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College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences

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ABA 610: Assessment Strategies and Supervision In Applied Behavior Analysis 25 Essential skills for the successful behavior analyst : from graduate school to chief executive officer
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AIS 101: Introduction to American Indian Studies American Indians : stereotypes & realities
AIS 101: Introduction to American Indian Studies Native American studies
AIS 101: Introduction to American Indian Studies We are the land : a history of native California
AIS 115: American Indians, Colonization, and Critical Thinking The rediscovery of America : native peoples and the unmaking of U.S. history
AIS 225: American Indians and Sports Hopi runners : crossing the terrain between Indian and American
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad #NotYourPrincess : voices of Native American women
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad All around us
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Dear Miss Karana
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Fire starters
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Island of the blue dolphins : the complete reader's edition
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad My powerful hair
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Pipestone : my life in an Indian boarding school
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Surviving the city
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad What I remember, what I know: the life of a High Arctic exile
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad When we were alone
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Why Indigenous literatures matter
AIS 235: American Indian Youth Literature: Learning to tell the Good from the Bad Why we dance : a story of hope and healing
AIS 265: American Indian Writers Bad indians : a tribal memoir
AIS 265: American Indian Writers Heart berries : a memoir
AIS 265: American Indian Writers Lakota Woman
AIS 270: AIS Digital Humanities Digital mapping and indigenous America
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ANTH 301: Culture & Medicine: Healers Ordinary medicine : extraordinary treatments, longer lives, and where to draw the lin
ANTH 379: Environmental Health/ Justice  The devil's fruit : farmworkers, health and environmental justice
ANTH 385: Maya Archaeology Blood and beauty : organized violence in the art and archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America
ANTH 385: Maya Archaeology Her cup for sweet cacao : food in ancient Maya society
ANTH 385: Maya Archaeology Images from the underworld : Naj Tunich and the tradition of Maya cave painting
ANTH 385: Maya Archaeology Landscape and power in ancient Mesoamerica
ANTH 385: Maya Archaeology The Maya world
AIS 480: Local Archeological Practice Ground-penetrating radar for archaeology
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BRS 300: Borders: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: an American Controversy
BRS 453: Border Water Conflicts Power and water in the Middle East : the hidden politics of the Palestinian-Israeli water conflict
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COMM 300: Communication Theory Subjectivity : theories of the self from Freud to Haraway
COMM 300: Communication Theory Light in the dark = Luz en lo oscuro : rewriting identity, spirituality, reality
COMM 390: Research Methods & Design Where Stuff Comes From : How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are.
COMM 430: Power, Discourse and Social Identity The Gloria Anzaldúa reader
COMM 444: Narratives in Organization Counter-narratives and organization
COMM 444: Narratives in Organization Stories of life in the workplace : an open architecture for organizational narratology
COMM 445: Communication Portfolio Cultivating humanity : a classical defense of reform in liberal education
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DNCE 301: Contemporary Dance Technique II A director prepares : seven essays on art and theatre
DNCE 311: Movement Improvisation Pleasure activism : the politics of feeling good
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Arts integration : teaching subject matter through the arts in multicultural settings
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Communities of practice : art, play, and aesthetics in early childhood
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Dance on Screen : Genres and Media from Hollywood to Experimental Art
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Dance pedagogy for a diverse world : culturally relevant teaching in theory, research, and practice
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Dance education and responsible citizenship : promoting civic engagement through effective dance pedagogies
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Dance and the quality of life
DNCE 350: Learning Through the Moving Arts Pedagogy of the oppressed
DNCE 390: Choreography Workshop and Production Emergent strategy : shaping change, changing worlds
DNCE 398A: Professional Practices Stage managing and theatre etiquette : a basic guide
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ECON 411: Public Choice The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
ECON 411: Public Choice The logic of collective action : public goods and the theory of groups
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ENVS 301: Place, Power, Enviroment The slums of Aspen : Immigrants vs. the environment in America's Eden
ENVS 301: Place, Power, Enviroment Wildness : relations of people and place
ENVS 301: Place, Power, Enviroment A Sand County almanac : and sketches here and there
ENVS 464: Food Politics and the Environment Gardening at the margins : convivial labor, community, and resistance
ENVS 490: Capstone in Enviromental Studies A field guide to climate anxiety how to keep your cool on a warming planet
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FMST 100: Introduction to Cinema Film studies an introduction
FMST 300: Elements of Cinema Film studies an introduction
FMST 300: Elements of Cinema The seventh seal
FMST 375: Family, Tradition, and Gender in Chinese Films New Chinese cinema: challenging representations
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GBST 301: Constructing Global Identity

 The cosmopolites : the coming of the global citizen
GBST 302: Global Money & Power Global political economy : theory and practice
GBST 433: Election Violence in Africa Voting in fear : electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
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GEOG 310: Climate Change

 Field Notes From A Catastrophe: Man, Nature, And Climate Change
GEOG 341: Nature and Society in California Bad indians : a tribal memoir
GEOG 341: Nature and Society in California Contested Eden : California before the Gold Rush
GEOG 460: Food Systems and Emerging Markets Farming while Black: Soul Fire Farm's practical guide to liberation on the land
GEOG 460: Food Systems and Emerging Markets Global foodscapes: oppression and resistance in the life of food
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HIST 131: US History 1877 - Present Lakota Woman
HIST 301: History Methods & Writing Denying History
HIST 315: Heresy & Witchcraft Heresies of the high middle ages
HIST 324: The Enlightenment and European Society A vindication of the rights of woman
HIST 324: The Enlightenment and European Society Candide
HIST 324: The Enlightenment and European Society Encyclopédie noire : the making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's intellectual world
HIST 324: The Enlightenment and European Society Sentimental savants : philosophical families in Enlightenment France
HIST 336D: U.S. Progressive Era, 1884 -1920 A fierce discontent : the rise and fall of the Progressive movement in America, 1870-1920
HIST 336D: U.S. Progressive Era, 1884 -1920 Assembling the dinosaur : fossil hunters, tycoons, and the making of a spectacle
HIST 363: Modern China Chinese Communist Party : a century in ten lives
HIST 386: Haiti and World History Fear of a Black republic : Haiti and the birth of Black internationalism in the United States
HIST 386: Haiti and World History Haiti fights back : the life and legacy of Charlemagne Péralte
HIST 386: Haiti and World History Teaching Haiti : strategies for creating new narratives
HIST 386: Haiti and World History The Haiti reader : history, culture, politics
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LBST 100: Introduction to Critical Education Critical race counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano educational pipeline
LBST 100: Introduction to Critical Education Deculturalization and the struggle for equality : a brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States
LBST 100: Introduction to Critical Education Education and capitalism : struggles for learning and liberation
LBST 100: Introduction to Critical Education Pedagogy of freedom : ethics, democracy, and civic courage
LBST 100: Introduction to Critical Education Pedagogy of the oppressed
LBST 100: Introduction to Critical Education Why school? : reclaiming education for all of us
LBST 300: Introduction to Critical Education Pedagogy of the oppressed
LBST 300: Introduction to Critical Education Deculturalization and the struggle for equality : a brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States
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LING 355: Heritage Languages & Speakers Olive witch: a memoir
LING 361: Introduction to Morphology Understanding morphology
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LTWR 203: Literature and Health Taking turns : stories from HIV/AIDS care Unit 371
LTWR 211: Introduction to Women’s Literature Borders
LTWR 211: Introduction to Women’s Literature Incidents in the life of a slave girl
LTWR 211: Introduction to Women’s Literature This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color
LTWR 309A: US Literature I Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave
LTWR 309A: US Literature I Selected Tales
LTWR 309A: US Literature I The Awakening, and other stories
LTWR 325: Creative Writing Workshop I The writing experiment : strategies for innovative creative writing
LTWR 425: Creative Writing 2 BAX : best American experimental writing
LTWR 425: Creative Writing 2 The writing experiment : strategies for innovative creative writing
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MDIA 451: Media and Religion The assemblage of Korean shamanism: mediatization and territorialization
MDIA 452: Media Ethics Doing ethics in media: theories and practical applications
MDIA 456: Media and Pop Culture Cultural theory and popular culture: an introduction
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PHIL 110: Critical Thinking Personal stereo
PHIL 310: Western Philosophy of Greece & Rome The politics of Olympus : form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns
PHIL 340: Ethics & Environment A Sand County almanac : and sketches here and there
PHIL 340: Ethics & Environment Ethics, humans and other animals : an introduction with readings
PHIL 345: Bioethics & Medical Ethics Handbook for health care ethics committees
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PSCI 433: Election Violence in Africa Voting in fear : electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
PSCI 445: Gender & Development In the time of the butterflies
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PSYC 336: Abnormal Psychology Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5-TR
PSYC 338: Environmental Psychology Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour : what works, what doesn't, and why
PSYC 365: Mental Health in the Media Movies and mental illness : using films to understand psychopathology
PSYC 365: Mental Health in the Media Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5-TR
PSYC 490: History of Psychology A history of psychology in letters
PSYC 558: Proseminar in Counseling/ Clinical Psychology  Dissemination and implementation research in health : translating science to practice
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SOC 105: Introduction to Justice Studies Pursuing justice : traditional and contemporary issues in our communities and the world
SOC 203: The Child in Society Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life
SOC 311: Inequality Talking back : thinking feminist, thinking Black
SOC 315: Gender in Society Feminism is for everybody : passionate politics
SOC 316: Mental Health and Society Speaking of sadness : depression, disconnection, and the meanings of illness
SOC 320: Sociological Theory Contested knowledge : social theory today
SOC 321: Sociology of Deviance The gang's all queer : the lives of gay gang members
SOC 323: Juvenile Delinquency Punished : policing the lives of Black and Latino boys
SOC 325: Criminology Intersectionality and criminology : disrupting and revolutionizing studies of crime
SOC 349: Asian American/Pacific Islander Communities A new history of Asian America
SOC 349: Asian American/Pacific Islander Communities Contemporary Asian America : a multidisciplinary reader
SOC 418: Domestic Violence Prevention & Intervention Decriminalizing domestic violence : a balanced policy approach to intimate partner violence
SOC 439: Social Justice & Environments No planet B : a Teen Vogue guide to climate justice
SOC 442: Analysis of the Justice System and Criminal Law Global civil war : capitalism post-pandemic
SOC 442: Analysis of the Justice System and Criminal Law Pushout : the criminalization of Black girls in schools
SOC 442: Analysis of the Justice System and Criminal Law Migrating to Prison America's Obsession With Locking Up Immigrants
SOC 444:  Perspectives on Corrections and Penology The real cost of prisons comix
SOC 480: Capstone Seminar in Sociological Scholarship The literature review : six steps to success
SOC 489: Topics in Critical Race Studies Black feminist sociology : perspectives and praxis
SOC 494: Internship in Criminology and Justice Studies Emergent strategy : shaping change, changing worlds
SOC 494: Internship in Criminology and Justice Studies Humanizing Research: Decolonizing Qualitative Inquiry with Youth and Communities
SOC 494: Internship in Criminology and Justice Studies Street-level bureaucracy : dilemmas of the individual in public services
SOC 495: Capstone Seminar in Community Service Handbook of youth mentoring
SOC 495: Capstone Seminar in Community Service Key concepts in youth studies
SOC 495: Capstone Seminar in Community Service Street-level bureaucracy : dilemmas of the individual in public services
SOC 495: Capstone Seminar in Community Service Emergent strategy : shaping change, changing worlds
SOC 500: Pro-Seminar in Sociological Practice Thriving in graduate school : the expert's guide to success and wellness
SOC 530: Social Theory and Public Policy Black marxism : the making of the Black radical tradition
SOC 530: Social Theory and Public Policy The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
SOC 530: Social Theory and Public Policy This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color
SOC 550: Critical Perspectives in Sociological Practice Street-level bureaucracy : dilemmas of the individual in public services
SOC 550: Critical Perspectives in Sociological Practice Uninsured in Chicago : how the social safety net leaves Latinos behind
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SPAN 201C: Spanish for the Medical Field An Introduction to Medical Spanish: Communication and Culture, Fifth Edition.
SPAN 301B: Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers Gramática española : variación social
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SSCI 375: Pop Culture and Social Issues Social problems in popular culture
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TA 104: Script Analysis for Theatre and Design Detroit '67
TA 104: Script Analysis for Theatre and Design Real women have curves
TA 222: Introduction to African American Theatre Dream on monkey mountain
TA 222: Introduction to African American Theatre Dutchman
TA 222: Introduction to African American Theatre Funnyhouse of a negro
TA 222: Introduction to African American Theatre Pipeline : tcg edition
TA 222: Introduction to African American Theatre Sweat (TCG Edition)
TA 222: Introduction to African American Theatre The piano lesson
TA 324: Gender in Scripts and Stories For colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
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WGSS 205: Gender and Sexuality in Pop Culture and the Media The transgender studies reader
WGSS 205: Gender and Sexuality in Pop Culture and the Media Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination : Case Studies of Creative Social Change
WGSS 205: Gender and Sexuality in Pop Culture and the Media Pop culture freaks : identity, mass media, and society
WGSS 300: Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color
WGSS 300: Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Asian/Pacific Islander American Women : a Historical Anthology.
WGSS 300: Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Teaching to transgress : education as the practice of freedom /
WGSS 301: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Societies Feminist accountability : disrupting violence and transforming power
WGSS 301: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Societies Deported : immigrant policing, disposable labor, and global capitalism
WGSS 301: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Societies This bridge we call home : radical visions for transformation
WGSS 328: Body and Identity Feminist, Queer, Crip
WGSS 341: Men and Masculinities Indigenous men and masculinities : legacies, identities, regeneration
WGSS 351: Black Feminist Thought and Activism Black feminist thought : knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment
WGSS 351: Black Feminist Thought and Activism Sister outsider : essays and speeches
WGSS 370: Transnational Feminisms Maneuvers : the international politics of militarizing women's lives
WGSS 416: Sex Work Camming : money, power, and pleasure in the sex work industry
WGSS 416: Sex Work Sex and stigma : stories of everyday life in Nevada's legal brothels
WGSS 490: Senior Seminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Feminist research practice a primer

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