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| 60000 Level Courses (61100-61199) *61103 PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VIOLENCE, AND AGGRESSION This course will teach students how to think critically about psychological research on sex, violence, and aggression. The course goal is to educate intelligent consumers of media information and misinformation, teaching them to separate scientifically valid from invalid claims that such factors as genetics, biochemistry, socialization practices, sex differences, ambient temperature, alcohol, television, movies, and video games affect interpersonal violence and aggression.
*61113 AMERICAN STAGES: A HISTORY OF THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES The United States has a rich theatrical and dramatic heritage often hidden in the shadow of our colonial connection to England and dismissed by the Puritan ideology and ethics that formed the basis of our government. This web based course will explore that rich heritage through an in depth look at the people, historical situations and the drama literature that reflected the growth of this country from our colonial beginning to it's maturity as a world leader in the 20th century. *61123 GLOBAL PERSUASIVE CAMPAIGNS, THEIR INFLUENCE AND IMPACT Global communications have created an international community exposed to persuasive campaigns, some advertising and some informational. This course will examine the influence and impact of global persuasive campaigns through an analysis of the structure of the campaign process and the use of images to create familiarity and experience. The ultimate impact and influence of such campaigns is highly variable, depending on the media in which they appear and the cultural context in which they are interpreted.
*61133 ASPECTS AND ISSUES OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY The course examines the various aspects of health care delivery in the United States and other countries. The course will provide the student with a critical analysis and overview of health care delivery focusing on factors impacting it’s access, quality and cost.
As the presidential election campaign gets into full swing, the role of the media will become increasingly important as news coverage, presidential debates, and election advertising bring this important issue to the public. Mass Media and Society will examine not only the presidential campaign, but also the impact of media on individuals, institutions, and community. Participants in this course will probe how and why the media developed the way it did, where the media is today, and where the media seems to be heading in the age of information. The class will explore the cultural context and norms of major media industries such as newspapers, magazines, books, radio, films, television, music recordings, public relations and advertising.
*61153 TEXAS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: CASE STUDIES FROM THE 20th CENTURY During the 20th Century and now into the 21st, Texas provided a large share of national leadership in the United States and had some groundbreaking participants in the political change of that century. In this class, we will examine ten of those political figures, including the five chamber leaders of the House from Texas (Speakers Garner, Rayburn, and Wright and Majority Leader Armey and DeLay), the three presidents from Texas (Johnson, Bush, and Bush), and the two Supreme Court associations (Associate Justice Tom Clark and prospective Justice, as of this writing, Harriet Miers). We will also examine the career of John Tower as founder of the modern Republican party in Texas and Barbara Jordan as a groundbreaking public servant. The focus will be on techniques of political leadership and how they changed over the course of the 20th Century and into the 21st.
*61163 A DRAMA OF THE SAME KIND: A STUDY OF AMERICAN MINORITY THEATRE An overview of American Minority Theater focusing on African-American and Women's Theater from the late nineteenth century to the present. Readings and discussions will cover the roots of each genre, the influential plays and playwrights, the companies who presented the works and the response from the audiences and critics. The student will also participate in field experiences and interviews with theater professionals. Field experiences and interviews may include: attending an African-American church service, attending a theater production about the African-American experience or the Female experience, attending a lecture in an African-American Studies or a Women's Studies class on a nearby campus, a personal interview with an African-American and a Woman involved in professional theater (this can be done in person or through mail correspondence) or any experience agreed upon by the student and the professor that focus on the African-American and Female experience. *61173 TROUBLED NEIGHBORS: THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA This course focuses on the imbalance of power that has existed historically between the United States and Latin America and the hemispheric problems that have resulted from that imbalance. From the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to the military intervention in Haiti in 1994, the United States has asserted a leadership role in the hemisphere, often with little understanding of the impact its actions had on the less-powerful nations of Latin America. Most of the course is devoted to the 20th Century, and major issues are examined from both the U.S. and Latin American perspectives.
*61183 RED, WHITE, AND GREEN: UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY This course will examine events from the perspective of the complex relationships between humans and their environment from pre-literate times through the 21st century. Geographically, the course will be bounded by the limits of the present United States. During the term, we will address the following questions: How did the environment shape American history and influence various American societies? How have conceptions of the environment changed? Do humans interact with the environment any differently now than they did 600 years ago? Do some groups have better ways of interacting with the environment than others?
*61193 HEALTH CARE AND QUALITY The course will examine the state of health care in the United States and explore how quality is defined in light of it. A brief overview of the structure and processes of health care delivery will be presented followed by a review of the various methods for defining and establishing quality in health care in our society. The role and influence of health care providers (medical and insurance companies) on individual choices will also be examined. Specific issues facing society related to health care decision-making will be reviewed and then related to how and who interprets the concept quality.
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