The undergraduate minor in social justice requires a minimum of 15 s.h. of coursework, including at least 12 s.h. completed at the University of Iowa. Students must take SJUS:1001/GWSS:1003 Introduction to Social Justice and 12 s.h. in courses numbered 2000 or above. They may count GWSS:1002 Diversity and Power in the U.S. toward the 12 s.h. requirement. Students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all courses for the minor and in all UI courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass. CLAS minors may only be earned concurrent with or subsequent to earning a University of Iowa bachelor's degree. They cannot be granted as standalone credentials or as the sole program of study completed at the University of Iowa.
Students may count a maximum of 3 s.h. from another University of Iowa major, minor, or certificate toward the social justice minor.
The minor in social justice requires the following coursework.
Requirements Summary
| Requirements |
Hours |
| Foundation Courses |
6 |
| Human Rights, Diversity, Activism Course |
3 |
| Social Justice Movements: Politics, History, Culture, Art Course |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
Foundation Courses
Human Rights, Diversity, Activism
Course List
| Course # |
Title |
Hours |
| |
| SJUS:1600/AMST:1600/LATS:1600 | War Stories | 3 |
| SJUS:2050/GWSS:2050/HIST:2150/RELS:2250 | Jews, Judaism, and Social Justice | 3 |
| SJUS:2135/RHET:2135 | Decoding Disability: Rhetoric of Access and Accommodations | 3 |
| SJUS:2500/ENGL:2570/GWSS:2500 | Love, War, Activism: Stories About Women From Across the World | 3 |
| SJUS:2571/ENGL:2571/GWSS:2571 | Visualizing Human Rights | 3 |
| SJUS:3475/GWSS:3475 | Working for Social Justice | 3 |
| GWSS:1002 | Diversity and Power in the U.S. | 3 |
| GWSS:2080/GHS:2080 | The Cultural Politics of HIV-AIDS | 3 |
| GWSS:3138/SJUS:3138 | Writing to Change the World (if not used as a Foundation course) | 3 |
| GWSS:3157/HIST:3157 | Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights | 3 |
| GWSS:3326/GHS:3327 | Politics of Progress: Nonprofits and Sexuality | 3 |
| GWSS:4140/ANTH:4140/CBH:4140/GHS:4140 | Feminist Activism and Global Health | 3 |
| HIST:3108 | History of Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST:3232 | History of American Inequality | 3 |
| HIST:3275/AFAM:3275 | History of Slavery in North America | 3 |
| HIST:4478 | Holocaust in History and Memory | 3 |
| HRTS:2115/IS:2115 | Introduction to Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS:3906 | Global Crises and Human Rights | 3 |
| HRTS:3910/IS:3910 | Approaches to Advocacy: From Theory to Practice | 3 |
| JMC:3186/SMC:3186 | Athletes, Activism, and Social Media | 3 |
| LATS:3104/LAS:3104/POLI:3104 | Immigration Politics | 3 |
| NAIS:2292/AMST:2292/HIST:2292 | Native American Law and Policy: A History | 3 |
| PHIL:3430 | Philosophy of Human Rights | 3 |
| POLI:1900 | Introduction to the Politics of Race | 3 |
| RELS:2955/IS:2955 | Human Rights and Islam | 3 |
| RHET:3560/PBAF:3560/POLI:3560/SJUS:3560 | Public Policy and Persuasion | 3 |
| SOC:2810 | Social Inequality | 3 |
| SSW:3712/NURS:3712 | Human Sexuality, Diversity, and Society | 3 |
| SSW:3847 | Discrimination, Oppression, and Diversity | 3 |
Social Justice Movements: Politics, History, Culture, Art
Course List
| Course # |
Title |
Hours |
| |
| SJUS:2000 | Theories of Social Justice (if not used as a Foundation course) | 3 |
| SJUS:2050/GWSS:2050/HIST:2150/RELS:2250 | Jews, Judaism, and Social Justice (if not used for the Human Rights, Diversity, Activism requirement) | 3 |
| SJUS:2250/GWSS:2250/HIST:2250 | The History of Social Justice Movements (if not used as a Foundation course) | 3 |
| SJUS:3250/ENGL:3572 | Literature and Social Justice | 3 |
| SJUS:3459/GWSS:3459/HIST:3259 | Black Midwesterners and the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom | 3 |
| GWSS:2650/GHS:2650 | Global Reproduction | 3 |
| GWSS:2700 | Transgender People, Politics, and Cultures | 3 |
| GWSS:3282/HIST:3282 | Women and Power in U.S. History Since the Civil War | 3 |
| GWSS:3600 | Art, Feminist Practice, and Social Justice | 3 |
| AFAM:2770/GHS:2770/SOC:2770 | Environmental Racism: Black and White Community Politics | 3 |
| AFAM:3053/AMST:3053/HIST:3253 | The Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| COMM:3054 | Movements, Protest, Resistance | 3 |
| ENGL:2463/AFAM:2463 | Topics in African American Literature (when topic is the Harlem Renaissance) | 3 |
| ENGL:3515 | Topics in Postcolonial Studies (when topic is revolutionary Caribbean: Cuba and Puerto Rico) | 3 |
| HIST:3232 | History of American Inequality | 3 |
| LATS:3550/GWSS:3431 | Topics in Latina/o/x Studies: History and Culture | 3 |
| LATS:3415/AMST:3415/SJUS:3415 | Latina/o/x Protest, Movement, Resistance | 3 |
| SEES:4770/AFAM:4770/GHS:4770 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
Elective
Courses used to satisfy requirements in "Foundation Courses," "Human Rights, Diversity, Activism," or "Social Justice Movements: Politics, History, Culture, Art" may not be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
