Explores how and why social movements occur, what strategies they use, how they create collective identities, how issues such as civil rights, workers' rights, women's rights, the environment, the global economy mobilize activists' participation within the circumstances faced.

Despite the gains of the last half-century, most Americans still live, work, and go to school in quite segregated conditions. For many, media stories and images are thus our primary encounters with people of different ethnic backgrounds. While race itself is a mythic social construction, the effects of our racial imaginings are all too real. In this course we will explore the history of racial representation in the U.S., ranging from the colonial period to the age of Obama.

Develops a theoretical and skill foundation for working with diverse groups in educational and work settings. Explores theories of intergroup relations, group development, and leadership that facilitate understanding of intergroup biases and conflict, multicultural dynamics in diverse groups, and conflict and cooperation in group life.

The purpose of this course is to prepare student athletes to be successful at the University. Classes focus on academic skills, career planning, and personal well being.

The purpose of this course is to prepare student athletes to be successful at the University. Classes focus on academic skills, career planning, and personal well being.

The purpose of this course is to prepare student athletes to be successful at the University. Classes focus on academic skills, career planning, and personal well being.

In this course we will look at the ethical dilemmas those of us who are in-volved with mass media communication face on a regular basis. Students will learn various ways to evaluate ethical options, and various perspectives and factors to consider when making a deci-sion. Students will also learn how to debunk myths and stereotypes, and how to detect various types of bias that influence news coverage.

The life and history of the Jews in the medieval and modern worlds. Topics include Jewish-Christian relations; development of Jewish philosophy and mysticism; Jewish life in Eastern Europe; the Holocaust; State of Israel; Jews and Judaism in North America. (Gen.Ed. HS, G)

This course will focus on reproductive and genetic technologies (RGTs), tracing their emergence, routinization and contemporary forms. We will look at historical and current debates about the governance of RGTs, including prohibitions on access, restrictions on commercialization, and the use of gametes and embryos for research.

Health is about bodies, selves and politics. In this course we will explore a series of health topics from feminist perspectives. In what ways do axes of difference such as gender, sexuality, class, disability, and age influence the ways in which one perceives and experiences health and the access one has to health information and health care? What is meant by the phrases "social determinants of health" or "racial disparities in health"? Are homophopia or transphobia, or one's place of living, related to one's health status or one's health risk?