Ethical Perspectives

3413 – Biomedical Ethics │

Prerequisite: Junior standing, or completion of one lower-division course in HSCI, or permission of instructor
Section 001 Associate Professor Piers Hale                  TR 12:00-1:15             Dale Hall 112
Introduces key concepts in biomedical ethics.  Topics may include: the doctor/patient relationship; medical research on humans and animals; reproductive rights and technologies; medical decisions at the end of life; and the allocation of scarce resources.  [western culture]

Historical/Humanistic Perspectives

ENGL 1913     Writing for Health Professionals │

Prerequisite: ENGL 1213

Section 995 Dr. Amanda Klinger                                 Online

Section 996 Annemarie Mulkey                                   Online

Section 997 Annemarie Mulkey                                   Online

Section 998 TBA                                                          Online

Prepares pre-professionals in the health professions for writing they will do in later coursework and in practice.

ENGL 3113     Nature/Environment/Science Writing│

Prerequisite: ENGL 1213 or EXPO 1213

Section 013 Professor Roxanne Mountford                 TR 12:00-1:15             Cate Center Two 101

Interdisciplinary advanced composition course. Students read and write about the natural world and the environment from a variety of angles. This is a designated writing course.  [western culture]

HIST 1303       Science, Nature, and Society: Historical Perspectives │

Prerequisite ENGL 1213 or EXPO 1213 or permission of instructor
Section 001 Assistant Professor Rhona Seidelman       TR 1:30-2:45               Copeland 218

Examines contagious disease in the 20^th century. Explores time period following the discovery of antibiotics in which biomedicine seemed invincible.  Moves into the 20^th century when the AIDS virus and resistance to antibiotics turned contagion into a new, and thoroughly modern, threat. [western culture]

HSCI 1113       Science, Nature, and Society: Historical Perspectives │

Section 001 Mr. Younes Mahdavi                                MWF 10:30-11:20       PhSc 402

Section 995 Mr. Brent Purkaple                                  Online

Section 996 TBD                                                          Online

An introduction to the study of science, technology, and medicine in light of historical, philosophical, and cultural analysis.  Focusing on the relationships between science, nature, and society, this class introduces some of the big questions about who we are, who we have been, and who we might become.  [western culture]

HSCI 3273       Acupuncture, Medicine Men & Ayurveda: Indigenous & Non-Western Medicine in Perspective │

Prerequisite: Junior standing, or completion of one lower-division course in HSCI, or permission of instructor
Section 001 Assistant Professor Aparna Nair               MW 1:30-2:45            Dale Hall 112
Introduces histories of practices and systems of medicine and healing variously deemed 'indigenous,' traditional,' 'non-western,' 'alternative' and 'complementary' in historical context. Students critique the historical and cultural meaning of these terms and their attendant conceptions of health, disease and the body.  [nonwestern culture]

HON 2973       Food and Culture │

Prerequisite: Permission of Honors College

Associate Professor Julia Ehrhardt

Section 003                                                                  MW 1:30-2:45             Boren Hall 182

Section 004                                                                  MWF 10:30-11:20       Boren Hall 182

Introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of food, a burgeoning academic field. We will begin by investigating how food shapes personal, group, and national identities, and then study how gender, ethnicity, and race contribute to these formulations, and turn to contemporary issues regarding food in the U.S.: the lives and working conditions of immigrant farm laborers who produce what we put on our tables, the politics underlying school lunch programs, the ethics of eating meat, and how foods of other nations have been transformed in the U.S. Finally, we will investigate hunger epidemics and possible solutions to feeding the world in the future. Readings, films, in-class discussions, and paper assignments will facilitate our examination of these topics. The goal of this class is to understand how food shapes lived experience in the U.S., and vice-versa—how our experiences with food have defined and presently signify about national life in the U.S.  [western culture]

IAS 4013          Senior Capstone - Global Environment and Disease Crises │

Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission of instructor

Associate Professor Miriam Gross

Section 001                                                                  MW 1:30-2:45             Farzaneh 230

Explores the intertwined relationship of environment, agriculture, economic development, pollution, disease, patriotism, domestic security, and international conflict in China and how it deals with environmental issues and disease crises -- two key problems within the country. Of particular concern are China's devastating water shortage that threatens to leave much of northern China without water in the next twenty years, major epidemics such as SARS and AIDS, and China's aging, rural population lacking health care.

NAS 4333        Native American Health Issues and Concerns│

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor

Section 004 Associate Professor Raymond Orr            TR 9:00-10:15             Copeland 246

Historical information about American Indians with emphasis on health, including behavioral health, and tribal/Indian health service policy issues. Discusses traditional medicine and healing, research needs related to American Indian health, and career opportunities in health professions.  

Social Scientific Perspectives

ANTH 1913     Plagues and People │

Section 001 TBA                                                    MWF 12:30-1:20         Dale Hall 31

 (Serves as prerequisite for upper division ANTH courses.)

Study of the impact of diseases such as malaria, bubonic plague, and AIDS on human society, from their effects on populations to their influence on the course of history. Identification of social and cultural factors, conditions that influence and impede the spread of contagious diseases, ethical issues concerning the treatment of the sick, and policies designed to halt epidemics. Contemporary threat of biological weapons and the impact on local and national public health efforts in the U.S. [social science]

ANTH 4643     Psychiatric Anthropology│

Prerequisite: junior standing or or 3 hours of ANTH

Section 001 Professor Lori Jervis                         TR 1:30-2:45               Adams 112

(Slashlisted with 5643.  No student may earn credit for both 4643 and 5643.)  

Explores historical and contemporary thinking about culture and mental illness, and examines classic formulations of the relationship between anthropology and psychiatry.

COMM 2323   Survey of Health Communication │

Section 001 Associate Professor James Olufowote       TR 10:30-11:45            Burton Hall 205

An introduction to one of the fastest-growing areas of the communication discipline: health communication. Surveys current issues, theory, and research surrounding health communication and it will focus on a variety of issues, such as perceptions of health, provider-patient relationships, health organizations, health campaigns, intercultural issues, and the use of new communication technologies in health care.  [social science]

COMM 3313   Communication and Public Health │

Prerequisite: COMM 1113 and junior standing or permission of instructor

Section 001 Professor Elaine Hsieh            MWF 11:30-12:20       Burton Hall 206

Introduction to concepts fundamental to understanding human health behavior and health promotion. Describes prevalent health behavior, psychosocial, and psychological theories of behavior change used by health educators and researchers in a variety of contexts. Examines several individual-based, social-based, organization-based, and eco-social theories, including the health belief model, the theory of planned behavior, the transtheoretical model, decision-making, and social support.

COMM 4413   Issues in Health Communication │

Prerequisite: COMM 1113 and junior standing or permission of instructor

Section 001 Associate Professor James Olufowote       TR 1:30-2:45               Burton Hall 210

Communication theories and principles in various contexts. Will be a thematic course, which focuses on in-depth, context-specific, health-related research and theories. Introduces various themes that are important in health communication, with particular focuses on interpersonal (e.g., social support, uncertainty management, provider-patient communication), cross-cultural (e.g., cross-cultural health care and illness ideology), and organizational (e.g., HMOs and risk communication) contexts.

HES 4513        Public Policy Impact of Health Promotion │

Prerequisite: junior standing and HES 1823 or HES 2913

Section 995 Dr. Breion Rollins                                     Online

As health promotion becomes more popular in the workplace, many organizations are struggling with existing and new regulations that help guide and ensure that compliant programs are being created. Examines existing policies and new policies impacting the delivery of health promotion programs. Topics include, but are not limited to, Healthy People 2020, CDC, State of Oklahoma Health Department, and Economic Theories on Wellness, Health Care Reform Impact and Tobacco Free Policies.

SOC 3683        Wealth, Power, and Prestige │

Prerequisite: SOC 1113 or sophomore standing or above

Section 001 Associate Professor Bob Peck    TR 9:00-10:15             Dale Hall 125

Examines the systems in which the central elements of class stratification--wealth, power, and prestige--are created and distributed and addresses the issue of "who gets how much and why?" Reviews theories and evidence in current stratification studies and assesses racial, ethnic, and religious correlates of inequality.

SOC 3853        Sociology of the Body │

Prerequisite: SOC 1113

Section 001 Assistant Professor Jennifer Hackney      TR 10:30-11:45           Kaufman Hall 138

Examines various forms of body modification from a sociological perspective. Begins with the more popular sociological theories on the body, particularly the docile/disciplined and the carnivalesque/grotesque body. Moves to a focus on body modification conceptualized as "body art" with a particular focus on tattooing and piercing, but also covering scarification and other (permanent) forms of body art, followed by exploration of normalization surgeries or surgeries of the "disabled".  Finally, the course will focus on cosmetic (as opposed to plastic) surgery as a method of modification. During the course, students should consider the legitimacy or limitations each area.

Rev. 09-10-19