Social Justice Minor
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The Minor in Social Justice will equip students with the critical faculties and creative skills needed to make meaningful contributions to the contemporary pursuit of social justice. As such, the degree asks student to think carefully about the roles that race, class, and gender play in our society.
Learning Outcomes
A student that completes the Minor in Social Justice can:
- Explain the history of social justice and its significance for contemporary social problems
- Engage in various forms of advocacy that have a measurable effect in a community
- Explain the social concerns of specific minority populations
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
| COM 110 | Power, Culture, and Society | 3.00 |
Social Justice (6 credits)
Select two from the following:
| COM 335 | Communication in the Public Interest | 3.00 |
| CRJ 200 | Social Justice | 3.00 |
| ENG 486A | Studies in Post-colonial Literature and Theory | 3.00 |
| PSY 468 | Psychology of Inequality | 3.00 |
| SOC 441 | Social Inequality | 3.00 |
Gender and Sexuality (3 credits)
Select one from the following:
| COM 380 | Women in Media | 3.00 |
| ENG 490 | Asian American Literature | 3.00 |
| SOC 230 | Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | 3.00 |
| SOC 453 | Gender and Society | 3.00 |
Electives
Select two from the following (at least one course must have a prefix of CRJ, ETS, or SOC):
| CRJ 321 | Immigration and Justice | 3.00 |
| ENG 490 | Asian American Literature | 3.00 |
| ENG 494A | Native American Literature | 3.00 |
| ENG 495C | African-American Literature | 3.00 |
| ENG 496A | Themes in Modern Chicano Literature | 3.00 |
| ENG 496C | Topics in Middle Eastern Literature | 3.00 |
| ETS 101 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies | 3.00 |
| ETS 375 | US Latino/a-Chicano/a Experience | 3.00 |
| ETS 435 | Asian-American Identities in Comparative Context | 3.00 |
| HIST 418 | American Indian Relations | 3.00 |
| HIST 433 | African-American History | 3.00 |
| HIST 444 | Latinos in the American West | 3.00 |
| SOC 471 | Racial and Ethnic Relations in America | 3.00 |