Curriculum Overview

Required Courses (39 credit hours)

Foundation Courses

  • SJ 100: Social Justice Theories
  • SJ 200: Social Justice Movements
  • One of the following History courses:
    • HIST 112 World History Since 1500
    • HIST 141 American History to 1865
    • HIST 142 American History Since 1865
  • One of the following Political Science courses:
    • PSCI 100 World Politics
    • PSCI 143 American National Government and Politics

Experiential Learning

  • RES 150: Civil Rights Movement: Journey to Justice
  • CHNG 310: ChangeLab – Social Responsibility (3 credit hours)
  • ETH 475 / SJ: Social Change Field Experience (Internship)

History Electives (Select Two)

  • HIST 343 Civil War & Reconstruction
  • HIST 348 Great Crash / Depression
  • HIST 349 Cold War America: 1945–1990
  • HIST 351 Atlantic World Since 1492
  • HIST 381 Modern Britain, 1815–Present
  • HIST 438 War and Genocide
  • HIST 450 Decolonization in Africa, 1919–1990

Political Science Electives (Select Two)

  • PSCI 312 Political Parties & Elections
  • PSCI 326 Women & American Politics
  • PSCI 343 Politics & the Media
  • PSCI 345 American Constitutional Law
  • PSCI 440 Environmental Law & Policy

Social Justice Electives (Select Two)

  • GWS/REL 375 Religion, Gender, and Culture
  • RES/REL 370 Race & Religion
  • SJ 300 Writing for Social Justice and Social Change
  • SJ/REL 201 Comparative Religious Ethics
  • SJ/REL 305 Bible and Justice
  • SJ/REL 445 Religion, Peace & Justice

Capstone (Choose One)

  • HIST 490
  • PSCI 495
  • SJ 499