- As first-year college students, you are setting out on a new path. This course aims to help you find ways to make our world a better place. You will learn about ordinary people who became extraordinary and find out what it takes for us all to do extraordinary things. To do this, you will reflect upon and critique your own personal core values in light of theories of social justice.
- As you read read about and meet people near and far, some similar to you and some different, you will document, analyze, and critique your social identities (who you are) and the values of local, national, and global communities to which you belong.
- In this course, you will explore the ways you and people around the world live, and ponder the lives, loves, hopes, and fears we all share. The journey in this course will help you appreciate how interconnected and interdependent we are with those around the world in spiritual, cultural, political and economic ways. You will analyze your connectedness to diverse social groups.
- In this course, you will explore historical and contemporary social groups, organizations, and/or political institutions, especially groups like Catholic Relief Services, Partners in Health, and young people in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, that express a just and empathetic vision for local and global community and work for integral human development of all.
- In this course, you'll learn somewhat more about how the world is works. You will come to understand the systems, structures, institutions, rules, and social norms that we work within. You will learn the assets that we and others have in the world and how we can advocate and work for a more fair world for all people, especially for the poor of the world. You will examine how power and privilege operate in society and how we can promote dignity, solidarity, and equality for all people.
- You will learn how you, as Communication majors, can use your talents and skills, in partnership with others around the world.
- My hope is that, over four years, you find your way to make our world more fair, just, and livable for all.
Contact information:
- Jerry Zurek, Ph.D., Professor and chairman, Communication Dept.
- Office: FH 272
- Email: jzurek@cabrini.edu (preferred contact means)
- cell: 610-506-1899
- Office Hours: Mondays 11 a.m. - noon; Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11 am.-1 p.m.; Other times by appointment.
- Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and other social media: jerryzurek