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Participants in sports, athletes and fans alike, are more than just players in an American past time or a competition. Rather, they are part of a powerful social vehicle that demonstrates "inherent fundamental truths" central to the American identity. For example, this course will consider how sport perpetuates cultural values embedded in masculinity, with implications that far supersede the social arena of sport itself. Throughout the week, we will attempt to explain how the playing of sports in America both legitimizes and defines basic social ideologies (i.e. gender, sexuality, ethnicity) and chief social institutions (i.e. military, religion, education).
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Conflict is ubiquitous. We encounter it in our daily lives with friends, family-members, and colleagues; in our communities between different interest or identity groups; and at the global level between state or non-state actors. Good leadership is essential at any and all of these levels to ensure that conflicts are dealt with constructively rather than destructively—in other words, to ensure that the potential for social change and transformation that inheres in conflict is realized, rather than lost in the infliction of physical violence or other forms of harm. This course will explore the phenomenon of conflict--at the interpersonal, communal, and global levels--and will focus on various nonviolent strategies for managing, resolving, and transforming it.
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World leaders have the same styles, skills, and setbacks as leaders in any walk of life. However, the challenges they face are often much more visible, and the impact of their effectiveness more broadly felt. In this course students will explore complex international issues including security and terrorism, immigration, HIV/AIDs, human rights and sustainable development. From policy makers to activists to concerned citizens, from listening to planning to direct action, leadership skills are used everyday in addressing these intricate global affairs. Students will think critically and creatively about these topics, and the roles that different leaders and leadership styles play.
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Despite over a hundred years of political and social gains, women in the 21st century still face unique societal challenges. In this course, students will learn about the status and role of women in the world today, exploring both opportunities and barriers for women in educational settings, the workplace, and the political arena. Students will examine how gender and other factors influence women's leadership styles and their ability to affect positive change.
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Despite world-wide advances in technology and development, providing basic health care to people in resource-poor settings continues to pose enormous challenges. Now more than ever, the global community is focused on overcoming inequities in access to health care and poverty alleviation as a means of curbing the spread of disease and improving people’s livelihoods. Building on this momentum, this course will focus on the important role that young people can play as leaders and innovators in the global health arena. Students interested in basic science research, medicine, economics, engineering, health policy and education, human rights law, business and management, or environmental science and sustainable development will be challenged by this course. Throughout, students will investigate the roles that historical, social, political, and economic factors play in the health of communities both in the United States and internationally.
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How does manufacturing in China affect jobs in the U.S.? Why do Filipino women represent the largest share of domestic workers in Japan? How does the widespread migration of young adults from Mexico to the U.S. affect the people and communities they left behind? How do large-scale changes in the global economy affect the lives of individuals? This class will address the meanings and experiences of work in a context of increasing globalization. We will examine how changes in social conditions affect workers, acting to constrain the choices they can make, and examine the strategies that individuals develop given the constraints they face. Although work in the U.S. will be addressed, the focus of this course will be international and comparative in nature. Specifically, we will cover topics such as the international corporation, flows of international labor migration, push and pull factors that channel migrants from specific sending countries to particular host countries, temporary and permanent work arrangements, and the factors that shape the incorporation and success of particular workers (native-born and migrant) when others remain in marginal, intermittent, and low-paying work.
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This course will use students’ experiences with social networking sites to explore basic sociological concepts of social identity, social roles, membership in various groups of ascription and achievement and the contextual effects of culture and other social institutions. Facebook and MySpace, familiar to most students, offer an interesting, self-referential, and conceptually rich means of introducing students to sociology. We will research these sites to determine how participants structure their self-presentations, how social groups are formed, and how students respond to the presentations of others.
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The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s put young people in a uniquely powerful position to become activists for political and social change. Through effective leadership and community organizing, individuals involved with the movement greatly expanded what it meant to be free and equal in the United States . However, the Civil Rights Movement had no expiration date. Racial relations remain at the forefront of political debate and current policy fronts like Equal Education, the Patriot Act, Defense of Marriage, and immigration continue to test our definitions of equality and freedom. We are further encouraged and challenged to examine the historic Presidential election in November 2008 that fosters new byways of thinking about this country and the world. Where are we now as we look out into this brand new vista that represents the promise of the Civil Rights Movement yet continues to challenge us all?
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Documentary has long been associated as a vehicle for social change. How and why did this come to be an ideal? What techniques do filmmakers employ to tell their stories of social change? In an immersive learning environment drawing on experiential and theoretical learning, students will produce a short video for web delivery with examination of various documentary distribution models to impact social change.
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Leadership for Social Change is a course designed to provide engaged students and young activists with the tools and theory needed to become successful community organizers. This course explores how grassroots movements can transform communities, cultural norms, and global systems. How are campaigns developed, initiated, and orchestrated? What factors determine a campaign's success or failure? How can one person turn a vision for change into reality?
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