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TOPIC/ACTIVITY (shaded rows denote meetings outside of the
regularly scheduled class time) (superscripts denote
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PART I -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC OVERVIEWS |
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Week 1 |
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August 27 |
Introduction and Course Overview. Film documentary: Can you Stop People from Drinking? |
Begin reading Knapp ... look ahead and manage your time!) |
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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Drinking (Overview of Patterns in American society and problematic social issues)(Ch1,11), 4 |
Venturelli: Chs 1, 2, 4 |
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Week 2 |
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September 3 |
Socio-cultural Dimensions of Drinking (continued) |
Grant: Chs 1, 2, 6 Begin collecting clippings for
media file |
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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Drinking (continued) |
AUHP: Chs 1,11,13 Goodwin: Ch 4 |
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Week 3 |
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September 10 |
Overview of the science of alcohol.(Ch4), 18, 20 |
Braun: pp1-60 Goodwin: Chs 1-3 |
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Film: Clean and Sober - Room TBA |
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September 12 |
Discuss film. Discuss the paper thesis and integrating different
perspectives. Discuss project research
strategies including World Wide Web internet resources, library research, and
IRB issues. |
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Week 4 |
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Braun: pp61-87 Grant: Ch 4 Goodwin: Ch 5 |
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September 17 7:15pm |
Film: When a Man Loves a Woman - Room TBA |
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Drinking, Sex, and Gender9,23, 24. Film documentary: Alcohol: A Womens Health Issue |
Knapp (all) |
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September 24 |
Drinking, Sex, and Gender (continued) |
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September 26 |
EXAMINATION #1 |
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Week 6 |
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PART II CAUSES OF PROBLEM DRINKING AND THEORIES
OF ALCOHOLISM |
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October 1 |
Begin theories of the development of alcohol abuse including self‑derogation, peer influence, early exposure, social control models, and religious/ethnic influences.(Ch6), 6, 15, 17, 19 |
Venturelli: Ch 6, 7, 9 Grant: Ch3 AUHP: Ch 8 |
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October 3 |
Theories of alcohol abuse (continued) Film documentary: Kids Under the Influence. |
Glasner article Bales article |
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Week 7 |
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October 8 |
Family transmission of alcohol abuse (genetic/biological factors)(Ch3) |
Goodwin: Chs 11, 12 |
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October 10 |
Film: Last Call: Alcoholism and Co-Dependency Family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors)2,3, 12, 30 |
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Week 8 |
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October 15 |
Fall recess no class |
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October 17 |
Continue family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors) |
PROPOSAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE |
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Week 9 |
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October 22 |
Film documentary: The Addicted Brain Pharmacology of alcohol: neurochemical reinforcement mechanisms (Ch5), 18 |
Braun: pp88-106 AUHP: Ch 7 |
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October 24 |
Film documentaries: Drinking: Are You in Control? And HBO: Addictions |
Goodwin: Chs 7, 14, 15 |
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Week 10 |
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October 29 |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease28,29 |
Fingarette: Ch 1, 2, 3 |
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October 31 |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease |
Fingarette: Ch 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Week 11 |
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November 5 |
EXAMINATION #2 |
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Week 11 continued |
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PART III PREVENTION ISSUES AND POLICY DEBATES |
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November 7 |
Prevention strategies for youths (Education, peer influence, minimum age laws).(Ch12), 11, 25, 26 |
Grant: Chs 7, 8 |
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Week 12 |
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November 12 |
Prevention strategies for youths (continued) |
AUHP: Chs 2, 5 |
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November 14 |
The social norms approach to
alcohol abuse prevention32 |
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Week 13 |
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November 19 |
Fetal alcohol
syndrome (Ch9), 7, 9, 10 |
FAS Handout |
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November 21 |
No class Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 14 |
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November 26 |
Debates about strategies to
control drunken driving and reduce fetal alcohol syndrome 8, 22, 27 |
Venturelli:Chs 17,18, 27,28 AUHP: Ch 9 |
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November 28 |
Alcohol in the mass media and advertising, film, Selling Addiction 14 |
Mass Media File Due in class AUHP: Ch 4 |
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Week 15 |
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December 3
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Film: Under the Influence. BAC experiment. Setting blood alcohol limits for workplace and driving (Ch10),13 |
Review Baum: Ch 2, 3 Venturelli: Ch 25 |
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December 5 |
EXAMINATION #3 |
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Finals Week |
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December 11 1:30-4:30pm |
Mandatory attendance for all students Project Presentations Info-Link screening Course evaluations |
FINAL PROJECT AND INFO-LINKS DUE |