Individuals, Systems, and Societies
Courses in this area examine how members of societies organize themselves to satisfy individual and collective goals. They foster an understanding of the complexity and interconnectedness of individuals, systems, and societies across local, national, and/or global contexts. They also encourage students to think critically about themselves and their relationships to other individuals, institutions, and/or social systems. Individuals, Systems, and Societies courses are designated IS in this catalog and each semester’s registration materials.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Courses with IS designation are intended to provide students with opportunities to do the following:
- Understand individual, systemic, and/or social processes.
- Analyze individuals, systems, and/or societies through multiple frames of reference.
- Think critically about the ways that society affects individual behavior and/or individual behavior affects society.
- Articulate how key theoretical principles can be used to explain individual and social processes, inform public policy and/or develop practical approaches to human problems across local, regional, and/or global contexts.
Courses with IS designation address the first learning outcome. In addition, they address at least one of the remaining three.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARTS 110 | INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STUDIES | 4 |
| COMM 130 | INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| COMM 140 | PUBLIC SPEAKING | 3 |
| COMM 230 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES | 3 |
| COMM 233 | MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| COMM 332 | GENDERED COMMUNICATION (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 332) | 3 |
| COMM 335 | NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| COMM 340 | PERSUASION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE | 4 |
| COMM 353 | TOPICS IN WOMEN'S RHETORIC (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 353) | 3 |
| COMM 355 | TOPICS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC ADDRESS | 3 |
| COMM 357 | ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 357 AND JAMS 357) | 4 |
| COMM 430 | TOPICS IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| COMP 131 | COMPUTERS IN MODERN SOCIETY | 4 |
| ECON 210 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 271 | ECONOMICS OF STAR TREK | 4 |
| ECON 321 | ECONOMICS OF SPORTS | 4 |
| ECON 322 | ECONOMICS OF COLLEGE SPORTS | 4 |
| ECON 323 | TOPICS IN SPORTS ECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 341 | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 342 | NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 354 | HEALTH ECONOMICS | 4 |
| ECON 371 | EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS | 4 |
| EDUC 200 | LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
| EDUC 260 | EQUITY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING | 3 |
| EDUC 302 | DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION | 4 |
| ENVS 202 | ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE | 4 |
| ENVS 203 | HUMAN ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES | 4 |
| ENVS 210 | PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY | 4 |
| ENVS 230 | INTRODUCTION TO GIS | 4 |
| ENVS 250 | ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE (ALSO LISTED AS SOAN 250) | 4 |
| ENVS 300 | TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY | 3 |
| ENVS 357 | ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY (ALSO LISTED AS JAMS 357 AND COMM 357) | 4 |
| ENVS 450 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 3 |
| GENS 205 | GENDER AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS SOAN 205) | 4 |
| GENS 280 | UNDERSTANDING FAMILIES | 4 |
| GENS 332 | GENDERED COMMUNICATION (ALSO LISTED AS COMM 332) | 3 |
| GENS 353 | TOPICS IN WOMEN'S RHETORIC (ALSO LISTED AS COMM 353) | 3 |
| GLCS 106 | INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (ALSO AS ANTH 106) | 3 |
| GLCS 365 | ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE | 4 |
| GLFR 215 | LITERATURE AND SOCIETY: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| GLFR 360 | TOPICS IN FRENCH CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| GLJP 240 | JAPANESE CULTURE TODAY | 3 |
| GLJP 485 | JAPANESE SENIOR SEMINAR | 3 |
| GLSP 270 | SPANISH IN THE US | 3 |
| GLSP 312 | MESOAMERICAN SOCIETIES AMERICA | 4 |
| GLSP 360 | TOPICS IN CULTURAL STUDIES | 3 |
| GLSP 362 | LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES THROUGH FILM | 4 |
| GLSP 370 | SPANISH IN THE US | 4 |
| HHPA 242 | HUMAN SEXUALITY | 3 |
| HHPA 251 | INTRO TO PUBLIC & COMMUNITY HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPA 308 | HEALTH CARE IN KENYA | 3 |
| HHPA 330 | GLOBAL HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPA 410 | GENDER ISSUES IN EDUCATION & SPORT | 3 |
| HHPA 425 | SPORT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY | 3 |
| HHPA 432 | INTERNATIONAL HEALTH | 3 |
| HHPA 450 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 450) | 3 |
| JAMS 150 | LIVING IN A MEDIA WORLD | 3 |
| JAMS 339 | MEDIA, HEALTH & COMMUNICATION | 4 |
| JAMS 347 | PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS | 4 |
| JAMS 353 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATION (ALSO LISTED AS POLS 353) | 4 |
| JAMS 357 | ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 357 AND COMM 357) | 4 |
| LEAD 250 | LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS ACROSS DISCIPLINES (ALSO LISTED AS POLS 250) | 4 |
| NURS 343 | HEALTH DISPARITIES | 3 |
| POLS 201 | AMERICAN POLITICS | 4 |
| POLS 210 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | 4 |
| POLS 225 | THE STUDY OF LAW | 4 |
| POLS 250 | LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS ACROSS DISCIPLINES (ALSO LISTED AS LEAD 250) | 4 |
| POLS 325 | U.S. SUPREME COURT | 4 |
| POLS 326 | THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY | 4 |
| POLS 353 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATION (ALSO LISTED AS JAMS 353) | 4 |
| POLS 360 | POLITICS OF INEQUALITY | 4 |
| POLS 361 | CURRENT DEBATES IN US FOREIGN POLICY | 4 |
| POLS 362 | INTERNATIONAL LAW, ETHICS, AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE | 4 |
| POLS 365 | TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS | 4 |
| POLS 370 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | 4 |
| POLS 371 | POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| POLS 384 | U.S. FOREIGN POLICY | 4 |
| POLS 385 | TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 4 |
| POLS 390 | COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 4 |
| PSYC 101 | SURVEY OF PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 155 | LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 281 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 284 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 285 | INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 286 | INTRO TO DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 287 | INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
| PSYC 347 | PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER | 4 |
| PSYC 362 | THEORIES OF COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY | 4 |
| SOAN 101 | UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIAL WORLD | 4 |
| SOAN 106 | INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS | 3 |
| SOAN 111 | CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 4 |
| SOAN 201 | CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND SOCIAL CONTROL | 4 |
| SOAN 203 | HUMAN ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES | 4 |
| SOAN 205 | GENDER AND SOCIETY (ALSO LISTED AS GENS 205) | 4 |
| SOAN 221 | RELIGION, SOCIETY AND CULTURE | 4 |
| SOAN 222 | IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA | 4 |
| SOAN 224 | DEATH IN SOCIETY AND CULTURE | 4 |
| SOAN 229 | LOVE, SEX, AND DEATH IN CHINESE CULTURE | 4 |
| SOAN 232 | MEDICINE AND CULTURE | 4 |
| SOAN 235 | EDUCATION AND SOCIETY | 4 |
| SOAN 250 | ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE (ALSO LISTED AS ENVS 250) | 4 |
| SOAN 265 | RACE & ETHNICITY | 4 |
| SOAN 270 | LATINAS AND LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES | 4 |
| SOAN 280 | UNDERSTANDING FAMILIES | 4 |
| SOAN 330 | COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY | 4 |
| SOAN 341 | LANGUAGE & CULTURE | 4 |
| SOAN 370 | SOCIETY, STATE & SOCIAL POLICY | 4 |