EPSY 203 Social Issues Dialogue Courses Now Open

Seats are now available to all undergraduate students seeking 1-credit hour courses on various intergroup relations dialogue topics. These courses are highly interactive and encourage students to think and discuss challenging social issues with each other to promote collaborative sense-making and learning.

Beginning the week of October 18, 2021, until December 8, 2021, students meet once a week to view and discuss video clips, participate in structured exercises, and talk with each other about issues related to social identity, social change & social justice.

Dialogue courses being offered this semester include:
• Conservative/Liberal Dialogue: Mondays 3:00-4:50 pm CRN 52690
• Exploring Gender: Cisgender/Transgender Dialogue, Tuesdays 3:00-4:50 pm CRN 52695
• Race/Ethnicity Dialogue: Mondays, 3:00-4:50 pm, CRN 52688, section AD1
• Race/Ethnicity Dialogue: Wednesdays, 3:00-4:50 PM, CRN 52689, section AD2
• Resisting Marginalization, A: (figuring out ways to promote fairness and social justice) Tuesdays, 5:00-6:50 pm CRN 71271
• Resisting Marginalization, B: (figuring out ways to promote fairness and social justice) Wednesdays, 5:00-6:50 pm CRN 69866

These are great courses where students will develop skills for listening deeply, critical thinking, asking useful questions, and working with each other to understand difficult, complex issues and problems.

This opportunity is offered by Diversity and Social Justice Education and the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations (OIIR). Please let us know if there are any questions or you need more information. Contact: Teryl Brewster: 217-244-0200