Social Justice Certificate

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Increasing inequality, political polarization, and diversity premiums have increased demand for Social Justice professionals in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profit institutions, grassroots activist collectives, and corporate departments whose work involves subjects like multiculturalism and outreach.

Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (B or higher required)

SOCI 4350 - Social Justice I 3 Credit Hours

Select one

SOCI 4351 - Social Justice II: Praxis 1 to 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3160 - Sociological Domestic Field School 3 Credit Hours (with Advisory Faculty approval)

Racial and Anticolonial/Feminist and Queer Justice Group

(select one course)

AAS 3670 - Social Justice in Sports 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4010 - Service Learning in the African American Community 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4080 - African American Female Activism 3 Hours
or
WGSS 4110 - African American Female Activism 3 Hours
AAS 4125 - Black Feminist Thought 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4160 - African-American Politics 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4180 - Politics of the Civil Rights Movement 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4157 - Politics of the Civil Rights Movement 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4550 - Activism and the Black Freedom Movement 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4600 - Enslavement and Resistance in North America 3 Credit Hours
or
HIST 4280 - Enslavement and Resistance in North America 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4220 - Refugees and Forced Migration 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 4210 - Gender and Power in Ethnographic Perspective 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4040 - Race, Class, and Gender in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3940 - Postcolonial Literature 3 Credit Hours
HIST 3665 - History of Ideas about Race 4 Credit Hours
HIST 3675 - Teaching Difficult Topics in United States History 3 Credit Hours
HIST 4315 - Civil Rights Memory in the United States and South Africa 3 Credit Hours
MES 4210 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
or
POLS 4260 - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4281 - Racial Thought in Religion and Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3750 - Race and Racism 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4255 - Religion, Race, Nation 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3201 - Wealth, Power, and Inequality 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3315 - Asian American Experience 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4310 - Issues in the African-American Community 3 Credit Hours
or
AAS 4000 - Issues in the African-American Community 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3152 - Birth and Parenthood 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 3140 - Birth and Parenthood 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3156 - Sexuality and Society 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 3150 - Sexuality and Society 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3216 - Gender and Society 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4490 - Communication and Gender 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3356 - Queer Identities 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4050 - Violence Against Women 3 Hours
SOCI 4150 - Sexual and Intimate Violence 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 4060 - Sexual and Intimate Violence 3 Hours
SOCI 4315 - Girls 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 3030 - Introduction to LGBT Studies 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4510 - Feminist Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4750 - Black Feminist Thought 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4760 - Activism: History and Theory 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4820 - Feminism and Queer Theory 3 Credit Hours

Economic, Political, and Civic Justice Group

(select one course)

GEOG 4774 - Contemporary Urban Theory and Issues 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4764 - Urban Geography CTW 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4778 - Political Geography 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4820 - Philosophy of Law 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4800 - Social and Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
POLS 2401 - Global Issues 3 Credit Hours
POLS 3170 - American Legislative Process 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4131 - Civil Liberties and Rights 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4422 - NGOs and World Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4427 - Politics of International Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 3021 - Citizenship in the Local Community 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 3111 - Urban Political Economy 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4030 - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3180 - Housing and Inequality 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3201 - Wealth, Power, and Inequality 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3220 - Activism, Protest, and Revolution 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4218 - Power and Politics 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4366 - Law and Society 3 Hours
SW 4340 - Restorative Justice and Law 3 Credit Hours
SW 4350 - Economic Justice, Inequality, and Poverty 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4830 - Class Matters 3 Credit Hours

Intersectional and Topical Justice Group

(select one course)

AAS 4105 - Race & Health 3 Credit Hours
AAS 4780 - African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism 3 Credit Hours
or
WGSS 4780 - African-American Lesbian and Gay Activism 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4220 - Refugees and Forced Migration 3 Credit Hours
or
GLOS 4220 - Refugees and Forced Migration 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4340 - Applied Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4460 - Health and Culture 4 Credit Hours
CRJU 3070 - Race and the Criminal Justice System 3 Credit Hours
GERO 3124 - Diversity and Aging 3 Credit Hours
or
SOCI 3124 - Diversity and Aging 3 Credit Hours
GERO 4110 - Aging Policy and Services 3 Credit Hours
or
SOCI 4110 - Aging Policy and Services 3 Credit Hours
GERO 4116 - Aging and Society 3 Credit Hours
or
SOCI 4116 - Aging and Society 3 Credit Hours
HIST 3660 - 20th Century World 3 Credit Hours
HIST 4225 - Immigrants in America 4 Credit Hours
HIST 4315 - Civil Rights Memory in the United States and South Africa 3 Credit Hours
JOUR 3040 - Communicating Environmental Issues 3 Credit Hours
or
SCOM 3040 - Communicating Environmental Issues 3 Credit Hours
JOUR 4800 - Media, Ethics & Society-CTW 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3720 - Contemporary Moral Problems 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 4855 - Advanced Topics in Political Theory 3 Credit Hours
RELS 3030 - How to Change the World 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4500 - Ethics of Violence 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4650 - Religion and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
RELS 4680 - War, Peace, and Religion 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4510 - Community Psychology 3 Credit Hours
SCOM 4475 - Communication and Aging 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3140 - Sociology of HIV/AIDS 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3160 - Sociological Domestic Field School 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3213 - Immigration 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3224 - Crime and Punishment 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3350 - Social Change and the Future 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4230 - Sociology of Health and Illness 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4380 - Educational Sociology 3 Credit Hours
SW 4330 - Contemporary Health Challenges 3 Credit Hours
SW 4480 - Disabilities Practice, Policy, and Research 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 3040 - Globalization and Gender 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4240 - Sexuality and Gender in Asia 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4770 - Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 4842 - Sexuality and Nationalism 3 Credit Hours