56:163:501 Professional Seminar in Childhood Studies 1 (3 credits)
Monday/Wednesday, 4:20 – 5:40 p.m.
Building/Room: Artis Building, Room 111
Instructor: Dr. Miller
Part one of a required, two-semester course. This two-semester course provides an overview of paradigms and critical issues in Childhood Studies. Researchers from within the University and around the area present the latest research on children.
56:163:580 Literature and Culture of Childhood (3 credits)
Tuesday, 6 – 8:50 p.m.
Building/Room: Artis Building, Room 111
Instructor: Dr. Jiménez García
This course examines changing concepts of childhood as reflected in a range of literary and cultural texts from a variety of cultures and periods. We consider the representations of children and childhood throughout literature and culture; the impact of the concept of childhood on intellectual and aesthetic traditions; the role of childhood in imagination and memory as well as in actuality; and the notion of childhood as a discursive category useful for understanding human subjectivity and the human condition.
56:163:695 Theories of Childhood Studies (3 credits)
Monday, 6 – 8:50 p.m.
Building/Room: Artis Building, Room 111
Instructor: Dr. Sarada Balagopalan
The development of Childhood Studies has been influenced by a range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. In this seminar we will explore in depth salient theoretical works emerging from diverse disciplines including philosophy, social anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics and development studies. It will include examining the work of mid to late 20th and 21st century authors whose wide theoretical perspectives have had a strong and pervasive influence on the field both in the industrialized and “developing” worlds. Key authors to be studied include Michel Foucault, Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum, Walter Benjamin, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Aihwa Ong, Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Sennett and Judith Butler. This course will include detailed examination and discussion of selected texts and of their impact on the field.
56:163:699 Directed Reading in Childhood Studies (3 credits)
Hours by arrangement with faculty
10 sections to choose from with CS faculty
56:163:700 Doctoral Dissertation
Hours by arrangement with faculty
11 sections to choose from with CS faculty
Each student must complete an original dissertation research project under the supervision of a faculty advisor.
56:163:800 Matriculation Continued (0 credits)
Continuous registration may be accomplished by enrolling for at least three credits in standard course offerings, including research courses, or by enrolling in this course for 0 credits. Students actively engaged in study toward their degree who are using university facilities and faculty time are expected to enroll for the appropriate credits.