GOVT 3242

GOVT 3242

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

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.

Distribution Category (CA-AG)

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one field studies. Combined with: EDUC 3142GDEV 3142GOVT 3242

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5697 GOVT 3242   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Scott, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: students who are engaged or have been engaged with the criminal justice system directly.

  •  5778 GOVT 3242   FLD 801

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Scott, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EDUC 3142GDEV 3142GOVT 3242

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  5777 GOVT 3242   LEC 002

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Scott, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: students who are engaged or have been engaged with the criminal justice system directly.