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Task type: Work
Do date: 2024-05-27
Due date: 2024-05-27
Task size: 🎂 Big
Priority: 🟢 C
Related areas:
  - "[[Teaching]]"
  - "[[Academic service]]"
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Related meeting notes:
  - "[[Curriculum Committee Meeting - 12 April 2024]]"
Related resources:
  - "[[Sociology Department Curriculum Review Report]]"
Related people:
  - "[[Emily Johnson]]"
Creation date: 2024-05-27
Last modified: 2024-05-27
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Contemporary Social Issues & Movements elective

Description: pressing problems & efforts to address. Ineq, racism, climate, etc. Causes, consequences, solutions, strategies.

Rationale:

- Stu interest in applied, topical content
- Leverage dept expertise in ineq & change
- Flexible vs rigid subfield electives
- Bring in new fac specialities

Assignments:

- Issue briefing & presentation
- SMO case study
- Policy proposal or campaign plan
- Media discourse analysis

Next steps:

- Survey stu interest & needs
- ID fac to develop/teach
- Draft syllabus & LOs
- Curric cmte approval
- Schedule & recruit