TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE (MAJOR)
The Transformative Justice major will offer students an interdisciplinary foundation for working with individuals and groups to achieve social justice. Some of the core coursework explores the foundations of the traditional criminal justice system, although subsequent coursework will explore the limitations of the adversarial model and look to bridge sociological and social work approaches with alternative approaches to justice. These approaches highlight the systemic nature of harm and the importance of human rights activism as well as non-traditional methods, such as restorative justice. We anticipate students who wish to work in human services, advocacy, organizing, non-profit work, and/or human rights, will find this to be a solid foundation for subsequent work in these areas.
Program Outcomes:
Upon completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Transformative Justice, students will be able to:
Critique the current criminal justice system
Identify and evaluate relevant research regarding privilege, harm, violence and justice
Explore concepts of trauma, healing and resilience
Explain how social institutions and systems perpetuate violence and harm
Identify intersecting forms of privilege and the relation to violence, harm and the system
Explore ways social justice movements transform systems
Identify strategies for intervention with individuals who may experience harm and/or crisis
Identify alternatives to our current justice systems [or criminal justice system] that disrupt the status quo, address conditions creating injustice and break individual, family and community generational cycles of violence and harm
TranSFORMATIve JUSTICE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | CREDITS |
|---|---|
Prerequisites: | 12 |
CJ 1000 Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
PSY 1030 Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
SOC/CJ 1140 Quantitative Data Analysis | 3 |
Major Core Requirements: | 51 |
CJ 2000 Criminology | 3 |
CJ 2100 Corrections | 3 |
CJ 2204 Court Processes & Alternate Pathways or CJ 3205 Law & Society | 3 |
CJ 3300 Justice & Human Rights Advocacy | 3 |
CJ 3900 Capstone in Criminal Justice (with Transformative Justice focus) | 3 |
SOC/CJ 2120 Restorative Justice: Community & Incarceration | 3 |
SOC/CJ 2125: Resiliency Rising: Restorative Justice | 3 |
SOC/CJ 2350 Human Diversity in Criminal Justice | 3 |
SOC/CJ 2402 Domestic Violence | 3 |
SOC/CJ Methods in Social Research | 3 |
SOC 2490 Grassroots Activism or SOC 2510 Social Movements | 3 |
SOC 2050 Social Problems | 3 |
SOC 2740 Wealth, Poverty, and Social Class | 3 |
SWK 2310 Intro to Social Work Practice | 3 |
SWK 2420 Working with Groups and Communities | 3 |
SWK 3390 Crisis Intervention | 3 |
SWK 2310 Working with Individuals | 3 |
Major Electives (see list below for options): | 6 |
One elective is waived for students who major in both Transformative Justice and Criminology & Criminal Justice. | |
Requirements in Related Areas: | |
CJ/SOC 1001 Academic and Career Exploration | 1 |
CJ/SOC 2340 Developing Foundations for Success | 3 |
CJ/SOC 3901 College to Career Transitions | 1 |
MAJOR ELECTIVES INCLUDE:
CJ 2204 Court Processes and Alternative Pathways* (if not used as core choice)
CJ 3205 Law and Society* (if not used as core choice)
PRS 2210 Ethics
SOC 2090 Climate Justice
SOC 2200 Race and Ethnicity
SOC 2490 Grassroots Activism* (if not used as core choice)
SOC 2510 Social Movements/Social action* (if not used as core choice)
SOC 2620 Diversity in Families
SOC 2470 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
SOC/CJ 3404 Sociology of Violence
SOC/CJ 3640 Deviance and Social Control
PSY 2100 Adolescent Psychology
PSY 2125 Substance Abuse Counseling
PSY 2130 Introduction to Clinical and Counseling Psychology
PSY 2250 Psychology of Family Life
PSY 2330 Drugs and Behavior
PSY 3120 Counseling theory
SWK 3000 Advocacy in Social Work Practice