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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 41279
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Family Studies Major Approved
Family Studies Minor Approved
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Theory and practice of interpersonal communication, including how self-concept, language, nonverbal communication, and relationships effect and are affected by communication. Common problems in interpersonal communication, options for managing these problems, and ethical issues in interpersonal communication are examined. Students apply theory and concepts through class exercises, simulations and individual projects.
4 Credits
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1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 41288
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing in the Discipline
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
This course focuses on theories and research of the historical and contemporary correlation between gender, race, class, and communicative practices, including rhetorical practice and mass communication content. It includes the influence of gender and racial stereotypes on public speech and debate, political campaigns and communication, organizational leadership, news coverage and advertising. Topics include: gendered perceptions of credibility; who is allowed to communicate and who is silenced due to class and racial privilege; and the impact of gender, race and class stereotypes about human nature, expertise, and abilities on individuals and groups that want to participate in public culture and communication. Students analyze and evaluate their own communicative styles in light of course readings and activities.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 41293
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 310
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 41294
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 247
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.
4 Credits
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10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 41432
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 301
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Increasingly, education for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals includes the practices of reading literature, writing reflectively, and engaging in role-play to learn how to care for patients (and for themselves). This is sometimes called narrative medicine. By focusing on stories (of the patient, the healthcare professional, and the cultures and systems in which both live) and therefore humanizing the often-impersonal world of the healthcare system, it improves the quality of care for patients and reduces burnout among healthcare professionals. In this course we will engage in practices of narrative medicine, reading and writing about literature as a means of understanding ourselves and others. The texts we'll read illuminate questions about pain and illness, empathy and the training of healthcare professionals, the health implications of racial and economic injustice, and the need for reformation of the healthcare system. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190
4 Credits
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10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 41433
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 41434
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 41435
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 227
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 41437
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course introduces students to the craft of creative writing, focusing on three broad genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students learn how various forms (e.g., free verse, the sonnet, narrative) have developed and evolved historically and within various contexts (cultural, political, social)—and by extension, what it means to write in these forms today. They receive instruction in setting, character, voice, point of view, literal and figurative imagery, rhythm and sound patterns, and literary structures; and practice writing in all three genres. Assignments include close readings of literary texts that model craft techniques, weekly writing exercises that encourage exploration and development of craft, and workshop discussions to develop students’ analytic and critical skills. For English majors, it fulfills the Genre Study requirement. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 41449
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 227
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sports Management Minor
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Sports Studies Minor
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
This course uses literature to investigate how female athletes use their sport and their bodies to fight for women's rights and to change our world. In 1894-1895, Annie Londonderry biked around the world and spoke out for equality. Frances Willard advocated for the eight-hour workday, equal pay for women, and suffrage, then learned to ride a bike at age 53, and wrote about the freedom biking gave to women. In the winter of 1912 in New York, women walked 170 miles in Suffrage Hikes advocating for their right to vote. These women paved the way for athlete-authors such as Lynne Cox (who held the world record for swimming the English Channel) and Maxine Kumin (who, along with being U.S. Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner, was a collegiate swimmer and rower). These and other great women writers explore their sports and their bodies in ways that both reflect and contest societal restrictions and expectations. This course will use their texts and other essays, articles, short stories, novels, and poetry from the late 1800s to today to explore the intersections of women, sport, and the body in literature. This course is ideal for students studying literature, gender, and various facets of physical education, sport, health, and human development. Texts may include: A WHOLE OTHER BALL GAME: WOMEN'S LITERATURE ON WOMEN'S SPORT, AROUND THE WORLD ON TWO WHEELS, WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL, SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA, CARRIE SOTO IS BACK, and GIRL RUNNER. Additionally, we will venture out of the classroom for some women's sports...maybe even play a little ourselves... and invite pro and semi-pro athletes in as guest speakers. This course satisfies the WAC Writing to Learn requirement as well as an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; the Diversity, Inclusion, & Social Justice requirement; and a Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies major and minor requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121 or 190.
4 Credits
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9:55 am |
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Subject: Honors (HONR)
CRN: 42555
In Person | Topics Lecture 8
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Racism & Medical Discrimination in Healthcare - All people should have equal access to medical care without fear of being mistreated or denied services outright. Yet for many, this is not true due to their race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Racism penetrates every aspect of society, including access to and experiences with healthcare. Research shows that blacks and other minority groups in the U.S. experience more illness, worse outcomes, and premature death compared to whites. In addition, stigma, bias and systemic inequalities in health care frequently prevent LGBTQ people from receiving appropriate health care. From the Tuskegee Experiments to Henrietta Lacks to LGBTQIA+ discrimination, this course will provide in-depth analysis and discussion of racism and medical discrimination in healthcare. Students will begin the course by exploring racism and medical discrimination from a historical perspective. The sociological, psychological, and philosophical effects of racism and medical discrimination will be explored with the help of subject matter experts. Particular attention will be paid to female and LGBTQIA+ medical discrimination and the overreaching effects this injustice has on these populations. Students will examine this controversial topic from a historical, sociological, psychological, and philosophical viewpoint all while examining their own experiences and viewpoints on the healthcare system. These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.
2 Credits