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Minor

Social Justice Minor

University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences 46 courses 21 total credits

About This Program

This interdisciplinary minor blends Sociology courses with courses in the departments of Africana and American Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, providing students with an opportunity to explore intersectional understandings of identity, forms of institutional and structural inequity, and the relationship between intellectual work and movements for social change. The program also includes an internship course so students can apply their knowledge while gaining hands-on social justice experience.

Degree Requirements

Minor 21 credits

Disciplinary Focus

Each student must choose from one Disciplinary Focus area listed below, and select a total 3 courses from that focus area. 1 course must be at the 100/200 level, and 2 must be at the 300/400 level. Africana & American Studies Focus. Global Gender & Sexuality Studies Focus. Indigenous Studies Focus. Sociology Focus.

Code Course Title Credits
AAS 100 Introduction to African American Studies 3
AAS 117 Hip Hop and Social Issues 3
AAS 128 Public Policies & Social Justice 3
AAS 261 African American History 3
AAS 264 Black Child in America 3
AAS 270 Major Issues in Caribbean Studies 3
AAS 280 Survey of African Studies 3
AAS 293 Race, Law, and Society 3
AAS 327 Current African Affairs 3
AAS 333 Race, Ethnicity, and Education 3
AAS 414 Health Problems in the Black Community 3
AAS 425 Liberation Struggles of the African Diaspora 3
AAS 460 Black Women in United States History 3
GGS 101 Introduction to Gender and Womenโ€™s Studies 3
GGS 109 Introduction to Sexuality Studies 3
GGS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theories 3
GGS 324 Controlling Reproduction: Reproductive Rights, Policies, Practices, and Technologies 3
GGS 325 Violence in a Gendered World 3
GGS 330 Global Womenโ€™s Voices 3
GGS 344 Gender, Sexuality, and Prison Abolition
GGS 353 Gender and the Law 3
GGS 369 Queer Theory 3
GGS 414 Sexualities and Genders in a Global Context 3
IDS 104 Introduction to Land-Based Learning 3
IDS 204 Indigenous Environmental Justice 3
IDS 207 Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence 3
IDS 304 Indigenous Climate Justice 3
IDS 314 Indigenous Sustainability
IDS 352 Indigenous Social Movements
IDS 354 Indigenous & Black Carcerality and Abolition 3
IDS 362 Indigenous Data Sovereignty 3
IDS 450 Decolonial Participatory Action Research 3
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3
SOC 204 Social Justice 3
SOC 206 Social Problems 3
SOC 211 Sociology of Diversity 3
SOC 309 Social Change 3
SOC 314 Sociology of Gender 3
SOC 324 Sociology of Immigration 3
SOC 328 Social Inequality 3
SOC 331 Wealth and Poverty 3
SOC 341 Environment & Society 3
SOC 362 Families & Inequality 3
SOC 384 Social Movements 3
SOC 387 Sociology of Race & Racism 3
SOC 496 Internship Program 1-6
Total Disciplinary Focus 9 credits

Internship/Experiential Learning Requirement

Students are required to take 1 of the Internship or Experiential Learning courses listed below.

Code Course Title Credits
IDS 104 Introduction to Land-Based Learning 3
IDS 450 Decolonial Participatory Action Research 3
SOC 496 Internship Program 1-6
Total Internship/Experiential Learning Requirement 3 credits

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