Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

Interdisciplinary
Programs
HOME-BASED
INTERVENTION THERAPY
1820:
403 HOME-BASED INTERVENTION THEORY 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to the Certificate Program. Overview of home based intervention to
include philosophy and description of this programming as well as assessment of family, their
home and community environment.
404 HOME-BASED INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICE 3 credits
Prerequisite: 403. Provides intervention techniques and skill areas required for home-based intervention
and learning opportunities for matching techniques with specific family problems.
405 HOME-BASED INTERVENTION INTERNSHIP 3-5 credits
Prerequisite: 404. Gives students the opportunity to apply knowledge of home-based intervention
in actual delivery process working with families in their homes under direct supervision of
trained, experienced home based intervention therapists.
WOMEN’S STUDIES
1840:
300 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES 3 credits
Introduction to the interdisciplinary program in Women’s Studies. Explores current scholarship in
women’s issues and experiences from perspectives of psychology, history, sociology, anthropology,
and literary criticism. Feminist orientation and methodology.
480/580 FEMINIST THEORY 3 credits
Prerequisite: 300. A summary of feminist theory to familiarize students with the main currents in
contemporary feminist theory and the origins and evolution of that thought.
485/585 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WOMEN’S STUDIES 1-3 credits
(May not be repeated). Special topics and current issues in Women’s Studies. Covers content not
currently addressed in other courses. Fosters a critical approach to knowledge about women.
489/589 INTERNSHIP IN WOMEN’S STUDIES 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: 300, permission of Director of Women’s Studies. This class provides supervised
experience and on-the-job training in an organization, agency, corporation or group dealing with
women’s issues.
490/590 WOMEN’S STUDIES LECTURE SERIES 1 credit
Various topics focused on women. Themes and course materials vary each semester. Lecture
and discussion.
493 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ON WOMEN 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: 300, and approval of Director of Women’s Studies. Directed study of selected topics
related to women. Projects are chosen by student in consultation with instructor.
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HONORS COLLEGE
1870:
250 HONORS COLLOQUIUM: HUMANITIES 2 credits
Prerequisite: admission to University Honors College. Interdisciplinary colloquium on important
issues in humanities.
360 HONORS COLLOQUIUM: SOCIAL SCIENCES 2 credits
Prerequisite: admission to University Honors College. Interdisciplinary colloquium on important
issues in social sciences.
470 HONORS COLLOQUIUM: NATURAL SCIENCES 2 credits
Prerequisite: admission to University Honors College. Interdisciplinary colloquium on important
issues in natural sciences.
MEDICAL STUDIES
1880:
201 MEDICAL SEMINAR AND PRACTICUM I 3 credits
Prerequisites: 3100:191. Provides field experiences in health-care delivery in geographic area
served by Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and The University of Akron.
Student directed in supervised roles of professional and paraprofessional in meeting health-care
needs of community. Open to first-year student in Phase 1 of B.S./M.D. program.
310 MEDICINE AND THE HUMANITIES 3 credits
Medical history, literature, and ethics from the perspective of the Humanities, with readings
from original sources and literary works on medical subjects.