RCCORE 100 - First Year Seminar
Fall 2023, Section 014 - Belonging in College: Gender, Race, and Class in Higher Ed.
Instruction Mode: Section 014 is  In Person (see other Sections below)
Subject: RC Core Courses (RCCORE)
Department: LSA Residential College
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Details

Credits:
4
Requirements & Distribution:
FYWR
Consent:
With permission of department.
Advisory Prerequisites:
SWC Writing Assessment. Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor.
Repeatability:
May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:
Start/End Date:
Full Term 8/28/23 - 12/6/23 (see other Sections below)
NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
For information on drop/add deadlines, see the Office of the Registrar and search Registration Deadlines.

Description

Who ‘belongs’ in college, and who feels like they belong? In this discussion-based, writing-intensive course, we examine ways U.S. colleges and universities -- through their policies, programs, curricula, cultures, architecture, and more -- have included and excluded various groups of students along lines of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, and other systems of power and difference. Our reading, writing, and discussions focus in particular on the ways students in often-marginalized groups have navigated higher education and worked to create more inclusive and equitable institutions. Our interdisciplinary mix of course materials includes selections from recent memoirs (e.g., Michelle Obama's) as well as films (In the Heights), histories (Yale Needs Women), and sociological and psychological studies (The Privileged Poor). Assignments include reflective writing about your own journey to higher education, analytical essays applying key concepts from our course materials, and a short research paper investigating a U-M program or office designed to support student belonging. These assignments aim not only to help you to build your skills and confidence for navigating college writing but also to develop your own sense of belonging in college, both within the RC community and at U-M more broadly. Ultimately, this course aims to launch first-year RC students into the college experience with knowledge and skills to critically reflect upon your own place in the world of higher education, navigate the all-too-common inequities shaping higher ed with self-awareness and confidence, and participate in helping cultivate educational environments that foster a sense of belonging for all students.

Schedule

RCCORE 100 - First Year Seminar
Schedule Listing
001 (SEM)
 In Person
13183
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
TuTh 3:00PM - 5:00PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
002 (SEM)
 In Person
24279
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
003 (SEM)
 In Person
20313
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
004 (SEM)
 In Person
20894
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
005 (SEM)
 In Person
20895
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
006 (SEM)
 In Person
33973
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
007 (SEM)
 In Person
14812
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 8:30AM - 10:00AM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
008 (SEM)
 In Person
24280
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
009 (SEM)
 In Person
20316
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 3:00PM - 5:00PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
010 (SEM)
 In Person
17304
Open
1
 
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
011 (SEM)
 In Person
16273
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
012 (SEM)
 In Person
15779
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
014 (SEM)
 In Person
22466
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
TuTh 8:30AM - 10:00AM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
015 (SEM)
 In Person
22467
Open
1
1RC Ugrd
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23
Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.
016 (SEM)
 In Person
38233
Open
1
 
-
MW 4:00PM - 5:30PM
8/28/23 - 12/6/23

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