Minor in Social Justice
LMC provides minors in Film and Media Studies, Performance Studies, Science Fiction Studies, and Technical Communication. The School also co-sponsors minors in East Asian Studies; Health, Medicine, and Society; Science, Technology, and Society; and, Women, Science, and Technology.
Students wishing to pursue any of these minors should consult LMC director or associate director of undergraduate studies for detailed information concerning requirements. Courses for all minors are selected from "Courses of Instruction."
LMC also sponsors a series of certificate programs in American Literature and Culture, Film Studies, and Literary and Cultural Studies. Students should consult the LMC director or associate director of undergraduate studies for detailed information on requirements. The courses for these certificates are among those listed in "Courses of Instruction," and all fulfill humanities requirements.
LMC and the School of History and Sociology also cooperate in providing a certificate in African American Studies. Students should consult either school for detailed information concerning requirements. Courses for this certificate are selected from among those listed in "Courses of Instruction."
The minor in Social Justice is for undergraduate students who are interested in incorporating an in-depth awareness of social issues into their fields of study and careers. Humanities and social science classes included in the minor address issues of equity and inclusiveness in relation to historical, cultural, social, economic, political, and/or techno-scientific factors. Students develop the analytic skills, social understanding, and creative mindsets needed to become informed, ethical, and innovative problem solvers and leaders in an increasingly global and technological world. The minor in Social Justice supports the missions of the Institute's Strategic Plan and its Quality Enhancement Plan.
Program of Study
A multidisciplinary minor may contain courses in a student’s major field of study. A maximum of 6 credit hours of such courses may be used to satisfy the course requirements for the minor, provided these courses are not also used to satisfy any course requirement in the student’s major degree program.
The multi-disciplinary Social Justice minor must comprise at least 15 credit hours, of which at least 9 credit hours are upper-division coursework (numbered 3000 or above).
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Requirements | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Social Issues and Public Policy | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| United States Labor History | ||
| Class, Power, and Social Inequality | ||
| The City in American History | ||
| Women and Gender in the United States | ||
| Sociology of Gender | ||
| Gender and Technology | ||
| Gender and Sports | ||
| Slaves without Masters: Free People of Color before 1865 | ||
| African American History to 1865 | ||
| African American History since 1865 | ||
| Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | ||
| The Civil Rights Movement | ||
| European Labor History | ||
| Women and the Politics of Gender in the Middle East | ||
| Sociology of Development | ||
| Sociology of Politics and Society | ||
| Revolutionary Movements in the Modern World | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Sociology of Crime | ||
| Race, Medicine & Science | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Social Justice | ||
| African American Literature and Culture | ||
| Ethnicity in American Culture | ||
| Women, Literature, and Culture | ||
| Gender Studies in the Disciplines | ||
| Science, Technology, and Ideology | ||
| Science, Technology, and Gender | ||
| Science, Technology, and Race | ||
| Environmentalism and Ecocriticism | ||
| Technologies of Representation | ||
| Science, Technology, and Postcolonialism | ||
| Biomedicine and Culture | ||
| Select one additional course from above or SOCI 1101 | 3 | |
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
- All courses counting toward the minor must be taken on a letter-grade basis and must be completed with a grade of C (2.00) or better.
- A maximum of 6 credit hours of Special Topics courses may be included in a minor program or the student may complete 3 credit hours of Special Topics and 3 credit hours of either Special Problems or Undergraduate Research. Students may not use 6 credit hours of either Special Problems or Undergraduate Research for a minor.
- A maximum of 3 credit hours of transfer credit may be used to satisfy the course requirements for a minor. This includes courses taken at another institution or credit earned through the AP or IB program, assuming the scores meet Georgia Tech minimum standards.
- It is the major advisor’s responsibility to verify that students are using only courses from the designated block(s) from the student’s major field of study that are allowed to satisfy a minor program, that they are not using any Core Area A-E courses (including humanities and social sciences), and that they are not using any courses for more than one minor or certificate. Any free elective course used to satisfy the course requirements of the student’s major degree program may also be used to satisfy the course requirements for a minor.