Minor in Social Justice
The Social Justice Minor is an interdisciplinary degree designed to help students better understand the causes and consequences of unjust social arrangements, the ideas and forces that undergird them, and how social injustices can be changed. Accordingly, the minor compliments a wide variety of majors offered through the College of Liberal Arts, from traditional disciplines such as History, Sociology and Philosophy to interdisciplinary majors such as Africana Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The minor will support and encourage the study of activism and advocacy for social justice, and will be especially important for students who anticipate working in advocacy roles in nonprofit organizations, in local communities, or in governmental organizations, as well as careers in fields such as education, social services, law, health services, publishing, or emerging areas of research.
A minor in Social Justice requires the successful completion of at least 15 semester hours of coursework. All students in the minor will take Contemporary Social Problems (SOC 302), and at least three or more select 300- or 400-level courses, all passed with a grade of C or better.
For additional information, please contact Chris Wienke, Faculty Coordinator of the Social Justice Minor, Faner Hall 3432, cwienke@siu.edu(618) 453-7629
The following courses fulfill requirements for the Social Justice Minor:
Africana Studies
- AFR209 - Critical Issues in the Black American Experience
- AFR215 - Black American Experience in a Pluralistic Society
- AFR311A/ HIST362A - Black American History to 1865
- AFR311B HIST362B - Black American History Since 1865
- AFR499B – Philosophy of Race
Anthropology
- ANTH202 - America's Diverse Cultures
- ANTH204 - Latinos in America
- ANTH440B - Race & Human Variation
Communication Studies
- CMST201 - Performing Culture
- CMST301i - Communication across Cultures
- CMST412 - Environmental Rhetoric
Criminology and Criminal Justice
- CCJ203 - Crime, Justice and Social Diversity
- CCJ310 – Introduction to Criminal Law
- CCJ360 - Law and Social Control
- CCJ306 - Policing in America
- CCJ374 - Juvenile Justice
- CCJ410 - Policing Communities
- CCJ460/SOC461/WGSS 476 - Women, Crime and Justice
- CCJ475 - Mass Incarceration
English
- ENGL225/WGSS 225 - Women in Literature
- ENGL355A/AFR355A - Survey of African American Literature, Part 1
- ENGL355B/AFR355B - Survey of African American Literature, Part 2
History
- HIST324/WGSS 348 - Women and Gender History
- HIST358I - Intro to Peace Studies
- HIST365 - American Immigration
- HIST366 - American Indian History
- HIST403 - American Indians & US Empire
- HIST407 - History of Latinos in the US
- HIST416 - Socialism: Rise and Fall
- HIST429 - Political Violence in the Modern World
- HIST487/ AFR497 – The Civil Rights Movement
Philosophy
- PHIL211 - Philosophy and Diversity: Gender, Race and Class
- PHIL309I - Peace, Law, and Justice
- PHIL314/WGSS 314 - Love, Sex, Gender & Philosophy
- PHIL399/JRNL 399 - First Freedoms
- PHIL433 - Post-Colonialism
- PHIL435 - Environmental Philosophy
- PHIL446A/ WGSS 456A - Feminist Philosophy
Paralegal Studies
- PARL105 – Introduction to Law
Political Science
- POLS215 - Politics of US Diversity
- POLS332I - Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
- POLS438/WGSS 438 - Women and the Law
Sociology
- SOC215 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States
- SOC223 - Introduction to Gender and Society
- SOC307/WGSS 315 - Global Perspectives on Sexual Diversity
- SOC407/WGSS 407 - Sociology of Sexuality
- SOC423/WGSS 442 - Sociology of Gender
- SOC424 - Social Movements and Collective Behavior
- SOC435 - Social Inequality
- SOC455 - Racial Inequality
- SOC462/ CCJ 462 - Victims of Crime
- SOC476/ POLS 476 - Religion and Politics
Women, Gender, and Sexual Studies
- WGSS201 - Multicultural Perspectives on Women, Gender and Sexuality
- WGSS300 - Feminist Theories
- WGSS 320I/LING 320I: Language, Gender, and Power
Other relevant courses may be substituted with program chair or designated faculty approval.