Social Justice Minor
See your work through the lens of social justice. Learn how social, economic, and political issues influence each other and affect an individual's or community's essential rights.
Why Minor in Social Justice?
Are you interested in integrating socially just practices into your field of study? Do you want to make a real difference in your communities and the world?
The 16-credit Social Justice minor will prepare you to view and approach your work through a social justice lens—how an issue impacts the access, opportunity and equality of an individual’s or communities’ essential economic, political and social rights. Upon completion of this minor, you’ll be able to
- Analyze the relationship among power, privilege and oppression;
- Recognize and counter stereotypes, myths, and discriminatory attitudes and practices at the individual and institutional levels;
- Create strategies to advocate for social, political, legal and economic justice;
- Facilitate building safe, equitable, sustainable and non-discriminatory communities;
- Apply ethical principles to social justice practice.
Courses in the Social Justice Minor
Choose three courses from the following:
- ASU 100: Introduction to Sustainability Studies
- BUS 210: Business & the Sustainability Mindset
- COM 270: Intercultural Communication
- COM 350: Conflict Management
- COM 402: Gender, Sexual Identity & Communication
- COM 406: Race, Culture & Communication
- CRJ 235: Juvenile Justice
- CRJ 345: Restorative Justice 2: Blending Theory and Practice
- CRJ 450: Seminar in Criminal Justice Reform
- EDU 233: Teaching Diverse Learners
- EDU 270: Service Learning to Connect Schools and Society
- ENP 100: Introduction to Environmental Issues
- ENP 210: The Environmental Impacts of Consumerism
- ENP 310: Environmental Justice
- LDR 300: Seminar In Women’s Leadership
- MKT 280: Activist Marketing
- PSY 240: Social Psychology
- SAP 210: Place-Based Service Learning
- SAP 290: Study Abroad Internship Experience
- SWK 130: Disability Rights, Identity and History
- SWK 150: Technology for Change
- SWK 230: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
- SWK 240: Relationship Dynamics
- SWK 250: Introduction to Antiracist Practice
- SWK 255: Economic, Racial, Environmental & Social Justice
- SWK 470: Global Social Action
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