NUR 498 - Directed Study

Institution:

Berea College

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Description:

Prerequisite: Will vary, but always will include permission of instructor Offered: Typically on a limited basis as student interest faculty availability allow A course organized and directed by faculty and approved by the Department Chairperson to meet the particular interests and/or needs of specific students. 1 Course Credit Offered: Typically every Fall Term This course provides an introduction to issues of peace and social justice, skills of social analysis, and actions for social change. The course addresses questions of poverty and inequality, the environment, and human rights. It surveys features of the modern world widely considered to be problematic, including the extent of serious poverty; the dynamics of gender and racial discrimination; questions of human rights; and situations of war and other forms of violence. The emphasis, however, is not on the state of the world but on ways of understanding it: on histories and theories of causes, effects, and solutions. The course does not teach to a predetermined notion of "justice," or to a particular political point-of-view, and it is not inherently "pacifist." It does, however, problematize inequality, conflict, and violence, and it introduces students to resources for analysis of and engagement with the world. 1 Course Credit

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.berea.edu

Phone Number:

(859) 985-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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