Social Justice Courses

Spring 2021

Courses were selected by reviewing course description information and identifying those that either explicitly include social justice topic(s) and/or would likely address social justice in some way. Descriptions were reviewed using the BSU MRISJ definitions of social justice, which can be reviewed here for further information.

Course Prefix	Course No.	Course Name	Sections
AFAM	200	Introduction to African American Studies	2
AFAM	399	Topics in African American Studies: Black Freedom Struggles and State Repression	1
AFAM	399	Topics in African American Studies: Race and Geography (Listed in InfoBear as Topics: African American Studies)	1
AMST	220	Introduction to American Studies	3
AMST	299	2nd Year Seminar: Urban America	1
ANTH	100	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	8
ANTH	115	Anthropology of Race, Class and Gender	1
ANTH	120	First Nations: Global Indigenous People	2
ANTH	204	Global Human Issues	3
ANTH	206	Native Cultures of North America	1
ANTH	208	The Lives of Women	3
ANTH	209	People and Cultures of Africa	1
ANTH	213	Latin American Peoples and Culture	2
ANTH	216	People and Cultures of the Middle East	1
ANTH	298	2nd Year Seminar: Global Immigration Crisis	2
ANTH	299	2nd Year Seminar: Culture of Education and the Labor Movement	1
ANTH	299	2nd Year Seminar: Honors Native American Film	1
ANTH	331	Power, Politics, and Culture	1
ANTH	417	Seminar: Gender Cross Culturally	1
ANTH	432	Issues in Global Health	1
ARTH	299	2nd Year Seminar: Transforming Violence	1
COMM	229	Media and Cultural Theory	3
COMM	298	2nd Year Seminar: Era of Climate Crisis	1
COMM	300	Race, Class, and Gender in Media	3
COMM	365	Introduction to Intercultural Communication	2
COMM	430	Topics in Film: Spike Lee	1
COMM	476	Strategic Health Communication	1
COMM	493	Seminar: Communication and Culture	1
CRJU	290	Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System	2
CRJU	331	Police, Community, and Society	3
CRJU	347	Restorative and Transformative Justice	2
CRJU	358	Race, Class, Crime and Justice	1
CRJU	369	Gender, Crime, and Justice	1
CRJU	388	Hate Crime	1
CRJU	399	Black Freedom, Struggles, and Oppression	1
CRJU	496	Seminar: Immigration and Justice	1
CRJU	496	Seminar: Wrongful Convictions	2
CRJU	512	Ethics/Policy in Criminal Justice	1
CRJU	599	Topic: Envisioning Justice (BLM)	1
EDLE	512	Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education	1
EDMC	532	Teacher as Leaders: Issues - Advocacy	1
GEOG	151	Human Geography	9
GEOG	298	Sustainable Urban Food	1
GEOG	316	Race and Geography	1
HEAL	205	Foundations of Public Health	1
HEAL	210	Issues in Male Health	1
HEAL	315	School and Community Health	2
HEAL	360	Health Care in the U.S.	1
HEAL	450	Health Promotion Strategies	3
HIST	440	Modern American Gender and Women’s History	1
LIBR	299	Teens and Mental Illness	1
LTAC	201	Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies	1
PHIL	152	Contemporary Moral Problems	1
PHIL	153	Ethics	2
PHIL	214	Philosophy of Race	1
POLI	277	American Government: State and Local	1
POLI	279	Introduction to Public Administration	2
POLI	343	Constitutional Law and Politics: Liberty and Equality	1
POLI	369	LBGTQ Politics in America	1
PSYC	230	Cultural Psychology	15
PSYC	350	Topic: Mental Health Advocacy	1
PSYC	462	The Psychology of Women	1
READ	553	Issues in Literacy Education for Social Justice	1
SCWK	270	Social Work Issues of Diversity and Oppression	3
SCWK	350	Social Welfare Policy	2
SCWK	508	Social Policy II: Policy Advocacy, Development, and Analysis	5
SCWK	531	Practice II: Specialized Social Work Practice with Groups	6
SCWK	572	Social Policy III: Mental and Physical Health Care Policy	1
SCWK	580	Topic: Immigration in the 21st Century	1
SOCI	102	Introduction to Sociology	9
SOCI	103	Social Problems	4
SOCI	104	Global Social Problems	4
SOCI	204	Gender, Sexuality, and Society	2
SOCI	207	Social Inequality	2
SOCI	220	The Developing World	2
SOCI	211	Homelessness in U.S. Society	1
SOCI	255	Juvenile Delinquency	1
SOCI	298	2nd Year Seminar: Ending World Hunger	1
SOCI	299	2nd Year Seminar: #MeToo: Time's Up	1
SOCI	299	2nd Year Seminar: #MeToo: Sexual Violence	2
SOCI	391	Seminar: Social Data Analysis	2
SPED	203	Cultural Diversity Issues in School and Society	4
TESL	203	Cultural Issues in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language	1
WGSS	240	Critical Perspectives in Women's and Gender Studies	1
WGSS	265	Introduction to LGBTQ Studies	1

Per Infobear as of November 1, 2020, Last Updated November 18, 2020

FACULTY: If you are teaching a course in Spring 2021 that you’d like to submit for consideration for this list, or you’d like to suggest an edit to this list, please let us know via a brief survey, or email us at mrisj@bridgew.edu.

Social Justice Courses

Spring 2021

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