GE Minor: Diversity and Social Justice Minor
The social justice minor offers students opportunities to examine issues and theories related to identity, diversity, and equity. Through interdisciplinary coursework and projects, students will deepen their understandings of the disparate ways that people access civil, political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights and opportunities and the ways that social structures impact equitable distribution.
Requirements for a GE Minor in Diversity and Social Justice (18 units)
To complete this GE Minor, students must complete six courses (18 units), from the list of choices below:
- At least two courses must be upper division courses (3000 or higher)
- At least one must be a Writing Intensive (WI) course
| GE Category A3 -- Critical Thinking | ||
| Critical Thinking about Social Issues | ||
| GE Category B2 -- Life Science | ||
| Genetics and Society | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture | ||
| GE Category B4 -- Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Mathematics and Society | ||
| GE Category B5 -- Upper Division Scientific Inquiry | ||
| Human Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Systems Modeling | ||
| GE Category C1 -- Arts | ||
| Rock and Roll: Justice and Society (DI) | ||
| Looking at Movies (DI) | ||
| Diversity Literature and Social Justice (DI, WI) | ||
| GE Category C2 -- Humanities | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy (WI) | ||
| Introduction to Ethics (WI) | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy of Religion (WI) | ||
| Introduction to Asian Philosophy (G, WI) | ||
| Introduction to Knowledge and Reality (WI) | ||
| GE Category C4 -- Upper Division Arts or Humanities | ||
| Visualizing Gender, Performing Identity (DI, G, WI) | ||
| Female Voices in Arab American Literature (DI, G, WI) | ||
| Art and Activism (DI) | ||
| Images of Africa (DI, G) | ||
| Truth, Lies and Bullshit (WI) | ||
| Philosophy of Race (DI, WI) | ||
| Philosophy of Gender (G, WI) | ||
| Human Rights & Global Citizenship (G, WI) | ||
| Environmental Ethics (WI) | ||
| Roots and Results of Democracy (WI) | ||
| Real Ethics in a Virtual World (WI) | ||
| Scientific Revolutions (WI) | ||
| GE Category D3 -- Social Sciences Perspective | ||
| The Economy: Problems and Perspectives (G) | ||
| Introduction to Women's Studies (DI, G) | ||
| Introduction to Masculinity Studies (DI, G) | ||
| Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies (DI, G) | ||
| GE Category D4 -- Upper Division Social Science | ||
| Gendered Worlds: Power, Difference, and & In/equality (DI, G) | ||
| Digital Media and Society | ||
| Feminist Theory (DI, G) | ||
| Queer Theory (DI, G) | ||
| Society, Business, & Global Governance (G) | ||
| Revolutions and Revolutionary Ideas (DI, G) | ||
| Revolutions and Revolutionary Ideas (DI, G, WI) | ||
| Race and Racism (DI, G) | ||
| Perspectives on Gender (DI) | ||
| Total | 18 | |