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  • SOC 424: Contemporary Issues in Adolescent Development

    3.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    This course explores issues faced by adolescents as they navigate the developmental trajectory from childhood to adulthood. The course focuses on issues that impact the social, emotional and psychological development of youth in the United States. Topics include: influence of the media and the commercialization of youth, academic performance and achievement, schools, peer relationships, sex and sexuality, youth violence and victimization, juvenile justice, diversity of identities, and preparation for the challenges of adulthood. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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  • SOC 454: School and Community- Based Interventions with Children Units

    4.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    The goal of this course is to introduce students to the range of school and community-based interventions available for school-aged children. Through readings, lecture, video presentations and discussions students are expected to develop an understanding of: 1) approaches to intervention with young children in school settings; 2) approaches to intervention with young children in community settings; and 3) how school and community approaches to interventions with children can be integrated for maximum efficacy. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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  • THE 390: Do You Hear What I Hear What Our Voices Reveal

    1.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    This workshop addresses various aspects of "voice" from the collective to thepersonal. As members of society, we hold views and attitudes about our world. These views encompass our "voice", which serves as a basis for how we interactin the world and with each other. Our actual spoken voices are the auditory expressions of our "voice", which conveys personal and idiosyncratic informationof our beliefs and outlooks which is shaped by society and culture. Students are exposed to current ideas on vocalization as an individual and as a member of society. Students also participate in a vocal warm-up and in exercises drawn from theatrical vocal training including relaxation, breath control, volume, articulation, etc. Students address their own vocalizations and what they may convey in a relaxing and informative format. No grade equivalents allowed. FINE ARTS DOMAIN
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  • The 60's: and World Revolution

    3.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    This course seeks to rethink some of the standard (U.S.) domestic narratives of the "Sixties" that assign a primacy to national/local mass protest, urban rebellion, and liberal reform, by examining the international context that shaped these phenomena. The focus is on social and political movements as world-relational phenomena and will illuminate how international figures, events and insurgent movements for revolutionary change shaped domestic politics and vice-versa. HUMANITIES DOMAIN
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  • URB 305: Social Theory of the City

    3.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    What does it mean to live in a city How does urban life shape and construct our identities and experiences What role do urban processes play in the construction of racial, ethnic, class, gender, sexual, and political identities What do people mean when they talk about "the ghetto," "the inner city," or "bringing life backdowntown" In this course, traditional urban concerns such as community, anonymity, social difference, spatial divisions, urban renewal/gentrification, safety, violence, and crime are examined anew through the lens of a broad range of social theory. Students work with theory from sociology, geography, media studies, ethnic studies, feminist studies, and queer studies to analyze critically the intersections between urban spatial form and the (de)construction of social categories. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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  • URB 311: Urban Ecology

    3.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    This course examines the Los Angeles bioregion as an urban ecosystem. Urban ecosystem science is the primary lens through which students conduct an examination of natural energy flows and human-altered energy flows and their effects on the diverse ecosystem types found in the greater Los Angeles area. Social geography, mapping, and metrics serve as additional tools and lenses students deploy in the calculation of an "ecological footprint" of Los Angeles andother major urban centers throughout the world. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SCIENCE DOMAIN
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  • URB 312: Los Angeles: Problems, Politics, and Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    Los Angeles is in the midst of a major economic and social transformation. This is reflected in deepening economic inequalities, racial polarization, and social unrest. This course focuses on the political, economic, and social forces that shape the city and resulting urban social problems, including poverty, housing, transportation, crime and violence, pollution, racism, and neighborhood change. Problems of urban sprawl, loss of open space, water and energy resources as they play out in the Los Angeles scene are also investigated. The course examines the city's political forces including the role of business, citizens' groups, communityorganizations, the media, the Mayor's Office, and other sectors in addressing these problems and shaping the city's future. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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  • URB 350: The Contested Space of Downtown Los Angeles

    1.00 Credits
    Antioch University-Los Angeles

    A vibrant center of activity in the 1920s to skid row in the 1980s and now a gentrifying area of the 2000s, the forgotten eastern side of Downtown Los Angeles is rapidly transforming. As developers and professionals move into the area, what is happening to the pre-existing and adjacent communities This oneday class explores how redevelopment affects communities differently through race and class, as well as the role of globalization, gentrification and the community's response to the "progress" of redevelopment. Students go on a butour of Downtown LA and the Figueroa Corridor including site visits to community-based organizations. No grade equivalents allowed. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN
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