Social Justice and Civil Rights

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The Social Justice and Civil Rights specialization serves students who wish to pursue careers that include public service, advocacy, and/or social justice activism.

Course Options

  • ACCAD 5100: Concept Development for Time-Based Media
  • ARTSSCI 2400: Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society
  • COMM 2110: Principles of Effective Public Speaking 
  • COMM 2331: Strategic Communication Principles
  • COMM 2367: Persuasive Communication 
  • COMM 3325: Introduction to Organizational Communication
  • COMM 3333: Crisis Communication
  • COMM 3620: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
  • COMM 4635: Communication Dynamics in Groups
  • DESIGN 3105: Exploring Design Thinking
  • DESIGN 3505: Presentation as Thinking
  • ENGLISH 2276: Arts of Persuasion
  • ENGLISH 3395: Literature and Leadership
  • ESHESA 2570: Team and Organizational Leadership
  • ESHESA 2575: Student Organization Leadership Training
  • FRIT 3054: The 21st-Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship
  • POLITSC 3785: Data Science for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • PSYCH 2311: Psychology of Motivation
  • PSYCH 2376: Interpersonal Relationships
  • PSYCH 2500: Applied Psychology: Human Behavior in the Wild
  • PSYCH 3325: Introduction to Social Psychology
  • PSYCH 3530: Theories of Personality
  • WGSST 3385: Women in Political Leadership Internship
  • AFAMAST 2201: Major Readings in African American and African Studies 
  • AFAMAST 2218: Black Urban Experience
  • AFAMAST 2275: Blackness and the Politics of Sports
  • AFAMAST 2281: Introduction to African-American Literature
  • AFAMAST 3080: Slavery in the United States 
  • AFAMAST 3083: Civil Rights and Black Power Movements 
  • AFAMAST 3086: Black Women in Slavery and Freedom
  • AFAMAST 3230: Black Women: Culture and Politics
  • AFAMAST 3260: Global Black Cultural Movements
  • AFAMAST 3310: Global Perspectives on the African Diaspora
  • AFAMAST 3440: Theorizing Race
  • AFAMAST 3450: The Art and Politics of Hip-Hop
  • AFAMAST 4504: Black Politics
  • AFAMAST 4610: African Americans and the Law
  • AFAMAST 4921: Intersections: Approaches to Theorizing Difference
  • AFAMAST 5240: Race and Public Policy in the United States
  • AFAMAST 5650: Blackness and the Body in Science and Medicine
  • ANTHROP 3597.01: Crisis! An Anthropological Perspective of Global Issues
  • ANTHROP 3597.02: Women, Culture, and Development
  • ARTSSCI 3192: Leadership Experiential Learning
  • CLAS 3210: Classics and African American Political Thought
  • COMM 3440: Mass Communication and Society 
  • COMM 3442: Violence in Society and Violence in the Media
  • COMM 3668: Intercultural Communication
  • COMPSTD 3501: Humanitarianism in Question 
  • COMPSTD 4845: Gender, Sexuality, and Science
  • COMPSTD 4921: Intersections: Approaches to Theorizing Difference
  • DANCE 5500: Anti-Racism in the Performing Arts
  • DANCE 5505S: Citizen Artists: Cultivating Community-Engaged Arts Partnerships
  • EDUTL 5005: Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education
  • ENGLISH 2281: Introduction to African-American Literature
  • ENGLISH 2282: Introduction to Queer Studies
  • ENGLISH 2367.06: Writing about Disability
  • ENGLISH 2367.07S: Literacy Narratives of Black Columbus
  • ENGLISH 2581: Introduction to U.S. Ethnic Literatures and Cultures
  • ENGLISH 4580: Special Topics in LGBTQ Literatures and Cultures
  • ENGLISH 4581: Special Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literatures
  • ENGLISH 4582: Special Topics in African-American Literature
  • ENGLISH 4586: Studies in American Indian Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4587: Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4588: Studies in Latino/a Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4597.01: The Disability Experience in the Contemporary World
  • ESEPOL 3312: Conflict, Voice, and Power in Public Education
  • ESEPOL 5217: Comparative Perspective on Education, Globalization, and National Development
  • ESHESA 2577: Diversity and Social Justice in Leadership
  • ESPHE 5440: Philosophical Perspectives on Race, Education, and Citizenship
  • GEOG 2400.01: Economic and Social Geography
  • GEOG 2400.02: Economic and Social Geography: Research-Focused
  • GEOG 2500: Cities and their Global Spaces
  • GEOG 3701: The Making of the Modern World
  • GEOG 3800: Geographical Perspectives on Environment and Society
  • GEOG 5502: Data Justice and the Right to the Smart City
  • HISTORY 2080: African American History to 1877
  • HISTORY 2081: African American History from 1877
  • HISTORY 2752: Social Reform Movements in U.S. History 
  • HISTORY 3041: American Labor History
  • HISTORY 3070: Native American History from European Contact to Removal, 1560-1820
  • HISTORY 3071: Native American History from Removal to the Present
  • HISTORY 3080: Slavery in the United States 
  • HISTORY 3083: Civil Rights and Black Power Movements 
  • HISTORY 3086: Black Women in Slavery and Freedom 
  • HISTORY 3352: Marginal Groups in the Non-Western World
  • HISTORY 3620: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in the United States, 1940-Present
  • HISTORY 3675: How to Stage a Revolution 
  • LING 3601: Language, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S.
  • LING 3605: Language and Social Justice
  • LING 3606: Language, Gender, and Sexuality
  • LING 4602: Language and Belonging in the U.S.
  • MATH 2010S: Intersections of Mathematics and Society: Hidden Figures
  • PHILOS 3420: Philosophical Perspectives on Issues of Gender
  • PHILOS 3440: Theorizing Race
  • PHILOS 5400: Advanced Political and Social Philosophy
  • PHILOS 5420: Philosophical Topics in Feminist Theory
  • PHILOS 5440: Philosophical Perspectives on Race, Education, and Citizenship
  • POLITSC 3420: Political Theories of Democracy
  • POLITSC 3430: Political Theories of Freedom
  • POLITSC 3440: Political Theories of Justice
  • POLITSC 3450: Ethics and Public Policy
  • POLITSC 3460: Global Justice
  • POLITSC 3910: Identity Politics
  • POLITSC 4136: Civil Liberties
  • POLITSC 4140: Black Politics
  • POLITSC 4143: Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics
  • POLITSC 4282: The Politics of Income Inequality
  • POLITSC 4285: The Comparative Politics of the Welfare State
  • POLITSC 4332: Politics of Globalization
  • POLITSC 4455: Human Rights
  • POLITSC 4465: Feminist Political Theory
  • POLITSC 4597.03: Gender and Democracy in the Contemporary World
  • PSYCH 3375: Stereotyping and Prejudice
  • SLAVIC 2995.99: Race and Gender in Eastern Europe and the US: A Transatlantic Comparison
  • SLAVIC 3320: Queer Comrades: Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe
  • SLAVIC 3340: The East European Immigrant Experience in America
  • SLAVIC 4597: Politics of Language in Southeast Europe
  • SLAVIC 5450: Global Human Trafficking: Realities and Representations
  • SOCIOL 2368: Urban Social Problems
  • SOCIOL 2463: Social Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender
  • SOCIOL 3200: Sociology of Immigration
  • SOCIOL 3306: Sociology of Poverty
  • SOCIOL 3380: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
  • SPANISH 3005: Career Exploration & Development with Spanish
  • THEATRE 5922S: Shakespeare and Autism
  • WGSST 2325: Health and Inequality
  • WGSST 2326S: Feminist Perspectives on Addiction, Service Learning
  • WGSST 2400: Higher Power: Feminisms & Religion
  • WGSST 3200: Breaking the Law: An Introduction to Gender Justice
  • WGSST 3300.01S: Feminist Perspectives of Incarceration in the US
  • WGSST 3302: Gender, War & Peacebuilding
  • WGSST 3306: Gender, Media, and New Technologies
  • WGSST 3370: Sexualities and Citizenship
  • WGSST 3385: Women in Political Leadership Internship
  • WGSST 3505: Transnational Feminisms
  • WGSST 3530: Women, Environment and Development
  • WGSST 4189.01S: Reproductive Rights and Justice
  • WGSST 4402: Black Women: Representations, Politics, and Power
  • WGSST 4404: Regulating Bodies: Global Sexual Economies
  • WGSST 4465: Feminist Political Theory
  • WGSST 4513: Women, Government and Public Policy
  • WGSST 4520: Women of Color and Social Activism
  • WGSST 4524: Women's Work? Sex, Race, Class & Labor
  • WGSST 4525: Feminist Critiques of Markets - Profiting from Inequality
  • WGSST 4597: Gender and Democracy in the Contemporary World
  • WGSST 4845: Gender, Sexuality, and Science
  • WGSST 4921: Intersections: Approaches to Theorizing Difference
  • WGSST 5450: Global Human Trafficking: Realities and Representations

Sample Curriculum

Core

  • HISTORY 3676: Leadership in History
  • PHILOS 2390: Ethics and Leadership in A Diverse World
  • WGSS 4403: Gender, Race, and Leadership
  • POLITSC 3912: Political Leadership
     

Skills

  • COMM 2110: Principles of Effective Public Speaking
  • COMM 2367: Persuasive Communication
  • FRIT 3054: The 21-Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship
     

Content

  • AFAMAST 4610: African Americans and the Law
  • HISTORY 2752: Social Reform Movements in U.S. History
  • SOC 3380: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
     

Capstone

  • ASC 4676: Leadership Major Capstone