PSYC 4450 Intergroup Relations and Culture: Perspectives from New Orleans to Australia

PSYC 4450 Intergroup Relations and Culture: Perspectives from New Orleans to Australia
Intergroup Relations and Culture: Perspectives from New Orleans to Australia
This course is part of a five-week summer service learning program in which students will spend two weeks in New Orleans and three in Sydney, Australia learning about issues of intergroup relations and cultural diversity as applied to these two regions. The course will explore a history of the cultures and relevant current topics and issues to both places such as issues surrounding immigration, with a focus on the perspectives and experiences of the immigrant. This is a service learning course and in addition to classroom time, 20 hours of time will be spent on service learning projects; several days/afternoons will be spent with community partners in New Orleans and then students will be paired with partners in Western Sydney to work on community service projects for the weeks spent there.
credit hours: 3