Courses
*Courses won't be offered in fall 2021 due to Covid
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WGSS 1110: Gender, Sex, and Power, Dr. Tiyi Morris, Spring 2020
This class exposes students to the myriad ways in which gender differences structure our social relations, cultural values, institutions, and the production of knowledge. In so doing, this class examines women’s lives with a primary focus on how gender interacts with race, class, and sexual orientation. Through this course, students will examine the experiences, concerns, and creative production of women of different socioeconomic, racial, sexual, cultural, and national backgrounds in an effort to gain a more complete understanding of women’s lives in the United States and globally. We will also explore women’s ability to improve their lives by becoming agents of change through activism and social protest while examining the ways in which gender interacts with structures of power and oppression.
This class exposes students to the myriad ways in which gender differences structure our social relations, cultural values, institutions, and the production of knowledge. In so doing, this class examines women’s lives with a primary focus on how gender interacts with race, class, and sexual orientation. Through this course, students will examine the experiences, concerns, and creative production of women of different socioeconomic, racial, sexual, cultural, and national backgrounds in an effort to gain a more complete understanding of women’s lives in the United States and globally. We will also explore women’s ability to improve their lives by becoming agents of change through activism and social protest while examining the ways in which gender interacts with structures of power and oppression.
SOC 2211S: Social Problems in Globalization, Dr. Brenda Chaney, Autumn 2019
The topics vary, depending on what the class is interested in and current events but topics that are included every year are the problems of women such as lack of access to health care, family violence, and few opportunities for education. Each year we also include the problems of children in developing and undeveloped societies. We study environment and climate change and how wealthy nations impact the global south and destroy the natural resources of poor nations. When students come into the class, they often are not sure what globalization means or why they should know about it or how it relates to their lives. By the end of the semester they have learned that we are part of the global and what we do matters. Solutions to problems are the focus of the presentations at the end of the semester. The class ends with a discussion of the Tragedy of the Commons.
The topics vary, depending on what the class is interested in and current events but topics that are included every year are the problems of women such as lack of access to health care, family violence, and few opportunities for education. Each year we also include the problems of children in developing and undeveloped societies. We study environment and climate change and how wealthy nations impact the global south and destroy the natural resources of poor nations. When students come into the class, they often are not sure what globalization means or why they should know about it or how it relates to their lives. By the end of the semester they have learned that we are part of the global and what we do matters. Solutions to problems are the focus of the presentations at the end of the semester. The class ends with a discussion of the Tragedy of the Commons.
AAAS 2194: Social (In)justice and the Black Experience, Dr. Tiyi Morris, Spring 2019
This course will provide an historical grounding/foundation of the Black in America in an effort to help students understand some of the most pressing issues facing African Americans today. In so doing, this course will focus on key events, movements, and ideas that have shaped and informed Black peoples’ social justice efforts in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics to be explored include: the Black Studies Movement, Black Feminism, Civil Rights, Black Power, the struggle against Mass Incarceration, #BlackLivesMatter, and #SayHerName. This course in an Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program class. It will be held at Franklin Medical Center (FMC), enrolling both “inside” (incarcerated) and “outside” (OSU students) students. This course design emphasizes discussion and collaboration in learning and provides a unique experience for all students that will hopefully have a transformative effect during the semester and beyond.
This course will provide an historical grounding/foundation of the Black in America in an effort to help students understand some of the most pressing issues facing African Americans today. In so doing, this course will focus on key events, movements, and ideas that have shaped and informed Black peoples’ social justice efforts in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics to be explored include: the Black Studies Movement, Black Feminism, Civil Rights, Black Power, the struggle against Mass Incarceration, #BlackLivesMatter, and #SayHerName. This course in an Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program class. It will be held at Franklin Medical Center (FMC), enrolling both “inside” (incarcerated) and “outside” (OSU students) students. This course design emphasizes discussion and collaboration in learning and provides a unique experience for all students that will hopefully have a transformative effect during the semester and beyond.