Diversity Equity and Social Justice (CDSJ)

These requirements may be completed at any time.

Core Skills courses may not satisfy these requirements. Courses listed in Core Distribution Requirement areas may also be listed here.

Complete one course, selected from the following:

ANTH 115 - Anthropology of Race, Class and Gender  
ANTH 204 - Global Human Issues  
ANTH 206 - Native Cultures of North America  
ANTH 208 - The Lives of Women  
ANTH 233 - Introduction to Global Migration Studies  
ANTH 319 - Contemporary Native Americans  (beginning Spring 2026)
ANTH 324 - Seminar: New England Ethnic and Regional Communities  (beginning Spring 2026)
ANTH 331 - Power, Politics and Culture  (beginning Spring 2026)
CRJU 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice  
CRJU 241 - Women, Girls and Violence  
CRJU 247 - Restorative and Transformative Justice 
CRJU 290 - Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System  
CRJU 336 - Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery 
CRJU 352 - Urban Crime 
CRJU 358 - Race, Class, Crime and Justice 
CRJU 369 - Gender, Crime and Justice 
CRJU 386 - Race and the Law 
EDHM 210 - Introduction to Teaching in the Secondary Schools  
ELED 120 - Child Development Through a Culturally Responsive Lens  
GEOG 374 - Middle East and North Africa: Islam and Theater of Conflict  (beginning Spring 2026)
GEOG 375 - South Asia: Land of Diversity and Disparity  (beginning spring 2026)
LAJA 100 - Introduction to the Japanese Writing System  
LANG 260 - The Art of Zen 
LASP 200 - Intermediate Spanish II  
LTAC 210 - Introduction to Latinx and Caribbean Diaspora Studies  
MUSC 116 - Social Justice Choir  
MUSC 166 - Survey of Jazz   
MUSC 168 - American Popular Music  
PHIL 204 - Sex and Personal Relations  
PHIL 214 - Philosophy of Race  
PHIL 215 - Environmental Ethics  
PHIL 232 - Philosophy and Feminist Thought  
PHIL 236 - Film and Philosophy  
PHIL 239 - Property, Power and Subjugation  
POLI 172 - Introduction to American Government 
POLI 274 - Western Political Thought - Plato to the Present  
POLI 285 - Law and the Judicial Process  
POLI 341 - Constitutional Law and Politics: The Powers of Government  
POLI 342 - Constitutional Law and Politics: The First Amendment  
POLI 343 - Constitutional Law and Politics: Liberty and Equality  
POLI 344 - Constitutional Law and Politics: Rights of the Accused  
POLI 368 - American Political Thought  (beginning Spring 2026)
POLI 389 - Race and Ethnicity in American Politics  
POLI 393 - Politics of Climate Change  
POLI 396 - The Politics of the American Welfare State  
POLI 476 - Women and Politics  
SOCI 102 - Introduction to Sociology  
SOCI 103 - Social Problems  
SOCI 204 - Gender, Sexuality and Society  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 205 - Sports in Society  
SOCI 207 - Social Inequality  
SOCI 211 - Homelessness in U.S. Society  
SOCI 215 - Sociology of Health and Illness  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 245 - Race and Ethnicity in America  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 330 - Femininities and Masculinities  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 337 - Environmental Sociology  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 341 - Globalization, Political Economy and Social Change  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 343 - Social Structure and Social Justice  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 350 - Sociology of Work  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOCI 360 - Feminist Theory in Sociology  (beginning Spring 2026)
SOJU 200 - Introduction to Social Justice Studies  
SPED 203 - Cultural Diversity Issues in School and Society  
TESL 203 - Cultural Issues in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language