- All Classes are Subject to Enrollment
May 27 – July 3 (6 weeks)
Intro to Childhood Studies 50:163:101 (3 credits)
Section E1; Online
Instructor: E Feinman
This course examines various ways that childhood has been discussed, researched and understood as a social phenomenon and social institution. Course materials are selected to illustrate how various notions of childhood and “the child” impact cultural understandings regarding the “nature” of children. Historical as well as contemporary research and perspectives are used to address such issues as changing definitions of childhood, changing age norms, the idea of children as social actors, race, gender and social class aspects of children’s experiences, children’s rights and child labor and work in a global context.
Children’s Literacies 50:163:362 (3 credits)
Section E1; Online
Instructor: Elaysel German
This course considers the ways in which “literacy” has expanded beyond learning to read and write. The literate child must negotiate not only traditional textual and visual formats such as picture books, animated television programs and novels, but also websites, hand held devices, and film. Students will learn both the historical contextualization of children’s literacy and be introduced to multi-modal and transmedia texts available to–and at times created by–children and young adults, including websites, iPhone Apps, fan fiction, graphic novels and books in order to gain a deep understanding of the multiple literacies of childhood.
July 7 – August 13 (6 weeks)
Intro to Childhood Studies 50:163:101 (3 credits)
Section R1; Online
Instructor: LaTiana Ridgell
This course examines various ways that childhood has been discussed, researched and understood as a social phenomenon and social institution. Course materials are selected to illustrate how various notions of childhood and “the child” impact cultural understandings regarding the “nature” of children. Historical as well as contemporary research and perspectives are used to address such issues as changing definitions of childhood, changing age norms, the idea of children as social actors, race, gender and social class aspects of children’s experiences, children’s rights and child labor and work in a global context.
Youth Identities 50:163:383 (3 credits)
Section R1; Online
Instructor: Anusha Iyer
This course considers how urban ecologies shape the identities of youth coming of age in cities within the US and across the world and investigates the multiple roles of youth, paying particular attention to how identities are informed by structure of race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. The contexts in which youth identities are examined include neighborhood, school, work, family and peer groups.