Summer 2024 - FASS 224 D200
Understanding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Arts and Social Sciences (1)
Class Number: 4416
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 6 – Jun 17, 2024: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Luke Clossey
lclossey@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
15 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduces the basic concepts of equity, diversity and inclusion as subjects of study, normative framework and set of methodological practices in the arts and social sciences. Explores options for continuous work to remove barriers to equity-seeking groups. Students may take this course for credit up to three times if a different topic is taught. Students with credit for FASS 207 or FASS 212 may not take this course for further credit unless a different topic is offered.
COURSE DETAILS:
Selected Topics: Meditation in Multicultural Contexts
Across centuries and cultures, people have found tremendous practical value in just sitting quietly. Their motivations have ranged from transcending everyday reality to more truly experiencing that reality, from improved mental well-being to total liberation from suffering. This experiential course teaches you how to meditate. We will also learn the origins of meditation, its expression in multiple cultures, and its global history in the modern world. The focus will be on Buddhist meditation, its cultural contexts, and its applications for everyday life.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Develop skills for meditating
- Find ways to incorporate a meditative practice in your own life
- Gain familiarity with a variety of meditative practices and contexts
- Understand the implications and controversies around meditation crossing cultural boundaries
You can take more than one FASS Forward 1 credit course, as long as the topic is different. See the other courses here.
Grading
- Grading is pass/fail, based on: attendance; short daily meditation (independent); journal entries and homework 100%
NOTES:
This FASS Forward course is delivered entirely in-person. It is designed to improve your skills for future success and work in this class is expected to be of high quality. A competency-based grading system will be used to assess your academic performance and active participation in all learning activities. That means only a P (pass) or F (fail) will appear on your transcript. There is no numerical equivalent for the final grade, and it does not affect either your grade point average or cumulative grade point average.
- P (pass) means that you have demonstrated your competency in relation to the learning objectives, met all the criteria for the course, and demonstrated the skills you have acquired.
- F (fail) means that you do not receive credit for the course.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html