Abstract
Race and Ethnic Relations is an online course that has earned Quality Matters (QM) certification (June 2022) at Northeastern Illinois University. It examines U.S. race and ethnic relations through a critical sociological and intersectional lens. The course begins by exploring foundational ideas, concepts, and theories in race and ethnic relations,...
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Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Racial and Ethnic Relations, Teaching and Learning in Sociology
- Resource Type(s):
- Syllabus
- Class Size(s):
- Any
Usage Notes
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
Race and Ethnic Relations is an engaged learning experience and open to majors and non-majors. Along with sociology majors and minors, student majors are diverse, and have included undergraduate students majoring in biology, justice studies, communications, global studies, and education as well as...
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Learning Goals and Assessments
Learning Goal(s):
- Define and correctly apply sociological terminology as it relates to the study of race, ethnicity, racism, and racial inequality.
- Explain the development of race, ethnicity, and race relations over time in the United States.
- Identify forms of discrimination experienced by immigrants, black, indigenous and people of color across time in the United States.
- Differentiate between individual, institutional, and structural theories of racism used to analyze and explain racial and ethnic inequality.
- Identify how gender, class, sexuality, citizenship status, and phenotype intersect with race and ethnicity to shape experiences.
- Propose policies and collective actions that work toward racial justice.
- Apply a critical sociological lens to evaluate the role of race, ethnicity, and racism in the United States through course assignments.
Goal Assessment(s):
- Weekly online quizzes
- Five online discussion forums (with rubrics)
- One Paper/Video/Audio (PVA) assignment (with rubric)
- Two exams (short essay and short answer)
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