Colorado State University (CorruptED)

Colorado State University’s School of Education includes courses that feature topics such as critical theories, oppression, queer theory, whiteness, and white privilege. Course texts include Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack and Karl Marx’s Capital.

COURSES AND MAJORS

Ethnic Studies Major – Concentration in Social Studies Education

The university offers students an Ethnic Studies Major with Concentration in Social Studies Education which includes courses that feature topics such as oppression, queer, whiteness, and white privilege.

Courses students are to take include Intro to Ethnic Studies, Gender in the Economy or Racial Inequality and Discrimination, Queer Studies and Women of Color, Feminist Theory, Global Environmental Justice Movements, and education courses leading to a teaching certification.

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ETST 100: Intro to Ethnic Studies

The course ETST 100: Intro to Ethnic Studies includes topics such as whiteness, white privilege, “Trump and the politics of hate and White radicalism,” and Black Lives Matter. Course texts include Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

The course description states that it will “look at the different forms of identity politics that are prevalent within Ethnic Studies” and includes core concepts of “Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality.” It will also “expand out from there and critically look at how the structures of power still affect people all around the world.”

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ETST 365: Global Environmental Justice Movements

The course ETST 365: Global Environmental Justice Movements features topics such as capitalism, colonialism, and a reading from Karl Marx’s Capital.

The course description states that the course is “dedicated to examining struggles for environmental justice in diverse regions of the world” and that everywhere students look, they will find that “social inequality shapes how environmental problems are created, recognized, and dealt with.”

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EDUC 715: Critical Theory, Educational Equity & Praxis

The course EDUC 715: Critical Theory, Educational Equity & Praxis states that the course focuses on “systems of power and oppression in understanding how educational institutions work” and will look at “how critical theories inform educational practice and contribute to transformative action across educational settings.”