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Course Schedule for EDUCATIONAL STUDIES - Spring 2010
Class
No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
6473 ECON-318-01 Basic Econometrics 1.00 LEC Stater,Mark E. TR: 1:30PM- 2:45PM LIB - 03 Y NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 32
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Economics 101 and Mathematics 107.
  The formulation and estimation of models; topics include a review of basic concepts and results of statistical inference, single equation regression model, functional forms, problems of estimation, and simultaneous equation models. The computer will be used but no experience is necessary.
4387 EDUC-200-01 Analyzing Schools 1.25 LEC Sandler,Jennifer D. W: 1:15PM- 3:55PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 32
  NOTE: Each student must reserve one three-hour block of time in their weekly schedule (anytime between 9am - 3pm weekdays) for a community learning placement in a neighborhood Hartford public school, to be arranged by the instructor during the first week of the course.
  NOTE: Spaces are reserved for the following classes for at least 10-sophomores & 10-first year students
  This course introduces the study of schooling within an interdisciplinary framework. Drawing upon sociology, we investigate the resources, structures, and social contexts which influence student opportunities and outcomes in the United States and other countries. Drawing upon psychology, we contrast theories of learning, both in the abstract and in practice. Drawing upon philosophy, we examine competing educational goals and their underlying assumptions regarding human nature, justice, and democracy. In addition, a community learning component, where students observe and participate in nearby K-12 classrooms for three hours per week, will be integrated with course readings and written assignments.
6599 EDUC-305-01 Immigrants & Education 1.00 LEC Sandler,Jennifer D. T: 6:30PM- 9:00PM TBA  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  A prior course in Educational Studies or International Studies or Permission of Instructor.
  How have schools played a role in the experiences of diverse immigrant communities in the United States? How have immigrants and their children encountered U.S. culture and policies through schools and, trhough the encounters, negotiated their own roles in U.S. culture and society. In this class, we will examine both historical and contemporary efforts by educational institutions to address linguistic, cultural and religious practices, race and academic opportunity in relation to a variety of immigrant communities. The course will include a community learning component in which students will conduct interviews with immigrants who have been involved in U.S. education institutions.
6955 EDUC-307-01 Latinos in Ed: Local Realities 1.00 LEC Dyrness,Andrea M: 1:15PM- 3:55PM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  Prerequisite: EDUC200 or INTS/LACS majors or Hispanic Studies majors or Anthropology majors or Permission of Instructor.
  NOTE: This course is affiliated with the Co-Education Co-Curricular Initiative for 2009-2010. Students enrolled in this course may enroll concurrently in College Course 150 “Co-Education: Past, Present, and Future” for 0.25 or 0.50 credit. Permission of instructor required.
  This course investigates the education of Latinos, the largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States. By examining both the domestic and transnational contexts, we explore these central questions: How do cultural constructions of Latinos (as immigrants and natives, citizens and non-citizens) shape educational policy and teaching practices? What views of citizenship and identity underlie school programs such as bilingual education, as well as Latino responses to them? This course fulfills the related field requirement for Hispanic studies majors. It will also include a community learning component involving a qualitative research project in a Hartford school or community organization.
6954 EDUC-316-01 Educ&Soc Change Across the Glb 1.00 LEC Dyrness,Andrea TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA GLB5  
  Enrollment limited to 25
  Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in a prior Educational Studies or International Studies course, or consent of instructor.
  Through a comparative framework, this course examines the relationship between education and social change in various regions of the world. How do governments use schooling to produce certain kinds of citizens, and how do grassroots movements use education to resist these agendas? What role does education play in promoting democracy versus social and economic inequality? Students will conduct independent research on education in a country of their choice to contribute to the comparative framework.
6667 EDUC-318-01 Special Education 1.00 SEM Foshay,John D. W: 6:30PM- 9:00PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 24
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Educational Studies 200 or Psychology 295 or permission of the instructor.
  How are children labeled (or mislabeled) as having learning and developmental disabilities, autism, or attention deficit disorder? How have definitions and diagnoses of learning disorders changed over time? How does the law seek to ensure the accommodation of the needs of individuals with learning disabilities? Students will critically analyze current research on disorders, examine special education case law and advocacy, and explore issues through community learning placements and interviews with teachers and parents.
7239 EDUC-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
5601 HISP-280-01 Hispanic Hartford 1.00 LEC Remedi,Gustavo A. TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  Prerequisite: Hispanic 221 or 224 or Permission of the Instructor.
  This course seeks to place Trinity students in active and informed dialogue with the Hartford region’s large and diverse set of Spanish-speaking communities. The course will help student recognize and analyze the distinct national histories (e.g. Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Chilean, Honduran, Cuban, Colombian, Mexican) which have contributed to the Hispanic diaspora in the city and the entire northeastern region of the United States. Students will undertake field projects designed to look at the effects of transnational migration on urban culture, institution-building, and identity formation. (Also offered under the Latin American and Caribbean studies concentration of the International Studies Program.)
6015 HIST-299-02 Historiography & Hstrcl Methds 1.00 LEC Pennybacker,Susan D. TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15
  This course open to History majors only.
  A study of the character and range of activities undertaken by historians. Students will critically evaluate the way in which historians treat evidence and draw conclusions. Topics considered will include an introduction of some of the subdisciplines within the field and an examination of a number of important exchanges on matters of substance and method currently under debate among historians.
6962 INTS-235-01 Youth Culture in the Muslim Wo 1.00 SEM Bauer,Janet L. WF: 1:15PM- 2:30PM TBA GLB  
  Enrollment limited to 30
  Increasingly much of the Muslim world is young and with the expansion of media and cyberspace technologies, the circulation of globalized youth culture increasingly challenges taken-for-granted notions in local societies. This course examines the impact of youth and youth culture on personal, social, and political expression in a variety of Muslim communities around the world. We will examine intergenerational struggles over marriage, gender, and sexuality, the renegotiation of religion and morality, and the often 'revolutionary' disputes over conventional politics as conveyed through music, texts, fashion, personal memoirs, and cyberspace blogging.
6373 PHIL-374-01 Minds and Brains 1.00 SEM Lloyd,Dan TR: 8:00AM- 9:15AM TBA NAT  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  The neurosciences have made striking progress in recent years toward understanding the brains of animals and human beings. Through readings in philosophy and science we will consider what contribution this explosion of neuroscientific data can make to our understanding of the mind. (Students enrolling in Philosophy 374-01 must also enroll in Philosophy 371-20L with permission of the instructor).
6733 POLS-241-01 Emp Pol Mthd & Data Anal 1.00 LEC Fotos III,Michael MW: 8:30AM- 9:45AM TBA NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 30
  An introduction to the design and execution of empirical political research involving computer analysis. The course covers the normative and empirical arguments at the foundation of the science of politics and the methods evolving from these arguments, and it trains students in the use of computers and statistical software. Course work includes reading, discussion, and completion of a research project in which the theory learned in class is put into practice. No programming experience required.
5593 PSYC-221-01 Research Design and Analysis 1.25 LEC Dudukovic,Nicole M. MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM TBA NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 29
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 101.
  An intensive study of the methods employed in understanding human and animal behavior as well as an introduction to the problems of psychological data evaluation. Some of the topics included will be the roles of observation, description, bias, hypotheses, theory, and non-reactive research. Consideration will also be given to descriptive techniques, including measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation. Problems will deal with hypothesis testing, group comparisons, frequency comparisons, and analysis of variance. Enrollment in lecture and each laboratory limited.
5595 PSYC-221-20 Research Design and Analysis 1.25 LAB Chapman,Barbara L. M: 1:15PM- 3:55PM LIB - 03 NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 14
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 101.
  An intensive study of the methods employed in understanding human and animal behavior as well as an introduction to the problems of psychological data evaluation. Some of the topics included will be the roles of observation, description, bias, hypotheses, theory, and non-reactive research. Consideration will also be given to descriptive techniques, including measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation. Problems will deal with hypothesis testing, group comparisons, frequency comparisons, and analysis of variance. Enrollment in lecture and each laboratory limited.
5597 PSYC-221-21 Research Design and Analysis 1.25 LAB Chapman,Barbara L. T: 1:30PM- 4:10PM LIB - 02 NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 101.
  An intensive study of the methods employed in understanding human and animal behavior as well as an introduction to the problems of psychological data evaluation. Some of the topics included will be the roles of observation, description, bias, hypotheses, theory, and non-reactive research. Consideration will also be given to descriptive techniques, including measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation. Problems will deal with hypothesis testing, group comparisons, frequency comparisons, and analysis of variance. Enrollment in lecture and each laboratory limited.
6979 PSYC-310-01 Psych of Gender Differences 1.00 SEM Anselmi,Dina L. TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  Not open to first-year students.
  NOTE: Course not open to first-year students.
  This course will examine various theoretical models of male and female development from a psychological perspective. By carefully evaluating the empirical research we will explore the myths of gender to understand how women and men are the same and how they are different. Studies of gender, however, must be understood in relationship to the implicit assumptions that researchers make about human nature. Therefore, we will systematically evaluate the role of conceptual and methodological bias in scientific investigations. The course will include an analysis of some non-traditional methods that have served to challenge our thinking about gender differences and sex roles. In order to gain a broader perspective on issues of gender, we will also examine work traditionally found in other disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, and biology.
7115 PSYC-340-01 Social Cognition 1.00 SEM Boudreau,Louis A. MW: 6:30PM- 7:45PM TBA Y SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  Prerequisite: Psychology 226, Psychology 255 or Psychology 256.
  This advanced course will examine how we make sense of ourselves, of other people, and of our social world, in general. This course will apply the theories used in a variety of areas of cognitive psychology (e.g. attention, memory and decision making) to questions and issues typically examined in social psychology. These questions include: How do we form impressions of others? Why are we attracted to certain people but not others? What kinds of information about people are important to us, and why? How do we explain our behavior; and how do we explain others’ behavior? How do we organize all of this information about individuals and groups into something understandable? How do we form attitudes and stereotypes? Do our moods affect how we behave? Class meetings will include lecture, discussion, debate, and exercises.
6982 PSYC-395-01 Cognitive & Social Dev 1.00 LEC Averna,Susan WF: 2:40PM- 3:55PM TBA Y SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 295.
  This course will explore cognitive and social development within a general developmental framework. It will elaborate and critically evaluate Piaget’s theory of cognition development and examine how research in areas such as memory, perception, intelligence testing, education, language, morality, social cognition, and sex-role development can be related to Piaget’s work.
7099 PSYC-402-01 Sr Sem:Risk and Resilience 1.00 SEM Anselmi,Dina L. T: 1:30PM- 4:10PM TBA Y SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 15
  This course open only to senior psychology majors.
  NOTE: Permission of Instructor is required and can be obtained through the departmental administrative assistants.
  In recent years, psychologists have begun to recognize that negative life experiences such as poverty, parental divorce, and child abuse may not inevitably result in negative developmental outcomes for children. Children can survive and thrive, despite great deprivation. The concepts of risk and resilience provide important models for examining the process by which individuals come to positive developmental adaptations despite the presence of negative, stressful life events. This seminar will focus on the various models that have been proposed to understand the concepts of risk and resilience and the role that both biological and sociocultural factors play in each model. We will examine intervention strategies that have been developed to combat a variety of risk factors. Students should anticipate that special scheduling arrangements will be required for activities outside of regular class sessions.
5211 SOCL-201-01 Resrch Meth in Soc Sci 1.25 LEC Morris,Theresa TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 25
  An introduction to social sciences inquiry, stressing what is common as well as what is different in the techniques and procedures employed in the different disciplines. The course seeks to develop the student’s skill in designing original research and in evaluating the significance of already published research findings. Topics include: the interdependence of theory and research; ways of formulating research problems and hypotheses; the variety of research designs (introducing the ideas of statistical as well as experimental control); and an overview of the major procedures of instrument construction, measurement, data collection, sampling, and data analysis. Required laboratory sessions offer experience in each step of the research process.
5227 SOCL-201-20 Resrch Meth in Soc Sci 1.25 LAB Morris,Theresa T: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 13
  An introduction to social sciences inquiry, stressing what is common as well as what is different in the techniques and procedures employed in the different disciplines. The course seeks to develop the student’s skill in designing original research and in evaluating the significance of already published research findings. Topics include: the interdependence of theory and research; ways of formulating research problems and hypotheses; the variety of research designs (introducing the ideas of statistical as well as experimental control); and an overview of the major procedures of instrument construction, measurement, data collection, sampling, and data analysis. Required laboratory sessions offer experience in each step of the research process.
5229 SOCL-201-21 Resrch Meth in Soc Sci 1.25 LAB Morris,Theresa T: 1:30PM- 2:45PM TBA NUM  
  Enrollment limited to 13
  An introduction to social sciences inquiry, stressing what is common as well as what is different in the techniques and procedures employed in the different disciplines. The course seeks to develop the student’s skill in designing original research and in evaluating the significance of already published research findings. Topics include: the interdependence of theory and research; ways of formulating research problems and hypotheses; the variety of research designs (introducing the ideas of statistical as well as experimental control); and an overview of the major procedures of instrument construction, measurement, data collection, sampling, and data analysis. Required laboratory sessions offer experience in each step of the research process.
7128 SOCL-214-01 Race & Ethnicity 1.00 LEC Johnson,LaShaune P. W: 6:45PM- 9:15PM TBA SOC  
  Enrollment limited to 40
  A cross-national comparison of racial and ethnic differences as sources of conflict and inequality within and between societies. We will also consider the role of race and ethnicity as a basis for group and national solidarity. Topics will include the persistence of ethnic and racial loyalties in regard to language, marital choice, and politics; a comparison of social mobility patterns among various ethnic and racial groups; ethnicity and race as reactionary or revolutionary ideologies; the issues and facts regarding assimilation and pluralism in different societies.
5367 THDN-332-01 Education Through Movement 1.00 LEC Gersten,Kathy B. W: 1:15PM- 3:55PM TC - 156 ART  
  Enrollment limited to 20
  NOTE: Priority will be given to the Theater and Dance and Educational Studies majors.
  NOTE: This course will have a weekly Community Learning Component.
  In this course, students will examine the philosophical and theoretical foundations of arts education in general and movement education in particular. Students will participate in a semester-long movement/arts residency program in a Hartford elementary school with professional artists from the community. This project, which culminates in a large-scale performance piece with the children, gives students an on-site experience of how movement is integrated into an existing public school curriculum.