CURRIC 250

INCARCERATION AND EDUCATION

3 credits.

Investigates how the systems of incarceration and education operate alongside, within, around and through one another. Provides a historical examination of how education and incarceration have interacted. Examines how prisons operate as 'teaching institutions,' what it teaches all of us impacted by it, and what interventions have been designed to facilitate particular kinds of learning. Presents firsthand accounts of those who work and live in the carceral system currently.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the relationship between schooling and incarceration including issues related to discipline, gender, and disability Audience: Undergraduate 2. Articulate and evaluate your understanding of experiences of incarceration including the sources, assumptions, and implications behind your understanding Audience: Undergraduate 3. Synthesize the lived experiences of diverse individuals impacted by incarceration to understand the range of forms learning takes place inside carceral facilities; Audience: Undergraduate 4. Evaluate different policies and practices that operate at the intersections of education and incarceration. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the relationship between schooling and incarceration including issues related to discipline, gender, and disability Audience: Undergraduate 2. Articulate and evaluate your understanding of experiences of incarceration including the sources, assumptions, and implications behind your understanding Audience: Undergraduate 3. Synthesize the lived experiences of diverse individuals impacted by incarceration to understand the range of forms learning takes place inside carceral facilities; Audience: Undergraduate 4. Evaluate different policies and practices that operate at the intersections of education and incarceration. Audience: Undergraduate

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INCARCERATION AND EDUCATION · 3 credits.