2025 Fall GLOBAL 24 001 SEM 001

2025 Fall

GLOBAL 24 001 - SEM 001

Freshman Seminar In Global Studies

Diversity, Identity, and Social Justice

Darren C Zook

Aug 27, 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
We
02:00 pm - 02:59 pm
Social Sciences Building 115
Class #:23185
Units: 1

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 15
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 15
Waitlist Max: 10
Open Reserved Seats:
15 reserved for Students with 1-2 Terms in Attendance

Hours & Workload

1 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 2 hours of outside work hours per week.

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Course Catalog Description

The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment is limited to 15 freshmen.

Class Description

This seminar will delve into the complexities of this thing we call diversity, to explore the rhetoric and the reality of diversity as it currently exists in America. We will do this by reading accounts of diversity as it happens—not just in the news but also in a variety of different media—and then learning how to discuss critically the central issues of diversity. The goal is not just to talk about diversity, but also to learn how to talk about diversity in ways that are both critical and constructive. Diversity is an extraordinarily sensitive issue, and too many people simple avoid the conversation to avoid the discomfort that might ensue. We won’t do that—we will talk directly about diversity, and also find a way to have that conversation in a way that avoids discomfort and resolves divisiveness. Lastly, this seminar will also offer a comparative view of American diversity. Many other countries struggle with similar issues, so we will compare the American experience with the experience of other parts of the world, to see how American diversity stacks up in a larger, global context.

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

  • Students with 1-2 Terms in Attendance

Repeat Rules

Reserved Seats

Reserved Seating For This Term

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:
15 reserved for Students with 1-2 Terms in Attendance

Terms in Attendance:
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Textbooks & Materials

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