IN 154 - First Year Seminar: Power and Privilege

Credits: 4
What forms does privilege take, and what is its relation to power and oppression? How can we identify the ways that we may benefit from privilege? What responsibility do people in positions of privilege bear with regard to the benefits they enjoy? Why might people in positions of privilege want to work against it, and what can they do? This course provides students with the tools and resources to identify and address questions of privilege and power as they arise in relation to social categories such as race, class, gender, sexuality, and physical ability.

Liberal Arts Perspective(s): Interdisciplinary
Foundations Requirement(s):