IIR Schedule of Classes

Concerned with the period of human development from puberty to maturity. Topics include theoretical perspectives, cross-cultural differences, physiological growth and cognitive development, selected social issues and selected problem areas, including drug abuse, sexual behaviors and delinquency.

Explores the theory and practice of contemporary communication and advocacy short form video.

The influence of culture on child development will be examined from several perspectives. Issues examined include the influences of group; differences in family organization, how styles of parenting affect children�s socio-emotional development, how language and communication practices affect cognitive development, national differences in cultural tradition reflected in the pattern of educational and other institutions, and implications for the participation of minority cultural groups in American education.

Introduction to human information processing, including such topics as concept formation, pattern recognition, attention, memory and problem-solving.

Explores how communication shapes constructions of gender, sex, sexuality and other identity markers. Topics include issues of oppression, identity, and power and social, political, and economic situations and examines how these issues impact our daily lives.

A historical and theoretical introduction to documentary films and videos. Students will explore the power of documentaries to address socially significant issues.

This course offers an introduction to the specific approaches of environmental history and the historical relationship between the human and nonhuman world. We will analyze changing ideas about the natural world, the history of the environmental movement, how modern societies have shaped the natural world, and how the natural world has in turn impacted history.