New Bedford Center

3 credits
Prerequisites: SOC 200 AND CJS 190
An introduction to the wider cultural and legal contexts of justice. This course will address issues such as private conduct and public mores; the extent of entitlements; the breakdown of long-established hierarchies of race and gender; and whether the notion of justice has meaning beyond national boundaries. Study may include readings of classic and contemporary writings, law cases, and works of literature, such as Plato, John Stuart Ill, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Rawls, Isaiah Berlin, Herman Melville, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Discussions topics may include: Law, Morality, and Justice; Autonomy and Justice; the Economy and Justice; Gender and Justice; Race and Justice; Criminal Justice and the Morality of Punishment; and International Justice.

Section 5101
Class #: 14716
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 642.00
Instructor: Roderick, Dennis
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Tuesday, 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE - tba

3 credits
The study of criminal law and procedure as defined by the constitution and the courts. This course is designed to familiarize students with the law as it pertains to the work of the criminal justice system and exposes students to case law. Written case briefs are used as an instructional method.

Section 5101
Class #: 14714
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 642.00
Instructor: Brisson, Donald A
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Wednesday, 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE - tba

3 credits D
A variable-topics course for education topics of current interest. Recently offered topics include authentic assessment, leadership mentoring, and teaching and learning.

Section 5102 - Topic: Character & Self Esteem
Class #: 2674
Status: Enrolling
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 843.00
Instructor: L'Homme, Joan M
This section is a classroom course.
Summer 2008 - Unique Start Dates, Special Dates: 08/11/2008 - 08/15/2008
Monday, 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE 000
Tuesday, 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE 000
Wednesday, 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE 000
Thursday, 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE 000
Friday, 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE 000
This course is designed to provide experienced teachers with the skills and knowledge base needed to address instructional issues in the classroom. Based on their diverse teaching and learning experiences, teachers ill work in their specific areas of the expertise and in their understanding of the teaching and learning process as part of an interdisciplinary, character and self esteem connection to the language arts, health, reading, the arts and the collaborative community. The connection will bridge the curriculum through hands-on student centered activities. Teachers will explore ways to integrate content for meaningful learning and will teach language arts and reading in all the content areas listed using the language arts, health, music, and the E.L.A. and Massachusetts Arts Framework as a basis for bridging curriculum. This course has unique meeting dates & times and may also have unique costs. Please contact UEC for specific cost information, 508-999-8857.

Section 5101 - Topic: Sustain Ed/Public Policy
Class #: 14733
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 849.00
Instructor: Robertson-Lorant, Laurie J
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Monday, 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba
This interdisciplinary course is designed to provide an understanding of how institutions are reinventing themselves to meet our most pressing environmental, economic and ethical challenges. Assigned readings will provide an understanding of inter-related topics such as nature-based education, post-industrial economics and renewable energies; equity, governance and public health; systems thinking, social justice and the arts. Classes will stress dialogue, critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as creative collaboration on projects to be implemented in schools, workplaces and other community organizations. Topics studied will align with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, the mission of the Education Department and the mission of the Center for Policy Analysis. Assessment will be based on class participation, reflective writing and presentation of a final project. Attendance includes: Bioneers by the Bay conference, third weekend of October.

Section 5102 - Topic: Integrated Folktales/Stories
Class #: 14734
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 849.00
Instructor: L'Homme, Joan M
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Thursday, 04:00 PM - 06:30 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba
Global folktales, stories, symbols and cultural celebrations from around the world successfully connect valuable historical religions and cultural traditions and information to an integrated approach. This multicultural approach involves students more deeply in consumer sciences, language arts, math, science, social studies, music and visual arts from around the world.
Lessons exploring storytelling, tales celebrations, traditions and festivals from all parts of the world inspire students to think, write and create in the most wonderful ways stimulating higher critical thinking skills.

3 credits C
Prerequisites: ENL 102
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content.

Section 5101 - Topic: Children's Literature
Class #: 14736
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 642.00
Instructor: Bobrick, James P
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Tuesday, 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba

3 credits C, G
An examination of the Holocaust, including the psychosocial aspects of prejudice; the history of anti-semitism from Biblical times; the historical, political, racist, economic, social, psychological, literary, legal, theological, and moral aspects of the Holocaust.

Section 5101
Class #: 14746
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 642.00
Instructor: Baden, Steven J
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Wednesday, 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba

3 credits
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or permission of instructor
Graduate Seminars in history are designed to allow participants to pursue reading and research on a particular historical topic. Course may be repeated with change of topic.

Section 5101 - Topic: Visions of Slavery
Class #: 14747
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 849.00
Instructor: Robertson-Lorant, Laurie J
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Thursday, 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba
"Visions of Slavery and Freedom in the Writings of Lydia Maria Child, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville and Harriet Jacobs," is an MAT graduate seminar designed to meet the Massachusetts History, Social Studies and English Language Arts standards. The course will provide: 1) close reading of texts that deal with issues of slavery and freedom, race and gender, justice and injustice, civil disobedience, revolution and social change; 2) information on antebellum American culture and the connections between the American, French and Haitian Revolutions of the late 18th century and the American Antislavery Movement, especially in New Bedford; 3) hands-on activities and field trips to local historic sites; 4) introductions to library and archival collections as well as internet resources; 5) discussions of effective strategies for teachers who wish to introduce these challenging texts into their curricula.

3 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor
Seminar conducted on a graduate school model. The seminar requires students to do indepth research on a specific policy area. The topics will vary depending on the instructor's current research and policy consulting activities and in response to the emergence of significant public policy issues. Sample topics include freedom of information and information policy, science and technology policy, regional economic development, marine policy, and environmental policy.

Section 5101 - Topic: Sustain Ed/Public Policy
Class #: 14794
Tuition & fees (excludes registration fee): $ 939.00
Instructor: Robertson-Lorant, Laurie J
This section is a classroom course.
Fall 2008 - 14 Week Session, 09/02/2008 - 12/20/2008
Monday, 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba
This interdisciplinary course is designed to provide an understanding of how institutions are reinventing themselves to meet our most pressing environmental, economic and ethical challenges. Assigned readings will provide an understanding of inter-related topics such as nature-based education, post-industrial economics and renewable energies; equity, governance and public health; systems thinking, social justice and the arts. Classes will stress dialogue, critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as creative collaboration on projects to be implemented in schools, workplaces and other community organizations. Topics studied will align with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, the mission of the Education Department and the mission of the Center for Policy Analysis. Assessment will be based on class participation, reflective writing and presentation of a final project. Attendance includes: Bioneers by the Bay conference, third weekend of October.