Class, Inequity, Poverty, and Justice (C008)
GEC Coordinator: Emily Kane
This concentration focuses on class inequality and poverty from a social justice perspective. Courses are drawn from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, and include attention to national and international issues, the gendered and raced dynamics of class, material inequality and poverty, and social movements and social change.
Complete four courses designated with the (C008) GEC attribute, offered in at least two different departments or programs.
Active course offerings include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 100 | Introduction to Africana |
| AFR 227 | #BlackLivesMatter |
| AFR 330 | Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture |
| AMST 227 | #BlackLivesMatter |
| AMST 330 | Latina/o/xs Hip-Hop |
| AMST 377 | Liberation Psychology |
| ANTH 289 | After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EDUC 231 | Perspectives on Education |
| EDUC 242 | Race and Justice in American Education |
| ENVR 228 | Latin America Debates Dependency and Development |
| ENVR 417 | Capstone in Community-Engaged Research |
| FYS 376 | Inequality, Community, and Social Change |
| GSS 155 | Gender, Power, and Politics |
| GSS 270 | Sociology of Gender |
| GSS 340 | Poverty, Policy, and Social Inclusion |
| GSS 341 | Family, Youth and Childhood |
| HISP 224 | Protest and Justice |
| LALS 228 | Latin America Debates Dependency and Development |
| LALS 249 | Politics of Latin America |
| LALS 289 | After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LALS 330 | Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture |
| PLTC 155 | Gender, Power, and Politics |
| PLTC 228 | Latin America Debates Dependency and Development |
| PLTC 249 | Politics of Latin America |
| PLTC 268 | Global Political Economy of Development |
| PLTC 295 | Reading Marx, Rethinking Marxisms |
| PSYC 377 | Liberation Psychology |
| SOC S20 | Social Inequality in Childhood and Youth |
| SOC 104 | Contemporary Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives |
| SOC 235 | Global Health: Sociological Perspectives |
| SOC 242 | Race and Justice in American Education |
| SOC 250 | Privilege, Power, and Inequality |
| SOC 270 | Sociology of Gender |
| SOC 289 | After Deportation Ethnographies from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| SOC 340 | Poverty, Policy, and Social Inclusion |
| SOC 341 | Family, Youth and Childhood |
One non-Bates credit on a social justice theme may be applied toward the concentration if it is judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.