EDUCATION ACROSS THE AMERICAS: EMPIRE, CAPITALISM, AND RESISTANCE
Examines educational inequality across the Americas through the lens of imperialism, different forms of colonialism, and capitalism. By exploring the logics and actions of different education stakeholders, critically examine how educational policy across the hemisphere has a shared history of oppression and contestation.
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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Draw from different sources to evaluate the transnational contexts of education policy and pose relevant questions about hemispheric educational issues Audience: Undergraduate 2. Use clear understandings of terms such as imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, racism, and transnationalism to explain unequal educational processes Audience: Undergraduate 3. Formulate and communicate research-based arguments on topics in education policy using academic literature, including primary and secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate 4. Produce expository and argumentative texts and draw from this work to produce a podcast Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Draw from different sources to evaluate the transnational contexts of education policy and pose relevant questions about hemispheric educational issues Audience: Undergraduate 2. Use clear understandings of terms such as imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, racism, and transnationalism to explain unequal educational processes Audience: Undergraduate 3. Formulate and communicate research-based arguments on topics in education policy using academic literature, including primary and secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate 4. Produce expository and argumentative texts and draw from this work to produce a podcast Audience: Undergraduate
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- EDUCATION ACROSS THE AMERICAS: EMPIRE, CAPITALISM, AND RESISTANCE · 3 credits.