LEC , 01:15 P.M. - 04:15 P.M. , M (01/22/2008 - 05/09/2008)
PetH 5 , STPAUL , 4 credits

Instructor: Albrecht,Lisa D (Outstanding Service Award; Morse Alumni Award)

Grading basis/credits: A-F only, 4 credit(s)

Prereq: 2501, 3501

Description: This course is the last of three required courses that are part of the interdisciplinary, cross-college undergraduate minor in Social Justice. This seminar brings together the theories and practices of social justice that you have explored as part of your required minor courses and your elective courses, and your community based learning experiences. We will continue to engage in dialogue about the many meanings of social justice, and we will also focus two issues of contemporary importance: immigration and terrorism. The key work of this seminar will be your own self-designed final social justice portfolio. It will represent the culmination of your experiences as a student in the social justice minor program. Each student will complete a social justice portfolio, and present their work to the seminar as well as the general public. As we have done in each of the required courses, we will continue to ask ourselves questions about the meanings of citizenship and democracy in the U.S., particularly as they relate to social justice. We will also continue to do community based learning (service learning) in a social justice organization. Another major goal of this course is to create a community of learners in our classroom. In forming this environment, students should be prepared to be active in class. Since this is not a lecture class, we will spend most of our classroom time together talking with each other . Listening to each other, and learning to give constructive feedback will allow our community to flourish, and will give each of us individually new perspectives on our own writing and thinking processes. The course is planned carefully, especially the community based learning experiences. Please don?t fall behind; the sequence of readings and activities are meant to be done in the order I?ve assigned them.

Class Time: 25% Discussion, 30% Small Group Activities, 25% Student Presentation, 5% Guest Speakers, 15% Service Learning.

Work Load: 130 pages reading per week, 48 pages writing per term, 6 papers, 2 presentations.

Grade: 15% reports/papers, 55% special projects, 15% class participation, 15% other evaluation.