Mini-Courses
UDI 269-01 Intergroup Dialogue
Fall 2023 - Thursdays (8/24-10/19) - 3:35 PM-5:35 PM - RL 107
UDI 269 Intergroup Dialogue is a one-credit hour mini-course that students can take to participate in an intergroup dialogue over several weeks. Intergroup dialogue is a process of facilitated conversation through which a group of participants explores over a period of time critical issues through the lens of differing social identities. Intergroup dialogues can be organized in terms of race, gender, socioeconomic class, religion, nationality, or any other social identity. Each section of the course encourages dialogue between two or more social identity groups and explores critical issues facing people who hold those identities in today's society. Examples of intergroup dialogues that we are considering might focus on the experiences of Catholics and non-Catholics, Christians and Muslims, Blacks and Whites, domestic and international students, or men and women.
Students may enroll while registering for their Fall 2023 courses. Students subsequently will be asked to fill out a pre-course questionnaire about the social identity groups with which they identify to help the facilitators organize the content of the course in time for the course's launch. Email us with any questions at dialoguezone@udayton.edu.
UDI 272-01 Facilitating Dialogue
Fall 2023 - Thursdays (8/24-12/15) - 2:00 PM-3:15 PM - RL 107
UDI 272 Facilitating Dialogue is a one-credit hour mini-course that students can take to learn how to create and guide spaces for dialogue. Students learn basic principles and practices for facilitating challenging conversations with the aim of fostering understanding. They also increase their capacity to ask questions, to paraphrase, to establish community norms, and other basic skills for facilitating dialogue. Students also explore how power intersects with various social identities and learn how to surface and question dominant narratives, to evoke counter-narratives, and to apply multipartiality to balance power among the viewpoints that are expressed in the dialogue. The specific focus of the intergroup dialogue in this section of the course will be determined once enrollment in the course is set.
Students may enroll while registering for their Fall 2023 courses. Email us with any questions at dialoguezone@udayton.edu.