Four-Year Plan: Social Justice Studies

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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. Social Justice Studies Course selection^ Twelve (12) semester hours from: COM 220 - Persuasion & Advocacy COM 331 - Critical Communication Approaches to New Media COM 332 - Media Literacy and Effects CRJ 370 - Ethics and Justice CRJ 450 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Crime DVS 480 - Special Topics in Diversity Studies DVS 490 - Independent Study in Diversity Studies ENG 225 - Multicultural American Literature ENG 250 - Introduction to Women’s Literature		Social Justice Studies Course selection continued^: Twelve (12) semester hours from continued: HIS 250 /HIS 450 - History of the Civil Rights Movement HIS 255 /HIS 455 - History of African Americans HIS 362 - United States Women’s History HIS 372 - United States Ethnic History NPO 330 - Managing Nonprofit Organizations PHI 232 - Ethics PSY /SOC 306 - Gender: Biopsychosocial Perspectives REL 111 - Old Testament as an Act of Resistance REL 122 - New Testament as a Call for Defiance REL 361 - The Christian Heritage of Oppression and Liberation SOC 342 - Sociology of Religion