Gender and Social Justice Minor

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The minor in gender and social justice provides students with the intellectual foundation and practical skills necessary to tackle inequality and injustice as they relate to gender and sexuality in today’s increasingly global world. This minor prepares students for employment in nonprofit organizations, politics, government agencies, cultural reporting and socially conscious niches within the entertainment industry.

Twenty units of course work are required to complete the minor in gender and social justice: SWMS 210 , SWMS 212 or SWMS 215 ; SWMS 310 ; and three additional four-unit, upper-division courses.

Required Course - Lower Division (4 Units)

SWMS 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender Units: 4
SWMS 212gp Studies in Gender and Sexuality: An Introduction Units: 4
SWMS 215gp Gender Conflict across Cultural Contexts Units: 4

Required Course - Upper Division (4 Units)

SWMS 310 Gender and Social Justice Units: 4

Electives - Upper Division (12 Units)

IR 316 Gender and Global Issues Units: 4
POSC 381 Sex, Power, and Politics Units: 4
SOCI 402 Human Trafficking Units: 4
SWMS 301gm Feminist Theory: An Introduction Units: 4
SWMS 311 Gender Studies and the Community: Internship Units: 4
SWMS 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity Units: 4
SWMS 349 Women and the Law Units: 4
SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4