Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Social justice emphasizes equity and fairness in all aspects of human experience. The Social Justice minor allows students to explore injustices such as cultural imperialism, exploitation, human rights abuses, marginalization, and structural and physical violence using a variety of disciplinary perspectives and tools.
Further, the Social Justice minor encourages students to recognize and work to ameliorate injustice in its myriad forms through a combination of classroom, research, and practical experiences in local and global communities.
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 201 | Introduction to American Studies | 3 |
| Select four electives, three of which must be upper-level, drawn from at least three disciplines | 12 | |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Public Sociology | ||
An approved three-credit internship | ||
An approved three-credit course within a study abroad program | ||
| Total Credits | 18-19 | |
Lower-Level Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 203 | American Protest | 3 |
| ANTH 211 | Race in Global Perspective | 3 |
| ANTH 212 | Anthropology of Gender | 3 |
| GEOG 101 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| PHIL 210 | Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 220 | Introduction to Feminism | 3 |
| WGST 101 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
Upper-Level Electives1
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 303 | Junior Special Topics Seminar | 3 |
| ECON 351C | Poverty, Affluence, and Equality | 3 |
| ENGL 328 | New World Writing in the Colonial Period | 3 |
| ENGL 329 | Literature and Nation-Building in the Americas | 3 |
| ENGL 352 | African American Literature Pre-1900 | 3 |
| ENGL 360 | Literatures of Resistance: Africa, the Caribbean ,and South Asia | 3 |
| ENGL 378 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| GEOG 331 | Race and Place in America | 3 |
| GEOG 332 | Migration Politics in a Globalizing World | 3 |
| GEOG 339A | Development Studies | 3 |
| HIST 308 | US Labor History | 3 |
| HIST 315 | U.S. Immigration History | 3 |
| HIST 385 | Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| SOCG 304 | Social Stratification | 3 |
| SOCG 421B | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SPAN 345 | Ideas on Nature in Latin American Literature | 3 |
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Additional courses from American Studies, Anthropology, English, History, Modern Languages and Literatures, Sociology, and other disciplines will count with the approval of the Program Coordinator.