Social Justice Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

SLJ 210Introduction to Social Justice

3

SLJ 350Social Justice Practicum

1

Intersectionality array

One of:

ANT 308Social Justice and Contemporary Identity Politics

3

ANT 335/SOC 320Race and Ethnicity

3

POL 339Race, Religion and Politics

3

SOC 120Social Structure

3

Political Economy array

One of:

ANT 322Anthropology of Globalization

3

POL 120Political Ideologies & Issues

3

POL 371Political Economy of Development

3

Electives

Three courses from the following lists:

(Students wishing to understand how social justice could work in relation to particular forms of difference in society may be helped by seeing several related courses listed. The minor does not require students to specialize in any track; these lists are simply meant to help students already interested in some particular areas to see related offerings. Courses may be taken as electives only if not taken to fulfill another requirement of the minor.)

Education

ECO 325U.S. Education Policy

3

EDU 265Education Policy and Social Change

3

EDU 295Global Perspectives on Education

3

EDU 320Education and Incarceration

3

Environment

ECO 355Environmental Economics

3

ENS 210Introduction to Environmental Studies

3

ENS 310Environmental Justice

3

ENS 430Human Dimensions of Climate Change

3

HIS 361American Environmental History

3

PHI 145Environmental Ethics

3

SOC 385Sustainable Communities

3

SOC 386Sociology of Food and Agriculture

3

Gender

ANT 307/SOC 307Feminist Ethnography and Methodology

3

ANT 333Woman, Body, Culture

3

ANT 334Comparative Feminisms

3

HIS 375History of Gender in the U.S.

3

PHI 316Feminism and Philosophy

3

POL 335Gender and Politics

3

POL 351Gender and Development

3

REL 380Gender and Sexuality in Islam

3

International

ANT 322Anthropology of Globalization

3

ANT 339Anthropology of Human Rights

3

HIS 352Modern Africa

3

HIS 433Religion & Politics in Eastern Africa

3

LAS 370Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality

3

POL 120Political Ideologies & Issues

3

POL 371Political Economy of Development

3

REL 347Liberation Theologies

3

SPA 364Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora

3

SPA 370Latin American Colonial Literature

3

Other topics

ANT 305/SOC 305Research Methods

3

ANT 308Social Justice and Contemporary Identity Politics

3

ANT 315Community-Based Anthropology

3

ARH 395Art and Social Justice

3

ECO 352Policy Analysis in Our Community

3

ENG 374Unmaking Asian America

3

ENG 385Postcolonial Literature of Resistance

3

PHI 140An Introduction to Ethical Thinking

3

POL 205Introduction to Political Analysis

3

POL 321Civil Liberties

3

POL 332Public Policy

3

POL 355Policies of Mass Incarceration

3

PSY 205Introduction to Research Methods

3

REL 344Religion and Violence

3

REL 345Christian Ethics and Public Issues

3

REL 381Shari’a Justice: Visions of Rights and Responsibilities in Islam

3

SOC 315Race, Class and Gender

3

SOC 321The Happy Society

3

SOC 375Sociology of Health and Illness

3

SOC 395Social Movements

3

Race and Ethnicity

ANT 335/SOC 320Race and Ethnicity

3

ANT 336Comparative Blackness

3

ANT 337African American Cultures

3

ARH 390Race, Photography, and America

3

ENG 380African American Literature

3

MUS 215/AAS 210Music and Culture of the African Diaspora

3

PHI 353Philosophical Discussions on Ethnicity and Race: Blackness and Latinidad

3

POL 339Race, Religion and Politics

3

PSY 385Psychology of Race and Ethnicity

3

SOC 323Race and Migration

3

Wealth and Poverty

ECO 405Labor Economics and Public Policy

3

REL 340Poverty and Homelessness

3

SOC 120Social Structure

3

SOC 210Social Welfare: Assistance, Advocacy, Agencies

3

NOTES:

  1. Students should take courses from at least three different disciplines, not counting SLJ 210 and SLJ 350.
  2. At least 5 of the 6 courses for the minor must be 200-level or higher, and 3 of those must be 300-level or higher.
  3. Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
  4. Because some of the courses listed below have prerequisites, and several courses are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two years, students are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to discuss course offering schedules and options for an emphasis in the minor.