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KIN 551 - Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
Provides comprehensive overview of applied educational strategies and techniques in sport and exercise psychology, including performance enhancement/intervention strategies and techniques, exercise psychology, psychosocial foundations of youth sport programs and psychology of coaching.
Prerequisites & Notes:
KIN 541.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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KIN 592 - Internship
Supervised internship in schools, hospitals, clinics or corporation/industries as appropriate to complement the student’s area of interest. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 credits. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes:
First Aid/CPR certification, proof of malpractice insurance, and permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-6
Grade Mode: S/U
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KIN 690 - Thesis
Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
problem approval and permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-9
Grade Mode: Letter
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KIN 699 - Continuous Enrollment
S/U grading.
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: S/U
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LAT 101 - Elementary Latin
Fundamentals of grammar to provide a reading knowledge; selected readings from various Roman writers.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LAT 102 - Elementary Latin
Fundamentals of grammar to provide a reading knowledge; selected readings from various Roman writers.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LAT 101
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LAT 103 - Elementary Latin
Fundamentals of grammar to provide a reading knowledge; selected readings from various Roman writers.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LAT 102
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: BCOM
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LAT 201 - Intermediate Latin
To be taken in sequence as the first in an intermediate language sequence.Review of fundamentals; selected readings from various Roman writers; introduction to Roman civilization.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LAT 103 or two years of high school Latin
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: BCOM
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LAT 202 - Intermediate Latin
To be taken in sequence as the second in an intermediate language sequence. Review of fundamentals; selected readings from various Roman writers; introduction to Roman civilization.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LAT 201
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LAT 203 - Intermediate Latin
To be taken in sequence as the third in an intermediate language sequence. Review of fundamentals; selected readings from Roman writers with an emphasis on honing grammatical skills and understanding Roman literary and cultural achievements.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Latin 202 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LAT 340 - Classical Roman Literature
Readings in major Roman authors of the late Republican and early Imperial periods; introduction to classical literary analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Two years university-level Latin or equivalent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LAT 341 - Medieval Latin Literature
Readings in the Christian Latin authors of the European Middle Ages. Introduction to Latin paleography, Medieval literary genres and prosody.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Two years university-level Latin or equivalent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LAT 342 - Humanist and Neo-Latin Literature
Selections from authors of the European Renaissance, Reformation and modern periods; special attention given to the continuity of Classical literary traditions.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Two years university-level Latin or equivalent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LDST 100 - Leading Responsibly
Introduction to and critical examination of select virtues and character strengths associated with leading responsibly. Topics studied in class will be applied in a service learning experience.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Exclusively required of students admitted to WWU as a Western Leadership Scholarship recipient.
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: FYE SSC
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LDST 101 - Introduction to Leadership Studies
An introduction to leadership theory, research and practice in small groups, organizational and societal contexts.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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LDST 450 - Leadership and Pedagogy
Serve as undergraduate tutor for students taking introduction to leadership studies. Learn instructional methods, gain further mastery of leadership course content and personal leadership skills. Lead discussions, and provide feedback for students enrolled in introduction to leadership studies.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status, recommendation and instructor’s written permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 110 - Confession and Self-Promotion: Autobiography from Augustine to the Blogosphere
An examination of the historical origins of autobiographical writing in the European tradition, this class considers how individuals have imagined both themselves and their relationships to society. Through visual media (such as portraiture) and various written genres (from letters to trial records to essays), this class uses an interdisciplinary approach to introduce some important themes in European cultural history.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Freshman status
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 121 - The Western Tradition I: The Ancient World
This course studies the Near Eastern and Mediterranean origins of Western culture through an examination of Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Greek, and Roman sources. It considers ancient world views and conceptions of what it meant to be human. Sections explore such varied topics as debates about knowledge and ideas about justice, gender, mortality and immortality; they treat the organization of ancient societies and their production of visual arts and architecture. Readings often include selections from the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Hebrew Bible, Greek plays, the Iliad or Odyssey, Plato, and Virgil’s Aeneid.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 122 - The Western Tradition II: Medieval and Early Modern Europe
This course is an introduction to the cultural history of medieval and early modern Europe (from the 4th to the 18th centuries) through an analysis of a wide variety of sources. It examines works of visual art, philosophy, rhetoric, literature, history, and religion, and considers a range of themes, from pilgrimage and the interaction between the sacred and the profane to disputes about authority, religious conflict, and imperial expansion. Readings may include works by Augustine, Marie de France, Christine de Pizan, Erasmus, Camões, Shakespeare or Cervantes; all sections include Dante.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 123 - The Western Tradition III: The Modern World
This course explores the construction of modernity. As an introduction to modern Western culture from the 18th century to the present, it examines such modern ideologies as feminism, Romanticism, and nationalism. This course considers a spectrum of views of the individual, of progress, and of the alienation and integration of the individual in society. Many sections include study of films and other material from the visual arts. Readings often include novels, and the writings of Freud, Marx, Nietzsche, Mill, Baudelaire, and Rousseau.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 231 - Introduction to the Study of Religion
Introduction to the academic study of religion. An exploration of beliefs, practices and institutions through case studies drawn from religions around the world. Introduction to scholarly perspectives and theories of religion.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 232 - Myth and Folklore
An introduction to the study of myth and folklore and its cultural impact.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 243 - Art and Ideas
A study of Western humanities through the visual arts, sculpture, painting and architecture. Exploration of the values expressed through choices of style and subject matter in selected cultural periods.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 271 - Humanities of India
The Indian experience and the development of its cultural unity; the challenge of Islam and the British colonial experience; the conditions of modernization and the emerging synthesis of values.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 273 - Art and Society in China and Japan
Studies of the aesthetic traditions of East Asia, courtly and popular, secular and religious; the impact of foreign ideas and the role of art in recent propaganda, architecture and industrial design as well as in traditional modes of expression.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 275 - Humanities of Japan
Interdisciplinary introduction to Japanese civilization, both traditional and modern, with particular emphasis on religions; historical, artistic, and literary patterns; and societal and cultural ideals.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 276 - Humanities of Africa
Introduction to the cultural heritage of sub-Saharan Africa and to the contemporary civilization that draws upon it; emphasis on the process by which Africans currently build and use coherent accounts of their heritage.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 277 - Humanities of China
Interdisciplinary introduction to Chinese civilization, traditional and modern. Emphasis on religions; intellectual, artistic and literary patterns; and societal and cultural ideals.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 278 - Humanities of Islamic Civilization
Interdisciplinary introduction to Islamic Civilizations with an emphasis on shared religious, cultural, and societal ideals and their adaptation in various historical and geographic contexts.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 281 - Representations of Otherness
Examination of images and narratives of the Other in major works of modern literature, art and film from the 19th century to the present. Themes include the roles of the unconscious, languages, gender and politics in the construction and destruction of self and others.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 283 - Religion and Globalization
Focus on religious responses to globalization through case studies of modern religious movements. Case studies will be chosen to explore cultural interaction and religious change in a world shaped by technological revolutions and increased communication, information, and migration.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 301 - Historical Methods in the Humanities
Methods of cultural and intellectual history. Locating texts in their historical and cultural contexts by analyzing their authors, audiences and arguments.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor; one from LBRL 121, LBRL 122, LBRL 123, HIST 111, HIST 112, HIST 113.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 302 - Methods of Interdisciplinary Study
Exploration of techniques of interdisciplinary investigation through analysis of a major literary text in its cultural and historical context; exercises in the use of the library as a research tool; preparation of a seminar paper. Ordinarily offered spring quarter only.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LBRL 121, LBRL 122; average grade of B in LBRL courses and permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 303 - Methods in the Study of Religion
An examination of the academic study of religion as a problem in the interaction of theory, method, and the history of culture. Consideration of various approaches to understanding and explaining religion from the Enlightenment to the present.
Prerequisites & Notes:
One course from LBRL 231, LBRL 271, LBRL 278,LBRL 380, LBRL 382 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 321 - Between Renaissance and Inquisition: Censorship and Religious Conflict in Spain’s Golden Age
Early modern Spain has simultaneously been perceived as an artistic Golden Age (which saw a flourishing production of plays, verse, and prose) and as an era in which censorship and religious intolerance closed off Spain and its empire to the wider world. The course explores this central paradox in Spanish religious, cultural and intellectual history, through an interdisciplinary examination of various literary genres, trial records, painting and architecture. It examines the foundation of the Spanish Inquisition in a society which included Christians, Muslims, and Jews; it traces the development of Catholic laws and courts both in European contexts and in Spain’s American colonies.
Prerequisites & Notes:
One LBRL course or HIST 112 or HNRS 104 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 323 - The Romantic Paradox: Love, Life and Death
Study of Romanticism as a complex, international cultural movement originating in the late 18th century with continuing vitality and influence into the present. Exploration of characteristic Romantic tensions: the desire for unity, harmony, infinity and beauty vs. the experience of fragmentation, limitation and loss. Analysis of texts and films representing various facets of the Romantic mind.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 325 - Surveillance, Voyeurism and the Culture of Suspicion
This course will trace the concept of surveillance and its connection to voyeurism as the primordial desire to see from the 18th century to the present. Through careful reading of primary and secondary sources of literature, sociology, philosophy, history, journalism, and film studies and analysis of visual material, this course will examine the paradox within the concept of surveillance which can be understood as a means to implement security and insure peace as well as constitute a threat to private and civic rights and freedoms. Formally, the course will alternate between the analysis of visual material and printed material. Class time is divided into lecture, organized class discussion and student presentations.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 332 - World Religions
Beliefs and practices of major world religions; development of religious traditions; historical and phenomenological approaches; religion in modern society.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 333 - Religion in America
Religious traditions, values and institutions in American culture; focus on pluralism; attention to contemporary issues and events; interdisciplinary perspective.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 334 - Hebrew Bible and the Religion of Ancient Israel
A survey of representative sections of the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament for Christians) and related literature. Biblical texts are analyzed as expressions of the ways in which groups or individuals understood themselves, their world, and God. The historical and cultural contexts in which the texts were originally written are emphasized with attention to the ways that elements of the Biblical tradition developed under changing historical circumstances.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 336 - New Testament and Early Christianity
A survey of the New Testament and related early Christian literature. The texts are analyzed as expressions of the ways in which groups or individuals understood themselves, their world, and God. The historical and cultural contexts in which the texts were written are emphasized with attention to the variety of early Christian traditions and their development under changing historical circumstances.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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LBRL 338 - Mysticism
An interdisciplinary exploration of the nature and variety of mysticism. Theoretical debates concerning the psychological roots and cultural conditioning of mysticism. Includes an examination of important mystics in the Christian, Islamic and East Asian traditions along with their significance for their respective societies.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 340 - Sufism: The Islamic Mystical Tradition
This course explores the Islamic mystical tradition, or Sufism. For long centuries Sufism has contributed to the development of Islamic religious thought, to the global diffusion of the faith, and to the shaping of religious experiences and practices of Muslims in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. It has also enriched the creative and aesthetic aspects of Islamic civilization, most notably music and poetry. We will examine Sufi devotional practices and rituals, teachings of some spiritual masters, and the historical development and growth of Sufism and Sufi orders.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status; ENG 101 and 30 credits; and one course from: LBRL 231, LBRL 271, LBRL 278, LBRL 332, LBRL 378, or HIST 287, HIST 406; or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: CCOM
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LBRL 360 - China and the Emerging World Economy: From Antiquity to the Early Modern
The focus of this course will be early stages of the unfolding of ‘globalization’ in Eurasia, from antiquity into the early modern period, with particular attention given to China’s important role in these developments, and how it was affected in turn.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 362 - Islam and Muslims in the Indian Ocean World
Explores cross cultural contacts in the Indian Ocean world from East Africa, Arabia and the Persian Gulf to South and Southeast Asia, and the history and role of Islam and Muslims from the 14th century to the present. Focuses on texts by or about Muslim travelers - Sufis, pilgrims, scholars, and merchants - and their creation networks, identities, and “Muslim spaces,” to show that some aspects of globalization have a long history in the Indian Ocean.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 372 - Postcolonial Novels: Art, Rhetoric and Social Context
Critical readings of postcolonial novels. Close attention to how they have been shaped as artistic wholes, and how they try to shape emotions and beliefs of readers. Reading beyond the novels about contexts which they assume and incompletely express: change and the absence of change in postcolonial societies.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 375 - Buddhism
Beginning with a broad overview of the teachings of Buddhism and its core beliefs and practices, this course will then turn to detailed study of the doctrines and institutions of particular Buddhist traditions.
Prerequisites & Notes:
One course from: LBRL 231, LBRL 271, LBRL 275, LBRL 277, LBRL 380, LBRL 382; HIST 370.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 378 - Religion and Society in India
Examination of major Indian religious traditions - Hindu and Islamic - as ritual systems, belief and value systems, and systems of social identification; emphasis on the relation of religion to social and gender identities, communal politics, and social change, chiefly in the modern period.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 380 - Religion and Society in China
A detailed examination of the major religious and philosophical traditions of pre-modern China: the native traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, ancestor worship and popular religion, as well as Buddhism, which came to East Asia from India. Particular attention is given to the interaction and intertwining of these traditions, and of the ways they shaped and supported the lives of individuals and communities.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 382 - Religion and Society in Japan
A detailed examination of the major religious and philosophical traditions of Japan: the agrarian religion of Shintoism, the Confucian system of ethics, imported from China, and Buddhism, which though originally from India also came to Japan through China. Particular attention is given to the interaction and intertwining of these traditions, and of the ways they shaped and supported the lives of individuals and communities.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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LBRL 421 - Senior Seminar: Approaches to Cultural History
Methodologies of cultural history, by nature interdisciplinary. Students read and analyze great figures in the field, such as Burckhardt, Lovejoy, Huizinga, and Gombrich, to discover methodologies used. Topics may include the nature of evidence and arguments in cultural history, and the history of ideas, rhetoric and aesthetics in writing cultural history, roles of authorial voice, and relations of writing cultural history to intellectual, social and cultural contexts. See instructor for syllabus and specific readings and topics. Repeatable with different topics to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LBRL 302 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 422 - Senior Seminar: Literary Traditions in Western Culture
How Western culture has understood, developed and transformed its major literary monuments. Students read works of major figures, and examine how in later eras these figures and their works were read and used, and discover purposes and contexts of such use. Examples may include Greek Sophists versus Plato on Homer, Dante’s use of Homer and Virgil, Biblical material in Milton. See instructor for syllabus and specific readings and topics. Repeatable with different topics to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LBRL 302 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 423 - Senior Seminar: Self, Culture and Society
Analysis of individual identity and social forms in a non-Western culture. Use of primary sources (in translation). Consideration of methodologies needed to analyze sources from non-Western cultures. Cross-cultural comparison of conceptions of the individual and his/her place in society and the universe. See instructor for syllabus and specific readings and topics. Repeatable with different topics to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LBRL 302 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 424 - Senior Seminar: Social Change in Cross-Cultural Contexts
Changes associated with European expansion in Asia and Africa and direct and indirect European colonial rule; course may include topics on Western education, religious reform movements, nationalist and postcolonial political movements, and new intellectual, literary and cultural movements. Emphasis on finding and using primary sources, application of methodologies from a variety of disciplines to understand complex patterns of social change. See instructor for syllabus and specific readings and topics. Repeatable with different topics to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LBRL 302 and permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 430 - The Humanities and the Contemporary Workplace
Connects liberal-arts curriculum to workplace issues. Introduces students to professional work environments through placement in local non-profit agencies. Carries service-learning credit.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Permission of Instructor.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 478 - Renewal and Reform in the Islamic World Since the Eighteenth Century
An exploration of the ideological foundations and historical contexts of reform movements in the Middle East, Asia and Africa from the 18th century up to the various contemporary Salafi movements commonly recognized as ‘fundamentalist.’ Islamic responses to imperialism, colonialism, and ‘modernization’ through the analysis of texts written by major Muslim modernist and revivalist thinkers such as al-Afghani, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Abduh, Mawdudi, Qutb, Khomeini and others.
Prerequisites & Notes:
One from: LBRL 231, LBRL 271, LBRL 278, LBRL 332, LBRL 378, HIST 287, HIST 487B.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 498 - Readings for Research in Humanities
Readings in Humanities under advisement in preparation for writing senior paper. Students develop a reading schedule and meet weekly with their faculty advisor; prepare and submit a formal proposal for the senior paper, on a topic developed by the student in consultation with their faculty advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Senior status. LBRL 302; and one course from: LBRL 421, LBRL 422, LBRL 423, LBRL 424 or concurrent; permission of instructor.
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: Letter
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LBRL 499 - Research in Humanities
Research and writing of a formal paper on a topic developed by the student in consultation with a faculty advisor. LBRL 498, Readings for Research in Humanities (2), required in the quarter prior to LBRL 499.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Senior status. One course from LBRL 421, LBRL 422, LBRL 423, LBRL 424, LBRL 498, permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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LIBR 201 - Introduction to Research Strategies
Introduction to the nature of research and the interpretation of information. Emphasizes information literacy, including: carrying out inquiry, locating both print and online resources, analyzing and interpreting a variety of sources for authority and authenticity, and incorporating material from sources into writing.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ENG 101 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: CCOM
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LIBR 302 - Research Paper Tutorial
This course is intended to be linked with upper-level writing intensive courses. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the methods of identifying the relevant body of knowledge in a discipline and the library research methods that will enable them to utilize this knowledge in successfully writing assigned research papers. Includes developing a research strategy and collecting resources for an annotated bibliography to accompany an assigned research paper in a linked 300-level course.
Prerequisites & Notes:
concurrent enrollment in 300-level writing intensive course
Credits: 1-4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LIBR 302A - Research Paper Tutorial
This course is intended to be linked with upper-level writing intensive courses. The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the methods of identifying the relevant body of knowledge in a discipline and the library research methods that will enable them to utilize this knowledge in successfully writing assigned research papers. Includes developing a research strategy and collecting resources for an annotated bibliography to accompany an assigned research paper in a linked 300-level course.
Prerequisites & Notes:
coreq: EAST 302, HIST 499
Credits: 1 to 4
Grade Mode: L
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LIBR 320 - Topics in Information Studies
Varying topics and information studies including emerging technologies and trends in scholarly research. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LIBR 201
Credits: 1-3
Grade Mode: Letter
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LIBR 402 - Research Tutorial
Examines library resources, research processes, and scholarly discourse for upper-division students in a particular discipline. An upper-division library course intended to support advanced research methodologies for students in a particular major. Not repeatable. Letter graded. Equivalent to LIBR 403. Cannot take both LIBR 402 and 403 for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior or senior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LIBR 403 - Research Tutorial
Examines library resources, research processes, and scholarly discourse for upper-division students in a particular discipline. An upper-division library course intended to support advanced research methodologies for students in a particular major. Not repeatable. S/U grading. Equivalent to LIBR 402. Cannot take both LIBR 402 and 403 for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior or Senior status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-4
Grade Mode: S/U
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LIBR 417 - Topics in Libr/Info Studies
Examines library resources, research processes, and scholarly discourse for upper-division students in a particular discipline. An upper-division library course intended to support advanced research methodologies for students in a particular major. Not repeatable. S/U grading. Equivalent to LIBR 402. Cannot take both LIBR 402 and 403 for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LIBR 125 or 201 or 302 or instructor permission
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LIBR 499 - Special Problems
Research designed to demonstrate the student’s competence in working with the tools of the discipline. Also offered as AMST 499.
Prerequisites & Notes:
AMST 301
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 099 - Linguistics Colloquium
Presentation of a paper at a student linguistics colloquium is a requirement for graduation as a linguistics major. The presentation may be a modification of a paper presented in an upper division course subject to the approval of the instructor. Students must sign up for LING 099 during the quarter of their presentation. This course carries no credit. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior status and completion of 4 core curriculum courses in linguistics.
Credits: 0
Grade Mode: S/U
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LING 201 - Introduction to Linguistics Science
Survey of major subfields of linguistics including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition and sociolinguistics.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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LING 204 - Sociolinguistics
Examines the relationship between society and language, concentrating on the following areas: address forms, variation theory, language use, sociolinguistics and education, multilingualism, language policy and language attitudes.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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LING 314 - Phonetics
An introduction to phonetics as a science, its history and contributions. Emphasis is on the function of the mechanism and on the production, perception and transcription of speech sounds used in various languages.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201 or ENG 370
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 315 - Phonology
Theory, methods and problems of phonological description and analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201 or ENG 370; and LING 314.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 321 - Syntax I
Theory, methods and problems of syntactic description and analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201 or ENG 370.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 322 - Syntax II
Advanced topics in theory, methods and problems of syntactic description and analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201 or ENG 370; and LING 321.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 331 - Semantics
Advanced topics in theory, methods and problems of semantic description and analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201 or ENG 370.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 402 - Topics in Linguistics
Readings and/or directed research as determined by instructor. Variable topic. Repeatable.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201 or ENG 370
Credits: 3-5
Grade Mode: Letter
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LING 425 - Linguistics Tutoring
Student selected for tutoring must dedicate four hours per week to provide help to other students, primarily those enrolled in LING 201 or LING 204. Permission may also be given to assist with other linguistics courses completed with outstanding achievement. Students may be requested to lead group sessions or work with students individually. Expertise in phonetics/phonology or morphology/syntax is desirable. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes:
LING 201, LING 204 and two upper division core courses
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: S/U
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MGMT 201 - Introduction to Business
A survey of the field. Introduction to the major functional areas comprising business or organizations. Recommended for students not intending to major in the College of Business and Economics.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: QSR
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MGMT 202 - Perspectives on Business
An introduction to perspectives on the nature of business in society, the development of the firm and how organizations function.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Enrollment in CBE Distinguished Scholars Program
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 271 - Law and the Business Environment
Historical development of legal institutions, the judicial process, and impact of the law upon individual and business decision making.
Prerequisites & Notes:
only one of MGMT 271, PLSC 311, or FAIR 311B may be taken for GUR credit.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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MGMT 311 - Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior
Introduction to organization theory, behavior and interpersonal communication; concepts of power, authority and influence; the role of philosophy and values in organizations.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 313 - Teamwork Basics
An introduction to teamwork concepts and skills. Covers structural and process attributes of teams with the objective of enhancing team leader or member effectiveness.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 311
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 319 - Business Communications
Business writing principles applied to various types of communications and reports. Cases used; work must be submitted in acceptable business format.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ENG 101 or equivalent
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 337 - Management Study Abroad
Management elective credit for upper-division courses taken at a WWU-approved study abroad program. Students must present sufficient documentation to show the material was successfully completed with a letter grade and the content is appropriate for upper-division elective credit in management. Repeatable up to 12 credits. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors only.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: S/U grading
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MGMT 359 - Greening Business Policy and Practice
This course will provide both a survey and applications of major U.S. and Washington state policies and practices supporting the greening of business. Also offered as ENVS 359.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Completion of Huxley ENVS Major Phase I or ESCI Major or CBE Major or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 365 - Industrial Purchasing
Business writing principles applied to various types of communications and reports. Cases used; work must be submitted in acceptable business format.
Prerequisites & Notes:
MGMT 360
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 380 - Business History of the United States
Business history of the United States. Review and analysis of the organizational methods, performance, climate and entrepreneurship of American business from 1780 to the present.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ECON 206
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 382 - Business and Its Environment
A study of the business decision-making process as these decisions interact with the social, technological, political/legal and economic environments. The causes and effects of the regulation of business are developed and explored.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors only. MGMT 271.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 401 - Conflict Management and Negotiations
Examination of the theory and practice of interpersonal conflict management and negotiations in organizations. Uses cases and simulations to develop negotiation skills. Topics include conflict resolution, distributive and integrative negotiation techniques and outcomes, mediations, and collaboration.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 313
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 413 - Organizational Change Practicum
Field-based course that covers both the theories and tools needed to implement change in organizations. Topics include individual resistance to change, ethics in change management and consulting, issues in organizational change, organizational development, and change management.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 313.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 414 - Leadership Practicum
A problem-based leadership course with emphasis on leading teams, leading organizational change, and self-leadership.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. OPS 461; MGMT 313.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 417 - Social Entrepreneurship
This course is about using entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to social problems. Entrepreneurs are particularly good at recognizing opportunities, exploring innovative approaches, mobilizing resources, managing risks, and building viable enterprises. These skills are just as valuable in the social sector as they are in business. Social entrepreneurship applies to both profit and non-profit firms who have programs designed to create social value.
Prerequisites & Notes:
MGMT 271
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 466 - Greening Business Applications
This course is an experiential capstone combining faculty and student teams from the College of Business and Economics and Huxley College of the Environment. Student groups prepare a Green Business Assessment for a community or campus organization and compile, distribute, and present a final report to the campus and the client organizations. Also offered as ENVS 466.
Prerequisites & Notes:
CBE Major or Huxley Major or permission of instructor; priority given to majors in Business and Sustainability. Senior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 481 - Managing Cultural Diversity
Management of persons from diverse countries and cultures. Culture-specific issues and issues of diversity in the workplace. Problems, cases and research assignments associated with managing in a multicultural and international work environment.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 311
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 483 - Ethics in Business Decisions
An investigation of ethical theories and their application to issues faced by managers. An analysis of the morality of capitalism as a social system, and the ethical issues involved in international business operations.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 382
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 490 - Internship in Business Administration
Practical application of skills and theories learned in the classroom through work or special project experience in private or public organizations. Repeatable to 12 credits. Also offered as IBUS 490.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 491 - Small Business Entrepreneurship
Planning, marketing, financial, legal, control and human elements associated with the start up, acquisition and operation of a small business from the entrepreneurial point of view.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 311, FIN 341, MKTG 380, OPS 360, and MIS 320 or ACCT 321.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 492 - Entrepreneurial Problems
Field consulting work and study under faculty supervision with small business entrepreneurs in the local business community, directed towards solving varied real-life small business problems.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 491
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MGMT 495 - Strategic Management
Case study of policy making and administration from a general management point of view. Emphasis on problem analysis, the decision-making process, administration and control, and development of policies and objectives.
Prerequisites & Notes:
Majors Only. MGMT 311, FIN 341, MKTG 380, OPS 360, and MIS 320 or ACCT 321.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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MIS 220 - Introduction to Business Computer Systems
Introduction to use of commercial software packages for business applications, including spreadsheet analysis, word processing, data management, and communications. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes:
ACCT 240, C- or better; or economics major
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: S/U
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MIS 304 - Introduction to Web Site Development
Covers basic Web site design, navigation, and construction. Topics include HTML, JavaScript, page layout, site navigation, cascading style sheets, server-side includes, designing search engines, and site testing.
Prerequisites & Notes:
MIS 320, C- or better
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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