INT 4010 Agents of Social Change: Advanced Integrative Seminar
This course focuses on the topic of social change and a means of providing students with opportunities to integrate what they have learned in discipline specific and multidisciplinary courses in the liberal arts and sciences. It uses on inter-disciplinary approach to examine the context of American social justice movements through a variety of cultural "texts," including scholarly, press, primary sources, and other popular sources. Students will be asked to consider different theories of historical change and determine how they both inform and are informed by the movements under examination. They will also be asked to reflect upon the key components of successful social change movements and how they differ from failed attempts at change. To demonstrate mastery of course objectives, students will be required to research and design a small-scale change movement of relevance to their lives.