Poverty and Social Justice Minor
Coordinator: Associate Professor Drew-Branch
The mission of the Poverty and Social Justice program at Elon is to educate students about the multiple causes and structural nature of poverty so that they might work more effectively toward its end. Through coursework and an internship, students from any major can learn about how citizens can understand, encounter and advocate for the poor, both in the U.S. and globally.
The program includes introductory and capstone courses, as well as 3 courses chosen from a list of courses offered in Elon College and the professional schools. Elon is a member of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty, which is a national coalition of colleges and universities who work together to teach about poverty and social justice. PSJ minors will all complete an internship, which can be completed through the consortium, or can, with permission, be tied to a professional internship as part of a students’ major.
Minor Requirements
Required courses: 8 sh
| PSJ 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES | 4 sh |
| COR 4430 | POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
Internship: 1-4 sh
All students will be required to complete an internship after their Introduction to Poverty Studies course and before they complete their capstone. This internship can be fulfilled in the following ways:
Option A: Summer internship through Shepherd Consortium (1 semester hour)
Students who complete a Shepherd summer internship will satisfy the internship requirement for the PSJ minor. Students interested in taking a Shepherd Consortium Internship should meet with the PSJ coordinator.
Option B: Semester internship/practicum (required for major/approved for PSJ)
Students in majors where there is a required internship or practicum (e.g. communications, education, human service studies) may use their existing required internship to fulfill this requirement. Students must select internship sites that are approved for the PSJ minor in order for these to count toward the minor.
Option C: PSJ 4985 – Poverty and Social Justice semester internship (1-4 semester hours)
Students may elect to take between 1-4 hours of internship credit during the fall, winter, or spring semester in sites that are approved for the PSJ minor.
Select twelve semester hours from the following: 12 sh
| ANT 3120 | NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES | 4 sh |
| ANT 3250 | MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 4 sh |
| ART 3300 | PHOTOGRAPHY AS SOCIAL CRITIQUE | 4 sh |
| COR 3420 | UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES | 4 sh |
| COR 4160 | WEALTH AND POVERTY | 4 sh |
| COR 4260 | IDENTITY AND THE PRACTICE OF DESIRE | 4 sh |
| ECO 3410 | GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| ECO 4110 | ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| EDU 2110 | EDUCATION AND SOCIETY | 4 sh |
| EDU 3320 | EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY-TEAM PARTNERSHIPS | 4 sh |
| EDU 4500 | TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 4 sh |
| EDU 4510 | TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS | 4 sh |
| EDU 4670 | EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICY AND ADVOCACY | 4 sh |
| ENG 3320 | LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH | 4 sh |
| ENS 1110 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | 3 sh |
| ENS 1130 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LAB | 1 sh |
| ENS 1200 | COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - FALL HARVEST | 2 sh |
| ENS 1210 | COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - SPRING PLANTING | 2 sh |
| ENS 2200 | GARDEN STUDIO: FALL AND WINTER GARDENING | 2 sh |
| ENS 2210 | GARDEN STUDIO: SPRING AND SUMMER GARDENING | 2 sh |
| ENS 2320 | SOLAR GREENHOUSE AND FOURTH SEASON HARVEST | 4 sh |
| ENS 3110 | SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION | 4 sh |
| ENS 3600 | GREEN DESIGN: ENVISIONING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 2370 | MULTICULTURAL LONDON | 4 sh |
| GBL 2470 | GHANA: WEST AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 2970 | MALAWI: THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA | 4 sh |
| GEO 1310 | THE WORLD'S REGIONS | 4 sh |
| HSS 3110 | SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY | 4 sh |
| HSS 3300 | FATHERHOOD | 4 sh |
| HST 3130 | MODERN AFRICA | 4 sh |
| HST 3490 | COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD | 4 sh |
| HST 3510 | HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO | 4 sh |
| HST 3530 | COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 3540 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| IDS 2220 | THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| IDS 2240 | DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT | 4 sh |
| PHL 3200 | RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY | 4 sh |
| PHL 3300 | ECONOMIC JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| PHS 3020 | GLOBAL HEALTH | 4 sh |
| PHS 3980 | PRACTICUM | 4 sh |
| POL 3490 | GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 4 sh |
| POL 3610 | POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN | 4 sh |
| PSY 2100 | LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| PSY 2110 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| PSY 3530 | COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 3820 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 3540 | STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE | 4 sh |
| PSY 3840 | HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 3510 | PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| REL 3440 | CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| SOC 2200 | SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY | 4 sh |
| SOC 2430 | SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION | 4 sh |
| SOC 3150 | DRUGS AND SOCIETY | 4 sh |
| SOC 3330 | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION | 4 sh |
| SOC 3410 | ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| SOC 3550 | CRIMINOLOGY | 4 sh |
| SPN 3130 | HUMAN MIGRATIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 3140 | US-SPANISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 3150 | EXPLORING IDENTITY IN THE SPANISH SPEAKING WORLD | 4 sh |
| SPN 3200 | READING TEXTS, READING LIFE | 4 sh |
| SPN 3350 | LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE | 4 sh |
| SPN 3530 | TEXT, CULTURE AND MEDIA | 4 sh |
| SPN 3550 | CONQUESTS, CLASHES AND TRANSITIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 3570 | (RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS | 4 sh |
| SPN 3590 | COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS | 4 sh |
| SPN 3620 | RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | 4 sh |
| SPN 4530 | REALISMO MAGICO OR REAL MARAVILLOSO | 4 sh |
| SPN 4550 | RELIGION, IDOLATRY AND CONQUEST: FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO THE NEW WORLD | 4 sh |
No more than two courses may come from a student’s major.
Other courses may be submitted for approval by the Program Coordinator.
Total Credit Hours: 21-24