Urine Studies Program

The Urine Studies program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of urination and its role in human and animal interactions. The main purpose of the Program is to explore the biological, chemical, psychological, sociological, and metaphysical implications and ramifications of urination.

The Major

A major in Urine Studies can prepare the student for a career in sewage management, journalism, truck driving, and a host of other fields. A minimum of 45 credit hours in Urine Studies must be completed for the major.

Courses of General Interest

151. Everyone needs to Pee -- 3 hours

First semester. Urinate. Pee. Whiz. Piss. Tinkle. You do it; I do it; everyone does it. Why is that? And how does it affect us? Enrollment limit: 30.
990-151-01 -- MWF-10:00-10:50 -- Mr. Hostetler

148. The Strange World of Urine -- 3 hours

Second semester. A "hands-on" survey of the basics of urine and urination. For students that have trouble adding and REALLY need Quantitative Proficiency. Enrollment limit: 50.
990-148-01 -- TTh-11:00-12:15 -- Mr. Hostetler

Introductory and Core Courses

101. Introduction to Bladder Control -- 3 hours

First and second semesters. This course will provide a strong foundation in the basic techniques of bladder control while encouraging students to develop individual approaches to the medium. Each student will undertake a series of controlled problems designed to develop awareness of formal principles, intellectual attitudes, process, materials, etc. Enrollment limit: 15.

Sem 1

990-101-01 -- MW-9:00-12:00 -- Mr. Hostetler
990-101-02 -- TTh-1:30-4:15 -- Mr. Yuhas

Sem 2

990-101-01 -- MW-1:30-4:20 -- Ms. Norberg

102. Fundamentals of Human Urobiology -- 4 hours

First semester. An introduction to uroscience emphasizing physiological and urinary processes and their relation to human behavior. This course covers information about urinary tract structure and function (uroanatomy, urophysiology, uropharmacology), and attempts to show, through intense laboratory testing, what happens to frogs that can not pee. Enrollment limit: 2000.
990-102-01 -- TTh-10:00-11:50 -- Mr. Yuhas

104. -- Urine and Society -- 3 hours

Second semester. Examines the role of urination as a force in social interactions. Readings and discussions will explore how urinary techniques affect social institutions and everyday life. Emphasis will be placed on gender, race, and ethnicity. Enrollment limit: 45.
990-104-01 -- TTh-8:35-9:50 -- Ms. Norberg

Intermediate and Advanced Courses

206. Sewage Disposal -- 3 hours

First semester. Identical to Environmental Studies 206.
990-206-01 -- TTh-11:00-12:15 -- Mr. Orr

208. Uroendocrinology -- 4 hours

First semester. Prerequisite: Urine Studies 234. Identical to English 208.
990-208-01 -- MWF-10:00-10:50 -- Staff

Laboratories:

990-208-02 -- M-1:30-4:30 -- Mr. Hostetler
990-208-03 -- W-1:30-4:30 -- Ms. Norberg

220. Urine and The Religious Experience -- 3 hours

Second semester. An examination of the role of urine in major religious traditions as well as the recent outcrop of "piss cults." We will explore primary religious texts for references to urination and its restrictions and the historical role religions have had in promoting toilet use. Of particular interest will be works of art like the NEA funded "Piss Christ" and whether they provide insight into the nature of Christianity. Prerequisite: Urine Studies 208.
990-220-01 -- TTh-11:00-12:15 -- Ms. Norberg

234. The Politics of Urine -- 3 hours

First semester. A examination of "piss politics" as a prominent force in political theory and practice, especially in modern American democracy. The course will raise a series of questions, including: how did Richard Nixon get elected all those times?, was George Bush just on the pot during the Iran-Contra deal?, and why was Jessie Helms really so upset about "Piss Christ?" Readings will include Machiavelli, Hobbes, Freud, Foucault, Marx, Noobeoobe, and recent feminist work. Prerequisite: Urine Studies 220.
990-234-01 -- MWF-10:00-10:50 -- Mr. Hostetler

245. Urine and Existentialism -- 3 hours

Next offered 1994-95.

340. The Urinal as Tool of Gender Stratification -- 3 hours

Next offered 1995-96.

370. Urine in Music -- 3 hours

Next offered 2006-07.

385. Dr. Seuss: The Man and His Work -- 1 hour

Second semester. Identical to the ExCo class.
990-385-01 -- M-4:30-6:00 -- Mr. Dickson

390. Practicum in Potty Training -- 2 hours

Second semester. Students will work with young children and help guide them through this trying time in their life. They will explore analytically and pragmatically a pedagogy designed to adapt children to society without precipitating a Freudian crisis.
990-390-01 -- Hours to be arranged -- Ms. Norberg

Seminars

401. The Life and Works of Rabbi Noobeoobe -- 3 hours

Second semester. Examines the man who believed that the past 300 million years of evolution have been a conspiracy of single celled algae who bred us for our urine. The students will read extensively from his books and study his early life, his later, more controversial years, and his mysterious death at sea.
990-401-01 -- W-7:00-9:30 -- Mr. Yuhas

440. Seminar in Urine Culture -- 3 hours

Second semester. This seminar will explore such cultural motifs as 2000 Flushes Blue and Toilet Duck, as well as examine the competing traditional views of Uro-Centrism and Scato- Centrism.
990-440-01 -- W-7:00-9:30 -- Mr. Yuhas