This course will explore the history of African American Education and the struggle to secure their dignity as human beings and rights as American citizens through educational attainment. Diverse viewpoints of leading black intellectuals, the rule of law, emancipation, citizenship, and segregation will be examined.

This course offers a review of organized Black protest and social rebellions of the past four centuries. It examines major historical events that occurred in America, as well as similar protests that emerged in the African Diaspora. Faculty: Africana Studies Faculty.

This course will examine the origins of race and racism, and the ways it has been used specifically to stall the progress of people of African descent in the United States. The course will begin with the buying and selling of Black bodies to build this nation, then examine the continued systematic racism post-enslavement sewn into the fabric of nation in the political system, criminal justice system, banking and finance, the educational system, sports, entertainment, business ownership, home ownership, and more.

The purpose of this course is to examine hip hop culture based on history, dance, art, music, politics, and its impact on the global society. Various media will be used, and students will have an opportunity to discuss and analyze the current state of affairs in the music industry.

This course examines the filmography of film director, Spike Lee, as it connects to historical events in Black History and as it speaks to issues or racism and injustice. The course also examines Lee's use of music and imagery to promote specific messages of resistance and activism.

Who leads in the Black community? What are the goals, mission and purpose of Black leadership? This course addresses those questions and examines the need for the development of a cadre of social and community activists who can serve as the vanguard in efforts to revitalize Black communities.

This course is designed and structured to provide students with a broader understanding of the human condition through the black experience and perspective. It is an examination of the black experience in its attempt to gain understanding, gain political and economic power, and to humanize the world. The course is also designed to stimulate student interest in, and perhaps a better appreciation for, contributions and achievements made by black Americans in the areas of science, history, medicine, economic productivity, and civil rights.

Open to graduate students and qualified undergraduates (those who have completed a minimum of 96 undergraduate credits with an overall GPA of at least 3.2). Qualified undergraduates must contact the School of Graduate Studies for the required permission form. This course examines the African experience in the Americas from pre-Columbus to the present. It focuses on the historical, cultural and social commonalities among African diasporic communities in North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of historical and contemporary anthropological conceptions of race and ethnicity. Students will be expected to engage in in-depth ethnographic readings, conduct an oral history, and facilitate course discussion.

Through critical attention to mass media’s multiple relationships with the U.S. struggle for Civil Rights, this course considers the effects of mainstream news media on public opinion, demonstrates how disenfranchised groups can harness media attention to enact social change, and interrogates the impacts of historical narratives on contemporary public and political thought.

This course includes a critical examination of the historical and contemporary overrepresentation of racial minorities in the United States' criminal justice system. Students will discuss relevant economic, political, and sociological factors that shape race-based experiences in the criminal justice system and normative issues of justice and equity.

Students will engage in activities about diverse populations of children they will encounter as they relate to families, schools and communities. Students will investigate the intersection of education and schooling, language and culture, social class and values. Emergent educational issues will also be explored.

Open only to freshmen. This is a freshman seminar. A freshmen seminar designed with the goal of improving reading and critical thinking skills. Emphasis is on active reading with attention to analysis and criticism of authors' ideas and arguments, as well as improving students' ability to compare points of view and defend their own ideas. Faculty teaching FRST 1002 assign their individual sections specific titles, reflecting the course's content and readings. Attendance is mandatory.

An introductory writing course involving instruction and practice in using writing as a means of both learning and communication. Emphasis is on writing as process, often through the use of journals, in-class writing, and multiple drafts, as well as writing as product, through the development of editorial skills. The course may include experience in collaborative learning through peer critique. Attendance is mandatory.

This course asks students to re-examine American history and identity through the legacy of slavery and anti-black racism.

This is a First Year seminar. This course offers an examination of current-day social issues and concerns that face the African continent. It examines the social and political relationships between countries, as well as the role of various African states in the global community.

In this course we will investigate the teachings and mandates of the Catholic Church on race and racism by examining the Catholic Catechism, Papal Encyclicals, and other writings of catholic church doctors. Topics in Critical Race Theory will be introduced. We will also discuss the concept of sainthood and learn about the saints of the continent of Africa.

This course examines a wide range of representations of cultural "others" in film, literature, scientific and legal writings, popular culture, and the visual arts, with an emphasis on the continuity of racialization throughout the centuries in a global context.

Holocaust and Genocide Minor. Disability Studies Minor. Eugenics movement led to social programs, like the sterilization program, which had a devastating impact on the USA and eventually lead to global ideologies like Nazism. We will explore how the movement came about and the impact it had on American and European history. We will also see if its effects are still felt today.

The concept of race is not static but has been defined differently at various points in U.S. history. This course examines how notions of race and ethnicity are represented, contested, and reconsidered in U.S. literature and culture from the late-nineteenth century through the present.

This course provides an overview of urban education and urban school reform. The urban schoolteacher present and future is studied through national competencies. Students will then apply their knowledge to studying the urban teacher through film and reflect upon urban education challenges and strategies.

This course will investigate the plight of the children during the Holocaust. It will study how children were often the focus of the atrocities and the relief efforts. Content will include children of the ghetto, children in concentration camps, hidden children, children survivors, and Hitler Youth. Special attention will be placed on how the children's experiences differed from that of the adult victims.

This class will focus on the use of medical marijuana to treat patients in New Jersey and beyond. We will discuss the history of cannabis, as well as the evolving political and medical landscape that has shaped the legislation regarding medical marijuana. Focus will also be placed on the treatment of the patients who qualify for the program versus their experience with traditional pharmaceuticals.

Students in this course will be trained to successfully carry out their roles and responsibilities as it relates to Orientation, Welcome Week, and the TALONS First Year Seminar Program. In addition to the practical competencies they will develop throughout the course, they will also acquire knowledge pertaining to (1) the historical context of Orientation, Transition, and Retention (OTR) in Higher Education, (2) campus climate and the experiences of diverse student populations on matters of equity and inclusion, and (3) identity development and its transformative role in the college experience. This knowledge coupled with an exploration of theories that best explains the structures and societal influences that impact the college experience.

A study of Earth through time; methods of deciphering the past; development of life, fossils, and the evolution of the invertebrates. This course is preparation for work in stratigraphy, structure or groundwater. Basic concepts in geologic mapping, rock deposition sequences and their interpretation extend student knowledge gained in Physical Geology (GEOL 2101).

Women’s Gender & Sexuality. OPEN ONLY TO JUNIORS AND SENIORS. This course will provide students with an understanding of disparities in health and health care among African American women. Students will develop an understanding through social, cultural and historical lenses while incorporating the use of health statistics to assess the health status of African American women.

This course is designed and structured to provide students with a broader understanding of the human condition through the black experience and perspective. It is an examination of the black experience in its attempt to gain understanding, gain political and economic power, and to humanize the world. The course is also designed to stimulate student interest in, and perhaps a better appreciation for, contributions and achievements made by black Americans in the areas of science, history, medicine, economic productivity, and civil rights.

This course intends to provide students with key/essential/necessary vocabulary, terminology, and concepts to be able to understand the conversation on race matters in today’s social reality. The objective is to offer students an opportunity to express intellectual perspectives (arguments, points of view) in a respectful manner using scholarly essays, literature, documentaries and film to represent, share, question or analyze lived experiences concerning racial identity markers.

Open only to freshmen. This is a freshman seminar. International/multicultural course (I). The main objective of the course will be to get students to confront and discuss issues of diversity, focusing on race and ethnicity, gender, and religion. A number of contemporary situations will be used to illustrate and illuminate difficult questions about diversity. There will be different sections of the course with different instructors. There will be some commonalties to all of the sections and some areas where instructors may individualize their section. Students in the course will get the benefit of a variety of perspectives on diversity issues as instructors may sometimes switch or combine sections. The class will use lectures, discussion, films, speakers and service learning to promote awareness of diversity issues.

This course explores questions of difference in American culture, specifically focusing on how concepts of race, gender, sexuality, and the intersections of these concepts in American society are rhetorical constructs that formed through systems of language and discourse.

Exploration of American policing of Black America from enslaved Africans in America to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. This course will explore the influence
of laws and societal norms on race and ethnicity and how they shaped the policing of Black America.

International/multicultural course. This course builds on the concept of cultural competence, including recognizing and overcoming diversity barriers and identifying and appreciating cultural differences. Theory is applied to practice through the use of case studies, projects and journaling. Alternative viewpoints will be discussed.

This course examines the business of piracy from historic corsairs to modern terrorists. Why people resort to piracy, the economics behind piracy, and maritime trade and laws will be covered. Popular films romanticize pirates, but as we will see there really is nothing romantic about piracy.

This course examines racial, economic, gender, and political inequality in the United States. Specifically, we will consider the (1) history of, (2) current extent of, (3) sources of, (4) consequences of, and (5) potential solutions to inequality in America.

Through a socio-historical examination of legislation and legal cases at the federal and state levels, the placement of the African-Americans in the social stratification system is continuously analyzed. Discussion focuses on state statutes during the slavery and Jim Crow eras; however, more contemporary legal cases and their societal impact are also reviewed.

This course has three objectives: To develop a broad understanding of how the notions of race and nation crystallized and developed through history; To provide various historical examples of the interaction between race and nation and the impact of these two concepts on European and non-European societies; and to develop analytical skills and critical thinking about the history of race and nation and current understanding of these notions.

This course is part of the Disability Studies Minor and Africana Studies Major. Students will be looking at the intersectionality between race and disability starting with slavery moving up to the modern Black Lives Matter movement.

This course is an introduction to the social/cultural and historical construction of “deviant” women (and girls) and is taught synthesizing different scholarly perspectives within social sciences. We will analyze case studies of “bad” girls from around the world, featuring stories from diverse contexts, such as, the United States, Ecuador, South Africa, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and many more.

Muslims, understood simultaneously through religious, cultural, political, and racial lenses, have occupied a shifting role in the U. S. social imaginary. In this course, we consider the racial diversity of Muslim American populations and the history of “racialization” of Muslims living in the U.S.

An examination of post-apartheid South Africa focusing on how the new political transition addresses pressing political, social, cultural, and economic issues. There is an on-site field trip to South Africa (spring term - late May to early June; fall term - late December to early January)

This is a values/ethics course (V). This course will review and analyze philosophies, concepts and issues that could affect policy development and reform in education. Problems in education will be examined and potential solutions will be explored from a variety of perspectives in an effort to determine possibilities for improvement, change and reform.

Equivalent Course to GEN 2162 Cannabis and Social Justice, students will not earn credit for both. Few topics are as timely and important as a cross disciplinary examination of the concept of social justice. This course examines social justice from a historical, cultural, economic, social and psychological perspective and connects its importance to the emerging, complex legal cannabis industry

Atlantic History is a survey course that looks at the growing inter-connections between four continents of the Atlantic region and how these openings created. The course uses the organizing structure of the European Empires to examine various ways in which notions of race emerged and operated.

This course examines the centrality of the category of “race” to the themes, publication, and reception of literature in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present.

1900-present Course, Literary Interpretation Course, Ethnic/Postcolonial Literature and British Literature Course. International/Multicultural (I) Course. This class introduces students to works by Anglophone writers from around the world. We will read texts written by authors from the former British Empire, ranging from Africa, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, India, Ireland and Australia, and compare connected works from within
England. We will also compare the issues which these writers write about historically, and the similarity of their concerns and their conditions.

The course is an intensive study of how race is inscribed in various dimensions of American politics. The course material focuses on intersections of race and our Founding Founders, the Constitution, our judicial system, Federalism, electoral politics, political resistance, and public policy.

Immigration & the Constitution addresses a timely question: What does the Constitution say about immigration? The course focuses on questions of constitutional doctrine and interpretation: birthright citizenship, federalism, preemption, non-citizen immigrant rights, executive orders, and national emergencies.

The course investigates the role of race and racism in American business. It begins with a discussion of how we can create conditions for meaningful dialogue about race and racism in our class. Then, we will explore key terms and concepts, including the different meanings of race, ethnicity, racism, prejudice, bias, diversity, equity, equality, inclusion, and positionality. Next, we will review the historic roles of race and racism in the American economy and connect them to contemporary America.

This course will cover the psychological factors that contribute to racism, including cognitive, emotional, behavioral, social, and neurobiological processes. Factors that promote change and progress will also be examined. A wide array of subdisciplines of psychology will be covered to address topics such as stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, identity, power and privilege, ethics, health, counseling, forensics, and education.

Explores the unique cultural characteristics of ethnic, racial, and other minority groups in the U.S. Examines the concepts of diversity, multiculturalism, social domination, ethnicity, sexism, and racism. Explores how ethnic-group awareness affects human interaction and social functioning.

This course will introduce students to the sociology of the Black experience in the United States. We will discuss the social impact of institutional racism and discrimination, paying particular attention to issues around “the ghetto,” socioeconomic status, wealth inequality, and quality of life in the inner city. As we consider political and social movements for change, we will also learn about the ways by which Blacks have engaged in the struggle for equality through creative work. By the end, we will bring our
discussion into the contemporary moment and the ongoing struggle to articulate what “the Black experience” means in the 21st Century.

International/Multicultural course (I). This course introduces students to the field of Africana Studies using a broad overview and introduction to the core content areas of the field including Black History, Black Psychology, Black Religion, Black Social Organization, Black Economics, Black Expressive Culture and Black Politics.

This course deals with the development and influence of African Americans in the context of music-making in the United States. It surveys the West African musical influences as well as the growth of diverse genres of music ranging from spirituals to jazz, ragtime, soul, gospel, classical music, rap and hip-hop music with special emphasis on history, folklore and culture.

This course offers an examination of current-day social issues and concerns that face the African continent and its people. Specifically, this course examines the social and political relationships between nations, cultures, as well as the role of various African states on the continent and independent Black nations or communities abroad in relation to the global community and larger Afrikan world/diaspora.

This course provides an analytic history of the diverse contributions of Black artists to the medium of comics. Covering comic books, superhero comics, graphic novels, cartoon strips and video games from the early 20th century to the present, this course explores the ways in which such themes as the Black experience, gender identity, politics and social media have been represented. This course also places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture.

This course examines the Black family as the primary social unit in the Black community. In addition to analyzing the social and traditional customs of Black family life, it also examines the social, economic, political and religious factors that serve as supportive resources or major obstacles to Black family stability and development.

This course will provide an overview of the portrayal of blacks in cinema/movies from its inception to the present, including developments from Hollywood and independent filmmakers. The story of the "race movies" will be treated in depth. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the social and cultural significance of Black imaging in the film industry and the impact on race relations in the U.S. and in the global community.

In this course students will explore black feminism and the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality related to black women in the U.S. Black feminism theory and activism, black women’s expressive culture, sexuality and body politics, and black women in popular culture will be critically examined. Students will understand black feminism and its connection to social justice using a variety of texts including novels, critical textbooks, films, and personal narratives.

This course will introduce the field of cultural anthropology through an examination of human diversity worldwide. Topics will include ethnocentrism, ecological adaptation, political and economic systems, ritual and the arts. Particular attention will be paid to understanding cultures as dynamic systems which are undergoing processes of change.

This course introduces the history of Indigenous societies across North America, spanning from the earliest material evidence of human occupation to contemporary communities. This course utilizes the archaeological perspective to explore cultural diversity and reviews case studies highlighting materiality, sociopolitical organization, dimensions of complexity, human impacts, and interactions with European colonizers. The course will also examine modern standards of ethical archaeological practice in the United States, the development of decolonizing frameworks, and critical approaches to a more informed archaeology inclusive of Indigenous perspectives and histories.

This course explores the modes of International Communication, the modes of media and cultural communication. The course seeks to understand message making from different societal sources.

Multimedia Content Producers for Stories of Atlantic City will produce original content for social media and web-based communication using a variety of software packages. They will gain experience in promotion and marketing, as well as form connections within different communities, ultimately establishing trust and building the brand of Stories of Atlantic City. Multimedia Content Producers will facilitate community engagement through the creation of interactive content, gaining skills in interviewing and synthesizing information into a deliverable product.

Elementary training in jazz dance technique and styles. Emphasis is on development of musicality, strength, coordination, endurance and the refinement of jazz dance styles and skills to the intermediate level. The clarity of movement initiation, body articulation and alignment will be stressed

An examination of the history of dance in the Western world. The functions, purposes, and characteristics of dance will be examined within different socio-cultural contexts. Special emphasis will be given to the history and development of ballet and modern dance.

A critical analysis of capitalism, its place in history and its evolution; sources of wealth and poverty; economic crisis and the causes of unemployment; the social, political and economic role of the governments; and alternatives to capitalism.

Students will engage in activities about diverse populations of children they will encounter as they relate to families, schools and communities. Students will investigate the intersection of education and schooling, language and culture, social class and values. Emergent educational issues will also be explored.

This course will introduce critical and analytical study of children’s and adolescent literature with a focus on children’s literature that engages with difficult social issues. Students will examine the elements, genres and applications of children’s literature as well as (digital) resources available.

This course will identify and evaluate the application of planning tools and strategies to enhance environmental conditions. Students will understand the causes and effects of air, water, and land pollution, and evaluate planning responses to/for proper environmental management in the built and natural landscapes. Emphasis is on planning to create sustainable development.

This is one option of the required ENVL senior project/internship course. It is a blend of academic work and internship physical hours with the NJ State Parks Urban Division. The intern will work with the New Jersey Urban State Parks & Initiatives program to help with urban state park planning and expanding the urban parks programming.

This course introduces students to the history, development, and current state of Esports. Students will gain insights into Esports foundations including but not limited to the Esports connection to hospitality centers (events, food & beverage, destinations, and hotels), video game genres, technology, personal health and well-being, careers and more. Students will gain exposure to Stockton’s Student Esports organization.

This tutorial focuses on a critical examination of selected literary texts from the Harlem Renaissance period until the present. Students will become familiar with the ways in which African-American cultural and social experience are reflected in the thematic, the structural and the linguistic forms of the literary art. Through the study of this particular canon, students will enhance their appreciation and comprehension of literary works in general, and the ways that they provide us with novel visions of the human experience.

R & B music and its roots have served as the soundtrack to African American History since the late 1800’s. This course covers the development of Rhythm and Blues Music, its links to African American history and the history of civil rights in America.

This course examines the myths and realities surrounding the lives, status and opportunities of black men. Through historical sources, works of literature, and documentaries that span the slave era to the present, this course provides a comprehensive view of social, political, economic and cultural changes and challenges faced by black men in America.

This course serves as an introduction to women's studies, taking a humanistic approach to understanding the experiences, historical conditions, and concerns of women, in the present and past.

Historical consciousness course (H). The twentieth century struggle for equality, desegregation, voting, education and employment rights for all Americans was a significant period in United States history. This course introduces students to a period that significantly changed how people of African descent in America were viewed and how the world viewed America. It will focus on the issues, people, achievements, frustrations, passion and power inherent in the era.

International/Multicultural Course (I). While introducing the student to the social and historical context in which the literary works were written, the course will emphasize the following issues: gender, class, race, language and nation building. Multiculturalism in these literary texts address’s themes of indigenous and African cultures in the Caribbean and throughout South America, as well as themes of displacement and immigration, and in doing so includes the cultural practices written by Jewish, Italian, Asian, Middle Eastern and other immigrant communities across Latin America.

Students will screen various forms of media (from 1941 to present) to identify and examine cultural and racial stereotypes. They will also screen present day media to identify how media has evolved. The course will increase students’ understanding of
how the media work, how they produce meaning, how they are organized, and how they construct reality. Through reading, screenings, written essays and group discussions, the course will provide students with a new set of lenses from which to recognize and analyze media.

This course will explore issues of race, gender, and politics as they have been conveyed by visual artists. Although various forms of art will be considered (painting, sculpture, photography, prints, installations, etc.), the course will not be a broad survey of the history of art. Instead, it will focus on selected artists and periods of art that convey messages about social and political issues that are still relevant today.

Visual literacy is a set of abilities that enables an individual to effectively interpret, analyze, evaluate and create meaning from visual images and media. Just like “literacy” involves reading and writing words, visual literacy enables students to critically read and write visual content. This course will introduce visual literacy theory and practice, in a context of producing informational/instructional and multimedia presentations.

This film course will expose students to a genre of film called Blaxploitation. The Blaxploitation era in film history began around 1970 and lasted to the mid-late 1970s. These films were made in response to the exploitation of African Americans in American cinema. Even though these films featured African Americans in leading roles, they also perpetuated racial stereotypes and were met with much protest from within the African American community.

This course will explore issues of race and gender as explored by artists throughout history, with a focus on the last two centuries. Students will gain a better understanding of the arts as well as artists’ social and political messages and the critical frameworks they use to communicate.

Few topics are as timely and important as a cross disciplinary examination of the concept of social justice. This course examines social justice from a historical, cultural, economic, social and psychological perspective and connects its importance to the emerging, complex legal cannabis industry.

Open only to freshmen. This is a freshman seminar. Students are given the opportunity to learn how to design, implement, and evaluate different models of high-impact practices of community organizing. Successful participation and completion of this course prepares students to become active citizens by promoting civic engagement and social responsibility.

This course will introduce students to how the socio-economic conditions in which one is born, grows, and lives contribute to life expectancy.

An introduction to consumer finance designed to provide the student with realistic information upon which to build a sound lifetime personal finance program. Topics covered include cash management, time value of money, career planning, personal financial statements, budgeting, borrowing, making major purchases, taxation, housing, insurance, investing, and retirement planning.

This class will discuss the history of punishment, beginning in Mesopotamia and ending in the United States during the late 1990s. Topics relating to the factors influencing punishment, such as economic, religious, technological and political factors, and the methods of torturing and punishing people will be examined. Part one will focus primarily on punishment in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. Part two will cover the United States, starting at the point of European colonization. Specific areas, such as the role of torture and prisons during the inquisition, use of inmates for medical experiments and the exploitation of inmates in the post-Civil War South will be addressed.

Open only to juniors and seniors. International/multicultural course. (I) This interdisciplinary seminar will be a forum for intellectual exchange on the dynamics of African-American life and culture. Depending on faculty and guest scholar resources, the focus will vary each term offered but will range across historical perspectives, religious issues, social organizations, politics, economics, psychological perspectives, the creative and performing arts, and scientific/technological perspectives. Students will select topics for in-depth investigation.

This course explores the intersectionality of race, class and gender during slavery by focusing on President Thomas Jefferson as a statesman and his relationship with his concubine, Sally Hemings, the enslaved half-sister of his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson. By focusing on a particular relationship at a particular time in history, this class offers a unique point of departure for the exploration of the beginnings of our nation, the history and legacy of slavery, and the ongoing negotiation of race, class and gender identity in our current society.

Take the concept of the “Sharing Economy” to a whole new level! Students will learn how to make more money by tapping into sustainable wealth-building practices, and then share that knowledge with others. The narrow aim of the course is to produce wealthier alumni. The boarder aim is to leverage their example and multiply the impact in wider communities.

This course offers an introduction to generative AI (GAI), tracing its history and exploring prevalent applications such as ChatGPT. Students will explore the generative AI's societal impacts, ethical challenges, and future potential, gaining insight into this rapidly evolving and influential field.

This course explores public health crises, historical and modern, from a variety of perspectives, including Violence, Racism & Inequality, Climate Change, and related crises and catastrophes. Students will be introduced to the Public Health approach to prevention, which is rooted in the scientific method, but the content and assignments are open to students from all academic backgrounds.

This course will examine concepts of physics are introduced by looking at the basic forms of the equations used to model phenomena. One way of evaluating a student’s understanding of these concepts and equations is through standardized testing. Examinations of standardize testing, the history of standardized testing, and alternatives to standardized testing with a focus on the race and racism aspects.

This is a freshman seminar. People can be understood from a variety of perspectives. The interrelationship among economic, political, social, and psychological perspectives of humans and their culture will be examined. Topics include the effects of natural selection on human behavior, consciousness as a unique human experience, violence, love, psychoactive drugs, gambling, and forming friendships.

This is a Freshman Seminar. Open to Freshman only. International/Multicultural Course. To introduce the student to the field of African American Studies. Broad overview and introduction to the core areas in African American Studies including Black History, Black Psychology, Black Religion, Black Social Organization, Black Economics, Black Expressive Culture and Black Politics.

Not open to students with credit for GSS 1044. International/multicultural course. This course builds on the concept of cultural competence, including recognizing and overcoming diversity barriers and identifying and appreciating cultural differences. Theory is applied to practice through the use of case studies, projects and journaling. Alternative viewpoints will be discussed.

Not open to students with credit for FRST 2151. Open only to students who have fulfilled the basic skills competency requirement. This course is a version of Argument and Persuasion that focuses specifically on issues in the social and behavioral
sciences. As a course in argument, students will study argument forms and critical thinking strategies. In addition, they will research and write their own arguments.

Overview of the changing roles of women in the United States and other societies. Interdisciplinary exploration of women's issues and lives from many points of view with emphasis on feminist perspectives.

An examination of the period roughly measured by the decade that is most associated with the election of J.F.K.; the explosion of the civil rights movement; the controversies over the Vietnamese War; the rise of a youth counter-culture focused on sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll; L.B.J.’s war on Poverty; the assassination of several prominent political figures; urban rioting; and campus disorders. In brief, a period marked by turmoil, conflict, and high emotion.

Students will grapple with the intersection between race, health disparities in African Americans, and in this course. The role medicine played in the social construction of “race” will be explored. Students will conceive ways to alleviate a selected health disparity within this cohort.

Come explore events and festivals around the world. Combining travel with events is a great way to see the world, make friends, and create long lasting memories. Learn more about the historical, cultural, political, religious, social, and economic impact of these events.

This course examines how the criminal justice system as a whole, and forensic evidence specifically, is portrayed too and perceived by the general public. Emphasis will be on students discovering implications on the criminal justice system when discrepancies between the realities of the system and forensic evidence and their myths/portrayals exist.

This course will introduce students to the role stress plays in health and disease. Topics covered include defining and measuring stress, coping with stress, applying the biopsychosocial model of health to the relationship between stress and disease (e.g., cardiovascular disease, cancer, infectious illness), the pathophysiology of stress, stress associated with racism, and current issues and controversies in stress research.

This is a values/ethics course (V). This course will review and analyze philosophies, concepts and issues that could affect policy development and reform in education. Problems in education will be examined and potential solutions will be explored from a
variety of perspectives in an effort to determine possibilities for improvement, change and reform.

This course will examine how various sociocultural factors influence psychological health. Cultural characteristics and experiences associated with race, ethnicity, and nationality will be discussed in relation to assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.

Place Matters is a course that teaches about the history, construction and outcomes associated with disadvantaged neighborhoods or what many refer to as “ghettos.” Students will learn about the construction, persistence and future of disadvantaged spaces.

This course covers the history, societal impact, health implications, and emerging business opportunities in hemp and cannabis operations. It examines industry challenges, rules, and regulations while briefly introducing various career paths to understand these emerging fields comprehensively. Students will analyze the use of cannabis throughout history for medicinal, industrial, and recreational purposes, as well as its regulation, stigmatization, and legalization. The course will critically examine the War on Drugs, the disproportionate criminalization of communities of color, and the social justice implications of cannabis prohibition and legalization. Additionally, it highlights how racism played a significant role in earlier efforts to criminalize cannabis and its impact on African Americans, Latinos, and the LGBTQIA communities.

This course explores how museums contribute to the construction of race, gender, and sexuality, including representation of African Americans, Native Americans, other cultural minorities, as well as women and the LGBTQ+ community.

In this course, students will examine determinants of health and health inequities from a social justice perspective. Theories of justice will be examined and societal and governmental policies and practices which impact capability for health will be identified and analyzed. Emphasis will be placed on inequities affecting historically marginalized populations.

This course introduces students to modern human resource management. Examples are taken primarily from the hospitality and service industries. The course provides students with a knowledge of literature and research of the contemporary and historical issues required for managing human resources in any field.

This course explores the racism and discrimination that people of color experience/ have experienced. These issues, presented in literary fiction form, provide a useful starting point to discuss the reactions of the author/ author’s characters.

1900-present Course. Literary Interpretation Course and American Literature Course. Readings and discussions of significant American authors from late 19th century through the 20th century.

1700-1900 Course, Literary Interpretation Course, American Literature Course and Ethnic/Postcolonial Literature Course. This course introduces students to major African American texts from the 18th century to the present. We will pay particular attention to the historical, social, and literary contexts from which these texts emerge, and on which they comment.

This course surveys literatures of Southeast and East Asia, Polynesia, and the Asian diaspora in the South Pacific and the Americas. Writers from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines, as well as Hawai’i, New Zealand, and the US are considered in their cultural contexts.

This course examines what literary critic Lawrence Buell calls the American “environmental imagination” by investigating the relationships between race, gender, the environment, and literature. For Buell, the “environmental crisis involves a crisis of the imagination the amelioration of which depends on finding betters ways of imaging nature and humanity’s relation to it.

Careful consideration of several of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The goal of this course includes competent understanding of Shakespeare's art including placement of that art within historical and current social and cultural contexts. Students will work to develop sophisticated reading skills, both aesthetic and analytical, and to enhance their writing skills.

1900-Present Course. American Literature Course, Ethnic/Postcolonial Course and 20th-Century Contemporary Literature Course. This course will focus on Native North American Indian writings in English from the early 20th-century through the present. Some themes to be explored are connections between orality and literacy, Indian/white relations, the environment, spirituality. We will also consider how various writers respond to social and political concerns such as gender, race, poverty, and self-determination.

This course examines wider medieval European literature from the Mediterranean and continental Europe, covering the period from the late Roman Empire to the 14th century. All literary works will be read in translation, with an emphasis on literary transmission, and historical contexts. Texts and authors may include Augustine, Boethius, Dante Alighieri, Chrétien de Troyes, Juan de Ruiz, Gottfried von Strassburg, Guillaume de Lorris/Jean de Meun, and Icelandic sagas.

This course examines representations of slavery in twentieth- and twenty-first century North American literature and culture, asking how each work depicts the history and legacy of slavery and how it engages broader questions about racial justice and historical memory.

This course focuses on coastal zones as ecosystems of global significance. Material will focus on the development of a knowledge base and the critical thinking skills necessary to understand, analyze and critique the most important conservation and management issues concerning the Earth’s coastal realm and the natural resources it contains. The course attempts to draw students into thinking about conservation issues, tools and the linkages between science and policy.

An examination of social and psychological aspects of human behavior in organizations with special attention to leadership, management, problem solving and group behavior. Practical applications are examined through case studies and exercises.

This course focuses on transformational change and the implications it has for leaders, organizational cultures and organizational structures. Students will learn the skills that leaders need to achieve and sustain high performance organizations that create value for an organization’s stakeholders.

Enlightens students about contemporary topics that are reshaping marketing practice. Books by renowned marketing strategists and futurists as well as casebooks about successful companies provide the basis for thought-provoking discussions.

International/multicultural course (I). This course examines the social impact and influence of African-American philosophical thought through the works of such writers as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Lewis Gordon, Naomi Zack, bell hooks, Molefi Asante and Cornell West.

This course examines the legal environment in which business must operate and explores the ethical implications of business decisions. Emphasis is on understanding the legal process and the interaction of government and business, including an overview of statutes, case law, and administrative agency rules regulating business. This course examines law as an important institution of society and the ways in which it can be used as a tool for generating sound and ethical business policy.

This course introduces students to the different ideological traditions drawn upon by black Americans in challenging oppressive political institutions and social inequities. Because African American thought is rooted in concrete struggles for liberation, the course offers students a unique lens from which to appreciate the interdependency of thought and action. This rootedness in movements for change means that black thought sheds critical light on underrecognized contradictions and ambiguities in American political culture. By reading primary texts the students will have an opportunity to work through the tensions inherent to key American ideals like freedom, equality, individualism, justice, self-reliance, patriotism, and progress, exploring together how the African American experience provides a framework for both black and non-black Americans to reimagine modern democracy. Readings include selections from classic figures such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King, Jr., alongside lesser known, but equally important figures, such as the manifestos of black laborers in the Reconstruction era, the activist writings of black women amid the anti-lynching campaigns of the 1890s and early 1900s, and the letters of black youth involved in the voting rights movement of 1964 known as Freedom Summer.

This course surveys the psychological study of the causes, correlates, and consequences of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Readings and films will explore research on stereotype threat, implicit bias, stigma and marginalization, psychological consequences of discrimination, and prejudice reduction. While the course examines a range of stereotypes and prejudice, emphasis is placed on understanding stereotypes and prejudice connected to the history of racism and systemic racial discrimination in the United States.

Historical bias and discrimination in health care have given rise to health disparities for populations society has disadvantaged. Racial, ethnic, cultural, environmental, social, economic, and other factors that have resulted in health disparities are explored. Solutions to eradicate health disparities and establish health equity, diversity, and inclusion are addressed.

The nature of social order. Major conceptual areas include social organization, culture, socialization, social stratification, power, and conflict. Also addresses a number of social problems.

Open only to Social Work majors. Students will develop their ability to read, comprehend and critically evaluate primary scholarly resources. They will apply the properties of the scientific method or other disciplinary scholarship methods to answer an original child-centered question. They will also receive systematic training which will enable them to conduct these projects independently.

This course will focus on the intersection of environmental/climate justice, climate change, sustainability and public health, with an emphasis on factors that contribute to global population health vulnerabilities and resilience.