Living/Learning Center Programs
The
Integrated Social Sciences Program
(Note: This is a residential TAP program and is open only to
incoming students in the
Integrated Social Sciences Program
Social
Problems and Social Change
The Integrated Social Sciences Program (ISSP) examines important social problems that shape students’ lives from the perspective of various social sciences. Students take five semester-long courses (15 credits) and an optional thesis. Admission is by application. For further information, see the ISSP brochure or contact Professor Ross Thomson, the ISSP Director, at 802-656-0182 or via E-mail: Ross.Thomson@uvm.edu. All ISSP students take the following five courses:
Anthropology 095A Culture and Global
Computer Number 90127 Environmental
Problems
Fall
Environmental degradation is currently one of the
most pressing problems facing humanity.
This course examines the socio-cultural causes and consequences of
environmental degradation around the world, as well as the efforts to solve
these problems. We analyze the
increasing globalization of human/nature interactions and environmental
degradation, and consider how solutions to environmental problems have dealt
(or not dealt) with culturally distinct definitions of nature and social
change.
Requirements satisfied: Non-European Cultures and one Social Sciences course
Meets: Monday,
Wednesday, Friday
Professor Luis Vivanco Contact: 802-656-1184
E-mail: Luis.Vivanco@uvm.edu
ECONOMICS 060 Capitalism and
Computer Number 90342 Human Welfare
Fall
Economic growth and innovation shape our world and
our standard of living. This course
examines theories of economic growth, the historical experience of growth and
innovation that let the
Requirements satisfied:
One Social Sciences course
Meets: Tuesday,
Thursday
Professor Ross Thomson Contact: 802-656-0182
E-mail: Ross.Thomson@uvm.edu
Sociology 032A Social Inequality
Computer Number 91023
Fall
This course is an introduction to structured class
inequality in the
Requirements satisfied: One Social Sciences course
Meets: Tuesday,
Thursday
Professor Moustapha Diouf Contact: 802-656-2141
E-mail: Moustapha.Diouf@uvm.edu
Spring 2005
Economics 153 African Americans
Computer Number
in the
Spring
This course emphasizes economic inequality between
African Americans and white Americans. It
looks first at the historical development of racial economic inequality in the
Requirements satisfied:
Race and Ethnicity in the
Meets: Monday,
Wednesday, Friday
Professor Elaine McCrate Contact: 802-656-0192
E-mail: Elaine.McCrate@uvm.edu
Geography 095 Geography of
Gender
Computer Number
Spring
Geography and the construction of gender are
interrelated processes. This course
explores the myriad ways in which space, place, and
environment are “gendered.” The emphasis is mostly on the built environment,
extending from the home to the city and the nation state. We also examine how space, place and
environment have been used as resistant strategies to create alternative models
of gender relationships.
Requirements satisfied: One Social Sciences course
Meets: Tuesday,
Thursday
Professor Glen Elder Contact: 802-656-2087
E-mail: Glen.Elder@uvm.edu
ISSP Thesis
(optional)
Requirements satisfied: One Social Sciences course
Meets: to be arranged
Various ISSP Professors
How to Apply:
Representatives of the Living/Learning Center will be present during Admitted Student Visit Days in April and during New Student Orientation in June. However, if you know that you are interested in living in the Living/Learning Center and wish to enroll in this class, we encourage you to apply now.
Apply on-line: http://www.uvm.edu/llcenter/programs/onlineap.htm
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