peace symbol structural violence & social justice
 
This concentration focuses on the structures of oppression and injustice that rob people of the opportunity to lead full lives and, in many cases, quite literally destroy their lives.
 
Students may choose from the following courses:
 
    ANT 317 Language Identity and Power
         
    CMN 323 Rhetoric of Oppression and Resistance
         
    CPL 306 Utopian Literature
         
    CTH/
REL
247
283
Catholic Social Thought
    CTH/
REL
341
351
Liberation Theology
         
    ENG 377 Writing and Social Engagement
         
    GEO 310

Land-Use Ethics

         
    HST 241 World Refugee Crisis
         
    INT 360 Topics in Development and Anti-Development
    INT 362 Language and the Politics of Terror
    INT 371 International Environmental Politics
         
    LSE 254 The Politics of Education
    LSE 258 Education and Social Justice
         
    PHL 231 Philosophy and the Question of Race
    PHL 241 Ethics and Public Policy
         
    PSC 214 Multiculturalism and Democracy
    PSC 232 Legal Theory and Social Justice
    PSC 235

Equality and Social Justice

    PSC 282 Political Action and Social Justice
    PSC/
WMS
312
332
Creating Change
    PSC 324 Inequality in American Society
    PSC 344 World Political Economy
    PSC 351 Revolution
    PSC 358 Global Gender Issues
    PSC 364 Comparative Protection of Individual Rights
         
    PSY 305 Psychology and Social Justice
         
    REL 259 Religion and Social Engagement
    REL/
CTH
283
247
Catholic Social Thought
    REL/
WMS
322
310
Feminist Ethics
    REL/
CTH
351
341

Liberation Theology

         
    SNL HC 154 Race and Relations
    SNL HC 263 Civil Rights: Forces and Counter-Forces Shaping American Society
    SNL HC 281 Culture and the Politics of the 1960’s
    SNL HC 359 Issues of Inequality and Power in 20th Century America
         
    SOC 105 Social Problems
    SOC 220 Theories of Crime and Delinquency
    SOC 253 Slavery and Racialization
    SOC 256 Social Change
    SOC 271 Population Problems
    SOC 292 Collective Action
    SOC 318 Culture Change in the Developing World
    SOC 340 Social Inequality
    SOC 357 Latin American Political Economy/Society
    SOC 358 Revolutions and Peasant Rebellions
         
    WMS 215 Gender and Education
    WMS/
REL
310
322

Feminist Ethics

    WMS 314 Antiracist Feminisms
    WMS/
PSC
332
312
Creating Change
         
  Students will take four 4-credit courses distributed over at least two of these concentrations. This will allow some students to develop a specialized interest but still promote the goal of breadth of understanding. At least one of these four courses will need to be a service learning course in order to preserve the experiential dimension of the program.