This course is designed to give students an understanding of an array of diversely situated theories and debates about gender and sexuality mainly outside of mainstream U.S. culture. Countries/communities of focus will vary.
An advanced topics course in feminist theory.
This course employs an interdisciplinary perspective to critically examine the various identities and spaces created by, and imposed on, women in Latin America and Latinas in the U.S. We explore connections and divergences within and between these two groups of women, but begin by examining how the legacies of conquest in Latin America and the U.S. have shaped women's experiences in the past. This background will also help us understand how women's experiences have differed given the specific contexts in which their lives unravel.
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
This course focuses on domestic violence cross-culturally and from an interdisciplinary perspective. We discuss theories of domestic violence and how research and popular representations influence ideas regarding this phenomenon. We draw on specific experiences of intimate partner violence in different parts of Latin America, North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
This course is designed to provide students with the conceptual and analytical tools to evaluate the effectiveness of health programs and policies. The focus will be on program monitoring and evaluation. Of particular concern will be program process and outcome measurements, quasi-experimental design, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance models.
This course will present an overview of health policy in the United States as it affects the older population. It will provide an overview of the health care system, allocation of health services across the population and projected impact of the increase in the aging population on health care delivery. Various health policy proposals will be analyzed with a focus on their impact on the older population.
Texts contrast fictional (novels) and non-fictional accounts of events in U.S. History dealing with major themes and institutions since the American Revolution.
An historical introduction to the development of Greek and Roman medicine, from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Oribasius and early medieval influences.
An historical description and analysis of the development of the religious, intellectual, cultural, political, economic and social institutions of Europe from Luther to the Treaty of Westphalia.
