Poverty and Social Justice Minor

Coordinator: Professor Peters

The mission of the Poverty and Social Justice program at Elon is to educate students about the multiple causes and structural nature of poverty so that they might work more effectively toward its end. Through coursework and an internship, students from any major can learn about how citizens can understand, encounter and advocate for the poor, both in the U.S. and globally.

The program includes introductory and capstone courses, as well as 3 courses chosen from a list of courses offered in Elon College and the professional schools. Elon is a member of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty, which is a national coalition of colleges and universities who work together to teach about poverty and social justice. PSJ minors will all complete an internship, which can be completed through the consortium, or can, with permission, be tied to a professional internship as part of a students’ major.

Minor Requirements

Required courses: 8 sh

PSJ 1100INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES

4 sh

COR 4430POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

Internship: 1-4 sh

All students will be required to complete an internship after their Introduction to Poverty Studies course and before they complete their capstone. This internship can be fulfilled in the following ways:

Option A: Summer internship through Shepherd Consortium (1 semester hour)

Students who complete a Shepherd summer internship will satisfy the internship requirement for the PSJ minor. Students interested in taking a Shepherd Consortium Internship should meet with the PSJ coordinator.

Option B: Semester internship/practicum (required for major/approved for PSJ)

Students in majors where there is a required internship or practicum (e.g. communications, education, human service studies) may use their existing required internship to fulfill this requirement. Students must select internship sites that are approved for the PSJ minor in order for these to count toward the minor.

Option C: PSJ 481 – Poverty and Social Justice semester internship (1-4 semester hours)

Students may elect to take between 1-4 hours of internship credit during the fall, winter, or spring semester in sites that are approved for the PSJ minor.

Select twelve semester hours from the following: 12 sh

ANT 3120NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES

4 sh

ANT 3250MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4 sh

ART 3300PHOTOGRAPHY AS SOCIAL CRITIQUE

4 sh

COR 3420UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

4 sh

COR 4160WEALTH AND POVERTY

4 sh

COR 4260IDENTITY AND THE PRACTICE OF DESIRE

4 sh

ECO 3410GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

ECO 4110ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

EDU 2110EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

4 sh

EDU 3320EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY-TEAM PARTNERSHIPS

4 sh

EDU 4500TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

4 sh

EDU 4510TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS

4 sh

EDU 4670EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICY AND ADVOCACY

4 sh

ENG 3320LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH

4 sh

ENS 1110INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3 sh

ENS 1130INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LAB

1 sh

ENS 1200COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - FALL HARVEST

2 sh

ENS 1210COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - SPRING PLANTING

2 sh

ENS 2200GARDEN STUDIO: FALL AND WINTER GARDENING

2 sh

ENS 2210GARDEN STUDIO: SPRING AND SUMMER GARDENING

2 sh

ENS 2320SOLAR GREENHOUSE AND FOURTH SEASON HARVEST

4 sh

ENS 3110SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

4 sh

ENS 3600GREEN DESIGN: ENVISIONING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

4 sh

GBL 2370MULTICULTURAL LONDON

4 sh

GBL 2470GHANA: WEST AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

4 sh

GBL 2970MALAWI: THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA

4 sh

GEO 1310THE WORLD'S REGIONS

4 sh

HSS 3110SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY

4 sh

HSS 3300FATHERHOOD

4 sh

HST 3130MODERN AFRICA

4 sh

HST 3490COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

4 sh

HST 3510HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO

4 sh

HST 3530COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 3540MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

IDS 2220THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA

4 sh

IDS 2240DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

4 sh

PHL 3200RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY

4 sh

PHL 3300ECONOMIC JUSTICE

4 sh

PHS 3020GLOBAL HEALTH

4 sh

PHS 3980PRACTICUM

4 sh

POL 3490GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

4 sh

POL 3610POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN

4 sh

PSY 2100LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

PSY 2110EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

PSY 3530COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

PSY 3820EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

PSY 3540STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE

4 sh

PSY 3840HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

PSY 3510PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

4 sh

REL 3440CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

SOC 2200SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

4 sh

SOC 2430SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

4 sh

SOC 3150DRUGS AND SOCIETY

4 sh

SOC 3330SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

4 sh

SOC 3410ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4 sh

SOC 3550CRIMINOLOGY

4 sh

SPN 3130HUMAN MIGRATIONS

4 sh

SPN 3140US-SPANISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS

4 sh

SPN 3150EXPLORING IDENTITY IN THE SPANISH SPEAKING WORLD

4 sh

SPN 3200READING TEXTS, READING LIFE

4 sh

SPN 3350LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

4 sh

SPN 3530TEXT, CULTURE AND MEDIA

4 sh

SPN 3550CONQUESTS, CLASHES AND TRANSITIONS

4 sh

SPN 3570(RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS

4 sh

SPN 3590COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS

4 sh

SPN 3620RACE, CLASS AND GENDER

4 sh

SPN 4530REALISMO MAGICO OR REAL MARAVILLOSO

4 sh

SPN 4550RELIGION, IDOLATRY AND CONQUEST: FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO THE NEW WORLD

4 sh

No more than two courses may come from a student’s major.

Other courses may be submitted for approval by the Program Coordinator.

Total Credit Hours: 21-24

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