GLOS 5900 is also offered in Spring 2025
GLOS 5900 is also offered in Fall 2024
GLOS 5900 is also offered in Fall 2022
GLOS 5900 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2024 | GLOS 5900 Section 001: Topics in Global Studies -- Parental Incarceration & Children's Human Rights I (33941)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- jr or sr or grad student
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Proseminar. Selected issues in global studies. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- In this course, students will develop policy alternatives to parental incarceration in collaboration with community partners and will organize a symposium in May 2025 where these alternatives will be presented to local decision-makers. In the United States, as well as in many other countries, children are largely invisible when courts determine whether their parents will be incarcerated. This two-semester seminar will apply an international human rights lens to the issue of parental incarceration and will examine U.S. and international laws, policies, and programs that promote the best interests of children whose parents face pretrial detention or incarceration. The course will meet weekly with a monthly workshop featuring legal professionals, policymakers, academic experts, and community members who have been impacted by mass incarceration. Together, students and these community partners will evaluate policies that consider the best interests of children when their parents are involved in the criminal legal system and will promote programs that expand community-based alternatives to parental incarceration.
This 2-semester sequence of courses (students enroll in a 1 credit course for Fall and a 1 credit course for Spring) is open to graduate students, law students, and undergraduate juniors and seniors. To apply for the seminar, students must submit a two-paragraph explanation of their interest in the course.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33941/1249
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2024 Global Studies Classes