Spring 2025
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Course No: PSYC.4731-061; SIS Class Nbr: 1287; SIS Term: 3430
Course Status: Registration Pending
Course Description
An advances seminar to consider special topics in social psychology with focus on critique of the theoretical and empirical literature, identification of future research pathways, and the potential for application with consideration of ethics and social responsibility. The topic of this seminar is social injustice, its causes, manifestations, explanations, and social psychological theories that help us understand them. We will explore how and why social injustice prevails in today's world full of resources; why small number of people own majority of world's wealth; why some countries are poorer than others. We will study our own standpoints and where they come from and we will work on possible remedies that could lead to a more just world.
Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor
- Prerequisites: PSYC.1010 Intro to Psychological Science, and PSYC.2090 Social Psychology, or PSYC.2550 Community Psychology, and PSYC.2690 Research I: Methods.
- Core Codes: SS, SRE, WOC, RAST
- Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
- Instructor: Michael Bar-Johnson
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UMass Lowell Bookstore
When Offered & Tuition
- Online Course
- 2025 Spring: Jan 21 to Apr 06
- Course Level: Undergraduate
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Tuition: $1155
- Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.
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