Race, Power, and Justice at GU

0-1 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Georgetown’s Pathways to Social Justice (PSJ) common curriculum prepares students to critically analyze historical and contemporary power differentials. A cornerstone of this requirement is the one-credit University Seminar on Race, Power, and Justice at GU ( UNXD 1200 ), which is designed to ensure that every student at Georgetown develops a baseline vocabulary for discussing racial differences and marginalization. Students will be introduced to the university’s history and relation to the city, nation, and world through conversations with experts and exploration of resources across campus and in the Washington, DC region that address issues of race, power, and justice. It will model having constructive conversations on difficult issues and help to provide students with a sense of Georgetown’s diverse community. This seminar will provide the foundation for each student’s engagement with other PSJ-attributed “overlay” courses offered across Georgetown’s Main Campus. Every Georgetown student must take two three-credit PSJ overlay courses before graduation. UNXD 1200 Race, Power, and Justice at GU will meet over six weeks. Enrollment will consist of an in-person or asynchronous lecture paired with an in-person discussion section taken concurrently. All first-year and transfer students will be assigned and pre-enrolled in a live lecture section during the first half of the semester, Mod A OR during the second half of the semester, Mod B. An asynchronous lecture option will be available for each half semester. The discussion sections, each led by a member of the faculty, will engage students in discussing the lecture events and complementary readings. Students should review their in-person lecture assignment in GU Experience. In the event of a scheduling conflict - or simply by preference - students may move their enrollment to the asynchronous lecture section of the same assigned half-semester (Mod A or B). If room capacity is reached in the in-person lecture, students may be enrolled in an overflow lecture section with a synchronous video feed of the live lecture -or- the asynchronous lecture. All students should enroll in a concurrent discussion section in the same half-semester as their assigned lecture section. Any enrollment change must be made before the respective add/drop deadlines for Mod A and B sections. Students should consult with their Advising Deans for general questions. Students may reach Professor Adam Rothman for questions regarding academic expectations and accommodations.