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Social Justice Minor

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 110Power, Culture, and Society

3.00

Social Justice (6 credits)

Select two from the following:
COM 335Communication in the Public Interest

3.00
CRJ 200Social Justice

3.00
ENG 486AStudies in Post-colonial Literature and Theory

3.00
PSY 468Psychology of Inequality

3.00
SOC 441Social Inequality

3.00

Gender and Sexuality (3 credits)

Select one from the following:
COM 380Women in Media

3.00
ENG 272Queer Literature

3.00
ENG 490AGender and Sexual Identity in Literature

3.00
SOC 230Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies

3.00
SOC 453Gender and Society

3.00

Electives

Select two from the following (at least one course must have a prefix of CRJ, ETS, or SOC):
CRJ 321Immigration and Justice

3.00
ENG 490Asian American Literature

3.00
ENG 494ANative American Literature

3.00
ENG 495CAfrican-American Literature

3.00
ENG 496CTopics in Middle Eastern Literature

3.00
ETS 101Introduction to Ethnic Studies

3.00
ETS 375US Latino/a-Chicano/a Experience

3.00
ETS 435Asian-American Identities in Comparative Context

3.00
HIST 418American Indian Relations

3.00
HIST 433African-American History

3.00
HIST 444Latinos in the American West

3.00
SOC 471Racial and Ethnic Relations in America

3.00