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PART I -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC OVERVIEWS |
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Week 1 |
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August 28 |
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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August 30 |
Review Syllabus in detail. Film documentary: Kids Under the Influence Sociocultural Dimensions of Drinking (Overview of Patterns in American society and problematic social issues)†(Ch1,11), 4 |
Review Syllabus Venturelli: Ch1,2,4 |
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Week 2 |
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September 4
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Sociocultural Dimensions of Drinking (cont); |
Grant: Ch 1,2 |
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September 6 |
Sociocultural Dimensions of Drinking (cont); |
Grant: Ch 6 |
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Film: Clean and Sober |
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September 11 DC wp gone
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Overview of the science of alcohol.†(Ch4), 18, 20 |
Baum: pp1-60 Storti: Ch 2,3 |
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September 13 DC wp gone |
How Alcohol Affects the Human Body (cont) Discuss Info-Link and Project Ideas |
Baum: pp61-87 |
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Week 4 |
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How Alcohol Affects the Human Body (cont) |
Grant: Ch4 Storti: Ch5 |
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Sept 18, 7-8:30 NP201 |
Film: When a Man Loves a Woman |
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September 20 |
Drinking, Sex, and Gender9,23, 24. |
Knapp (all) |
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Week 5 |
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September 24 |
Infolink Filming Begins |
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September 25
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Drinking, Sex, and Gender9,23, 24. (cont) |
Perkins (1992 & 2000) |
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September 27 |
Developing the paper thesis and integrating disciplinary perspectives. Discuss project research strategies including World Wide Web internet resources and library research. |
PAPER TOPIC PROPOSALS INFO-LINKS |
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October 2 WP |
EXAMINATION #1 (covers part I through September 25) |
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PART II – CAUSES OF PROBLEM DRINKING AND THEORIES OF ALCOHOLISM |
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October 4 WP |
Return Proposals, Examinations, and Infolink 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 |
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Week 7 |
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October 9 |
Fall Recess --- No class |
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October 11 DC & WP |
Theories of alcohol abuse (cont). |
Gusfield article Grant: Ch3 |
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Week 8 |
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October 16 WP |
Theories of alcohol abuse (cont). |
Venturelli:Ch10, + Glasner and Bales articles; |
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October 18 DC & WP |
Screening Film: The Addicted Brain Pharmacology of alcohol: neurochemical reinforcement mechanisms †(Ch5), 18 |
Storti: Ch 6,7,8 Baum: pp88-106 Venturelli: Ch3 |
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Week 9 |
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October 21, 8 pm Cox 8 |
Film: 28 Days (room TBA) |
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October 22, 7:30pm |
Thinking about Drinking: Faculty Perspectives (room TBA) |
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October 23 WP |
Family transmission of alcohol abuse (biological factors)†(Ch3) |
Fingarette: Ch1,2,3 THESIS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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October 25 DC |
Film: Last Call: Alcoholism and Co-Dependency Family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors)2,3, 12 |
Perkins /Berkowitz article. |
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Week 10 |
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October 30 WP |
Family transmission of alcohol abuse (psychological and social factors)2,3, 12 (cont) |
Infolink filming begins |
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November 1 |
Concepts of Addiction and Disease28 |
Fingarette: Ch 4,5,6,7 |
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Week 11 |
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November 6 |
Concepts of Addiction and
Disease28 (cont) |
INFO-LINKS |
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November 8 |
EXAMINATION #2 (Covers part II) |
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November 8, 8pm Sanford Rm |
Film: Traffic (room TBA) |
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PART III – PREVENTION ISSUES AND POLICY DEBATES |
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Week 12 |
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November 13 |
Return Exams; Prevention strategies for youths (Education, peer influence, minimum age laws).†(Ch12), 11, 25, 261 |
Venturelli:Ch14,5,19 Grant: Ch 8 |
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November 13, 7:30pm |
Faculty Panel on Criminalization/Legalization of Drug Use (room TBA) |
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November 15 |
Prevention strategies for youths (cont.) |
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Week 13 |
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November 20 |
The social norms approach to alcohol abuse prevention |
Research Bulletin & selected handouts Begin collecting ads for media file |
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THANKSGIVING RECESS |
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Week 14 |
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November 27 |
Film: Under the Influence. BAC experiment. Setting blood alcohol limits for workplace and driving †(Ch10),13 |
Grant: Ch 7 Review Baum: Ch2,3 Venturelli:Ch25 |
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November 29 |
Debates about controlling
drunken driving 8, 22, 27 Preventing fetal alcohol syndrome †(Ch9), 7, 9, 10 |
Venturelli:Ch17,18 Venturelli:Ch27,28 |
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Week 15 |
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December 3 |
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Infolink filming begins |
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December 4 |
Alcohol in the mass media and advertising, film, Selling Addiction 14 |
Bring Mass Media File to class |
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December 6 |
EXAMINATION #3 |
Bring Media File to examination INFO-LINKS |
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Examination Week |
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December 13 1:30-4:30 pm |
Info-Link screening; Project Presentations; Course evaluations |
FINAL PROJECT SUBMISSION DUE |