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Course Info for CACT - 101 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 1931 Title: Envisioning Social Change Department: Comm Learning Program
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, HHN - 105 Instructor(s): Wong, Jia-Hui Stefanie
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets First Yr Sem & Wellness: Civic & Environ Eng
Course Description:
How do different community organizations (neighborhood groups, non-profit advocates, unions, government agencies, social entrepreneurs, philanthropies, etc.) envision social change? What strategies for change do we find across the City of Hartford? How can Trinity students cultivate and engage in meaningful partnerships to promote social change? Students will investigate these and related questions through readings on community action and social impact, hands-on research and interviews with community stakeholders in Hartford, and the design of collaborative social action projects around a core theme (to be implemented in the spring semester). Students will think critically and reflexively about the root causes of social problems, the ways that power and privilege shape social change work, and how their biographies shape their understanding of and engagement with Hartford.