Introduction to Social Justice Studies: Leadership, Inclusion, and Engagement - 3 Credit Hours

Through critical analysis, this course focuses on how systems of inequality are maintained and perpetuated, with an emphasis on the concept of social change. 

• Approved for LAS Social Science Area and Cultural Diversity Requirements
• Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity)and Explore-Society, Health and Behavior. 

Hip-hop and the Performance of Identities - 3 Credit Hours

This course uses hip-hop as a medium to explore identity narratives in U.S. culture. It is not a chronological history nor an exhaustive study of Hiphop culture, but a practical use of Hiphop as a tool to access multiple dramas in converging identity developments across the United States with global effects.

• Approved for:
  • LAS Humanities Area Requirement
  • Compass Curriculum Requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures
• Prerequisite: WEST 1010

Global Black Women Writers - 3 Credit Hours

This course explores the fictional and biographical narratives of black women writers around the globe for intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and other positionalities in their socially and historically contextualized experiences.

• Approved for LAS Humanities area requirement.

Foundations in Native American Studies - 3 Credit Hours

Introduces students to current theories and methods in Native American Studies. Designed to give students a foundation in the discipline, providing needed historical and political background.

• Recommended course for the Native American & Indigenous Studies Certificate
• Prerequisite: WEST 1010

Foundations of Latinx Studies - 3 Credit Hours

Introduces students to current theories and methods in Latinx Studies. Designed to give students a foundation in the discipline, providing needed historical and political background.

• Recommended course for the Latino/a Studies Certificate
• Prerequisite: WEST 1010

Social Justice through Film - 3 Credit Hours

• Approved for LAS Social Science area requirement.
• Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity).

Special Topics Lower Division - 1-4 Credit Hours

Allows lower-division study of a specific topic.

• Prerequisite: WEST 1010