College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

224 transformational forms and will practice appraising the quality of different types of auto ethnographic reports. They will also learn how to conceive and conduct an auto ethnography. Offered occasionally. MACS 6322 – Food Web Dynamics A food chain is simply "who eats what". A food web weaves together many food chains to form a complicated network of feeding relationships. Many animals eat more than one thing, and each link in each chain is important and integral to the entire system. The interactions in a food web are far more complex than the interactions in a food chain. This course is designed to study the basic components and processes of trophic dynamics, how these comprise different marine ecosystems and how these systems can be altered. MACS 6332 – Human Sexuality and Gender Reviews the psychosocial development of sexuality and gender form childhood through old age. Summary of clinical approaches to sexual and gender problems, comparing interactional approaches with psychodynamic and behavioral models. MACS 6340 – Marine Mammals This course provides an overview of the anatomy, biomedicine evolution, husbandry, natural history, pathology, and physiology of the cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, and allies. MACS 6550 – International Perspectives in Counseling and Therapy The course is designed to review issues relevant to the practice of couples and family therapy in an international context. Issues explored during the course include: the adaptation of western models of therapy for practice in other countries; immigrant family experiences and the relevance to clinical practice in the US; and global ethical issues in counseling and therapy. Specific cultures reviewed during the course will include Mexico, China, Cambodia, South America and India, to name a few. The content of the course is designed to build on the Family Theory course. This course will include a continued review of some of the major historic leaders or selected therapy models, model specific vocabulary, clinical techniques and theoretical conceptualizations. As part of the course, students will learn to become more sophisticated with regard to their understanding of family functioning and the role of therapy in an international context. MACS 6599 – Assessment of Credibility – Theory and Implications Students will explore a broad range of contemporary thought, discussion, and scientific research, relevant to the assessment of credibility with the goal of developing a base of knowledge for the assessment of statements made by, or on behalf of, individuals, groups, political parties, and government, both domestic and foreign. Topics that will be explored include, but are not limited to, the "making and unmaking of ignorance", defining what constitutes a "lie", the ubiquitous nature of lying, the many reasons for lying, and how lying is used in varying contexts by individuals, business, and government. MACS 6600 – International Conflict Resolution This course reviews international conflict resolution in many settings and includes informal mediation by private interveners and scholar practitioners; formal mediation by individual, regional, transnational, and international organizations; and mediation within small and large states. MACS 6603 – Resolving Environmental & Public Disputes This course focuses on the theoretical bases, practical applications, process orientations, and actual intervention into complex multiparty, multi-issue public disputes. Focus is on social/environmental interactions and sources of political and economic conflict over human health environmental protection and natural resource scarcity. Offered occasionally. MACS 6604 – Gender & Conflict This course examines gender roles in conflict and how conflict is experienced and perceived by men and women. Course material includes feminist theories, men's studies, religion, literature, history, anthropology, film, television, psychology, the justice system, and alternative dispute resolution. Offered occasionally. MACS 6605 – Introduction to Institutional Assessment Introduction to Institutional Assessment: This course will introduce students to the field of institutional assessment and planning, emphasizing the higher education environment and its unique challenges. Students will explore the functions of educational institutions across systems, develop an understanding of the concepts of institutional assessment and administrative issues in higher education, learn to use core technologies and methodologies for research applications, and build experience navigating the political and interpersonal dynamics that promote effective institutional assessment. Offered occasionally. MACS 6607 – Ethnopolitical and Community Based Conflicts This course introduces the major methods used by states, international organizations, and conflict resolution practitioners to eliminate, manage, and resolve ethnic and community‐based conflicts. Case studies are used to explain conflict escalation and de‐escalation, and mechanisms of conflict intervention. Offered occasionally. MACS 6608 - Nonviolent Social Movements This course focuses on 20th-century nonviolent social movements such as the women's rights and suffragist movement; Gandhi's prolonged struggle against British colonialism; Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American Civil Rights movement;