Human Rights and Social Justice Minor

The minor in Human Rights and Social Justice at Westfield State University is an interdisciplinary program. It explores dialectic intersectionality of human rights dimensions, such as global, intercultural, local, relational, personal, and practical. Communication perspectives are fundamental to this explortation in the light of promoting peace and justice through everyday communicative praxis.

Topics include, but are not limited to, globalization, global warming, sustainability, international conflict resolution, criminal justice, stereotyping, religions, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, race, nationality, media, politics, art, history, consumerism, grocery shopping, food, recycling, driving, choices of profession, and schooling.

Requirements for Human Rights and Social Justice Minor (18 Credits)

Foundational Courses (6 Credits)

COMM 0210 - Communication, Culture, and Human Rights Credits: 3 *
POLS 0220 - International Law and Human Rights Credits: 3

Communication & Social Justice (12 Credits)

ANTH 0101 - Introduction to Anthropology Credits: 3
COMM 0207 - Communication Ethics Credits: 3 *
COMM 0209 - Global Communication Credits: 3 *
COMM 0213 - Global Film Studies Credits: 4
COMM 0233 - Documentary Film Credits: 4
COMM 0300 - Food: Communication, Community, and Civic Engagement Credits: 3 *
COMM 0301 - International Conflict Resolution Credits: 3
COMM 0329 - Crime and the Media Credits: 3
or CRJU 0329 - Crime and the Media Credits: 3
CRJU 0324 - Restorative Community Justice Credits: 3 *
CRJU 0327 - Race and Ethnicity in the Criminal Justice System Credits: 3 *
EGST 0205 - Introduction to Gay And Lesbian Studies Credits: 3
EGST 0216 - Deviance and Culture Credits: 3
EGST 0221 - Women in Modern Organizations Credits: 3
EGST 0225 - Institutional Racism in the U.S. Credits: 3 *
EGST 0303 - Seminar in Women’s Studies Credits: 3 *
GPS 0203 - Geography of Hunger and Poverty in the United States Credits: 3
GPS 0216 - Social Justice and the City Credits: 3 *
GPS 0217 - Contemporary Global Issues Credits: 3 *
GPS 0349 - Political Ecology/Environmental Justice Credits: 3 *
HIST 0273 - Labor & Economic History Credits: 3 *
POLS 0309 - Civil Liberties Credits: 3
SOCI 0202 - Race and Ethnic Relations Credits: 3 *
SOCI 0308 - Social Inequality Credits: 3 *
SOCI 0315 - Sociology of Gender Credits: 3 *
SOCI 0319 - Sociology of Sexualities Credits: 3 *
*Starred courses have prerequisites