Approved INST Courses

INST 3570-01 / HIST 3570-01 / WGST 3910
Women & Gender in the Middle East
T/Th 3:45–5:50
Dr Robinson

Debates over the status of Middle Eastern women have been at the center of political struggles for centuries, and they continue to be flash points for controversy in the present day. To begin unpacking these debates, this course will take an historical and thematic look at evolving roles of women in Arab, Turkish, and Persian societies, comparing rhetoric to some of the realities of women's lives. The first part of the course will take a chronological survey from the pre-Islamic era to the twentieth century. The latter portion will focus on issues connected to nationalism, feminism, law and Islamism. Throughout, we will interrogate the politics of gender, the political and social forces that circumscribe Middle Eastern women's lives, and the individuals who claim authority to speak for women. Special attention will be give to the ways in which the position of women has been debated within imperial, nationalist, and Islamist political programs and the role that women have played in shaping those debates.

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US–Mexico Border
INST 3910-01 / UCOR 3600-05 / UCOR 3400-05 / Optional Study Abroad COREQ: HUMT 3910-02
T/Th 1:30–3:35
Dr Hudgins

What makes places like Nogales, Mexico and Nogales, Arizona so different? This course will examine the complexities of the US-Mexico border from multiple perspectives: social, economic, cultural, historical, political, and environmental. Using a human development lens, students will choose a contemporary border topic of interest - environment, public health, indigenous groups, drug trafficking, security, poverty, migration, NAFTA - to deepen their understanding of existing contexts, consequences,
trends, and challenges.

Over Spring Break, students may choose to participate in an optional Mexico immersion component, a one-credit companion course (HUMT 3910-02, (De)constructing Community Development in Tijuana, Mexico) designed to deepen understanding of the course themes and provide a personal lens through which to view their own aspirations for change. Students will work with Fundacion Esperanza de Mexico (FEM), a NGO that focuses on community development. In a Tijuana suburb, students will work closely with a community of families who are together building their own homes. No prior construction experience is necessary, just a willingness to learn and support the community's aspirations for a better life. For more information on the immersion, contact Student Leader Alexa Montenegro, montene4@seattleu.edu or Dr. Audrey Hudgins, hudginsa@seattleu.edu.

Students who wish to engage in the ongoing community-based participatory action (CBPR) research project in collaboration with FEM and Esperanza International (EI) will be provided the opportunity to serve as 20SQ research assistants. Academic credit (variable, 1-5 credits) will be awarded for engagement with the project.

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Culture Clash
INST 3910-02 / UCOR 3600-04
T/Th 3:45–5:50
Dr Green

What lies at the heart of clashes between cultures and sub-cultures? In this course, we will explore the difficulties we face when communication and understanding between cultures break down and when our preconceptions diverge from fact. Frameworks from fields as diverse as cross-cultural management and non-violent communication will help us prepare for – and, hopefully, defuse – cultural misunderstandings. For your major topic, you will examine your own experience of culture clash in detail.

The course should be useful if you hope to study, work, or live in another culture or want to develop the openness to diversity which we all need to improve intercultural communication. If you have already lived or studied in another culture, then this course can help you process and better understand difficult or confusing intercultural encounters you have already had, with the aid of cultural models.

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Note: Courses with the NWH designator may count as the INST Non-Western Humanities elective or as an INST Major elective. The others can count as an INST Major elective only.

ANTH 3320 Asian Families & Culture

ANTH 4220 Culture & Reproduction

BLAW 3700 Business & International Law (Pre: UCOR 2910; 60 credits completed)

BLAW 4760 Global Legal Issues

CHIN 3150 Chinese Culture & Civilization NWH

ECON 3130 Global & Domestic Macroeconomics (Pre: ECON 2130; 60 credits completed)

ECON 3780 Financial Markets & Economic Development (Pre: ECON 2110 & 2130)

ECON 4720 International Economics (Pre: ECON 2110, 2130, & 3100)

FILM 3630 International Film: Japan NWH

FREN 3010-3210 See INST French-in-France Policy (SABD)

FREN 4630 Topics in Contemporary French Culture

HIST 3750 History of the Caribbean NWH

HIST 4200 Hitler & the Holocaust (HIST double major only)

INBU 3200 Global Environment of Business (Pre: BUE Foundations; 60 credits completed)

INBU 4860 International Management (Pre: MGMT 3000)

INST 3570 Women & Gender in the Middle East NWH (see details above)

INST 3910-01 U.S.-Mexico Border (see details above)

INST 3910-02 Culture Clash (see details above)

JPAN 3150 Japanese Culture & Civilization NWH

PHIL 3410 Buddhist Philosophy

PLSC 3690 Global Conflict & Cooperation

SOCW 3910-01 Special Topics: Global Food Justice

SPAN 3200 Mexican Cultural Topics NWH (SABD)

SPAN 4260 Latin American Literature & Culture: 20th Century NWH

THRS 2091 Latin American Liberation Theology

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ECON 2130 Principles of Econ – Macro

INST 2100 World Geography

INST 2300 Intro to Comparative Politics

INST 2600 Intro to International Politics

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MDLG 2250 Language V (in ARAB, CHIN, FREN, JPAN, & SPAN)

INST 4900 Senior Capstone

INST 4901 Honors Senior Capstone

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