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Short-term Faculty-led Study Away Program
Course Name: Multicultural Education
and Diversity Civil Rights Tour
Course Number: EDC 345 Introduction to
Multicultural Education and Diversity
Credit Hours: 3 undergraduate
Course Overview & Objectives:
Students will be provided the opportunity to
witness first-hand the locations of significant
historical events of the Civil Rights
Movement and to meet with experts in the
field as well as participants (foot-soldiers) of
the movement. This will provide the
students with a richer, fuller understanding
and comprehension of the impact of these
individuals and places on the history of 20th
century America. Students will demonstrate
an ability to critically evaluate historical
discourse and to develop evidence-based
conclusions about the past by examining
and analyzing a variety of historical sources
and interpretations. In particular, students
will use oral history and testimony to
improve their analysis of written documents.
In particular, students will better understand
the role of ordinary “local people” in social
movements.
Summer Intersession
Program Fee: $1,715
Program Fee Includes: Transportation;
lodging; entrance fees to all sites on itinerary;
Study Away student fee. Separated costs not
available.
Program Fee Excludes: Meals, incidentals/
misc personal expenses, and souvenirs. MSU
tuition ($612) for 3 hours of undergraduate
credit. Both Missouri residents and nonresidents pay the MO resident per-credit-hour
tuition rate, per University policy.
Online applications are due by March 23,
2015. A nonrefundable deposit of $257
will be billed to your student account. To
apply, please:
• Visit the Study Away website at
international.missouristate.edu/studyaway/
• Choose Apply Now
• Search for a Program (under Apply
for a Study Away Program)
• Choose Simple Search
• Type Alabama under Program Name
• Choose Multicultural Education and
Diversity Civil Rights Tour
• Choose Apply Now
May 26-31, 2015
Informational Meeting:
TBA
Application Due:
March 23, 2015
Pre-Travel Meetings:
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Depart Springfield for Alabama:
May 26, 2015
Depart Alabama for Springfield:
May 31, 2015
Post-Travel Meetings:
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Interested in going?
Contact the Program Director,
Steve Hinch
Reading, Foundations and Technology
Phone: 417-836-3170
[email protected]
Missouri State University Study Away Programs
An EO/AA Institution
Jim D. Morris Center, Suite 403
301 S. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806
P: 417-836-6368 • E: [email protected]
W: http://international.missouristate.edu/studyaway/
Course Schedule & Itinerary
PRE-TRAVEL MEETINGS
May 18, 2015: First reading journal due:
Charles M. Payne, “Debating the Civil Rights
Movement: The View from the Trenches,” pp.
115-155, in Lawson and Payne, eds., Debating
the Civil Rights Movement. Additional reading
in class: Beverly Tatum, “Let’s Talk about Race”;
and Elizabeth Martinez, “What is White
Supremacy?”
May 19, 2015: John Lewis, “Coming Up,”
Part I of Walking with the Wind
William H. Chafe et al, “Introduction” to
Remembering Jim Crow reading journal due.
May 20, 2015: Lewis, “Nashville,” Part II of
Walking with the Wind Wesley Hogan,
“Freedom Now,” in Crosby, ed., Civil Rights
History from the Ground Up reading journal
due.
May 21, 2015: Lewis, “Freedom Ride,” Part III
of Walking with the Wind John Dittmer, “Local
People and National Leaders,” in Crosby, ed.,
Civil Rights History from the Ground Up
reading journal due.
May 22, 2015: Lewis, “SNICK,” Part IV of
Walking with the Wind Laurie B. Green,
“Challenging the Civil Rights Narrative,” in
Crosby, ed., Civil Rights History from the
Ground Up reading journal due.
STUDY TOUR
Itinerary subject to change.
May 26, 2015: Leave Springfield for
Birmingham, Alabama.
May 27, 2015: Visit the Birmingham Civil
Rights Institute, Birmingham Jail, 16th Street
Baptist Church, and Kelly Ingram Park. Travel to
Montgomery.
May 28, 2015: Visit Civil Rights Memorial
and Center, Dexter Ave. King Memorial Baptist
Church, Rosa Parks Library/Museum, and
Freedom Riders Museum.
May 29, 2015: Travel to Selma. Visit National
Voting Rights Museum and Institute, and Edmund
Pettus Bridge. Travel back to Mongomery for the
Alabama State Forum.
May 30, 2015: Travel to Memphis, Tennessee.
Visit National Civil Rights Museum-Lorraine
Motel, the site of the MLK assassination.
Application & Payment Procedures
June 4, 2015: Final Presentations
Missouri State University students and
others who are approved by the Program
Director may apply. Please provide proof of
medical insurance.
MSU Students: A non-refundable deposit of
$257 will be billed to your University account
upon application (deadline March 23, 2015). You
will receive a final billing on April 10, 2015, for
the balance of the program fee ($1,458). MSU
course tuition ($612) will be billed to your
University account separately and is due
according to the university payment plan.
Visiting Students: A non-refundable deposit of
$257 must be paid through the Study Away
Storefront on or before March 23, 2015. The
balance of the program fee ($1,458) must be
paid through the Study Away Storefront by April
17, 2015. MSU course tuition ($612) is also due
by May 8, 2015 and must be paid at the bursar’s
office or on-line through my.missouristate.edu.
In order to ensure participation in this Study
Away program, each student must pay the
entire program fee by May 8, 2015.
Alternatively, a student may show proof of
the financial aid that will pay for the fee. If a
student does not pay the program fee, or
does not show proof of financial aid that is
sufficient to cover the fee, the student will be
withdrawn from the Study Away program,
dropped from the course. Visiting students
must also fully pay the tuition amount by
May 8, 2015 in order to stay enrolled in the
program. Estimated program fees are based on
rates in effect on the publication date of this flyer
and may be subject to change. Program
participants agree to a potential increase of up
to 10% if rates increase before or during travel.
Course Credit & Requirements
Cancellation & Refund Policies
May 31, 2015: Return to Springfield, Missouri.
POST-TRAVEL MEETINGS
June 1, 2015: Reflection & Analysis, Civil Rights
Movement to 1965; One additional chapter in
Crosby, ed., Civil Rights History from the Ground
Up. Reading journal due. Discussion of second
mid-term and reflection on bus tour. Assignment
of Final Exam / Presentation Groups. In-class trip
to the Library to get books for final presentations.
June 2, 2015: Black Power, Black Feminism,
Affirmative Action, and War on Poverty. Stephen
Tuck, “Black Power and Grassroots Protest,”
Chapter 10 in We Ain’t What We Ought to Be.
June 3, 2015: Retrenchment, Black Politics, and
Grassroots Protest in the Age of Obama. Lewis,
Chapters 17 and 18, in Walking with the Wind.
Emilye Crosby, “Introduction: The Politics of
Writing and Teaching Movement History,”
OR “Conclusion: ‘Doesn’t everybody want to
grow up to be Ella Baker,” in Crosby, ed., Civil
Rights History from the Ground Up (we will divide
the reading in class). A newspaper article on a
21st century protest movement (Ferguson, MO).
Reading journal due. In-class research and group
meetings to prepare final presentations. Reading
journal due.
June 4, 2015: Work Day
Course credit will be measured as follows:
• Students who withdraw prior to March 31, 2015
• Participation & Attendance (20%)
will receive a refund of fees paid, less the $257
• Journal (15%)
deposit and any non-refundable purchases made on
• Quizzes (5%)
his/her behalf.
• Mid-Term Exams (20%)
• If a student must withdraw after March 31, 2015 for
• Bus Tour Journal (20%)
a bona fide medical reason, s/he will receive a
• Final Evaluative Exercise: Presentations & Essay
refund of fees paid, less the $257 deposit and
(20%)
non-refundable expenses. A certificate of
incapacitating illness or injury from a licensed
Required Text: Emilye Crosby, ed., Civil Rights
History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles, a physician is required.
• Students withdrawing voluntarily after
National Movement (Athens: University of
"16th Street Baptist Church" by John Morse
Georgia Press, 2011), paperback, ISBN:
9780820329635
John Lewis Walking with the Wind: A Memoir
of the Movement (New York: Harcourt,
Brace, 1998), paperback, ISBN: 9780156007085
Additional readings will be available on
Blackboard and in a binder provided for the bus
tour.
March 31, 2015 will receive no refund.
• When the program begins, no refunds will be
issued under any circumstances.
• All notifications of withdrawal must be made in
writing and sent to the Program Director and the
Director of Study Away Programs at the Study Away
Office, Jim D. Morris Center, Suite 403.
Non-payment of fees does not guarantee
withdrawal.