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 110INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES

4 sh

COR 443POVERTY 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 312NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES

4 sh

ANT 325MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4 sh

ART 330PHOTOGRAPHY AS SOCIAL CRITIQUE

4 sh

COR 342UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

4 sh

COR 416WEALTH AND POVERTY

4 sh

COR 426IDENTITY AND THE PRACTICE OF DESIRE

4 sh

ECO 317GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

ECO 410ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

EDU 211EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

4 sh

EDU 332EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY-TEAM PARTNERSHIPS

4 sh

EDU 450TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

4 sh

EDU 451TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS

4 sh

EDU 467EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICY AND ADVOCACY

4 sh

ENG 332LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH

4 sh

ENS 111INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3 sh

ENS 113INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LAB

1 sh

ENS 120COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - FALL HARVEST

2 sh

ENS 121COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - SPRING PLANTING

2 sh

ENS 220GARDEN STUDIO: FALL AND WINTER GARDENING

2 sh

ENS 221GARDEN STUDIO: SPRING AND SUMMER GARDENING

2 sh

ENS 232SOLAR GREENHOUSE AND FOURTH SEASON HARVEST

4 sh

ENS 311SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

4 sh

ENS 360GREEN DESIGN: ENVISIONING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

4 sh

GBL 237MULTICULTURAL LONDON

4 sh

GBL 247GHANA: WEST AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

4 sh

GBL 297MALAWI: THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA

4 sh

GEO 131THE WORLD'S REGIONS

4 sh

HSS 311SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY

4 sh

HSS 360THE BLACK FAMILY

4 sh

HST 313MODERN AFRICA

4 sh

HST 349COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD

4 sh

HST 351HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO

4 sh

HST 353COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

HST 354MODERN LATIN AMERICA

4 sh

IDS 222THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA

4 sh

IDS 224DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

4 sh

PHL 320RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY

4 sh

PHL 330ECONOMIC JUSTICE

4 sh

PHS 302GLOBAL HEALTH

4 sh

PHS 381PRACTICUM

4 sh

POL 349GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

4 sh

POL 361POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN

4 sh

PSY 240LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

PSY 245EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

4 sh

PSY 318COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

PSY 321EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

PSY 324STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE

4 sh

PSY 356HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

PSY 366PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT

4 sh

REL 344CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

4 sh

SOC 220SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

4 sh

SOC 243SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

4 sh

SOC 315DRUGS AND SOCIETY

4 sh

SOC 333SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

4 sh

SOC 341ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS

4 sh

SOC 355CRIMINOLOGY

4 sh

SPN 313HUMAN MIGRATIONS

4 sh

SPN 314US-SPANISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS

4 sh

SPN 315EXPLORING IDENTITY IN THE SPANISH SPEAKING WORLD

4 sh

SPN 320READING TEXTS, READING LIFE

4 sh

SPN 335LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

4 sh

SPN 353TEXT, CULTURE AND MEDIA

4 sh

SPN 355CONQUESTS, CLASHES AND TRANSITIONS

4 sh

SPN 357(RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS

4 sh

SPN 359COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS

4 sh

SPN 362RACE, CLASS AND GENDER

4 sh

SPN 453REALISMO MAGICO OR REAL MARAVILLOSO

4 sh

SPN 455RELIGION, 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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