News & Updates
General Education COVID-19 update:
• The General Education is operating at normal capacity
• Operations have shifted to take place at a distance, in keeping with best practices recommended during the COVID-19 outbreak.
For additional updates and information on COVID-19 go to wou.edu/coronavirus
• PE 131 is no longer offered at WOU. If you are completing the LACC requirement you can use additional PE activity credits which will be offered through Summer 2016.
For Health Promotion HE 257 and GERO 200 are still offered.
FEATURED COURSES
PS 447 Environmental Politics & Policy
An analysis of the history, politics and implementation of national environmental policy and the most important environmental laws and organizations. (CRN 31221)
COM 430 Social Media & Culture
Examines the history, theory, technology and uses of social media. Focus on the relationship between technical affordance of a technology and the social norms of a user community in order to better understand the complexities of engaging with emerging technologies. (CRN 30691)
LIT 382 Cultural Trauma & Memory
This course examines how cultural traumas are memorialized in literary and aesthetic texts. We will read key theoretical texts on trauma and memory from various academic disciplines. Drawing on interdisciplinary trauma and memory studies, we will analyze representations of culture trauma in literature, film, or other arts. Topics explored may include genocide and reconciliation, intergenerational memory, insidious and everyday violence, and trauma as experienced within non-Western memory systems. (CRN 31486)
GEOG 480 Nature in the American West
Examines historical and contemporary importance of nature, as concept and physical reality, to the economies, cultures and politics of the American West. Specific topics and areas of focus will vary each term. (CRN 31538)
GS 325 Learning Science through Scientific Practice
Introduces students to learning science through scientific practices of scientific inquiry and engineering design, and the connection of science and technology to everyday lives. Students examine life, Earth and physical sciences content through collaborative learning projects. (CRN 30334 & 30335)
GEOG 331 Environmental Justice
Introduction to environmental justice as a concept, a social and political movement, and a topic of analysis focused on the uneven social and geographic distribution of environmental harms such as air pollution and toxic waste. (CRN 31257)
BI 441 Human Heredity
Basic principles of human inheritance, including patterns of traits, chromosomes, sex determination, how DNA is connected to traits, and DNA technology used for diagnostics. Not open for credit to biology majors or biology minors; may not be used in a degree in addition to BI 314, Introductory Genetics. BI 541 is designed for graduate students in education or related fields. (CRN 30529 & 30997)
CS 340 Computer Ethics
Acquaints students with the contemporary or possible future moral problems that might arise due to computerization. Gives students a deeper understanding of the nature of morality or the nature of society. Helps students understand the relationship between deep human needs, socioeconomic institutions and technology. (CRN 31321 & 31460)
HST 484 Health, Medicine and Gender in Historical Perspective
This course presents three key areas of analysis for the study of health, medicine and gender in historical perspective. The first concerns gendered ideas about sexuality and gender roles and how these relate to health care in history. The second is a comparative examination of women and men as health care providers in different cultures. The third is a focus on women and men as recipients of health care and as health care activists. (CRN 31233)
Military Veterans and Active Duty Personnel
Make sure you file your Joint Services Transcript with the registrar’s office. You may have filled some General Education requirements already.
GENERAL EDUCATION CONTACT
503-838-8348 | or e-mail: gened@wou.edu | Location: AC 129
