Intro to Transformatve Studies

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This course addresses the relationship between academic inquiry and personal transformation, as well as the transformation of inquiry. Applying insights from Jungian, feminist, and complexity theories, we will explore what it means to be a scholar in the 21st century, the role of the inquirer in every inquiry, how psychological factors and gender influence what and how we inquire, and the importance of developing a strong foundation in scholarship to do creative work, and apply insights from global social theories including but not limited to: feminist and gender studies, intersectionality, class, race, and sexual orientation. This course will also explore the implications of systems/complexity theories for our understandings of knowledge, in the context of global transformation and the problematization of knowledge. RESTRICTED TO TRANSFORMATIVE STUDIES STUDENTS