Curriculum Description

The minor in Social and Economic Justice (SEJI on the Minor Form) is designed for students who want to better understand how to think analytically about issues of justice and how perspectives on justice can be joined with the pursuit of it. An overarching objective is fostering attitudes and knowledge about human rights, racial, ethnic and gender equality, economic justice, democratic participation, sustainable development, diversity, and peace. It is especially appropriate for students who anticipate working in advocacy roles in nonprofit organizations, in local communities, or in governmental organizations.

Students are required to meet one service-learning requirement, through APPLES, the university's service-learning program. This requirement can be met in one of three ways. First, the student may take a course that includes a service-learning (APPLES) component. Second, the student may take a 3-credit Independent Studies or Special Topics course (summer or academic term) with a faculty member and coordinated with the APPLES office as an internship.  (This option counts both as a course and as meeting the service-learning requirement). The third option is the 1-credit spring-break course, Special Studies 91P, which meets the service-learning requirement but not a course requirement.

Four courses are required:  Either SOCI 273 or AFRI 416 or PHIL 273; two additional courses, each from a different area; and a fourth course, which can be selected from any of the three areas. Thus, the minor is fulfilled with 12 to 13 credits, depending on whether the service learning requirement is part of a three-credit course or is fulfilled in another way (as Special Studies 91P or as a component of a course not listed below).

• Students may NOT use courses in the SEJ minor to also count as General College perspectives
• Students in the SEJ minor may use only one course in their major to also count as a course in the minor.