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.
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 | Rhetorics of Diversity and Inclusion | 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 |
| SJUS:3620/GWSS:3620 | Narrative Medicine, Social Justice, and the End of Life | 3 |
| GWSS:1002 | Diversity and Power in the U.S. | 3 |
| GWSS:2080/GHS:2080 | The Cultural Politics of HIV-AIDS | 3 |
| GWSS:2800/AFAM:2800 | African American Women, Health, Hair, and Sexuality | 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:3177/NURS:3739 | Women and Their Bodies in Health and Illness | 3 |
| GWSS:3326/GHS:3327 | The Politics of Progress: NGOs, Development, 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:3217/LAS:3217/LATS:3217 | Latina/o/x Immigration | 3 |
| HIST:3232 | History of American Inequality | 3 |
| HIST:3275/AFAM:3275 | History of Slavery in the U.S.A. | 3-4 |
| 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 |
| 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
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.
Course List
| Course # |
Title |
Hours |
| |
| SJUS:2240/RELS:2240 | The Worlds of Jews and Judaism: An Introduction to Jewish Studies | 3 |
| GWSS:2571/ENGL:2571/SJUS:2571 | Visualizing Human Rights | 3 |
| GWSS:3005/SJUS:3005 | Practicum | 3 |
| GWSS:3010/GHS:3015 | Transnational Sexualities | 3 |
| GWSS:3100 | LGBTQ/Queer Studies | 3 |
| GWSS:3118/ANTH:3118/COMM:3118 | Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| GWSS:3200 | Theories for Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
| GWSS:3300/ANTH:3300 | Mothers and Motherhood | 3 |
| GWSS:3326/GHS:3327 | The Politics of Progress: NGOs, Development, and Sexuality | 3 |
| AFAM:3500/HIST:3160/RELS:3808 | Malcolm X, King, and Human Rights | 3 |
| ANTH:2190/GWSS:2190/IS:2190 | Love Rules: Law and the Family Across Cultures | 3 |
| ANTH:3103 | Environment and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH:3110/CBH:4200/GHS:3110/NAIS:3110 | Colonialism and Indigenous Health Equity | 3 |
| ANTH:3152/ASP:3152/GHS:3152 | Anthropology of Caregiving and Health | 3 |
| ANTH:4140/CBH:4140/GHS:4140/GWSS:4140 | Feminist Activism and Global Health | 3 |
| ASP:3150 | Psychology of Aging | 3 |
| COMM:4131/IS:4131 | Globalization and Culture | 3 |
| COMM:4169/GWSS:4169 | Feminist Rhetorics | 3 |
| CPH:3400/GEOG:3210 | Health, Work, and the Environment | 3 |
| CPH:3500/GHS:3500 | Global Public Health | 3 |
| EES:3070 | Marine Ecosystems and Conservation | 3 |
| ENGL:3444 | Literatures of the American Peoples | 3 |
| ENGL:3555/AFAM:3555 | Topics in African Cinema (when topic is visualizing human rights) | 3 |
| ENGL:3580 | Identity and Social Issues | 3 |
| GEOG:3340 | Ecosystem Services | 3 |
| GEOG:3400 | Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice | 3 |
| GEOG:3760/GHS:3760 | Hazards and Society | 3 |
| GEOG:4770/AFAM:4770/GHS:4770 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| GHS:3720 | Contemporary Issues in Global Health | 3 |
| HIST:3108 | History of Human Rights | 3 |
| HIST:3126 | History of Globalization | 3 |
| HIST:3217/LAS:3217/LATS:3217 | Latina/o/x Immigration | 3 |
| HIST:3282/GWSS:3282 | Women and Power in U.S. History Since the Civil War | 3 |
| HIST:4216/LAS:4216 | Mexican American History | 3 |
| HRTS:3910/IS:3910 | Approaches to Advocacy: From Theory to Practice | 3 |
| JMC:3150/CBH:3150/GHS:3150 | Media and Health | 3 |
| LATS:3420/AMST:3420/POLI:3427/SJUS:3420 | Latinas/os/x and the Law | 3 |
| LATS:4800/AMST:4800 | Latina/o/x Popular Culture | 3 |
| NAIS:2292/AMST:2292/HIST:2292 | Native American Law and Policy: A History | 3 |
| POLI:3104/LAS:3104/LATS:3104 | Immigration Politics | 3 |
| POLI:3111 | American Public Policy | 3 |
| POLI:3114 | Women and Politics in the United States | 3 |
| POLI:3150 | Problems in American Politics | 3 |
| POLI:3512 | International Conflict | 3 |
| PSY:3560 | Psychology of Gender | 3 |
| RELS:2955/IS:2955 | Human Rights and Islam | 3 |
| RELS:3431/ASIA:3431/GWSS:3131 | Gender and Sexuality in East Asia | 3 |
| RELS:3745/AFAM:3245 | Twentieth- and Twenty-first-Century African American Religion: Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter | 3 |
| SOC:2830 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SPAN:3230 | Modern Mexico | 3 |
| SSW:3712/NURS:3712 | Human Sexuality, Diversity, and Society | 3 |
| SSW:3796 | Family Violence | 3 |
