Dec 14, 2025  
2025-2026 Lakeland University Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Lakeland University Undergraduate Catalog

Four-Year Plan: Social Justice Studies


 
Year One
Fall Semester Semester Hrs Grade Spring Semester  Semester Hrs
Distributional Study #1 3   Distributional Study #3 3
Elective Course  3   DVS 150 - Diversity and Social Justice  (DS #4)  3
GEN 110 - Composition I: Academic Writing (4 semester hours)   4   EXP 100 - Professional Protocol (1 semester hour)  1
GEN 130 - First Year Seminar I   3   GEN 112 - Composition II: Argumentation and Research   3
SJS 100 - Building a Better World: Compassion, Community, and Justice  (DS #2) 3   MAT 120 - Quantitative Reasoning  OR MAT 140 - Advanced Algebra   3
Total Hours 16   Total Hours 13
Summer Semester (Optional)
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Year Two
Fall Semester Semester Hrs Grade Spring Semester Semester Hrs
Distributional Study #5 3   Distributional Study #6 3
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
GEN 3XX - Seminar II 3   Elective Course 3
NPO 140 - Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations   3  

SJS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Social Justice (1-12 semester hours)  OR 

EXP 290 - Cooperative Education Experience I (1-12 semester hours) *  

3
REL 230 - Christian Faith and Social Justice   3   Social Justice Studies Course selection^  3
Total Hours 15   Total Hours 15
Summer Semester (Optional)
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Year Three
Fall Semester Semester Hrs Grade Spring Semester Semester Hrs
Distributional Study #7 3   Elective Course 3
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
EXP 301 - Work, Ethics, and the Good Life (1 semester hour)   1   GEN 4XX - Seminar III (WI) 3

SJS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Social Justice (1-12 semester hours)  OR 

EXP 290 - Cooperative Education Experience I (1-12 semester hours) *  

3  

SJS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Social Justice (1-12 semester hours)  OR 

EXP 290 - Cooperative Education Experience I (1-12 semester hours) 

3
SOC 210 - Majority-Minority Relations   3   Social Justice Studies Course selection^  3
Social Justice Studies Course selection^  3      
Total Hours 16   Total Hours 15
Summer Semester (Optional)
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Year Four
Fall Semester Semester Hrs Grade Spring Semester Semester Hrs
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3
SJS 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Social Justice (1-12 semester hours)  3   Elective Course 3
SJS 450 - Working for a Just World (WI)   3   Elective Course OR SJS 390  OR Social Justice Studies Course selection^  3
Social Justice Studies Course selection^      SJS 490 - Social Justice Initiative (1-3 semester hours)   1*
Total Hours 15   Total Hours 13
Total Semester Hours for Graduation = 120

Notes:

* Social Justice Studies Majors should complete one (1) semester hour of SJS 490.

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