Oct 12, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Social Justice Studies Minor


The Social Justice Studies minor prepares students to address local, national and global inequities and deprivations of human rights and liberties. The curriculum emphasizes history, theory and practice of social justice work; the distribution of power, resources and opportunities; and strategic individual and collective action for challenging social injustice.

Course Requirements


Electives (12 credits)


Option 1: Students may follow either the Social Justice at the Intersections Track or Social Justice from a Global Perspective Track and complete four courses.

or

Option 2: Students may complete two courses from the Social Justice at the Intersections track and two courses in the Social Justice from a Global Perspective track. No more than two courses from the four elective courses can be taken under the same prefix. One elective course must be at 300- or 400-level.

Faculty and students will also be able to propose courses, independent studies or directed studies for the students’ individual program of study. The Social Justice Studies coordinator will review proposed courses, independent studies or directed studies to determine if they can be applied to the individual student’s program of study. Faculty and students will also be able to propose social justice capstone projects with prior consent of Social Justice Studies coordinator.

Social Justice at the Intersections


Social Justice from a Global Perspective


Total minimum credits: 18