FEATURED COURSES - Spring 2010

 

CFS 385: Exploring Adoption
Dr. Darbi Haynes-Lawerence
Spring: Web Course

A review of theories and research underlying practice with families and children who have been adopted. Offers an understanding of challenges, risks, and opportunities for adoptive and birth families. Types of critical issues of adoption will be reviewed.
You must be at Junior standing to take this course.
For more information or to sign up contact Dr. Darbi Haynes-Lawrence at
darbi.haynes-lawrence@wku.edu

UC 399: Cultures of Earning and Caring
Jennifer Butler-Modaff
Spring: Web Course

This course will examine the intersections of earning and caring from a gendered perspective. The course will begin with the decision to either stay at home as a traditional caregiver or to work outside of the home. It will then proceed with an exploration of creative arrangements for balancing earning and caring such as working from home, telecommuting, or paid care giving. Additional topics may include: mommy wars, care labor, feminization of poverty, mommy track, multicultural perspectives on earning and caring, and alternative work sites.
For more information contact jennifer.butler-modaff@wku.edu or call 270-745-3570.

UC 399: The West in the American Mind
Dr. Steve Wiegenstein
2nd bi-term: March 22- May 14- Web Course

This course will use readings in history, literature, journalism, politics, demographics, geography, anthropology, and cultural studies, and viewings of films and art, to examine the part played by the idea of the West in the American mind. Issues include the role of the individual hero, the relation between human and nature, the relation between "tame" and "wild," the imagery of the "cowboy," and the persistent mythology of the United States as a frontier or "gunslinger" nation. 
For more information contact steve.wiegenstein@wku.edu or call 270-745-3427

ICSR 301: Seminar- Silent Spring 2010: Mountain Removal in Kentucky
Dr. Molly Kerby
1st bi-term: January 27-March 18

This course will examine the social, political, and economic forces surrounding the issue of mountain top removal in Kentucky's Appalachain mountain area. Students will help organize students to attend the iLove the Mountain Rally, which will be held February 2010 in Frankfort, KY. If weather is permitting, students wishing to kayak from Lexington to Frankfort for the rally will be accompanied by the instructor. The kayaking trip will be organized by the ICSR 301 students and Kentuckians for the Commowealth to signify the importance of House Bill 164, the "stream saver bill".
For more information contact molly.kerby@wku.edu or call 270-745-6952

ICSR 301: Seminar- WKU at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
Dr. Joel Turner
February 17- February 21

WKU at CPAC is an academic program designed to provide students an opportunity to experience one of our nation's most significant political conferences. During the conference, students will be able to hear prominent conservative political speakers, attend panel discussions on important social and political issues, and particiapte in leadership training activities. In addition, students will have a chance to explore and learn more about our nation's capital.
For more information contact joel.turner@wku.edu or call 270-745-2728

ICSR 301: Seminar- Slow Food vs. Fast Food: The Omnivores True Dilemma
Dr. Molly Kerby
2nd bi-term: March 24- May 14

This course will examine the slow food movement both in the United States and globally. Students will be expected to work with the regional SKY Farmer's Market coordinator to help prepare for the 2010 season. The SKY Farmer's Market will open April 24, 2010, so the first half of class will be devoted to accompanying the market coordinator or board members on routine farm visits (two visits/student), organizing, and advertising. The second half of the course will require students to participate at the market.
For more information contact molly.kerby@wku.edu or call 270-745-6952