Fall 2008 courses that will address poverty:

BL 260-51, Biological Consequences of Poverty (Lissemore)

EC 201-60, III/Arrupe, Principles of Economics (Soper)
EC 321-51 Labor and Human Resource Development(Simmons)
EC 405-51, CS, Justice & the Economy (Schubeck and Cima)

FYS: Human Rights and Social Justice (Coordinator: Berg)
FYS: Poverty and Social Justice (Coordinator: Rosenthal)

How can college students address issues of poverty and class stratification in America? What is the role of the academic classroom when celebrities and the corporate rich monopolize media attention, while the poor become visible only during devastating hurricanes, levee breaks, or other crises? How can students and professors make sense of the overlapping discourses of poverty? For example, we have “the deserving poor” and “the welfare mom.” What’s the difference between “absolute poverty” and “relative poverty”? We also need to make sense of the many sound bites: “welfare to work,” “basic human needs,” “us verses them,” and pop culture glamorization of ghetto cool. In what ways does talking about poverty construct or reinforce the average college student’s middle-class identity? And at John Carroll University, does talking about poverty and solidarity necessarily imply cross-racial affiliation? How can the study of poverty enhance a student’s understanding of social justice? This learning community based on the theme of poverty and solidarity will provide opportunities for students to think deeply and creatively about poverty in the Cleveland area. With professors from different disciplines aligned around this vexing social ill, we aim to derive a variety of approaches and perspectives on poverty.

RL 466-51, CS, Justice & the Economy (Schubeck and Cima)

SC 101, all sections, D/III Intro to Sociology
SC 201-51, D, Social Problems (Eslinger)
SC 240-51, Criminology (Clark)
SC 255-51, D, Prejudice and Discrimination (Vaquera)
SC 275-1, Family Violence (Rumenik)
SC 340-1, Juvenile Delinquency (Nicolino)
SC 360-51, Urban Society (Eslinger)
SC 385-51, D, Poverty & Welfare in the US (Harris)

PS 261-51 and 52, Child Development (Young)

Spring 2008 courses that will address poverty:

AR 295-51, Life at the Poverty Line, MWF 1:00 - 1:50 (Young) Students who take this course will be given special consideration when applying for a Poverty and Solidarity Summer Internship.

Course Description: According to data provided by the U.N. Millennium Project, more than one billion of the world's population lives on less than one dollar a day. An additional 1.7 billion are struggling to survive on less than two dollars per day. This seminar style course addresses the causal factors linked to prolonged and systemic poverty, as well as the impact of poverty on individuals and institutions. The ideological foundations for concepts such as 'solidarity with the poor', 'preferential option for the poor', and distributive justice will be examined. Students should expect to combine lecture, course readings, discussion, and film as methods of gaining insight into domestic and global poverty.

AR 290-51, Cultivating Community (Finucane)

EC 315-51, Environmental Economics (Welki)

ED 253-1 (H/W) and 51 (W), School and Society
ED 405C-1, Adolescent Education Seminar (Kelly)
ED 405D-1, Multi-Age Education Seminar (Kelly)
ED 427-1 Adolescent Education Special Topics (Kelly)

EN 472-51, Studies in African American Literature (Roark)

IC 370-51, D/II/L/R/W, Hispanic Women Writers (Gatto)

PH 216-51, Physics II (Lacueva)

PL 101-54 RL and 57, V, Introduction to Philosophy (Ortega)

PO 305-51, D/III, Sex, Gender and Politics (Bowen)

RL 101-53 and 54, CS/V, Introduction to Religious Studies (Schubeck)
RL 205-51 and 52, CS/S/V, Introduction to New Testament (McGinn)
RL 399A-51, V, Bioethics in the Public Square (Lauritzen)
RL 489-51, D, The New Testament & Social Justice (McGinn)
RL 569-1, Justice in Love, Sex, and Violence (Schubeck)

SC 111–51, Introduction to Social Justice (Lipold)
SC 330-51, Social Stratification (DeZolt)
SC 380-51, W, Environmental Justice Movements (Wiedenhoft)