Social Justice Minor

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Introduction

Please click here to see Social Justice department information.

These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Minor

Please see your advisor.

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

The minor consists of 18 semester hours.
Coursework includes a required introductory class (with either a social science or humanities focus).
The minor includes an experiential learning component of 3 semester hours.
Upper-division course work is 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 is required.

Take one of the following courses:
SJUS 2000 - Democratic Participation and Social Justice
SJUS 2010 - Social Justice: Theories, Narratives, and Technologies
Take 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.

Take three courses from those listed below. This is a sample list of upper-division courses, but other courses may be considered.
ANTH 3142 - Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
ANTH 4070 - Culture of Development and Globalization
COMM 2000 - Persuasion
COMM 4022 - Critical Analysis of Communication
COMM 4260 - Communication and Conflict
ENGL 3795 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature
ENGL 4280 - Proposal and Grant Writing
ETST 3108 - Chicano/a and Latino/a History
ETST 3274 - Power, Poverty, Culture
ETST 3396 - History of the American Indian
ETST 3704 - Culture, Racism and Alienation
GEOG 3411 - Globalization and Regional Development
GEOG 4335 - Contemporary Environmental Issues
GEOG 4640 - Urban Geography: Denver and the U.S.
HIST 3345 - Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
HIST 4217 - Consumer Culture
HIST 4219 - Depression, Affluence and Anxiety: U.S. History, 1929 to the Present
PHIL 3200 - Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3280 - War and Morality
PHIL 3500 - Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism
PHIL 4920 - Philosophy of Media and Technology or
PHIL 5920 - Philosophy of Media and Technology
PSCI 3034 - Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy
PSCI 4025 - Local Governance and Globalization
PSCI 4207 - Theories of Social and Political Change
RLST 4000 - Religion and Cultural Diversity
SOCY 3001 - Urban Sociology
SOCY 4440 - Social Inequality
Take a 3-semester-hour capstone seminar.