GCL 147

Spring 2016 All Classes

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Social Justice (Social Science)

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Credit: 3 hours.

This Grand Challenge Learning experience course is part of a 3-year pilot and is certified for General Education credit for Social Science. Students in this course will explore "cultures of debt" at local, urban, national, and global levels. Beginning with the explosion of student debt, and closing with world networks of debt and inequality, our encounters with this grand challenge will be powerfully illuminating as well as "hands on." Students will learn what leading sociologists, economists, political scientists, and journalists propose to address growing inequality. They will collaborate on and publish "StoryCorps"-style audio recordings and feature-length magazine articles based on their own investigative work.

Prerequisite: Restricted to first-time new freshmen.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci

Cultural Studies - US Minority

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GCL 147 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
63980	Lecture-Discussion	B	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	1064 Lincoln Hall	Salo, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Title: IASIS: Race and the City Section Info: Through studying state led spatial or urban planning policies, projects and practices we will explore how cities, here and abroad, shape and were shaped by intersecting socio-economic inequalities of race, class and gender. Students will, in person and virtually, walk and talk with especially inner city residents to document how they challenge and sometimes change persistent political policies that racially re-segregate urban from suburban neighborhoods. Specifically, students will work with neighborhood residents to map their struggles against spatial segregation and social inequality. Final mapping projects will be shared online with residents at the end of the semester. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
63981	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	132 Davenport Hall	Martin, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Title: IASIS:Policing,Culture&Inequal Section Info: IASIS: Policing, Culture & Inequality. Students in this course will study the ways police are represented in American culture, and explore how these representations reflect social reality. As an experiential course we will work with materials gathered from our cultural environment, including film, television, internet, observation, and interviews. Students will use the materials they gather to create curated multi-media collections designed to showcase the ways in which American police reflect the inequalities of the social order they uphold. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
63982	Lecture-Discussion	D	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	217 Gregory Hall	Molina, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Title: IASIS:Soc Just,Inequal&Media Section Info: IASIS: Social Justice, Inequality & the Media. Students in this course gain critical media literacy skills through exploring contemporary social justice issues in the media ranging from Black Lives Matter to sexual assault on college campuses to immigration politics among other topics. The course applies the knowledge learned in the course to the UIUC campus through campus organizations impacted by these contemporary social justice issues. Throughout the semester students will work with these organizations to develop digital media projects that help to raise Campus awareness or work to engage students in Campus advocacy. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.