Undergraduate Course Catalog 2010-2011
College of Liberal Arts
» http://www.unh.edu/liberal-arts/
Dean: Kenneth Fuld
Associate Dean: John T. Kirkpatrick
Senior Faculty Fellow: Peggy A. Vagts
Introduction
It is the purpose of the College of Liberal Arts, as a center of learning and scholarship, to help students achieve an understanding of the heritage of civilization and to educate them in the tradition of the past and realities of the present so they may recognize and act upon their obligations to the future.
The college seeks to meet the educational needs of each student through the development of interests and skills, which, combined with the individual’s potential, make possible a richer, more useful life.
Combined Programs of Study
In addition to pursuing a single major, students may combine programs of study as follows:
Minors: See University Academic Requirements, Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Programs, and University Interdisciplinary Minors.
Second majors: See University Academic Requirements.
Dual-degree programs: See University Academic Requirements.
Student-designed majors: See Special University Programs.
Other combined programs and interdisciplinary opportunities: See Special University Programs.
Research Centers
Carsey Institute
www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu
The Carsey Institute conducts policy research on vulnerable children, youth, and families and on sustainable community development. Carsey gives policy makers and practitioners the timely, independent resources they need to effect change in their communities.
At UNH, Carsey provides resources and programs to support faculty development for research in the social sciences and health fields. It also provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in interdisciplinary policy research and to engage directly in programs working with families and communities, as well as sustainable community development. The institute, located in Huddleston Hall, was established in 2002 through a generous gift from UNH alumna and noted television producer Marcy Carsey. Cynthia "Mil" Duncan, professor of sociology, is its founding director.
Center for the Humanities
www.unh.edu/humanities-center
The Center for the Humanities fosters excellence in the humanities, broadly conceived, at the University of New Hampshire. Center resources and programs support faculty research, encourage reflection and inquiry across the university community and beyond, create interdisciplinary initiatives in many forms, and undertake special projects to raise the visibility of the humanities. To accomplish this, the center endeavors to support the highest-quality work by UNH humanities faculty, to build productive collaboration among faculty, to create singular projects that advance its goals, and to be a center of innovation, planning, and inspiration for the humanities at the University of New Hampshire. By pursuing its goals, the center supports the University’s research mission in particular, as well as its academic plan.
The Center for New England Culture is a unit of the Center for the Humanities, as are three interdisciplinary minors—Africana and African American Studies; American Studies; and Race, Culture, and Power. The Center for the Humanities is directed by Burt Feintuch, Professor of Folklore and English.
Crimes Against Children Research Center
www.unh.edu/ccrc
The Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC) is concerned with all forms of crimes against children and adolescents, from birth through age 17, both within and outside the family, both known and unknown to law enforcement. These include criminal acts as defined by law, such as sexual assault, abduction, theft, robbery, and aggravated assault against children. But it also includes child abuse in all its forms—physical, sexual, emotional—and child neglect, as well as child-to-child violence, such as peer and sibling assaults and bullying. It also includes indirect victimization, where children witness or are affected by the crime victimization of a family member or friend.
The CCRC, created in 1998, grew out of and expands upon the work of the UNH Family Research Laboratory, which has been devoted to the study of family violence and related topics since 1975. Associated with the Center is an internationally recognized group of experts who have published numerous books and articles concerning the incidence and impact of violence against children.
CCRC staff have contributed to many pioneering national crime studies, including: National Incidence Study of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children; National Family Violence Survey; National Youth Victimization Prevention Survey; National Survey of Sexual Abuse in Day Care; Developmental Victimization Survey; Youth Internet Safety Surveys; and Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers.
The CCRC is directed by David Finkelhor, who is also the co-director of the Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire. Finkelhor has been researching criminal violence against children since 1978 and is the author and editor of 12 books and more than 100 articles on the subject.
Family Research Laboratory
www.unh.edu/frl
Since 1975, the Family Research Laboratory (FRL) has devoted itself primarily to understanding family violence and the impact of violence in families. As public and professional interest in family violence has grown, so has the need for more reliable knowledge. The FRL seeks to fill that need through comprehensive literature reviews, new theories, and methodologically sound studies. Researchers at the FRL pioneered many of the techniques that have enabled social scientists to estimate directly the scope of family violence. These efforts have brought international recognition to the FRL.
The FRL is unusual among research centers in the field because it addresses all aspects of the family, violence, and abuse. Topics undertaken by the FRL include physical abuse of children, corporal punishment of children, sexual abuse of children, physical abuse of spouses, dating violence, abuse of the elderly, intra-family homicide, rape and marital rape, violence between siblings, peer victimization of children, pornography, and missing and abducted children. This variety of topics is a result of beliefs that have guided FRL research: that various forms of family problems are interrelated, that conflict is as basic to family life as are love and cooperation, and that much of the conflict and violence in the world outside the family can be traced to roots within the family. This holistic view of family violence has contributed both diversity and richness to the FRL's work.
The FRL's prominence in the field is in part a result of the large number, variety, and scope of its publications. In a span of 10 years, FRL staff members have published more than 45 books and more than 740 articles on family violence. A complete list of program publications is updated regularly and available from the FRL Web site at www.un.edu/frl.
The FRL is housed in a suite of offices in the Horton Social Science Center and contains a library of 3,000 books. The FRL is co-directed by David Finkelhor, professor of sociology and director of the Crimes against Children Research Center; and Murray A. Straus, professor of sociology.
Justiceworks www.justiceworks.unh.edu
Justiceworks is a research and development group in justice studies. Founded in 1999 as a collaborative consortium of academics and professionals, Justiceworks offers an array of balanced, non-partisan services addressing issues in crime, safety, security, and the administration of justice. Within Justiceworks, the Technical Analysis Group (TAG) delivers research products that identify and address critical federal, state, and local law enforcement needs. TAG develops and coordinates law enforcement partnerships, alliances, and relationships nationally in support of the core mission of Justiceworks at the University of New Hampshire.
Justiceworks is co-directed by John T. Kirkpatrick, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and clinical professor of sociology; and Charles Putnam, research associate professor of political science.
Prevention Innovations www.unh.edu/preventioninnovations
Prevention Innovations is a fee-for-service consulting, training, and research unit that develops, implements, and evaluates cutting-edge programs, policies, and practices that will end violence against women on campus. Prevention Innovations provides community assessments and evaluation research to understand current needs and existing gaps; provides consultations and trainings to improve the implementation of programs, polices, and practices; develops evidence-based prevention materials; builds upon original community-based research to ensure effective results; designs innovative practices and facilitates collaborative regional networks of researchers and practitioners; assembles and maintains a team of accomplished and innovative researchers in the field of campus violence prevention; and adds to scholarship on the causes and prevention of interpersonal violence with a specific focus on college campus communities.
Prevention Innovations is co-directed by Vicki Banyard, Professor of Psychology, and Sharyn Potter, Associate Professor of Sociology. Other team and affiliate members include UNH faculty and staff as well as professionals working in the fields of campus violence prevention, research, and evaluation in the New England region.
The Survey Center
www.unh.edu/survey-center
The UNH Survey Center is a full-scale, non-partisan academic survey research center, committed to providing university researchers, government and business leaders, and private organizations with reliable information about public attitudes concerning important policy matters.
The UNH Survey Center has conducted survey research projects at the University of New Hampshire since 1986: state, regional, and national general population surveys based on probability sampling, surveys that target specific populations, surveys that utilize complex stratified sampling techniques, and panel studies. The Survey Center conducts telephone, mail, and web surveys, as well as focus groups and other qualitative research projects.
The UNH Survey Center is located in Huddleston Hall and features a 28-station Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system. The Survey Center is directed by Andrew E. Smith, who is also Associate Professor of Political Science.
Proficiency in a Foreign Language
Please see the explication of this University requirement under Degree Requirements: Bachelor of Arts.
Within the College of Liberal Arts, only those students majoring in linguistics, psychology, or theatre and dance may use American Sign Language (ASL) to fulfill their foreign language proficiency requirement. English teaching majors who plan to pursue deaf studies may petition the English department to use ASL to fulfill their foreign language proficiency requirement.
Liberal Arts Study Abroad
The College of Liberal Arts offers a number of managed study abroad programs that are administered by college faculty and staff. These programs provide opportunities for liberal arts students as well as students in programs throughout the University to experience and learn about different cultures and, in non-English-speaking countries, to increase proficiency in a foreign language.
Because the college administers these programs, registration, finances, and other logistics are streamlined and simple. Students are eligible for federal financial aid, and pay UNH tuition and a single program fee, which covers room, board, and excursions. Most UNH student fees are waived. Students are guaranteed a full semester of credits (16) in the semester-long programs.
Please see the list of eligibility requirements under Study Abroad Programs.
To learn more, contact:
London, England: Fall and/or spring courses in the liberal arts at Regent's College, London.
Contact: London.Program@unh.edu, (603) 862-3962, 53 Hamilton Smith Hall
Cambridge, England: Summer courses in history, literature, and humanities at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.
Contact: cambridge.program@unh.edu, (603) 862-3962, 53 Hamilton Smith Hall
Brest, France: Summer intensive language study at the Centre International d'Etudes des Langues.
Contact: Brest.program@unh.edu, (603) 862-3856, 210J Murkland Hall
Dijon, France: Students study French language and other liberal arts courses at the Université de Bourgogne, Dijon.
Contact: Dijon.program@unh.edu, (603) 862-1303, 210E Murkland Hall
Berlin, Germany: 2-week immersion program offered in January and May.
Contact: berlin.program@unh.edu, (603) 862-0063, Murkland Hall
Budapest, Hungary: Each fall, UNH students under the supervision of a UNH Justice Studies faculty member will study in residence at Corvinus University.
Contact: justice.studies@unh.edu, (603) 862-1716, 202 Huddleston Hall
Ascoli Piceno, Italy: Summer, semester, or full-year study in the humanities and social sciences at the UNH-in-Italy campus. Internships and courses at the Universita' degli Studi da Ascoli Piceno are also available.
Contact: Piero.Garofalo@unh.edu, (603) 862-4005
Puebla, Mexico: Summer courses in intensive Spanish and culture.
Contact: Lina.Lee@unh.edu, 210A Murkland Hall
Granada, Spain: Spring semester study in Spanish and other disciplines at the Centro de Lenguas Modernas of the University of Granada.
Contact: John.Chaston@unh.edu, 317 Murkland Hall
Museum of Art
The Museum of Art serves as the New Hampshire Seacoast's premier public art museum and, for over 50 years, has remained a vital resource for the visual arts, serving the University, local, and regional communities. Visitors gather to enjoy a wide variety of changing exhibitions as well as annual exhibits featuring UNH faculty and student work. Accompanying programs include gallery talks, lectures, concerts, family programs, and special events. The Lending Library offers educators and students a wide variety of resource materials for classroom curriculum development and enhancement.
The museum’s diverse permanent collection includes more than 1,600 works of art, from pre-historic to contemporary. The works are exhibited on a regular basis and are also used by faculty, students, and scholars for research and interdisciplinary study.
Located in the Paul Creative Arts Center, the museum is open to students, faculty, museum members, and the general public free of charge. For more information, call (603) 862-3712 or visit www.unh.edu/moa.
