2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

SSC 100 Education and Justice

3 hours 

This course examines the relationship of education to questions of justice as fairness in the U.S. It explores the historical, social, political, economic, and cultural contexts in which young people receive their schooling and analyzes the nature, causes, and effects of educational inequality. In the process of studying these issues, students will reflect on their own educational experiences and gain an understanding of the processes and expectations of college.

Credits

3

Notes

This course is restricted to SEEK students only. This course satisfies the John Jay College Option: Justice and the Individual (100-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.