Bridging the Civilian-Military Divide, Trauma, and the Experiences of War

FAIN: AKA-285766-22

Seattle Central College (Seattle, WA 98122-2413)
Jeb Wyman (Project Director: September 2021 to present)
John Mack (Co Project Director: July 2022 to present)

Faculty from Seattle Central College (SCC)’s Humanities and Healthcare & Human Services (HHS) departments propose to collaborate on a $35,000, 12-month Planning project to develop classroom-tested humanities curricula that integrate the expressed experiences of veterans, while developing context-specific and culturally appropriate pedagogies for veteran students in the classroom.

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Course syllabus (Course or Curricular Material)
Title: Course syllabus
Author: Jeb Wyman
Abstract: This syllabus describes an 11-week, 5-credit course in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) Division. The course would be a mix of student veterans and students from the general population. The curriculum begins by “building the bridge” between veteran and civilian students by humanizing the veteran story and examining the disparate reasons why individuals choose to enlist and consider a military career. This course is intended to peel away stereotypes, beginning with biographies of individual veterans. This class is also based on veteran guest speakers throughout the quarter who will share their stories and engage in conversation. The course explores veterans as individuals prior to service; women in the military; a social history of veterans in the 20th and 21st centuries; the nature of modern combat; war trauma; moral and ethical questions raised by combat and war; the legacies of America's wars; and self-reflection by student veterans to help them find meaning, purpose, and identity in their transition to civilian life. We felt it important that the course offers a scope of history. We want students to recognize that many aspects of war repeat themselves over and over, such as the psychological toll of war on veterans, or the process of the nation building a casus belli among the citizenry. At the same time, various cultural aspects of war and its aftermath have changed, such as the services rendered to veterans and the ability of citizens to vicariously experience war through media. Thus, beginning with the first unit are course materials illustrating the past as well as the materials from the Wars on Terror.
Year: 2023
Primary URL Description: The syllabus has not been published.
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Audience: Undergraduate

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