Communication, Identity & Place Themes

  • Students select from one of the following pre-designed themes: Social, Intercultural or Environmental Communication, Identity and Place.
  • Please consult with Dr. Natalie Dollar (ndollar@osucascades.edu)regarding these themes when completing your Liberal Studies Application Essay and Plan of Study.

Social Communication, Identity & Place (46-47 credits)

Lower Division (19-20 credits)
   
ANTH 299: Gender & Sexuality in Anthropology (last offered Spring 2007)
HST 201: History of the United States (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
HST 202: History of the United States (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
HST 207: History of the American West (Spring 2008)
HST 225: U.S. Women's History
HUM 230: Immigrant Experience in American Literature
HUM 240: Native American Literature (last offered Winter 2007)
HUM 256: African-American Culture and Literature
WS 101: Introduction to Women & Gender Studies
WS 102: Introduction to Women Studies
4 credits
(select 1)
COCC
SOC 201: Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
SOC 211: Social Deviance (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
SOC 212: Race, Class & Ethnicity (Fall 2007, Winter 2008)
SOC 215: Social Issues (Fall 2007, Winter 2008)
SOC 250: Sociology of Popular Culture (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)
8 credits
(select 2)
COCC
SP 111: Public Speaking (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
SP 218: Interpersonal Communication (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
SP 219: Small Group Communication (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
SP 241: Media, Communication & Society (Spring 2008)
3 or 4 credits
(select 1)
COCC
PS 201: Introduction to U.S. Government (Fall 2007)
PS 203: State/Local Government
4 credits
(select 1)
COCC
Upper Division (27-28 credits)    
COMM 318: Advanced Interpersonal Communication (last offered Fall 2006)
COMM 322: Small Group Problem Solving (Winter 2008)
3 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C
COMM 321: Introduction to Communication Theory (Fall 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
COMM 418: Interpersonal Communication Theory & Research with COMM 408: Community Dialogue Workshop (Winter 2008)
COMM 425: Communication & Youth Outreach (Fall 2008)
4 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C
PS 317: Gender & Politics (Winter 2008)
PS 363: Gender & Race in America (Summer 2007)
PS 425: Gender & Law (Winter 2008)
4 credits (select 1)
OSU-C
WS 399: Sex in the City (last offered Fall 2006)
WS 399: Witches, Midwives & Healers (Fall 2007)
WS 340: Gender & Science (last offered Winter 2007)
3 credits (select 1)
OSU-C
SOC (TBA)
3 credits
OSU-C
LS 406: Project
LS 410: Internship
3 or 4 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C
Writing Intensive Course (WIC):
COMM 418: Interpersonal Communication Theory & Research (Winter 2008)
PS 429: Topics in Judicial Politics (last offered Spring 2007)
3 or 4 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C

Suggested STS Synthesis Courses:

  • PS 370: Science, Religion & Politics (4, Summer 2007) or
  • WS 340: Gender & Science (3, last offered Winter 2007)

Suggested CGI Synthesis Courses:

  • ENG 416: Power & Representation (3, last offered Spring 2007) or
  • WS 450: Ecofeminism (3, last offered Spring 2007)

Intercultural Communication, Identity & Place (46 credits)

Lower Division (19 credits)    
ANTH 103: Cultural Anthropology (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)
ANTH 226: Latin American Culture
ANTH 228: Cultures of Mexico
ANTH 299: Language & Culture (Fall 2007)
ANTH 299: Accessing the Muslim World (2 credits, last offered Fall 2007)
ANTH 299: Documentary & Foreign Films (last offered Winter 2007)
HST 218: Native American History (Fall 2007)
HUM 210: Culture & Literature of Asia (last offered Fall 2006)
HUM 211: Culture & Literature of Africa (Fall 2007)
HUM 212: Culture & Literature of the Americas
PS 205: Introduction to International Affairs (Winter 2008)
8 credits
(select 2)
COCC
HST 105: World History (Fall 2007 in Italy, Winter 2008)
HST 106: World History (Spring 2008)
HST 290: East Asia History (last offered Fall 2006)
HST 291: East Asia (Fall 2007)
HST 258: Colonial Latin American History (Winter 2008)
HST 259: Modern Latin American History (Spring 2008)
8 credits
(select 1 sequence)
COCC
SP 115: Intercultural Communication
3 credits
COCC
Upper Division (27 credits)    
COMM 321: Introduction to Communication Theory (Fall 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
COMM 326: Intercultural Communication (Spring 2008)
3 credits OSU-C
COMM 407: Persuasion and Culture (last offered Summer 2006)
COMM 427: Cultural Codes of Place (Fall 2007)
3 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C
ENG 360: Native American Literature (Summer 2007)
3 credits OSU-C
ENG 480: Studies in Literature, Culture & Society (last offered Fall 2006, Winter & Spring 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
ART 465: Native American Art NW Coast
ART 467: Native American Art Plains (Spring 2008)
3 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C
WS 480: International Women (Summer 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
LS 406: Project
LS 410: Internship
3 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C
Writing Intensive Course (WIC):
ART 411: Contemporary Issues in Art (Spring 2008)
ART 368: History of Photography (Fall 2007)
COMM 418: Interpersonal Communication Theory & Research (Winter 2008)
ENG 485: Studies in American Literature (Spring 2008)
3 credits
(select 1)
OSU-C

Suggested STS Synthesis Courses:

  • PS 370: Science, Religion & Politics (4, Summer 2007) or
  • WS 340: Gender & Science (3, last offered Winter 2007)

Suggested CGI Synthesis Courses:

  • ENG 416: Power & Representation (3, last offered Spring 2007) or
  • WS 450: Ecofeminism (3, last offered Spring 2007)


Environmental Communication, Identity & Place (46-49 credits)

Lower Division (limit to 18 credits)    
ANTH 299: Environment and Culture (last offered Fall 2006)
4 credits
COCC
SP 111: Public Speaking (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
3 credits
COCC
SP 219: Small Group Communication (Fall 2007, Winter & Spring 2008)
3 credits
COCC
HUM 266: Popular Culture/Travel Literature (Spring 2008)
4 credits
COCC
HST 207: History of the American West (Winter 2008)
4 credits
COCC
WR 240: Creative Writing / Nonfiction (Winter & Spring 2008)
4 credits COCC
Upper Division (28-31 credits)    
COMM 321: Introduction to Communication Theory (Fall 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
COMM 418: Interpersonal Communication Theory & Research with COMM 408: Community Dialogue Workshop (Winter 2008)
4 credits
OSU-C
COMM 427: Cultural Codes of Place, Space & Landscape (Fall 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
ENG 482: American Literature, Culture & Environment
3 credits
OSU-C
PHL 440: Environmental Ethics (last offered Winter 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
WS 450: Ecofeminism (last offered Spring 2007)
3 credits
OSU-C
LS 406: Projects
LS 410: Internship
3 or 4 credits
OSU-C
Writing Intensive Course:
COMM 418: Interpersonal Communication Theory & Research (Winter 2008)
ENG 485: Studies in American Literature (Spring 2008)
PS 429: Topics in Judicial Politics (last offered Spring 2007)
3 or 4 credits (select 1)
OSU-C

Suggested STS Synthesis Courses:

  • CSS 395: World Soil Resources (Summer 2007, Winter 2008) or
  • FW 350: Endangered Species, Society & Sustainability (Fall 2007) or
  • GEO 305: Living with Volcanoes (Spring 2008) or
  • PS 370: Science, Religion & Politics (4, last offered Spring 2007) or
  • WS 340: Gender & Science (last offered Winter 2007)

Suggested CGI Synthesis Courses:

  • ENG 416: Power & Representation (last offered Spring 2007) or
  • FOR 465: Current Issues in Natural Resources (last offered Fall 2006) or
  • FW 325: Global Crisis in Resource Ecology (Winter 2008) or
  • GEO 308: Global Change & Earth Science (Spring 2008)
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