Latin American and Legal Studies Women's Studies General Information The goal of the US-JAPAN CENTER of Utah is to increase the flow of ideas in science, industry, and technology between Japan and the United States. Services provided include public seminars and symposia, JapanLinks newsletter, Internet new programs, workshops for business leaders with an interest in Japan, study abroad programs, and support for Japanese language programs at Weber State University and other campuses state-wide. The US-JAPAN CENTER of Utah is a program of the Utah Asian Studies Consortium and is funded, in part, by the US-JAPAN Industry and Technology Management Training Program of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES MINOR PROGRAM Coordinator: John Z. Kartchner Location: Bldg. 1, Room 139 Telephone: 626-6187 The Latin American Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program offered through a number of cooperating departments including Foreign Language, History, Geography, Political Science and Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology. PROGRAM: LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES MINOR General Requirements: • Courses taken which are part of the student's major will not count as fulfillment of the minor requirement. • No course with a grade less than "C" will be accepted to fulfill the minor requirement. Specific Requirements: • Two years of college Portuguese or Spanish or their equivalent [101 (4), 102 (4), 103 (4), 201 (4), 202 (4), 203 (4)] • Twenty credit hours chosen from at lease two of the following departments: • Foreign Language: Portuguese or Spanish 320 (4), 321 (4), 322 (4), 359 (4), 360, 361, 362 (4-4-4), 390 (1-5), 393 (1-4), 394 (1-4), 450 (4), 451 (4), 452 (4), 490 (1- 5). • History: 326 (3), 429 (3), 459 (3), 460 (5), 461 (5), 465 (3), 483* (1-2), 493* (1-5). • Geography: 354 (5), 480* (1-5), 495* (1-5). • Political Science: 389* (3), 483* (1-4), 499* (2). • Anthropology: 350* (5), 491 * (2-5). *Acceptable when the emphasis and content are basically Latin American. Should other courses relating specifically to Latin America, either of an experimental or of a permanent nature, be added to the curriculum, these courses will be accepted as part of the Latin American Studies Minor Program. Should such courses be part of an academic area not listed above, the new academic area will be added to those presently constituting the Latin American Studies Minor. LEGAL STUDIES MINOR PROGRAM Coordinator: Rod O. Julander Location: Social Science, Room 280A Telephone: 626-6697 The Legal Studies Minor Program is an interdisciplinary program offered through a number of cooperating departments including Accounting, Business Administration, English, Communications, Computer Information Systems, Math, Child and Family Studies, Criminal Justice, History, Sociology, Economics, Gerontology, Psychology, Social Work, and Political Science and Philosophy. PROGRAM: LEGAL STUDIES MINOR General Requirements: • Legal studies minors must achieve a GPA of 2.00 or better in minor courses. Specific Requirements: • Core courses required: Engl 321 (3), Philo 115 (4) or Philo 116 (4), Poise 406 (5). • Students must take 16 additional hours from at least three of the following groups. No more than 8 hours (excluding the core requirements) may be lower division nor may be taken in any one discipline. The student's program must be approved by the program coordinator. Skills Important to Law: Acct 201 (3), 202 (3); Commun HU102 (3), 220 (3), 415 (3); Comsci PD101 (4) or IS&T PD170 (4); Engl 323 (3); Math 341 (4); BusAdm 240 (4). Law Courses (only one of these courses will be allowed): Chfam 315 (3); Commun 365 (5); CJ 133 (3), 235 (3); Polsci 402 (4). Background of the Law: Hist 420 (5), 450 (3); Poise SSI 10 (5), 412 (4), 426 (5), 428 (5), 475 (5); Philo 425 (3); Soclgy 427 (3). Correlative Courses: Econ SS101 (5) or 102 (3); Geront 320 (3); Psych 356 (3), 446 (3); Soclwk 462 (2); Soclgy 327 (3). • Other courses may be approved by the program director on an individual basis. WOMEN'S STUDIES MINOR PROGRAM Coordinator: Kathryn L. MacKay Location: Social Science, Room 381 Telephone: 626-7632 The Women's Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program which introduces students to the new scholarship in the study of women, past and present, from a variety of cultural, class, sexual preference, ethnic, and religious orientations. PROGRAM: WOMEN'S STUDIES MINOR A student's program of study for the Women's Studies Minor must be approved by the Women's Studies coordinator. General Requirements: • A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor. • A total of 28 credit hours is required for this minor. Specific Requirements: • Women's Studies courses required (12 credit hours): WS 105 (4), 305 (4), 405 (4). • A total of 16 credit hours of electives* chosen in consultation with the Women's Studies Coordinator. • Electives may include 1-3 credit hours of Directed Readings. WOMEN'S STUDIES COURSES-WS 205. Introduction to Women's Studies (4) An introduction to the discipline of women's studies, using multicultural materials and perspectives. The course will consider the new scholarship on women. Lectures, films, discussion, and writing will be used to explore women's experiences and the perspectives, theories, and critiques which come out of taking women into account. 305. Feminist Theories (4) A consideration of various feminist theories - that is explanations for gender hierarchies. The focus of course materials is on theories in the Western tradition, but includes theories developed in and about non-Western cultures as well. Theories will be critiqued as to their usefulness in explaining the sameness and differences of women from men and women from each other. 405. Women's Studies Research Critiques/Methodologies (4) Designed to introduce students to a variety of approaches to research in women's studies. It is not a "methods" class; students will not be conducting research. Rather, students will consider some of the assumptions which underlie research approaches which may limit our knowledge about women as the research subjects and as the researchers themselves. URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING EMPHASIS Coordinator: Wayne Wahlquist Telephone: 626-6943 Description This program provides a special emphasis in Urban and Regional Planning for majors in Botany, Economics, Geography, Geology, Microbiology, Political Science, Sociology, Zoology, and related fields. The planning emphasis offers students a background in planning by adding a set of core courses to the major of their choice. This allows each student to pursue his discipline and still gain a general understanding of the field of planning. PROGRAM: URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING EMPHASIS General Requirements: • A grade of C or better is required for all courses in Urban and Regional Planning. Specific Requirements: • Courses required: Geogr 341 (3), 342 (3), 343 (3). • For students completing both a major and a minor, the requirements of the major field will be reduced by fifteen hours. They will be replaced by 15 hours of interdisciplinary courses selected outside the major field from the following: Botany NS140 (3), 341 (4); or Geogr 345 (3), 321 (3), 336 (5); Geosc 254 (4); Micro NS115 (4) or 348 (5); Polsci 370 (5), 375 (4), 476 (3); Soclgy 280 (5); Zool 440 (4). A basic statistics course taken in a department of the student's choice. For students who wish to complete the Planning Emphasis Program in lieu of a minor, Geogr 341, 342, and 343 will be required as well as fifteen hours of interdisciplinary courses from the above list outside the major field. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Applied Science & Technology Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Health Professions Science Social & Behavioral Sciences 46 47 Continuing Education