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Week 1 |
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PART I -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC OVERVIEWS |
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January 24 |
Introduction and course overview. Socio-cultural dimensions of drinking (Overview of patterns in American society and probelmatic social issues) |
Begin reading Knapp ... look ahead and manage your time!) |
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Week 2 |
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January 29 |
Socio-cultural dimensions of drinking (Overview of patterns in American society and problematic social issues) (cont.) |
Venturelli: Ch 1, 4 Jurkiewicz: Ch 1, 7 |
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Film Documentary: Can you Stop People from Drinking? |
Grant: Ch 1, 2, 6 Begin collecting clippings for media file |
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Week 3 |
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February 5
January 31 |
Socio-cultural dimensions of drinking |
Manzardo: Ch 4 Jurkiewicz: Ch 10 |
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February 7 |
Braun: pp1-60 |
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Film: Clean and Sober
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Week 4 |
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Overview of the science of alcohol (cont.) Discuss film. |
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How Alcohol Affects the Human Body and Health Issues Discuss the paper thesis and integrating different perspectives. Discuss project research strategies including World Wide Web internet resources, library research, and IRB issues. |
Braun: pp61-87 Grant: Ch 4 Manzardo: Ch 5 |
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February 19 |
Film documentary: Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue |
Knapp (all) |
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February 20 7:15pm Stern 103 |
Film: When a Man Loves a Woman
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February 21 |
Drinking,
Sex, and Gender (continued) |
Perkins (1992 & 2000) |
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Week 6 |
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February 26 |
EXAMINATION #1 |
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PART II – CAUSES OF PROBLEM DRINKING AND THEORIES OF ALCOHOLISM |
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February 28 |
Begin theories of the development of alcohol abuse including self-derogation, peer influence, early exposure, social control models, and religious/ethnic influences |
Venturelli: Ch 6, 7, 9 Grant: Ch 3 |
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Week 7 |
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March 5 |
Theories of alcohol abuse (continued) Film documentary: Kids Under the Influence. |
Glasner article Bales article |
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March 7 |
Family transmission of alcohol abuse (genetic/biological factors) |
Manzardo: Ch 11, 12 |
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Week 8 |
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March 12 |
Film: Last Call: Alcoholism and Co-Dependency Family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors) |
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March 14 |
Continue family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors) |
PROPOSAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE |
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March 16-24 |
Spring break |
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Week 9 |
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March 26 |
Film documentary: The Addicted Brain Pharmacology of alcohol: neurochemical reinforcement mechanisms |
Braun: pp88-106 |
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March 28 |
Film documentaries: Drinking: Are You in Control? and HBO: Addictions |
Manzardo: Ch 7, 14, 15, 16 |
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Week 10 |
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April 2 |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease |
Fingarette: Ch 1, 2, 3 |
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April 4 |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease |
Fingarette: Ch 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Week 11 |
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April 9 |
EXAMINATION #2 |
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PART III – PREVENTION ISSUES AND POLICY DEBATES |
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April 11 |
Prevention strategies for youths (Education, peer influence, minimum age laws) |
Grant: Ch 7, 8 Jurkiewicz: 9, 12 |
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Week 12 |
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April 16 |
Prevention strategies for youths (continued) |
Perkins: Ch 1-7 Jurkiewicz: 4, 5 |
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April 18 |
Perkins: Ch 9, 10, 12, 14, 17 Jurkiewicz: Ch 8 |
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Week 13 |
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April 23 |
FAS Handout |
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April 25 |
Debates about strategies to control drunken driving and reduce fetal alcohol syndrome |
Venturelli: Ch 17,18, 27,28 |
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Week 14 |
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April 30 |
Alcohol
in the mass media and advertising, film, Selling
Addiction |
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May 2 |
Film: Under the Influence. BAC experiment. Setting blood alcohol limits for workplace and driving |
Review Braun: Ch 2, 3 Venturelli: Ch 25 |
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Week 15 |
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May 7
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EXAMINATION #3 |
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Finals Week |
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May 13 7:00-10:00pm |
Mandatory attendance for all students Project Presentations Info-Link screening Course evaluations |
FINAL PROJECT AND INFO-LINKS DUE |
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