Global Justice Minor

B.A., B.S., B.A.A., and BSW degrees

Advisor

Blaine Stevenson
Anspach 136A
(989) 774-1780
steve1bw@cmich.edu

Required Courses I (9 hours):

To understand causes and consequences of social justice/injustice and their relationships to globalization

  • SOC 101/ANT 101: Social Justice in a Global Society (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 457/ANT 457: Globalization and Society (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 531/ANT 531: Capstone Experience in Global Justice (3 credit hours); Includes service learning/activism project in the U.S. or abroad

Required Courses II (6 hours):

Types of Global Justice/Injustice: To understand various types of social justice/injustice

Select from the following:

  • ANT 520: Medical Anthropology (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 312: Sociology of Health and Illness (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 320: Sociology of Aging and Retirement (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 370/ANT 370: Global Environmental Issues (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 422/SWK 422: Youth Welfare (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 590/ANT 590/WST 590: Gender, Culture & Society (3 credit hours)

Required Courses III (3 hours):
Structured Social Inequality: To understand linkages between inequality and social justice/injustice

Select from the following:

  • SOC 302: Social Inequality (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 317/WST 317: Sociology of Sex and Gender (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 323: Racism and Inequality (3 credit hours)

Required Courses IV (3 hours):
Strategies for Pursuing Justice: To understand strategies for pursuing social justice and for linking theory to practice/activism

Select from the following:

  • SOC 304 Collective Behavior (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 307 Social Movements, 1960s to the Present (3 credit hours)
  • SOC 403 Political Sociology (3 credit hours)

Required Courses V (3 hours):
Social Policy Initiatives: To understand the range of policy approaches for achieving social justice, protecting rights, and providing for social well-being

Select from the following:

  • PSC 351 International Relations (3 credit hours)
  • PSC 515 Comparative Public Policy (3 credit hours)
  • SWK 250 Social Welfare Policies and Services I (3 credit hours)
  • SWK 450 Social Welfare Policies and Services II (3 credit hours)

Total: 24 semester hours