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AFRO 303 - Air Force Leadership Studies
Description:
Provides leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, leadership ethics, and the communication skills required of an Air Force junior officer.
Credits: (3)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Apply listening, speaking, and writing skills in Air Force peculiar formats and situations with accuracy, clarity, and appropriate style.
- Explain selected concepts, principles, and theories of quality Air Force leadership and management.
- Discuss selected individual leadership skills and personal strengths and weaknesses as applied in an Air Force environment.
- Describe selected Air Force officer’s duties and responsibilities as a subordinate leader.
- Explain the responsibility and authority of an Air Force officer.
- Explain the Air Force officer’s responsibilities in the counseling and feedback process.
- Discuss and apply the concepts of ethical behavior.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/01
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AFRO 303LAB - POC Leadership Laboratory
Description:
Students plan, organize, coordinate, and direct cadet corps activities, enhancing communication, management, and other leadership skills. Three hours weekly plus mandatory physical training. Grade will either be S or U. Course will be offered every year (Spring).
Prerequisites:
Co-requisite: AFRO 303.
Credits: (2)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- “Esprit de Corps”
- Develop esprit de corps through participation in group activities
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a group to accomplish a goal
- “Cadet Mentoring Program”
- Define the styles of a mentor
- List the rules of mentoring
- “Health and Wellness”
- Identify the components of the AF fitness assessment
- Identify healthy lifestyle choices
- “Customs and Courtesies”
- Demonstrate proper Air Force customs and courtesies.
- “Dress, Appearance, and Grooming”
- Identify and demonstrate proper Air Force dress, appearance, and grooming standards.
- “Drill and Ceremonies”
- Demonstrate Air Force formal dining, awards, and flag ceremonies.
- Demonstrate parade procedures.
- “Leadership and Management”
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- Demonstrate feedback principles and evaluate the performance of subordinates.
- “Feedback and Performance Evaluation Skills”
- Provide performance feedback and evaluation to cadet wing subordinates.
- “Commander’s Call”
- Construct and brief Cadet Corps on mandatory topics as directed by Higher Headquarters
- “Physical Training”
- Value the importance of physical training
- “Professional Officer Course Cadet”
- Perform leadership position in cadet wing
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/19/17
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AFRO 350 - Four-week Summer Field Training
Description:
Organization, operation, and mission of an Air Force base; physical conditioning; applied leadership training and evaluation; marksmanship; survival orientation; and field exercises. May be repeated for credit. Grade will either be S or U.
Credits: (3)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify background, history, organization, operational concepts and practices, and key terms of the U.S. Air Force - “Air Force Orientation”.
- Identify effective leadership styles, traits, and practical techniques - “Leadership Training”.
- Identify background and history of U.S. Air Force officers - “Officership Training”.
- Identify physical fitness requirements of training and operational U.S. Air Force environments - “Physical Training”.
- Identify miscellaneous information and requirementsofthefieldtrainingenvironment - “Miscellaneous”.
- Identify effective personal hygiene techniques - “Miscellaneous”.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/23/03
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AFRO 396 - Individual Study
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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AFRO 397 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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AFRO 398 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated for credit under different subtitle.
Credits: (1-6)
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AFRO 399 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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AFRO 401 - National Security Affairs and Preparation for Active Duty
Description:
Examines national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, Air Force Doctrine, officership, military justice, and preparation for active duty.
Credits: (3)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Summarize the basic elements of national security policy and process
- Explain the air and space power functions and competencies
- Discuss selected roles of the military in society and current issues affecting the military profession
- Explain selected provisions of the military justices’ system
- Apply listening, speaking, and writing skills using Air Force peculiar formats and situations with accuracy, clarity and appropriate style
- Describe factors that facilitate a smooth transition from civilian to military life
- Explain the responsibility, authority, and functions of an Air Force commander
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/01
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AFRO 401LAB - POC Leadership Laboratory
Description:
Advanced leadership experiences involving planning and conducting cadet training activities, oral and written communications, and developing human relations skills. Three hours weekly plus mandatory physical training. Grade will either be S or U. Course will be offered every year (Fall).
Prerequisites:
Co-requisite: AFRO 401.
Credits: (2)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- “Esprit de Corps”
- Develop esprit de corps through participation in group activities
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a group to accomplish a goal
- “Cadet Mentoring Program”
- Define the styles of a mentor
- List the rules of mentoring
- “Health and Wellness”
- Identify the components of the AF fitness assessment
- Identify healthy lifestyle choices
- “Customs and Courtesies”
- Demonstrate proper Air Force customs and courtesies.
- “Dress, Appearance, and Grooming”
- Identify and demonstrate proper Air Force dress, appearance, and grooming standards.
- “Drill and Ceremonies”
- Demonstrate Air Force formal dining, awards, and flag ceremonies.
- Demonstrate parade procedures.
- “Leadership and Management”
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- Demonstrate feedback principles and evaluate the performance of subordinates.
- “Feedback and Performance Evaluation Skills”
- Provide performance feedback and evaluation to cadet wing subordinates.
- “Commander’s Call”
- Construct and brief Cadet Corps on mandatory topics as directed by Higher Headquarters
- “Physical Training”
- Value the importance of physical training
- “Air Force Employment Exercise”
- Build and execute a war plan.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/19/17
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AFRO 402 - National Security Affairs and Preparation for Active Duty
Description:
Examines national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, Air Force Doctrine, officership, military justice, and preparation for active duty.
Credits: (3)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Summarize the basic elements of national security policy and process
- Explain the air and space power functions and competencies
- Discuss selected roles of the military in society and current issues affecting the military profession
- Explain selected provisions of the military justices’ system
- Apply listening, speaking, and writing skills using Air Force peculiar formats and situations with accuracy, clarity and appropriate style
- Describe factors that facilitate a smooth transition from civilian to military life
- Explain the responsibility, authority, and functions of an Air Force commander
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/01
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AFRO 402LAB - POC Leadership Laboratory
Description:
Advanced leadership experiences involving planning and conducting cadet training activities, oral and written communications, and developing human relations skills. Three hours weekly plus mandatory physical training. Grade will either be S or U. Course will be offered every year (Winter).
Prerequisites:
Co-requisite: AFRO 402.
Credits: (2)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- “Esprit de Corps”
- Develop esprit de corps through participation in group activities
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a group to accomplish a goal
- “Cadet Mentoring Program”
- Define the styles of a mentor
- List the rules of mentoring
- “Health and Wellness”
- Identify the components of the AF fitness assessment
- Identify healthy lifestyle choices
- “Customs and Courtesies”
- Demonstrate proper Air Force customs and courtesies.
- “Dress, Appearance, and Grooming”
- Identify and demonstrate proper Air Force dress, appearance, and grooming standards.
- “Drill and Ceremonies”
- Demonstrate Air Force formal dining, awards, and flag ceremonies.
- Demonstrate parade procedures.
- “Leadership and Management”
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- Demonstrate feedback principles and evaluate the performance of subordinates.
- “Feedback and Performance Evaluation Skills”
- Provide performance feedback and evaluation to cadet wing subordinates.
- “Commander’s Call”
- Construct and brief Cadet Corps on mandatory topics as directed by Higher Headquarters
- “Physical Training”
- Value the importance of physical training
- “Air Force Employment Exercise”
- Build and execute a war plan.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/19/17
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AFRO 403 - National Security Affairs and Preparation for Active Duty
Description:
Examines national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, Air Force Doctrine, officership, military justice, and preparation for active duty.
Credits: (3)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Summarize the basic elements of national security policy and process
- Explain the air and space power functions and competencies
- Discuss selected roles of the military in society and current issues affecting the military profession
- Explain selected provisions of the military justices’ system
- Apply listening, speaking, and writing skills using Air Force peculiar formats and situations with accuracy, clarity and appropriate style
- Describe factors that facilitate a smooth transition from civilian to military life
- Explain the responsibility, authority, and functions of an Air Force commander
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/01
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AFRO 403LAB - POC Leadership Laboratory
Description:
Advanced leadership experiences involving planning and conducting cadet training activities, oral and written communications, and developing human relations skills. Three hours weekly plus mandatory physical training. Grade will be either S or U. Course will be offered every year (Spring).
Prerequisites:
Co-requisite: AFRO 403.
Credits: (2)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- “Esprit de Corps”
- Develop esprit de corps through participation in group activities
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a group to accomplish a goal
- “Cadet Mentoring Program”
- Define the styles of a mentor
- List the rules of mentoring
- “Health and Wellness”
- Identify the components of the AF fitness assessment
- Identify healthy lifestyle choices
- “Customs and Courtesies”
- Demonstrate proper Air Force customs and courtesies.
- “Dress, Appearance, and Grooming”
- Identify and demonstrate proper Air Force dress, appearance, and grooming standards.
- “Drill and Ceremonies”
- Demonstrate Air Force formal dining, awards, and flag ceremonies.
- Demonstrate parade procedures.
- “Leadership and Management”
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills.
- Demonstrate feedback principles and evaluate the performance of subordinates.
- “Feedback and Performance Evaluation Skills”
- Provide performance feedback and evaluation to cadet wing subordinates.
- “Commander’s Call”
- Construct and brief Cadet Corps on mandatory topics as directed by Higher Headquarters
- “Physical Training”
- Value the importance of physical training
- “Air Force Employment Exercise”
- Build and execute a war plan.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/19/17
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AFRO 497 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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AFRO 498 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated for credit under different subtitle.
Credits: (1-6)
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AFRO 499 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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Africana and Black Studies (ABS) |
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ABS 110 - Expressive African American Culture
Description:
An interdisciplinary exploration of a variety of perspectives in African American folk culture, from oral expressions developed during slavery to contemporary rap and stand-up comedy. The course includes an overview of the worldwide contribution of black oral performative art. AH-Literature and Humanities.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ENG 101 with a grade of C- or higher.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
AH-Literature and Humanities.
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Analyze the historical and cultural contexts in which the origins of oral culture among African Americans developed and are manifested in contemporary American and global societies.
- Discuss historical, political, and cultural processes that shape the constructions and transformations of black peoples’ experiences.
- Analyze the ways in which African Americans are socially constructed in terms of race, class, gender, and sexuality
- Explain African American cultural forms, their beginnings, and transformations.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
3/14/07
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ABS 210 - Introduction to Africana and Black Studies
Description:
Introduction to the political, cultural, social, and economic forces shaping the African American experience. A survey of Africana and African American Studies from 1400 to the present.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify the African origins of African American culture and history.
- Examine contemporary issues impacting African Americans.
- Describe the institution of slavery in the US from the Colonial period to 1865.
- Explain the impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
- Describe the role of historical, political, and cultural forces in shaping the African American experience, including Slavery, Abolition, Civil War, Emancipation, Black Reconstruction, Civil Rights Movement, World War I, World War II, and the Obama Presidency.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/5/15
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ABS 298 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ABS 299 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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ABS 300 - Black Diaspora Studies: Afro-Latin America and Afro-Caribbean Cultures
Description:
Examines communities developing from displacement of Africans during colonization of the New World and the impact of these communities on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Conduct field work in cultural studies focusing on the Black Diaspora communities.
- Identify and describe Black Diaspora communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Demonstrate their understanding of how communities developed from the displacement of Africans during the colonization of the New World and the impact of these communities on cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/5/15
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ABS 302 - Hip Hop as Global Culture
Description:
This course examines Africana and black diasporic connections through popular culture using hip hop music. Hip hop allows us to study and understand contemporary history of black youth in Africa, Europe, and North America.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Describe the historical processes that led to the rise and spread of hip hop music across the world.
- Identify the social, political, economic and cultural characteristics of hip hop in Africa, Europe and North America
- Analyze and synthesize primary and secondary sources related to the origins and spread of hip hop music to all parts of the world in order to put forward well-supported argument on their own
- Explain the interaction of hip hop with other cultures by preparing clearly-written and clearly presented argument, including a thesis and sufficient historical evidence
- Describe the various variegated forms of hip hop across the world and identify differing explanations of hip hop as an agent of social change and the connections between cause and effect in the discipline of history
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/18/10
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ABS 305 - 20th Century Black Women’s Literature (Put on reserve 9/16/16)
Description:
This seminar reads poetry, fiction, memoir, and criticism by and about black American women from 1919 to the 1990s. (Put on reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2012. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ENG 101.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Describe the various variegated forms of hip hop across the world and identify differing explanations of hip hop as an agent of social change and the connections between cause and effect in the discipline of history
- Identify the critical and theoretical concerns of black female authors, particularly in relation to questions of history and memory, narrative and resistance.
- Identify and evaluate the impact of larger historical events in the United States on the literature of black American women.
- Analyze the genre choices authors make and themes on which they focus when writing about the black female experience.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/18/10
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ABS 308 - African American Folklore
Description:
This course focuses on various elements of African American Folklore; including, but not limited to folktales, folk life, music, dance, and material culture.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify and discuss the development of the study of African American Folklore from its formal inception to today.
- Describe the most popular definitions of Folklore and “folk”, as well as methods of data collection in folklore.
- Describe how Folklore is used by individuals and groups to identify themselves and others.
- Illustrate the difference between comparative methods used by Folklorists and those used by other fields of study.
- Distinguish linguistic specificities in Oral Traditions such as dialect, grammar and syntactical variations, and regional vocabulary.
- Analyze, discuss and identify the structure and function of various types of African American Oral Traditions.
- Identify and discuss the persistence of African American Folklore as it exists through customs, medicines, food ways, music, dance, games and material culture.
- Implement the requirements, methodology and best practices for conducting Folklore field research.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/02/12
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ABS 309 - Race and Sports: Freedom, Power, and Difference
Description:
Sports in the United States present a fascinating paradox: while athletics offers many young people of diverse backgrounds unparalleled opportunities for self-advancement, intercollegiate and professional sports in many respects reproduce or intensify prevailing images and stereotypes around race, difference, and identity.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Analyze how sports shape and reinforce definitions of race, gender, sexuality, and social status in American society.
- Explain the impact of African American athletes on collegiate and professional sports organizations.
- Delineate the commodification of the African American athlete in intercollegiate and professional sports
- Explain how African American athletes have used sports as a vehicle for protest, assimilation, and social mobility.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/05/15
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ABS 396 - Individual Study
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ABS 397 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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ABS 398 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated for credit.
Credits: (1-6)
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ABS 399 - ABS Seminar
Description:
With faculty mentoring and direction, students conduct in depth study of issues and events impacting African descendants in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, and other areas of the African Diaspora. Students present research and projects to SOURCE, academic meetings, ABS faculty, and student audiences.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ABS 210.
Credits: (3-5)
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ABS 400 - Race and Literature
Description:
Course reviews theory and use of “race” in the construction of knowledge and in English canonical texts.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Examine the cultural and ideological base of the idea of “races” in human history.
- Analyze and interrogate the reconstruction and production of knowledge under the political and institutional power structures of colonialism and slavery.
- Identify specific areas where the politics of “race, constitute the production and experience of art, literature, and humanistic knowledge.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/19/09
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ABS 496 - Individual Study
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ABS 497 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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ABS 498 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ABS 499 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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American Indian Studies (AIS) |
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AIS 101 - Pre-contact Period of American Indians, Pre-AD 1492
Description:
An interdisciplinary approach explores the lifeways and environments of American Indians prior to European contact and settlement. Sources of pre-contact information consist of the archaeological, oral history, and paleoenvironmental records. SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W).
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W).
Learner Outcomes:
Student will be able to:
- Identify American Holocene environmental contexts and how they changed.
- Describe the history of American Indian settlement of the Americas.
- Describe the diversity of pre-contact American Indian populations.
- Describe the diversity of pre-contact American Indian art, spirituality, philosophy, religion, myth, and oral traditions.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/16/06
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AIS 102 - Contact Period of American Indians
Description:
An interdisciplinary study of the lifeways and environments of American Indians during the period of European contact. Sources of contact period information come from the archaeological, American Indian and European written and oral history records. SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W).
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W).
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Describe the impact of contact on American Indian social institutions.
- Describe the diversity of American Indian social institutions throughout Indian country and the impact social policy had on these institutions throughout this time period.
- Give examples of the core beliefs, values and dual citizenship of American Indians influence on their social and political status during this era.
- Describe the interactions between colonists, the government, and tribal nations throughout the time period.
- Identify the ways in which American Indian art, spirituality, philosophy, religion, myth, oral traditions, and written literatures responded to contact with Euro-American cultures.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/16/06
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AIS 103 - Emergence of Contemporary American Indians
Description:
An interdisciplinary approach explores the emergence of contemporary American Indians after AD 1890 with an emphasis on social, political, and cultural aspects. Sources of information about this period come from written and oral history. SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W).
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Perspectives on Cultures and Experiences of U.S. (W).
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify the ways in which American Indian art, spirituality, philosophy, religion, myth, oral traditions, and written literatures responded to contact with Euro-American cultures.
- Give examples of the political, economic, family, religious, and educational institutions in their original form and the changes in those institutions as a result of social policy.
- Describe the prejudice, racism, and discrimination in contemporary American Indian life.
- List the policy periods from AD 1890 until the present and their impact on American Indian social institutions, culture, and individuals.
- Identify the process of image and stereotypes creation regarding American Indian people.
- Give examples of current issues impacting American Indian society.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/16/06
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AIS 298 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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AIS 299 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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AIS 320 - American Indian Philosophy (Put on reserve 9/16/17)
Description:
The course examines philosophy indigenous to North America through native and non-native historical and contemporary sources; explores the interplay of native and non-native philosophical concepts and the influence of indigenous American roots on contemporary American philosophy. (Put on reserve 9/16/17. Will go inactive 8/24/2020.)
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Give examples of current issues impacting American Indian society.
- Identify the historical and cultural conditions in and through which the Native American pragmatism emerges and describe the interplay between the native and non-native philosophical concepts
- Compare and contrast the distinct agendas and methodologies of non-native and native pragmatism.
- Extract, evaluate, and assess significant concepts and argumentation from primary texts
- Identify practical issues in Native American pragmatism.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/17/03
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AIS 321 - American Indian Spirituality
Description:
Introduction to American Indian spirituality with emphasis on myths, rituals, and beliefs; including historical, economic, political and legal issues that influence the ways of American Indian spiritual practice; Ghost Dance, Native American Church, etc.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Explain the importance of spirituality in the everyday lives and communities of among the diverse cultural traditions of contemporary American Indians
- Identify tribal arts, music, dance, poetry, literature and architecture within the social, cultural and spiritual context of American Indian communities.
- Delineate the economic, political and legal restrictions that have been and continue to be placed upon the practice of American Indian culture.
- Demonstrate how the oral tradition can provide guidance and leadership within the spiritual context of the American Indian community.
- Explain the role of folklore and mythology in Indian society.
- Illustrate the differences between cyclical and linear concepts of time and its significance in Indian Culture.
- Analyze the relationship between nature, identity and power in Indian Culture.
- Explain and instantiate the American Indian emphasis upon ritual and the, social dimensions of spirituality.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/18/10
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AIS 396 - Individual Study
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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AIS 397 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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AIS 398 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-5)
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AIS 399 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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Learning Agreement Forms AIS 490 - Cooperative Education
Description:
An individualized contracted field experience with business, industry, government, or social service agencies. This contractual arrangement involves a student-learning plan, cooperating employer supervision, and faculty coordination. By permission. May be repeated for credit. Grade will either be S or U.
Credits: (1-12)
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AIS 491 - Workshop
Description:
Occasional workshops will be offered to provide a context for American Indian artists/scholars to teach. May be repeated for credit. Grade will either be S or U.
Credits: (1-6)
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AIS 497 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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AIS 498 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-5)
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AIS 499 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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American Sign Language (ASL) |
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ASL 151 - American Sign Language
Description:
Conversational approach with intensive visual/manual drill. Firm foundation in basic signs and structural principles of the language. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 152 - American Sign Language
Description:
Conversational approach with intensive visual/manual drill. Firm foundation in basic signs and structural principles of the language. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ASL 151.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 153 - American Sign Language
Description:
Conversational approach with intensive visual/manual drill. Firm foundation in basic signs and structural principles of the language. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ASL 152.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 251 - Second-year American Sign Language
Description:
How signers construct meaning and messages in ASL, grammatical variation, and discourse strategies is covered with special focus on increasing non-manual behavior. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 252 - Second-year American Sign Language
Description:
How signers construct meaning and messages in ASL, grammatical variation, and discourse strategies is covered with special focus on increasing non-manual behavior. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ASL 251.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 253 - Second-year American Sign Language
Description:
How signers construct meaning and messages in ASL, grammatical variation, and discourse strategies is covered with special focus on increasing non-manual behavior. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ASL 252.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 298 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ASL 299 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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ASL 301 - American Sign Language Literature
Description:
Introduces aspects of ASL literature, including poetry, narrative, humor and folklore. Students will develop knowledge of the literary history of ASL and will acquire skills in comprehending and producing ASL literary texts. By permission only.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ASL 253.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 310 - Deaf Culture
Description:
Overview of the cultural development and linguistic history of the Deaf. Provides a comprehensive study of the deaf-world through analysis of historical events, sociolinguistic factors that affect ASL and current issues. By permission only.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ASL 253.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 343 - Deaf Education
Description:
Overview of current practices concerning the use of ASL in the educational setting. Topics explored will include manually coded English systems, bilingual bicultural education, and language acquisition in deaf children.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: C+ or higher in ASL 310. By permission only.
Credits: (5)
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ASL 396 - Individual Study
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ASL 397 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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ASL 398 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ASL 399 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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ASL 496 - Individual Study
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ASL 497 - Honors
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to department honors program.
Credits: (1-12)
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ASL 498 - Special Topics
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-6)
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ASL 499 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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ANTH 107 - General Anthropology
Description:
Human biological and cultural adaptations: survey of concepts, methods, and perspectives on past and present. SB-Foundations of Human Adaptations and Behavior.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Foundations of Human Adaptations and Behavior.
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ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Description:
A survey of the history, philosophy, and theory of biological anthropology including biological relationships to other primate forms, the fossil record, and evolutionary adaptations. NS-Patterns and Connections Natural World.
Prerequisites:
Corequisite: ANTH 110LAB.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
NS-Patterns and Connections Natural World.
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ANTH 110LAB - Biological Anthropology Laboratory
Description:
Practical laboratory experience with data in human osteology, comparative primate anatomy and ethology, forensic anthropology, genetics, and the fossil record of human evolution. Two hours laboratory per week. ANTH 110LAB required for anthropology majors and minors; optional for students completing breadth requirements of General Education.
Credits: (1)
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ANTH 120 - Introduction to Archaeology
Description:
Introduction to the concepts, methods, and development of archaeology. SB-Foundations of Human Adaptations and Behavior (W).
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Foundations of Human Adaptations and Behavior (W).
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ANTH 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Description:
Understanding human cultures: concepts, methods, and basic data involved in the comparative study of human cultural adaptations. SB-Perspectives on World Cultures.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Perspectives on World Cultures.
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ANTH 180 - Introduction to Linguistics
Description:
Backgrounds, developments, and relation to other fields of study. ANTH 180 and ENG 180 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (5)
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ANTH 201 - Grade 1 Animal Technician
Description:
Course covers skills of Grade 1 Animal Technician with a focus on primates. Standards follow those of the International Primatological Society and include maintenance of primates’ physical environment and USDA standards for management. Grade will be S or U.
Credits: (1)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Define USDA nutritional requirements for captive nonhuman primates.
- Define OSHA standards for animal caregivers.
- List reasons for maintaining daily logs of animal behaviors and notable events.
- Describe hygiene standards and health and safety considerations for human and nonhuman primates, including potential for cross-species disease transmission.
- Recall USDA standards for enclosure design for primates.
- Review the use of species-typical behaviors in animal management.
- Discuss how social housing impacts on captive primates’ health and well-being.
- Create enrichment activity for captive primate.
- Evaluate professional standards for maintaining captive primates.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
10/20/16
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ANTH 298 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-6)
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ANTH 299 - Seminar
Description:
May be repeated if subject is different.
Credits: (1-5)
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ANTH 301 - Anthropology: Principles and Assessment
Description:
Principles and assessment course for majors: current topics and careers, research, funding; development of assessment portfolios and individual program plans. Required for all BA and BS anthropology majors at admission.
Credits: (2)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Have both a broad understanding and set of specific knowledge that will facilitate a successful undergraduate career in anthropology and prepare them for post-Baccalaureate efforts in anthropology.
- Be familiar with the requirements and opportunities that face undergraduates in the CWU department of anthropology.
- Know their areas of strength and weakness and areas of special interest within the field of anthropology by taking the departmental assessment exam.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
3/01/01
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ANTH 310 - Research/Laboratory in Biological Anthropology
Description:
Laboratory research analysis of biological anthropology materials. May be taken concurrently with and as a supplement to other 300-level courses in biological anthropology. The course may be repeated for a cumulative maximum of 8 credits. No more than 10 credits of ANTH 310 and ANTH 485 are allowed to fulfill BA or BS requirements. Meets anthropology subfield Biological Anthropology (B).
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: previous college work in biological anthropology or other natural sciences, and permission of instructor.
Credits: (1-2)
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ANTH 311 - Advanced Biological Anthropology: Principles of Human Evolution
Description:
Analysis and interpretation of major principles of modern biological anthropology from an evolutionary perspective: genetics, population genetics, ecology, comparative anatomy and human paleontology. Meets anthropology subfield Biological Anthropology (B). Course will be offered every year (Spring).
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- List, describe, and discuss genetics and evolutionary theory as these are used in biological anthropology.
- Apply their knowledge of evolutionary dynamics to problems and scenarios taken from fossil and living human populations.
- Apply evolutionary principles to a specific problem related to human evolution using either modern populations or extinct fossil forms.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/16/17
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ANTH 312 - Human Origins: The Fossil Evidence
Description:
The fossil record of hominins. Basic data and interpretation. Meets anthropology subfield Biological Anthropology (B). Course will be offered on even numbered years (Fall).
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- List, describe, and discuss the major hominin fossil sites, fossil specimens, and extinct and living hominins from the late Miocene through the Holocene epochs.
- Discuss the principal methods of data collection and analysis used in paleoanthropology.
- Practice methods of laboratory data collection to interpret fossil hominins.
- Apply knowledge of phylogeny and taxonomy to compare and contrast fossil hominins.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/16/17
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ANTH 313 - Primate Social Behavior
Description:
Survey of field studies of nonhuman primates relevant to the study of human social systems and adaptation. Meets anthropology subfield Biological Anthropology (B). Course will be offered every year (Fall).
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Locate career information posted on Primate Info Net,
- Identify major primate researchers, their findings, and how these findings have shaped primatology.
- Identify primary literature and authoritative websites in primatology.
- Interpret primary literature and incorporate this information into poster text.
- Classify primates to order, family, genus, and species levels.
- Construct the social organization and natural history of the best-known primate species.
- Summarize the theoretical and methodological approaches of primatologists trained as anthropologists, psychologists, or biologists.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/16/17
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ANTH 314 - Human Variation and Adaptation in Living Populations
Description:
Survey of genetic, morphological, and physiological variability of living human populations and their biological source mechanisms. Current population dynamics are used to project future alternatives for change. NS-Applications Natural Science.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above.
Credits: (4)
General Education Category
NS-Applications Natural Science.
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ANTH 315 - Forensic Skeletal Analysis
Description:
A survey of the human skeleton and techniques of human skeletal analysis. Identification of age, sex, and other traits in modern and extinct populations. Meets anthropology subfield Biological Anthropology (B).
Credits: (4)
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ANTH 316 - History and Theory of Molecular Anthropology
Description:
This seminar will include readings from important studies that have influenced the field of biological anthropology including the areas of human origins, phylogeny and dispersal.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ANTH 311 or by permission of the instructor.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Critically read a peer- reviewed article, summarize the content and lead a class discussion.
- Identify the various types of molecular data used in studies that have contributed to our understanding of human evolution.
- Trace the history of the application of molecular techniques to the study of human evolution.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/01/12
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ANTH 318 - Introduction to Forensics
Description:
This course explores the subject matter and methods forensic investigators use when searching and recovering evidence from crime scenes.We examine approaches to forensics across multiple disciples including anthropology, biological sciences, chemistry, law and justice, geological sciences, physics, psychology, and sociology. The goal is to provide a broad overview for students interested in exploring forensic careers. ANTH 318 and LAJ 318 are crosslisted courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify major developments in the history of forensic science
- Identify specialized fields which contribute to the forensic investigation
- Describe the ethical issues facing the forensic scientist
- Employ forensic examination and comparison techniques on evidence
- Demonstrate procedures associated with crime scene processing
- Demonstrate proficiency in writing
- Summarize court decisions concerning scientific evidence
- Appraise current literature, materials and developments regarding scientific evidence
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/02/15
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ANTH 320 - Research/Laboratory in Archaeology (Put on reserve 9/16/17)
Description:
Analysis of archaeological materials. Minimum of 4 hours laboratory per week. No more than 10 credits of ANTH 320 and ANTH 486 allowed to fulfill BA or BS requirements. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A). (Put on reserve 9/16/17. Will go inactive 8/24/2020.)
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ANTH 120.
Credits: (2)
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ANTH 321 - Archaeological Methods
Description:
Introduction to methods used by archaeologists, with an emphasis on laboratory methods for analysis of chipped stone, ceramics, faunal remains, and other archaeological materials. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A).
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Define archaeological data and describe the appropriate means of statistical description and inference
- Describe the fundamental components of archaeological research design
- Describe the diversity of methodological approaches and techniques to archaeological investigations
- Engage in and report on independent archaeological research
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/07
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ANTH 321LAB - Archaeological Methods Laboratory
Description:
Hands-on application of typical methods used in archaeological investigations, with an emphasis on laboratory techniques for studying chipped stone, ceramics, faunal remains, and other archaeological materials. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A).
Prerequisites:
Co- or prerequisite: ANTH 321.
Credits: (2)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of several key archaeological survey methods
- Demonstrate understanding of several key archaeological excavation methods
- Demonstrate understanding of several key methods of chipped stone tool laboratory analysis
- Demonstrate understanding of key methods for laboratory analysis of other archaeological materials
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/15/07
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ANTH 322 - World Prehistory
Description:
Old and New World prehistory from late Pliocene to the early historic period, including the ecology and development of hunting-gathering, agriculture and state-level societies. ANTH 322 and HIST 322 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A).
Credits: (4)
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ANTH 323 - Field Archaeology
Description:
Identification, mapping and recording of archaeological sites; techniques of excavation. Grade will be either S or U. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A).
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ANTH 120.
Credits: (3-6)
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ANTH 324 - North American Archaeology
Description:
Prehistoric cultures of North America, with emphasis on adaptation to changing environments. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A).
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify the diversity of regional cultural developments in North America
- Identify broad pan-regional trends in North American culture history.
- Compare and contrast ecological settings at the end of the Pleistocene and throughout the Holocene across North America.
- Use deductive analytical skills to investigate a mystery artifact from North America.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
10/31/05
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ANTH 325 - Prehistory of the Pacific Northwest
Description:
Prehistoric cultures of Washington State and adjoining regions. Meets anthropology subfield Archaeology (A).
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Identify the diversity of regional cultural developments in the Pacific Northwest.
- Identify broad pan-regional trends in the Pacific Northwest culture history.
- Compare and contrast ecological settings at the end of the Pleistocene and throughout the Holocene across the Pacific Northwest.
- Use deductive analytical skills to investigate an archaeological site in the Pacific Northwest.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
10/31/05
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ANTH 333 - Culture & Marriage
Description:
The reciprocal relationships between the biophysical and cultural components in mating, nurturing and sexual access. Cross-cultural patterns in marriage. ANTH 333 and FCL 333 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both. Meets anthropology subfield Cultural Anthropology (C).
Credits: (4)
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ANTH 340 - Ethnography of China (Put on reserve 9/16/17)
Description:
This course is designed to explore China from the perspectives of general cultural patterns and ethnicity. ANTH 340 and AST 340 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both. (Put on reserve 9/16/17. Will go inactive 8/24/2020.)
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Tell what ethnic identifications are in China and to state the key ethnic and political problems concerning Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
- Describe the steady, multiethnic formation of China throughout history by a complex process of cultural diffusion, population move, and violent action.
- Provide an underlying geopolitical explanation of the policy of the Chinese government towards the minority peoples in its frontier regions and towards its national security.
- Procure concepts and tools for presenting the forms of interethnic relations through what happened and what is going on in multiethnic China.
- Specify how the Chinese ‘autonomous’ solutions to the ethnic minorities work and fail.
- Increase experience in reading and writing about ethnic groups and cultures.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
11/01/12
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