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 110 | INTRODUCTION TO POVERTY STUDIES | 4 sh |
| COR 443 | POVERTY 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 312 | NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES | 4 sh |
| ANT 325 | MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 4 sh |
| ART 330 | PHOTOGRAPHY AS SOCIAL CRITIQUE | 4 sh |
| COR 342 | UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES | 4 sh |
| COR 416 | WEALTH AND POVERTY | 4 sh |
| COR 426 | IDENTITY AND THE PRACTICE OF DESIRE | 4 sh |
| ECO 317 | GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| ECO 410 | ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| EDU 211 | EDUCATION AND SOCIETY | 4 sh |
| EDU 332 | EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY-TEAM PARTNERSHIPS | 4 sh |
| EDU 450 | TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 4 sh |
| EDU 451 | TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS | 4 sh |
| EDU 467 | EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICY AND ADVOCACY | 4 sh |
| ENG 332 | LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH | 4 sh |
| ENS 111 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | 3 sh |
| ENS 113 | INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LAB | 1 sh |
| ENS 120 | COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - FALL HARVEST | 2 sh |
| ENS 121 | COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE - SPRING PLANTING | 2 sh |
| ENS 220 | GARDEN STUDIO: FALL AND WINTER GARDENING | 2 sh |
| ENS 221 | GARDEN STUDIO: SPRING AND SUMMER GARDENING | 2 sh |
| ENS 232 | SOLAR GREENHOUSE AND FOURTH SEASON HARVEST | 4 sh |
| ENS 311 | SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION | 4 sh |
| ENS 360 | GREEN DESIGN: ENVISIONING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 237 | MULTICULTURAL LONDON | 4 sh |
| GBL 247 | GHANA: WEST AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 sh |
| GBL 297 | MALAWI: THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA | 4 sh |
| GEO 131 | THE WORLD'S REGIONS | 4 sh |
| HSS 311 | SOCIAL POLICY AND INEQUALITY | 4 sh |
| HSS 330 | FATHERHOOD | 4 sh |
| HST 313 | MODERN AFRICA | 4 sh |
| HST 349 | COMPARATIVE SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD | 4 sh |
| HST 351 | HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO | 4 sh |
| HST 353 | COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| HST 354 | MODERN LATIN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| IDS 222 | THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA | 4 sh |
| IDS 224 | DISARMING INJUSTICE: NONVIOLENCE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT | 4 sh |
| PHL 320 | RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY | 4 sh |
| PHL 330 | ECONOMIC JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| PHS 302 | GLOBAL HEALTH | 4 sh |
| PHS 381 | PRACTICUM | 4 sh |
| POL 349 | GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 4 sh |
| POL 361 | POLITICS OF THE CARIBBEAN | 4 sh |
| PSY 240 | LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| PSY 245 | EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT | 4 sh |
| PSY 318 | COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 321 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 324 | STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE | 4 sh |
| PSY 356 | HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
| PSY 366 | PSYCHOLOGY IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| REL 344 | CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 sh |
| SOC 220 | SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY | 4 sh |
| SOC 243 | SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION | 4 sh |
| SOC 315 | DRUGS AND SOCIETY | 4 sh |
| SOC 333 | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION | 4 sh |
| SOC 341 | ETHNIC AND RACE RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| SOC 355 | CRIMINOLOGY | 4 sh |
| SPN 313 | HUMAN MIGRATIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 314 | US-SPANISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 315 | EXPLORING IDENTITY IN THE SPANISH SPEAKING WORLD | 4 sh |
| SPN 320 | READING TEXTS, READING LIFE | 4 sh |
| SPN 335 | LATINOS IN THE U.S.: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE | 4 sh |
| SPN 353 | TEXT, CULTURE AND MEDIA | 4 sh |
| SPN 355 | CONQUESTS, CLASHES AND TRANSITIONS | 4 sh |
| SPN 357 | (RE)PRESENTATIONS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS | 4 sh |
| SPN 359 | COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS | 4 sh |
| SPN 362 | RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | 4 sh |
| SPN 453 | REALISMO MAGICO OR REAL MARAVILLOSO | 4 sh |
| SPN 455 | RELIGION, 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