SOCY 698 – Health and Human Rights

Special Topic course

Instructor - Ilsa Lottes

Summer Session 2

Meets:  Mondays 6:00 p.m. - 9:10 p.m.

Dates:  07/10/2017 - 08/18/2017

Room:  Public Policy 204

The class will meet in-person on Mondays from 6 pm -9:10 pm in PUP 204. In the last couple decades health professionals around the world have promoted human rights-based approaches to guide health system analysis and health policy. In this course students will learn components of health and human rights programs and understand principles of and links between health and human rights. Students will evaluate health policies and programs from a human rights perspective. Examples of human rights approaches to health will be given in both developed and developing countries. In addition, students will examine the benefits of health and human rights programs as well as the problems and conflicts associated with such programs. This hybrid course requires both classroom and online time; reliable internet access and computer literacy; and the ability to self-manage independent learning assignments according to deadlines. In place of reduced classroom hours, required online work is connected to classroom learning and may include independent mastery assignments, discussion boards, videos with quizzes, writing assignments, and other active learning experiences. Students are responsible for both classroom attendance and completing these out-of-classroom learning experiences by the specified deadlines and in accordance with instructor requirements.

SOCY 204 – Diversity and Pluralism

An analysis of race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexual orientation in society. The goal of the course is to have students understand the sociocultural nature of human identity and diversity. In addition, the course will explore ways of enhancing communication across the boundaries that divide groups in a pluralistic society. Small group discussion of course material will take place throughout the semester.

SESSION 2 6-WEEK:  07/10/2017 - 08/18/2017

TuTh 1:00pm - 4:10pm

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Course ID: 50204

Consent: No Special Consent Required

Components: Lecture

Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)

Instructor: Bryan Ellis

The UMBC McNair Scholars Program has just completed their spring recruitment. Although they have had many highly-qualified applicants, they must extend the application deadline to fulfill the federal requirements. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTENDED DEADLINE APPLICANTS

§ First-generation AND low-income

§ Freshman or Sophomore

§ 2.7 GPA or better

§ U.S. citizen or Permanent resident

§ Desire to pursue doctoral studies in any field of study

§ Deadline for Application: Rolling, until the cohort is complete

IMPORTANT NOTE: They are in need of students who are BOTH first generation college students (meaning the guardian(s) which whom they resided on their 18th birthday has not earned a bachelor's degree or higher), AND are from low-income households (based on the Federal TRIO Programs Current-Year Low-Income Levels which uses taxable income).  

 HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must complete the UMBC McNair Scholars Application by typing their responses, signing, and scanning the application and all required documentation, and then submit it using the following link, https://goo.gl/forms/Do4mD3nx0KHGrVyV2. 

The McNair office (MP 007) will only accept recommendation forms and letters, but they highly suggest that recommenders scan their form and/or submit a letter directly to Michael A. Hunt, Interim Assistant Director,  huntmi1@umbc.edu. 

For extended applications, only TWO recommendations needed. Any other application material delivered to their office will not be considered. 

It’s the responsibility of the applicant to make sure all items are submitted using the online form.  Applicants will only be contacted if all items have been received and if they are offered an interview. 

This handout is to call your attention to just some of the many nationally and internationally recognized and/or celebrated diverse days of observance and religious/ethnic holidays that fall within the month of February 2017. We invite you to share it with the students, staff, and faculty you work with across campus.  For more information, feel free to visit the Diversity Resource Calendar located on the Office of Student Life’s website:http://www.diversityresources.com/aa_gsr/index.php?key=adCaO2Shix6u

Thank you,

Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity & Interfaith Center Staff

National Black History Month 2017 continues through February!

See our attached UMBC calendar of events highlighting what's happening on and off-campus for the remainder of this month!  This calendar is produced by Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity and highlights some of the many events happening this month at UMBC and in the Baltimore/DC Metro Area.  All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.  

If we missed adding your group’s event, just let us know!  Send the details to mosaic@umbc.edu and we’ll be happy to add them on this myUMBC post. (On and off-campus events are welcomed.)

*THIS WEEK'S UPDATES*

Over the last several weeks, various offices and departments across campus have come together to plan a special showing of the movie Hidden Figures on Friday, February 24, 2017 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for free at the CIC. Please encourage faculty, staff, and students in your area to attend the showing. 

I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Film Screening and Conversation

Maurice Wallace, Associate Professor of English and Associate Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia; and Maleda Belilgne, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and English, UMBC

Thursday, February 23, 5:30 p.m., 132 Performing Arts and Humanities Building

The spellbinding 1982 documentary I Heard It Through the Grapevine chronicles James Baldwin's return to the American South two decades after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Directed by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley, this rare film includes Baldwin's conversations with Sterling Brown, Amiri Baraka, and Chinua Achebe on the meaning of racial progress. Maurice Wallace and Maleda Belilgne will lead a conversation on the film's historical importance and Baldwin's continuing significance today.