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conventional techniques of crime analysis (and why they fail), the
relationship of crime to the growth of a bureaucratic society, and
the requirements for planning in such a context.
URBN 6510 Urb-Rural Issues Dev Countries
3 cr.
Prerequisite: GEOG 4630 or URBN 4030 or consent of department.
This seminar will explore the relationship between urbanization
and the development process, with primary emphasis on the ways
in which the content and outcomes of public policies affect the
distribution of population and wealth. Issues to be covered include
regional imbalances, migration, labor mobility, and housing.
URBN 6700 Urban Spatial Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of school. This course is designed to familiarize
the student with spatial models and geographic techniques of
metropolitan area analysis. It includes a systematic study of external
and internal spatial relationships of cities and city systems.
The urban field is examined in terms of images, patterns, processes,
networks, communities, activities, problems, and prospects.
URBN 6801 Sem Urb Analysis Comp & Sim
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of school. This is a methodology seminar in
urban research, specifically emphasizing the use of computers and
simulation techniques.
URBN 6871 Environmental Analysis
3 cr.
Prerequisite: URBN 6850 or consent of coordinators. An investigation
of environmental problems from a sociological perspective,
with an emphasis on environmental analysis, management, and
policy.
URBN 6900 Independent Study
3 cr.
Offered each semester. Independent research in the graduate student’s
area of specialization under the direction of a designated
member of the graduate faculty. May be repeated for credit.
URBN 7000 Thesis Research
1-9 cr.
Offered each semester. To be repeated for credit until thesis
is accepted. Section number will correspond with credit to be
earned.
URBN 7040 Examination or Thesis Only
0 cr.
Open to students in a thesis program who have only (other than
application for degree) the final typing and acceptance by the
Graduate School of their thesis or dissertation or to students in
a non-thesis program who have only (other than application for
degree) to pass the final examination to complete graduation
requirements.
Women’s Studies
WS 2010 Introduction Women’s Studies
3 cr.
An introduction to the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of
women’s role in society.
WS 2090 Topics in Women’s Studies
3 cr.
An open topics approach to the role of women. May be repeated
once for credit.
WS 3090 Internship in Women’s Studies
3 cr.
Prerequisite: WS 2010 or consent of the Women’s Studies internship
supervisor. The intern is placed in a private or public agency in
order to gain practical experience in the application of women’s
studies perspectives and methodologies. Interns usually work eight
hours a week at times mutually agreeable to the individual and
the agency. In addition, students must meet regularly with a faculty
advisor and their work must be evaluated by both an agency
supervisor and the faculty advisor.
WS 3091 Ind Read & Res in Womn Studies
1 cr.
Prerequisite: One course from the Women’s Studies approved list
and consent of the Director of Women’s Studies. The individual
student will be responsible for selection of the area of reading and
research. Readings, conferences, and reports or a major research
project will be assigned by a member of the Women’s Studies faculty.
In no case may a student register for WS 3091-93 for a total of
more than six hours.
WS 3092 Ind Read & Res in Womn Studies
1 cr.
Prerequisite: One course from the Women’s Studies approved list
and consent of the Director of Women’s Studies. The individual
student will be responsible for selection of the area of reading and
research. Readings, conferences, and reports or a major research
project will be assigned by a member of the Women’s Studies faculty.
In no case may a student register for WS 3091-93 for a total of
more than six hours.
WS 3093 Ind Read & Res in Womn Studies
1 cr.
Prerequisite: One course from the Women’s Studies approved list
and consent of the Director of Women’s Studies. The individual
student will be responsible for selection of the area of reading and
research. Readings, conferences, and reports or a major research
project will be assigned by a member of the Women’s Studies faculty.
In no case may a student register for WS 3091-93 for a total of
more than six hours.
WS 3095 Service Learning in WS
3 cr.
Prerequisite: WS 2010 or consent of the instructor. This service
learning course combines classroom and community learning. All
students will participate in projects at one designated community
agency while using weekly class meetings to assess the connection
between feminist theory and practice.
WS 4070 Spec Top Women, Lit, Society
3 cr.
(WS 4070, ENGL 4070 and SOC 4070 are cross-listed) Prerequisite:
ENGL 2378 or SOC 1051 or WS 2010 or consent of instructors. A teamtaught,
interdisciplinary study of women in literature and society.
Variable topics include women and crime, women and work,
women and the family, women and religion.
WS 4070G Spec Top Women, Lit, Society
3 cr.
(WS 4070, ENGL 4070 and SOC 4070 are cross-listed) Prerequisite:
ENGL 2378 or SOC 1051 or WS 2010 or consent of instructors. A teamtaught,
interdisciplinary study of women in literature and society.
Variable topics include women and crime, women and work,
women and the family, women and religion.
WS 4078 Res Meth Feminist Scholarship
3 cr.
Prerequisite: WS 2010 or consent of instructor. An introduction to
diverse quantitative and qualitative research methods used in contemporary
feminist scholarship. Students will pursue individual
projects based on archival collections, published articles, and other
primary and secondary sources. The course will familiarize students
with local archives and exhibits. Oral reports on research
projects will satisfy the university’s oral proficiency requirement.
WS 4078G Res Meth Feminist Scholarship
3 cr.
Prerequisite: WS 2010 or consent of instructor. An introduction to
diverse quantitative and qualitative research methods used in contemporary
feminist scholarship. Students will pursue individual
projects based on archival collections, published articles, and other
primary and secondary sources. The course will familiarize students
with local archives and exhibits. Oral reports on research
projects will satisfy the university’s oral proficiency requirement.
WS 4080 Feminist Theory
3 cr.
Prerequisite: WS 2010 or consent of the instructor. This course
interweaves social science and the humanities to examine an
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