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Liberal Arts and Human Science (LAHS)

LAHS 1004 - Introduction to Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (1 credit) 
Introduction to the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: discover majors, minors, and degree requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Introduction to academic skills and career options. Review of policies and procedures for academic planning and success. Review of University programs and services that support students and promote student development.
Instructional Contact Hours: (1 Lec, 1 Crd) 
LAHS 1014 - Academic Recovery and Success Strategies (1 credit) 
Helps students on academic probation and/or returning from academic suspension to develop academic skills, behaviors and motivation towards success; focuses on the development and application of college-level study skills, personal success strategies, and the use of campus resources that enhance individual student achievement. Credit not applicable to meeting degree requirements.
Instructional Contact Hours: (1 Lec, 1 Crd) 
LAHS 1124 - Topics in Great Ideas (3 credits) 
Introduction to significant ideas or concepts that have, are, and will shape the human experience in the past, present, and future. Emphasis on cross-disciplinary ideas that have influenced how humans have sought to improve their worlds in local, regional, or global contexts.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 10 Ethical Reasoning, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours 
LAHS 1984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 1984G - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Pathway Concept Area(s): 7 Identity & Equity in U.S. 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 2104 - Introduction to Hip Hop Studies (3 credits) 
Interdisciplinary survey and examination of Hip Hop aesthetic and cultural expressions, history, and scholarship and their contexts in the U.S. and globally; including how Hip Hop comments on, responds to and reflects, and mediates intersectional identities, space, place, traditions, and histories of inequity and power in the U.S. and globally. Critical analysis and creation of multimedia texts in response to and synthesizing diverse perspectives in Hip Hop. Opportunities to engage and participate in a variety of campus and community organizations and resources.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 2114 - Topics in Sports Culture (3 credits) 
Examination of fundamental concepts related to sports culture—including community, competition and excellence, rituals and traditions, exclusion and inclusion, commercialization and entertainment, ethics and integrity, risk and injury, cultural symbolism and meaning—in variable cultural, historical, political, and social contexts. Emphasis on the interpretation and analysis of texts and media across disciplines to understand sports culture and the social and cultural phenomena shaping sports from the playground to scale. Course may be repeated one time with different content for a maximum of 6 credits.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 6 credit hours 
LAHS 2124 - Perspectives on Games and Humanity (3 credits) 
Broad introduction to key concepts and facts related to the history and economics of the games industry and social, behavioral, and cultural dimensions of games within the US and globally. Focus on digital games and other game formats such as board games and tabletop role-playing games. Readings, lectures, discussions and assignments cover academic, industry, and popular and intercultural perspectives on games. Analyses of social dimensions of games are informed by conceptual and methodological perspectives from humanities and social and behavioral sciences.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 2724 - Introduction to Displacement Studies (3 credits) 
Examines key concepts, ideas, and technologies in global population displacement, including categorization, distribution and governance of displaced groups. Introduces displacement drivers such as natural disaster, climate change, civil unrest, infectious disease, and forced relocation. Identifies digital infrastructures used for, by, and against displaced populations. Describes experiences of displaced people.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: ENGL 2724, HIST 2724, STS 2724 
LAHS 2784 - Introduction to Public Interest Technology (3 credits) 
Introduces concepts, skills, and problems related to Public Interest Technology, an emerging field of comprehensive approaches to ensure that technology—broadly conceived to encompass digital, genomic, agricultural, financial, and other sectors—works for the benefit of public interest. Focuses on introducing basic concepts and frameworks in Public Interest Technology, including social justice, inclusive design, the politics of design and production, technology policy, and stakeholder identification and participation.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 10 Ethical Reasoning 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 2974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 2974H - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Honors
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 2984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 2984G - Special Study (3 credits) 
Pathway Concept Area(s): 7 Identity & Equity in U.S. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 3124 - Topics in Games and Simulations (3 credits) 
Explores concepts relevant to social and cultural elements of games and simulations, including user experiences, behavioral effects, interpersonal dynamics, and cultural influences. Examines readings from academic and industry sources for insights on the societal role of games and simulations, including connections with related applications and policy. Course may be repeated one time with different content for a maximum of 6 credits.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 6 credit hours 
LAHS 3954 - Study Abroad (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 3954G - Study Abroad (3 credits) 
Pathway Concept Area(s): 7 Identity & Equity in U.S. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 3984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4024 - Communicating and Engaging with Science Capstone (3 credits) 
Capstone experience in in communicating and engaging with science. Transdisciplinary collaboration cooperating with peers in STEM and non-STEM fields. Engagement—via digital, performative, written, and visual approaches—with audiences with diverse levels of scientific understanding. Discussion of methods for assessing the impact of science communication. Senior standing required.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 4824 and TA 2404 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 4114 - Transdisciplinary Enabling Capability Studio (3 credits) 
Experiential learning studio course. Immerses students in teams working with stakeholders to identify a sociotechnical problem regarding a transdisciplinary solution for which the stakeholder group has less access, awareness, adoption, or benefit compared to the broader population; conduct humanistic and social scientific research to better understand the problem; evaluate different policy and design solutions to the problem and create a concrete prototype of a solution to the identified problem. Students work with an external stakeholder partner (e.g., business, nonprofit organization, community group, government, or faculty mentor/team) to identify a pressing problem experienced by the partner or its users, customers, or constituents. Students first apply humanistic or social/behavioral scientific research methods (e.g., historical documentary analysis and focus group interviews) to better understand the nature and causes of the problem. Students evaluate potential solutions to the problem in light of what they found through their research and the potential for increasing fairness in decisions involving technology. Then, student teams prioritize design and prototyping process, working through difficulties and constraints any potential solution faces, and assessing strengths and weaknesses of proposed solutions in dialogue with their stakeholders. Students prototype potential solutions, whether a technological or process design or proposed policy or legislation, and have their prototype assessed, tested, and critiqued by both the instructor and representatives from the stakeholder group. Finally, students evaluate applications of their project and skills used to one or more future career settings.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 4214 - Experiential Learning for Social Impact Capstone (3 credits) 
Capstone in displacement studies. Promotes social justice through community engaged research. Work with a research or cultural center on campus or a community organization off campus. Academy of Transdisciplinary Studies advisor approval. Pre: Junior Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 4754 - Internship (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4964 - Field Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4974H - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Honors
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4994 - Undergraduate Research (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 4994H - Undergraduate Research (1-19 credits) 
Honors
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 5004 - Organizational Leadership for an Aging Society (3 credits) 
The impact of aging processes on leadership and administrative requirements. Issues for organizations dealing with older adults and their families. Biological, psychological, and sociological aging processes. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 5014 - Ethics for an Aging Society (3 credits) 
Ethical issues principles, theories, and approaches that address issues surrounding older adults and their families living in community and facility settings. Organizations of all types (i.e., for profit, nonprofit, government) contend. Current and future policies and practices that address the care needs of older adults and their families. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 5024 - Public Policy for an Aging Society (3 credits) 
Local, state, and national legislation and other policies for older adults. Historical context, existing policies, needed policies. Policy development and approval processes. Individuals, organizations, and movements, including policy influencers and disrupters that affect public policy. Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, the Affordable Care Act, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, and other national and state legislation for older adults. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
LAHS 5974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 5984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
LAHS 6984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course