Course Schedule for PSFA 381: Section-by-Section Overview
Date Course Section
Reading/Film/Online Learning Resource
(OLR)
Specific
Student
Learning
Outcome
Section 1: Introduction to the Course and Overview
of the Tribal Gaming Industry
Week
of
8/26
Week
of
8/26
Introduction/Overview
Week
of 9/2
Tribal Government Gaming Industry
Week
of 9/2
Self-Assessment #2 Due by 9/6
9/6-8
Test #1
Read: Course Syllabus and Schedule
Self-Assessment # 1 Due by 9/1
Section 2: Introduction to the Commercial Gaming
Read: Hashimoto Chapter
Watch Film: Ancestral Languages Heard Again
Demonstrate
familiarity with
the Course
Process,
Assignments,
Timelines and
Requirements
Define the
concept of
Nation Building
as it pertains to
American Indians
in the United
States
Describe how
gambling activity
evolved from a
cultural activity
into an economic
development
strategy
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Industry
Week
of 9/9
History/Commercial Gaming Industry
OLR: Slideshow lecture on Global Gaming Industry
Week
of 9/9
Scope of the Gambling Industry
Read: AGA State of the States 2013
Week
of 9/9
Self-Assessment #3 Due by 9/15
Week
of
9/16
Images of the Gambling Industry
9/2022
Test #2
Film: Owning Mahowney
Define the public
policy
perspective for
interpreting
gambling
behavior and
addiction
Describe how
gambling activity
involved into a
business strategy
Demonstrate
familiarity with
basic public
policy issues in
the legal
gambling
industry:
Economic
impacts
Demonstrate
familiarity with
basic public
policy issues in
the legal
gambling
industry: Social
impacts
Section 3: Can Gambling Behavior Be an Addiction?
Week
Introduction to Gambling Behavior
Read: Ladouceur Article. (“Understanding Gambling
Identify human
Course Schedule for PSFA 381: Section-by-Section Overview
of
9/23
and Problem Gambling”)
Week
of
9/23
Behavior as an Addiction
Week
of
9/23
Week
of
9/30
Self-Assessment #4 Due by 9/29
Week
of
9/30
Self-Assessment #5 Due by 10/4
Are Certain Casino Games Dangerous?
Read: Holden, Lambert Articles
Read: AGA White Paper, “Demystifying Slot Machines”
behavioral
patterns across
space and time
and discuss their
interrelatedness
and
distinctiveness
Apply basic
concepts of
cross-cultural
self-reflexively to
one’s own
culture
Enhance your
understanding of
the social world
through the
application of
conceptual
frameworks from
the social and
behavioral
sciences to firsthand
engagement with
contemporary
issues
Course Schedule for PSFA 381: Section-by-Section Overview
Week
of
9/30
Is Slot Machine Technology Designed to Addict?
OLR: Video Clip from 60 Minutes
Demonstrate
familiarity with
basic public
policy issues in
the legal
gambling
industry
Define and
identify
assumptions
inherent in
interpretations of
gambling
behavior and
addiction
Apply selected
theoretical
perspectives to
various crosscultural
interpretations of
gambling
behavior and
addiction
10/4-6 Test #3
Section 4: Old and New Views of Addiction: Is
Addiction a Disease?
Week
of
10/7
Old View of Addiction
Read: Shaffer, “Syndrome Model”
Week
of
10/7
Disease Model of Addiction
Film: Pleasure Unwoven
Week
of
10/7
Week
of
10/14
Self-Assessment #6 Due by 10/13
New View of Addiction
Odegaard, “Addiction as Syndrome”
Identify
assumptions
inherent in
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Week
of
10/14
Diagnosing Addiction
Film: Rounders
interpretations of
gambling
behavior and
addiction
Apply selected
diagnostic
criteria to
gambling
behavior
Week Self-Assessment #7 Due by 10/18
of
10/14
10/18- Test #4 (Section Report # 1 Due)
20
Section 5: Are Some Populations More Vulnerable
to Addiction than Others?
Week
of
10/21
Vulnerable Populations
Read: Shaffer, “Employees”
Week
of
10/21
Casino Employees
Film: Croupier
OLR: Sycuan Employee Film
Define, identify
assumptions
inherent in, and
apply selected
theoretical
perspectives to
various crosscultural
interpretations of
gambling
behavior and
addiction
Describe how
gambling activity
evolved from a
cultural and
social activity
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into a business
10/21
Week
of
10/28
Self-Assessment #8 Due by 10/27
Native American/First Nations People
Read: Haggerson Article
Week
of
11/4
The Role of Colonization in Addiction
Film: Honour of All
Week
of
11/4
11/810
Self-Assessment #9 Due by 11/8
Differentiate
between
Western and
non-Western
perspectives of
addiction
Explain and apply
the comparative
approach to
various crosscultural
phenomena
Test #5 (Section Report #2 Due)
Section 6: The Role of Gambling in Society
Week
of
11/11
Gambling as Public Health
Read: Shaffer, “Four Principles”
Demonstrate
Western and
non-Western
perspectives of
disordered
gambling
behavior can be
used to enhance
our
understanding of
cultural variation
Week
of
Scope of Problem Gambling in US
Reilly, “Prevalence in US” (pp. 3-11 in posted reading)
Demonstrate
familiarity with
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11/18
Week
of
11/25
Is Gambling a Vice?
Film: Thank you for Smoking
Week
of
12/2
Responsible Gaming
Contreras and Siegel,” CSR”
Week Self-Assessment # 10 Due by 12/6
of
12/2
12/6-8 Test # 6
Cumulative
basic public
policy issues in
the legal
gambling
industry;
compare and
contrast different
expressions of
these issues
across cultures
Describe how
gambling activity
evolved from a
cultural and
social activity
into a business
and economic
development
strategy
Define
responsible
gaming and
explain the role
of science in the
development and
evolution of
responsible
gaming practices