Social Justice Minor

Requirements for the Minor

Required Courses

SLJ 210	Introduction to Social Justice	3
SLJ 350	Social Justice Practicum	1

Intersectionality array

One of:

ANT 308	Social Justice and Contemporary Identity Politics	3
ANT 335/SOC 320	Race and Ethnicity	3
POL 339	Race, Religion and Politics	3
SOC 120	Social Structure	3

Political Economy array

One of:

ANT 322	Anthropology of Globalization	3
POL 120	Political Ideologies & Issues	3
POL 371	Political 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 325	U.S. Education Policy	3
EDU 265	Education Policy and Social Change	3
EDU 295	Global Perspectives on Education	3
EDU 320	Education and Incarceration	3

Environment

ECO 355	Environmental Economics	3
ENS 210	Introduction to Environmental Studies	3
ENS 310	Environmental Justice	3
ENS 430	Human Dimensions of Climate Change	3
HIS 361	American Environmental History	3
PHI 145	Environmental Ethics	3
SOC 385	Sustainable Communities	3
SOC 386	Sociology of Food and Agriculture	3

Gender

ANT 307/SOC 307	Feminist Ethnography and Methodology	3
ANT 333	Woman, Body, Culture	3
ANT 334	Comparative Feminisms	3
HIS 375	History of Gender in the U.S.	3
PHI 316	Feminism and Philosophy	3
POL 335	Gender and Politics	3
POL 351	Gender and Development	3
REL 380	Gender and Sexuality in Islam	3

International

ANT 322	Anthropology of Globalization	3
ANT 339	Anthropology of Human Rights	3
HIS 352	Modern Africa	3
HIS 433	Religion & Politics in Eastern Africa	3
LAS 370	Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality	3
POL 120	Political Ideologies & Issues	3
POL 371	Political Economy of Development	3
REL 347	Liberation Theologies	3
SPA 364	Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora	3
SPA 370	Latin American Colonial Literature	3

Other topics

ANT 305/SOC 305	Research Methods	3
ANT 308	Social Justice and Contemporary Identity Politics	3
ANT 315	Community-Based Anthropology	3
ARH 395	Art and Social Justice	3
ECO 352	Policy Analysis in Our Community	3
ENG 374	Unmaking Asian America	3
ENG 385	Postcolonial Literature of Resistance	3
PHI 140	An Introduction to Ethical Thinking	3
POL 205	Introduction to Political Analysis	3
POL 321	Civil Liberties	3
POL 332	Public Policy	3
POL 355	Policies of Mass Incarceration	3
PSY 205	Introduction to Research Methods	3
REL 344	Religion and Violence	3
REL 345	Christian Ethics and Public Issues	3
REL 381	Shari’a Justice: Visions of Rights and Responsibilities in Islam	3
SOC 315	Race, Class and Gender	3
SOC 321	The Happy Society	3
SOC 375	Sociology of Health and Illness	3
SOC 395	Social Movements	3

Race and Ethnicity

ANT 335/SOC 320	Race and Ethnicity	3
ANT 336	Comparative Blackness	3
ANT 337	African American Cultures	3
ARH 390	Race, Photography, and America	3
ENG 270	African American Literature	3
MUS 215/AAS 210	Music and Culture of the African Diaspora	3
PHI 353	Philosophical Discussions on Ethnicity and Race: Blackness and Latinidad	3
POL 339	Race, Religion and Politics	3
PSY 385	Psychology of Race and Ethnicity	3
SOC 323	Race and Migration	3

Wealth and Poverty

ECO 405	Labor Economics and Public Policy	3
REL 340	Poverty and Homelessness	3
SOC 120	Social Structure	3
SOC 210	Social Welfare: Social Workers, Activists, Bureaucrats	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.