Courses to Consider

In this course, Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Peréz will serve as the locus of examination for exploring various intersectionalities that the Mexican-American icon presents through her public image, music, and performances, and by extension will furthermore highlight other significant Latin[x] figures in the media, both historical and contemporary. Through this critical lens, this seminar also seeks to continually question: What is “Latin[x],” and how does the media affect perceived identities of Hispanic communities in the United States?

Questions? Contact Dr. Sarah Pina | pina@uwp.edu

The Stories That Don’t Get Told

CSP 307

Examines status inequity in the United States. Emphasizes building critical skills, considering historical and socio-economic contexts, questioning assumptions, identifying inconsistencies, asking questions, modifying assertions and formulating responses.

Instructor: Heather Kind-Keppel

General Education course

No Prereqs

General Education Course - Humanities and the Arts
Meets Ethnic Diversity (DV) Requirement

Fabrice Conte-Williamson | contewil@uwp.edu

No Prereqs

General Education Course - Humanities and the Arts
Meets Ethnic Diversity (DV) Requirement
No Textbook Required!

Fabrice Conte-Williamson | contewil@uwp.edu

No Prereqs

General Education Course - Humanities and the Arts
Field trips to theatre productions may be required.
 

Brian Gill | gillb@uwp.edu

No Prereqs |  CBL Designated Course

Team up with the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective project to learn and implement audio storytelling skills. You will work with fellow students to learn the components of podcast production including: interviewing, story development, script writing, interview techniques, remote recording and digital audio recording, editing of sound, mixing, and fi nal production for broadcast.

Your finished podcasts will be shared with the Wisconsin Historical Society as part of their effort to document the Latinx history of Wisconsin. 

Anjuli Brekke | brekke@uwp.edu

Intructor Janamarie Truesdell
No Prereqs

Centered around Francis Glessner Lee’s Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths, this course seeks to challenge your investigative skills through critical thinking and attention to detail. Each day of the week will focus on one of the five manners of death (natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, and undetermined), with presentations from local experts followed by group work with the “Nutshells” themselves. A “life-sized” recreation of one of the “Nutshells” will then be presented for students to put their skills to the test on the final day of class.

Intructor Boro Beau Bosovich
No Prereqs

No Prereqs

Be inspired to be part of positive social change. Examine challenges facing our communities from a variety of perspectives. Volunteer 15 hours at a local nonprofit. Learn from community leaders! 

CBL designated course and gen ed

Questions? Amy Garrigan: garrigan@uwp.edu

No Prereqs

Great music and great stories…this course has it all! ETHN/MUSI 339 Music of the Great Migration will allow you to explore the intersection of history, social movement, and music. Each student is paired with someone who made the GREAT MIGRATION from down south and ended up in Racine or Kenosha. 

Questions? Professor Kinchen: kinchen@uwp.edu

How can we harness GIS (Geographic Information Systems, or computer mapping) to help address the needs of the community? As a community-based learning (CBL) course, we will cover the basics of community-based research as well as the methods of GIS. We will partner with a regional organization (this semester’s partner is the Racine Arts Council) and work together to address their spatial analysis challenges. Gain experience applying your GIS skills in the real world!

INSTRUCTOR Caitlin Curtis

This course explores how archaeologists unravel the mysteries of the human past including:

• How did we find archaeological sites?
• What artifacts do we find and how do we know what they were used for?
• How do we know how ancient people lived and what they were like?

This course will also include hands-on experience with artifacts and bones, as well as training exercises in archaeological methods!

INSTRUCTOR Caitlin Curtis

Surveys the political and social aspects of environmental policy making and how different political decision-making structures respond to various environmental issues.

INSTRUCTOR Ross Astoria

Examines contemporary philosophical works including themes of the meaning of equality, liberty, autonomy, gender, race, and community in contemporary society. Cross-listed with PHIL 307.

INSTRUCTOR Ross Astoria

Examines political party development in the United States; structure, functions, and behavior of parties and pressure groups; responsiveness to the electorate and public opinion; and some theories on the role of parties and interest groups in a democracy.

INSTRUCTOR Michael Hansen

Examines the origins, transmissions, schisms, and evolution of Buddhism.

INSTRUCTOR Kevin Rickman

An examination of the philosophy of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and their contemporaries. 

INSTRUCTOR Jenny Keefe

Student choice of research project and an examination of scholarly research as well as techniques for the development and assessment of philosophical arguments and positions.

INSTRUCTOR  Jenny Keefe

Nonprofits play very important role in this country and many of us may find a temporary or permanent job with nonprofits in the future. Thus it is important to know something about it. This is an introductory course about the nonprofit organization. We will focus on principles and practices of nonprofit organization management. Topics covered include creation of nonprofit organization, sources of income, relationship with government, governance, leadership, human resource, evaluation and best practices.  

This is a designated Community-Based Learning course. Students will apply classroom content in real-world settings in collaboration with community partners.   

INSTRUCTOR Xun (George) Wang

Explore Paris, a city exceptionally rich in architecture, arts, monuments, mythical places, and more. Experience as much as possible part of daily life of Parisians and French people by navigating through Paris, taking the metro, sitting at terraces & watching people, going to the fresh market, and more.

More info about Springtime in Paris

Join Professor Carey Watters on a study abroad tour to Florence, Italy focusing on the study of ancient and Renaissance art and architecture. You will visit a combination of museums, archeological and cultural sites in Rome, Pompeii, Siena and Venice. This course is for students who have a desire and motivation to pursue a deeper understanding of the history, culture and landscape of Italy.  

More info about Art & Architecture in Italy