Social and Environmental Justice Certificate

The social and environmental justice certificate consists of an interdisciplinary sequence of courses in social and environmental justice and a special notation on the transcript.

All social and environmental justice courses, including those that are cross-listed under Social and Environmental Justice and the co-sponsoring departments, can be used to satisfy the requirements of the certificate program.

Students enrolled in the certificate program are required to complete 15 credits of coursework in Social and Environmental Justice including:

Course Title Credits
Required Course
SEJ 2230Introduction to Social and Environmental Justice 13
Group II: Ethics and Morality
Select one of the following:3
Police Ethics
Ethics 1
Business Ethics 1
Environmental Ethics 1
Philosophy of Gender and Sexuality 1
Science, Technology, and Ethics 1
Philosophy of Law 1
Seminar in Philosophy
Group III: Environment and Sustainability
Select one of the following:3
World Population, Food and Resources 1
Energy, Environment, and Society 1
Literature of Nature 1
Environmental Conservation 1
Global Environmental Change
Society and the Environment 1
Rural Sociology 1
Group IV: Race, Gender, and Class
Select one of the following:3
Management, Gender & Race 1
Women, Gender, and Justice 1
Ethnicity, Race and Crime 1
Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies 1
LGBTQ+ Literature 1
Race, Gender, and Class in the U.S. 1
Introduction to Ethnic Studies 1
Black Experience in the U. S. 1
Space, Place, and Gender
American Women's History 1
Women in European Civilization 1
Gender and Popular Culture 1
Select one course from either Group V or VI3
Group V: Geography and Culture
Cultural Anthropology 1
Sociolinguistics 1
Modern World Literature 1
African-American Literature 1
The History and Politics of Hip Hop 1
Cultural Geography 1
Latin American Environments Field Course
Major Traditions in Eastern Religions 1
Contemporary Social Problems 1
Social Inequalities 1
Group VI: History and Politics
Global America: The History of US Foreign Relations 1
Atlantic Worlds: Kingdoms, Conquest, and Empire 1
Independence and Revolution: The Making of Modern Latin America 1
Modern Middle East 1
Modern Japan 1
Modern China 1
Modern Russia 1
Modern Africa 1
Seminar in Philosophy
Politics of the Global Economy 1
International Human Rights 1
Civil Liberties 1
Total Credits15
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This course may apply toward a Core General Education Requirement.