional views. PHIL 226 Feminist Theory fulfills the Global Awareness requirement of the General Education program because it considers a wide range of practices and beliefs about gender from across the globe, with an emphasis on the intellectual and ethical complexities of understanding and judging gendered practices in cultures other than our own.
Gender is one of the principal characteristics determining the identity and life experience for human beings. This course takes a philosophical approach to gender, examining beliefs about women and men from a wide variety of cultural and political perspectives. We consider both traditional justifications of the differential treatment of women and men in such institutions as marriage and family, as well as theories that challenge theses traditional views. This course is a general education course in the knowledge of the disciplines because it provides an introduction to the discipline of philosophy through the concept of gender, its methodology, and its contribution to the body of human knowledge. Students will acquire skills of critical reasoning and develop skills for evaluating and creating substantive arguments to support philosophical positions. Developing such skills is central to the process of higher-education. Moreover, such skills will serve students throughout their educations across all disciplines, in their careers or in pursuing graduate or professional degrees and in exercising their civic duties.
Notes -
Equivalent Courses PHIL 226
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WGST 260 - Gender Communication [GEUS]
Exploration of the multifaceted ways communication, culture, and gender are interconnected and the influences of each. Critical analysis of gender communications “differences” as they are influenced by culture and our everyday communication.
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Cross-Listed with CTAC 260
Gender Communication is communication about and between men and women. It is communication between men and women because gender communication is reflected in everything around us. From the time we are born important people in our life communicate our society’s gender expectations to us. While individuals vary in the extent to which they accept or reject those messages, we all “do gender” by expressing our views about what we believe is normal or natural for a member of our sex. Since gender is a social construction that changes over time, it is important that we systematically study it to determine how it affects us, the people with whom we interact, and the world in which we live. Gender communication is also communication between men and women. In the United States, interactions between women and men occur every hour of every day. The sheer number of contacts we have with the opposite sex heightens the need to study the effects of gender on the communication process.
CTAC 260 and WGST 260 meet the U.S. diversity requirement of General Education because it allows students to examine their gender identity and relate it to the gender identity of others. This ultimately leads to an understanding of the many different ways people view gender and communication in the United States. Attention is also focused on the communication-related causes and consequences of social intolerance toward individuals who deviate from normative sex and gender roles, and how that intolerance relates to racism, ethnocentrism, and exclusion in the United States. Last but not least, students explore the association between gender and income distribution, economic opportunities, political participation and the U.S. democratic process, and how those variables impact communication between and within the sexes.
Notes -
Equivalent Courses CTAC 260
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
-
WGST 275 - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in the U.S. [GEUS or GEKH]
This course examines interactions among gender, sexuality, and religion in the U.S. by exploring primary and secondary sources from a variety of religious traditions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Native traditions, and neo-pagan practices.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Winter
Cross-Listed with RLST 275
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
This course examines the ways that religions in the U.S. address gender and sexuality. As such, it not only addresses religious diversity, it also explicitly examines how women and LGBT people interact with religious doctrine and communities. In the process, students will examine ways that women and LGBT people are oppressed, excluded, tolerated, included, and celebrated in a variety of religious traditions. Gender, sexuality, and religion are all key aspects of US diversity. In order to effectively address the complexity of US cultural identities, students must understand how the diversity of ways that religious traditions approach gender and sexuality. Religious justifications for how gender and sexuality are addressed not only support some forms of social intolerance, they also provide avenues to resist that intolerance. As such, students will benefit from developing a deeper understanding of the dynamics addressed in this course. Course texts include religious writings, fiction, and scholarly research. Assignments ask students to analyze these texts and demonstrate an understanding of the ideas presented in them.
This course examines the ways that religions in the U.S. address gender and sexuality. As such, it not only addresses religious diversity, it also explicitly examines how women and LGBT people interact with religious beliefs and practices. Students will examine primary and secondary sources about a variety of religious traditions and feminist and LGBT responses to religious doctrine. Assignments ask students to analyze these texts and demonstrate an understanding of the religious and gendered ideas presented in them. They will focus on the empathic understanding of other people’s beliefs and practices through the exploration of their experiences of discrimination, struggle, and celebration within religious communities.
Notes -
Equivalent Courses RLST 275
Updates Approved for GEUS and GEKH 10/2017, effective Fall 2018; New Course 3/2017, effective Fall 2017
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WGST 400W - Capstone Seminar [GEWI]
A culminating experience designed to enable students to understand, demonstrate and improve skills acquired as majors or minors in the program, and to facilitate the integration of interdisciplinary knowledge.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) WGST 300W and (WGST 226 or PHIL 226 )
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Notes -
Equivalent Courses WGST 400
Previously listed as WGST 400
Updates Change to prerequisite and class-level restriction 1/2018, effective Fall 2018; Approved for GEWI 12/2012, effective Winter 2013
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WRTG 121 - Composition II: Researching the Public Experience [GEEC]
Focuses on academic writing and inquiry. Students use multiple modes of research to develop literacy used in academic and other public contexts. Through extended reading and writing, students engage in the process of writing researched essays that reflect conventions of standard written English and standard documentation styles.
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
In WRTG 121, EMU students develop the foundation for writing, research and critical thinking strategies that they will use throughout their college careers and in the workplace. Writings is both a means of communication, and a tool for developing new ideas. Good writers are flexible. They know how to assess the expectations of a variety of audiences with whom they want to communicate and how to draw on or develop different strategies to meet those expectations. Good writers also understand that different kinds of writing have different conventions and they can move fluidly between those conventions. Writing 121 students develop these strategies that are key to effective communication throughout the course. Students write between 50-70 pages of draft work and between 20-30 pages of polished, final-draft work during the course of the semester, and that work is supported and directed by frequent feedback from the instructor.
Notes -
Equivalent Courses
Previously listed as ENGL 121
Updates New Course 10/2013, effective Winter 2014
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WRTG 310W - Writing and Civic Literacy [GEWI]
What role does literacy play in being a citizen? How does writing help advocates change the world? In this course students learn 1) the public nature of personal problems 2) rhetorical analysis of writing and media produced by contemporary advocacy groups 3) strategies for writing as an advocate in the public sphere
This course connects the study of writing, rhetoric, and citizenship by helping students advocate for change on public issues that matter to them. Projects include writing from personal experience to define public problems, analyzing the advocacy campaigns on contemporary issues, and composing as an advocate to persuade public audiences. Class activities and assignments draw upon the traditions of classical and contemporary rhetoric, theories of the public sphere, as well as strategies for persuasion, audience analysis, and genre adaptation.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) WRTG 121
Class-Level Restriction Junior standing or above
Notes -
Sophomores may be eligible to enroll, see instructor/department for details.
Equivalent Courses WRTG 310, ENGL 310
Previously listed as WRTG 310 - Writing and Civic Literacy, ENGL 310
Updates Change to description 10/2017, effective Winter 2018; Change to number and approved for GEWI 4/2017, effective Fall 2017; Change to prefix 10/2013, effective Winter 2014
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WRTG 328W - Writing, Style and Technology [GEWI]
What is “style” and how does it impact the rhetorical effectiveness of writing? In this advanced writing course, students study 1) Different definitions and assumptions of “style” as it relates to writing and rhetoric, and also how style has changed. 2) How styles change based on genre, purpose, and media. 3) The practices of advanced composition and rhetoric in considering the writing process and revision.
Projects include stylistic/rhetorical analyses of a variety of different texts (print, advertisements, videos, websites, etc.), a comparison of different style guides and writing advice texts, and an analysis of revision practices.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) JRNL 215 , WRTG 225 , ENGL 300W , WRTG 323W , WRTG 324W , or WRTG 326W
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Notes -
Equivalent Courses ENGL 328W, ENGL 328
Previously listed as ENGL 328W, ENGL 328
Updates Change to description 10/2017, effective Winter 2018; Change to prefix 10/2013, effective Summer 2014; Change to number and approved for GEWI 5/2012
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
-
WRTG 354W - Critical Digital Literacies [GEWI]
How has “technology” always shaped literacy practices, and how does technology continue to shape new and evolving literacy practices? In this course, students study 1) a selective history of the materiality of literacy practices 2) the ways in which genres are implicated and shaped by digital technologies 3) the implications of multimodality in the composing process
Projects include writing projects that explore past literacy practices; literacy narratives; genre analyses of digital texts; creating multimodal projects that include text, video, images, and audio; and introductions to writing and publishing with other digital tools. Relevant theory includes rhetoric (particularly, concerns about technology, the visual and aural), genre studies, multimodality.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) WRTG 121
Class-Level Restriction Sophomore standing
Notes -
Equivalent Courses WRTG 354, ENGL 354
Previously listed as WRTG 354 - Critical Digital Literacies, ENGL 354
Updates Change to description 10/2017, effective Winter 2018; Change to number and approved for GEWI 5/2017, effective Fall 2017; Change to prefix 10/2013, effective Summer 2014
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WRTG 417W - Rhetoric and the Written Word [GEWI]
What knowledge guides writers in the composing process? How can talking about writing change the ways you write? In this course, students study 1) key concepts from the study of classical and contemporary rhetorical theory 2) ways to describe the choices, strategies, and influences that lead to successful writing 3) the experience of applying rhetorical theory to actual writing.
This course helps students learn, apply, and reflect upon rhetorical theory from the perspective of their own composing processes. Reading assignments and class activities help students recognize choices writers make as well as provide strategies for planning, drafting, and revising their own writing. This course provides students a rhetorical vocabulary through which to talk constructively about a range of writing tasks, occasions, and situations.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) One ”ENGL” course (200-399)
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Notes -
Equivalent Courses WRTG 417, ENGL 417, WRTG 518
Previously listed as WRTG 417 - Rhetoric and the Written Word, ENGL 417
Updates Change to number and approved for GEWI 1/2018, effective Fall 2018; Change to description 10/2017, effective Winter 2018; Graduate Credit rescinded 12/2015, effective Fall 2016; Change to prefix 10/2013, effective Summer 2014; Graduate Credit added 7/2011
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
-
WRTG 428W - Writing Documentation, Usability, & User Experience Research [GEWI]
How are texts of different mediums negotiated between users and designers? The course teaches students: 1) research techniques for investigating the user’s experience 2) advocating on behalf of users 3) designing and writing texts based on their research
This course emphasizes testing how documents are used in real contexts. Past projects have included usability research projects on websites, video screencasts, usability protocols and reports, and written instructional documentation. Relevant theory includes rhetoric, usability, user experience, user-centered design, and participatory design.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) COSC 101 and WRTG 324W
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Notes -
Students who do not meet prerequisite requirements may request department permission to enroll in the course.
Equivalent Courses WRTG 428, ENGL 428, WRTG 523
Previously listed as WRTG 428 - Writing Documentation, Usability, & User Experience Research; WRTG 428 - Writing Computer Documentation; ENGL 428
Updates Change to number and approved for GEWI 12/2017, effective Fall 2018; Change to description 10/2017, effective Winter 2018; Graduate Credit rescinded 12/2015, effective Fall 2016; Change to prefix 10/2013, effective Summer 2014; Graduate Credit added 7/2011
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
-
WRTG 444 - Writing for the World Wide Web
What are the contemporary practices for creating content available on the web and mobile devices? This course teaches students 1) an introduction to HTML, CSS, and related coding/simple programming 2) the evolving role of social media and user-generated media 3) best practices for managing and publishing web-based content
Projects include exercises in HTML, CSS, and other coding/scripting tools for publishing content on the web and for mobile devices; an introduction to content management software (such as WordPress); research and ethnographic study of a variety of social media; an introduction to web-based usability testing; and authoring web-based content. Relevant theory includes a study of rhetoric (in terms of style, design, visual rhetoric, etc.), usability, social media, privacy/security, copyright.
Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisite(s) WRTG 121 and (WRTG 225 , ENGL 300W , or any 300-level “ENGL” course)
Class-Level Restriction Undergraduate standing
Notes -
Equivalent Courses WRTG 544, ENGL 444
Previously listed as ENGL 444
Updates Change to description 10/2017, effective Winter 2018; Graduate Credit rescinded and equivalent course added 7/2014, effective Winter 2015; Change to prefix 10/2013, effective Summer 2014; Graduate Credit added 7/2011
Summer 2024 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Page: 1 <- Back 10 … 45
| 46
| 47
| 48
| 49
| 50
| 51
| 52
| 53
| 54
| 55
|
|
|
Print this Page