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RS 328 - Christianity in US History
This course covers the role of Christianity in United States history from the nation’s creation until today. The class will look at how mainline Christian denominations have shaped U.S. history and been in turn shaped by the American experience. Within this broad historical sweep of linking the past to the present important issues like the separation between church and state, and how the nation has gone from Protestant establishment to secularism as well as how law and politics have come to impact religion, will be examined. This course is the same as Hist 328; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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RS 392 - Religious Studies: Topics 2
This course offers in-depth exploration of topics in religious studies. Course content will vary. Specific topics to be announced by instructor. With the approval of the Coordinator, the course may be applied to the minor.
Credits: 3 to 4
Repeatable: Repeatable up to a maximum of 8 credits, provided that the topics are different.
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RS 446 - Ancient Israel and Judah
This seminar explores ancient Israel from its beginnings around 1250 B.C. to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth around 33 A.D. Topics include the historical and archaeological origins of Israel and Judah, Biblical composition and authors, the Babylonian exile, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jesus in Jewish and Christian historical context. Historiography and critical scholarship are emphasized. This course is the same as HIST 446; credit will only be given for one of these courses. This course is recommended as a senior capstone course in religious Studies.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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RS 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology
This introductory course seeks to examine the extent to which the crisis of institutions creates personal problems in our everyday lives. Conversely, it will explore the degree to which our personal troubles foster institutional contradictions. The field of Sociology explores such topics as stratification, institutions, work and authority, criminology, the environment and health and welfare delivery systems.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 101 - American Society
This course introduces international students to contemporary American society through a sociological analysis of the changing patterns of family, community, work, gender, and education in the U.S. and Japan. This sociological perspective on U.S. society will deepen students’ understanding of the society in which they will be living and attending college. This course is taught in English. Consent of instructor.
Credits: 1
Repeatable: This course is repeatable for up to 2 credits.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-0)
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SOC 200 - Social Change & Human Services
This course is designed to facilitate critical understanding of, and commitment to, processes of social change in modern society. Using historical and theoretical analysis of social change efforts, students are encouraged to embrace and develop models of change that take seriously the personal and social dimensions of human struggle. The role and responsibility of human service agencies in social change/community development is also considered. Field work is required.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 210 - Ethnography and Writing
This course emphasizes the interplay of ethnographic research, reading, and writing. Students will conduct and write an ethnography based on a course specific theme. This process will allow students to learn to synthesize and analyze their own and others’ research and learn to communicate this research to diverse audiences.
Credits: 4
Suffix: CO2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 250 - Social Issues - Native Society
An examination of the social, political, and economic circumstances of both urban and rural native societies worldwide. Emphasis will be on the United States. Topics may include indigenous peoples in cities, tribal councils, environmental racism, criminal justice, social services, youth, international indigenous issues and networks.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 275 - Families and Marriage
This course explores issues relating to the multiplicities of marriage and family life in contemporary society. The course will examine social sources for changes in attitudes towards marriage and family and the societal and individual consequences.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 279 - Ethnicity Gender & Class in SW
A descriptive analytic inquiry into the historical, social, and economic position of the Hispanics, Native Americans, and women of the Southwest.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 280 - Pop Cult & Mass Communications
An inquiry into both the production and the consumption of popular culture. Attention will be paid to cultural power as a force for domination as well as a condition for collective affirmation and struggle. Topics include popular music, radio and television programs, news media, comic strips, and pulp fiction.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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SOC 300 - Theo of Social & Personal Life
This course will critically examine the classical and contemporary theories of self and society. The major paradigms of functionalism, Marxism, symbolic interactionism, structuralism, ethnomethodology, and critical and feminist theory will be evaluated.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 301 - Comparative Societies
A comparative study of the social structures of selected countries and regions within the first, second, and third worlds. Comparisons will be made of societies within selected regions as well as their relationships to U.S. society. Selected countries and regions will include: Cuba and the Caribbean, the Andean countries, China, Japan, etc.
Credits: 4
Repeatable: Students may repeat the course for credit provided the topic is different on each occasion.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 310 - Ecology and Society
This course will examine environmental issues and the natural world from a cultural and socioeconomic perspective. It will attempt to study the ideas, conceptions, practices, and beliefs that relate people to the land and their collective environment. Finally, it will look at environmental concerns from the perspective of workers, minorities, and rural and urban communities both in America and worldwide.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 311 - Ecology & Society Field Sch
This course offers a field experience in the relationship between people and the land. Students will work on farms and in the U.S. National Forest. They will meet with Anglos, Hispanics, and Native Americans in rural communities. One week will be spent in the National Forest learning to identify wildlife and its habitat.
Credits: 8
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SOC 315 - Field Methods
This course is part of the Sociology internship program where students will learn how to conduct literature reviews, collect statistical data, conduct interviews and analyze that data for a major paper.
Credits: 4
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SOC 320 - Community Service Practicum
This course provides the student with experience in applied sociology. Students will be involved in human services, applied social research or other activities approved by the advisor and practicum coordinator. The emphasis is on gaining experiential knowledge through active participation in sociological practice and sharing this in a classroom experience. Practicum may be taken for 1 to 8 credits per term and for a maximum of 16 credits. A maximum of 8 credits can be applied toward the major in Sociology. Consent of instructor.
Credits: 1 to 16
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SOC 330 - Mind, Self and Society
An examination into the ways in which society influences the self and the individual produces society. The relationship between consciousness and social structure will be discussed. Theoretical focus may include symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology and/or a Marxist perspective.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 340 - Religion and Social Life
An examination of, principally, contemporary religious phenomena from the viewpoint of social science. The course will also examine the significance of religious studies in the development of reasoning about society.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 345 - Art and Society
An inquiry into the relationship between any historically specific art and the social setting in which it was created. The idea that art is a way of seeing a world view or a theoretic, will be explored. The focus of the course may be literature, the visual arts, music, theater, or film.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 350 - Search for Intimacy
This course will examine the cultural and institutional obstacles to intimacy. Class, gender, and race as historical categories will play their part in discussion and analysis. The idea that intimacy is something that only applies to romantic relations but not to larger social and community concerns will be examined.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 361 - Deviance
An examination of the traditional versions of deviance followed by modern critiques that emphasize “labeling” and the more phenomenological approaches to understanding human conduct.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 362 - Criminology & Criminal Justice
An examination of the major “positivist” theories of crime and criminality (individual, familial, subcultural) followed by the modern critique of positivist criminology emphasizing the part played by the administration of criminal justice as an integral part of the characterizing and structuring of crime.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 363 - Juvenile Delinquency
A review of contemporary thinking about the development of juvenile delinquency and the linkages between juvenile delinquency and the administration of juvenile justice.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 375 - Sociology of Education
Study of the organization and practices of educational institutions and of the transformation these institutions are now undergoing. Special attention to the nature of these changes and their impact on the learning process as well as their consequences for the larger society will be explored.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 376 - Language & Social Behavior
A concentrated look at the social function of language use in society. The extent to which languages create social reality will receive scrutiny. Particular topics may include language and social class, language and sex, linguistic politics, language and culture, or language cognition and development.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 380 - Work and Authority in Society
This course will explore the extent to which meaningful work is possible in any society. It will seek to account for the forms of authority in work and describe the impact that hierarchical structures have on the individual.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 383 - Women in Society
This course focuses on where American women in various class and ethnic categories stand in society now, compared not only to men but also to their mothers and grandmothers. It takes into account economic status, educational and job opportunities, family responsibilities, physical well-being and reproductive rights. It includes a significant portion of feminist theory, which serves as the vehicle for an ongoing analysis of the ways in which political, economic, and other social structures, as well as psychological factors such as gender attitudes, have historically affected the status of women.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 400 - Native American Law & Politics
A study of political and legal issues that involve American Indians from a historical and contemporary perspective. This course is the same as PS 400; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 421 - Contemp Social Analysis in SW
A seminar in the application of theories of social change, social knowledge, and research into regional issues in the Southwest. Topics may vary but will critically address issues of water, energy, agriculture, urbanization, inequality, public morality, politics, education, and community. Consent of instructor.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 496 - Senior Seminar
Advanced study and research in selected topics. The student will prepare and submit a senior seminar research paper to qualify for graduation.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SOC 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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SW 100 - Fund of Navajo Language I
A course in the basic fundamentals of the Navajo language on the oral-aural approach. The instructor is a native speaker and much use is made of tapes, etc. Same as ML 100; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 101 - Navajo Language II
Continuation of Navajo I. Whereas Navajo I emphasized speaking, this course will center on reading and writing of the Navajo language. Same as ML 101; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Prerequisites: SW 100 OR ML 100
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 110 - Intro American Indian Studies
Surveys the concepts, methods, and contents of American Indian Studies, using examples from the indigenous cultures of North America and paying special attention to the ways in which academic disciplines contribute to our understanding of indigenous cultures.
Credits: 3
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 115 - Native American Newsletter
For lower-division students with good writing skills. Students will prepare six stories for publication in the Intertribal News, gaining basic skills in news writing for a specific readership, computer formats, photo taking, and news layout and design. Coursework will include concepts pertinent to contributing to communications in “Indian Country.” May be taken twice for credit.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 123 - American Indian History
The history of Indians of the United States from contact to the present.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 125 - Hist of Hispanos in Southwest
A study of the history of the Hispanos in the American Southwest from the period of exploration to the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. For the purposes of this course the Southwest is defined as including the geographic area under Spanish and Mexican sovereignty before 1848.
Credits: 3
Suffix: HI1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 131 - Southwest History and Culture
A broad introduction to Southwestern history and cultures with lectures on history, archaeology, literature, art, and other related topics.
Credits: 3
Suffix: HI1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 181 - US/SW Environmental History
This course explores the environmental history of the U.S. from pre-European contact through today, with a focus on the West/ Southwest. The course will look at how the land and culture(s) interacted to reorganize and redefine one another, the relationship between environmental and cultural change, and how the present is linked to the past. This course is the same as Hist 181; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 3
Suffix: HI1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 241 - Public History:Scope & Methods
We will examine the “front end” of history various ways in which stories of the past are taken outside of the academy’s “stone walls” and presented to the general public. Public historians package and convey history to make it come alive. They apply historical knowledge and methods in settings as diverse as archives, museums, historical sites, businesses, and mass media.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 255 - Intro to Heritage Preservation
The Introduction to Heritage Preservation course will introduce students to a number of career paths in public history, archives, museums, and interpretation within federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, the National Parks Service, the Bureau of Land Management and tribal cultural preservation programs. Field trips, guest speakers, and group projects will be featured.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 256 - Introduction to Museums
Introduction to Museums will enable students to learn about a wide facet of museum careers in art, culture, and history museums and in the interpretation of culture and historic sites. Students will get hands on experience with the numerous collections at the Center of Southwest Studies. Field trips, guest speakers, and group projects will be featured. Consent of instructor.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 265 - Art History of the Southwest
A comprehensive study of the art forms developed in the Southwest, starting with Mesoamerica and ending with contemporary Southwest artists. The course emphasizes the cultural impact upon design transitions as it traces contemporary designs to their roots. The course is the same as Art 265; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 280 - Native Amer in Modern World
This is an introductory study of contemporary affairs in Indian Country. The historical beginnings, development and current significance of today’s issues will be studied. Students will learn of these issues from recent materials, many produced by Indian people, and will be encouraged to explore their own interests in Indian affairs in brief writing assignments.
Credits: 3
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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SW 301 - Writing/SW Studies Discipline
This course fulfills the writing requirement for the Southwest Studies major. Students will study methods of writing of established scholars in the field and produce their own written materials appropriate for Southwest Studies.
Prerequisites: (COMP 150 OR COMP 126 OR COMP 250) AND LIB 150
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 315 - Native American News Writing
For upper division students with good writing skills. In addition to the requirements for the SW 115 level course, students will work with and edit stories for students in the 115 class.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: May be taken twice for credit.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 317 - History of American Indians in Film
An analysis of the treatment of American Indians in film. It also will relate film images to images in literature and other media.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 318 - History of Chicanos in Film
This course will focus on the changing treatment of Hispanos/ Chicanos in American commercial film. It will deal with the issue of stereotypes and will relate films to prevailing attitudes at the time in which they were made. It also will evaluate the impact of film on public attitudes.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 320 - West/SW American History
This course will focus on the 19th century American west. Using the theme of expansionism, the course will look at the interaction between cultures and people in the West, the forces that produced a unique section of the country, the creation of the mythic West and its enduring legacy, and how the present is linked to the past in the trans Mississippi West.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 322 - American Indian Philosophies
The course will look at the various aspects of American Indian philosophies and the manifestations of those philosophies. The course will study both traditional philosophies and those that have been changed through contact with American society.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 323 - Southwest Indian History
Studies the history and culture of Native American groups in the Southwest.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 326 - West & SW in Film and Fiction
An analysis of the treatment of the West and Southwest in film and fiction.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 327 - American Indians & Mass Media
The Native Peoples of North America have been the subjects of a virtual war of misinformation since first contacts with Europeans. American mass media still cast images of Indian people that serve to trivialize their concerns and confound their attempts to remain culturally distinct and sovereign peoples. Students in this course will appraise the process and effects of stereotyping of Indian people in the mass media and learn of the responses of today’s Indian media professionals. Issues of cultural dominance and new media technologies will also be examined. Students will evaluate media materials through written research and oral presentations and produce media products to counter the problems created for Indian people by the mass media.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 330 - Cowboys, Cattlemen & Pop Cult
This course focuses upon the cattle industry in the United States. The approach is interdisciplinary and will include history, folklore, music, art, and literature. Contemporary issues such as those related to grazing policies, image of the cowboy, and rodeo will also be included.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 333 - Wilderness in America
This course traces the history of the concept of wilderness on American public lands beginning in the Colonial period in the 1600s with wilderness defined as a dangerous, unsettled area, to the establishment of the federal wilderness preservation system in 1964. Students will read history, literature and science and will come to understand difficult issues in managing wilderness areas today. Hiking, camping, and field trips to wilderness areas in the San Juan Mountains will be an integral part of the course.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 335 - Nat’l Parks: America’s Best Idea
This course will begin with the history of the National Park Service and the Organic Act, passed in 1916, that required national parks to remain “unimpaired for future generations” thus creating the paradox of public use versus site preservation. The evolution of the National Park Service will be discussed with equal attention to history and science and the concept of national parks as valuable biotic reservoirs for ecosystems and endangered species and as home to spectacular mountain and canyon Western landscapes. The course will also focus on history, archaeology, and anthropology as those disciplines have been interpreted at units of the National Park Service including national monuments national parks, national recreation areas, and national seashores.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
Notes: Field trips will be required.
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SW 340 - Archival Theory and Practice
The tools and approaches taught in this course should be useful to anyone who aims at making a difference in today’s information age. In addition to learning organizational principles from the archival profession, students will examine and implement effective and efficient ways of storing, accessing, and selectively preserving data. Classes are supplemented by archival work in the Center of Southwest Studies.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-3)
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SW 341 - Oral History; Theory & Pract
This course uses interactive listening to provide an understanding of the theory and practice of producing oral histories. It will benefit a budding historian, anthropologist, folklorist, sociologist, or archivist, and anyone wanting to improve listening skills and desiring to preserve an otherwise undocumented aspect of our past. Participants practice oral history interviewing and transcription. The final product is transcribed oral history interview of sufficient historical research value to warrant inclusion in the Center of Southwest Studies collection.
Prerequisites: COMP 150 OR COMP 126 OR COMP 250
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 342 - Cultural Resources
This course is designed to prepare students in the interpretation of cultural resources and to create awareness of Western heritage under specific topics such as Indian Heritage; mining heritage; ranching heritage; etc. Each class will have a different cohesive theme that will include readings, research, guest speakers, and field trips.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 344 - Native American Oral Tradition
Native American Oral Traditions still offer distinct perceptions of the world. Students in this course will learn of the evolution of tribal oral traditions from early records of their existence to the modern issues surrounding their maintenance. These and other issues will be explored through essay and oral assignments and participation in individual and group activities in recording oral traditions.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 355 - Dev of US Indian Policy
This course traces the development of United State policy toward the American Indians. Beginning with the policies inherited from European colonizers, the federal government developed expedient policies to balance the desires of its own citizens with the Indian peoples’ legal rights and hopes for continued tribal survival. The course documents the opposing concepts of assimilation and segregation that have led to the present philosophy of pluralism and self-determination in United States Indian policy.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 360 - MesoAmerican Art History
Mesoamerican Art History is an overview of the prehistoric civilizations of Mesoamerica. It examines, in detail, culture, art and architecture of the area, including Maya, Olmec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Haustec, Colima and Aztec. This course is the same as Art 365; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Prerequisites: CO1 course AND (LIB 150 OR LIB 150 Proficiency Score 1 OR CO2 course)
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest
A survey of the complex relationships between human and biotic communities in the Southwest from ethnobotany to agriculture to the urban Southwest with an emphasis on technology, culture, and ecology.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 368 - Native N. American Art History
Using a regional approach, this course examines art by Native Americans from Alaska, the Northwest Coast of North America, Plains, Woodlands, California, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest regions of the United States. The influence of tourism, photography, and museums on art, as well as Native American influence on these forces is also examined. Art surveyed ranges from the archaic to the contemporary. This course is the same as Art 368. Credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 380 - Native Amer Lit: Topics
A study of traditional and contemporary Native American expression as seen through oration, tales and legends, chants and songs, poetry, drama, autobiography and the novel. This course is the same as Engl 380; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Prerequisites: CO1 course AND (LIB 150 OR LIB 150 Proficiency Score 1 OR CO2 course)
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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SW 382 - Hispano Lit, Art, Cult
Survey of the re-assertion of Chicano culture in the Southwest with a focus on myth, ritual, symbol and storytelling through art and literature and emphasis upon the relationships between Meso American, American Indian, and Indo-Hispano cultures
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 383 - Southwest History to 1868
The course will cover the history in the American Southwest to 1868 with an emphasis on the theoretical, practical, and conceptual foundations of the production of history, geographical, and cultural knowledge.
Prerequisites: (CO1 course AND LIB 150) OR CO2 course
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 384 - Southwest History since 1868
This course is a survey of the historical geography of the American Southwest from 1868 to the present. It is designed to place the historical narrative within the landscape and includes significant field experience.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 425 - Hispanic Civilization
Using a global approach, this course examines the histories and cultures of the Indian and Hispanic Southwest by comparing them to the Hispanic cultures in Latin America, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 450 - Tribal Preservation
Tribal Preservation will introduce students to all aspects of tribal historic preservation and cultural resource management on Indian lands. Using a case study approach, students will learn how to preserve and protect sacred objects and sacred places and explore career options with native programs. Field trips and guest speakers will be featured.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 481 - Colorado History
The history and peoples of Colorado from the preterritorial days through the present. This course is the same as Hist 324; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 482 - Western American Mining
From the days of the Spanish to today, a history of mining and its impact, with special emphasis on the Southwest. This course is the same as Hist 322; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 491 - Practicum
As an integral part of a heritage preservation certificate, the Southwest Studies practicum will provide valuable work-related experience in the Durango area for a minimum of 120 contact hours. Students may work on campus, in area museums, or with federal agencies involved in cultural preservation. This is a formal mentored relationship to allow students to pursue career goals in the preservation field.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-3)
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SW 493 - Internship Southwest Studies
The internship offers instruction and hands-on experience in museology and archival management.
Credits: 1 to 6
Repeatable: Course is repeatable for up to 6 credits.
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SW 496 - Senior Seminar
Senior seminar in Southwest Studies.
Prerequisites: (CO1 course AND LIB 150) OR CO2 course
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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SW 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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THEA 100 - Theatrical Production I
This course involves initial participation in theatrical production. It includes involvement in various areas of theatre from inception to presentation. Students with little or no theatre experience will gain a working knowledge of performance.
Credits: 1 to 4
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
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THEA 101 - Introduction to Theatre
This course offers a general introduction to the theatre and to performance in the human experience. Students view and discuss films and live performances, and perform scenes in class. The course emphasizes an understanding of the processes of creating theatre, and of the role of theatre and performance in the context of cultures and contemporary society. Guest speakers from other disciplines introduce a variety of perspectives on performance as a human activity. There is a strong participatory component to the course.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 126 - Introduction to the Dance
This course offers an exploration of the historical/ theoretical basis of dance and its many variant forms. In addition to gaining an historical and theoretical knowledge of dance, this course includes the practical/technical overview of traditional and contemporary dance forms including African dance, folk dance, ballet, jazz dance, musical theatre, performance art, and dance improvisation. Students will gain a general knowledge of technical skills as well as a broad knowledge and appreciation of the art and history of dance.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 135 - Acting Techniques I
This course introduces students to basic performance techniques including a study of basic techniques in body, voice, characterization, and play analysis as they are applied to performance. It includes improvisation skills, performance of dramatic text and literature, text analysis, and introductory scene work.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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THEA 156 - Guest Artist Series
This course gives both theatre and non-theatre students the opportunity to work with and learn from guest artists – directors, designers, and performers – who are visiting from professional theatre venues of world renowned status. Students may choose to participate in some or all of the guest artist series depending on the schedule and the number of registered credit hours.
Credits: 1 to 3
Repeatable: Repeatable up to 8 times.
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THEA 166 - Dance Techniques: Topics
Students will learn and practice the technique of a specific style while concentrating on personal abilities, awareness, and ways to correctly train his or her body. The technique taught each session will vary each term.
Credits: 2
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits maximum in any combination from Thea 166 and 366.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
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THEA 200 - Theatrical Production II
This course constitutes involvement of the intermediate level student in theatrical production. Students with a developing dedication to theatre participate in selected areas including but not limited to dramaturgy, technical theatre, performance administration, and performance. Repertoire includes classical, modern, musical theatre, and dance.
Credits: 1 to 4
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
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THEA 230 - Stage Technology
This course provides students with a basic working knowledge of the technical aspects of theatre including scenery construction, costume construction, prop construction, lighting equipment and its uses, and introductory knowledge of the aspects of stage design.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 233 - Audition Techniques
An audition is the actor’s primary tool for securing employment. This course explores the audition process in terms of text analysis, musical auditions, film auditions, choosing audition materials, and audition trends across the United States. The purpose of this course is to help students compile an audition repertoire in order to be competitive in both the professional and educational world of theatre.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
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THEA 238 - Acting Techniques II
This course involves advanced training in application of acting techniques of the voice and body including techniques of: freeing the body and voice, body language, movement in the development of characterization, advanced text analysis, and other actor techniques.
Prerequisites: THEA 135
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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THEA 240 - Ancient & Classical Theatre
This course is the first in the theatre criticism/dramatic literature sequence (240, 340, and 342). Students taking this course attain a breadth and depth of foundational knowledge of world theatre/ dramatic literature and cultures by examining various styles and traditions of performers, playhouses, plays, and playwrights to1800. Focus is placed on reading and analyzing plays and attaining insight into the thinking and theatre conventions of times and places at a greater distance from our own including: Classical Greek and Roman, Asian, Indonesian, Medieval, Italian Renaissance, Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline, Spanish, French Neo-classic, Restoration and Enlightenment.
Credits: 4
Suffix: AH1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 270 - Acting for Camera
In this course students will be introduced to techniques for performing to camera. Explorations include appropriate voice/ body work. Students should be enabled to grow in confidence and work with appearance and sound on camera. Commercials and short pieces of TV or film script will be utilized. The work will be undertaken using recording equipment in a rehearsal setting.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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THEA 272 - Vocal & Physical Preparation
This course is designed to be a lecture/demonstration/ experiential class for students interested in public performance. It is designed to give each student tools to develop voice and body (physical and vocal) skills for performance. Students will learn the discourse and practice of physical and vocal developments with regard to stretching, alignment, placement, anatomy, quality, and projection.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
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THEA 274 - Make-up & Costume Design
The study and application of the production elements, materials, methods, and principles of design as applied to stage costume and make-up. Emphasizes costume history and texts in analysis and interpretation. Presented in a studio format and project driven. Explores concept development, style selection, and extensive practice in a variety of techniques for costuming and make-up.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 296 - Sophomore Seminar
Theatre majors must take Sophomore Seminar after the completion of 14 theatre credits. This course addresses various facets of the theatre discipline, self evaluation, and career planning.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (2-0)
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THEA 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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THEA 300 - Theatrical Production III
This course involves participation in a theatrical production, including various areas of technical theatre, performance, and theatre administration. The maturing student is actively involved in theatre production(s) during the semester.
Credits: 1 to 4
Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 12 credits.
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THEA 310 - Scenic Design & Technology
This course examines the process of theatrical scene design from early conception to realization. Course work is project-based. Students are introduced to the crafts of script analysis, conceptualization, design expression, drafting, and 3-D model building. Involves projects in theatrical scene design and provides intensive practice in sketching, rendering, drafting, and model-building.
Prerequisites: THEA 230
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 322 - Creative Dramatics
Creative Drama uses a student’s innate ability to “play” in the developmental process of becoming a productive well adjusted human being. This course focuses on using drama as a teaching tool in multiple disciplines, using drama as a socializing tool for children and adults, and understanding drama as an art form.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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THEA 323 - Children’s Theatre
In this performance-based course, students will explore dramatic literature appropriate for child audiences. Students will perform for area schoolchildren.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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