Program Requirements

1. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 and a minimum grade of C- in all courses applied toward the minor.
2. Students must complete at least six credits of upper division level coursework.
3. Students must complete at least 9 credits in residence, with a CU Denver faculty member.

• Take the following required course:

• SJUS 2000 - Foundations in Social Justice

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  Take three courses from those listed below. This is a sample list of upper­ division courses, but other courses may be considered.

   

  Anthropology

• ANTH 3000 - Globalization, Migration and Transnationalism
• ANTH 3142 - Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
• ANTH 3200 - Human Migration: Nomads, Sojourners, and Settlers
• ANTH 4070/   ANTH 5070 - Culture of Development and Globalization
• ANTH 4300/   ANTH 5300 - Migrant Health

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  Communication

• COMM 2020 - Communication, Citizenship, and Social Justice
• COMM 2082 - Introduction to Environmental Communication
• COMM 3271 - Communication and Diversity
• COMM 4040 - Communication, Prisons, and Social Justice
• COMM 4260 - Communication and Conflict
• COMM 4265 - Gender and Communication
• COMM 4282 - Environmental Communication
• COMM 4558 - Digital Health Narratives
• COMM 4610 - Communication, media, and sexuality
• COMM 4710 - Topics in Communication

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  Education

• EDFN 4001/   EDFN 5001 - Problematizing Whiteness: Educating for Racial Justice

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  English

• ENGL 3330 - Topics in Literature (Literature, Mysteries and Spies)
• ENGL 4190/  ENGL 5190 - Special Topics  (Rhetorics of the Body)
• ENGL 4190/  ENGL 5190 - Special Topics  (Rhetoric of Disability in Contemporary Film)
• ENGL 4280/    ENGL 5280 - Proposal and Grant Writing
• ENGL 4308 - Contemporary Feminist Thought
• ENGL 4770 - Topics in English: Film and Literature (Mental Difference & Disorders)

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  Ethnic Studies

• ETST 3002 - Ethnicity, Health and Social Justice
• ETST 3110 - Indigenous Studies
• ETST 3272 - Global Media
• ETST 3274 - Power, Poverty, Culture
• ETST 3396 - History of the American Indian
• ETST 3297 - Social History of Asian Americans
• ETST 3704 - Culture, Racism and Alienation
• ETST 3794 - Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Culture

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  Geography & Environmental Sciences

• GEOG 4301 - Population, Culture, and Resources
• GEOG 3401 - Geography of Food and Agriculture
• GEOG 3411 - Globalization and Regional Development
• GEOG 3501 - Geography of Health
• GEOG 4230 - Hazard Mitigation and Vulnerability Assessment
• GEOG 4420 - The Politics of Nature
• GEOG 4640/   GEOG 5640 - Urban Geography: Denver and the U.S.
• GEOG 4680 - Urban Sustainability: Perspectives and Practice

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  History

• HIST 3235 - U.S. Labor History, 1800 to the Present
• HIST 3343 - Women in U.S. History
• HIST 3345 - Immigration and Ethnicity in American History
• HIST 3349 - Social Movements in 20th Century America
• HIST 4028/   HIST 5028 - Nations and Classes: 19th Century Europe
• HIST 4217/   HIST 5217 - Consumer Culture
• HIST 4306/   HIST 5306 - Survey of Feminist Thought
• HIST 4308/   HIST 5308 - Crime, Policing, and Justice in American History
• HIST 4455/   HIST 5455 - African Struggle for Independence

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  Landscape Architecture

• LDAR 3601 - Intro to Landscape Arch: Engaging Designed Landscape
• LDAR 4486/   LDAR 6686 - Special Topics: Landscape Architecture (Site, Society & Environment)
• LDAR 4486/  LDAR 6686 - Special Topics: Landscape Architecture  (Food in the Urban Landscape)

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  Philosophy

• PHIL 3200 - Social and Political Philosophy
• PHIL 3280 - War and Morality
• PHIL 3500 - Ideology and Culture: Racism and Sexism
• PHIL 3550 - Philosophy of Death and Dying
• PHIL 4101/   PHIL 5101 - Pragmatism: Classical American Philosophy
• PHIL 4812/   PHIL 5812 - Special Topics in Philosophy (Prisons, Punishment, and Social Justice)
• PHIL 4812/  PHIL 5812 - Special Topics in Philosophy  (Gender and Sexuality)
• PHIL 4812/  PHIL 4812 - Special Topics in Philosophy  (The Woman Question)
• PHIL 4920/   PHIL 5920 - Philosophy of Media and Technology

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  Political Science

• PSCI 3034 - Race, Gender, Law and Public Policy
• PSCI 3035 - Political Movements: Race and Gender
• PSCI 3075 - Community Organizing and Community Development
• PSCI 3914 - The Urban Citizen
• PSCI 4002 - Topics in Political Science
• PSCI 4025/   PSCI 5025 - Local Governance and Globalization
• PSCI 4144 - Indigenous Political Systems
• PSCI 4146 - Indigenous Politics
• PSCI 4207 - Theories of Social and Political Change
• PSCI 4265/   PSCI 5265 - Social Justice And Globalization
• PSCI 4437 - Coercion and the State
• PSCI 4535 - Labor and Working Class Politics
• PSCI 4545 - Immigration Politics
• PSCI 4555 - International Women’s Resistance
• PSCI 4808/   PSCI 5808 - Strategies of Peacebuilding

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  Public Service

• PUAD 4001 - Ethics in Public Service
• PUAD 4002 - Leading for the Public Good

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  Religious Studies

• RLST 4000 - Religion and Cultural Diversity

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  Sociology

• SOCY 3001 - Urban Sociology
• SOCY 3020 - Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.
• SOCY 3140 - Sociological Theory
• SOCY 3720 - Global Perspectives on Social Issues
• SOCY 4700 - Sociology of Law

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  Social Justice

• SJUS 4050/   SJUS 5050 - Special Topics: Social Justice

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  Social Sciences

• SSCI 4050/   SSCI 5050 - Topics in Social Science (1^st Amendment in American Culture Wars)
• SSCI 4050/  SSCI 5050 - Topics in Social Science  (Critical Public Humanities)
• SSCI 4050/  SSCI 5050 - Topics in Social Science  (Narratives of Americas)

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  Women’s and Gender Studies

• WGST 4306/   WGST 5306 - Survey of Feminist Thought
• WGST 4308/   WGST 5308 - Contemporary Feminist Thought

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  Take a 3 semester hour capstone seminar:
  Work on a project related to a social justice issue that is important to you with a faculty member in an independent study. Your advisor must approve this course in advance.