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Animal Protection -- HECP Students
Price: $600.00 | More about this courseThis course covers a variety of animal issues, such as animal agriculture, experimentation, hunting and trapping, and companion animal concerns. It explores different philosophies regarding the inherent rights of other sentient animals to be free from exploitation and abuse, and encourages students to grapple with and determine for themselves their own ethics regarding nonhuman animals. As with all courses, Animal Protection examines the ways in which humans, animals, and ecosystems can be protected and respected for the good of all and helps students develop techniques for teaching about complex issues in a positive manner that invites dialogue and positive solutions.
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
Cultural Issues -- HECP Students
Price: $600.00 | More about this courseThis course explores the many ways in which cultural norms influence ideas, beliefs, and actions. Covering consumerism, media, advertising, globalization, public relations, economics, and politics, this course provides a foundation for understanding the ways in which people, and the choices they make, are shaped by their culture. Cultural Issues enables students to become aware of the cultural influences in their own lives and to become effective at giving others the tools to think critically and creatively. By recognizing the ways in which our thoughts and behaviors are often molded by culture, we gain the ability to determine more consciously our behaviors and actions.
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
Environmental Ethics -- HECP Students
Price: $600.00 | More about this courseThis course covers a range of environmental issues, such as global climate change, population, endangered species, pollution, and resource and energy use. It offers a solution-oriented approach to environmental challenges, balancing the study of environmental problems with the cultivation of positive ideas for creating sustainable and restorative systems that benefit people, animals, and the earth itself. Environmental Ethics examines how we might teach about environmental challenges in a comprehensive manner that grounds them within issues of culture, human rights, and animal protection.
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
Human Rights -- HECP Students
Price: $600.00 | More about this courseThis course examines a range of human rights issues, including escalating worldwide slavery, child and sweatshop labor, genocide, and civil, gay/lesbian, disability and women's rights. It also examines acts of human courage, compassion, and kindness and invites students to find in themselves and others sources of deep and abiding humaneness, both as a model of human goodness, and as examples for exploring the ways in which humans can solve our conflicts and stop oppressing and exploiting others. As in the other courses, Human Rights examines the links between various forms of cruelty and uncovers solutions that will benefit all people, while also benefiting the environment and other animals.
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
Individualized Program Plan & Residency Fee -- HECP
Price: $500.00 | More about this courseEvery HECP student starts their program with a planning session with the HECP Director or faculty to create an individualized program plan which will lay out that student’s schedule, milestones, and goals for her or his training. This fee also covers residency training (but not travel, accommodation or food expenses incurred for residency).
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
Introduction to Humane Education -- HECP Students
Price: $600.00 | More about this courseThis course introduces students to humane education and explores innovative educational philosophies and methods, exciting and effective ways to approach teaching and learning, and positive communication skills and conflict resolution. Forming the foundation for the issues courses that follow, Introduction to Humane Education invites students to examine the ways in which they can more fully model their message as an educator and bring the underlying concepts of good communication and teaching to their students as they incorporate the important issues of human rights, environmental ethics, animal protection, and culture.
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
Practicum - HECP Students
Price: $300.00 | More about this courseIn order to become an effective humane educator, students need practice implementing what they have learned. This teaching practicum enables students to apply what they’ve studied by designing and presenting a humane education program. The practicum may be a series of classes, a course, a week-long camp, a teaching website -- even a business plan for a humane education company. The practicum must be approved by IHE faculty and can be done at any point during the program.
Please Note: Only register for this course under the direction of your faculty advisor/mentor. If you have questions about which course to register for and when, please contact HECP Director Mary Pat Champeau.
