Social Justice Minor

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Requirements for the Minor

The minor consists of 18 semester hours, structured as follows:

A required introductory class (with either a social science or humanities focus); see below.
An experiential learning component of 3 semester hours.
Upper-division course work to be determined by individual students in consultation with the social justice minor director. At least two disciplines must be represented.
A 3-semester-hour capstone seminar that will provide opportunity for further reflection on the experiential learning projects and student group projects.

Required course

Choose one:

SJUS 2010 - Social Justice: Theories, Narratives, and Technologies. Semester Hours: 3
-OR-
SJUS 2000 - Democratic Participation and Social Justice. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 3 Hours

Internship

A 3-semester-hour internship in any discipline of the social sciences or humanities, involving community work and including a reflective component and public dissemination or report.

Total: 3 Hours

Upper-Division Courses

Choose three (below is a sample list of upper-division courses, but other courses may be considered):

ANTH 3142 - Cultural Diversity in the Modern World. Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 4070 - Culture of Development and Globalization. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 4022 - Critical Analysis of Communication. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 4200 - Persuasion. Semester Hours: 3
CMMU 4260 - Communication and Conflict. Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 3795 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature. Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 4280 - Proposal and Grant Writing. Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 4701 - Multimedia in the Community. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 3108 - Chicano/a and Latino/a History. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 3274 - Power, Poverty, Culture. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 3396 - History of the American Indian. Semester Hours: 3
ETST 3704 - Culture, Racism and Alienation. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 3411 - Globalization and Regional Development. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 4335 - Contemporary Environmental Issues. Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 4640 - Urban Geography: Denver and the U.S.. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 3041 - Health, Culture and Society. Semester Hours: 3
HBSC 4021 - Community Health Assessment. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 3345 - Immigration and Ethnicity in American History. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 4217 - Consumer Culture. Semester Hours: 3
HIST 4219 - Depression, Affluence and Anxiety: U.S. History, 1929 to the Present. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 3200 - Social and Political Philosophy. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 3280 - War and Morality. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 3500 - Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism. Semester Hours: 3
PHIL 4920 - Philosophy of Media and Technology. Semester Hours: 3
-OR-
PHIL 5920 - Philosophy of Media and Technology. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 3034 - Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 4025 - Local Governance and Globalization. Semester Hours: 3
P SC 4207 - Theories of Social and Political Change. Semester Hours: 3
RLST 4000 - Religion and Cultural Diversity. Semester Hours: 3
SOC 3001 - Urban Sociology. Semester Hours: 3
SOC 3030 - Social Change. Semester Hours: 3
SOC 4440 - Social Stratification. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 9 Hours

Capstone

SJUS 4000 - Social Justice Capstone. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 3 Hours

Minor Total: 18 Hours

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