Susan Olson Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Advisor, Human Development and Psychological Services Coordinator of Student Programs Annenberg Hall Room 121 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001 Phone: (847) 491-4663 Fax: (847) 491-4664 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday

SESP 298		Whose Responsibility?: Genocide & Education Facilitators:  Priyanka Gupta/Zoya Kolkin Course Rationale:  Northwestern University has not offered a comprehensive class on the history of genocide, anti-genocide activism, and education. We propose this student led seminar as an enhancement to the current Northwestern University curriculum in the hopes that students who take this course will become better prepared to discuss, act, and teach about genocide.
SESP 298 sec 21		Prison & the Rd. Ahead: Issues in Sentencing... The goal of this class is to make participants aware of the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities and the services available to aid them in overcoming these challenges.  By the end of the course, students should understand the importance of promoting tolerance for people with disabilities, providing education for people with disabilities and protecting the rights of people with disabilities.  The goal is for participants to use the knowledge acquired in this course and the experience on the service learning trip that follows, to develop a passion and ability to advocate for, and provide support to people with disabilities in the future.  The service learning experience will be a week-long trip to New Orleans, where students will have the opportunity to work with people with disabilities and learn about the services available to them in that area.
SESP 298 sec 22		Urban Ed. & Reform: Paving the Pathway to Equality China’s rural-urban migration is the largest peacetime population movement in history, often estimated by researchers at 140-220 million people.  Some say that the issue of Chinese rural-urban migration serves as a meeting point for tensions in Chinese society resulting from modernization, the contradictions in maintaining a ‘socialist market economy,’ uneven economic development, and the process of political reform.  By studying China’s internal migration, we hope to reveal the interconnectedness of these issues; in another words, we will use the study of China’s internal migration as a window to gain a better understanding of Chinese society.
SESP 399		Independent Study Under the direction of faculty members, students pursue special topics not covered in regular courses around the questions of learning and human development and the organizational arrangements in which these processes occur.  Prerequisites: consent of instructor directing the study and of the assistant dean.  (Students wishing to register must first complete the Request for Independent Study/Special Courses Form available in the SESP Office of Student Affairs.)
SESP 390		Research Apprenticeship Opportunity for undergraduates to apprentice with faculty mentors engaged in research projects centering on questions of learning and human development and the organizational arrangements in which these processes occur.  Prerequisites: consent of instructor directing the research project and assisstant dean.  (Students wishing to register must first complete the Request for Independent Study/Special Courses Form available in the SESP Office of Student Affairs.)