Social Change (Minor)
This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2025-Spring 2026 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.
Minor in Social Change
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences (AS)
Academic Plan Code(s): SCHGMINOR
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SCHG 399 | Lectures in Social Change | 1 |
| SCHG 401 | Social Change Community Internship | 3 |
| or PEAC 550 | Service Learning in Peacebuilding | |
| Select one of the following courses: | 3 | |
| Globalizing Inequalities - WR | ||
| Modern American Social Movements | ||
| Social Change | ||
| U.S. Social Justice Movements of the 20th Century | ||
| Select four courses, with no more than 9 hours in any one department, from the following: | 12 | |
| Nationalism, Violence, and the State | ||
| Food and Body Politic | ||
| Global Change Ecology - CUE | ||
| Comparative Environmental History | ||
| U.S. in the Sixties | ||
| The History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1900 to Present | ||
| Cultures of Latin America - AH, P2 | ||
| Politics, Political Violence and Black Resistance | ||
| Racism and Sexism - P1, SB | ||
| Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation | ||
| Mediation & Conflict Transformation | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Political Discourse - OC | ||
| Urban Political Economy | ||
| Race, Law and Politics - P1, SB | ||
| Women in American Politics | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Political Leadership - WR | ||
| Topics in Social Change: Humanities | ||
| Topics in Social Change: Humanities - WR | ||
| Topics in Social Change: Social Sciences | ||
| Topics in Social Change: Social Sciences - WR | ||
| Advanced Topics in Social Change: Humanities | ||
| Advanced Topics in Social Change: Humanities - WR | ||
| Advanced Topics in Social Change: Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Topics in Social Change: Social Sciences - WR | ||
| Diversity and Inequality | ||
| Black Dramatic Literature - AH, P1 | ||
| Minimum Total Hours | 19 | |
No more than 6 credit hours may count toward both the Social Change Minor and the Certificate in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Transformation (PEAC).
At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled at the University of Louisville.
