Study abroad is an experience of a lifetime! Not only can you earn UMSL course credit towards your degree, you get to see the world and learn about new cultures. Every summer 1 or more psychology courses are offered as summer short-term study abroad courses. See below for previous and current offerings.
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Take a Psychology class and a Political Science class to earn 6 credits this summer!
PSYCH 2299:
Psychology of Gender through the Lens of Culture (3 units, Dr. Casad)
From a social psychological perspective, this course examines how gender norms and roles, education and employment, relationships and sexuality, discrimination and violence, and intersectional identities are influenced by cultural forces. Broader frameworks of power, ideologies, and social justice are used to dissect how social constructions of “difference” have created cultural practices that marginalize some groups. The course includes applying concepts to understand historical and modern cultural influences on gender issues in Spain and Europe. A combination of mini-lectures, classroom discussions, classroom activities, reading quizzes, field excursions, and written assignments will be used to facilitate your learning.
POL SCI 3900:
Politics, Religion, and Migration in Europe (3 units, Dr. Mushaben)
Known as al Andalusia, the Spanish region stretching from the north-central city of Toledo to Seville in the southwest and the eastern coastal city of Valencia stood for over four hundred years not only as the most culturally, scientifically, architecturally and intellectually advanced area of Europe. It was also recognized as the most religiously tolerant kingdom in the world, fostering the peaceful co-existence between Muslims, Christians and Jews from roughly 700 AD up to 1492. Over the next six centuries, Spain would be wrecked by the expulsion of Jews, the horrors of the Catholic inquisition, a brutal civil war, the forces of fascism and military dictatorship under Franco. His death in the mid 1970s opened the door to democratization and eventual membership in the European Union as of 1986. In recent years, Spain has witnessed a dramatic influx of refugees from Northern Africa, hoping to escape the equally brutal forces of ISIS terrorists, claiming they want to “restore” a fundamentalist versions of Islam.
Thus there is no better place to begin an investigation of the interaction of politics, religion and migration across Europe in modern times. Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11(2001), many European nations have witnessed growing prejudice, marginalization and backlash against Muslims, as well as a number of isolated terrorist attacks on major cities extending from London and Paris to Berlin, Nice and Barcelona. This course will examine the role of legal-structural, historical institutional and political-cultural factors that have shaped “church-state relations in EU states, as well as their recent responses to the refugee crisis and terrorist attacks. We will explore populist politicking, socio-economic stratification, identity formation, interest group mobilization and citizenship ideals at the local, national and supranational levels – and their consequences for welfare, gender, health care, and educational policies in those countries. The interdisciplinary nature of our readings will make this course suitable for earning credits in a variety of “major” fields.
Activities include:
- Barcelona: Las Rambles, Boqueria Market, La Sagrada Familia, Picasso Museum
- Valencia, Granada, Alhambra, beaches and cliffside town in Costa del Sol, Puente Nuevo Bridge, Mondragón Palace
- Seville: visit Córdoba Mezquita, Plaza de España, Gothic Cathedral, Flamenco dancing
- Madrid: Royal Palace, Puerta del Sol, El Prado
- DEADLINE TO APPLY: February 23, 2018
Scholarships Available!
Information and application at studyabroad@umsl.edu
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PSYCH 2299 Directed Readings in Psychology: Psychology of Identity and Social Justice
This seminar will provide an intellectual forum for examining the structures of power, ideologies, and the meaning of social justice at the intersections of identities such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and nationality. We will dissect how the social construction of “difference” within systems of power has resulted in cultural practices that marginalize some groups. We also will analyze how historical and institutional contexts have shaped modern culture in Italy and the structure, dynamics, and consequences for identity and social justice in European societies. A combination of mini-lectures, classroom discussions, classroom activities, reading quizzes, field excursions, and written assignments will be used to facilitate your learning.
- Student TestimoniesPSYCH 4392-Psychology of Intergroup Relations: A European Perspective
This seminar will provide an intellectual forum for examining the nature of relations between human groups and the psychological mechanisms that drive them. Major topics of investigation include intergroup conflict, war, genocide, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, and social harmony. We will examine cultural influences on collective behavior and incorporate lenses of gender, race, ethnicity, social class, and religion in our analysis. A combination of mini-lectures, classroom discussions, classroom activities, field excursions, field studies, and written assignments will be used to facilitate your learning.
Student Testimonies
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