Completed Course and Cluster Proposals
The following proposals provide an original description of the Sophomore Inquiry and the individual Upper Division Courses under that inquiry as they were proposed and accepted for instruction by University faculty. Note: Course content may have been altered in order to remain relevant and to improve the course outcome(s) for our students.
American Studies (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under American Studies:
| ANTH 313U | Indian/White Relations (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ANTH 315U | American Culture (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ANTH 355U | Historical Archaeology and the Origins of the Modern Pacific Northwest (Approved Course Proposal) |
| COMM / PSY / WS 410U | Women in Contemporary Film (Crosslisted with PSY/WS 410U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EC 419U |
Economics of Race and Ethnicity (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 305U |
Topics in Film: The Films and Times of Charlie Chaplin (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 309U | American Indian Literature (when content is appropriate) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 313U |
The American Short Story (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 334U |
Topics in Film Genres and Movements: Asian American Film and Video(Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG / BST 351U |
African American Literature (Crosslisted with BST 351U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 360U |
American Literature to 1865 (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 363U |
American Literature 1865-1965 (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 365U |
American Fiction II (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 367U |
Topics in American Literature - Immigrant Experience and American Lit/Film (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 344U |
Geology of National Parks (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 351U |
Pacific Northwest (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 366U |
Historical Geography of North America (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 338U |
Oregon History (Approved Cluster Course) |
| HST / WS 340U |
Women and Gender in America (to 1865) (Crosslisted with WS 340U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST / WS 341U |
Women and Gender in America (1865 to 1920) (Crosslisted with WS 341U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 346U |
The American Revolution (Approved Course Proposal) |
| MUS 355U |
Jazz History (Approved Course Proposal) |
| MUS 362U |
History of Rock Music II (Approved Course Proposal) |
| MUS 376U |
American Musical Traditions (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 422U |
American Philosophy (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PSY / WS 310U |
Psychology of Women (Crosslisted with WS 310U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SOC 350U |
The United States in Comparative Perspective (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SOC 436U |
Social Movements (Approved Course Proposal) |
| TA 330U |
Multicultural Theater (Approved Course Proposal) |
| TA 362U |
Contemporary Dance 1920 - Present (Approved Course Proposal) |
| TA 471U |
20th Century American Theater & Drama (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / PSY 310U |
Psychology of Women (Crosslisted with PSY 310U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / HST 340U |
Women and Gender in America (US to 1865) (Crosslisted with HST 340U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / HST 341U |
Women and Gender in America (1865 to1920)) (Crosslisted with HST 341U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
Community Studies (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Community Studies:
| CHLA 301U |
Chicano/Latino Communities (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CHLA 390U |
Latinos in the Pacific Northwest (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 417U |
Intro to Non Violence (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EC 419U |
Economics of Race and Ethnicity (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 462U |
Sense of Place (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 444U |
Global Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 452U |
Gender, Race, Class and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SOC 420U |
Urbanization and Community (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SOC 436U |
Social Movements (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 311U |
Introduction to Urban Planning (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 317U |
Introduction to International Development (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 385U / HST 337U |
History of American Cities (Crosslisted with HST 337U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 399U |
Introduction to Documentary Methods (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 425U |
Community and the Built Environment (Approved Course Proposal) |
Environmental Sustainability (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Environmental Sustainability:
| ArH 437U | Nature into Art I & II (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EAS 399U | Problems, Solutions, and Systems Thinking (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EC 332U | Environmental Economics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 314U | Severe Weather (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 340U |
Global Water Issues and Sustainability (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 346U |
World Population and Food Supply (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 347U |
Environmental Issues and Action (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 348U |
Cultural Ecology (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 339U |
Environment and History (Approved Course Proposal) |
| INTL 399U |
International Green Building & Development (Approved Course Proposal) |
| INTL 399U |
International Sustainability, Urban Design and Human Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 455U |
Film and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 310U |
Environmental Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SCI 326U |
Ecology and the Implication of Management (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SCI 338U |
Investigating Forest Ecosystems (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SCI 399U |
Sustainable Forestry Monitoring (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SYSC 399U |
Sustainability, Systems Concepts and Indigenous Perspectives (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 313U |
Urban Planning: Environmental Issues (Approved Course Proposal) |
Family Studies (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Family Studies:
| CFS 399U | The American Family on Film and Television (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CFS 481U | Family Health Issues (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CFS 485U | Working with Diverse Families (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CFS 493U | Community Resources and Family Support (Approved Course Proposal) |
| COMM 317U | Communicating about Violence and Children (Approved Course Proposal) |
| COMM / WS 337U |
Communication & Gender (Crosslisted with WS 337U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 454U | Social Gerontology (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PSY/BST 410U | Psychological Development of African American Children (Crosslisted with BST 410U (Approved ourse Proposal) |
| SW 301U | Introduction to Social Work (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SW 407U | Issues in Child Welfare (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / COMM 337U |
Communication & Gender (Crosslisted with COMM 337U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
Freedom, Privacy, and Technology (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Freedom, Privacy, and Technology:
| BI 343U |
Genes and Society (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 399U |
Participating in Democracy (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CS 347U |
The Internet Age (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CS 348U |
Digital Media and Society (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CS 485U |
Cryptography (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 339U |
Environment and History (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 455U |
Film and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 309U |
Business Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 310U |
Environmental Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL/WS 312U |
Feminist Philosophy (Crosslisted with WS 312U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 333U |
Philosophy of Law (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PS 425U/WS 424U |
Women and the Law (Crosslisted with WS 424U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SCI 365U |
Science of Women's Bodies (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 457U |
Information Cities (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 424U/PS 425U |
Women and the Law (Crosslisted with PS 425U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
Global Environmental Change (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Global Environmental Change:
| CH 360 | Origins of Life on Earth (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 399U | Ecology of War and Peace (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 344U | Geology of National Parks (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 345U | Life in the Universe (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 399U | Geology and the History of Hawaii (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 399U | Earth and Life History of Costa Rica (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 399U | Top: Climate Record in NW Geology (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 430U | Life of the Past (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 452U | Geology of the Oregon Country (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 456U | Astrogeology (Approved Course Proposal) |
| G 457U | Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 310U | Climate and Water Resources (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 311U | Climatology (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 313U | Biogeography (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 314U | Severe Weather (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 322U | Alpine Environments (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 340U | Global Water Issues and Sustainability (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 346U | World Population and Food Supply (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 347U | Environmental Issues and Action (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 339U | Environment and History (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 310U | Environmental Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
Global Perspectives
A list of completed proposals is being compiled. Please check back later.
Healthy People / Healthy Places (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Healthy People / Healthy Places:
| ANTH 325U | Culture Health and Healing (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ANTH 333U | The Anthropology of Food (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CCJ 330U | Crime Control Strategies (Approved Course Proposal) |
| COMM 399U | Health Communication (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EC 316U | Introduction to Health Care Economics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 456U / USP 454U |
The Urban Schools and "At Risk "Status (Crosslisted with USP 454U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 326U | Drug Education (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 444U | Global Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 446U | Community Health: Principles and Practices (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 452U | Gender, Race, Class and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 455U |
Film and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 313U |
Urban Planning: Environmental Issues (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 317U |
Introduction to International Development (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 425U |
Community and the Built Environment (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 450U |
Concepts of Citizen Participation (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 454U / ELP 456U |
The Urban Schools and "At Risk" Status (Crosslisted with ELP 456U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
Interpreting the Past
A list of completed proposals is being compiled. Please check back later.
Knowledge, Rationality, and Understanding
Individual completed proposals under Knowledge, Rationality, and Understanding:
| EAS 399U | Problems, Solutions, and Systems Thinking (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PH 335U | Wacky or Real: What Everyone Should Know about Physics Scams (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 305U | The Philosophy of Medicine (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 307U | Philosophy of Social Science (Approved Course Proposal) |
Leadership for Change (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Leadership for Change:
| CCJ 455U | Political and Legal Issues of Ethical Leadership (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CCJ 465U | Leadership and Social Justice (Approved Course Proposal) |
| COMM 370U | Debate and Forensics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| COMM 423U | Organizational Communication (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 301U | Introduction to Conflict Resolution (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 399U | Peace Studies (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 399U | Consensus Building: Theory and Practice (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CR 399U | Participating in Democracy (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EC 399U | A Living Wage in Portland (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 410U | Leadership and Careers in Sustainability (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 410U | Nonviolence and Ecological Sustainability: Critical Issues (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 410U | School/Community Relations (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 410U | Spiritual Leadership (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 418U | Edcational Leadership in Schools (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 450U | Leadership for Sustainability (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 456U / USP 454U | Urban Schools & "At Risk" Status (Crosslisted with USP 454U)(Approved Course Proposal) |
| ELP 457U | Cultural Pluralism and Urban Education (Approved Course Proposal) |
| INTL/ELP 410U | Global Leaders & Change: Ghandi, Zapata, "New Agrarianism" (Crosslisted with ELP 410U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 446U | Community Health: Principles and Practices (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SOC 410U | Charismatic Leadership: Frameworks, Exemplars, Insights (Approved Course Proposal) |
| USP 454U / ELP 456U | The Urban Schools and "At Risk "Status (Crosslisted with ELP 456U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
Morality
Individual completed proposals under Morality:
| PHE 444U | Global Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 455U | Film and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 308U | Elementary Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 309U | Business Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 310U | Environmental Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 311U | Morality of Punishment (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 313U | Life and Death Issues (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 316U | Social & Political Philosophy (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 369U | Philosophy of Sex and Love (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL 481U | Biomedical Ethics (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PSY 410U | Psychology of Moral Development (Approved Course Proposal) |
Popular Culture
Individual completed proposals under Popular Culture:
| ANTH 330U | Anthropology of Folklore (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CS 345U |
Cyberculture: The Internet and Popular Culture (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CS 348U |
Digital Media and Society (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 305U |
Topics in Film (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ENG 305U |
Topics in Literature and Popular Culture: Film and Social Justice (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HUM 399U |
African Diasporan Dance in the Americas (Approved Course Proposal) |
| MKTG 340U |
Advertising (Approved Course Proposal) |
| MUS 360U |
The Guitar: History and Music (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 455U |
Film and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| TA 305U |
Understanding Theater (Approved Course Proposal) |
| TA 362U |
Contemporary Dance 1920 - Present (Approved Course Proposal) |
| TA 370U |
Topics in Theater, Media and Culture (Approved Course Proposal) |
Science in the Liberal Arts
Individual completed proposals under Science in the Liberal Arts:
| GEOG 310U / SCI 333U | Climate and Water Resources (Crosslisted with SCI 333U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| GEOG 314U | Severe Weather (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SCI 326U |
Ecology and the Implication of Management (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SCI 338U |
Investigating Forest Ecosystems (Approved Course Proposal) |
Sexualities (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Sexualities:
| PHL 369U | Philosophy of Sex and Love (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 399U | Topics in Sexuality Studies (Approved Course Proposal) |
Women's Studies (Cluster Proposal)
Individual completed proposals under Women's Studies:
| ArH / WS 431U | Women in the Visual Arts III (Crosslisted with WS 431U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| ArH / WS 432U | Issues in Gender and Art (Crosslisted with WS 432U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| BI 343U | Genes and Society (Approved Course Proposal) |
| CCJ 370U |
Women, Crime and Justice (Approved Course Proposal) |
| EC 419U |
Economics of Race and Ethnicity (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 342U |
Women and Gender in America (1920 to present) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| HST 352U |
European Women's History to 1700 (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHE 452U |
Gender, Race, Class and Health (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PHL / WS 312U |
Feminist Philosophy (Crosslisted with WS 312U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PS 425U / WS 424U |
Women and the Law (Crosslisted with WS 424U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| SY / WS 310U |
Psychology of Women (Crosslisted with WS 310U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PSY 431U / WS 410U |
Psychology of Men and Masculinity (Crosslisted with WS 410U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| PSY / WS 479U |
Women and Organizational Psychology (Crosslisted with WS 479U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 306U |
Global Gender Issues (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / PSY 310U |
Psychology of Women (Crosslisted with PSY 310U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / PHL 312U |
Feminist Philosophy (Crosslisted with PHL 312U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 330U |
Women of Color in the U.S. (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS / COMM 337U |
Communication and Gender (Crosslisted with COMM 337U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 360U |
Introduction to Queer Studies (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 365U |
The Science of Women's Bodies (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 410U |
Women, Creativity & Healing (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 424U / PS 425U |
Women and the Law (Crosslisted with PS 425U) (Approved Course Proposal) |
| WS 470U |
Asian American Women’s Studies (Approved Course Proposal) |
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