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Fairhaven Fairhaven’s 2010-2011 Curriculum. The courses and studies listed in this catalog will be offered during the 2010-2011 academic years. Additional classes will be announced and described in the Fairhaven College Quarterly Class Description booklet, available at Fairhaven College Office.
At Fairhaven, new courses are constantly being developed by faculty and account for about one-half of the course offerings.
Courses numbered X37; X97; 300, 400; 417, 445 are described in the University Academic Policies section of this catalog. |
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FAIR 324H - Poetry and Lyric Exploration of both poetry and song lyrics with a focus on similarities and differences of compositional intent. Reading, listening and writing to explore how constraints and conventions of form shape poems and songs. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202A or equivalent or poetry course.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 325G - Maps An interdisciplinary exploration of maps and mapmaking. Emphasis on the history of maps, diverse ways of mapping, cross-cultural expressions of space, and hands-on creation of individual and communal maps. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Fair 202a or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 325J - Studies in Myth and Mythology Literary and artistic archetypes, world mythology, comparative cosmology, symbols and the unconscious. Repeatable with various topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Background in humanities or cultural history.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 326K - Studies in Film Topics in film studies involving particular subject matters, social themes, genres or historical considerations. Recent topics include women in film, film from novels, history of documentary film. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: film class
Credits: 2 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 328M - American Lives Examines the lives and work of Americans. Subjects may include artists, environmentalists, writers, scientists, civil rights activists, athletes, children, and so on. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202A or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 330D - Nat Hist and Environmental Issues of NW Washington S/U grading.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 330E - Ethnobotany Study of relationships of plants to culture including plant identification, historic uses of plants, and methods used in preparation of oils, tinctures, salves, dyes, baskets, and more. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A or equivalent.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 331N - Natural History An experiential and literary investigation into the science of natural history, its roots, and the diverse ways it is being applied to our contemporary lives and world. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A or equivalent or instructor permission.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 331P - Studying Nature Through Photography Photography will be used as a tool for the study of nature. Students will develop their photography skills and then apply them in conjunction with field biology research. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Fair 206A or permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 332N - Current Environmental Topics The interdisciplinary context of current environmental issues, including the scientific basis for concern. Examples include acid rain, loss of genetic diversity, climate modification by logging, global warming, ozone depletion, overpopulation, nuclear waste disposal. Repeatable with various topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A or instructor permission.
Credits: 2 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 332Q - Topics in Applied Conservation Biology Analysis of the environment through the applied lens of conservation biology which seeks to explain patterns of scarcity and diversity in nature and identify guidelines and priorities for maintaining species and natural communities. The approach of the course will be philosophical as well as empirical. This course is repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Fair 206A or equivalent, a course in biology or ecology, and upper level standing, or instructor’s permission.
Credits: 4 TO 8 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 15 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 334B - Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations This course examines different approaches taken by countries and the international community in dealing with past serious violations of human rights, and the process by which formerly repressive States transform themselves into societies based on democracy and the rule of law. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 334C - International Human Rights This course examines the idea of human rights, its historical, philosophical and legal origins. It explores the notion of universal rights and examines the relativity debate. It will introduce students to rights that are guaranteed and selective substantive rights will be examined - civil and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights, and other classes of rights. Other considerations include national, regional and international institutions created to supervise implementation of and compliance with those rights. It will also consider the role of non-governmental organizations and activists who seek to enforce human rights. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203a or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 334D - State Failure and State Collapse Exploration of State failure and State collapse; considers the causes and consequences of State collapse and related issues of anarchy, civil war and the emergence of strong non-State actors. It also examines the regional implications of State collapse and the possibility of predicting and preventing failure and collapse. Student cannot receive credit for both this course and Fair 334e. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 334E - State Collapse and State Reconstruction Exploration of State failure and collapse and the prospects for reconstruction in these States. It examines the causes and consequences of State failure and collapse; the possibility of predicting and preventing failure or collapse; and various State rebuilding models. Focuses on contemporary cases of failure and collapse and State reconstruction. Student cannot receive credit for both this course and either FAIR 334D or FAIR 334G. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 334F - International Law Introduction to public international law, which governs the relations of States and increasingly, other non-State actors. Covers the basic doctrines of public international law and the international legal system, which will be applied to contemporary issues of international law. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 334G - State Reconstruction This course considers the prospects for rebuilding failed and collapsed States. It examines various state-building models and focuses on contemporary cases of reconstruction in the aftermath of failure and collapse, and other post-conflict reconstruction situations. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and FAIR 334E. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 334D or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 334N - Topics in Evolutionary Biology Explores evolutionary theory, the history of evolutionary thought, and the relevance of biological evolution to the modern human condition. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A.
Credits: 4 TO 8 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 334P - Field Studies in Science Systematic studies of quantitative natural history, employing field techniques from biology, chemistry, physics, and interdisciplinary science. Repeatable to a maximum of 20 credits. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A.
Credits: 3 TO 8 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 20 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 334Q - The Science and Music of Natural Sounds Recording sounds in local natural settings with a focus on how and why animals produce sound, how sound travels through the environment, how we can use the sound for biological survey work and to estimate environmental degradation, how urban sounds differ from natural areas, and using recordings to compose and perform music. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A or instructor permission.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 335B - Global Inquiry Preparation for global studies and travel abroad. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 201a or equivalent
Credits: 1 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 3 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 335N - Visioning Sustainable Futures A critical examination of alternative futures envisioned by various writers representing the world views of diverse cultures and communities of interest, in light of present-day sociopolitical, economic and environmental realities. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 201A or ENG 101, and prior course work or experience in sociopolitical issues or environmental issues from sociopolitical perspective.
Credits: 4 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 335P - Quantitative Methods, Critical Thinking in the Natural and Social Sciences Examination and application of quantitative methods while extending critical thinking skills essential to effective experimental design and the critical evaluation of quantitative information. Includes identification of quantifiable variables, working with numerical data, statistical analysis, graphing, use of spreadsheets and analytical modeling. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A.
Credits: 4 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 336B - Topics in Social Issues An interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in the social sciences, including studies in economics, political science, international studies, social theory, ethnicity, race, culture, gender, class, law, psychology, and social activism. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203a or equivalent
Credits: 4 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 336N - Topics in Science The interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in science, including health, reproductive science, ecology, energy, natural history, animal studies, botany, sustainability, the history of science, and science and society. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206a or equivalent
Credits: 4 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 336V - Topics in Art An interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in the arts, including music, art, creativity, dance, theatre, and performance. Approaches may be historical, theoretical, literary, cultural, or political, or through studio work. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202a or equivalent
Credits: 4 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 338P - Cultural and Biological Perspectives on Pregnancy and Childbirth The biology of pregnancy and childbirth, including the development of the fetus, morphological, physiological and psychological changes women experience during pregnancy and childbirth, and the co-evolutionary relationship between mothers and fetuses. Explores childbirth from cross-cultural and historical perspectives, and focuses on the ways American medicine has viewed and treated childbirth and recent changes in American childbirth practices. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A and FAIR 206A or instructor permission.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 339N - Environmental Issues of Indigenous Peoples of North America Explores the history, ethics, politics, and biology of environmental issues facing the world’s indigenous peoples. Examine local and international case studies that involve Native hunting and fishing rights, land rights issues, and pollution issues. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A or instructor permission.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 340P - Sustainable Forestry An examination of the development of forestry as an applied science in Europe & the U.S. and of forest management worldwide, asking what common conditions favor or promote sustainable approaches to forest management? Critical examination of sustainability itself as a guiding concept in natural resource management. Taught every other year. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 341R - Psychology of Mindfulness and Well-Being Numerous studies show that “mindfulness,” an ancient practice now widely used in the West, offsets stress and leads to health, focus, and feelings of well-being. This course examines the origins, techniques and effects of mindfulness. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 206 or equivalent or instructor permission
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 341S - Psychology of Personality This course provides an introduction to the major theories in the field of psychology to understand human personality. This course will focus on psychoanalytic, behavioral, humanistic, and social-cognitive perspectives. Also important current trends in psychology (positive psychology and cultural theories of personality) will be discussed. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203a; course in psychology or equivalent
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 341T - Awareness Through the Body II A continuation of FAIR 243T (formerly FAIR 243) with deeper attention, intellectual and experiential, to the philosophical concepts introduced in the first course, to psychophysical integration, and to the underlying principles and theories in somatics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 243R or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 342P - Statistical Analysis and Research Methods This course is designed to provide critical and analytic thinking skills through basic statistical analyses and research methods used in social sciences. Topics will include Correlation Analysis, Analysis of Variance, and Multiple Regressions, and computer lab using SPSS program. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203a; one social science course
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 342U - The Body Speaks: Culture and Eating Disorders Examines eating disorders in the United States and developing countries from cultural and gender perspectives, as well as controversies regarding origins and treatments. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: previous course in psychology or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 343R - Death and Dying The implications of one’s death for philosophy, culture, art, literature, aging, economics, psychology, medicine and living. Draws upon books, essays, films, field trips and personal experience. S/U grading.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 343U - Adv Topics in Mind and Body An advanced examination of specific mind-body topics. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 201A
Credits: 3 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 344U - Cross-Cultural Psychology Introducing non-Western perspective of human behaviors. Culture’s influences on human thinking, feeling, and action. Learning diversity in understanding societies and human beings. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: any psychology course
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 347U - Psychology of Women Major theories of psychology of women. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: previous courses in psychology or women studies
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 348R - Psychology of Racism Psychological study of racism. Topics include social psychological analysis of different types of racism, related social psychological theories (cultural racism, group identity theory, social dominance theory, group conflict theory, etc.), and exposure to psychological solutions to cope with racism. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 349T - Social Psychology and Film Learning social psychological theories through film (e.g., conformity, inter-group conflicts, aggression, etc.) and the application of social psychological theories to actual social situations. The psychological influence of media. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: 200-level Psychology class.
Credits: 3 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 349V - Art During Wartime This class will explore how various artists, composers and filmmakers have expressed enthusiasm and disdain for war and its injustices throughout history. We will discuss potential contemporary applications for art during wartime and create three art projects based upon reading and discussions. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202a or equivalent
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 351W - Printmaking Narratives Exploration of and experimentation with advanced printmaking techniques emphasizing the four-color technique. Relief, intaglio, drypoint, woodcut collagraph and monotype illustrating personal narratives and themes. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 254X or two design or two studio art courses.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 352V - Public Art Exploration of difference of public art from private or commercial art, how to determine success, and the larger social discourse on the role of art in society, through readings, research and creation of, or proposals for, public art works. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Fair 202A, Art Studio, Art History courses or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 352X - Doing Theatre A practical workshop for theatre artists, concentrating on intensive study of scenework for actors, but providing opportunity for directors, video artists and designers to practice their crafts in a setting which integrates all the arts of the theatre. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: previous work in theatre arts, TV or film, or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 352Y - Visual Art Workshop Bi-weekly critiques, field trips to museums, galleries and local artists? studios, study of a contemporary artist, and participation in a group exhibition. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Concurrent enrollment in a visual art independent study.
Credits: 2 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 20 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 353V - Art in Public Sphere Explore history and concepts behind public art, create proposals and models for public art projects, and research artists who work within public space. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Introduction to drawing and one of: FAIR 355Y, FAIR 359V, FAIR 355W, or permission. Background in art history recommended.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 353X - New Media and Contemporary Art Exploration of how new mediums such as the internet, video, digital photography, sound and performance, are used by artists to create challenging and socially relevant art. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202A, some experience in studio art, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 353Y - Songwriting Workshop Examination of the elements of songwriting: discussing techniques, strategies and blocks; the roles and inter-relationships of melody, rhythm, and lyric; and song forms and styles. Through a series of exercises, development of a portfolio of songs. S/U grading.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 354V - Scriptwriting Workshop I Practice in the art and craft of writing for the dramatic media: theater, film, television and radio. Intensive writing and rewriting experience with a supportive group of other writers. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: previous course work or experience with creative writing or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 355W - Installation Art Contemporary subjects will be addressed in three-dimensional spaces using combined mediums, such as video, audio, paintings, and found objects. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: 200-level or higher studio art class
Credits: 3 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 15 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 355Y - Art and Social Activism We will explore the work of numerous contemporary artists who address social and political concerns with their art. We will look at how artists engage community and enrage the status quo, as well as strategies used to get a message out in the public realm. Will create art projects that address social concerns of students’ choice. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202A or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 356V - Exploring Dreams Through Painting and Drawing Investigating personal dreams and exploring symbolism and context through art. Mixed media approach to art projects and study of artists who address and explore dream symbolism. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Introduction to drawing or equivalent; familiarity with art history
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 356X - Dreams, Imagination and Creativity A study, through readings, discussion, experiences, of the content and interrelationships between dreams, imagination and creativity to enhance the intuitive dimension of daily life. Extending the range of imagination through practice: visualization techniques, artistic expression, journal writing. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or FAIR 243R or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 357Y - Theatre/Film Production An opportunity to work with intensive instruction on production of student-written dramas or films. Repeatable twice. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: previous work in theatre or film production or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 8 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 358V - Art in the Environment Examination of historical and contemporary environmental art works. Development of site-specific individual and group projects that relate to social, political or personal issues. Working on various environmental issues through direct contact with community groups. Repeatable three times. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Three studio art courses or instructor permission; ART 190 recommended
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 12 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 358W - Advanced Acrylic Painting Expanding on techniques, skills and ideas with a focus on development and repetition of themes within the work. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 258W.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 361E - Race In/To the Movies II: Race Relations on Film: 1950-1980 Explores race relations in America between 1950 and 1980, using film as one source of historical documentation. Films such as Raisin in the Sun, Twelve Angry Men and various “Blaxploitation” movies will demonstrate how movies both reflect and reinforce contemporary perceptions on inter- and intra-race relations. Readings will place the films into a broader historical context. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 261E or other film studies class.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 362F - We’re Not for Sale: History of Asian Women in America Explores the history and experiences of Asian women in America from the mid-19th century to the present. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 215F or AMST 205 or course in history of American women.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 363B - Suzie Wong to Miss Saigon: Asian Presence in Hollywood Explores the different perspectives of, and attitudes toward, Asian Americans and Asians in America from 1915 to the present, using film as a main source of historical documentation. S/U grading.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 364C - El Movemiento Chicano Examines the sociohistorical, political and cultural characteristics of the Chicana/o Movement from 1848 to present. Formation and symbolic evolution of the United Farmworkers’ Movement, the Chicana/o cultural renaissance of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Chicana/o student movement for educational liberation and the roots of the Chicana/feminist and lesbian movements from the ‘70s through the ‘90s. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or FAIR 218C or AMST 203 or HIST 463.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 365C - Contemporary Voices of Latin American Resistance This course will look at the formative structure of Latin American leftist, political ideology by examining the writings of Theotonio Dos Santos, Paolo Freire, Che Guevara, Jose Marti and Antonio Gramsci. It will further focus on contemporary authors and the present course of Latin American politics by reflecting upon the political beliefs and perspectives of such authors as: Comandante Marcos, Elena Poniatowska, Eduardo Galeano, Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva and Michelle Bachelet. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 365D - Issues in Contemporary Mexican Society Examines economic, political and educational issues presently impacting the Republic of Mexico. Emphasis on examining the role of indigenous movements within Mexico and the impact which immigration shares between Mexico and the United States. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 218C or AMST 203 or course in Mexican history or culture recommended.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 366E - Comparative Cultural Studies Interaction of immigrant and indigenous cultures with the developing American cultural patterns. Emphasis on modes and concepts of interaction, especially related to African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos. Also offered as AMST 301. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: also offered as AMST 301
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 367B - Issues in Political Economy Upper division seminar in political economy. Course themes may include, but are not limited to: labor market stratification by race and gender; trade and globalization; human and political development; varieties of capitalism; and varieties of welfare states. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission.
Credits: 3 TO 6 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 369C - Vietnam War Redux Historic and contemporary experiences of Native Americans and other minorities in United States Armed Forces to examine issues of race, class and gender in society. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 215f, FAIR 414b or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 369D - American War Stories: The Great War to Iraq This seminar presents an exploration of the major stories (literature, cinema, arts) and social movements produced by American wars. Rather than a traditional history of the wars aimed at discovering how and why someone lost and why others won, the seminar examines the impacts war has had on American and opponents’ veterans, families, arts and ideals. We will learn how war affects people at the individual and family level, how movements of support and resistance develop and what have been the wars’ major influences on popular culture. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 370H - Audio Recording II Audio Recording Techniques II takes the concepts introduced in Fair 275h, Audio Recording Techniques I, and allows the student to apply and practice them in a “hands-on” manner, with the goal of becoming familiar and competent in the use of all the gear in the Fairhaven Recording Studio. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 270H or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 370P - Intro to Pro Tools This course will introduce students to mixing and editing audio with Digidesign’s Pro Tools LE software. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 370H or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 370Q - Pro Tools HD Recording This class will give students with advanced recording experience the opportunity to record and mix on an industry standard Pro Tools HD system. Students will enhance their knowledge of Pro Tools and learn how to use the software in conjunction with a large-format analog mixing console. Repeatable up to 6 credits. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 370P
Credits: 2 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 370T - World Issues Group Study What do we, as engaged citizens, know and understand about global issues and ourselves in a world faced with the complex issues of growing economic disparities, fragile democracies, environmental degradation, wars on terrorism, militarism and homeland security, civil liberties, racial profiling, globalization, and ethnic/religious conflicts? What is our awareness of and participation in local and global efforts for peace and justice? In addition to the weekly forums of speakers, videos, and discussions that are open to the campus and Bellingham community, registered students in the class will participate in weekly research and discussion of the issues. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 270T or FAIR 203A, or a social science GUR course.
Credits: 3 Grade Mode: S/U
Repeatability: Repeatable Maximum Repeatability: 6 credits Fairhaven College Fairhaven |
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FAIR 371B - Topics in Middle East Studies Seminar in Middle East studies. Course themes may include, but are not limited to, a survey of the history and political economy of the Modern Middle East; the colonial past and present in the Middle East; Orientalism; US policy toward the Middle East; State-society Relations in the Middle East; and case studies of specific countries and conflicts. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission.
Credits: 3 TO 6 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 371E - Nations and Nationalism Survey course on the development of national identity since the late eighteenth century and the rise of the nation-state. Focus on the slippage between national and ethnic identities and the predicaments of stateless nations. Comparative case studies of various nationalisms in the United States, Europe, and the post-colonial world. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 372F - Race and Society Within the Latino Caribbean The purpose of the course is to examine the past and present context of how race and cultural fusion have been experienced among peoples and nation states within the Latino Caribbean. Particular emphasis will be placed on the various ways in which racial/cultural identities are complicated by questions of gender, religion, politics, class and sexuality both in the Caribbean as well as those Latino-a Caribbean populations now residing in the United States. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: One of ANTH 101, ANTH 104, ANTH 201, FAIR 201a, FAIR 203a, AMST 203 or HIST 273.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 374B - The Cultural Creation of Identity How ethnic, racial and cultural identity is created by society. Includes a study of the social construction of identity from a scholarly perspective, but will also require the student to examine his or her own personal identity. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203A or instructor permission.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 376G - Gender and the Law Exploration of the effects of gender on rights and status in the legal system and limitations imposed through judicial interpretation of the 14th and 1st amendments to the Constitution. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 211B or PLSC 250 or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 377D - Whatcom Civil Rights Project Working in conjunction with the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, the Whatcom Civil Rights Project (WCRP) provides pro bono legal assistance and advocacy to victims of discrimination. Gain the skills necessary to participate in WCRP by learning interviewing skills, how to write organized summaries of fact and law, and how to present cases orally. Major civil rights laws such as the Americans with Disability Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will be covered. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 201A or any writing intensive course.
Credits: 3 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 378E - Whatcom Civil Rights Practicum Staff a weekly shift of 9intake interviews for the Whatcom Civil Rights Project. Interview victims of civil rights discrimination, write a summary of the facts and law, and present the case orally to an attorney panel. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: instructor permission
Credits: 2 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 378F - Court Watch Observation of courts to learn judicial process and trends. Repeatable up to 15 credits. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203a or equivalent or instructor permission
Credits: 1 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 381G - Topics in Literature An exploration of writers, periods, genres, theories or comparative studies which engage the student in the careful reading and critical discussion of literature, and in writing clearly about the works and issues involved. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Credits: 3 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 384J - Writing Nature Workshop on creative nonfiction writing focusing on natural history, nature, wildness, environment, conservation, science, medicine, landscape or place. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 201A or instructor permission.
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 386 - The Narrative Voice S/U grading.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 386E - Topics in Humanities An interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in the humanities, including history, philosophy, religion, literature, and mythology. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 202a or equivalent
Credits: 4 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 387K - Grant Writing Workshop Focuses on the basics of grant writing, including seeking funding sources, reading and interpreting funding guidelines, developing and refining proposals, and tricks of the trade. Development of, either individually or as a group, two small grant proposals. S/U grading.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 388M - Oral History Study in methods for conducting, editing, and interpreting oral interviews. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 223 or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 391E - American Indian Resistances Examines Native American resistances to European colonization including historical background of military efforts and pan-Indian revitalization and messianic movements. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 263B or FAIR 399B or AMST 202 or AMST 315, or course in Native American studies or instructor permission.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 393B - Rights, Liberties and Justice in America Study of American ideas of rights and liberties; what they mean in practice; competing principles and ideologies at work in the arena of constitutional rights; history of our justice system with regard to rights and liberties and directions it seems to be heading. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: upper-division courses in social science or history highly recommended
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 395C - Commercial Relationships The world of commercial relationships including corporations, regulatory agencies, employment practices, and financial institutions with an emphasis on terminology and fundamental concepts. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: admission to Fairhaven Law and Diversity program or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 396D - Power, Privilege and the Law Reading the law critically with a special sensitivity to the ways in which legal techniques, rhetorical strategies and legal precedent reproduce patterns of power and privilege that subordinate people based on categories of identity. Explores issues pertaining to racial and ethnic groups, gender and sexual orientation, poverty and disabilities. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: study in social sciences; FAIR 204 or FAIR 211 recommended
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 398F - The U.S. Social Welfare System A study of the historical development of the U.S. Social Welfare system, with particular focus on the development of the child welfare systems. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 203 or instructor permission
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 399B - Contemporary American Indian Issues Presents selected issues that impact Indian-White relations. Emphasis on case studies of issues of sovereignty, land claims, treaty rights, cultural appropriation, economic development, health, education, and environment. Also offered as AMST 315. Repeatable with various topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: AMST 202 or FAIR 263 or HIST 275; also offered as AMST 315
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 98 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 401A - Core: Senior Project Independent study required of students undertaking an Interdisciplinary Concentration. See the Fairhaven College Guidelines for Concentrations for more information. S/U grading.
Credits: 1 TO 18 Grade Mode: S/U
Maximum Repeatability: 18 Fairhaven Coll of Interdisc St Fairhaven College |
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FAIR 403A - Core: Advanced Seminar Required of all Fairhaven College students. A forum in which students are required to reflect on, summarize and evaluate their major or concentration programs and to consider their education in relation to the world they are entering. Course must be taken in final quarter before graduation. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: Required by all FA students. Senior status.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 407A - Legal Writing and Analysis II Explores persuasive legal writing, building on the legal research and writing skills gained in the previous seminars by researching and writing an appellate brief on a current legal issue. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: admission to Fairhaven Law and Diversity program
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 408A - Oral Advocacy Explores oral advocacy, culminating in a moot court exercise on a current legal topic. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: admission to Fairhaven Law and Diversity program
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 409A - Advanced Seminar: Legal Profession and Ethics Professional ethics for attorneys and their intersection with personal ethics. Role-play interacting with clients, employers and opposing counsel in difficult ethical situations and sharing experiences in concurrent internships. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: admission to Fairhaven Law and Diversity program
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 410 - History, Culture and Society Analysis of social institutions: theories or issues with reference to their history, structure or meaning; cultural unity and diversity. Repeatable with various topics. Some of the offerings in this section are listed below. Additional topics will be listed in the Fairhaven College Quarterly Class Description booklet as they are offered. S/U grading.
Credits: 1 TO 6 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 412D - Pre-Colombian Mesoamerica Societies Examines the spiritual, political and social contexts of pre-Columbian mesoamerican societies. Emphasis is on understanding of ascendant cultures such as the Mayas, Toltecas, and Mexca Aztecas, and examination of the Popol Vuh, Tonatiuh, Curanderismo and the connections between spiritualism and calendric cycles. Provides linkages between pre-Columbian thought and culture and present-day Mexico and Central America. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: AMST 203 or FAIR 218C or FAIR 364C or FAIR 365D.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 412E - Advanced Topics in Law Investigation of an area of the law using a law school class format and text. Examples of topics include Federal Indian Law II, Property Law, Contracts, Current Issues in the U.S. Supreme Court, and critical legal studies. Repeatable with different topics. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: FAIR 201A, FAIR 203A, FAIR 211B or permission of instructor.
Credits: 2 TO 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 412V - The Art of the Other This class will explore the work of contemporary artists from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, as well as the Americas, focusing primarily on artists addressing and commenting upon concerns such as globalization, politics, and post-colonialism. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: One 300 level studio art course plus one of the following: FAIR 215f, FAIR 218c, FAIR 219d, FAIR 263b or equivalent.
Credits: 4 Grade Mode: S/U
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FAIR 413E - Curers, Clients and Culture: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Health and Illness Examines health belief systems in cross-cultural perspective, including the roles of practitioner and patient; explanation, diagnosis and treatment of disease; the impact of modernization on non-Western medical systems, and ethnicity and health care in the U.S. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: cross-cultural study or instructor permission
Credits: 5 Grade Mode: S/U
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