Race and Ethnicity in Philadelphia
IDS-110
Roger Florka

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Race and Ethnicity in Philadelphia
IDS-110
Roger Florka

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Dr. Florka is an associate professor of Philosophy at Ursinus College. Dr. Florka teaches a Race and Ethnicity course in Philadelphia. The course is exploring race and ethnicity in Philadelphia through studying its history, politics, economics. Literature, geography, sociology religious diversity, etc. Students from all disciplines are invited to take this course and use some of their knowledge on the methodologies and resources of their disciplines. Students will become part of teams that will work together to find texts relating to race and ethnicity. The student with the support of the instructor will create a syllabus throughout the course. This a 4 credit course that can fulfill an AAAS minor credit. This is a Ursinus Course that is taught through the Philadelphia Experience program.

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Dr. Roger Florka

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https://www.ursinus.edu/academics/philadelphia/courses/race-and-ethnicity-in-philadelphia/

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Ursinus College

Date

Fall 2016

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Ursinus College

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English

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Dr. Florka is an associate professor of Philosophy at Ursinus College. Dr. Florka teaches a Race and Ethnicity course in Philadelphia. The course is exploring race and ethnicity in Philadelphia through studying its history, politics, economics. Literature, geography, sociology religious diversity, etc. Students from all disciplines are invited to take this course and use some of their knowledge on the methodologies and resources of their disciplines. Students will become part of teams that will work together to find texts relating to race and ethnicity. The student with the support of the instructor will create a syllabus throughout the course. This a 4 credit course that can fulfill an AAAS minor credit. This is a Ursinus Course that is taught through the Philadelphia Experience program.

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A multi-disciplinary course that explores race and ethnicity in Philadelphia. Its history, politics, economics, literature, geography, sociology, religious diversity, and so on.

How the course will function. Since the student participants will come from a variety of disciplines, they can be expected to bring some knowledge of the methodologies and resources of those disciplines—or at least some idea about who seek out to help them. The students will act as a team, working together to find the relevant “texts” and figure out how to use them, extracting the information they deem important. In effect, they will create the syllabus for the course as the course develops. With light-handed guidance from the instructor.