Global Issues and Social Justice

lopezjc March 19, 2018Global Issues and Social Justice

Ukraine 101

Malgorzata Durygin

Mon. and Wed., 12:30P– 1:45P

This course will provide students with an opportunity to survey Ukraine, investigating basic issues related to the Ukrainian language and cultural heritage including art, music, literature, and cuisine, and its significant contributors. Ukraine with its past and its current fight for freedom and democracy, as well as the significance of Ukraine as the center of the struggle for international values globally, and the present and future of the rule of law, democracy, and security for the larger world, and, in turn, to develop an ability of multiple viewpoint analysis of the world and become motivated to act and collaborate locally and globally.

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Thou Shalt Not Steal: Wage Theft & Moral Philosophy

Jeanette Smith

Thurs. 11:00A - 12:15P (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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Radical Female Voices

Niurca Marquez

Wed., 2:00PM-3:15PM (Hybrid)

n this course, we will explore themes around place-making and positioning (in arts, humanities and sciences) from a feminist perspective. We will engage with the writings of Audre Lourde, Gloria Anzaldúa, Simone de Beauvoir, bell hooks, Adriana Cavarero, Hannah Arendt, and adrienne maree brown, among others.

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Sustainable Development: Using A Harvard Business Simulation Approach

Hortensia Sampedro

Wed., 2:00P-3:15P (Online Live)

This course is suitable for Honors students from all disciplines interested in applying interdisciplinary, practical solutions to global problems. We will study practical approaches to the first nine (9) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will use Harvard Business Simulations to gain experiential learning.

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Beyond Entertainment: The Influential Power of Music in Society

Ernesto Fernandez

Online

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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Corporate Diplomacy: The Role of Business in Promoting Peace and Sustainable Development

David Wernick

Every Other Wed., 11:00A-1:30P (Hybrid)

This course has been designed for students who intend to make an impact and make the world a better place using their own philanthropic resources.

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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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Human Identity and Resilience: Third Space/Third World

Niurca Marquez

Wed., 3:30P-4:45 PM (Hybrid)

This course analyzes the root and development of three of the most common terms used to describe cultural and/or racial mixing or blending and uses them as a starting point to examine the performance and literature about the experience of the "third" or liminal spaces. You will learn about these three distinct terms for mixed cultural expressions and what they mean in a series of fields like sociology, psychology, religion, gender studies, ethnography, performance and the arts, to name a few.

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Third World Film: Africa

Elizabeth Hanly

Online

This QM approved fully online course will focus on African film.

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What's Going on: America Turns Inward

Elizabeth Hanly

Online

This course sets out to untie the knot we are living. It presumes that we can agree that Frontline, a documentary series aired on the Public Broadcasting Network, is a reliable source, or at least a place to begin. We will watch current and archival Frontline documentaries dealing with international issues affecting America. After reflecting on each documentary, students will look to see how a range of different news sources — both from the right and the left as well as the “mainstream” —covered the same issue.

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You Crit Like a Girl: The Unique Role of Women in Gaming, Entertainment, and Media

Connie Viamonte

Tues., 12:00P- 1:30P (HYBRID)

This course will investigate gender through the lens of modern media and entertainment.

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Death

Joaquin Pedroso

Tues., Thurs., 11:00A-12:!5P

This course delves into the multidimensional concept of death, examining it from various perspectives, including philosophical, cultural, psychological, economic, and religious viewpoints. This course will not focus on understanding what death is, but rather how the idea of death (and death itself) is endured across cultures, philosophical approaches, social and individual practices. We will be diving deep into what it means to die and how to give meaning to our deaths, how to best endure death, and how to die well.

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The Power of Black Music in America: Its History, Language, and Culture from the Past Until Today

Trina Sanders

Online

In this course, we will examine Black music's power and how it has shaped Black History in the past and today.

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Graphic Voices

Gretchen Scharnagl

Tues., Thurs., 1:00PM - 2:15 PM

We will read and discuss graphic works ranging from the graphic novel, to outsider artist comics, and including coloring books, to discover the potential of this language to disseminate important stories and historic, social, psychological, artistic or scientific content.

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Art as Persuasion

Pioneer Winter

Online

Art as Persuasion fully online course 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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