Proposing Faculty Member: Scott Sernau Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: What are the elements of balanced, sustainable development? We will look at what they mean for the various social problems facing the planet. We will look at path–breaking efforts to forge alternative paths to development and quality of life in… Read more »
Human Behavior & Social Institutions
SOC-B 399 (VT: Young People Creating Social Change: How You Can Transform the World!
Proposing Faculty Member: Gail McGuire Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: This course we will examine the ways in which young people have created social change on national and international topics, such as gun violence, climate change, civil rights, and women’s rights. Drawing on historical analyses, social science research, and fictional… Read more »
PALC-B 190 (VT: Introduction to Palliative Care)
Proposing Faculty Member: Bunmi Okanlami Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: This course introduces students from diverse disciplines to the interdisciplinary field of Palliative and Supportive care, which improves the quality of life for people of all ages with serious illnesses. Students will be introduced to the philosophy under which a… Read more »
HSC-B 190 (VT: Disabilities Related to Communication and Society)
Proposing Faculty Member: Jennifer Essig Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: Introduction to behavioral and social aspects of communication disorders. There will be an emphasis on human perception of disabilities and the experiences of individuals with communication disorders. Also discussed are the potential influences of popular media in shaping the thinking… Read more »
CJUS-B 190 (VT: Crime and the Media!)
Proposing Faculty Member: Stacie Merken Description: Have you ever wondered whether what you see about crime in the media is accurate? Do Criminal Minds, Orange is the New Black, and Law and Order: SVU resemble real FBI, corrections, courtroom, and policing? This course will examine the criminal justice system through a media lens, including, but… Read more »
ANTH-A 399 (VT: Race and Ethnic Relations)
Proposing Faculty Member: Theodore Randall Description: The course describes and explains contemporary racial and ethnic relations in the United States and world at large. This is accomplished by discussing the fallacy of the concept of race, contemporary and future projections of global and national racial and ethnic diversity, the diversity within the popular designated racial… Read more »
CJUS-B 190 (VT: The Criminal Justice Hip-Hop Playlist )
Proposing Faculty Member: Chloe Robinson Description: This course introduces students to the distinctive perspectives the social sciences employ in building an understanding of our world. The course also focuses on the individual in relation to and as a product of that social world. It requires students to develop an appreciation of the processes of social… Read more »
WGS-B 190 (VT: Coming to America: Race, Gender and Immigration)
Proposing Faculty Member: Christina Gerken Description: This course will examine how immigrants have shaped America and how the immigration experience alters their own gender, racial, and class identity. Much of the recent debate about immigrants and asylum seekers has perpetuated negative stereotypes and portrayed immigration as an “unprecedented problem.” This course will provide historical context and… Read more »
HSC-B 190 (VT: Flint Water Crisis: What the Eyes Don’t See)
Proposing Faculty Member: Jenny Daranek Description: This course will provide students the opportunity to learn more about the Flint Water Crisis. Students will have the opportunity to connect the Flint Water Crisis to the five determinants of health. Students will develop an understanding of five determinants of health and apply them to the Flint Water… Read more »