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Psychology at TC

This theme includes courses that explore the intersection of identity and culture, as well as the conceptual frameworks that provide meaning and understanding to people’s lived experiences as they relate to issues of race, ethnicity and intercultural understanding. 

Arts & Humanities

  • A&HB 4075 Cross-cultural communication and classroom ecology
  • A&HB 4140 Latina Narratives
  • A&HF 4198 Latin American Philosophies of Education*
  • A&HW 5199 Issues in Black Female Education in American Schools*
  • A&HE 5199 Issues: Post-Colonial Theory and English Education*

Biobehavioral Sciences

  • BBSQ 5120 Communication Disorders in Bilingual/Bicultural Children*
  • BBSQ 5501 Transcultural Seminar in Bolivia
  • BBSQ 5502 Transcultural Seminar in Ghana
  • BBSQ 5820 Bilingual Extension Institute*

Curriculum & Teaching

  • C&T 5037 Literacy, Culture and the Teaching of Reading*
  • C&T 5199 002 Issues in Black and Latina Transnational Feminism

Heath & Behavior Studies

  • HBSS4114 Competence with Multicultural Populations: Research and Practice*

Human Development

  • HUDK 5125 Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology

International & Transcultural Studies

  • ITSF 4010 Cultural and Social Bases in Education*
  • ITSF 4014 Urban Situations and Education
  • ITSF 4018 Anthropology and Development in Africa
  • ITSF 4025 Languages, Society and Schools
  • ITSF 5007 Race, Class, and Schooling: Ethnographic Approaches
  • ITSF 5015 Political Anthropology: Labor, Race, and Belief
  • ITSF 5043 Critical Theories on Latin American and Latino Education
  • ITSF 5500 Education Across the Americas
  • ITSF 5199 003 Indigenous Rights and Education in Latin America

Mathematics, Science, & Technology

  • MSTU 4023 Cinema as Cross-cultural Communication
  • MSTU 5002 Culture, Media and Education

Organization & Leadership

  • ORLH 5044 Theories Diversity In Higher Education
  • ORLJ 6045 Demography in Organizations
  • ORLJ 6350 Advanced Practicum in Conflict Resolution- Intergroup Conflict & Third Party Mediation