Family Violence Certificate Program

The FVI Certificate is granted upon completion of eight (3 credit hour) courses related to the study of family violence. The program is offered by the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research at UNB, but the courses listed below are offered through various departments and faculties. The FVI Certificate includes three different groupings of courses based on the proportion of material covered in the course that is directly relevant to issues of family violence: core courses (all material considered relevant); intensive courses (at least 60% of the material considered relevant); and supplementary courses (at least 30% of the material considered relevant). While students will choose a mix of core, intensive and supplementary courses, it is required that they choose a minimum of 3 core courses, and a maximum of 3 intensive courses, along with 2 supplementary courses. Students interested in being admitted into the Family Violence Certificate Program will make an application to the Director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research. Admittance will be based on the student’s academic performance and any related employment or volunteer experiences. Core Courses: (Choose at least 3 courses from this category) [It is important to note that not all of these courses will be offered in any given academic year.] FV2001 Introduction to Family Violence Issues Introduction to current theories, research and practice in family violence issues. Topics will include: themes of violence; dynamics of violence; gender relations; attitudes, myths, and realities surrounding family violence; public versus private nature of family violence. Research from various perspectives will be evaluated. Prerequisite: Admission to the Certificate Program or permission of the instructor. FVI4002 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Family Violence Presents strategies which will assist professionals in coordinating their efforts to help survivors through creation of 'whole person' community approaches. Topics include: helping agencies' diverse and overlapping mandates; referral processes; inter-agency communication; support and debriefing; team dynamics; community resources; interface with policy makers. This course is required for the FVI Certificate.

Prerequisite: Six credit hours from FVI 2001 , 2002 , 2003 (or SOCI 1563 ); or permission of the instructor. Soci3634 Violence Against Women Examines issues pertaining to violence against women in Western society, including gender socialization, gender dynamics in dating and family relationships, private versus public, the contributions of social institutions (e.g., sports; the media; schools; the workplace; the military; the medical, legal and criminal justice systems) and the special vulnerability of women in marginalized group. FVI3006/Soci3006 Intervention Strategies and Programs for People who Batter This course will examine the major theories related to violence in intimate relationships and explore the different intervention strategies and programs which have evolved from these theories. Credits cannot be obtained for both FVI 3006 and SOCI 3006. Soci4337 Legal Responses to Family Violence This course explores the successes, challenges, and failures of legal responses to domestic violence. Why has the legal system had difficulty responding effectively to domestic violence? Does it have something to do with the nature of law; the nature of gender; the nature of social science and social change? What happens when law is confronted by changing social conceptions of gender, of children, of the roles of men and women? Does culture matter? Do new multi-disciplinary, collaborative judicial initiatives offer promise or peril? Students will review legal cases and socio-legal research in order to search for answers to such questions. New Course Proposed: Religion and Family Violence SOCI3007/FVI3007 [We have submitted a new course proposal to the Arts Curriculum Committee (April 2015 for their Fall, 2015 meeting) and are preparing it as an online course through UNBOnline for the Spring/Summer of 2016.] The course will examine issues pertaining to violence in religious families and the role of faith communities (and their leaders) in responding to violence in the family context. It will consider relevant data, theories and strategies for change. List A: (60% relevant content) (Choose up to 3 courses) [It is important to note that not all of these courses will be offered in any given academic year.] So

Soci1563 Violence and Society Introduces

a broad range of crimes of violence from sociological perspectives. Includes a survey of political violence such as genocide, holocaust, state and anti-state terrorism; analysis of hate crimes and different types of homicide such as serial murder, mass

murder, and thrill killings; examination of various manifestations of violence against women such as mass and date rape; exploration of kinds of assault such as physical assault, spousal battery, and child abuse; and robbery. Soci2303 Sociology of Families An introduction to a variety of perspectives designed to provide insight into social interaction on the interpersonal level. Attention is also given to some of the methodological problems involved in achieving a better understanding of this area of social life. Psyc3253 Family Process Examines the theoretical and empirical research on family relationships, the factors that influence functioning, and how families change over time. Topics include intimacy relationships, trans-generational processes, family rituals and rules, and interpersonal communication and boundaries. Relevant case examples are discussed to illustrate the complexity of family relationships and the stressors that families may face. Prerequisite: PSYC 2203 . Soci2313 Sociology of Women Focuses on the role of women within a historical and contemporary context, including women’s position in the family, and in educational, political, and economic institutions. The nature, perpetuation, consequences, and the ideology of sexism in capitalist and non-capitalist societies will also be examined. Soci4336 Families, Law and Social Policy A critical examination for advanced students of theoretical, legal and policy issues related to selected aspects of changing patterns of families and familial relationships in Canadian and other Western societies. Arts 3001 or Arts 3002 (3ch) or Arts 3000 (6ch), Arts Internship A community-based research internship in an organization that provides direct services to or advocates on behalf of victims/survivors of any form of family or intimate partner violence or violence against women.

List B: (30% relevant content) (Choose up to 2 courses) [It is important to note that not all of these courses will be offered in any given academic year.] Anth3114 Gender, Sex and Culture How do human gender roles vary from culture to culture and over time? How has anthropology attempted to explain these variations? What are the implications for the nature/nurture debate? Examples are drawn from archaeology, biological anthropology, and socio cultural studies. Prerequisite: Any 2000-level anthropology course, or permission of the instructor. Anth3523 Forensic Anthropology: Identifying the Missing and Murdered This course introduces the field of forensic anthropology, which involves the application of biological anthropology methods to a medico-legal context. To identify human remains, forensic anthropologists assist law enforcement by determining age, sex, ancestry, stature, and unique features from the skeleton. Using decomposition rates, they can provide an estimate of the postmortem interval. Course topics include: establishing a forensic context, methods of scene recovery, estimating the postmortem interval, reconstruction of demographic information, and identification of bone pathology and trauma. Prerequisite: ANTH 3520 or permission of the instructor. Anth4204 Gender, Kinship and Marriage Examines the wide diversity of gender roles, kinship forms and marital arrangements in human cultures of all scales. Prerequisite: ANTH 3114 or permission of the instructor. Anth4702 Gender and Health A seminar course designed to evaluate the gender dimension of health and disease, and addresses the articulation of gender roles and ideology with health status, the organization of health care, and health policy in a cross-cultural perspective. Gender is a cultural construct, and cultural ideas about women’s health and women’s bodies differ between social groups and historical periods. Gender issues pertain to men as well, and male gender roles and expectations are also culturally constructed. There are biomedical consequences to the cultural constructions of gender differences. The course will also examine how expressions of gender and power can play a role in prevention and treatment strategies.

Prerequisite: ANTH 2502 or permission of the instructor. Anth4502 Issues in Medical Anthropology A seminar course designed to evaluate the application of medical anthropology in understanding and improving human health problems. A selection of case studies reflecting the various dimensions of medical anthropology in different cultural contexts will be considered. The hcourse begins with an introduction to the research methods used in medical anthropology. The important theoretical constructs that have influenced the field of medical anthropology and their application in research problems will be examined. Prerequisite: ANTH 2502 or permission of the instructor. CCS3062 Love and Religion: Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Narrative from Golden Age to the Beginning of the 20th Century (cross-listed: SPAN3062) A survey of selected readings of Latin American women writers from the Golden Age to the present. We examine works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gómez de la Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, Luisa Valenzuela, Isabel Allende, among others, from a socio-historical perspective. The course will explore the social conditions of the women in Latin America, issues of women's identity and gender construction. A multimedia approach will be used. The course will be offered in English and is open to students who have completed at least 30 credit hours of university work. Students who have taken WLCS3062, or SPAN3062 may not attain credit for CCS3062. CCS4062 Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Women Artists (crosslisted: SPAN4062) This course is designed to explore the contributions of the contemporary Spanish and Latin American women artists through literary and visual arts. We will examine themes of cultural and political identity, sexual repression, class issues and racism through the various genres including literature, film, dance and music. This course will be offered in English and is open to students who have successfully completed at least 30 credit hours at university level. Students who take this course to fulfill Major/Honours requirements will write papers in Spanish. Students who have taken WLCS 4062, or SPAN 4062 may not attain credit for CCS 4062. Engl3883 Women’s Writing in English A study of women's writing in English from a range of historical periods. Texts will vary from year to year, but will include poetry, drama, fiction, and/or non-fiction written

primarily by British, American, and Canadian women. Attention will also be paid to relationships between women's writing and history, contemporary feminist and gender theory, and social issues such as identity, sexuality, class, and race. FR3534 Women's Writings Selected texts by Acadian, Québécois, African and French women authors, studied in the context of feminist issues in literary scholarship. (See Calendar entry under Women's Studies.) FR3534 Écrits de femmes Survol de la littérature féminine contemporaine acadienne, québécoise, africaine et française. Approche : critique féministe. (Cf. cet annuaire sous Women's Studies.) FR3834 Contemporary Quebecois Women Writers Studies the evolution of feminist thought in novels written by Québécois women. (See Calendar entry under Women’s Studies). FR3834 Écrivaines québécoises contemporaines L’analyse de l’évolution de la pensée féministe dans le roman féminin québécois. (Cf. Cet annuaire sous Women’s Studies). Hist1007 History of the Body This general interest course examines how the body has been imagined, experienced, controlled, and understood, both historically and today, by art, medicine, technology, religion, science and popular culture. Considers the sexualized and pregnant body, the sinful and diseased body, the aesthetic and the medicalized body, and the body as machine from Galen and Descartes to the age of the computer, the cyborg and the gene. Hist3325 A History of Sexualities A survey of the history of changing ideas, identities and practices associated with sexuality in the modern era, c. 1750 - present. Rather than an unchanging biological force, sexuality is a historical and social construction that involves conflict and contestation. Sexuality is also mediated by gender, class, race and ethnicity and has been subject to considerable regulation over time. Topics include religious attitudes and beliefs in pre-industrial and modern times; science, medicine and sexuality, courtship and marriage, contraception and abortion, sexual exploitation; violence and abuse, sexuality and leisure, the regulation of sexuality, the “sexual revolution” of the 1960s and the construction of alternative sexual identities. Hist3326 Gender, Health and Medicine Explores the social history of health, disease, caregiving, and medical practice from a gender perspective. Will focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Canada and the

United States. Classes will be arranged to allow for the thematic discussions on the topics such as changing beauty ideals and their link to "wellness", notions of physical "fitness" and health promotion, the medicalization of life cycle events such as puberty and child bearing/rearing, as well as the gendered experiences of a wide variety of health careproviders and patients involved in clinical encounters over the last two centuries. Intended for a multi-disciplinary cohort of students. Hist3003 European Women, 1450-1800 Examines the condition of European women from the end of the Middle Ages till the onset of industrialization. Concentrating on Italy, France and England, it considers particular cases as well as general trends. Specific topics include: attitudes toward woman, women's education, legal status, work and contribution to the economy, place in religion and the family and alternatives to family life. Hist3025 History and Sexuality: Europe and the World Examines transnational themes in the history of sexualities, c. 1789 to the present. Topics include the construction of homosexual, heterosexual, and inter-sexual identities; sexual violence in war and genocide; the moral and legal regulation of prostitution, birth control, and the medicalization of reproductive practice; and the construction of racialized sexual difference. Considers the effects of such competing ideologies as capitalism, communism, fascism, and imperialism on sexual life and examines the ways historians are writing local, national, and global histories of the most intimate of practices. Hist4313 A History of Women in Canadian Society A course in social history focusing on the changing roles of women in the public and private spheres in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with special emphasis on the role of women in the work force. Hist4323 The Family in North America Explores selected themes in the history of the North American family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include demographic trends, courtship and marriage, household and family structures, inheritance and the family economy, the gendered division of labour in the home and the relationship between families and the state. Hist4003 Women in the Early Modern Atlantic World Examines the ways in which the lives of women from Europe, Africa, and the Americas were shaped by "Atlantic World" experiences from the sixteenth through early nineteenth centuries. Considers how race and socio-economic/legal status influenced female experiences of patriarchy, sexuality, work, and agency by placing them into the broader social, cultural, political, and religious contexts of the early modern Atlantic World.

Hist5007 Gender and Sexuality in the Twentieth Century Europe Discusses themes and theories in the history of gender and sexuality in twentieth-century Europe. Examines such topics as “deviant” sexualities at the fin-de-siècle; gender upheaval in the First World War; the “New Woman” of the 1920s; gender and race in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy; sexual violence in war and genocide; the evolution of the homosexual rights movement; prostitution and the international sex trade; and debates over birth control and maternalism in modern society. Hist5103 Gender, Race and Disease in Early Modern Atlantic History Investigates early modern gender, race and disease through the movements, interactions, and exchanges between peoples of the Atlantic World (specifically, Europe, Africa, and the Americas) during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Themes include: disease and "the body"; climates and geographies of ill health; trade, empire, and disease environments; constitution, complexion and "race"; gender and sexuality. Hist5330 Class, Gender, and Region in Atlantic Canada Examines the forces that have shaped the history of the region since Confederation and explores how the people of Atlantic Canada have responded to the problem of regional underdevelopment. Hist5353 Canadian Women’s History This seminar is designed to encourage students to think about relevant topics and approaches to the history of women in Canada. Using both primary and secondary materials, the seminar focuses on themes drawn from the 19th and 20th century. Themes include, but are not limited to: major approaches to Canadian women’s history; historiography; women’s work and family lives; women and politics, migration/immigration; aboriginal women’s lives; women’s experiences of war; social reform movements; women in professions; women and health; feminism. MAAC3055 Gender, Women and Media Investigates key issues and theoretical approaches in the study of gender and media, with a particular focus on women as producers, consumers, and subjects of media. Students will research and analyze how media create and challenge stereotypes and ideas of difference along gender lines. Readings, class discussions, and projects will reveal how representations of gender across media forms play a central role in shaping our attitudes and identities. Open to students who have completed 45 ch, or with permission of the instructor. Pols2503 Women and Politics

This course maps the rise of the Second Wave feminist movement in North America, examining women’s engagement with politics on issues concerning citizenship, the economy, legal status, the division of public and private, and bodily autonomy. Pols3443 Feminist Issues in Political Thought Examines critical issues in feminist theory. Its central focus is on the understanding of women's political and social roles found in the history of political thinking and the response to these arguments presented by contemporary feminist theorists. Pols4495 Gender & War: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Exploring a range of topics from women’s experiences as soldiers to the social construction of masculinities to suit the war system, and drawing upon a range of sources, including historical writings by women on war, drama, poetry and fiction, as well as recent political theorizing and analysis, this course puts the gendered aspects of war under the microscope. Writers considered include Margaret Cavendish, Virginia Woolf, Sara Ruddick, Judith Butler, R.W. Connell and Michael Kimmel. Psyc3043 Human Sexuality Provides a broad introduction to the psychology of human sexuality, including examination of such specific topics as sexual anatomy, sexual behaviour throughout the lifespan, sexual response, sexual dysfunction and therapy, sexual variation, and pregnancy and child birth. Emphasis on placing empirical findings within physiological, personal, interpersonal and social frameworks. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (6 ch). Psyc3263 Psychology of Women A lifespan approach to the lives of girls and women, examined in the context of traditional and alternative roles, life events, and status in society. Provides an overview of theories and research on female development, behaviour, and personality. Prerequisite: PSYC 2203 or permission of instructor. Psyc3343 The Psychology of Crime The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the area of the psychology of crime with a special focus on Clinical Criminology, also referred to as Forensic Psychology. Issues pertaining to the following topics will be explored: 1) the nature and definition of the crim, 2) the development of the offender (theoretical perspectives), 3) the intersection of crime and mental health, and 4) the victim. Prerequisite: PSYC 2313.

Psyc4223 Topical Seminar in Sex and Gender Provides a critical appraisal of the theories and research methods in the area of sex and gender differences and similarities. Specific topics include morality, stereotypes, feminist perspectives, role of the media, scientific method, and epistemological tendencies. Examines the construction of knowledge, and the development of positions, with regards to sex and gender. Prerequisite: PSYC 2203 or PSYC 3263 or permission of the instructor. Soci1543 Men and Women—Then and Now Life is gendered from the moment of birth. Throughout the various developmental stages, girls and boys are exposed to a variety of messages that in some ways are represented by the fairytales read in childhood. Adolescents learn the price of deviating too far from the roles or expectations placed upon young men and women in our culture through formal and informal sanctions upon their behaviour. The choices, opportunities, and obstacles that we face as adults, are in large measure built upon the gender messages of childhood. Strategies for identifying the gendered nature of work, leisure, advertising, parenting, and aging will be amongst the topics discussed. Soci1593 Hooked on Religion Whether it is a prayer said in times of sorrow, grace at a meal, a religious ritual to celebrate adolescence, fasting, advice from a faith leader, or a spiritual blessing for a long-term intimate relationship, contact with religion comes in many different forms. Some Canadians “believe without belonging” while others belong to religious organizations but are unsure of their beliefs. Topics include patterns of spirituality in Canadian society, new religious movements, gender and family issues within contemporary religions, violence, and the impact of immigration and multiculturalism on the journey of faith. The impact of changing socio-cultural conditions on religion in Canadian society will be highlighted. Soci2203 Interpersonal Relations An introduction to a variety of perspectives designed to provide insight into social interaction on the interpersonal level. Attention is also given to some of the methodological problems involved in achieving a better understanding of this area of social life. Soci2345 Sociology of Aging An introduction to the basic physical, psychological, and demographic changes which occur in aging. Emphasis is given to understanding the everyday world of the young old, their participation in family life, personal life style and community activities after retirement, and with the restrictions created by limited financial resources.

Soci2365 Sociology of Dying and Death Examines the process of dying and death through a consideration of the cultural and institutional expectations and interpretations which surround this final stage in the human experience. The focus is on the North American context although other social and historical contexts will provide insights and background to the course work. Soci3335 Religion, Gender and Society An examination of the relationship between religion and gender in various interpersonal and societal contexts. Emphasis is placed upon understanding how modern religion both contributes to and challenges traditional notions of masculinity and femininity. Soci3371 The Institution of Health Care Examines the institution of health care with particular emphasis on the Canadian health care system. Topics to be covered include: theoretical approaches to the sociological study of health care; the history and development of Canada's Medicare system; the pharmaceutical industry; alternative/complementary health care; the socialization and legitimation of health care professionals; and the patient/practitioner relationship. Soci3403 Social Interaction Examines social interaction and communication in society as it occurs in social encounters and gatherings. Explores the presentation and projection of self in everyday life.

Soci4263 Sociology of the Body An examination of the socio-cultural forces which shape societal and individual attitudes toward self-body relations. Special emphasis on issues related to health, illness, and wellbeing. Soci4513 Inequality and Social Justice A sociological examination of current perspectives, responses, and debates about the meaning of equality and the just society. Possible topics include the shift from individual rights to collective rights; competition and cooperation at a macro and a micro level.