These 1 credit hour elective courses, provides students with opportunities to converse on specific diversity and social justice topic areas offered as separate sections under the course heading. Each section uses a structured dialogue format to explore intergroup and intragroup differences and similarities within historical and contemporary contexts. Specific focus will be on participants sharing their experiences and perspectives related to the specific dialogue topic. The dialogue format uses active learning exercises in addition to weekly readings, journal assignments, and topic based dialogues. Current course topics available: Being White in a Multicultural Society, Exploring Disability, 2 Race/Ethnicity dialogues, Exploring sexual identity, Resisting Marginalization, Conservative/Liberal Dialogue and Exploring Socioeconomic Class. Course descriptions available at http://go.illinois.edu/EPSY203.
May be repeated in the same term to a maximum of 2 hours. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours. Students can directly enroll in one section. If a student wants two sections they should email jlandrum@illinois.edu to provide UIN for departmental duplicate override.
