Develops ability in spoken Mandarin and increases knowledge of Chinese characters.

This course introduces graduate students, in Social Justice Education (SJE) and other programs of study inside and outside the College of Education, to overall concepts of SJE as well as awareness and knowledge about several specific manifestations of systemic, institutional, interpersonal forms of oppression within systems of advantage based on social group categories such as age, race, ability, and gender. The course also examines some of the ways people and social groups have confronted, resisted, and continue to resist and challenge oppression individually and collectively.

Students will be challenged to reflect on and apply prior learning experiences to newer/current educational issues in order to gain a deeper perspective on those issues and develop possible solutions to problems. This course will utilize reflection, inquiry, and action that lead to the development of an action-based research project aiming to study educational issues in real world contexts. Working with their peers, students will develop an action research project which will culminate in a poster session to share results.

Focuses on reading sustained samples of Arabic prose in various fields -- fiction, biography, history, journalism, political critiques. Students explore a range of complex grammatical structures and idiomatic expressions in these texts. Equal emphasis placed in reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension.

This course provides a welcoming and supportive environment for adults learning to swim. Designed for true beginners, participants remain in the shallow end of the pool at all times while building essential skills at a relaxed and encouraging pace. In a small-group setting, we focus on developing comfort in the water through exploration, floating, and open conversation about past water experiences. Over the semester, students will gradually develop foundational swimming skills, including horizontal floating, coordinated movement of arms and legs, and basic propulsion through the water.