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2022-2023 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook [Archived Catalog]
Course Descriptions
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Courses are identified and organized by degree program. Listed below are those courses for the 2019-2020 academic school year. CampusVue will list courses open for enrollment each semester, by Section if applicable. Not all courses are offered every semester.
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Transformative Social Change |
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TSC 7075 - Global Governance and the Quest for a Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
Humanity has long been plagued by wars, disease, famine, and social injustice. In recent years, new challenges such as climate change, terrorism, pandemics, and economic disruption have also become global in scale, posing serious threats to humankind. World leaders across many fields agree that we need an unprecedented level of cooperation between nations to solve these problems. A variety of approaches have been proposed to achieve that goal. This course investigates past attempts to solve global problems such as the League of Nations, our current system, including the United Nations, and proposals for a democratic world government capable of addressing these global issues. We will critically assess these approaches and discuss current efforts to implement them 3 credit(s)
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TSC 7077 - Building Sustainability: The Global Crisis
Sustainability is defined as living in such a way that the capacity of future generations to meet their own needs is preserved. However, current patterns of human life are exhausting and destroying the gifts of nature that are necessary for life. To achieve sustainability, humans must refrain from depleting non-renewable resources and from polluting air, soil, and water. We must control both population and consumption and will likely need to end the extremes of wealth and poverty that are currently proving destructive to our habitats. Finally, sustainability will, we believe, require major changes in social institutions and in the way humans think and act toward each other and toward the earth. The pace at which we make these changes will determine how much of earth’s resources are left for generations yet to come. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 7079 - Building Sustainability: Present Practices in Community and Society
This course explores principles, implementation, and effectiveness of selected current sustainability approaches. It provides an overview of key perspectives on sustainability: The Natural Step, Natural Capitalism, renewable energy, green building, sustainable agriculture, and population control. This course introduces information about present practices relevant to many disciplines and social domains and provides a broad base on which to build further studies and real-world projects. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 7085 - Globalism and Power
This course describes different manifestations of globalization and identifies the powerful forces directing them, the costs and benefits that come with it, the evolving role of transnational groups, global NGOs, and the opportunities to find personal meaning and local purpose in a global society. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 7115 - Refugee Trauma and Resiliency
This course covers the breath of topics (i.e., mental health, human resiliency, human rights, humanitarian aid) related to working with displaced people (refugees, asylum seekers, exiled individuals and internally displaced people). It is designed as a survey course for students interested in understanding the landscape with regards to research and practice for the protection and assistance of refugees. This course is useful for the more experienced student who desires to develop an independent project or dissertation work based on one of the areas of concern presented in the course. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 7116 - Global Civil Society Activism and Social Change
This course will explore the role of global social movements and other civil society efforts in support of transformative change. The course will review current and historical efforts toward global solidarity, including movements in support of human rights, multicultural inclusion, social justice, ecological sustainability, and peace. The course will focus on exploration of initiatives-from local to transnational- that address issues, social problems and social goods through a global lens. It will also provide an opportunity to explore solidarity, including intersectional solidarity, across various social movements. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 8151 - Practicum in Professional Practice
This course is intended for students seeking practicum training not related to clinical practicum or the MFT program. Students are responsible for arranging the practicum and should consult their Specialization director in order to identify a Saybrook faculty liaison. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 9020 - TSC Qualifying Essay 1: Literature Review
The purpose of this course is to write an essay that entails an exploration of an area of research interest in order to demonstrate proficiency in literature review research competency to undertake a dissertation. The essay involves a content domain focus with the degree field, including a critical review of relevant theoretical, empirical and historical literature on the selected topic. 3 credit(s)
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TSC 9030 - TSC Qualifying Essay 2: Literature Review
The purpose of this course is to write an essay that entails an exploration of an area of research interest in order to demonstrate proficiency in literature review research competency to undertake 3 credit(s)
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TSC 9200 - Master’s Project Research
The project can be the culminating research requirement of a master’s program. Its purpose is to engage the student in integrating and organizing information gained through course work, and applying these skills to a project effort. It can explore any question of relevance to the student’s program by way of disciplined inquiry, which applies a clearly defined methodology. It often has an applied research emphasis with its aim and scope doable in one term. Entails written project prospectus, project research report, and closure session (project orals). 3 credit(s)
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