Students must complete an application and interview process for admission to the Peer Health Education Program. This is the first course of a two-semester sequence. Linowski Utilizing skills and information from COM HL 213, students are prepared to conduct educational programs in the residence halls and Greek areas. Significant group facilitation, workshop presentation and health education program planning training. Campus outreach projects include World AIDS day, Safe Spring Break, Designated Driver, and Safer Sex campaigns.
Advanced peers serve as mentors to the first-semester peer health educators.
We'll begin in the ancient Near East, with the stories of Inanna and Ishtar and their devotees, and then turn to the classical world of Greece and Rome, with the Homeric Hymns and the tale of Cupid and Psyche. The medieval world inherited all these traditions, and we'll read stories from The Arabian Nights, The Canterbury Tales, and the Decameron that illustrate these themes. We'll learn about the complexity of images of the feminine, including women as goddesses and priestesses, as leaders of their people, as the embodiment of sexuality and fertility, as pious housewives and cunning deceivers. This is a 4 credit Honors course. An interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exploration of dress as one of the most significant markers of gender identity.