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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course explores dominant definitions of crime, punishment, and democratic justice in the United States and their relationship to imprisonment. The course begins by examining the historical and ideological roots of the U.S. prison system from slavery to the convict lease system. Focusing on the post-civil rights era, we consider how deindustrialization, the war on drugs, and shifts in policing, welfare policy, sentencing laws, and global militarism have redefined notions of U.S. justice and democracy. The course is attentive to the ways the prison industrial complex disproportionately affects people of color. Prerequisites: Junior standing. 3 credits. (Y)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the historical relationships between Latino/as and other racial/ethnic groups in the US and Latin America with special emphasis on social movements and local grassroots efforts for social justice from post-WWII to the present. Central theoretical questions will revolve around the multi-ethnic alliances and the relationship between civil and human rights, social movements, and state repression. In particular, the course will explore polycultural connections between Chicanos/as and Puerto Ricans and African Americans, American Indians and Latinos/as, as well as Afro-Asian, Latino-Asian, and Anglo-Latino/as. Prerequisites: CSCR 10700 Introduction to Latino/a Studies and two additional courses in the Liberal Arts. 3 credits. (S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Interrogates the educational experiences of oppressed people in the African Diaspora. A historical overview of the schools, pedagogies and curriculums developed for Black/Brown students including the political, social, economics and cultural manifestations of "Black education". Additionally, the course examines how educational institutions have been, and can be, used for individual, group and global liberation. Prerequisites: Three courses in the liberal arts or permission of instructor. 3 credits. (F)
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3.00 Credits
Capstone seminar drawing on the skills, knowledge, and concepts developed through previous coursework in the African diaspora or Latino/a studies minors. Designed to permit intensive examination and research of selected topics not provided elsewhere in the curriculum. Seminar topics change from year to year. Prerequisites: CSCR 12300, one 200-level CSCR course, and one 300-level CSCR course. 3 credits. (Y)
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics in culture, race, and ethnicity will be considered with a narrow focus, in-depth analysis, and advanced research and writing. This course may be repeated for credit for different selected topics. Prerequisites: CSCR 12300, one 200-level CSCR course, and one 300-level CSCR course. 3 credits (IRR).
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3.00 Credits
This course historicizes economic, political, and cultural processes in the Americas during the 20th century by focusing on U.S. Latinos/as in relation to globalization. The primary emphasis will be on transnational social movements, migration and borders; state formation and international organizations; human rights; labor organizing; counterinsurgency; and regional, non-U.S. centered, inter-American relationships. This is a capstone course designed as a discussion/reading/research-intensive seminar. Prerequisites: CSCR 37400. 3 credits. (S,Y)
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
The internship provides a structured intensive learning experience in an organization dedicated to research, planning, policymaking, or service provision in an area related to culture, race, and ethnicity. Supervision is provided by an on-site professional preceptor. Students are required to submit periodic written field reports, as well as a final internship experience report. Prerequisites: Junior standing or above and permission of instructor. 1 to 6 credits. (F-S, Y)\
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Intensive study of the theoretical and empirical relationships between culture, race, and ethnicity. These projects will be conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor, and will require a comprehensive research paper and/or project. A proposal for the topic and specific plans must be approved by the dean's office of the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies. Prerequisites: Junior standing or above, and permission of instructor. 1-4 credits. (F-S,Y)
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0.00 - 1.00 Credits
Supervised practical application of basic knowledge and skills associated with festival operations. Preparation, including introduction to the selected thematic content for the year, and team participation in such areas as festival promotion and logistics. 0-1 credit. (S,Y)
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1.00 Credits
This course explores the concept of open space through a range of theories and practices of social media, social networking, emerging technologies, user generated content, and other structures. Students will engage in group projects that combine conceptual investigations of open space modes with digital interfaces and social media. 1 credit. (IRR)
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