2024-2025 Academic Year

Fall 2024

FYSM 100 First-Year Seminar
The First-Year Seminar (FYS) introduces students to Dickinson as a "community of inquiry" by developing habits of mind essential to liberal learning. Through the study of a compelling issue or broad topic chosen by their faculty member, students will: - Critically analyze information and ideas - Examine issues from multiple perspectives - Discuss, debate and defend ideas, including one's own views, with clarity and reason - Develop discernment, facility and ethical responsibility in using information, and - Create clear academic writing The small group seminar format of this course promotes discussion and interaction among students and their professor. In addition, the professor serves as students' initial academic advisor. This course does not duplicate in content any other course in the curriculum and may not be used to fulfill any other graduation requirement.

PSYC 135 Psychology of Women and Gender
Cross-listed with WGSS 236-01.

WGSS 236 Psychology of Women and Gender
Cross-listed with PSYC 135-01.

INTD 390 Awe, Wonder, and Transcendence
This seminar is offered at selected Dickinson Centers abroad to encourage students to reflect broadly on their site-specific experiences. The experiential and the theoretical dimensions of out-of-class experiences such as internships and service learning reinforce and enrich one another, providing students with a window onto the workings of their host society. Through readings, class discussions, writing assignments, and presentations, this seminar provides a rigorous academic context for evaluating and understanding the experiential components of the course. Offered only at selected Dickinson Centers abroad programs. Contact the Center for Global Study and Engagement for the list of programs offering this course.

Spring 2025

PSYC 210 Analysis of Psychological Data
Completion of both PSYC 210 and PSYC 211 fulfills the WID Requirement.

WGSS 306 Gender Iden & Sexualities
Cross-listed with PSYC 435-01. In this seminar, we will discuss current psychological theory and research relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual identity, and sexual practices. The course is designed to acquaint you with some of the key issues, questions, and findings in this field, as well as to allow you to develop some of the critical skills needed to evaluate research findings. We will discuss topics such as traditional and alternative gender identities; gender socialization in childhood; transgender and nonbinary identities; the development of heterosexual, and LGBTQ+ identities; the relationship between gender and sexual orientation; social pressures and compulsory heterosexuality, heterosexism, and sexual prejudice; and alternative sexual practices and communities. This discussion-based course is designed to encourage deep, thoughtful analysis of issues surrounding gender and sexuality.

PSYC 435 Gender Iden & Sexualities
Cross-listed with WGSS 306-01. : In this seminar, we will discuss current psychological theory and research relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual identity, and sexual practices. The course is designed to acquaint you with some of the key issues, questions, and findings in this field, as well as to allow you to develop some of the critical skills needed to evaluate research findings. We will discuss topics such as traditional and alternative gender identities; gender socialization in childhood; transgender and nonbinary identities; the development of heterosexual, and LGBTQ+ identities; the relationship between gender and sexual orientation; social pressures and compulsory heterosexuality, heterosexism, and sexual prejudice; and alternative sexual practices and communities. This discussion-based course is designed to encourage deep, thoughtful analysis of issues surrounding gender and sexuality.

PSYC 500 Independent Study