| AAS 100 – The Black Experience in America |
In this course, we will pursue two goals: studying and familiarizing five different African cultures This is an interdisciplinary course that examines major historical and contemporary conditions that have contributed to shaping the experiences of black people in America. The course utilizes a variety of original source material in history, literature, art, music, film, sociology, and politics in order to understand the thinking of and reaction to African Americans over nearly 400 years. |
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Danielle King |
Campus |
M 5:30-8:00 |
| AAS 113 – Southern African Cultures |
Multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Republic of South Africa and its neighbors. Includes ethnography, history, economic development, the growth of Apartheid, the spreading of the South African problem to its contiguous countries and current political and foreign policy implications. Fall semester. |
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Rob Whittemore |
Campus |
TF 11:00-12:15 |
| ANT 222 – Global Rural Cultures: Resistance and Change |
Between two-thirds and three-quarters of the world’s people may be classified as peasants and out of this, the third world, comes today’s principal revolutionary potential. Spring semester of even-numbered years. |
IC |
Rob Whittemore |
Campus |
TF 3:30-4:45 |
| ANT 309 – Food, Justice & Environment |
This course will offer students a comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing the global food system in the context of energy-intensive food production, wasteful consumption, climate change, and biodiversity loss. It critically engages with the relevant theoretical perspectives to interrogate how the corporatization of the food system has led to global food insecurity and environmental destruction. It will help students explore how certain mainstream food practices and discourses marginalize racialized social groups. It will analyze alternative food movements’ insistence on a ‘politics of consumption’, which may promote apolitical strategies, eproduce neoliberalism, and reinforce the existing race-class divides. Finally, it will introduce students to the concept of ‘food justice’ as a better analytical framework that attends to the questions of sustainability, power, and equity in the food system. |
IC, W2 |
Manoj Misra |
Campus |
W 5:30-8:00 |
| ED 314 – Social Justice & Diversity in Education |
This course will examine cultural and other types of diversity in America and explore the relationship between the ideals of justice, the realities of injustice, and provide practical solutions for establishing impartial unity. Candidates will expand their knowledge of cultural, social, economic, political and other evolving issues related to our complex, diverse society in relation to our educational system. They will learn the importance of infusing anti-racist and anti-biased curriculum, and practices that advance equality in the classroom. Content will include lessons that promote respect and understanding of diverse groups through organized movements, historical events, and reform. Educational technology, research studies, problem solving, and collaboration will be used to investigate the issues. |
IC |
Marsha Daria |
Campus |
M 8:00-10:40 |
| HIS 115 – Latin American & Caribbean Civilization |
This course examines the development of Latin America and the Carribean as overlapping, though distinct regions, from before the Spanish Conquest of America to the present day. Many of the units consider a specific historical episode or era, while also posing a broader question concerning how these regions are understood in the United States. Major themes include the Conquest, Afro-Brazilian culture, popular politics in the 20th Century, revolutions and revolutionary iconography, art and literature. Classroom discussion centers on the political, social and cultural elements that characterize Latin America and the Carribean. |
IC |
Joshua Rosenthal |
Online ASYNCH |
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| HIS 147 – History of Slavery in the Americas |
This course examines the history of Slavery in the Americas between 1500 and 1900. Topics include slavery and abolition in North America, South America, and the Caribbean. By examining primary sources and drawing from various media, students consider the nature of plantation economies, questions of identity and bondage, the importance of resistance, and how challenges to slavery shaped emerging ideas of freedom. |
IC |
Joshua Rosenthal |
Campus |
MR 12:30-1:45 |
| HPX 247 Indigenous Spirituality & Environmental Activism (see course description below for HUM 247) |
This course looks at indigenous cultures of the Americas, Central Asia, Africa and Australia. With a focus on their vital and spiritual relationship to their distinctive environments, it examines the challenges they face from the forces of colonization and globalization, their environment actions, and the views and actions opposing them. |
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Suzanne Potter Ironbiter |
Hybrid ASYNCH |
TF 11:00-12:15 |
| HUM 110 – Moral Issues in Modern Society |
A critical introduction to some of the major moral issues facing us in modern society. Problems concerning the rights of the individuals vs. the limits and obligations of government, sexual morality, and violence and war will be analyzed. |
CT, OC |
DL Stephenson |
Campus |
T 5:30-8:00 |
| HUM 190 – Social Issues in Film |
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course explores significant social issues (e.g., the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, race, gender, mental health, the food industry) as represented in films. |
CP, CT |
-Jonathan Carignan |
Campus |
W 5:30-8:00 |
| HUM 224 – Thinking Abour Race |
The aim of this course is to introduce students critical insight into thinking about race from the perspectives of philosophy, sociology and history. We begin with a historical context of race, and progress through the ages, in an attempt to understand the ideologies that have perpetuated certain falsehoods. |
IC, OC |
Çiğdem Üsekes |
Campus |
MR 12:30-1:45 |
| HUM 247 – Indigenous Spirituality & Enviro Activism |
This course looks at indigenous cultures of the Americas, Central Asia, Africa and Australia. With a focus on their vital and spiritual relationship to their distinctive environments, it examines the challenges they face from the forces of colonization and globalization, their environment actions, and the views and actions opposing them. |
IC IL |
Suzanne Potter Ironbiter |
Campus |
TF 11:00-12:15 |
| JLA 212 – Police and Social Order |
A study of the role of policing in modern society. This course examines the history of policing, the work of police officers, and how police organizations operate. The topics of discretion, police subculture, corruption and the use of force will also be examined. The course will look at policing as a career and at various local, state and federal police agencies. |
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Matthew McNally |
Campus |
R 5:30-8:00 |
| JLA 332 – Bias in the American Justice System |
An examination of contemporary topics within the justice and law administration areas will be conducted. |
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Rainer Kroll |
Campus |
T 5:30-8:00 |
| NWC 107 – Middle Eastern Culture Culture |
A comprehensive historical-cultural approach to the study of Middle East cultures, illustrating the use of various social science concepts in gaining an understanding of the religion of Islam and Islamic culture; the role of Arabic language and literature; geography and politics; the various social classes, including the role of women; the influence of foreign powers; and the origins and development of regional movements, conflicts and crises, including the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
IC |
Ali El Moustakim |
Campus |
T 5:30-8:00 |
| NWC 113 – Southern African Cultures |
Multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Republic of South Africa and its neighbors. Includes ethnography, history, economic development, the growth of Apartheid, the spreading of the South African problem to its contiguous countries and current political and foreign policy implications. Fall Semester. |
SBS, GEN-ED |
Rob Whittemore |
Campus |
TF 11:00-12:15 |
| NWC 115 – Latin American & Caribbean Civilization |
This course examines the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as overlapping, though distinct regions, from before the Spanish Conquest of America to the present day. Many of the units consider a specific historical episode or era, while also posing a broader question concerning how these regions are understood in the United States. Major themes include the Conquest, Afro-Brazilian culture, popular politics in the 20th Century, revolutions and revolutionary iconography, art and literature. Classroom discussion centers on the political, social and cultural elements that characterize Latin America and the Caribbean. |
IC |
Joshua Rosenthal |
Online ASYNCH |
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| PHI 205 – Engaged Philosophy: Peace & Justice Studies |
The aim of this course is to introduce students to an understanding of what peace and justice is and entails. While we come at this from a theoretical angle drawing from historical, philosophical, anthropological, political and other sources we will also consider some of the practical applications. |
HW, IC |
Anna Malavisi |
Campus |
MR 12:30-1:45 |
| PHI 223 – Ethical Issues in Health Care |
Explores current ethical issues and value conflicts in health care from the standpoint of the health care professional, the patient and public policy. |
CT OC |
Joshua Lott |
Campus |
MR 11:00-12:15 |
| PS 409 – Human Rights |
This course provides an overview of the study of human rights as defined by international law. Course topics include the conception of human rights, development of international law to codify human rights, the reasons human rights violations occur, and the approaches to limiting human rights abuses. The course also includes general discussions of human rights conditions around the world and uses case studies of specific rights and issues in both domestic and international contexts. The course relies on quantitative and qualitative research within political science. |
W2 |
Jessica Schofield |
Campus |
TF 2:00-3:15 |
| PSY 205 – Social Psychology |
Social Psychology is the study of how peoples’ thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by others. Specific topics include: social cognition (how do we think about the social world?), the Self (how do we understand and evaluate ourselves?), Impression formation (how do we view, categorize, and identify other people?), Stereotypes (what conscious and nonconscious beliefs do we have about various groups?), Interpersonal attraction and close relationships (what is considered to be attractive?), Social influence (how do people change others’ behaviors?), and Aggression and Helping (why do we hurt or help other people?).These and other topics will be examined through classic as well as contemporary research.Prerequisite: PSY 100. |
CT |
Maya Aloni |
Multiple |
Multiple (See OpenClose) |
| PSY 309 – Social Psychology & The Law |
An applied course in social psychology in which various stages of the legal process will be examined from a social psychological perspective. Research and theories from areas such as person-perception, attribution, impression management, decision making and social influence will be applied to such issues as arrest, interrogation, eyewitness testimony, trial by jury and correction. Alternate years. Prerequisite: PSY 100 and PSY 205. |
SBS, GEN-ED |
Daniel Barrett |
Campus |
TR 12:30-1:45 |
| PSY 313 – Cross-Cultural Psychology |
This course evaluates the cross-cultural applicability of psychological theory and research. It will examine the influence of culture, broadly construed, on psychological processes such as perception and cognition, development, social interactions and relationships, gender roles, self-understanding, persuasion, and psychopathology. This course will also investigate the methodological constraints and opportunities presented by cross-cultural differences. Fall semester. Prerequisite: PSY 205. |
IC |
Daniel Barrett |
Campus |
TR 2:00-3:15 |
| SOC 100 – Intro to Sociology |
A survey of contemporary American society. Basic sociological theory dealt with through study of present-day American social life and institutions. |
CT, IC |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple (See OpenClose) |
| SOC 101 – Social Problems |
A detailed analysis of selected aspects of contemporary American society, with particular emphasis on social institutions and problems associated with them. Listed as social and behavioral sciences general education elective. Every semester. Prerequisite: SOC 100. |
IL, SBS, GEN-ED |
Manoj Misra |
Campus |
TF 12:30-1:45 |
| SOC 498/HON 398 – White Nationalism |
This course grapples with recent resurgences of racism, white nationalism and other far-right social movements and hate crimes worldwide. Students will examine their history, causes and contemporary formations, as well as efforts to resist them. Prerequisite: SOC 100 or ANT 100 |
IC, CT |
Carina Bandhauer |
Online SYNCH |
M 5:30-8:00 |
| SOC 398 -Food and Environment |
Food and the Environment course will help students explore how certain mainstream food practices and discourses marginalize racialized social groups, e.g., high obesity rates and the preponderance of food deserts in minority neighborhoods. It will also critically analyze alternative food movements insistence on a ‘politics of consumption’ which may promote apolitical strategies, reproduce neoliberalism, and reinforce the existing race-class divides. It will introduce students to the concept of ‘food justice’ as a better analytical framework that attends to the question of power and equity in the food system. |
IC, W2 |
Manoj Misra |
Campus |
TF 12:30-1:45 |
| SPA 110W – Latin American Film (In English) |
This course explores a history of Latin American cinema with an emphasis on cultural analysis. Weekly discussions include cross-cultural and cross-linguistic content. Weekly essays develop critical analysis of cultural topics. This course is taught in English. |
IC, IL |
Alba Hawkins |
Online ASYNCH |
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| SPA 111W – Spanish Film (In English) |
This course explores a history of Spanish cinema with an emphasis on cultural analysis. Weekly discussions include cross-cultural and cross-linguistic content. Weekly essays develop critical analysis of cultural topics. This course is taught in English. |
IC, IL |
Alba Hawkins |
Online ASYNCH |
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| SS 309 – Food, Justice and Environment |
Food and the Environment course will help students explore how certain mainstream food practices and discourses marginalize racialized social groups, e.g., high obesity rates and the preponderance of food deserts in minority neighborhoods. It will also critically analyze alternative food movements insistence on a ‘politics of consumption’ which may promote apolitical strategies, reproduce neoliberalism, and reinforce the existing race-class divides. It will introduce students to the concept of ‘food justice’ as a better analytical framework that attends to the question of power and equity in the food system. |
IC, W2 |
Manoj Misra |
Campus |
W 5:30-8:00 |
| SW 210 – Social Welfare as an Institution |
This course, which is the first in a two-part social policy sequence, provides a historical and analytical assessment of social welfare as an institution, using a framework of social theories and definitions of social welfare conditions, policy goals, program design, and service delivery. It examines the evolution of social welfare in the United States and globally. It also examines contexts for practice in ways to advance human rights and social and economic justice. The functions of social work as a profession are explored in areas such as income security, family and children’s services, and health care services. Prerequisite: C+ in SOC 100. |
CT |
01–Deneen Harris |
Campus |
R 6:30-7:45 |
| 02–Deneen Harris |
Online ASYNCH |
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| SW 220 – Cultural Diversity |
This course provides students with a theoretical understanding of culture, ethnicity, oppression, gender and race that informs clinical assessment and intervention. Focus is on the psychosocial dimensions of disempowerment and social work practice building on client strengths. Students will explore the differences in types of prejudice and their etiologies as well as the similarities in the consequences for those experiencing prejudice and discrimination. Emphasizing the Connecticut region, this course will analyze the significant racial, ethnic and other differences affecting professional social work practice. Comparison to other countries’ diversity issues will be made. Theoretical approaches, case studies and experiential exercises will be used to deepen the understanding of self and others. Prerequisite: C+ in SOC 100, or permission of the Department Chair. Priority given to SW and HPX majors. |
IC |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple (See OpenClose) |
| WRT 273W – Writing Identity |
This workshop examines expression or exploration of identity and equity. Through a variety of writing assignments, students will participate in the ongoing discussion about identity and justice issues revolving around race, class, and gender. The course will culminate in a final semester project in a creative genre. As part of this course, students will imitate, appropriate, parody, and/or adapt the texts under examination, as well as create a semester project in a creative genre. Typical model writers and artists might include Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Yusef Komunyakaa, Sherman Alexie, and Salman Rushdie. |
W2 |
Sharbari Ahmed |
Campus |
TF 3:30-4:45 |
