Global Minor

BA, BS, BAA, BSW degrees

(Effective with the 2006-2007 Bulletin)

Advisors: Spring 2007

Blaine Stevenson

Anspach 136A

(989) 774-1780

steve1bw@cmich.edu

Required Courses I - (9 hours) 

To understand causes and consequences of social justice/injustice and their relationships to globalization

            SOC 101/ANT 101                    Social Justice in a Global Society (3 credit hours).

            SOC 457/ANT 457                    Globalization and Society (3 credit hours)

            SOC 531/ANT 531                    Capstone Experience in Global Justice (3 credit hours):                                                                                           Includes service learning/activism project in the U.S. or abroad

Required Courses II – (6 hours)

Types of Global Justice/Injustice: 

To understand various types of social justice/injustice

Select from the following:

            ANT 520                                   Medical Anthropology (3 credit hours)

            SOC 312                                   Sociology of Health and Illness (3 credit hours)

            SOC 320                                   Sociology of Aging and Retirement (3 credit hours)

            SOC 370/ANT 370                   Global Environmental Issues (3 credit hours)

            SOC 422/SWK 422                  Youth Welfare (3 credit hours)

            SOC 590/ANT 590/WST 590   Gender, Culture & Society (3 credit hours)

Required Courses III – (3 hours)

Structured Social Inequality:

To understand linkages between inequality and social justice/injustice 

Select from the following:

            SOC 302                                   Social Inequality (3 credit hours)

            SOC 317/WST 317                   Sociology of Sex and Gender (3 credit hours)

            SOC 323                                   Racism and Inequality (3 credit hours)

Required Courses IV – (3 hours)

Strategies for Pursuing Justice:

To understand strategies for pursuing social justice and for linking theory to practice/activism

Select from the following:

            SOC 304                                   Collective Behavior (3 credit hours)

            SOC 307                                   Social Movements, 1960s to the Present (3 credit hours)

            SOC 403                                   Political Sociology (3 credit hours)

Required Courses V – (3 hours)

Social Policy Initiatives:

To understand the range of policy approaches for achieving social justice, protecting rights, and providing for social well-being

Select from the following:

            PSC 351                                   International Relations (3 credit hours)

            PSC 515                                   Comparative Public Policy (3 credit hours)

            SWK 250                                  Social Welfare Policies and Services I (3 credit hours)

            SWK 450                                  Social Welfare Policies and Services II (3 credit hours)

TOTAL           24 Credit Hours        

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
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Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859
(989) 774-3160
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