Course Descriptions

Core Courses

REI 2100: Critical Studies in Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity: Introduces students to key concepts, theories and histories in the study of race, ethnicity and indigeneity. Through history and theoretical concepts, students learn to understand the interconnections - and differences - facing communities of colour, ethnic communities and Indigenous communities.
REI 4700: Indigenous and Anti-Racist Research: Examines questions of power, methodology and epistemology in research, as it relates to questions of race, ethnicity and Indigeneity. Addresses racialized and class power relations between researcher and researched. Teaches skills in research methods, and addresses ethics guidelines and community protocols
REI 4705: Anti-Racist and Indigenous Theory: Provides a solid foundation in anti-racist, critical race, post-colonial and Indigenous theory, from early anti-racism theorists, to postcolonial, post-modern, and other theorists on race, to Indigenous writers addressing decolonization and self-determination.
AP/REI/HREQ/SOCI 4600 Research Seminar: Provides an opportunity for the development and completion of a substantial project in research and writing at a more advanced level. Restricted to Specialized Honours BA. Papers are written under the supervision of a faculty member, and each step in the research is discussed in seminar. Prerequisites: 78 credits, or permission of the Undergraduate Program Director of the Department of Equity Studies.

Indigenous Studies

AP/REI 2050 6.00 Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Using Indigenous pedagogies as well as academic approaches, this course will provide an introduction to the basic issues facing Aboriginal peoples in Canada today. Topics include colonization, stereotypes about "Indians", identity legislation, residential schooling, child welfare, criminal justice and self-determination.
AP/REI 3470 6.00 Black Indians and Native Black Relations: Examines conceptual issues shaping racial formation for Black and Native peoples, histories of genocide and slavery, and the histories of Native-Black relations in different regions of Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada. The course addresses both alliances and divisions between Black and Native peoples across the Americas.
REI 3640 3.00: The Indian Act, Treaties, and Non-Status Native Communities: Focuses on federal recognition and non-status Native people. It explores the nature of treaties, their relationship to identity legislation, and the effects of identity legislation in dividing Native people who have Indian status from those who do not. Finally, we examine different struggles for federal recognition, in Canada and the United States, and the implications, for Native communities, of struggles for federal recognition.
AP/REI 3650 3.00 Urban Native Communities: With a focus on Toronto, this course challenges assumptions about Indigeneity and urbanity, explores emergent urban Native identity in the contexts of displacement, identity legislation and intermarriage, and examines cultural renewal and sovereignty in urban settings. Course credit exclusion: AK/SOSC 4750 6.00.
REI 4765 3.00: Indigenous Literature, Survival and Sovereignty: Explores the connections between Native literature, community survival and sovereignty, through Native literary criticism, Indigenous poetry, short stories and drama.
REI 4770 3.00: First Nations Music and Cultural Regeneration: This is a music appreciation course—no prior knowledge of music is required. The course examines various forms of Indigenous music in Canada and the United States, from traditional to contemporary, including protest music, blues, rock and hiphop, and the roles they have played in maintaining communities, engaging in social commentary, promoting cultural regeneration, and recreating sovereignty.
AP/REI 4780 3.00 Indigenous Peoples and Education: Examines educational policies and practices for Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, including residential schooling and decolonizing/Indigenizing educational initiatives
AP/REI/CDNS/EN/HUMA 3535 3.00 Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment: Analyzes the history and theories of Canada and the True North from the perspectives of indigenous knowledge and environment.
AP/REI/CDNS/HUMA3536 3.00 Indigenous People, Legend and Memory: Examines concepts and relationships among history, literature and nature in Europe and North America.
AP/REI/CDNS/HUMA 3538 6.00 Comparative Issues in Canadian And American Native Literature: Examines similarities and contrasts in contemporary Native writers in Canada and the United States. The course explores many varied interpretations of Native historical experience, definitions of culture, "self-determination" and the meaning and implications of "Indian" identities.
AP/REI 3310 CDNS/HUMA 3530 6:00/3:00Virtual Riel/ity: Louis Riel and Métis Issues in North America: Explores the history and literature of the Métis and Louis Riel in their homelands and in their communities in North America since the 17th century. Topics will include Métis identities, family histories, communities, resistance movements, land and treaty rights.
AP/CREE 1000 6.00 /AP/REI 1000: Introduction to Cree: Introduction to Cree language structure and the writing system. Emphasis on speaking and listening comprehension in everyday situations. The course is based in the dialect spoken in Northern Ontario; however, a comparison to other dialects is made.
AP/HUMA 3537 CNDS/REI 3839 3.00 Canadian Native Autobiography: Canadian Native writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have defined themselves and their world through unique representations of their own life stories. The course explores the contexts and interpretations of "identity", "history", "literature", "tradition", and integrating different world views.
AP/HUMA/REI 4200 6.00 Metis Identities, Families and Issues in Canada: Explores the identities, families and issues of the Metis in their homelands and communities across Canada. Issues to be addressed may include, among others, the iconography of Louis Riel, transnational border issues, Metis identities and their formation, the significance of Metis families and their communities, the nineteenth century resistance movements, Canada's forgotten people in the twentieth century, Metis politics; Metis land and treaty rights, and the Powley case.
AP/ANTH 3030 3.00 Discourses of Colonialism: This course explores the cultural and political significance of colonial discourse in the past and in the present, including an examination of the construction of Euro-American forms of knowledge about other peoples and how these understandings continue to shape global relations of power.
AP/ANTH 3420 3.00 Indigenous Minorities and Human Rights: This course focuses on how nation states define majorities and minorities, and how such definitions are contested by populations striving for cultural, political and human rights. Questions include: How do people get classified as indigenous or aboriginal? How has globalization enhanced awareness of human rights?
AP/ANTH 3510 3.00 Indigenous Peoples and Archaeology: From Conflict to Coalition: This course examines the changing relationship of Indigenous peoples and archaeology. Previously marked by conflict, but now by cooperation, this relationship is improving as artifacts and ancestors are repatriated, and as archaeologist focus on the lived experiences of past people.
AP/HIST 4508 6.00 Cultures And Colonialism: Canada, 1600-1900: This course explores issues of contact and colonialism in Canadian history from 1600 - 1900. Themes may include the shifting practices of European imperialism; new cultural forms created by First Nations-European contact; changing economic systems; and patterns of state formation.
AP/HIST 4753 6.00 Christianities and Indigenous Civilizations in Colonial Latin America: This seminar explores the establishment of Christianity among the Indigenous peoples of colonial Latin America, with a primary focus on Mexico and Peru.
AP/POLS 4102 3.00 Aboriginal Politics: An examination of critical issues in Aboriginal Peoples' relationships with the state, society and economy in Canada including colonialism; the tensions between Aboriginal self-determination and public policies on self-government; and the place of indigenous difference within the social and constitutional fabric of Canada.
AP/SOCI 4420 6.00 Contemporary Social Issues of North American Native Peoples: This course explores contemporary North American Aboriginal issues, organizing them in relation to theoretical and substantive areas in sociology, such as the psychology of the self, social movements, environmental sociology and the sociologies of religion, the family and education.
AP/SOSC 3921 6.00 Indigenous Health and Healing: Interdisciplinary and Traditional Dialogues: This course takes an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted approach to topics related to health issues and illnesses affecting Indigenous cultures and a comparison of approaches to healing and wellness (both traditional and non-traditional).
AS/SOSC 4351 6.00 Indigenous Peoples and Law: (open only to REI students who are taking the Law and Society certificate or are doing a double major with Law and Society) This course examines traditional foundations of aboriginal law, the impact of colonization on Indigenous systems of law, and current socio-legal issues in Indigenous communities.
AP/SOWK 4270 3.00: Canadian Indian Policy And Social Welfare: Historical And Contemporary Contexts: Provides an introductory background to the historical and contemporary factors which directly influence the context of social welfare and social work practice in First Nations' communities in Canada, with a special emphasis on those in Ontario.
ED/EDUC 2200 3.00 Issues in Indigenous Education.: This course explores wide-ranging issues in Indigenous education. It is grounded in Indigenous understandings and practices of education. It explores the ongoing impact of colonization, promotes decolonizing approaches by challenging deficit thinking and presents successful educational models with the possibility of practitioners integrating aspects of these methods into personal practice.
ENVS 3170 3.00 Indigenous Environmental Thought: This coursewill explore various traditional Aboriginal processes of "coming to know" the environment. Students will be guided through an examination of these Aboriginal relationships, as they existed traditionally, through times of critical change, and into the present. The underlying theme of this course will focus on individual, regional, and national ways of "being and becoming" environmentally responsible moving outwards towards a Global responsibility. Prerequisite: Third or fourth year standing, or permission of the instructor.
FA FACS 3900 M 3.00 Arts and Cultures: Indigenous Cultures: Focuses on issues of post-coloniality and art from two specific cultural contexts of aboriginal or indigenous peoples that are of North American First Nations cultures and Aboriginal peoples of Australia. We will take a close look at the uses and abuses of traditional art, culture and ritual as well as their more modern reformations and appropriations in the global community. Participation may include field trips to museums, art galleries, dance and music performances, cinemas or theatres. Prerequisites: FA/ FACS 1900 6.00 and 3rd year standing or permission of the course director
FA FILM 4710 6.00 First Nations in Film and Television: Investigates the role of First Nations in film and television culture, from the perspective of post-colonial theory and contemporary media theory. Includes international work, made from the 19th century to the present, and produced by both indigenous and non-indigenous artists. Prerequisite: 2000 level film studies course or permission of the instructor.
FA/VISA 2750 6.00 Art of North America before 1900: Surveys North American art from earliest creative activity until the late 19th century, beginning with Indigenous cultures and moving to issues arising in colonial contexts of conquest, colonization and the construction of national identities in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Open to Non-Majors
FA/VISA 3350A Representation of Indigenous North Americans in Art & Popular Visual Culture: Offers an exploration of images of Indigenous North Americans in art and popular culture from Medieval visual precedents such as the Wildman until the present. Indigenous responses to these representations will sometimes be explored through the work of contemporary artists. Open to Non-Majors. 3rd or 4th year standing.
FA/VISA 3350C History of Indigenous North American Art: Surveys the Indigenous art of North America from the earliest known forms of visual expression to the present. Art works are considered within larger cultural and political contexts, including the impact of (and resistance to) colonialism. Problems of historical knowledge are also introduced, raising questions about representation in contexts such as the museum, historical texts and Indigenous oral traditions.
FA/VISA 3350 D Contemporary Aboriginal Art of North America: Offers a survey on the artistic traditions of the woodlands and eastern Canada enhances an understanding of the artistic expression of this region and provides a foundation for an appreciation of contemporary issues such as appropriation, personal and cultural identity. The contemporary North American native art is created, disseminated and exhibited is explored. Historical regional and contemporary styles as well as the work of individual artists are also examined. Prerequisite: A 2000-level survey course in art history or permission of the course director.
FA/VISA 3750 3.00 Arts of Colonial America: Offers a one semester lecture course dealing with the histories of visual arts in Canada, the United States and Mexico from European conquest to the 19th century. It explores a wide range of arts from these countries in the context of conquest, colonization, revolution, expansion, race and ethnicity, gender, and the search for national identity. Prerequisite: Third-year standing. Open to non-majors.
FA/VISA 4351D 3.00 Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Art of North America: Explores important and timely issues in contemporary Indigeneous art of North America. Seminars proceed through in-depth critical discussion of key readings in each area and the presentation and analysis of research. Prerequisite: 3rd or 4th year standing. Open to nonmajors.
FA/VISA 4800I 3.00 Art of the Arctic: This course examines various contemporary, modern and traditional Inuit and First Peoples' creative practices of the northern circumpolar region including video, new media and television, sculpture, printmaking, material culture and oral tradition.
GL/SOSC 2630 3.00 First Nations of Canada: Perspectives on Inuit and Indian communities of Canada; cultural and linguistic diversity; traditional economic and social organization; religion and art; the impact of Western society; contemporary strategies for survival.

Diaspora Studies

AP/REI 2350 6.00 Chinese Communities in Canada: Examines Chinese immigration and settlement, family and social life, culture and communities. The course also explores Chinese communities with regard to ethnicity, gender, class, dialect and geographical location, as well as the impact of Canadian institutional policies and practices.
AP/REI 3370 AP/GL/WMST3801 6.00 Immigrant Women in Canada: Examines the historic, socio-economic and cultural situation of immigrant women in Canada; it analyzes the economy, the state and dominant cultural attitudes in terms of gender, class and race. Women's roles are explored mainly in areas of work, family, health, culture and politics.
AP/REI 3580 6.00 Ethnic Communities in Canada: The cultures of dominant and minority ethnic groups in Canada; leadership, institutions, evolution of ethnic identity and Canadian policies and experiences regarding immigration and refugees. Special attention to the problems at school and work of recent immigrants in Metropolitan Toronto.
AP/REI 3604 6.00 Racism and Culture: An approach to racism and resistance in relation to cultural theory, with application to literature and film and to popular forms such as television, newspapers, advertising and popular music. The course focuses on power relations involving gender, sexuality, 'race' and social class. Course credit exclusions: AK/SOCI 3890E 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 1995-1996), AK/SOCI 3640E 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2004-2005).
AP/REI 3605 6.00 Race and Diversity in the Schools: Identifies and explains stereotyping, discrimination and institutionalized racism in the public school system. Linkages of racism to class, gender, language, religious difference and other forms of diversity are analyzed and strategies for achieving social equity are explored.
AP/REI 4701 6.00 Contesting Racial and Colonial Violence: The course critically analyzes representations of racial and colonial violence in scholarly and creative literature and media. It also examines how survivors and witnesses contest the effects of racism and colonialism through representation. Pre-requisite: AK/SOSC 2100 Critical Studies in Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity
AP/HUMA 3305 3.00/REI 3305 3.00: The Calypso and Caribbean Oral Literature: This course examines developments in the calypso between 1922 and 1992, including changes in its form, function, and content. The course also explores calypso for commentaries on nationhood, community, relations in a multi-ethnic society and issues of sexuality and gender relations.
AP/REI 3317 6.00 Black Writers and Their Worlds: This course primarily concerns itself with African American and African Canadian literature, both as it reflects these cultures and as it responds to the dominant cultures, their literary traditions and their racism.
AP/HUMA 3320 6.00/ AP/REI 3320 6.00: Caribbean Thought: A Post-colonial Perspective: By focusing on influential post-colonial theorists, this course examines 20th century attempts to rethink the Western humanistic tradition from the point of view of colonized and formerly colonized peoples.
AP/HUMA 3510 6.00/AP/REI 3520 6.00: Religion, Gender and Korean Culture: This course explores the interactions of religion and gender from the traditional to the modern period in Korea, and relates this material to the general process of cultural development.
AP/HUMA/CDNS/REI 3660 3.00/6.00 African Canadian Voices: Examines the diversity of African-Canadian artistic production, literature in particular, but also film and visual art, seeking to develop theoretical and critical frameworks in which to situate contemporary work within Canadian, as well as the African Diasporic discourse.
AP/HUMA/CDNS/REI 3661 3.00/6.00 Studies in African American Art and Theatre: History And Memory: Explores how certain African American visual artist and dramatists interpret historical experience. Raises theoretical questions of representation, visualization, inter-texuality, interdisciplinary, and politics and the aesthetics of portrayal, focusing on the work of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, August Wilson and Adrienne Kennedy.
AP/HUMA 3815 6.00/ REI 3815 6.00: Aspects of Islamic Thought: This course introduces students to some of the major aspects of classical Islamic thought. Based on primary sources, the course explores the writings of leading figures in Islamic theology, jurisprudence, Qur'anic exegesis, mysticism and philosophy. Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HUMA 3815 6.00.
AP/HUMA 3802 3.00/ AP/REI Sikh History and Thought: Development and Interpretation: This course introduces Sikh religion by exploring its main historical developments and religious-philosophical teachings. To understand these historical and religious discourses within their broader social settings a number of themes and contexts are explored: scripture, interpretation, gender, colonialism and diaspora.
AP/SOCI/REI 3350 6.00 Muslim Diasporas in the West: Examines the experience of immigrants and refugees from countries of Islamic culture in Canada and other countries in the West, with particular attention to host country policies and practices as well as issues of ethnicity, religion, class, gender and cultural change.
AP/SOCI/REI 3610 6.00 Global Migration and Diaspora Culture: Migration and diaspora cultures examined in historical and comparative perspective, including patterns of forced displacement and migrant labour, and issues of citizenship, racism, religious and ethnic identity. Cases may include Jews, Africans, South and East Africans, Irish, Italians, and Caribbean peoples.
AP/SOCI/REI 3620 6.00 Racism and Colonialism: This course examines racial conflict and politics, and is broadly comparative. Classes are divided into two parts. In the first part, we look at the history of colonialism and efforts to explain social and economic problems in poor countries. The second part of the course deals with contemporary problems, including racial profiling and immigration issues, and links between racism, sexism, and sexual politics. Imaginative works, such as novels and film, are included in the course
AP/SOCI/REI 3645 6.00 Women, Racism and 'Race': Women, racism and 'race' discussed in institutional contexts such as schools, the workplace, the criminal justice and healthcare systems, popular culture and immigration.
AP/SOCI/REI 3680 6.00 Racism in Canada: In this course, participants will learn about racial discrimination as it is articulated within Canadian institutions. Efforts to affirm principles of equity within these institutions will also be looked at. Among institutions that may be discussed are government departments (e.g. immigration), profit-making businesses, unions, schools, media, social services, the police and the criminal justice system.
AP/SOCI/REI 4040 6.00 Jewish Communities: An examination of Jewish communities in a variety of historical and contemporary settings, including immigration experience, family life, culture and identity.
AP/SOCI/POLS/REI 4050 6.00 African Communities in the Americas: Explores the dynamics of slavery & emancipation throughout the Americas and compares the interactions which created an African Diaspora in the Caribbean, Latin America, as well as North America.
AP/WMST 4509/AP/REI 4509 3.00: Anti-Racist Feminism: The course explores the historical context in which anti-racist feminist thought emerged, as well as its central tenets, with a particular focus on the argument that Western societies are constituted through a politics of racewhich differentially positions women.
AP/EN 3410 3.00 Caribbean Literature: Examines Caribbean literature in English. The course explores how colonialism, post-colonialism and the lived experiences of the Caribbean people have shaped the novel, short story, poetry and drama.
AP/HIST 3582 6.00 Italian Canadian History: The course will examine the experience of Canada's fourth largest ethnic group. Starting with the Italian presence in Canada during the colonial period, it will trace the changing nature of immigration and the evolution of an ethnic community from the 19th century to the present. Examination of Italians in Canada will be complemented both by local studies (focusing especially in Toronto) and by a general comparative perspective dealing with Italian immigration world-wide.
AP/HIST 3581 6.00 Immigrant Experience in Canada: This course examines government policy, public attitudes and the immigrant life in Canada before and after the Second World War, as well as the refugee question and multiculturalism.
AK/HIST 4210 6.00 Research Seminar in North American Immigration and Ethnic History: The seminar combines an intensive study of immigration and ethnic history in North America with primary-based research in the field. European, Asian and Black experiences are examined from the colonial period to the present, and in contexts that range from the local to international.
AP/HIS 4385 6.00 History And Culture Of The Jews In Eastern Europe: This course begins with the medieval origins of the Jewish community of Poland-Lithuania and follows its history into the 20th century, focusing on the Jews in the Tsarist and Habsburg Empires and their successor states.
AP/SOWK 2050 6.00 Identity, Diversity and Anti-Oppressive Practice: Focuses on our diverse identities and the role of language, discourse and culture as a way of understanding ourselves. The role of systemic inequalities, especially experiences of oppression and privilege, is explored in relation to social work practice.
AP/SOWK 4130 3.00 Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees: This course analyzes Canadian immigration policy and demographics, explores experiences of refugees and immigrants and exposes students to practice skills and knowledge required for work with these populations.
AP/GL/WMST 3536 3.00 Queer Cultures: This course explores the history of the Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement and the resultant political emergence of queer cultures in North America. It addresses current debates within queer cultures, using a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to explore issues around sexualities
AP/GL/WMST 3538 3.00 Black Feminist Thought: This course focuses on how black women and black feminist thought have challenged and refined our understanding of race and gender in the Caribbean, United States and Canada.
AP/GL/WMST 3539 6.00 Asian Women: This course aims at broadening students' worldview to understand Asian women's issues from a multidisciplinary point of view. The issues, situations, experiences and activism of Asian groups in their countries of origin and in North America will be examined.

Globalization and Migration Studies

AP/REI 2000/GEOG 2310 6.00 Introduction to Refugee and Migration Studies: Introduces the main concepts and issues in contemporary migration studies. It is a survey course, employing an historical and international perspective. Case studies of Canadian immigrants from various parts of the world are used to illustrate theoretical concepts and to promote understanding of the contextual nature of contemporary migration processes.
AP/REI 3745 6.00 Work and Employment in the Global Economy: Politics of global economic relations and the evolution of international division of labour. Includes roles played by multinational corporations and international institutions such as World Bank, IMF and WTO; forms of economic integration in EU and NAFTA; and impact of globalization on national governments and citizen rights.
AP/REI 3475 3.00 English-Speaking Caribbean: Development and Underdevelopment: Examines the nature of politics in the region as a whole and in specific countries. Focuses upon the region's historical economic dependence upon metropolitan countries and the emergence of new political forces and institutions in response to changes in its socio-economic structure.
AP/REI 3510 6.00 Globalization: Wealth, Poverty and the New World Order: Examines the dynamics of the currently ascendent system of global capitalism, the roots of contemporary underdevelopment, and the prospects for social/political/economic development or decline in various parts of the world, including Canada. Prerequisites: A 1000-level social science course and either a 1000-level humanities or modes of reasoning course
AP/REI 3562 6.00 Health, Culture and 'Race': Examines concepts of health, culture, and "race" from a cross cultural perspective. Health care institutions are analyzed from historical, socio-cultural and political economic perspectives, with an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to "race" and racism.
AP/HUMA/REI 3482 6.00 Islam Through The Ages: Examines and analyzes the critical social, legal, economic, political and philosophical issues related to Islam and Islamic societies; discusses their relevance to current developments in Muslim countries.
AP/POLS/REI 3260 3.00 War and Peace in the Middle East: A study of the relations between Israel and its contiguous neighbours, including the historical origins of the current stalemate and an assessment of the various approaches to peacemaking in the area.
AP/POLS/REI 3561 6.00 Racism and the Law: Theories of law applied to the sociology of racism. Topics include history of law and the political economy of racism; reproductions of class, race and gender; promises and prospects of legal remedies; local/global and private/public controls.
AK/POLS 4240/REI 4760 6.00 Nationalism and Citizenship in Canada: Analyzes ideologies of nationalism and comparatively examines their role in state formation, especially in citizenship and immigration policies. Further examines the formation of interlocking identities of nation, ethnicity
AP/POLS 4430/REI 4060 6.00 Colonialism and Development: A comparative introduction, at the more advanced level, to social struggle and change in countries subject to colonial domination, with particular attention to cultural issues and to forms of contestation involving 'race' and racism, sexuality and gender, and social class.
AP/SOSC/REI 3575 6.00 Popular Cultures, East and West: Encourages international students to understand and analyze the Canadian cultural scene while validating their own cultural backgrounds, and exposes Canadian students to critical appreciation of East Asian and Asian cultures.
AP/SOCI/REI 3624 6.00 Canadian Immigration Policy and Settlement: Explores the role of the Canadian state in the economy through its policies and programs in the areas of immigration and settlement. Barriers and positive initiatives will be discussed. A comparative perspective will be incorporated.
AP/SOCI/REI 4080 6.00 Gender, Culture and Society in the Middle East: Culture and social change in the Middle East, with focus on the politics of religion, gender and identity, both within and beyond the region's borders. Case studies may include such countries as Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and Turkey.
AP/ANTH 3220 6.00 Greed. Globalization and the Gift: The Culture of Capitalism: This course examines capitalist enterprise historically and ethnographically. It focuses upon forms of corporate capitalism; the historic spread of capitalism and the world system; globalization; and the failure of neo-liberal development to deliver economic prosperity.
AP/ANTH 3400 6.00 Altering States: Citizenship and Civil Society in a Globalizing World: The idea of civil society has stirred social imaginations and political aspirations across the globe in recent years. This course analyzes those contexts where debates over civil society, citizenship, power and the state are located and contested.
AP/ANTH 4240 3.00 Global Environments, Livelihoods and Social Justice: This course provides an anthropological perspective on the cultural politics of environment and development. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from diverse geographical contexts, the course examines the cultural practices, ideologies and discourses that inform environmental struggles and affect the livelihoods of marginal peoples across the globe.
AP/GEOG 4070 6.00 Gender Population and Migration: Examines the characteristics and distribution of human population across the globe, paying special attention to the factors responsible for the spatial variations in mortality, fertility, and migration patterns, as well as the relationships between population and the global crises of environmental sustainability, poverty, economic inequality, and the suppression of women.
AK/HIST 3960 6.00 Globalization in History: Examines relations between history and globalization on two levels, (1) constructing narratives of world history that include all cultures, and (2) controversies surrounding conceptualizing such histories. Examines relations between history and globalization on two levels, (1) constructing narratives of world history that include all cultures, and (2) controversies surrounding conceptualizing such histories.
AK/SOWK 4450 3.00 International Social Work: Examines the context of international social work from an anti-imperialist perspective and provides an understanding of issues for practice.
AK AS/GL/WMST 3524 3.00 Colonialism and Gender in Black Africa: Through its "civilizing" mission, colonization contributed to the development of gender relations in African societies, among other things. In this sense, this course deals with the social relations of gender in colonial and post-colonial Africa.
AK/AS/GL/WMST 3540 6.00 Globalization And Women's Health: Globalization and the spread of Western free market economies have significantly impacted women's health around the world. This course examines within a comparative, international framework the impact of globalization on women's health, women's access to health care services, and women's health activism.
AK/AS/GL/WMST 4506 3.00 Colonialisms and Women's History: This course draws on recent feminist studies to examine the history of the relations of race, gender and sexuality forged in selected contexts of European occupation and conquest and on the related re-shapings of Western understandings of race, class and gender.
AK/AS/GL/WMST 4802 3.00 Gender and International Relations: This course explores theoretical and empirical issues raised by the consideration of gender in international relations (IR). We examine theoretical concerns raised by feminists and feminist IR scholars, and issues including: gender and the environment, militarism, international political economy and human rights.