Advanced Studies in Human Development and Social Change   [Archived Catalog]
2011-2012 PO Academic Catalog and Student Handbook
   

HD 581 - Advanced Studies in Human Development and Social Change


3 credits
Students will evaluate the importance of promoting positive social change in times of national stress. Synthesizing the connection between ones own personal growth and the act of evoking actual change, students will create useful techniques based in storytelling, art, performance, and action research. Students will critique readings from feminist theory, cultural studies, critical race theory, participatory democracy, and other frameworks for social change. Students will apply their new thinking through designing a project proposing actual change at an organization, school, community or government agency.