Global Issues and Social Justice

Beyond Entertainment: The Influential Power of Music in Society

Ernesto Fernandez

Tuesday, Thursday 5:00 - 6:15 pm

Music plays an important role in our daily lives and in shaping society. It accompanies us in our daily activities and as an outlet for our feelings. This omnipresence of music raises several questions: how does music affect our lives?

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Unseen Voices/Unheard Faces

Pioneer Winter

Tuesday, 12:30PM - 3:15PM (Yearlong)

Unseen Voices/Unheard Faces examines the public and private lives (and deaths) of individuals marginalized within and across our vibrant, shared histories.

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Sex and the City

Amy Huseby

Monday, 2:00PM - 4:45PM

This course surveys literature from fifteenth-century to present by considering the co-constitutive nature of two major issues: sexuality and urbanization.

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Thou Shalt Not Steal: Wage Theft & Moral Philosophy

Jeanette Smith

Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (Hybrid)

For many low-wage or part-time workers, wage theft is an inevitable aspect of their working lives. Wage theft includes not being paid for overtime, being paid less than the minimum wage, or not being paid at all.

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Black Nightmares: Deconstructing Symbolism and Race in Horror Stories

Trina Sanders

Online

This course will explore the themes of racism meets horror stories. This course will use the dark fantasy horror television series “Lovecraft Country” to uncover blackness, queerness, fantasy, and the struggle against racism and imperialism.

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Dynamic Tensions

Michelle Romero

Thursday 5:00PM - 7:00PM (Yearlong)

This class focuses on the dynamic tensions between business, law and ethics.

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Social Movements: From the American Revolution to Black Lives Matter

Shedrick Boren

Monday, 5:00PM - 7:40PM

Social change starts with a vision and evolves to transform society. There are many types of social movements that have changed history, and many individual leaders have made a difference.

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Exploring Disability Culture: Why it Matters

Amy Paul-Ward

Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

This course provides students with an introduction to topics related to Disability Culture. To understand the evolution of disability culture, we will begin by reviewing relevant interdisciplinary theories that highlight foundational concepts, ongoing debates, and critiques of the concept of disability as it relates to representation, access, and inclusion in everyday life.

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Art as Persuasion

Pioneer Winter

Online

Art as Persuasion focuses on the cultural and political appropriation of visual and performance art for the purposes of public conformity, propaganda, and dissent (1935-present day).

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