9 courses with the subject REST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
REST 200Independent Study Race and Ethnicity1-4
Hour(s) Independent study under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Open to students with a 2.0 cumulative G.P.A. and permission of the coordinator. Independent study may take the form of readings, research or project. Independent study may be taken for a total of four courses, no more than two in any one term.
Hour(s) A socio-historical analysis of the interaction of racial and ethnic groups and the American environment. This will include the social, economic and political aspects of racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Hour(s) This course introduces students to the critical analysis of race and ethnicity, with a focus on comprehending theoretical approaches to the study of race and ethnicity prevalent in the United States and throughout the world.
Hour(s) Intensive investigation of a topic or problem in the study of race and ethnicity. The specific content and methods of study will be announced prior to the beginning of the course.
Hour(s) This course will engage students with some of the world’s most important women’s rights leaders of the past century. Students will examine the leadership strategies of a diverse array of feminists who challenged systems of oppression in myriad ways. Readings will incorporate a variety of perspectives written by the activists themselves, reflecting important points of difference and commonality across lines of age, race, nation, culture, class, sexuality, and political ideology.
Hour(s) This course provides an opportunity to use the knowledge and skills learned in coursework to solve problems in a real work setting; the apprenticeship aspect of the internship implies that the student has some base of knowledge and will increase her knowledge and skills by direct contact with an experienced, knowledgeable mentor. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 2.0 cumulative G.P.A. May be taken only once for credit toward the REST major, for a minimum of 3 semester hours.
REST 290Honors Independent Study Race and Ethnicity3-4
Hour(s) Advanced independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Open to juniors and seniors with a 3.5 G.P.A.in the courses constituting the major and permission of the coordinator. Honors Independent Study may be taken twice for a maximum of eight semester hours.
Hour(s) The worlds of Native American spirituality and mythology will be explored through writings of Native American writers with particular focus on narrative structures of healing, role of mythic imagination and transactional symbols. Students will examine how Native writers use ceremony and trickster traditions to address historical and cultural trauma and heal relationships between mind, body, spirit, community and natural environment as part of Native American concepts of health and wellness.
Hour(s) In this course, students will develop a substantial, original research project concerning race and/or ethnicity. Required of majors in their senior year. Juniors may take this course with the permission of instructor.
