SOCW-2010 : Social Justice

Social Work | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

About this Course

This course focuses on social justice issues in the United States, providing a theoretical and empirical knowledge base related to oppression, privilege, social justice, and liberation. The course will help students critically examine their social identities, embedded in race, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, ability status, religion, and national origin, and to understand how social structures and institutions enact oppression upon different social identity groups.