This course, students learn how to use theories from a wide range of disciplines (such as Political Science, Business, Sociology, Psychology, and much more) to analyze leadership and find solutions to social issues on the micro and macro scales. Through simulations and workshops, student learn the rhetoric and current debates about social justice issues, such as child soldiers, human trafficking, immigration, genocide, gender inequality, maternal mortality, international human rights law, bioethics, gun control, multiculturalism, education policy, factory food farming, restorative justice, conflict resolution, and much more. By exposing students to multiple perspectives surrounding these issues, we hope students learn more about the root causes, institutions, and policies that perpetuate the current problems. We will further introduce and ask students to analyze various policies and proposed solutions through different viewpoints and theories. Students will then work with the class to build upon the strengths and limitations of these approaches to reimagine public policy and improve the prospects for social change. Through this process, we will work with students on helping them discover what actions they could take to address and potentially solve many social injustices.

Credit Restrictions

Enrollment is restricted; see the Course Number Guide in the Berkeley Bulletin.

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