Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

History of educational institutions from the Puritan colonies to the present. Factors that led to the development of the unique system of education in the United States.

Examines theory, research, and practice important for intergroup relations in education, within context of racial, ethnic, and class inequalities in broader U.S. society. Covers conceptual foundations and frameworks for social justice education and intergroup dialogue.

The history and causes of school violence. Describes prevention and intervention strategies and involves students conducting original research on school violence.

Construction of diversity (race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, class, disability, sexual orientation) in schools. Emergence of inequalities based on difference in pedagogy and curriculum. Student resistance in relation to cultural diversity. Teaching for empowerment.

Examination of issues encountered by Indigenous/Native peoples in education and in society. Exploration of how Indigenous oral histories challenge dominant historical and contemporary narratives about Indigenous peoples. Additional work required for graduate students.

Theories and practices of international education. Situating international education in broader contexts of colonization, empire-building, and global power, addresses its contested meanings and implications.

Positioned where school, media, and youth cultures intersect. How schools and media represent "good" and "bad" youth, and how youth negotiate schools and popular cultures. Includes theories of popular culture and adolescence. Additional work required of graduate students.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Using interdisciplinary approach with emphasis on educational anthropology, explores cultural and educational politics of migration. Establishes conceptual grounding and considers global perspectives on key themes including educational desires and futures, cultural citizenship, displacement, labor, and violence.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

This course examines a small but growing body of philosophical scholarship that critically engages whiteness in order to better understand white subjectivity, white complicity, white resistance to knowing, and white agency. Educational implications of this scholarship are emphasized.

Examines the influence of gender and race in historical and contemporary higher education from interdisciplinary perspective; considers dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression; includes topics related to student and faculty experiences, and curricular issues.

Interdisciplinary course, explores points of contact and conflict between feminist theory and disability studies. Embodiment, representation, and voice explored from a variety of disciplines and genres.

How gender is culturally constructed in American society with particular reference to education broadly conceived; how race and social class influence gender analysis.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Historiographic grounding for historical research methods. Seminar on the traditional categories, methods, and tools of historical research. Using student-generated topics, the seminar explores the consequences of common methodological choices.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.