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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Theological Studies
  

  • THST 673 Faith and Culture

    3 semester hours

    An exploration of the nature of faith and culture and their interrelationship. An analysis of interculturation and its relevance to ministry and pastoral care in church and society.
  

  • THST 674 Theory and Practice of Pastoral Leadership

    3 semester hours

    This course offers the student an exploration of theories that can inform pastoral leaders about the exercise of effective leadership in pastoral settings and communities of faith. The course is an elective open to all students, but is required for the Concentration in Pastoral Leadership in the M.A. in Pastoral Theology.
  

  • THST 675 Spiritual Formation for Pastoral Ministry

    3 semester hours

    This seminar seeks to foster a stronger link between academic learning and the personal and professional concerns of students especially as related to pastoral ministry.
  

  • THST 676 Pastoral Synthesis Project

    0 semester hours

    The project is designed to elicit familiarity with scholarly sources and pastoral analysis of issues that impact the contemporary practice of ministry.
  

  • THST 677 Pastoral Liturgy

    3 semester hours

    This course examines the role of liturgy in the lives of Christians and their communities, exploring the tensions between liturgical norms and liturgy as practiced and experienced.
  

  • THST 678 The Theology of the Parish

    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on the history, theology, and practice of Roman Catholic parishes in the United States. As an exercise in practical theology, students reflect on the lived practices in parishes and the theology of the church that emerges therefrom.
  

  • THST 679 Special Topics in Pastoral Theology

    3 semester hours

  

  • THST 680 Comparative Theology

    3 semester hours

    This course provides a review of the historical roots of the current situation of religious pluralism. It examines and evaluates relevant methodological proposals for comparative theology and clarifies the relationship of comparative theology to interreligious dialogue, the history of religions and the Christian theology of religions. It also offers an opportunity to engage in the practice of comparative theology through the interpretation of texts.
  

  • THST 681 Comparative Religious Ethics

    3 semester hours

    This course begins with a comparative survey of ethics as found in the world’s religious traditions. Specific issues such as war and peace, euthanasia, and environmentalism are then examined.
  

  • THST 682 Comparative Mysticism

    3 semester hours

    In this course, Christian mysticism as found in the writings of Teresa of Avila and Meister Eckhart is compared and contrasted with the interior traditions of India and East Asia, including Samkhya, Yoga, Taoism, and Yogacara Buddhism.
  

  • THST 685 The Theory and Practice of Spiritual Direction

    3 semester hours

    This course seeks to further the student’s understanding of spiritual direction as a form of pastoral care and as a helping relationship. Among the topics to be considered are: various forms of spiritual guidance within the Christian tradition, the distinctive nature of spiritual direction, the qualities and skills required to be an effective spiritual director, and the role of spiritual direction in facilitating spiritual growth and development.
  

  • THST 686 Ignatian Spirituality and Discernment

    3 semester hours

    This course seeks to further the student’s understanding of the spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola by a close reading of his spiritual classic, The Spiritual Exercises, and by a study of contemporary writing on Ignatian spirituality. Praxis, the reflection upon experience, is a central aspect of this course and reflects the hypothesis that some of the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises can be experienced by individuals in a group learning situation when they are approached in a critical and prayerful way.
  

  • THST 687 Psychological Foundations of Spiritual Direction

    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on the psychological dynamics of spiritual direction as a helping relationship, as well as the cultivation of communication skills needed to be an effective spiritual director. Principal topics to be covered include the following: how spiritual direction differs from psychotherapy; the importance of self-knowledge and personal awareness on the part of helpers; the nature of empathic understanding and its relationship to psychological and spiritual growth; basic counseling skills.
  

  • THST 688 Practicum and Supervision in Spiritual Direction

    3 semester hours

    The art of spiritual direction is best fostered through practice and reflection on that practice in a supervisory setting. This course will give students an opportunity to grow in spiritual direction skills, self-awareness, and interior freedom under the guidance of experienced spiritual directors.
  

  • THST 690 Directed Research

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Through selected readings and individually directed study, a student can concentrate in a specific field of research or area of ministry. This course is designed for those students whose particular needs would not be adequately met through other course offerings.
  

  • THST 691 Pastoral Synthesis Seminar

    0 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • THST 692 Graduate Pro-Seminar

    3 semester hours

    The pro-seminar provides an orientation to various theological methods, tools, and modes of discourse in theological and pastoral studies (biblical, historical, systematic, moral, comparative, and pastoral theology).
  

  • THST 693 Thesis and Thesis Seminar

    3 semester hours

    For those Theology M.A. candidates who choose to submit a thesis to complete their requirements for the Thesis Option. The Thesis Seminar will meet regularly to facilitate the progress of the thesis.

    (Offered in Fall only.)
  

  • THST 694 Thesis and Thesis Seminar

    3 semester hours

    For those Theology M.A. candidates who choose to submit a thesis to complete their requirements for the Thesis Option. The Thesis Seminar will meet regularly to facilitate the progress of the thesis.

    (Offered in Spring only.)
  

  • THST 695 Comprehensive Exam Seminar

    3 semester hours

  

  • THST 696 Research and Writing Seminar

    3 semester hours

  

  • THST 697 Comprehensive Exam

    0 semester hours

    Comprehensive Exams are offered in the first week of November and the first week of April. Students must register for THST 697 and inform the Graduate Director, in writing, in the first week of the semester, their intention to complete their comprehensive exams.
  

  • THST 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • THST 699 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours


Urban Studies
  

  • URBN 100 The Urban World

    3 semester hours

    An introduction to historic and contemporary cities, processes or urbanization, and urban society. Course topics include urban origins, urban economics, the internal structure of cities, urban infrastructure, urban social and cultural processes, urban physical and social environments, and city systems in the regional and global context.
  

  • URBN 110 Urban Analysis

    3 semester hours

    An introduction to the resources and methodologies commonly utilized in contemporary urban research. Course topics include data sources such as the census, methodologies for spatial analysis such as GIS, quantitative and qualitative research design, map reading, and fieldwork strategies.
  

  • URBN 198 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • URBN 199 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • URBN 298 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • URBN 299 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • URBN 345 Urban Planning

    3 semester hours

    An introduction to the problems, principles, and practices of modern urban planning.
  

  • URBN 346 Sustainable Cities

    3 semester hours

    An examination of the challenges of an potential solutions to the sustainability of socioeconomic, environmental, and ecological systems associated with historic, contemporary, and future urbanization. Course topics include an analysis of the sustainability of historic and contemporary cities, the consideration of sustainable alternatives associated with such trends as New Urbanism, and the potential for alternative urban policies and practices designed to foster sustainability.
  

  • URBN 347 Community Development

    3 semester hours

    An exploration of the meanings and methodologies of community development, especially in contemporary urban America.
  

  • URBN 349 Research in Urban Society

    3 semester hours

    (See SOCL 349 .)
  

  • URBN 365 Metropolitan Los Angeles

    3 semester hours

    An introduction of the social, economic, political, environmental, and spatial characteristics and dynamics of metropolitan Los Angeles in the context of contemporary urbanization in the United States.
  

  • URBN 398 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • URBN 399 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • URBN 455 Urban Internship

    3 semester hours

    A supervised internship in public administration, social service, urban planning, or law enforcement. Individual assignments are made on the basis of the interns academic preparation and career aspirations.

    Approval of the Program Director required.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • URBN 456 Senior Project

    3 semester hours

    Directed research on a specific urban topic in the social sciences, natural sciences, business administration, and/or arts and humanities incorporating methodologies of primary and secondary research, and/or participant observation.

    Senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: URBN 455 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
  

  • URBN 498 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • URBN 499 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours


Women’s Studies
  

  • WNST 100 Introduction to Women’s Studies

    3 semester hours

    An interdisciplinary study of women in society oriented toward exploring women’s experiences in a variety of contexts. Topics covered include biology, sociology, psychology, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, history, literature and language, law, and culture. Course content is focused on North America and is multicultural.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Understanding Human Behavior.
  

  • WNST 101 Women of Color in the U.S.

    3 semester hours

    An introduction to critical thinking skills about concepts such as gender, race, class, and sexuality, how these intersect in lives of women of color together with women’s strategies of surviving, resisting, and overcoming barriers.

    University Core fulfilled: Foundations: Studies in American Diversity.
  

  • WNST 198 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • WNST 199 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • WNST 200 Women in Global Communities

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces students to the cultural, social, political, and economic contexts in which non-Western women live. It addresses the impact of globalization, colonialization, and post-coloniality, and women’s responses to these processes.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • WNST 220 Women’s Bodies, Health, and Sexuality

    3 semester hours

    This course addresses women’s health and sexuality from a feminist perspective. It also deals with body images not only from the perspective of health but also in terms of their relationship to structures of power.
  

  • WNST 221 Mathematics: Contributions by Women

    3 semester hours

    (See MATH 261 ).
  

  • WNST 222 Human Reproduction and Development

    3 semester hours

    (See BIOL 271 .)
  

  • WNST 298 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • WNST 299 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • WNST 301 Feminist Theories

    3 semester hours

    Focuses on the historical roots of feminist political thought in relation to other social movements. Examines the intellectual traditions within feminist theory today such as postmodernism, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, queer theory, and the intersectional analyses produced by women of color.

    Normally offered in the Fall semester.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Information Literacy; Flag: Writing.
  

  • WNST 302 Investigating Women: Feminist Research Methods

    3 semester hours

    Examines feminist methodologies through hands-on research and considers the complex relationships between researchers and their subjects, the impact of social location on our field of vision, ethical issues in the research process, as well as research that facilitates social and gender justice.

    Normally offered in the Spring semester.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Engaged Learning.
  

  • WNST 303 History of Feminisms

    3 semester hours

    This course traces the development of feminist theories as structures of ideas and relates them to the historical contexts and feminist movements in which they developed.
  

  • WNST 304 Women and Environmental Justice

    3 semester hours

    This course explores the relationships between peoples and environments, focusing on the roles and resources, identity, power relations, and geography. We will explore the theoretical and material implications of the different ways in which environmental injustice leads to the degradation of gendered environments and bodies. The course will provide multiple interdisciplinary perspectives on the state of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and the environment.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
  

  • WNST 311 Gender Communication

    3 semester hours

    (See CMST 335 .)
  

  • WNST 331 The Image of Woman in Nineteenth-Century England

    3 semester hours

    (See ENGL 342 .)
  

  • WNST 332 Twentieth-Century Women’s Writing

    3 semester hours

    (See ENGL 343 .)
  

  • WNST 333 Gender, Race, and the Graphic Novel

    3 semester hours

    This course explores how the space of the graphic novel can serve as a cultural space for critical engagement with ideologies of race, gender, nation, class, and sexuality. Discourses on “otherness” can also be critically re-imagined in the space of the graphic novel. We will critically examine the visual language that is presented in the graphic novel and the ways it can challenge iconographic images of ethnic and gendered representation.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Creative Experience.
  

  • WNST 334 Italian Women Writers

    3 semester hours

    (See ITAL 380 .)
  

  • WNST 335 Literature by Women of Color

    3 semester hours

    The course explores contemporary literature by women of color in the United States and their immigrant experiences. It attends to the ways that authors imaginatively use genres to represent and challenge gender and race construction.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Writing.
  

  • WNST 336 Angels and Demons

    3 semester hours

    (See MDGK 343 .)
  

  • WNST 337 Out of Control: Women, Madness, and the Cultural Imagination

    3 semester hours

    (See MDGK 346 .)
  

  • WNST 341 Black Identities, Families, and Cultures

    3 semester hours

    (See AFAM 301 .)
  

  • WNST 342 Chicanas and Other Latinas in the U.S.

    3 semester hours

    (See CHST 302 .)
  

  • WNST 343 Hip Hop Culture

    3 semester hours

    (See AFAM 397 .)
  

  • WNST 344 Gender and Society

    3 semester hours

    (See SOCL 332 .)
  

  • WNST 345 Sociology of Marriage and Families

    3 semester hours

    (See SOCL 361 .)
  

  • WNST 346 Women in the Middle East

    3 semester hours

    This course explores the themes and variations in women’s lives in the Middle East. Particular attention will be paid to family structures, rural-urban, social class and ethnic differences, social and political movements, religion, work, and education.
  

  • WNST 347 Woman Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean

    3 semester hours

    Examines feminisms and women’s participation in indigenous, environmental, and labor movements, Christian-based communities, peasant struggles, and new social movements concerned with race, sexuality, feminism, and human rights.
  

  • WNST 348 Men and Masculinities

    3 semester hours

    (See SOCL 333 .)
  

  • WNST 349 Ethnicity, Race, and Gender

    3 semester hours

    This course is an exploration of the ways in which gender, race, ethnicity, and class intersect to shape individuals’ life chances and experiences in the contemporary United States. The following areas will be emphasized: income and occupation, the justice system, social reputation and credibility, religion, education, and health. Treatment of these topics will be analytical and comparative, focusing on the experiences of African Americans, Latinas/os, and European-Americans.

    Prerequisites: SOCL 100 ; WNST 100  or WNST 101 .
  

  • WNST 351 Genders and Sexualities

    3 semester hours

    This course explores the relationship between sexuality and gender as well as a diversity of sexual identities. It focuses on issues of the body, sex, nature, and power within the context of history, culture, and public policy.
  

  • WNST 361 Women in Christian History

    3 semester hours

    (See THST 324 .)

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.
  

  • WNST 362 Women in European History

    3 semester hours

    (See HIST 335 .)
  

  • WNST 363 American Reform Movements

    3 semester hours

    (See HIST 351 .)
  

  • WNST 364 Women in American History

    3 semester hours

    (See HIST 354 .)
  

  • WNST 366 The American Family

    3 semester hours

    (See HIST 356 .)
  

  • WNST 370 Feminist Theory

    3 semester hours

    (See PHIL 333 .)
  

  • WNST 371 Images of Women in Philosophy

    3 semester hours

    (See PHIL 334 .)
  

  • WNST 372 Guadalupe, Queen of the Américas

    3 semester hours

    (See CHST 310 .)

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason.
  

  • WNST 373 Women and Religion

    3 semester hours

    (See THST 388 .)

    University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Faith and Reason; Flag: Information Literacy; Flag: Oral Skills.
  

  • WNST 398 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • WNST 399 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • WNST 411 Women in Film

    3 semester hours

    (See FTVS 473 .)
  

  • WNST 430 Women in French

    3 semester hours

    (See FREN 432 .)
  

  • WNST 431 Latin American Women Writers

    3 semester hours

    (See SPAN 443 .)
  

  • WNST 440 Asian Pacific American Women’s Experience

    3 semester hours

    (See APAM 435 .)
  

  • WNST 445 Sex, Race, and Violence

    3 semester hours

    (See AFAM 435 .)
  

  • WNST 451 Women and Politics

    3 semester hours

    (See POLS 438 .)
  

  • WNST 452 Gender in Comparative Perspective

    3 semester hours

    Within a cross-cultural and cross-societal framework, gender roles are examined in relation to a central question: why does patriarchy exist? Case studies from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania are examined in light of theories addressing the course’s central question. Work, kinship, values, religion, and politics are among the topics examined.
  

  • WNST 453 Latina Feminist Traditions

    3 semester hours

    (See CHST 404 .)
  

  • WNST 454 Gender and Globalization

    3 semester hours

    Examines how gender is shaped by globalization through the feminization of labor and migration, environmental degradation, diaspora, sexuality, cultural displacement, and militarization. Explores the ways women have confronted these conditions as well as the possibilities and challenges of cross-border feminist coalitions.
  

  • WNST 461 Sex and Gender in Classical Antiquity

    3 semester hours

    (See CLCV 452 .)
  

  • WNST 490 Service Learning in Women’s Studies

    3 semester hours

    The internship in Women’s Studies combines practical experience and feminist theory through the theme of women’s empowerment. Students work in selected placements while reading through a sequenced bibliography. They discuss their experiences and readings in seminars and papers.
  

  • WNST 497 Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies

    3 semester hours

    Designed as a last course for students obtaining the Women’s Studies major or minor. Stress is on the organization and integration of knowledge gained regarding women in society.

    Offered only during the Spring semester.

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Oral Skills; Flag: Writing.
  

  • WNST 498 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • WNST 499 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours


Yoga Studies
  

  • YGST 610 Health Science and Yoga

    3 semester hours

    An overview of anatomy and physiology from the Western perspective and Ayurvedic theories of the subtle body, health, and wholeness.
  

  • YGST 615 Foundations of Yoga Studies

    3 semester hours

    This course will investigate basic methodological approaches to the academic study of Yoga, with an emphasis on the place of Yoga within theological discourse. It will include a bibliographic survey of primary and secondary sources and engagement with key select resources. Sikh and Christian approaches to Yoga will be included.
 

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