2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

  • Course Descriptions
Course descriptions may be updated periodically to reflect changes since the last published catalog.
Course 
Number
Name Description
WH-691 Intimate Violence & Sexual Assault This seminar focuses on two interrelated types of violence, battering ... Read More »
WH-694 Critical Victimology Victimology is the study of crime victims. In the history of criminol ... Read More »
WH-695 Special Topics This course presents a holistic, cross-cultural look at aging which fu ... Read More »
WH-701 Sociology of Women's Health This course offers an overview of sociological issues relating to wome ... Read More »
WH-702 Female Physiology and Gynecology This course provides students with a solid introductory understanding ... Read More »
WH-703 Women and the U.S. Health Care System Women use and work in the health care system at higher rates than men, ... Read More »
WH-704 Research Methods in Women's Health This course trains students in practical strategies for women's health ... Read More »
WH-705 Diversity in Women's Health and Illness This course delves more deeply into the sociology of women's health th ... Read More »
WH-706 Advocacy for Women's Health This course is structured as a practical introduction to advocacy skil ... Read More »
WH-707 Practicum Planning and Field Experience Each student will work 16 hours/week with a local organization or agen ... Read More »
WH-708 Practicum Assessment and Evaluation This course may be taken after or together with WH 707. In this course ... Read More »
WH-711 Women's Health Education Women's health professionals may be called upon to educate individuals ... Read More »
WH-723 Thesis Research and Writing I Students initiate research on a topic area of women's health under the ... Read More »
WH-724 Thesis Research and Writing II Students continue their research with a focus on refining their concep ... Read More »
WH-725 Alternative and Complementary Medicines: Gender Perspectives Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become a multi-bill ... Read More »
WH-728 Gender and HIV/AIDS This course follows the spread of the AIDS pandemic, investigating how ... Read More »
WH-731 Reproductive Health and Rights This course explores relationships between women's reproductive health ... Read More »
WH-732 Adolescent Girls' Health This seminar addresses the lives of girls from early adolescence throu ... Read More »
WH-749 Indigenous Women's Well Being: From Colonialism to Self-Determination The world's indigenous women experience many threats to their well bei ... Read More »
WH-810 Women's Health Independent Study Students pursue an independent academic project under the supervision ... Read More »
WH-910 Independent Study in Women's Health Students pursue an independent academic project under the supervision ... Read More »