GOVT 3242

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GOVT 3242
Reflecting on the Intersections of Education and Prison Systems

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

The "school-to-prison track" refers to policies and practices that facilitate the transfer of students out of the school system and into the prison system (including juvenile detention, county jail, immigration detention centers, or adult prison). This course takes a critical analytical look at the intersections of the prisons and schooling, emphasizing pedagogy, history and policy.

When Offered Spring.

Outcomes
  • Compare education policy and correctional policy to the real world of education during and after prison.
  • Analyze their prison classroom experience in the context of the broader criminal justice system.
  • Articulate different philosophies of education/pedagogy as well as different philosophies of prison/corrections.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one field studies. Combined with: EDUC 3142, GDEV 3142, GOVT 3242

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6608 GOVT 3242   LEC 001

    • W Warren Hall B73
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Scott, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    The "enrollment contingent on instructor permission" is premised on the fact that this is a course for students who are engaged with the criminal justice system directly, or who have been, and the credit-level earned by students enrolled in the course level is linked to whether or not they are doing this work with the criminal justice system outside of the classroom.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6703 GOVT 3242   FLD 801

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Scott, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EDUC 3142, GDEV 3142, GOVT 3242

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  6702 GOVT 3242   LEC 002

    • W Warren Hall B73
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Scott, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)