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Week 1 |
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PART I -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC OVERVIEWS |
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January 20 |
Introduction and course overview. Socio-cultural dimensions of drinking (Overview of patterns in American society and problematic social issues) |
Begin reading Knapp ... look ahead and manage your time!) |
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January 22 |
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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Week 2 |
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January 27 |
Film documentary: Can you Stop People from Drinking? |
Grant: Ch 1, 2, 6 Begin collecting clippings for ad file |
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Socio-cultural dimensions of drinking |
Manzardo: Ch 4 Jurkiewicz: Ch 10 |
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Week 3 |
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February
3 -DC
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Braun: pp1-60 |
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Film: Clean and Sober - Stern 203 |
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February 5 |
Overview of the
science of alcohol (cont.) |
Manzardo: Ch 1-3 |
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Week 4 |
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How Alcohol Affects the Body and Health Issues Discuss the paper project 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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Drinking, Sex, and Gender. Survey of Alcohol Norms content discussion. Film: Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue |
Knapp (all) |
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February 16 |
Film: When a Man Loves a Woman - Stern 203 |
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February 17 |
Drinking, Sex,
and Gender (continued) |
Perkins (1992 & 2000) |
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February 19 |
EXAMINATION #1 |
Ad File installment #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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February 24 |
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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February 26 |
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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March 3 |
Family transmission of alcohol abuse (genetic/biological factors) |
Manzardo: Ch 11, 12 |
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March 5 |
Film: Last Call: Alcoholism and Co-Dependency Family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors) |
Perkins & Berkowitz article |
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Week 8 |
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March 10 -WP |
Continue family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors) |
PROPOSAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE |
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March 12 -DC |
Film documentary: The Addicted Brain Pharmacology of alcohol: neurochemical reinforcement mechanisms |
Braun: pp88-106 |
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March 14-22 |
Spring break |
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Week 9 |
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March 24 -DC |
Film documentaries: Drinking: Are You in Control? And HBO: Addictions |
Manzardo: Ch 7, 14, 15, 16 |
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March 26 -DC |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease |
Fingarette: Ch 1, 2, 3 |
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Week 10 |
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March 31 -DC |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease |
Fingarette: Ch 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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April 2 |
EXAMINATION #2 |
Ad File installment #2 |
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Week 11 |
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PART III – PREVENTION ISSUES AND POLICY DEBATES |
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April 7 |
Grant: Ch 7, 8 Jurkiewicz: 9, 12 |
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April 9 |
Prevention strategies among youth (Education, peer influence, minimum age laws) |
Perkins: Ch 1-7 Jurkiewicz: 4, 5 |
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Week 12 |
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April 14 -WP |
Perkins: Ch 9, 10, 12, 14, 17 Jurkiewicz: Ch 8 |
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April 16 -DC |
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Week 13 |
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April 21 -DC |
Venturelli: Ch 27,28 |
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April 23 -WP |
Alcohol in the mass media and
advertising, film, Selling Addiction |
Ad File installment #3 |
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Week 14 |
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April 28 -WP DC |
Film: Under the Influence. BAC experiment. Blood alcohol limits for workplace and debates about strategies to control drunken driving |
Review Braun: Ch 2, 3 Venturelli: Ch 17,18,25 |
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April 30 -WP DC |
EXAMINATION #3 |
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Week 15 |
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May 5 |
Return exams and preparation/consultation on projects/final presentations |
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Finals Week |
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May 10 1:30-4:30pm |
Mandatory attendance for all students Project Presentations Course evaluations |
FINAL PROJECT |
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