PSY 259 - The Psychology of Oppression

Institution:

Greenfield Community College

Subject:

Psychology

Description:

This course is both experiential and didactic. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of the psychological causes and processes that are endemic to oppression. Our goals are to explore and understand the emotional reality of oppression as it presents itself in our day to day lives.We will explore the similarities and differences among sexism, ageism, classism, heterosexism, racism, antisemitism, other forms of ethnic oppression, and abelism.Through the use of mini-lecture, discussion, readings, experiential activities, projects, film and conversation, we will explore our own attitudes and how oppression operates at interrelated levels of the personal, institutional and cultural.We will also look at how people have worked and may work against oppression. Prereq: PSY 101 or permission of instructor

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.gcc.mass.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 775-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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