Social Justice Studies

The Faculties of Human and Social Development, Humanities and Social Sciences jointly offer an interdisciplinary General and Minor Program in Social Justice Studies. The program is also available as a Diploma, through the Division of Continuing Studies (see below). The aim of the program is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the range of ways to address and engage with issues of social inequity and injustice in the contemporary world from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

By completing the requirements for the General Program together with an Honours, Major, or General program, students may obtain a Minor.

General and Minor Requirements

SJS 100, 200, 400A. Normally, students take 100 first, but 100 and 200 may be taken in either order, or concurrently. 100 and 200 are interdisciplinary team-taught courses	4.5
Courses selected from the list of Theory and Method Electives	3.0
Courses selected from the list of Substantive Electives.	3.0
SJS 400B, or a further 1.5 units selected from either list of eligible courses	1.5

No more than 3 units may be taken from any single department, program, or school.

Diploma program Requirements

SJS 100, 200, 400A	4.5
Courses selected from the list of Theory and Method Electives and list of Substantive Electives (A minimum of 3 units must be selected from each of these two lists)	12.0
SJS 400B, or a further 1.5 units selected from either list of eligible courses	1.5

No more than 3 units may be taken from any single department, program, or school.

Students are strongly encouraged to plan their program in consultation with the Director of Social Justice Studies (sjs@uvic.ca) or the Interdisciplinary Program Assistant (idpassis@uvic.ca). Further information can be found at <web.uvic.ca/socialjustice>. For queries about the Diploma Program, please phone 250-721-6460 or visit <www.uvcs.uvic.ca/socialjustice>.

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