Listed in: , as EDST-224 | Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-224 | Psychology, as PSYC-224
Allen J. Hart (Section 01)
Leah C. Schmalzbauer (Section 01)
(Offered as PSYC 224 and EDST 224) This highly interactive course brings together students to examine the roles race and other intersecting identities play in their lives. Course work includes an interdisciplinary blend of scholarly readings, in-class dialogue, experiential learning activities, reflective writing, and an intergroup collaborative research project. Students in this course bring their own experiences with race into the classroom as a legitimate and valued source for learning. The course readings link students’ personal experiences around race to a socio-historical understanding of individual, institutional, and structural discrimination--to the ways social inequality is embedded in social institutions and individual consciousness, constraining life chances. Early in the course students engage in structured activities that develop trust among participants. Coursework and learn skills at intergroup dialogue--suspending judgment and listening for understanding--in order to create respectful, sustained dialogues around racial divisions. Students engage in small mixed-race teams to research a racial inequality/inequity on campus. Students do reflective writing weekly,, linking their in-class experiences to the readings, as well as reflective writing at the end about their learning throughout the semester. The course exposes participants in a very intimate way to how classmates of different races see and experience the world, to the pain and trauma students of color may have undergone due to race, and to the privilege White students possess, whether or not they are aware of it. Offered Spring semester, 2024. Professors Hart and Schmalzbauer.
How to handle overenrollment: Priority will be given to sophomores.
Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Emphasis is on readings, classroom participation, writing weekly reflections and a final refection, working in mixed-race teams to design and conduct a research project, and presenting the research orally and in written form.
Section 01
Tu 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM SCCE E210
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Rage | Bloomsbury, 2016 paperback | Anderson, C. | Profs. Hart & Aries | TBD | ||
| Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, 2nd edition | Routledge | Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C. R., Hackman, H. W., Peters, M. L. & Zuniga, X (Eds.) | TBD |