Partner Organization Online Courses

Online Courses

Partner Organization

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.

Additional Program Fees May Be Required.

Partner Organization Online Courses

  • Inclusive Teaching/Knapsack Institute
    Inclusive Teaching/Knapsack Institute LOCATION: VIRTUAL
    Splash Knapsack

    3 credit hours, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    • Virtual Offering for Summer 2022: June 15-17, 2022
    • Academic credit: SOC 5580-601
    • 5-digit Class#: 20614
    • Deadline to register for academic credit: June 30, 2022
    • 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.

  • The Mindfulness Effect: An Unexpected Path to Healing, Connection and Social Justice
    The Mindfulness Effect: An Unexpected Path to Healing, Connection and Social Justice

    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, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    Academic credit: SOC 5010-771, Class# 20620

    Summer 2022 deadline to register: July 8, 2022

    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, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    • Next Offering: TBA
    • 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, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    • Summer 2022 Offering: July 7-August 17, 2022
    • Academic credit info: SOC 5010-774, 5-Digit Class# 20623
    • Academic credit registration deadline: July 22, 2022
    • 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, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    • Summer 2022 Offering: July 7-August 17, 2022
    • Academic credit info: SOC 5010-773, 5-Digit Class# 20622
    • Academic credit registration deadline: July 22, 2022
    • 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
  • Democracy at Risk: Holocaust and Human Behavior for Educators in Jewish Settings
    Democracy at Risk: Holocaust and Human Behavior for Educators in Jewish Settings (Offered by Facing History and Ourselves)

    3 credit hours, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    • Next Offering: TBA
    • 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
  • Beyond Diversity: Institute on Race
    Beyond Diversity: Virtual Institutes

    3 credit hours, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    • Next Offering: TBA
    • This course is offered by our partner organization, the Beyond Diversity Resource Center, 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 the Beyond Diversity Resource Center and payment of applicable fees to the Beyond Diversity Resource Center
  • Witnessing Whiteness
    Witnessing Whiteness

    3 credit hours, $516 tuition + additional program fees

    Academic credit: SOC 5010-770, Class# 20618

    Summer 2022 deadline to register: July 8, 2022

    Once you are registered, access the coursework at the Witnessing Whiteness web site. Also, please contact Prof. Abby Ferber to let her know you are beginning the coursework.

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