Economic Justice

Description
This economic justice concentration focuses on the application of justice principles to different fields of economics, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, labor economics, public finance, development and international trade and investment, among others. Students will gain transdisciplinary knowledge of economic justice that will promote the growth of sustainable communities, locally, nationally and globally. Areas of focus include different approaches to economic justice, wealth and poverty, labor movements and unionization, social innovation, legal constructions of labor justice and forms of work discrimination, employment and welfare advocacy and activism. The course work in this concentration will prepare students to analyze and develop policies to build local skills; develop the capacity to design, control, manage and evaluate initiatives aimed at economically revitalizing communities; increase research abilities and lay the groundwork for new approaches to economic justice.

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
• A minimum of 12 hours must be taken as ASU.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• Students are required to complete 9 hours from both substantive areas: Race, Gender, Class, Citizenship & Economic Justice National and Global Justice. Courses must be from two or more academic areas.
• Students must participate in either a for-credit internship or in a Research Experience with Undergraduates (REU) under faculty supervision.
• * Course prerequisite: students are required to have completed a minimum of 36 semester hours and have a minimum 2.50 GPA to enroll in these courses.

Work and Democracy Seminar - 3 credit hours

SST 310/JUS 310: Exploitation, Oppression, and Resistance in Capitalist Societies (3)

Economic Justice Internship (select one) -- 3 credit hours
SST 484/JUS 484: Internship (3)

Economic Justice Electives -- 9 credit hours

Six of the nine credit hours used to fulfill this requirement must be upper division.

AFR 294: Race Geographies in the United States(3)
AFR 428: Critical Race Theory (3)
AMS 201: Introduction to American Studies (L & C)(3)
APA 210: Introduction to Ethnic Studies in the U.S. (C)(3)
HST 325: Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States (SB & H& C) (3)
JUS 105: Introduction to Justice Studies (SB)(3)
JUS 303: Justice Theory (L)(3)
JUS 305: Principles of Justice Studies (SB)(3)
JUS 321: Wealth Distribution and Poverty (SB & C)(3)
JUS 325: Globalization and Socio-Economic Justice (SB * G)(3)
JUS 425: Race, Gender, and Justice (SB)(3)
JUS 430: Social Protest, Conflict, and Change (L or SB) & C) (3)
JUS 456: Human Rights and Sustainability ((L or SB) & G) (3)
PHI 336: Social and Political Philosophy (HU) (3)
POS 394: Politics and Inequality in the U.S.(3)
POS 485: Political Economy (3)
SOC 241: Modern Social Problems (SB)(3)
SOC 324: Sociology of Work and Organizations (SB & H)(3)
SOC 332: The Modern City (3)
SOC 352: Social Change (SB& G & H)(3)
SOC 426: Social Inequalities (SB)(3)
SST 220: Introduction to Social Transformation or JUS 220: Introduction to Social Transformation (3)
SST 494: Special Topics (1-4)
WST 100: Women, Gender and Society (SB & C)(3)
WST 300: Women and Gender in Contemporary Society (SB & C) (3)
WST 380: Race, Gender,and Class (SB & C)(3)

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.