The Minor in Public Praxis
Spring 2009
Listed below are courses that count for the Minor in Public Praxis for spring 2009. The Minor in Public Praxis requires 6‐7 courses (18‐21 credits) chosen among the 4 categories underlined below. The Capping course is required, as is the Core course, Social Inequality, with Dr. Bruce Luske. This is not an exhaustive list as other courses may offer a praxis option. Any faculty offering a public work/praxis option who would like your course listed, please contact one of the Project‐keepers. Also see both the Public Praxis brochure (attached) and Praxis Sites listing (attached) or view them on the Public Praxis website (Marist Home page/Search Public Praxis/Click on Public Praxis). Project‐keepers: Mar.Peter‐Raoul@Marist.edu/Bruce.Luske@Marist.edu Public Praxis (3‐6 credits) REST/SOC 320 Public Praxis 1 (interchanged with one course in Category Hum Val & Ch) REST/SOC 325 Public Praxis 11 (Capping course) TBA Public/Global Citizenship (alternative Capping) Human Rights (3 credits) SOC 336 Social Inequality POSC 213 Politics of Human Rights POSC 280 ICONS‐Intl Comm HIST 232 African American History Affluence & Poverty (6 credits) SOC 336 Social Inequality (in either category) PSYC 222 Community Psychology COM 440 Advocacy Journalism CRJU 314 U.S. Urban Cultures POSC260L150 (also CSCCU292L150; HIST 295L150) South African History, Culture, and Politics Human Values & Choice (6 credits) SOC 341 Social Change SENSC 192 ST: Campus Environmental sustainability HONOR 330 Hudson River Vall Stds Hist PHIL 103 World Views and Values (praxis section) POSC 110 American National Government (praxis…) HIST 232 U.S. Women’s History HIST 294 History of the Holocaust POSC 202 Political Process & Environment ARAB/CSPR 292 ST: Images of the Arab in Film ENG 353 Ethnic American Literature REST 208 Judaeo‐Christian Scriptures (The Bible) REST 245 Jesus and Discipleship REST/SOC 219/220 Sociology of Religion “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