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Dec 05, 2024
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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [FINAL EDITION]
Urban Activism, Certificate
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Students will benefit from increasing their knowledge in Urban Activism. It is expected that students will:
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Students will delve deeply into the study and analysis of many of the issues raised in the introductory core courses such as urban education, immigration, housing, economics and social mobility, civil rights, environmental justice, the impact of technology, voting rights, and representation.
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Students will learn about these issues from an interdisciplinary and intersectional vantage point, paying close attention to issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as interest convergence.
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Students will challenge commonly accepted ideologies and discourses about race, gender, class and other forms of inequality found in urban areas – supporting counternarratives – and will also be challenged to look at issues of urban and racially diverse communities from an asset-based perspective, paying attention to less commonly recognized forms of community wealth such as aspirational, linguistic, navigational, and resistant capital (Yosso, 2005).
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Students will consider different forms of urban activism, including the differences between charity and social justice, and between providing services to urban communities and creating the resources for sustained community empowerment. Students will examine these issues from the perspective of different stakeholder groups, including indigenous perspectives found in urban areas near Widener University.
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Total Credits: 9
Program Requirements:
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Must comply with all general requirements of Widener University relating to the governance of graduate programs.
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Must complete at least 9 credits of graduate work in the certificate program.
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Must complete all of the degree requirements within a total of five calendar years.
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Must maintain a minimum semester and cumulative GPA of 3.0 in all program coursework. Must earn a “B” or better in all courses.
The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.
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