SEJ Course Offerings

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1		Title	Bulletin Code	Are these courses currently offered?		Description
2		Title	Bulletin Code	Spring 2020	Fall 2020	Description

3	core courses
4	core courses	Political Geography (3)	GEOG/PWAD 453	No	Yes	The geography of politics is explored at the global, the nation-state, and the local scale in separate course units, but the interconnections between these geographical scales are emphasized throughout.
5	core courses	Space, Place, and Difference (3)	GEOG/WMST 225	Yes	Yes	Gender, race, and class are examined in terms of the spatial patterns of everyday life, regional patterns, and global patterns.
6	core courses	Philosophical Perspectives on Social Justice (3)	PHIL 273	No	No	This course will focus on justice and the common good, applying theoretical justifications to contemporary social and economic issues. Readings will include classical and contemporary literature on the nature of justice and rights.
7	core courses	Social and Economic Justice (3), Experiential Education	SOCI 273	No	Yes	Covers theory and practice of social and economic justice, including analyses of racial-gender-sexual-class-national and other forms of justice, the history of influential movements for justice, and strategies of contemporary struggles.
8	core courses	Social and Economic Justice (3), Non-EE	SOCI 274	Yes	No	This course explores issues related to social and economic justice in contemporary society. We will emphasize exploring conditions of injustice along with the mass movements that have sometimes arisen to fight these injustices. What sorts of injustices exist in the world today? When do people recognize something as an injustice? What leads people from thinking about injustice to doing something about it? What does a movement to end injustice look like, and when can it succeed? While this course is similar to Soci 273, Soci 274 is not a service learning course.
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10	justice in action	Independent Studies (1-6)	AAAD 396**	No	No	Permission of the instructor and the SEJ Director required. Independent study projects defined by student and faculty advisor for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
11	justice in action	Service Learning in America (3)	AMST 398	Yes	No	Explores history and theory of volunteerism and service learning in America. Includes a weekly academic seminar and placement in a service learning project.
12	justice in action	Local Cultures, Global Forces (3)	ANTH 142	Yes	No	Globalization as a cultural and economic phenomenon, emphasizing the historical development of the current world situation and the impact of increasing global interconnection on local cultural traditions.
13	justice in action	Global Issues in the 20th Century (3).	ANTH/GEOG/GLBL/HIST/POLI 210	Yes	Yes	Survey of international social, political, and cultural patterns in selected societies of Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, stressing comparative analysis of 20th-century conflicts and change in different historical contexts. LAC recitation sections offered in French, German, and Spanish.
14	justice in action	First-Year Seminar: Collective Leadership Models for Community Change (3).	COMM 053	No	No	This course will explore communication models for collective leadership involving youth and adults in vulnerable communities. Partnering with local youth-focused organizations, students will work in teams to research and design community-based change projects.
15	justice in action	Introduction to Performance and Social Change (3)*	COMM 260	Yes	Yes	Prerequisite, COMM 160. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. This course addresses the relationship between performance and power, focusing on topics concerned with the potential for performance to contribute to social change.
16	justice in action	Communication and Nonprofits in the Global Context (3)	COMM 625	No	No	Introduces students to the opportunities, challenges, and rewards of participation within the nonprofit/NGO sector. The course also equips students with the skills needed to design and conduct engaged scholarship.
17	justice in action	The Cultural Politics of Global Media Economies (3)	COMM 650	Yes	Yes	Prerequisite, ART 159, COMM 140, or ENGL 142. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. One introductory economics course is recommended but not required. From basic concepts developed from the historical economics of film, the course moves through more recent cases into the assessment of systematic attempts to model aspects of global, convergent media.
18	justice in action	Environmental Advocacy (3)	COMM/ENST 375	No	Yes	Explores rhetorical means of citizen influence of practices affecting our natural and human environment; also, study of communication processes and dilemmas of redress of environmental grievances in communities and workplace.
19	justice in action	First-Year Seminar: Documentary Theatre (3)	DRAM 085	No	No	This course explores the political and social ramifications of documentary theatre in the United States. Students will investigate a local community of their choosing and create an interview-based performance.
20	justice in action	Theatre for Social Change: Latina/o Performance Traditions	DRAM 288	Yes	Yes	Prerequisite, DRAM 120. This course assesses different models of theatre for social change as historically employed by United States Latina/o and Latina American theatre practitioners. Students will be guided through creating new works.
21	justice in action	Chicana/o Drama (3)	DRAM 487	No	No	Prerequisite, DRAM 120. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. This course surveys Chicana/o history and culture from 1965 to the present through the examination of plays by and about Chicana/os. It also interrogates Chicana/o performance practices as political acts.
22	justice in action	Economic Development (3), Prerequisite, ECON 410.	ECON 465*	No	Yes	Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. An introduction to the economic characteristics and problems of the less developed countries and to the theories and policies applicable to the developing economy.
23	justice in action	First-Year Seminar: Local Places in a Globalizing World (3)	GEOG 056	Yes	No	An examination of the relationship between globalization and localization in order to think about how we, as individuals and groups, can make a difference in the world.
24	justice in action	Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society (3) Prerequisite, GEOG 259. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite.	GEOG 458*	No	Yes	This course examines urban social issues in contemporary Latin America. Cities and their residents will be considered in relation to each other and to North American examples. (Regional)
25	justice in action	Current Topics in Global Studies (0.5–21).	GLBL 290**	No	No	Permission of the SEJ Director required. An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the background, current status, and future prospects for one of a series of global issues such as the nuclear age, the environment, technological transition.
26	justice in action		HIST/MNGT 365	No	No	From the experience of colonial artisans to contemporary factory and office workers, organized and unorganized, this course examines the effect of the industrial revolution on the American social and political landscape.
27	justice in action	The Worker and American Life (3)	JOMC 141			Intensive study through concepts and cases of ethical issues and problems facing mass communication professionals in modern society.
28	justice in action	Introduction to Mass Communication Law (3)	JOMC 340			Introduction to press freedom and the First Amendment, including libel, privacy, access to information, free press-fair trial, advertising and broadcast regulation, journalistic privilege, and prior restraint.
29	justice in action	Censorship (3)	JOMC 344			Its history, conflicting philosophies and practice through politics, government, ethnicity, religion, pressure groups, the media, and the law, with emphasis on events and personalities.
30	justice in action	Freedom of Expression in the United States (3)	JOMC 448			An examination of the development of freedom of expression in the United States within the context of the nation’s history.
31	justice in action	Health Policy and Politics (3)	PLCY 361	No	No	An analysis of the evolution of American medical care with special emphasis on current health care policy issues and debates about future directions. Compares other national models to those of the United States.
32	justice in action	Internship (1–6).	PLCY 393**	No	No	Permission of the instructor and the SEJ Director required. Supervised internship with written reports required. This course is offered for graded credit.
33	justice in action	The Adversary System (3)	POLI 414	No	No	An overview of the theories, problems, and practices of police, courts, and corrections, and the values underlying our adversary system, especially with relation to constitutional principles, judicial integrity, and racial discrimination.
34	justice in action	Independent Experiential Internship (1–3)	SOCI 393**	Yes	Yes	Permission of the department and the SEJ Director required. This course is an internship experience directly relevant to the student’s academic progress in sociology and/or management and society.
35	justice in action	Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3)	Soci 411	No	Yes	Study of nonroutine collective actions such as demonstrations, strikes, riots, social movements, and revolutions, with an emphasis on recent and contemporary movements.
36	justice in action	Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3), Experiential	SOCI 413	No	No
37	justice in action	Human Rights	SOCI 470	No	No	Human rights are inherent in the advance of peace, security, prosperity, and social equity. They are shared by the global community, yet require local embedding. Course includes a service-learning component.
38	justice in action	Public Service & Social Change (4 hours)	SOWO 490	Yes	Yes	Course examines role of volunteer involvement and citizen participation in community development, grassroots organizing, advocacy, and other efforts to create a more just and democratic society. Service learning requirement.
39	justice in action	Seminar in Service Learning (1-6)	SOWO 492	Yes	No	Participants explore frameworks, values, and skills around the democratic principles of service, citizenship, and social justice. Accompanies an intensive, paid internship in a local nonprofit agency.
40	justice in action	Gender and Global Change (3)	WMST 281	No	No	Through a diverse set of contemporary Latina/o texts, students will examine the response to and representation of gender and militarization in the Américas, examining in particular war, revolution, and the militarization of everyday life connected to spaces such as the United States - Mexico border and the United States prison industrial complex.
41	justice in action	Gender and Imperialism (3). Required preparation, one course in gender or non-Western societies. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the preparation.	WMST 283*	No	No	Focuses on feminist perspectives on imperialism; the effects of imperialism on colonized and European women; women’s participation in anti-imperialist movements; and the legacies of imperialism for feminism today.
42	justice in action	Special Topics in Women’s Studies (3)	WMST 290**	Yes	Yes	Permission of the SEJ Director required. Topics are announced in advance and reflect the interest of the particular instructor. Each course will concern itself with a study in depth of some problem or issue in women’s studies.
43	justice in action	Leadership in Domestic Violence	WMST 340	No	No
44	justice in action	Spitting in the Wind: “American” Women, Art, and Activism (3)	WMST 350	No	No	This course uses films, novels, and essays to engage with various notions of activism (as represented in art and social justice organizations) at play in hemispheric America.
45	justice in action	Gender, (Im)migration and Labor in Latina Literature (3)*	WMST 365	No	No	Prerequisite, WMST 101. Students will explore the representation of intersections between gender, identity, immigration, and migration in Latina/o literature. Emphasis will be placed on the intersections between labor, migration, and United States immigration policy.
46	justice in action	Comparative Queer Politics (3)	WMST 410	No	No	Prerequisite, WMST 101. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. The prospects of the emerging global movement for equality for sexual minorities are analyzed in light of the histories and practices of local and national queer movements and international organizations and networks that have emerged to link these diverse communities.
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48	the context of justice	American Studies Junior Seminar Aesthetic Perspective (3)	AMST 294	No	No	Topics in arts and literature from the perspective of American studies.
49	the context of justice	Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America (3)	AMST/HIST 110	No	Yes	An interdisciplinary introduction to Native American history and studies. The course uses history, literature, art, and cultural studies to study the Native American experience.
50	the context of justice	Anthropology of Globalization (3)	ANTH 103	No	No	The study of different approaches to globalization and of inequalities in power between nation-states, ethnic groups, classes, and locales experiencing globalization. Uses ethnographic materials to examine effects of transnational migrations and other processes of globalization.
51	the context of justice	Culture, Wealth, and Poverty (3)	ANTH 467	No	No	Examines three broad perspectives used to explain inequality: ecological, cultural, and political. Students read theoretical works and evaluate arguments using ethnographies that describe local economies, institutions, and adaptive practices.
52	the context of justice	Anthropology of War and Peace	ANTH/PWAD 280	No	Yes	Cross-cultural perspectives on war in its relation to society, including Western and non-Western examples. Surveys political, economic, and cultural approaches to warfare and peacemaking.
53	the context of justice	Gender in the Middle East (3)	ASIA/GEOG/WMST 447	No	No	Examines gender, space, and place relationships in the modern Middle East. Investigates shifting gender geographies of colonialism, nationalism, modernization, and globalization in this region. (GHA)
54	the context of justice	Globalizing Organizations (3)	COMM 082	No	No	In this course, we explore the communication issues that arise within international contexts. Through the analysis of readings and films, we will delve into the contentious debates surrounding globalization and explore the ethical and social issues that arise within global forms of communicating and organizing.
55	the context of justice	Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism (3)	COMM 140	Yes	Yes	An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences.
56	the context of justice	Hate Speech (3)	COMM 624	Yes	No	The primary focus of hate speech is on the ways that interactants manipulate hatred to accomplish a variety of social and personal goals. The pursuit of this focus will allow the student to appreciate the operation of hatred in a variety of contexts. Often taught as a service-learning course.
57	the context of justice	Labor Economics (3). Prerequisite, ECON 410.	ECON 480*	No	Yes	An introduction to the field of labor economics with emphasis on how the interactions between firms and workers influence wages, employment, unemployment, and inflation. Students may not receive credit for both ECON 380 and 480.
58	the context of justice	Economics of the Family (3). Prerequisite, ECON 410. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite.	ECON 586*	No	Yes	Analyzes the family with respect to the marriage market; divorce; reproductive behavior; the baby black market; intra-family allocation of goods, time, and power; labor supply; migration; and family policy.
59	the context of justice	International Economics (3). Prerequisite, ECON 410.	ECON/EURO/PWAD 460*	Yes	Yes	An introduction to international trade, the balance of payments, and related issues of foreign economic policy.
60	the context of justice	Literature and Race, Literature and Ethnicity (3)	ENGL 265	Yes	No	Considers texts in a comparative ethnic/race studies framework and examines how these texts explore historical and contemporary connections between groups of people in the United States and the Americas.
61	the context of justice	Gender & South Asian Diaspora	Engl 386	No	No
62	the context of justice	Feminist Literary Theory (3)	ENGL/WMST 363	No	No	Theories of feminist criticism in relation to general theory and women’s writing.
63	the context of justice	Environment and Development (3)	ENST/PLCY 520	No	No	Reviews environmental problems in developing countries. Analyzes proposed solutions, such as legal remedies, market instruments, corporate voluntary approaches, international agreements, and development policies. Discusses the link between trade and environment, environmental cases from the WTO, and sustainable development.
64	the context of justice	Cultural Geography (3)	GEOG 123	Yes	No	How population, environment, and human culture is expressed in technology and organization interact over space and time. (GHA)
65	the context of justice	Geographical Issues in the Developing World	GEOG 130	Yes	Yes	An introduction to historical and contemporary ideas about practices and meanings of development. Students will explore "development" in a global landscape of poverty, power, and struggles over inequality.
66	the context of justice	Social Geography (3)	GEOG 423	No	Yes	This course explores the contemporary experience of migrants. Various theoretical approaches are introduced, with the emphasis on a political-economic approach. (GHA)
67	the context of justice	Environmental Politics	GEOG 435	Yes	Yes	This course brings geographical perspectives on place, space, scale, and environmental change to the study of environmental politics. In lectures, texts, and student research, students examine topics including environmental health risks, globalization and urban environments, and the role of science in environmental politics. (GHA)
68	the context of justice	Mobile Geographies: The Political Economy of Migration (3)	GEOG 452	No	No
69	the context of justice	Geographies of Economic Change	GEOG 460	No	No	This course is designed to explore changing geographies of production and consumption in theory and in practice.
70	the context of justice	Political Ecology: Geographical Perspectives	GEOG 470	No	No	Examines foundational concepts and methods and their relevance for understanding nature-society relationships. Discussions on environmental change and conflict and how nature is bound up with relations of power and constructions of identity.
71	the context of justice	Big-Time College Sports and the Rights of Athletes, 1956 to the present	HIST 383	Yes	No
72	the context of justice	Special Topics in History (3)	HIST 490**	No	No	Permission of the SEJ Director required. Subject matter will vary with instructor but will focus on some particular topic or historical approach. Course description available from the departmental office.
73	the context of justice	Race, Racism, and America: (United States) Law in Historical Perspective (3)	HIST 589	Yes	No	This course will historically and critically examine the changing legal status of people of color in the United States. Within a broad historical matrix from the colonial era to the present, it will focus on African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latina/os, and United States law.
74	the context of justice	Women and Gender in Latin American History (3)	HIST/WMST 280	No	No	Examines the experiences of women and gender relations in Latin American societies from pre-Columbian times to the present, providing a new perspective on the region's historical development.
75	the context of justice	Diversity and Communication (3)	JOMC 441			An examination of racial stereotypes and minority portrayals in United States culture and communication. Emphasis is on the portrayal of Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans in the mass media.
76	the context of justice	Gender and Mass Communication (3)	JOMC 442/WMST 415	No	No	An examination of gender as it relates to media producers, subjects, and audiences with a focus on current practices and possibilities for change.
77	the context of justice	Language and Nationalism (3)	LING/SLAV 306	No	No	This course focuses on language, identity, and nationalism in contemporary societies, with special emphasis on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States
78	the context of justice	Social Stratification (3)	MNGT/SOCI 412	Yes	Yes	Analysis of social structure and stratification in terms of class, status, prestige, and rank. Attention to social roles of elites, professionals, the middle class, and the working class and to comparative topics.
79	the context of justice	Women and Politics (3)	POLI/WMST 217	Yes	Yes	A comparison of men and women as political actors at the mass and elite level in America. Topics considered include the “gender gap,” the women’s movement, abortion, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
80	the context of justice	Recreation and Leisure across the Lifespan (3)	RECR 470	No	No	An analysis of aspects that affect recreation and leisure behavior from birth to death, with a focus on issues associated with race, class, gender, sexual identity, and disabling conditions.
81	the context of justice	Political Sociology (3)	SOCI 420	No	No	Analysis of the reciprocal influences of state and social organizations upon each other; the social bases of political authority and stability, of revolution and counterrevolution.
82	the context of justice	Sociology of Education (3), Experiential Education	SOCI 423	No	No	An overview of theory and research on education and schooling, with an emphasis on inequalities in educational opportunities, education as a social institution, and the changing context of schools and schooling. Substantial field work for experiential education.
83	the context of justice	Sociology of Education (3)	SOCI 426	No	Yes	An overview of theory and research on education and schooling, with an emphasis on inequalities in educational opportunities, education as a social institution, and the changing context of schools and schooling.
84	the context of justice	United States Poverty and Public Policy (3)	SOCI 468	No	Yes	This course examines issues of poverty and social policy, single-mother families, the welfare debate, and homelessness.
85	the context of justice	Sex and Gender in Society (3)	SOCI/WMST 124	Yes	Yes	Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
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87	understanding justice	Black Women in America (3)	AAAD 232/WMST 266	No	No	An examination of the individual and collective experiences of black women in America from slavery to the present and the evolution of feminist consciousness.
88	understanding justice	Blacks in Latin America (3)	AAAD 260	Yes	Yes	The majority of people of African descent in this hemisphere live in Latin America. This course will explore various aspects of the black experience in Latin America.
89	understanding justice	Comparative Studies in Culture, Gender, and Global Forces	AAAD/WMST *386	No	No	Permission of the instructor. Examines participatory development theory and practice in Africa and the United States in the context of other intervention strategies and with special attention to culture and gender. Requires two to four hours a week of community service.
90	understanding justice	First-Year Seminar: Access to Higher Education (3)	AMST 057	No	No	This course explores barriers to access to American colleges and universities. Success in application, admission, matriculation, and graduation requires ability and experience and is also a function of other advantages.
91	understanding justice	Anthropology and Public Interest (3)	ANTH 248	No	No	Explores how anthropologists can impact or participate in policy debates regarding contemporary social problems. Involves professional and internship options in public service fields. APPLES service- learning course.
92	understanding justice	Anthropology and Human Rights (3)	ANTH 422	No	No	An examination of human rights issues from an anthropological perspective, addressing the historical formation of rights, their cross-cultural contest, and the emergence of humanitarian and human rights organizations on a global scale.
93	understanding justice	Medicine, Politics, and Justice (3)	ANTH 444	No	No	This course brings an anthropological approach to understanding the intersections between medicine, politics, and public health.
94	understanding justice	Political Anthropology	ANTH 491	No	No
95	understanding justice	Environmental Justice (3)	ANTH 539	Yes	No	Course examining issues of race, poverty, and equity in the environmental movement. Cases include the siting of toxic incinerators in predominantly people-of-color communities to resource exploitation on indigenous lands.
96	understanding justice	South Asia (3)	ASIA/GEOG 267	No	No	Introduces students to the geography of South Asia, including an overview of the physical environment, cultural practices, and economic development. Emphasizes the political geography of South Asia and political and social processes such as nationalism and colonialism that have played a formative role in the region. (Regional)
97	understanding justice	Comparative Economic Systems (3)	ECON 267*	No	No	A survey of the principles and performance of capitalist, communist, socialist, corporatist, and transitional systems.
98	understanding justice	Gender and Economics (3)	ECON/AMST/WMST 385	No	No	Survey of women’s time allocation patterns, labor force participation trends, earnings, occupational selection, and economic history.
99	understanding justice	Geography of Latin America (3)	GEOG 259	No	No	An introduction to Latin American geography through an examination of how the region came to be distinct and how social, political, and economic processes continue to define it. (Regional)
100	understanding justice	Global Migrations, Local Impacts: Urbanization and Migration in the United States (3)	GEOG 430	No	No	This course explores the relationship between patterns of urban development in the United States and migration, in both historical and contemporary contexts.