Social Justice and Health Equity (Minor)
This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2024–Spring 2025 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.
Minor in Social Justice and Health Equity
Unit: School of Public Health & Information Sciences
Academic Plan Code(s): SJHEMINOR
The intersection of social justice and health equity in public health has never been clearer, and the current US and world contexts have given rise to unprecedented career interest in public health as well as public health approaches to other complex social issues. A minor in Social Justice and Health Equity will enhance students' preparation for jobs across multiple sectors, with competencies applicable to a wide range of social justice and health equity issues. Graduating students that can apply a social justice and health equity lens to an array of complex issues in their communities hold potential to make meaningful strides toward equity.
The Social Justice and Health Equity minor can be pursued as a specialization within the BA/BS Public Health majors, or as adjunct to preparation for other health fields such as medicine or nursing, or for a basic or social science, such as biology, social work, or sociology. Current UofL students will be required to apply to the minor and maintain a minimum of a 2.0 GPA. The minor in Social Justice and Health Equity requires the completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| PHPB 310 | Power, Oppression & Liberation in Social Systems | 3 |
| PHPB 311 | Policy and Systems of Power | 3 |
| PHPB 312 | Social Justice Practice in Public Health | 3 |
| PHPB 313 | Strategies for Social Action | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select 3 credit hours from the list below: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics - SB | ||
| Global Capitalisms | ||
| Modern American Social Movements | ||
| Select 3 credit hours from the list below: | 3 | |
| Social Justice and Youth Activism | ||
| Climate Change, Social Justice, and Healthy Equity | ||
| Intro Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Issues and Social Welfare | ||
| Law Enforcement in the United States - SB | ||
| Corrections in the United States - SB | ||
| Juvenile Justice | ||
| Community Corrections | ||
| Violence in the United States: The Criminal Justice Response | ||
| Human Trafficking: Critical Thinking About Modern-Day Slavery | ||
| Police and the Community | ||
| History of American Sexualities - WR | ||
| Social Science Special Topics in Latin American Studies | ||
| Legal Lynchings: A Survey of Race, Law, and the American Justice System | ||
| Politics of Black Male Identity in Post-Modern America | ||
| Black Political Thought: Africa to Afrocentricity | ||
| Race and Economics | ||
| Civil Rights and the Law I | ||
| Civil Rights and the Law II | ||
| Inequality and Health: The Black Experience | ||
| Race, Culture, Identity | ||
| Black Feminism in Action | ||
| The Underground Railroad and American Memory | ||
| The Life and Times of Malcolm X | ||
| Language, Race, Class and Gender | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Political Philosophy | ||
| Race, Medicine, and Health | ||
| Urban Political Economy | ||
| Urban Politics | ||
| Policy, Community & Service | ||
| Race, Law and Politics - D1, SB | ||
| Gender, Sexuality & Law | ||
| Media and Politics | ||
| Civil Rights and the Law II | ||
| Queer Politics | ||
| Women in American Politics | ||
| Sports and Politics | ||
| The Politics of Global Economic Relations | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Democracy and Its Critics - WR | ||
| Political Leadership - WR | ||
| Law, Diplomacy and Power: The Foreign Relations of the U.S. | ||
| Coping with Conflict | ||
| Politics through Film | ||
| Feminist Theory - WR | ||
| Multicultural Psychology - WR | ||
| Psych of Trauma - WR, CUE | ||
| Hip-Hop and Social Movements - WR | ||
| Globalizing Inequalities - WR | ||
| Lectures in Social Change | ||
| Social Change Community Internship | ||
| Race in the United States - D1, SB | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Diversity and Inequality | ||
| Reproductive Justice | ||
| Sociology of Disabilities | ||
| Social Inequality & Stratification - CUE, WR | ||
| Race and Ethnicity - CUE, WR | ||
| Political Sociology - CUE | ||
| Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems | ||
| Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems | ||
| Gender Issues in Public Dialogue - OC, D1 | ||
| Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | ||
| Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Social Sciences | ||
| Minimum Total Hours | 18 | |
At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.
