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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Gender and Women’s Studies |
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GWST 348 - Black, Queer, and Feminist Film (3.00)
This course examines prominent themes in films that fall within the categories “Black,” “Queer,” and “Feminist.” Most of the films are narrative, dealing with issues involving race, gender, and sexuality. This course is not just about watching films. It makes extensive use of critical historical and theoretical texts from the disciplines of psychoanalysis, feminism, literary and queer theory, as well as from film history, art history, and critical theory. Prior knowledge of film-making and/or film history/theory is not required. Recommended Preparation GWST 210
Course ID: 102061
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 349 - Gender, Sexuality and Theatrical Performance. (3.00)
The course explores representations of both gender and sexual identity in contemporary Western theatre and performance art. Specifically, we will study how representations of gender and sexuality in performance both replicate and resist normative roles and stereotypes. The course investigates feminist and queer critiques of theatrical performance, as well as the meaning of female and queer characters in dramatic literature and their embodiment on the stage.
Course ID: 50110
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: THTR 349
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have Sophomore Standing.
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GWST 352 - Women, Gender, and Information Technology (3.00)
This course examines critical issues concerning women, gender, and information technology. It considers women’s critical contributions to technology, from the 19th century Analytical Engine to contemporary cybersecurity industry; how women and girls fare in IT educational and professional settings; and how these issues intersect with multiple dimensions including nationality, race, class, and age. Students connect these issues to their personal experiences, academic plans, and career choices. · Recommended Preparation A prior course in Computer Science, Information Systems or Gender and Women’s Studies.
Course ID: 50049
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: CMSC 352H , GWST 352H
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: CMSC 352 , IS 352
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GWST 352H - Women, Gender, and Information Technology (3.00)
This course examines important issues concerning women, gender, and information technology (IT). It considers women’s contributions to technology, from the 19th century Analytical Engine to contemporary cybersecurity industry; how women are impacted by technology; how women and girls fare in IT educational settings; and the way these issues intersect with multiple dimensions of experience, such as nationality, race, class and age. Students will connect these issues to their ow n experiences, including academic and career choices, and will utilize information technology to completing course assignments. Recommended Preparation A prior course in computer science, information systems or gender and women’s studies.
Course ID: 100342
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GWST 352
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: CMSC 352 , IS 352
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed one IS, CMSC, or GWST course with a grade of C or better.
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GWST 353 - Marriage and the Family (3.00)
Marriage and family as social institutions. Primary relationships in marriage, their development in courtship, formalization in marriage and extension to children. The course draws on materials from related disciplines, as well as from sociology. Special emphasis on marriage and change in sex roles in modern societies. Recommended Preparation SOCY 101 or ANTH 211
Course ID: 50134
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: SOCY 353
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GWST 355 - The Sociology of Gender (3.00)
This course introduces the key concepts sociologists have contributed to the study of gender. We will examine the origins and development of those concepts and empirical work on the sociology of gender in the last three decades. Intersectional feminist theories and research will be emphasized, as we examine how gender is socially constructed within ethno-racial contexts. Students will also be introduced to global/transnational concerns, studies of masculinities, the body and sexuality studies.
Course ID: 50117
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: SOCY 355
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed SOCY 101 or ANTH 211 or GWST 100 , any with “C” or better.
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GWST 356 - The Psychology of Sex and Gender (3.00)
An examination of the psychology and biology of sex and gender differences. The major focus of the course is an examination of the psychological and social factors that lead to the development of sex and gender differences and similarities in behavior. Sexuality and variations in sexual orientation will be discussed. Research on both sexes (biological construct) and gender (consequence of socialization) will be included. Diversity and variation on concepts will be explored.
Course ID: 50116
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: PSYC 356
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed PSYC 100 and one other PSYC course both with a C or better.
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GWST 357 - The Psychology of Women and Gender (3.00)
This course examines theories and scientific research on the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the psychology of women, as well as topics such a feminist psychology, intersetionality, bias in psychological research, sexual orientation, sexuality, lifespan development, and health. The psychology of persons outside the gender binary is also discussed. It is cross-listed as PSYC 357 .
Course ID: 50115
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: PSYC 357
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed PSYC 100 and one other PSYC course both with a C or better.
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GWST 364 - Perspectives on Women in Literature (3.00)
Reading and analysis of literature by or about women. The course intends to familiarize students both with major women writers and with ways in which women have been portrayed in literature. Particular attention will be paid to issues of canonization, gender and genre, as well as to the development of a female literary tradition. Topics to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 50085
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: New Women Novelists, Pers: Women In Amer Lit, Persp: Women In Amer Lit, Jane Austen Romantic Nov, Pers:Women In Amer Fictn, Images Of Joan Of Arc, Pers:Women In Amer Lit, The Woman Intellectual in the, Women in Medieval Literature and Culture, Women Writers & the French Revolution, Women and the Fictions of Colonization, The Female Captive in Early American Literature, Romanticism, Gender and Magic, Women’s Work in Early America
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR), Writing Intensive (GEP)
Same as Offered: ENGL 364
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete a 200 level ENGL course with a C or better.
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GWST 365 - Black Women Novelists (3.00)
In this course, students will read and analyze the first-person narratives of African and diasporan women to understand how women have used language to define and empower themselves in conformity to or in opposition to the social conventions and political ideologies of their societies. Personal narratives such as letters, diaries, memoirs, essays, journals and autobiographies will be read as literary texts - which are imaginative, reflexive and symbolic - and as social documents - which underscore the ways in which race, class, gender and sexual orientation affect the lives of black women. Texts will be examined within the framework of feminist, particularly black feminist theory and practice. Recommended Preparation GWST 100 /GWST 370 /AFST 370 .
Course ID: 100003
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 366 - Doing It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality (3.00)
This course will explore how sexuality works in Western history. We will work with the contention that sexuality, along with connected notions of masculinity and femininity, are largely social constructions, and have been the object of intense social scrutiny and political regulation. We will investigate sexual desire and behavior, and sexual and gender ideologies, and will explore how they relate to a variety of topics such as race, marriage, reproduction, same-sex relations, religion, and the politics of state building. Recommended Preparation Any 100 Social Science or Culture course
Course ID: 101930
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: HIST 366
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GWST 367 - The Anthropology of Gender (3.00)
The Anthropology of Gender concerns the wide range of meanings given to gender and sexuality in different settings. In exploring how gender and sexuality are culturally constructed the course does not focus on the biology of gender and sexuality per se. Rather, the course explores distinctive peoples’ understandings of gender and sexuality. Lectures focus on basic principles by which to examine gender in cross-cultural perspective. Readings focus on detailed and complex examples of distinctive gender and sexuality systems.
Course ID: 102062
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: ANTH 367
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete ANTH 211 or SOCY 101 with a C or better.
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GWST 370 - Black Women: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3.00)
A comparative examination of selected social and psychological factors that influence the lives of black women in Africa and the diaspora. Recommended Preparation AFST 100 , GWST 100 or permission of instructor
Course ID: 50007
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 370
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GWST 371 - The Female Offender (3.00)
An examination of causes and incidence of female crime and the exploration of major theories from Freud to the feminist. Community response to female crime and alternative forms of treatment are evaluated. Recommended Preparation AFST 271 or junior/senior standing
Course ID: 50009
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: AFST 371
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GWST 374 - European Women’s History 1200-1750 (3.00)
An examination of the status and roles of women in European society through out the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Through a mixture of secondary readings, primary sources, and film, this course investigates ideas about women and gender as well as the actions and ideas of women in the past. Topics include women and religion, women and work, women’s household and familial roles, women and sexuality, women and politics, and women’s education and writings. Recommended Preparation Any 100-level social science course or junior/senior status
Course ID: 50135
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: HIST 374
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GWST 375 - European Women’s History 1750-Present (3.00)
Examination of women in European society from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. The course emphasizes women’s life experiences within the context of larger historical changes in Europe (including the economy, cultural life, and social movements). Thus, a major goal of the course is to present women’s history both as an integral part of European social and cultural history and as a unique subject of historical investigation. Students will learn to think critically about historical arguments and to understand both the difference that gender makes in history and the differences among women’s historical experiences. The course will examine how diversity of class, race and nation shaped women’s lives by focusing on white aristocratic, middle-class and working- class women, as well as colonized and women of color. Recommended Preparation Any 100-level social science course, 100-level literature course.
Course ID: 50123
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: HIST 375
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GWST 376 - European Women’s History, 1914 - Present (3.00)
An examination of the role of women in European society from the eve of World War I until the present. Because the approach will be from a political, social, economic and cultural history perspective, readings will include a women’s history textbook, primary documents, autobiographical and biographical sketches, historical fiction and scholarly analysis of the role of gender in 20th-century Europe. Recommended Preparation Any 100-level social science course, 200-level literature course, junior/senior standing.
Course ID: 50104
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: HIST 376
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GWST 377 - Women and Social Policy (3.00)
This course explores the impact of social welfare programs and policies upon women’s lives, examines the assumptions and values that have gone into the formulation of these policies, and discusses alternative approaches to dealing with women’s concerns. Topics include economic circumstances, women and violence, traditional and alternative social services, and agendas for reform.
Course ID: 50136
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: SOWK 377
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GWST 378 - Women, Gender and Science (3.00)
This course explores how the sciences have conceptualized and explained various forms of difference-what scientific knowledge says about sex, gender, race, sexuality, and other identity categories-as well as whether gender and race shape the “doing” of science-(how) does identity matter in scientific practice? Through a series of writing and research projects, the course asks students to untangle the complex relationship between scientific knowledge and social inequality, and to consider role of scientific practice in social change. Recommended Preparation GWST 100 , orGWST 200 .
Course ID: 51374
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Gndr, Science And Tech
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete ENGL 100 or equivalent with a C or better.
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GWST 380 - Women and Gender in Asia (3.00)
An examination of the role of women and gender in Japan, China and Korea since ancient times. Topics include the influence of gender roles in work, marriage, sexuality and birth control practices. Scholarly analysis, historical fiction and film will be used. Recommended Preparation Any 100-level social science course .
Course ID: 50127
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: HAPP 380
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GWST 381 - Sexuality and Reproduction in the U.S. (3.00)
The course investigates the history and cultural politics of reproduction in the U.S, including 19th century criminalization of contraception and abortion as well as the 20th century liberalization of those laws. Special attention is given to gendered assumptions about heterosexual practices, family formation, and national belonging underlying these debates; the organized advocacy for women’s sexual and reproductive rights; and how intersecting sexual, racial, religious, and international politics have shaped domestic and foreign population policy. Recommended Preparation GWST 100 and (GWST 200 , or GWST 300 )
Course ID: 54596
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 382 - Perspectives on the Family (3.00)
An investigation of family life in America in various historical periods and among different subgroups. Three themes or questions dominate the course: the relationship of the family to the social context within which it exists; the nature and cause of different forms of family life within various American subcultures, past and present; and the extent to which the family has changed and not changed during several centuries. Specific families examined include the colonial New England family, the 19th-century urban middle class, the ethnic family, the black family and the contemporary family. Within each of these types of family experience, specific topics to be investigated include the role of women, relationships between women and men, attitudes toward children, modes of childrearing, housing styles and others. As part of the course, students examine their own family history. Recommended Preparation One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture or permission of the instructor
Course ID: 50035
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Arts and Humanities (GFR)
Same as Offered: AMST 382
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GWST 383 - History and Politics of Sexuality (3.00)
Sexuality is often considered a timeless fact of human existence, but it too has a history. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course introduces students to ways of thinking historically about sexuality, its politics, and its changing role in personal, social, and economic life. Using case studies from different times and places, students will learn to think critically about the social-historical production of sexuality as well as how those productions shape current conceptions of sexuality, sexual orientation, gender, identity, and politics. Recommended Preparation GWST 210 .
Course ID: 101812
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 390 - Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies (3.00)
A critical examination of selected issues in gender and women’s studies. Topics will be announced each semester and the course may be repeated for credit.
Course ID: 51375
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Tv’s Funny Ladies, Gender And Aging, Violence Against Women, Queer Represent Film/Tv, Gender & American Comedy, Gender & The Environment, Romantic Women Writers, Polit. Economy Of Gender, Women’s Health, Studies Of Masculinities, Issues & Phases Of Hlth., Issues In Women’s Health, Amer Women In War Times, Cult Poli Of Population, Gender And Nationalism, Gender and Sexuality in Asian/American Visual Cult, Contemporary Arts in the Non-Western World, Black, Queer and Feminist Film, Feminist Internat’l Relations, Unruly Bodies, Gender in Modern South Asia, Diagnosing Gender, Gender and Human Rights in Latin America, Gender and International Development, Anthropology of Gender, Modern Masculinities, Race, Humor, & 90’s Television, Transnational Femininities
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GWST 391 - The Philosophy of Sex (3.00)
An examination of the philosophical aspects of human sexuality. Topics include theories of sexual desire and sexual activity; the concept of sexual perversion; the moral evaluation of sex acts; feminist analysis of the sexual relations between men and women; and the moral status of homosexuality, adultery, pornography and abortion.
Course ID: 50122
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: PHIL 391
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have taken (1) PHIL course and received a grade of “C” or better before taking this course.
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GWST 392 - Topics in Critical Sexuality Studies (3.00)
A critical examination of selected issues in critical sexuality studies. Topics will be announced each semester and the course may be repeated for credit. Recommended Preparation GWST 210
Course ID: 102085
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Transnational Femininities
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GWST 400 - Senior Independent Study (3.00)
Course ID: 51175
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 401 - Special Projects in Gender and Women’s Studies (1.00 - 3.00)
Intended for students who wish to study independently an aspect of gender and women’s studies not covered by regular course offerings. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits. Recommended Preparation Junior/ senior standing, at least six prior credits in gender and women’s studies courses and written permission of the instructor who will supervise the project
Course ID: 51176
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Independent Study
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GWST 413 - Language, Gender and Sexuality (3.00)
In Language, Gender and Sexuality, students gain an in-depth understanding of how language, gender, and sexuality are integrated into the fabric of cultures and societies and how sociocultural contexts give meaning to linguistic practices, to categories of gender and sexuality, and to the construction of gendered, sexual, and other identities.. Students will examine and evaluate a diverse body of scholarship from linguistics, anthropology, gender and sexuality studies, and sociology. Critical attention will be paid to understanding the roles of language, gender and sexuality in the U.S. context, especially with regard to education and the media; we will also explore relationships between language, gender, and sexuality in the range of other Western and non-Western cultures. Students will apply what they have learned in the course to final research projects.
Course ID: 100279
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: GWST 613, LLC 613, MLL 413 , MLL 613
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete one of the following: GWST 100 or GWST 200 or LING 360
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GWST 433 - Gender, Work, and Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3.00)
Work and family relationships as affected by gender stratification. Topics include separation of work and family, division of household labor, gender-wage differences, occupational segregation, impact of government work, and family policies on women and men.
Course ID: 50121
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive (GEP)
Same as Offered: SOCY 433
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GWST 434 - Gender and the Life Course (3.00)
This course examines the complex interactions of two critical social constructs: gender and the life course. Material will examine how these constructs have developed over time, how they vary across cultures and historical periods and how they interact to construct very different lives for males and females in society. Specific foci of the course include demographic and biological underpinnings of gender and the life course, age stratification systems, and times of family and other life events by gender.
Course ID: 50107
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: SOCY 434
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete SOCY 101 or GWST 100 with a minimum grade of C and your academic standing must be junior.
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GWST 439 - Women in Africa and the Diaspora (3.00)
This course uses the comparative approach to examine the experiences of women of African descent from the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. It will introduce students to interdisciplinary and comparative theories and materials that will enable them to explore the economic, cultural, social and political roles of women in Africa and African descended women in the United States. Using comparative gender analysis as its theoretical focus with a global perspective, the course emphasizes the diverse, shared historical experiences of women of African descent as enslaved persons, colonial subjects and victims of all forms of oppression as well as agents of social change. Examined as well are their roles in society as mothers, daughters, wives and workers along with their participation in social and political movements since the abolition era. The course also highlights how such other social indexes as class, race, ethnic, national and religious backgrounds affect women’s lives and roles in society. Problems and issues that directly affect them and how to improve their status in the face of increased globalization will be explored.
Course ID: 100280
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: AFST 439
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GWST 444 - Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (3.00)
Survey and critique of psychological research in the areas of sexual orientation and gender identity, covering operational definitions/scientific methods, history of sexual orientation and gender in the mental health field, cause theories, developmental issues across the life span, discrimination and violence, and mental health issues.
Course ID: 102390
Consent: No Special Consent Required`
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive (GEP)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete PSYC 311 with a C or better or complete GWST 210 and PSYC 100 and one of GWST 300 or PSYC 356 or PSYC 357 , each with a C or better.
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GWST 450 - Internship (1.00 - 3.00)
This course offers practical work experience in businesses, agencies and organizations dealing with women’s concerns (e.g., Maryland Commission for Women, Planned Parenthood, National Women’s Health Network). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits. Recommended Preparation Sophomore standing, GPA of 2.5 or higher, at least six prior credits in gender and women’s studies courses and written permission of the program director.
Course ID: 51067
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Field Studies
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GWST 452 - WILL Internship Seminar (2.00)
This seminar links GWST course materials to advanced activist and leadership activities. Students coordinate and lead the WILL membership to plan and implement activist projects. Internship students also produce written guides for use by future WILL members for organizing activities. Particular attention will be paid to defining problems, creative responses, and how to build coalitions with stakeholders across the campus and wider community.
Course ID: 51019
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 458 - Advanced Topics in Feminist Philosophy (3.00)
A detailed examination of some single field of feminist philosophy. Topics will vary from year to year but are likely to include the following: feminist ethics, feminist epistemology and feminist aesthetics. In each case, the class will focus on the theoretical and practical impact of feminist thinking on these traditional areas of philosophy. We will critically discuss the relevance of women’s lived experience for philosophical theorizing. Recommended Preparation Two of the following PHIL 258 , PHIL 350 , PHIL 368 , PHIL 371 , PHIL 373 , PHIL 372 , GWST 480 or permission of the instructor
Course ID: 50120
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: PHIL 458
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete (2) PHIL courses (at least one 300 level), with a grade of C or better to take this class.
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GWST 464 - Studies in Women and Literature (3.00)
The study of literature by or about women with an introduction to feminist literary theory and methods. The course will address questions of canonicity and a female literary tradition. It will examine the relationship between gender and genre, identify patterns of gender representation, and introduce students to key terms and questions in the scholarly study of gender and sexuality. The course topic will be announced each semester. Also listed as GWST 364 . This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits or 3 attempts.
Course ID: 1891
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: ENGL 464
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete any 300 level English Course with a grade of C or better
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GWST 469 - Masculinity and Femininity in the Middle Ages (3,00)
This course considers how medieval society defined femininity and masculinity, appropriate male and female behavior, and men and women¿s bodies. Close study of primary and secondary sources will help answer these questions: What did it mean to be masculine/feminine within medieval culture? Who created these definitions? How were the definitions challenged? What role does sexual behavior play in these definitions? How do other categories, like economic class, religion, and ethnicity complicate ideas about gender? Recommended Preparation HIST 201 and HIST 362 or HIST 366 or GWST 100 or GWST 210
Course ID: 102172
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: HIST 469
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GWST 480 - Theories of Feminism (3.00)
This course examines significant debates in feminist social and political theory. The class will read major foundational and contemporary works. It takes an intersectional approach, focusing particularly on social constructions of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, class, and sexuality. It draws on U.S. and transnational feminist sources to investigate causes and consequences of gender difference, hierarchies, and inequalities. Throughout the course, consideration is also given to the relationships between feminist theory and contemporary social justice movements. Recommended Preparation GWST 100 and GWST 200 .
Course ID: 51020
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 485 - Sexuality and Queer Theory (3.00)
This course is a seminar in sexuality and queer theory. The primary focus is critical engagement with social, political, and cultural theories of the social construction of sexuality and sexual identities, and of the sources, causes, and effects of sexual inequality and strategies for reducing or eradicating inequality. While emphasis will be placed on theories of sexuality, substantial time will be spent on theories of how sexuality is implicated in and supported by other forms of inequality such as gender, race, ethnicity, and class.
Course ID: 101764
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 490 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies (3.00)
Advanced investigation of selected topics in gender and women’s studies. Topics will be announced each semester and the course may be repeated for credit.
Course ID: 51332
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Women & Poli Latin Amer, Language And Gender, Advanced Topics In Gwst, Femin & Masc Middle Age, Women & Politics:Latn Am, Seminar:Art Hist & Theor, Women in African Diaspora, Critical Studies of Pornography, Latin American Women Writers, Gender, Ideology & War in 20th Centure Europe, Environment,Science,Gender&Politics/Chemical World
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GWST 491 - WILL Senior Seminar (2.00)
This WILL-only seminar serves as a capstone course for the WILL program. Students will reflect on their involvement in the program and produce plans of action to continue their activist work after graduation. Readings and assignments will help students build their toolboxes for continuing their activism and civic agency outside the university setting.
Course ID: 51179
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 492 - Advanced Topics in Critical Sexuality Studies (3.00)
Advanced investigation of selected topics in critical sexuality studies. Topics will be announced each semester and the course may be repeated for credit. Recommended Preparation GWST 210 or GWST 345
Course ID: 102086
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GWST 495 - Colloquium: Research and Activism (3.00)
The Colloquium provides an opportunity to integrate the subject matter and interdisciplinary methodologies of the major program by focusing on a significant problem in the study of gender and women’s issues and activism. Emphasis is placed on student involvement in both the process and the content of gender analysis. Written and oral reports and a research paper are required.
Course ID: 51126
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive (GEP)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GWST 100 and GWST 300 and GWST 480 with a C or better.
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GES 102 - Human Geography (3.00)
Study of the distribution of human activities and the causes and consequences of these distributions, including population, resources, economic activity, urban and rural settlements and cultural phenomena.
Course ID: 51313
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 102Y
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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GES 102Y - Human Geography (4.00)
Study of the distribution of human activities and the causes and consequences of these distributions, including population, resources, economic activity, urban and rural settlements and cultural phenomena.
Course ID: 54543
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 102
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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GES 105 - World Regional Geography (3.00)
A survey of world regions illustrating the interaction of physical and cultural processes. These processes are examined in the context of problems confronting different cultures in contrasting environments. The course deals with regional stresses and conflicts and their geographic implications.
Course ID: 51149
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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GES 110 - Physical Geography (3.00)
Study of the principles and processes of climate, earth materials, landforms, soils and vegetation that give logic to their integrated patterns of world distribution.
Course ID: 51203
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 110Y
Attributes: Science (non-lab) (GEP), Science (non-lab) (GFR)
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GES 110Y - Physical Geography (4.00)
Study of the principles and processes of climate, earth materials, landforms, soils and vegetation that give logic to their integrated patterns of world distribution.
Course ID: 54544
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 110
Attributes: Science (non-lab) (GEP), Science (non-lab) (GFR)
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GES 111 - Principles of Geology (3.00)
An introduction to the structure, composition, historical evolution and surface features of the earth. Topics include the geologic time scale and radiometric dating; major groups of rocks and minerals; sedimentation and stratigraphy; plate tectonics, seismicity, volcanism, mountain-building and geologic structures; weathering and soil formation; and sculpture of the land by surficial processes.
Course ID: 51363
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Science (non-lab) (GEP), Science (non-lab) (GFR)
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GES 120 - Environmental Science and Conservation (3.00)
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of how the earth and the earth’s ecosystems work, how they are interconnected, and how humans utilize and impact natural resource systems. Environmental problems and solutions are examined and natural resource conservation strategies and policies are reviewed. Topics covered in the course include ecosystem processes, climate and climate change, biodiversity and endangered species, land degradation and deforestation, human population growth, agriculture, and water and soil resources.
Course ID: 51115
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 120H , GES 120Y
Attributes: Science (non-lab) (GEP), Science (non-lab) (GFR)
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GES 120H - Introduction to Environmental Conservation - Honors (3.00)
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of how the earth and the earth’s ecosystems work, how they are interconnected, and how humans utilize and impact natural resource systems. Environmental problems and solutions are examined and natural resource conservation strategies and policies are reviewed. Topics covered in the course include ecosystem processes, climate and climate change, biodiversity and endangered species, land degradation and deforestation, human population growth, agriculture, and water and soil resources.
Course ID: 51150
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 120 , GES 120Y
Attributes: Science (non-lab) (GEP), Science (non-lab) (GFR)
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GES 120Y - Environmental Science and Conservation (4.00)
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of how the earth and the earth’s ecosystems work, how they are interconnected, and how humans utilize and impact natural resource systems. Environmental problems and solutions are examined and natural resource conservation strategies and policies are reviewed. Topics covered in the course include ecosystem processes, climate and climate change, biodiversity and endangered species, land degradation and deforestation, human population growth, agriculture, and water and soil resources.
Course ID: 54545
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 120 , GES 120H
Attributes: Science (non-lab) (GEP), Science (non-lab) (GFR)
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GES 220 - Lab and Field Techniques for Environmental Science (4.00)
Students enrolled in this course will gain experience in field sampling, laboratory procedures and data analysis. Exercises will involve field and laboratory work with some combination of water, soils, vegetation, landforms and atmospheric phenomena. Students will work in teams, and each will develop a final research project for presentation at the end of the semester. This is a required course for students majoring in environmental science or environmental studies.
Course ID: 51156
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture, Laboratory
Attributes: Science Plus Lab (GEP), Science Plus Lab (GFR)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GES 120 with a grade of C or better. In addition, you must have completed BIOL 100 or BIOL 101 or BIOL 141 or CHEM 101 with a grade of C or better or be concurrently enrolled in BIOL 141 or CHEM 101 .
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GES 286 - Exploring the Environment: A Geo-Spatial Perspective (4.00)
This course is designed to introduce students to various technical tools that are currently being used in geography and environmental fields today. GIS, Remote Sensing, GPS and Cartography are discussed in the course. The course covers, among other topics, a basic understanding of how GPS systems function and how it integrate with GIS. The course also provides students a basic understanding of GIS software and concepts including raster and vector models. Students learn basic map fundamentals such as scale, map interpretation, and projections along with how remote sensing is used in mapping and GIS. The Lab portion of the course provides hands-on examples of different topical areas covered in lecture and how each integrates using real-world examples.
Course ID: 54546
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Attributes: Science Plus Lab (GEP), Science Plus Lab (GFR)
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GES 302 - Selective Topics in Geography (3.00)
This course is provided to allow flexibility in offering work not found elsewhere in the course offerings. The topic will be announced prior to the semester when it will be offered. This course is repeatable for credit. Recommended Preparation Three credits in a GES course or permission of instructor. Some topics will require additional prerequisites
Course ID: 51316
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Environmental Sociology, Gender & The Environment, Population Geography, Conservation Biology, Oceanography, Selected Topics In Ges, Environmental Policy, Watershed and Science Manageme, Geography of Latin America, Cultural Ecology: Nat Res Man, Arctic Geography, Physical Regions of the US, Natural Resource Management, Global Ind: Change Landscape, Change Context-Chesapeake Bay, Natural Hazards
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GES 304 - Community Research (3.00)
This course will involve undergraduate students in a team-based project to generate field research findings useful to a government or non-profit client/partner. The policy areas to be researched will include environment, health, housing, poverty, and urban development, among others. Team participants will include teaching and research faculty and staff, advanced graduate students, and a Sondheim Program-based Peaceworker. Undergraduates will contribute to the research design and to the preparation of the research findings, and will conduct extensive field research. They will build practical research skills and engage with members of local communities. This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts.
Course ID: 100236
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: AMST 304 , POLI 304 , PUB 304
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GES 305 - Landscape Ecology (3.00)
Landscape ecology is an integrative discipline aimed at understanding the causes and consequences of ecological pattern, process and change within and across landscapes at local, regional and global scales. This course introduces the fundamental concepts and tools of landscape ecology and explores their application in basic ecological science, biodiversity conservation, environmental management and landscape planning.
Course ID: 51257
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GES 120 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 307 - Conservation Biology (3.00)
This course focuses on the biology that underlies conservation problems and the challenges we face as a society. This course will introduce some of the literature, controversies, and promising methodologies used in Conservation Biology. Objectivity and sound research design are essential for scientific progress, thus a major emphasis will be on carefully evaluating each issue in a rigorous, scientific context. Specific goals of the course are: 1) To introduce the principal concepts and methodologies of Conservation Biology, 2) To enrich understanding of the scientific contributions necessary for solving conservation problems, 3) To foster understanding of the process of science in general, and as applied in conservation contexts, 4) To further develop analytical and communication skills, thereby improving the ability to contribute to creating solutions. Classes will consist of lectures and discussion on particular issues and readings.
Course ID: 54547
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed BIOL 141 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 308 - Ecology (3.00)
Students enrolled in this course will explore the interactions between the environment and organisms as individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems. Major topics include adaptive strategies of organisms, population dynamics, species interactions, community structure and function, biodiversity and productivity. This is a background course for students majoring in environmental science or environmental studies.
Course ID: 54548
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete BIOL 100 or BIOL100H or BIOL 101 or BIOL 141 or BIOL 141H with a grade of C or better.
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GES 310 - Geomorphology (3.00)
Study of earth surface processes and landforms, including: large-scale landscape patterns related to geologic structure; weathering and soils; hillslopes and mass wasting; watersheds and hydrologic processes; rivers and fluvial processes; coastal and estuarine processes and landforms; and the effects of glacial and periglacial activity. We will also discuss the impact of human activity on erosion and sediment yield and on landscape form and process. Recommended Preparation PHYS 111 or PHYS 121
Course ID: 51003
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 110 or GES 111 and MATH 150 or equivalent all with a C or better
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GES 311 - Weather and Climate (3.00)
This course offers an introduction to the physical processes that control weather and climate. Topics covered include the mechanics of atmospheric behavior, weather systems, the global distribution of climates and their causes, as well as various topics related to climatology.
Course ID: 51004
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: GES 110 with a C or better.
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GES 313 - Biogeography (3.00)
Study of the physical, biological and cultural factors that influence the changing distributions of plants and animals over the earth.
Course ID: 51364
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 110 or GES 120 with a C or better.
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GES 314 - Geography of Soils (3.00)
Study of the properties, distribution and development of soils, soil formation and classification, soil organisms and organic matter, and soil surveys.
Course ID: 51207
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Prerequisite: GES 110 or GES 111 with a C or better.
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GES 317 - Water Quality (3.00)
An introduction to basic physical, chemical and biological characteristics of natural waters, focusing on the sources and pathways by which contaminants enter aquatic systems and the impacts of water pollution on aquatic ecology and human health. Topics discussed also include drinking-water standards, wastewater treatment, point and non-point source contamination, and methods for prevention or remediation of contamination. The course concentrates most heavily on surface water quality, but some attention will be devoted to groundwater quality. Students are encouraged to complete CHEM 101 prior to enrolling in this course.
Course ID: 51317
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: GES 110 passed with a C or better
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GES 318 - Natural Environment of the Chesapeake Bay (3.00)
An introduction to the geology, circulation, geochemistry and ecology of Maryland’s most important natural resource and one of the world’s largest estuaries. In bringing together these aspects of the study of the Chesapeake Bay, we will try to understand how an estuarine system evolves under natural conditions and how the system may be affected by human activities.
Course ID: 51258
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: GES 110 passed with a C or better
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GES 319 - Watershed Science & Management (3.00)
An introduction to watershed structure and function with particular emphasis on principles of hydrology, geomorphology, ecology and their application to the management of watersheds. Students will explore how these fundamental dimensions help shape management responses to environmental challenges in the context of past, current, and future legal and political frameworks.
Course ID: 100527
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive (WI)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 110 or GES 120 with a C or better.
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GES 325 - Historical Geography (3.00)
An introductory course on the salient aspects of historical geography, focus on landscape evolution and regional changes of cultural phenomena. Emphasis is on development of North America, with contrasts of Latin American and non-Western landscapes.
Course ID: 51208
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: GES 102 or GES 105 or GES 110 or GES 120 or GES 286 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 326 - American Conservation Thought (3.00)
An exploration of the major ideas and events of American conservation history from European colonization through to the modern environmental movement. The course focuses upon changing attitutdes towards nature, wildlife, and natural resources and also covers the evolution of federal policy regarding the establishment and management of national parks, forests and wilderness areas. In addition, we will review and analyze some of the major environmental and resource controversies of the last 100 years.
Course ID: 51158
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 or GES 105 or GES 110 or GES 120 with a C or better or have a Junior standing.
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GES 327 - Cultural Ecology (3.00)
This course investigates the relationship between humans and their physical environment and the role that technology plays in this evolving relationship. We examine the interdependence of social organization, technology, and the environment using a case study approach from different cultures with particular emphasis upon the Amazon region of South America. The course also explores social and cultural changes arising from technological innovations and the impacts of expanding economic frontiers upon indigenous population.
Course ID: 51054
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must completeGES 102 or GES 105 or GES 110 orGES 120 or ANTH 211 with a C or better.
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GES 328 - Environmental Policy (3.00)
This class examines the environmental policy process by studying how conflicting economic, social, and political interests and values compete for influence and exert power in the formulation and implementation of environmental policy. We look at the ways in which various stakeholders, including business interests, environmental interest groups, and local, national, and international governance institutions interact in defining environmental problems and formulating solutions. The class also examines the role that environmental science helps to define, and settle, debates of environmental policy, and the trade-offs between scientific expertise and political and economic concerns in policy formulation. Policies to be studied include climate change mitigation, wilderness preservation, urban land-use policy, water and air quality standards, and agricultural policy. The class draws on case studies from North American and developing country contexts.
Course ID: 100358
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 or GES 120 with a C or better.
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GES 329 - Geography of Disease and Health (3.00)
The application of geographical concepts and techniques to health-related problems; origins and diffusion of diseases; physical, biological, cultural and policy factors in disease and mortality; location of social service facilities and ability of health and social systems to respond to society’s needs. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 50101
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Geog Of Disease & Health
Attributes: Writing Intensive (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: HAPP 329
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 or three credits of HAPP with a minimum grade of C.
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GES 330 - Geography of Economic Development (3.00)
Study of patterns of economic development issues around the world with an emphasis on causes and solutions. Focus on the role of agriculture, manufacturing and service provision in the development process. Case studies of specific regions. Recommended Preparation Permission of the Instructor.
Course ID: 51006
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 with a C or better.
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GES 333 - Water Resources (3.00)
This course examines the distribution and abundance of water resources, the nature of water supply systems, the uses of water in modern society, and the impact of human activities on water quality and water availability. Environmental, social and economic implications of water resource management decisions will be considered.
Course ID: 51055
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 or GES 105 or GES 110 or GES 120 with a C or better or have a Junior standing.
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GES 337 - Natural Resource Management (3.00)
Natural resource management (NRM) can be defined as the set of principles and practices that guide the human use of natural resources in ways that address the importance of sustaining those resources for (1) their overall ecosystem role and (2) for the health and productivity of future generations. This course offers an overview of NRM, tracing the history of evolution from traditional to ecosystem-based NRM. Problems resulting from the misuse and mismanagement of natural resources and challenges presented by management at varying spatial scales are also examined. The class will review the latest forms of NRM (integrated, adaptive, equitable, participatory/community-based, and sustainable) and case studies from the Chesapeake watershed to international contexts will be used to explore political, socio-economic, cultural and ecological realities that influence NRM strategies. A common thread throughout will be discussion of the complex relationship between environmental policy and NRM.
Course ID: 101810
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 110 or GES 120 or GES 102 with a C or better.
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GES 338 - Chesapeake Bay: Changing Management & Policy (3.00)
We explore the past and current challenges facing the Chesapeake Bay from a management/policy perspective. Considering the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed, we chart the shifting anthropogenic pressures on the Bay, assess conservation and restoration strategies, analyze stakeholder groups across scales, and explore future scenarios for the Bay in a changing climate. This course has a practical emphasis, with opportunities for students to engage with the field, via guest lectures and optional field experiences.
Course ID: 102095
Consent: Instructor Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 or GES 110 or GES 120 with a C or better.
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GES 341 - Urban Geography (3.00)
This course will enhance students’ understandings of how cities work (or do not work), and will introduce the students to tools used by urban geographers to study urban places. Topical foci will include transportation, racial and economic segregation, planning, the changing form and function of cities, and social and environmental justice. In-class lectures, discussions and exercises will teach the students to apply the theory learned in the classroom to real-world applications.
Course ID: 51056
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 passed with a C or better.
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GES 342 - Metropolitan Baltimore (3.00)
Analysis of the functions, structure, development and planning problems of the metropolitan area.
Course ID: 51259
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 102 or GES 105 or GES 120 with a C or better.
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GES 363 - World Regions: Contemporary International Issues (3.00)
A geographical perspective on contemporary international issues, including territorial and resource disputes, migration and immigration, environment and regional economic development, and social and political conflict. Case studies of regional issues. Recommended Preparation GES 102 or GES 105 or three credits in a GES course.
Course ID: 54550
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GES 381 - Remote Sensing (4.00)
This course includes interpretation of imagery, such as aerial photos, b/w IR, color IR, Radar, Thermal IR and various satellite system images. Special emphasis is given to acquisition of data through the use of photogrammetric techniques and visual interpretation. Topical applications include forestry, urbanization, geology and landforms, water resources, agriculture and land use. The course usually includes a one-hour aerial flight project.
Course ID: 51160
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must completeGES 102 or GES 110 or GES 120 or GES 286 with a C or better.
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GES 383 - Statistical and Thematic Cartography (4.00)
This course examines various ways to portray quantitative and qualitative information using thematic maps. Emphasis is on data processing, map design and construction. The computer is used to aid in data processing and map development; however, no previous experience with computers is necessary. Recommended Preparation GES 286 or permission of instructor.
Course ID: 51118
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
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GES 386 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4.00)
An overview of the essential characteristics, development and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will become familiar with the specialized concepts and methods related to the compilation and manipulation of spatial data, and they will apply those concepts and methods in a laboratory setting.
Course ID: 51262
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GES 286 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 387 - Applications for Geographis Information Systems (3.00)
A course designed for nonmajors and working professionals. An introduction and survey of the principal concepts, data structures, data management, system implementation components and design of applications using spatial data technologies. To be stressed are the underlying structure of spatial systems in combination with practical laboratory skills in developing technical competency with state-of-the-practice software tools. Laboratory skills development will attend to Web-based techniques for data access, analysis and formatting output of results. Recommended Preparation Three credits in geography and environmental systems or consent of instructor.
Course ID: 51211
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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GES 400 - Selected Topics In Geography (3.00 - 4.00)
This course is provided to allow flexibility in offering advanced work not found elsewhere in the course offerings. The topic will be announced prior to the semester when it will be offered. Permission of instructor required. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 51163
Consent: Department Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 400H
Topics: Severe Storms, Population Geography, Arctic Geography, Negot Of Water Res Disp, Forest Ecology, Geog Appr for Watershed Analysis, Environmental Scientific Practice & Environ Policy, Cities and Environmental Issues, Anthropogenic Biomes: Global E, Cities and Environmental Issue, Spatial Data Analysis, Environmental Science & Policy, Cultural Ecology: Nat Res Mgmt, Conservation & Restoration Ecology, Global Environmental Change, Cons Dev Tropics, Water, Res Man, Conflict Res., Con Dev Tropics, Ecology and Management of Riparian Ecosystems, Urban & Dev Global Context, SustDev/Cons Costa Rica
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GES 400H - Honors Selected Topics In Geography (3.00 - 4.00)
This course is provided to allow flexibility in offering advanced work not found elsewhere in the course offerings. The topic will be announced prior to the semester when it will be offered. Permission of instructor required. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 100118
Consent: Department Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GES 400
Topics: Severe Storms, Population Geography, Arctic Geography, Negot Of Water Res Disp, Forest Ecology, Geog Appr for Watershed Analysis, Environmental Scientific Practice & Environ Policy, Cities and Environmental Issues, Anthropogenic Biomes: Global E, Cities and Environmental Issue, Spatial Data Analysis, Environmental Science & Policy, Cultural Ecology: Nat Res Mgmt, Conservation & Restoration Ecology, Global Environmental Change, Cons Dev Tropics, Water, Res Man, Conflict Res., Con Dev Tropics, Ecology and Management of Riparian Ecosystems, Urban & Dev Global Context, SustDev/Cons Costa Rica
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GES 404 - Forest Ecology (4.00)
A field-intensive course emphasizing forested landscape ecosystems and plant species of the Mid-Atlantic. Our challenge is to understand ecosystems, their physical and biotic characteristics, their relationship to one another in the field, successional trends, and selected aspects of their functioning. This course will stress forest species, and especially (1) field identification and characteristic habitats, (2) establishment ecology, (3) competitive and mutualistic relationships, (4) occurrence and diversity related to habitat conditions, (5) establishment and occurrence in relatively undisturbed (by humans) and disturbed environments, and (6) genetic and non genetic variation of populations, as well as adaptation to specific environments.
Course ID: 100252
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 308 or GES 313 or BIOL 142 with a C or better.
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GES 405 - Applied Landscape Ecology (4.00)
This course applies the tools of landscape ecology, including GIS, remote sensing, aerial photography and landscape classification, to explore the spatial patterning of ecological processes across landscapes at different scales. Hands-on lab and field exercises will develop understanding and skills necessary for students to plan and conduct their own investigations of landscape pattern, process, and change in local and regional landscapes in collaboration with the instructor.
Course ID: 51365
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GES 305 and GES 386 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 406 - Aquatic Ecology (4.00)
Students enrolled in this course will gain a thorough knowledge of the local aquatic biota and their habitats. Emphasis in this lab-based course will be placed on the interaction between physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in aquatic ecosystems. Students will learn how to collect, analyze and interpret ecological information collected from streams and rivers.
Course ID: 51164
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GES 308 or BIOL 142 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 408 - Field Ecology (4.00)
Students enrolled in this course will gain an appreciation for the modern scope of scientific inquiry in the field of ecology. A major goal is for the students to become familiar with how organisms interact with one another and their natural environment by understanding the structure and function of different types of local ecosystems. Students will learn field collection techniques, as well as how to organize, analyze and present and interpret ecological information.
Course ID: 54552
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 308 or BIOL 301 or BIOL 142 with a C or better.
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GES 411 - Fluvial Morphology (3.00)
Study of the formation and development of landforms that are produced by riverine processes. Human activities on flood plains are included. Recommended Preparation Competency in algebra and simple trigonometry.
Course ID: 51212
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 310 with a C or better.
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GES 412 - Biogeochemical Cycles and the Global Environment (3.00)
This course explores the chemistry and cycling of elements across the Earth’s surface and atmosphere, with special emphasis on human-induced changes in biogeochemistry that are driving global warming, ocean acidification, acid rain, ozone depletion, water pollution; and nutrient saturation of freshwater, estuarine and coastal environments. The basic biogeochemical processes will be introduced and then integrated to explain the global cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur and how these are changed by human activities.
Course ID: 54553
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed (GES 110 or GES 111 or GES 120 ) and (GES 308 or BIOL 301 or BIOL 142 ) and CHEM 102 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 413 - Seminar in Biogeography (3.00)
Advanced and topical themes in biogeography.
Course ID: 51264
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 313 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 414 - Severe Storms and Their Societal Impacts (3.00)
This course investigates the physical processes that generate severe storms and high impact weather events, including hurricanes, nor’easters, tornadoes, derechos, ice storms, heat waves, blizzards and flash floods. This course examines the historical record of significant storms and their associated socioeconomic impacts, including transportation networks, power utilities, agriculture, and water management. We also examine the scientific debate surrounding global warming’s possible link to the intensity and frequency of Atlantic hurricanes. Recommended Preparation GES 110 . Note This course is repeatable up to 6 credits or 2 attempts.
Course ID: 102244
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 311 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 415 - Climate Change (3.00)
This course deals with the question of climate change and variability. Topics covered include changes in climate in different time scales (geologic, historic and the present), environmental evidence of climate change, factors controlling climate variations, and the use of computer models in reconstructing past climates and predicting climate changes.
Course ID: 51213
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 311 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 416 - Hydrology (4.00)
Study of the occurrence and movement of water on and beneath the land surface. All phases of the hydrologic cycle are discussed, with particular emphasis on factors that control runoff, flood frequency, measurement and prediction of streamflow, and applications of hydrologic data in environmental planning. Principles of groundwater flow and the influence of geology on both groundwater and surface water also are included. Experience in the use of microcomputers for problem-solving is recommended.
Course ID: 51165
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete (GES 110 or GES 111 ) and (GES 310 or GES 311 ) or (GES 317 or GES 333 ) and MATH 151 and ( STAT 121 or STAT 350 or STAT 355 ) with a C or better.
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GES 419 - Watershed Analysis & Modeling (3.00)
This course will involve application of Geographic Information Systems in the analysis of water resources and watershed condition. Beginning with an introduction to the ArcHydro and TauDEM data models, students will explore digital mapping of water resources information, terrain analysis using digital elevation models, and delineation of river and watershed networks. Through integration of time-series and geospatial data students will be exposed to hydrologic principles of hydrologic modeling.
Course ID: 100253
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed GES 386 and one of the following: GES 319 or GES 411 or GES 416 with a grade of C or better.
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GES 424 - Environmental Justice (3.00)
This course is designed to engage students with the theoretical debates, case studies, and real-world practice of environmental justice (EJ). EJ concerns the grassroots activism of communities who live with environmental inequities and the study of the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens across diverse communities. The course focuses particularly on US-based EJ issues related to human health. The course will include a field methods component.
Course ID: 101811
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 286 or GES 326 or GES 328 or GES 329 or GES 337 or GES 341 or GES 342 or HAPP 329 or GWST 200 all with a C or better.
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GES 428 - Scientific Practice and Environmental Policy (3.00)
This course studies the relationship between science and environmental policy. Class examines the social process by which scientific consensus emerges and the ways in which environmental policy is affected by the practices of scientists. We will also explore how unsettled scientific disputes inform concrete policy making goals, and how the policy-making process, in turn, shapes scientific research. Intersections of science and policy that we will explore include: climate science and climate change policy; ecosystem science and conservation policy; and the role of citizen science and lay expertise in resolving policy disputes.
Course ID: 100485
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 328 or GES 307 or GES 308 or GES 310 or GES 311 or GES 313 or GES 319 or GES 326 or GES 327 or GES 329 or GES 330 or GES 341 or GES 342 or GES 363 with a C or better.
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GES 429 - Seminar in Geography of Disease and Health (3.00)
Current issues in the geographic distribution of disease and health and location/allocation of health care services. Methods of analysis, including computer applications of statistics and information storage, retrieval and mapping.
Course ID: 50100
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: HAPP 429
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Open only to GES, HAPP and POSI majors. Must have completed GES 329 or have senior/graduate standing.
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GES 432 - Seminar in Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (3.00)
Advanced study of natural resource problems and policies, strategies for environmental conservation and future resource landscapes. This course is repeatable for credit.
Course ID: 51008
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete GES 307 or GES 308 or GES 310 or GES 311 or GES 313 or GES 314 or GES 319 or GES 326 or GES 327 or GES 328 or GES 329 or GES 363 or GES 428 or GES 434 or GES 462 with a C or better.
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