Contact the instructor for specific course objectives and learning outcomes.

Contact the instructor for topical outline for this course.

The major goal of this course is to expose students to the clinical, cognitive, and 
social psychological factors that lead to prejudice and discrimination in our 
society. The beginning of the semester will be spent discussing basic social 
psychological theory and applying it to the problem of racism. We will then build 
upon this knowledge and discuss even more complex topics such as privilege, 
oppression, and identity. The remainder of the semester will be spent discussing how 
the theories of prejudice and discrimination examined earlier in the semester may 
apply to the problems of sexism, classism, and heterosexism. The goal is also for 
students to become more knowledgeable, critical, and reflective consumers of the 
vast amount of information they receive about issues of race, gender, culture, 
sexuality, and privilege in our society.
 
A secondary goal of this seminar is to promote writing and discussion as a means of 
learning and self-discovery.  For a class such as this, writing provides an 
opportunity to clarify one’s thoughts and feelings prior to speaking.  Therefore, 
there will be opportunities throughout the semester to reflect upon an issue by 
writing about it prior to class discussion.

Reaction Papers: Throughout the semester students will be assigned papers in which 
they will be asked to respond to an assigned reading, an exercise, or an event.  
These are “writing to learn” assignments.  Therefore the evaluation of papers will 
focus on concepts, integration of material and its application.   
 
Event & Analysis Presentation: Students are also required to write a 10-12 page 
paper and deliver a presentation on an event that represents modern day prejudice.  
In their analysis they will describe an event that represents prejudice, 
discrimination, or some type of –ism that has occurred within the last two years.  
Students will also analyze the event from the perspective of a prejudice scholar.  
They will use the vast knowledge they accumulated on the topic of prejudice to 
analyze the undercurrents of the event and why it occurred. This assignment is 
a “writing to present learning” task.

"I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate 
academic dishonesty of others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and 
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at 
www.uga.edu/ovpi.