University General Course Catalog 2020-2021

Nov 25, 2024

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Social Justice, Minor

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A minor in Social Justice is offered through the Gender, Race and Identity Program in cooperation with the School for Social Research and Justice Studies and is housed in the College of Liberal Arts. Designed to increase students’ knowlege of justice, conflict, and social change and structural impediments or challenges to justice, the minor offers opportunities to develop complex critical thinking around issues, as well as strategies for change including activism, advocacy, social policy, and community organizing.

Students enrolled in the Social Justice minor will be required to complete 18 units. At least 9 units must be in upper-division (300-400 level) courses. All courses in the minor curriculum are three units each. Students interested in pursuing a minor in Social Justice should contact the undergraduate advisor in GRI.

Contact Information

Gender, Race, and Identity Program
Thompson Building 106
(775) 682-6480

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

A. Basic Competencies (9 units)

GRI 257 - Social Movements of Gender, Race, and Identity (3 units) CO10, CO12
GRI 460 - Intersectionality and Social Justice (3 units) CO10, CO14
SOC 345 - Social Movements and Collective Behavior (3 units) CO10, CO11

B. Group A (6-9 units)

Choose at least 6 and up to 9 units from the following:

COM 275 - Racism, Colonialism, and Communication (3 units) CO10
COM 348 - Latina/o/x Communication Studies (3 units) CO10, CO11
COM 434 - Communication and Conflict Resolution (3 units)
COM 441 - Rhetoric of Dissent (3 units)
COM 475 - Communication and Community Engagement (3 units) CO12, CO13
CRJ 380 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in Community Policing (3 units) CO10
CRJ 381 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in Criminal Justice (3 units) CO10
CRJ 427 - Struggle for Justice (3 units) CO10, CO13
CRJ 475 - Women and the Criminal Justice System (3 units) CO10, CO13
CRJ 479 - Feminist Jurisprudence: Violence Against Women (3 units) CO10, CO13
ETS 150 - Race in Contemporary Life (3 units) CO10
ETS 307 - Topics in Race and Racism (3 units) CO10
GRI 103 - Introduction to Intersectional Analysis of Identities (3 units) CO6, CO10
GRI 201 - Contemporary Diversity (3 units) CO10
GRI 418 - Global/Local Inequalities (3 units) CO11, CO14
GRI 428 - Indigenous Feminisms (3 units) CO10
GRI 493 - Queer History and Theory (3 units) CO10, CO13
GRI 495 - Capstone in Gender, Race, and Identity (3 units) CO13, CO14
HIST 433A - The African American Freedom Struggle After 1865 (3 units) CO10
HIST 439C - Slavery and Race in Latin America (3 units)
HIST 479 - Race and Ethnicity in American History (3 units) CO10, CO13
PHIL 207C - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (3 units) CO8
PHIL 244 - Bioethics (3 units) CO9, CO12
PSC 353 - Identity Politics In US (3 units) CO10
PSC 405H - International Human Rights (3 units) CO12
PSC 405I - Holocaust and Genocide (3 units)
SOC 342 - Social Stratification (3 units) CO10
SOC 350 - Social Change (3 units) CO10, CO11
SOC 376 - The Community (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 379 - Ethnic and Race Relations (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 406 - Globalization and Society (3 units) CO11
SOC 409 - Gendered Violence (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 453 - Gender and Society (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 490 - Class, Race and Gender (3 units) CO10

C. Group B (0-3 units)

Choose up to one course from the following:

Note: Students may propose additional new or temporary courses the meet the minor’s criteria with Board approval.

ART 476 - Propagandistic Art: 1925-1945 (3 units)
ART 487 - German Art 1900-Present (3 units) CO13
COM 434 - Communication and Conflict Resolution (3 units)
COM 441 - Rhetoric of Dissent (3 units)
COM 454 - Alternate Dispute Resolution (3 units) CO14
COM 475 - Communication and Community Engagement (3 units) CO12, CO13
CRJ 313 - Community Policing and Problem Solving (3 units)
CRJ 380 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in Community Policing (3 units) CO10
CRJ 381 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in Criminal Justice (3 units) CO10
CRJ 475 - Women and the Criminal Justice System (3 units) CO10, CO13
CRJ 479 - Feminist Jurisprudence: Violence Against Women (3 units) CO10, CO13
EDUC 413 - Education for a Changing World (3 units) CO10, CO11, CO13
ENG 345 - U.S. Writers of Color (3 units) CO10
ENG 486A - Studies in Postcolonial Literature and Theory (3 units) CO10, CO11
ENG 490A - Gender and Sexual Identity in Literature (3 units) CO10, CO13
ENG 491A - Major Texts of the Environmental Movement (3 units) CO12, CO13
ENG 494A - Native American Literature (3 units)
ENG 497B - Ethnicity, Gender and American Identity (3 units) CO10, CO12, CO13
ETS 280 - Native American Identities and Culture (3 units) CO10
GEOG 305 - Community Environmental Problems (3 units)
GEOG 350 - Global Food Systems (3 units) CO11
GEOG 385 - Fundamentals of Urban Planning (3 units)
GEOG 422 - Climate Solutions: Local to Global Perspectives (3 units) CO9, CO13
GEOG 438 - Western Water Resources and Management (3 units) CO9
GEOG 446 - Political Geography (3 units) CO11
GEOG 452 - Urban Geography (3 units)
GEOG 459 - Housing Planning and Policy (3 units)
GEOG 464 - Identity and the Environment (3 units) CO10, CO13
HDFS 438 - Children and Families in a Multi-Ethnic Society (3 units) CO10, CO13
HIST 320 - Hispanic Culture US (3 units)
HIST 370 - Cultural History of Disasters (3 units) CO9, CO10
HIST 404 - Social History of the United States (3 units)
HIST 439C - Slavery and Race in Latin America (3 units)
PHIL 244 - Bioethics (3 units) CO9, CO12
PHIL 245 - Contemporary Moral Issues (3 units) CO10, CO12
PHIL 327 - History of Political Thought I (3 units)
PHIL 328 - History of Political Thought II (3 units)
PSC 353 - Identity Politics In US (3 units) CO10
PSC 354 - Politics and Women (3 units) CO10
PSC 403C - Environmental Policy (3 units)
PSC 403D - Global Environmental Policy (3 units) CO11
PSC 403E - Environmental Law (3 units)
PSC 403J - Political Ethics and Political Corruptions (3 units) CO12, CO13
SOC 373 - Political Sociology (3 units)
SOC 376 - The Community (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 409 - Gendered Violence (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 453 - Gender and Society (3 units) CO10, CO13
WMST 470 - Gender and Migration: Women, Men, and Global Movement (3 units) CO10, CO11