The Minor in Public Praxis
SPRING 2011
The Minor in Public Praxis requires 6‐7 courses (18‐21 credits) chosen among the 4 categories italicized below. Capping course required (offered spring 2012). Core course: Social Inequality with Dr. Bruce Luske (offered fall 2011). For other courses that may offer a praxis option, see Project‐keepers or the individual professor. Also see both the Public Praxis brochure and Praxis Sites listing on the Public Praxis website (Marist Home page/Search Public Praxis/Click on Public Praxis). Most courses offer experiential public work; a number of courses not praxis‐
oriented offer, however, a body of knowledge essential for a well informed public citizen. Not more than two such courses can count for the minor; if Public Praxis 1 has been waived, then only one such course can count toward the minor. See Professor Mar for determination. Participation in public praxis projects under the Marist Praxis Project for Public/Global Citizenship, initiated and organized by the Project’s Praxivists for Global Solidarity (see Project‐Keeper) can count for all courses listed for the minor (as approved by course Instructor or Project‐keepers). Project‐keepers:: Mar.Peter‐Raoul@Marist.edu and Bruce.Luske@Marist.edu “The first aim and mission of any institution of education has to be to forge responsible, thoughtful, critical, competent citizens.” Benjamin R. Barber, political theorist Human Rights (3 credits) POSC213L111 Politics of Human Rights – D. Mansbach POSC201L111 Constitution/Bill of Rights – L. Eckert GBST103L111/112 Global Studies and issues – C. Keith Affluence & Poverty (6 credits) ST: REST3394L111 Haiti, Solidarity, Praxis (spring break in Haiti) – M. Peter‐Raoul (w permission) POSC245L111 Politics of Prejudice – J. Myers SOC220L111/200 Social Change – B. Luske POSC101L112/115 Political Issues and Ideas – J. Ali CRJU314L111 U.S. Urban Cultures POSC273L112 International Politics – J. Ali POSC355L111 Politics and History of Middle East – A. Arslanian POSC391L150 Politics, Community Development, and Entrepreneurship – E. Summers Human Values and Choice (6 credits) ST:191L111 Campus Environmental Sustainability – R. Feldman PSYC222L111 Community Psychology – R. Torres PHIL103L200/201 World Views and Values – M. Peter‐Raoul REST208L111 Judaeo‐Christian Scriptures – Br. F. Kelly REST245L111 Jesus and Discipleship – Br. F. Kelly SOC220L111/REST219L111 Sociology of Religion – B. Luske REST209L111/112 World Religions – B. Kiernan/M. Ronconi ENG117L129 College Writing 11 – J. Zeppetello ENG490L111 Independent Writing Project – J. Zeppetello GBST103L111/112 Global Studies and Issues – C. Keith GBST301L111 Global Studies Seminar – C. Keith HIST232L111/112 U.S. Women’s History ‐ S. Dwyer‐McNulty/R. Rosen POSC393L111ST: Gender and the Law – L. Eckert (also American Political Thought) POSC217L111/HIST217L111 Catholics in the U.S. – S. Dwyer‐McNulty HIST325L200 American Feminism – R. Rosen ENG353L200 Ethnic American Literature – R. DeAngeles Public Praxis (6 credits) REST320L111 Public Praxis 1 can be satisfied by any of the above praxis‐oriented courses “Today’s real borders are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and humiliated.” Kofi Annan, former Secretary‐General of the United Nations “We can work together for a better world with men and women of good will, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.” Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate “To me it seems that the fundamental question of our lives, and perhaps of our century, is not the discovery of new knowledge or the development of new technology, but whether or not we can commit ourselves as persons and as a society to love and serve each other. Can we, amidst the ideologies and perplexities of our age, rediscover the human face and soul?” Marc Ellis, One Year at the Catholic Worker