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Courses

Course Offerings

IMPORTANT:

If you have not already applied to the Extended Studies Program and activated your myUCCS student portal account, then download the application/registration instructional packet. Follow all steps closely. You must complete twelve (12) total credit hours to earn this certificate. Choose any combination of offerings.

Students may begin these courses at any time and progress at their own pace. Registration is always available (except for short periods between UCCS semesters). Completion of each individual course required within ONE YEAR, starting from the end of the UCCS semester in which you are registered.

Independent-Progress Online Courses

  • Power and Privilege
    Power and Privilege

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + $100 Canvas online fee

    Academic credit: SOC 5640-780, Class# 13104

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    Please contact Prof. Abby Ferber to request access to the course web site on UCCS Canvas.

  • Gender and Sexuality
    Gender and Sexuality

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + $100 Canvas online fee

    Academic credit: SOC 5040-780, Class# 13103

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    Please contact Prof. Abby Ferber to request access to the course web site on UCCS Canvas.

  • Religion and Social Justice
    Religion and Social Justice

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + $100 Canvas online fee

    Academic credit: SOC 5010-780, Class# 13101

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    Please contact Prof. Deborah Saxon to request access to the course web site on UCCS Canvas.

  • Foundations of Disability Studies
    Foundations of Disability Studies

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + $100 Canvas online fee

    Academic credit: SOC 5230-780, Class# 13128

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    Please contact Prof. Lori Dowds to request access to the course web site on UCCS Canvas.

  • Race Literacy and Transformative Media
    Race Literacy and Transformative Media

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + $100 Canvas online fee

    Academic credit: SOC 5010-781, Class# 13102

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    Please contact Prof. Kedric Bacy to request access to the course web site on UCCS Canvas.

Partner Organization Online Courses

  • Inclusive Teaching/Knapsack Institute
    Inclusive Teaching/Knapsack Institute

    Splash Knapsack

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + additional program fees

    • Academic credit: SOC 5580
    • Next offering: Summer 2025
    • Credit registration requires that you first apply and register for the Knapsack Institute (see link below)

    Once you are registered, access course information on Canvas; use your myUCCS portal username and password to login to Canvas.

  • Mindful Social Justice: Begin Within
    Mindful Social Justice: Begin Within

    Based on the idea that small personal changes can have a huge impact on the world, this course provides strategies for increasing cultural inclusion and challenging systems of social inequity beginning within. Research shows that the ancient practice of mindfulness can serve as a tool not only for increasing health/wellness and decreasing stress, but also to challenge our implicit biases. Taught by Dena Samuels, Ph.D.

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + additional program fees

    Academic credit: SOC 5010-771, Class# 13100

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    IMPORTANT: you must also register with Dena Samuels Consulting (additional fees apply). Contact Prof. Dena Samuels at dena@denasamuels.com with questions.

  • A New Approach to Teaching "To Kill A Mockingbird"
    A New Approach to Teaching "To Kill A Mockingbird" (Offered by Facing History and Ourselves)

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + additional program fees

    • Next Offering: TBD
    • This course is offered by partner organization Facing History and Ourselves, which has its own processes and regulations for accepting participants, and charges its own fees for participation in their programs
    • Credit registration requires acceptance to participate in the program by Facing History and payment of applicable fees to Facing History
  • A New Approach to Teaching The Reconstruction Era
    A New Approach to Teaching The Reconstruction Era (Offered by Facing History and Ourselves)

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + additional program fees

    • Fall 2024 Offering: October 10-November 20, 2024
    • Course information: SOC 5010-773
    • 5-Digit Class #: 13144
    • Deadline to register for academic credit: October 23, 2024
    • This course is offered by partner organization Facing History and Ourselves, which has its own processes and regulations for accepting participants, and charges its own fees for participation in their programs
    • Credit registration requires acceptance to participate in the program by Facing History and payment of applicable fees to Facing History
  • Holocaust and Human Behavior
    Holocaust and Human Behavior (Offered by Facing History and Ourselves)

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + additional program fees

    • Fall 2024 Offering: October 10-November 20, 2024
    • Course information: SOC 5010-772
    • 5-Digit Class #: 13124
    • Deadline to register for academic credit: October 23, 2024
    • This course is offered by partner organization Facing History and Ourselves, which has its own processes and regulations for accepting participants, and charges its own fees for participation in their programs
    • Credit registration requires acceptance to participate in the program by Facing History and payment of applicable fees to Facing History
  • Witnessing Whiteness Facilitation Practicum
    Witnessing Whiteness Facilitation Practicum

    3 credit hours, $510 tuition + additional program fees

    Academic credit: SOC 5010-770, Class# 13099

    Fall 2024 deadline to register: October 24, 2024

    Once you are registered, access the coursework at Shelly Tochluk's web site. Also, please contact Prof. Abby Ferber to let her know you are beginning the coursework.

On-Location Courses

  • Intersections of Privilege
    Intersections of Privilege @ 2025 White Privilege Conference

    1-3 credit hours (variable), $170/credit hour tuition + additional program fees

    • Academic credit: SOC 5470-701
    • Credit registration requires that you attend the 2025 White Privilege Conference, Location/Dates TBA

    Once you are registered, contact Prof. Abby Ferber for curriculum information.

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