Social Justice
Social Justice explores the important terrain between the ideals of justice and everyday local reality, including BLM, DACA, equity, LGBTQ+, police brutality, and global expressions of injustice. With a strong commitment to applied study, the major educates critical thinkers to be fluent in the rich and interdisciplinary histories and theories of social justice and injustice. The goal of the Social Justice AA-T is to create an informed global and local citizenship committed to strategic, accountable, and reflexive engagement in social justice work.
Social Justice Program Learning Outcomes
Students receiving an Associate of Arts for Transfer (AAT) in Social Justice will:
- Develop an understanding of social diversity and examine the various theoretical perspectives on equity in society.
- Understand intersectionality and how aspects of an individual's identity (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, sex, race, sexuality, and class) can contribute to experiences of advantage or disadvantage in society.
- Investigate how their individual and collective social engagement can be leveraged to advocate for social justice.
Social Justice Course Descriptions
Students learn the major principles of sociology as they are applied to contemporary social issues. With the use of several theoretical perspectives, the course examines social structures within American society and other cultures from macro and micro perspectives. There are extensive references to contemporary research findings on social structure, group dynamics, social stratification, and social
institutions.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SOCI 110)
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
The student applies sociological perspectives and concepts in analyzing contemporary social problems in the United States. Topics include problems associated with drug abuse; poverty; racial, ethnic, and gender inequality; crime and violence; and the environment.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SOCI 115)
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Sociological analysis of race, ethnicity, and racism. Examines the cultural, political, and economic practices and institutions that support or challenge racism, racial and ethnic inequalities, as well as historical and contemporary patterns of interaction between various racial and ethnic groups.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SOCI 150)
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Sociological analysis of family as an institution, including historical and recent changes, present nature and the socio-cultural and economic forces shaping these changes.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D, E), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SOCI 130)
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Students learn the origins, purpose, subject matter, and methods of Women's Studies and the feminist perspectives on a range of social issues affecting women of diverse backgrounds. Study of gender and its intersections with race, class, sexuality, dis/ability, age, religion, and other systems of difference.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SJS 120)
Sociological analysis of the social construction of gender, masculinity, and femininity historically and cross-culturally. It examines the debates on sex and gender. It analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. It focuses on macro-analyses of how institutions shape gender and micro-analyses of how individuals are socialized and how they do and practice gender.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SOCI 140)
Sociological analysis of crime, criminal behavior, and the criminal justice system. Explores the history and social construction of crime and criminality and examines the definition of crime and its violations as well as the laws and methods used to control criminal behavior. There is an extensive review of the major sociological explanations on the causes of crime and criminality in addition to a consideration of the biological and psychological perspectives. Discusses measurement of crime and basic theoretical explanations of criminal behavior.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area D), UC (IGETC Area 4), C-ID (SOCI 160)
An introduction to the basic statistical methods and analyses commonly used in social sciences. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics that usually include levels and types of measurement; measures of central tendency and dispersion; normal, t, and chi-square distributions; probability and hypothesis testing; and correlation and regression.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area B4), UC (IGETC Area 2A), C-ID (SOCI 125)
Meets Math Expression Competency
Prerequisite: MATH 125 or by Appropriate Placement
Social Justice
Location
Franklin Hall 219E
Contact
Carlos Reyes Guerrero, PhD
Department Chair
Email: @email
Phone: (323) 953-4000 ext. 2506
Jill Biondo
Professor of Sociology
Email: @email