CLAS offers wide range of social justice courses
As a university located in the heart of Detroit, having a positive impact on global and local communities is a critical component to Wayne State's mission. WSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) offers an extensive range of courses focusing on creating a more just and equitable world.
These are just some of the social justice courses offered through CLAS:
African American Studies
AFS 2210: Black Social and Political Thought
AFS 2250: AfroLatino/a History and Culture
AFS 2600: Race and Racism in America
AFS 3160: Black Urban History
AFS 3140: African American History I
AFS 3170: Ethnicity and Race in American Life
AFS 5261: African Americans, History and Memory
AFS 5110: Black Women in America
Anthropology
ANT 2020: Global Detroit
ANT 3111: Digital Storytelling and Ethnic Detroit
ANT 5060: Urban Anthropology
Criminology and Criminal Justice
CRJ 2550: Race, Crime and Justice
CRJ 2650: Gener and Crime
CRJ 2750: Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice
CRJ 3120: Politics of the Criminal Justice Process
CRJ 3200: Police and Society
Global Studies
GLS 3111: Digital Storytelling and Ethnic Detroit
Geography
GPH 2000: Introduction to Urban Studies
GPH 3600: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
GSW 2700: Social Science Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Women
GSW 2650: Gender and Crime
GSW 2750: Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice
GSW 5110: Black Women in America
English
ENG 2530: Literature and Identity
ENG 2570: Writing about Literature: Women Writers
History
HIS 2000: Introduction to Urban Studies
HIS 3160: Black Urban History
HIS 3170: Ethnicity and Race in American Life
HIS 3650: History of Detroit
HIS 3360: Black Workers in American History
Latino/a and Latin American Studies
LAS 3610: Seminar in Latino/a Urban Problems
LAS 2250: AfroLatino/a History and Culture
Law Minor
LEX 5000: Law in Social Context
LEX 5010: Law and Harm
Philosophy
PHI 1500: Race, Sex and Religion
PHI 5250: Justice and Rights in Health Care
PHI 5210: Philosophy of Race and Racism
Political Science
PS 2000: Introduction to Urban Studies
PS 2240: Introduction to Urban Politics and Policy
PS 3820: Pan Africanism: Politics of the Black Diaspora
Psychology
PSY 5700: The Psychology of African Americans
Public Health
PH 3050: Mental Health and Crime
PH 3100: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health
PH 3550: Public Health and the City
Sociology
SOC 2201: Race Relations in Metro Detroit
SOC 2300: Social Inequality
Urban Studies
US 2000: Introduction to Urban Studies