Instructor Name: Laura Mulas
CRN: 80927
Global citizenship is of utmost importance as our societies are increasingly becoming more connected through media and technology. There is a growing disparity in the American school system that allows only the privileged students to participate in meaningful and engaging cultural learning. Schools that receive funding and support are able to facilitate cultural exchanges in person for students and faculty, while the majority of students in the public system receive little financial support and...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2023Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Education - Youth Hybrid or Fully online Online or Hybrid Courses
Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 63495, 80913
The time is ripe to be part of the growing sustainable food movement! This class addresses the current food issues that face urban citizens by holistically engaging students in the many layers of Portland's local food and farm culture. Students will critically analyze the state of our current food systems while being engaged in positive solutions to agricultural-related issues. The community partner and classroom is the Learning Gardens Lab, where students will gain hands-on farming...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Education-Youth Sustainability Community Health Science
Instructor Name: Molly Gray
CRN: 80909
This fully-online Capstone will examine the issues relevant to the lived experiences of transgender and nonbinary individuals and the associated socio-political climate for this population in the U.S. Students will collaborate digitally with the Trans Oral History Project at the New York Public Library to transcribe recorded oral histories to increase access to the archives as well as deepen awareness and solidarity with those who are transgender and/or nonbinary.
Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Instructor Name: Deborah Rutt
CRN: 63531, 80910
Drawing on personal narratives, political theory, sociological texts, and film, this course will offer an introduction to the experience of incarceration for women, and engage students in collaborative work in support of PSU’s Higher Education in Prison Program and Project Rebound
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Criminal & Juvenile Justice
Instructor Name: Julie Boyles
CRN: 14669, 14670
While the term "food insecurity" has become known and understood, the implications and wide-ranging aspects of it have not. There are physical, emotional, psychological, cultural, health-related, as well as other manifestations that we explore. We look at how food insecurity impacts college students while struggling to remain enrolled; we look at the Portland area and Oregon as a whole; and we look at the national picture of food security in our country. We not only look at the challenges that...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Spring 2021Spring 2022Summer 2021Summer 2022Winter 2021Winter 2022
food; food insecurity; hunger; sustainability; food justice; food equity
Instructor Name: Suzanne Savaria
One of the most powerful learning opportunities for a student is studying abroad. The impactful, sensory experience of being far away ultimately brings us closer to ourselves, naturally offering a platform to examine how we identify and relate to the world around us.
In this course, we’ll delve into the idea of identity of people and place, both abroad and at home. Using musical and cultural experiences as a lens, we’ll explore the powerful concept of identity. In a rapidly shrinking world...
Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023
International Capstones Education - Youth Arts Identity Music
Instructor Name: Neera Malhotra
CRN: 81601
Trauma often leads to contemplative dissociation- a detachment from the body and the mind. Through a social justice framework, together we will explore trauma and healing using Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB). IPNB is relational neuroscience that offers kinder, broader wisdom to understand how we are hurt and how we heal within relationships (including the relationship with the self). In this class, you will learn about trauma, including internalized oppression, grief, and suffering; healing...
Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Summer 2021Summer 2022
trauma-healing; contemplative practices; interpersonal neurobiology; social justice
Instructor Name: Deborah Burke
This Capstone course introduces oral history as a method for documenting, preserving, and amplifying the diverse histories and voices of Portland’s LGBTQ+ communities. Our community partner for this course is the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN).
Through listening to interviews with queer elders and exploring related primary source materials, we will learn about local queer history. Topics will include political activism of the 1970s, the anti-gay backlash and ballot...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023
LGBTQ
Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 80921
This course will explore the concepts of sustainability, growing food, and personal connection to land/nature through community engagement with the PSU Learning Gardens Lab (LGL). This course focuses on community building, group discussion, and personal reflection and will involve working on projects that support the mission of LGL. LGL is located in SE Portland at 6745 SE 60th Ave, Portland, OR 97206.
Spring 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024
Garden-based learning Learning Gardens Learning Garden Sustainability community engagement
Instructor Name: Megan Schneider, Lukas Maurer
CRN: 81265
This course will focus on how we can create sustainable and just change in our food system and beyond. Students will explore the concepts of sustainability, sustainability leadership, food justice, and food sovereignty through community-based learning with the PSU Learning Gardens Lab (LGL). This course will focus on community building, group discussions and activities, and will work on projects that connect LGL with on-campus food security efforts. For Spring Term 2022, this course will...
Spring 2022Summer 2021Summer 2022
Learning Gardens Food Justice