SearchProgram Description: The major in Justice and Society combines requirements for the minors in Sociology and Anthropology and Justice and Peace Studies, with the support from other departments. Most JAS courses are crosslisted from other departments and programs. Consult those listings for course descriptions the JAS major, which may be completed with a Sociology, Anthropology, Native American Studies or Criminal Justice Focus, requires 37 credit hours.
(All of the following)
SOC 212 Quantitative Research methods in the Social Sciences
SOC 214 Statistics for the Social Scienes
SOC 301 Social and Cultural Theory
(All of the following)
JPS 365 Faith and Moral Development
JPS 499 Senior Seminar
JPS 565 Catholic Social Teaching
JPS 588 Christian Ethics of War and Peace
(One of the the following)
ANT 111 Introduction to Anthropology
NAS 101 Introduction to Native American Studies
SOC 101 Self and Society
Six additional electiv credits is SOC and/or ANT chosen in consultation with the JAS Director or JAS Advisor, plus one of the following:
ECO 408 Current Issues in Social Econ. and Political Economy
EDP 361 Social Justice in the Dominican Republic
PHL 348 Philosophy of Feminism
PHL 354 Environmental Ethics
PHL 451 Social Justice: Theory and Practice
PHL 453 Ethics and Public Policy
PHL 455 Health Care, Society and Values
PLS 319 Politics of the Developing Areas
PLS 327 Minority Politics in America
PLS 333 Environmental Politics and Policy
PLS 334 Public Policy and Health Care
PLS 337 Constitutional Law
PLS 339 Public Policy and Poverty in the U.S.
PLS 372 Equality, Minorities, and Public Policy
PLS 435 Global Poverty and Development
PLS 481 Poverty, Development, and Public Policy
PSY 323 Social Psychology
PSY 428 Multicultural Issues in Psychology
SWK 261 Introductin to Social Welfare
SWK 300 Econoics, Politics and Social Welfare
SWK 365 Issues of native American Experience
SWK 366 The Status of Women: Progress and Process
SWK 402 Social Welfare Policy