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2017-2018 Course Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 Course numbering

— 100 to 499 Undergraduate

— 500+  Graduate

Abbreviations

ACCT - Accounting
MATH - Mathematics
BIOL - Biology
MFTH - Marriage and Family Therapy
CHEM - Chemistry and Biochemistry
MGMT - Management
COMP - Computers
MUGU - Music (Guitar)
COUN - Counseling
MUPI - Music (Piano)
CRMJ - Criminal Justice
MUSC - Music
DANC - Dance
MUVO - Music (Violin)
DRAM - Drama
NURS - Nursing
EASL - English as a Second Language NUTR - Nutrition
ECSE - Early Childhood/Special Education
PHCY - Pharmacy
ECON - Economics
PHED - Physical Education
EDUC - Education
PHIL - Philosophy
ENGL - English PHYA - Physician Assistant
FIAR - Fine Arts
PHYS - Physical Science
FREN - French
POLS - Political Science
HDFS - Human Development/Family Studies
PPOA - Public Policy and Advocacy
HINF - Health Informatics
PSYC - Psychology
HIST - History
PUBH - Public Health
IABS - Institute of Autism and Behavioral Studies
RELS - Religious Studies
INFT - Information Technology
SOCL - Sociology
INTD - Interdisciplinary
SOCW - Social Work
INTS - International Studies
SPAN - Spanish
LCPR - Latino Community Practice
SPEC - Special Education
LING - Linguistics
SPST - Sports Studies
 
WMST - Women’s Studies
 
  
  
  • SPST 300 - Sports Law


    3 Credits
    An introduction of the legal issues specific to organized athletics. Provides coaches with the basic knowledge of their legal responsibilities in the performance of their duties. Current legal cases researched and analyzed. Offered as a Directed Study.
  
  • SPST 380 - Practical Topics in Coaching


    3 Credits
    An overview of the principles and concepts of coaching adolescents. Provides basic knowledge of the psychological, legal and medical aspects of coaching. The satisfactory completion of this course, along with a valid CPR and First Aid card, enables students to obtain a coaching permit in Connecticut.
  
  • SPST 400 - Principles of Coaching


    3 Credits
    The role of the coach and the coach’s application of principles and concepts, including the development of coaching philosophy, psychological and motivational concepts for individuals and teams. Emphasis on coaching ethics, practice, game organization, parental and community strategies, and the comprehension of issues and problems associated with coaching.
  
  
  • WMST 120 - Women in Society


    3 Credits
    A foundations class for students interested in Women’s Studies as a major or as an issue. Students study an overview of the interdisciplinary and global issues from a women’s studies theoretical perspective. A feminist analysis of the cultural and social history of women forms a basis for the course. Offered every spring. (LAS) (WR) (WS)
  
  • WMST 230 - Feminist Theories


    3 Credits
    A feminist perspective on the current debates in theory and different theoretical approaches applied to the study of women and gender: cultural, essentialist, liberal, socialist, womanist, among others. Students develop their own theories or identify which fits their values and beliefs the most. Cross-listed with POLS 231 - Feminist Theories . (LAS) (WR) (WS)
  
  • WMST 265 - Women in the World Economy


    3 Credits
    Locating women in the web of economy, whether in a rich industrial economy or a developing economy. Women as significant economic actors whose status is determined by control over resources, work conditions and the products of labor. Investigates how economic systems and colonization affect gender relations. Cross-listed with ECON 265 - Women in the World Economy . (LAS) (GI) (WS)
  
  • WMST 295 - Exploratory Independent Study


    1-3 Credits
    Students propose research topics, working with faculty guidance.
  
  • WMST 350 - Internship


    1-6 Credits
    Theory into practice in an internship with an organization that deals directly with issues pertaining to women’s lives. Examples of possible placements: The Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women; My Sister’s Place, a battered women’s shelter; YWCA; Interval House, which works on domestic abuse issues.
  
  • WMST 400 - Women’s Studies Seminar


    3 Credits
    An in-depth study of a particular topic depending on the professor’s specialty, such as the grassroots women’s economic groups in the two-thirds world, the Suffrage Movement in Britain and the United States, feminist literary theories or Virginia Woolf. A research paper implementing a theoretical analysis from a Women’s Studies methodology is required.
  
  • WMST 495 - Women’s Studies Advanced Independent Study


    1-6 Credits
    Further development of faculty-guided research on topics students propose.
  
  • WMST 499 - Senior Coordination


    3 Credits
    Students conduct and write a research project related to their interest, implementing theoretical and analytical Women’s Studies methods. Addresses larger areas of research that are especially linked to women: the study of nontraditional arts made by women, for example, quilting, letters, diaries, pottery; the study of female groups and relationships; female psychology and cultures; birthing and child-rearing; woman’s lifecycle.
 

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