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These courses are designed to allow SDSU undergraduate students to earn extra units for graduation while at the same time learning about the latest trends and hot topics in a variety of areas. Courses are currently offered in political science, public administration, and sociology. Each course consists of only two class meetings; typically a Friday/Saturday combination. Community members are also welcome to enroll.
Courses
2019 Fall2020 Spring2020 Summer
2017 Fall
P A 0496.01 Introduction to Emergency Management
Overview of emergency management disciplines, including hazards and risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, communications, response, recovery and international disaster management.
Course Date(s)October 13 - October 28
2017 Fall
P A 0496.04 Use of Mediation in Police Work
Students will demonstrate understanding of the value of mediation in police work. Mediators have been used effectively as intermediaries between officers and protestors, as facilitators in police interaction with the community and as mediators in disputes between citizens and officers. Mediators are also a valuable resource for officers who respond to civil, rather than criminal calls.
Course Date(s)September 29 - October 7
P A 0496.05 Gender Violence in the United States
This class is an in-dept study of physical, verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse in the United States. This course will not only focuses on women as victims of gender violence, but on same-sex partners as well as women as offenders. Two days devoted to his topic cannot be 'comprehensive' because the amount and forms of abuse are myriad. The goal is to (1) provide an overview into many facets of the problem, theories, and appropriate responses; (2) take an in depth look at the various types of 'gender violence' (intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, stalking, human trafficking, etc) as well as the perpetrators of these crimes; and (3) examine some of the larger cultural contexts within which the varieties of the abuse occur.
Course Date(s) POL S0496.04 What is International Development?
Various theories and practices of international development are utilized everyday to address poverty, hunger, lack of water, and other challenges experienced by billions of people. This course provides an overview of theories, practices, critiques, and case studies/projects that the instructor has worked on in his fifteen-year career in international environment development.
Course Date(s) POL S 0496.5 Negotiation & Mediation: Theory & Practice
This course examines dispute resolution processes outside of, or supplemental to, the civil trial system with particular emphasis on negotiation, mediation, and arbitration as dispute resolution mechanisms. This examination includes a study of the procedures and dynamics associated with each mechanism as well as an overview of the pertinent legal framework. A particular focus is on the skills dimension, and students will participate in a number of simulation exercises designed to assist in the development of the lawyering skills associated with each process.
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