University of Oregon

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon, USA

The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon’s flagship public university. Located in the beautiful Willamette Valley, the UO offers a broad spectrum of opportunities for learning in the liberal arts and professional programs in architecture, arts, business, education, journalism, law, and music and dance.

The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Among its faculty members and alumni, the UO counts two Nobel prize recipients, 10 Pulitzer Prize winners, 19 Rhodes scholars, 42 Guggenheim fellows, and 129 Fulbright scholars.

Established in 1876, the UO today enrolls approximately 20,000 students each year, including 1,200 international students from nearly 90 countries. The UO is consistently listed in the Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the nation’s best bargains for students.

Website: https://www.uoregon.edu/

VSE Season 1, 2021-22: Courses offered by University of Oregon


Application Deadline

APPLICATION CLOSED
Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Aug 17 2021, 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)




English Language Proficiency Requirements

Before applying, please make sure you have fulfilled the course offering university's English language proficiency requirements listed below:

6.0 or above in IELTS

500 or above in TOEFL PBT

61 or above in TOEFL iBT

100 or above in Duolingo English Test

Students from Australia, Canada (excluding Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom are exempt from these requirements.For more details, please contact the VSE coordinator at UO.



Course Information

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Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentCollege of Arts and Sciences
Course TeacherProf. Stephen Frost
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 27, 2021
Last Day of ClassDec 10, 2021
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC-8
Course DescriptionUnderstanding past scientific attitudes on racial variation helps place modern concepts of human diversity in a broader intellectual, scientific, and anthropological context. The concept of race and its historical origins are considered, scientific studies on race from classical Greco-Roman times, through the 19th Century, and into the present are discussed and the application of scientific methods to affirm social systems of racial, sexual, national, and class prejudice and discrimination are reviewed in historical, modern, scientific & anthropological perspectives This course will require you to interact with racial material and with each other to address ethical issues, social responsibility, diversity of humans, the consequences of past and present actions, and race-based policy which uses science and the scientific method as justification. This course explores the importance of science and physical anthropology in the structuring and understanding of race, highlighting the diversity of the human experience can be reduced to a myth that uses science as its justification. We will explore how science is biased from the temporal perspective, and how historical race bias continues to influence modern science and modern society. Finally, this course will challenge you to work together to critically discuss and assess race and racial issues, both historically and presently.
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Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentCollege of Arts and Sciences
Course TeacherAssist. Prof. Annelise Heinz
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 27, 2021
Last Day of ClassDec 10, 2021
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC-8
Course DescriptionThis course is the first of a two-quarter sequence on the history of women in the United States of America. We will study the diverse experiences and social roles of women from settlement in the 17th century to the era of Reconstruction after the Civil War. The following topics and themes will be discussed as we build on our chronological framework: Native American women; regional variation in the formation of colonial society; the "proper place" of white women; women and reform movements, religion, and sexuality; African-American women; the development of slavery; women as pioneers; women and work. The course will emphasize the diversity and change among the various social classes and races that comprise U.S. women's history.
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Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentSchool of Journalism & Communication
Course TeacherProf. Debra Merskin
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 27, 2021
Last Day of ClassDec 10, 2021
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC-8
Course Description How can the Federal Communications Commission fine broadcasters for "indecent" programming when the First Amendment protects freedom of expression? Why do "reality shows" saturate TV network schedules? Does it matter that most media outlets are owned by a handful of large global corporations? Does the digital revolution threaten traditional media forms? What's the significance of the New York Times publishing announcements of gay couples' commitment ceremonies on the weddings page? J 201 examines how the media emerge within specific social, economic, and historical contexts and how they, in turn, shape modern society by acting as sources of information, entertainment, and persuasion. The course critically examines media ownership, regulation, production, and consumption and the effects of new information technologies.
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Number of Credits4
Offering DepartmentCollege of Arts and Sciences
Course TeacherTBD
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassSep 27, 2021
Last Day of ClassDec 10, 2021
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC-8
Course DescriptionTBD
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Course enrollment is subject to final approval from your home university and the course offering university.