Curriculum
Learner-centered curriculum – Students will benefit from an innovative curriculum focused on engaging the community and working with faculty on interdisciplinary research. Such a curriculum not only brings university expertise to real-world community problems, but it will also creates engaged interdisciplinary research teams of faculty and graduate students tied together by a common social concern. The curriculum will also be enhanced by the infusion of virtual lectures via videoconferencing from scholars, attorneys, activists, government officials, and others from around the world.
Problem-based and community-embedded seminars – Problem-based seminars will examine current problems in social justice and human rights from different theoretical perspectives in team-taught interdisciplinary seminars. Community-embedded seminars will combine classroom instruction with student placement in local agencies during the semester. These seminars will bring much-needed applied knowledge to the seminar classroom and also benefit the community.
Grant writing and development – All students in this program will be required to successfully complete a course in grant writing and development in their second year. By then the students should be prepared with the research and management skills to write successful proposals and they will be required to complete a grant proposal as part of this course.
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