MdS 3001W Introduction to Multidisciplinary Studies
Description: This is a fully online section offered through Online and Distance Learning (ODL), College of Continuing Education. You work independently, not as part of a student group. Visit "Class URL" for ODL policies, including fee and financial aid restrictions. Designed for returning adult students admitted to the Multidisciplinary Studies (MdS) degree. Students develop the skills for creating a proposal of study while cultivating an understanding of the fundamental aspects of a baccalaureate degree at the University of Minnesota. The role of an undergraduate degree in a lifetime of learning will be explored through critical reflection. Students will produce a MdS Proposal for Plan of Study and formulate a plan of courses and projects through which to complete a degree.
ESPM 3011W Ethics in Natural Resources
Description: Many of you have entered degree programs with the intent of pursuing careers in resource management, research, or advocacy. Often, in our goal-oriented society, little time and thought is given to considering WHY we approach the natural world in the way we do. In this course, you will have the opportunity to explore the ?why?s? that motivate humans to action. What are the fundamental value differences that cause intractable resource conflicts? How can leadership help people find win-win solutions? The course is designed to explore natural resource issues in the context of environmental ethics, conflict management, and leadership theory. During the course you will: - develop more fully your personal ethic regarding environmental issues, and practice articulating that ethic in discussion. - learn ethical theory and apply it to current environmental issues from forestry to wildlife, from animal rights to agriculture. - put your ethical understanding to work in a service learning project in the community. - refine your writing skills.
Psy 3135 Introduction to Individual Differences
Description: This course will introduce students to the current state of the discussion over "nature" and "nurture," with a focus on how alternative approaches explain individual differences on various psychological features. Ideas from evolutionary psychology, behavioral genetics, biological psychology, developmental psychology and social psychology will be considered. Topics surveyed include intelligence, personality, psychopathology, creativity, political attitudes and sexuality. Students are expected to leave the course with an understanding of the arguments and supporting examples marshaled by competing disciplines within psychology, to be able to independently evaluate novel arguments on the topic, and to know the current state of research on individual differences. The course format undergoes minor revisions every semester, but due to size constraints it is primarily lecture-based, with a component for online discussion between students on issues raised in the course.
Soc 4521 Love, Sex, and Marriage
Description: This course will provide an overview of sociological approaches to intimate human relationships. Specific topics we will cover include love and romance, dating and mate selection, sexuality, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. The focus is on contemporary American society, but current U.S. practices are placed in historical and cross-cultural context. The goals for the course include: familiarizing you with social scientific approaches to the study of intimate human relationships and increasing your interest in the topic; challenging some of your taken-for-granted notions about what is "natural" or "normal" with regard to love, sexuality, and marriage; stimulating you to think about the impact of broad social forces (particularly the rise of modernity) on beliefs and practices related to intimate relationships; highlighting the salience of various social identities - including race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual orientation, and especially gender - to beliefs and practices around intimacy; and, introducing you to some of the significant current policy debates regarding intimate relationships, and fostering your ability to critically assess the arguments on all sides of these debates.
Psy 3604 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
Description: This is a fully online section offered through Online and Distance Learning (ODL), College of Continuing Education. You work independently, not as part of a student group. Visit "Class URL" for ODL policies, including fee and financial aid restrictions. The field of abnormal psychology (also known as psychopathology) is diverse, as you can see by leafing through the textbook for this course. It includes such topics as bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress syndrome, AIDS dementia complex, pedophilia, stuttering, and pathological gambling. Each of these areas, as well as hundreds of others, has its own specialists and research. This course will provide you with a complete, although certainly not exhaustive, overview of each area.
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