Our Definition of Social Justice
Social justice encompasses structures for and patterns of distributing material resources, ascribing cultural value and social esteem, and exercising interpersonal and collective power that enable human individuals and groups to pursue their well-being and participate in society on the basis of equality with one another and enable humans as a species to live in a way that preserves and enhances the planet’s overall capacities to support diverse more-than-human life. It includes critique and dismantling of systemic barriers to such equity among humans and between humans and more-than-human life.
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Program Highlights
SEPA focuses on engaging students in community development through grant writing as an entrepreneurial endeavor, teaching technical aspects of grant writing and providing hands-on grant writing experience with a local nonprofit agency over the summer.
- Work with an AC faculty member on a summer research project or creative work related to a social justice issue.
- Paid internship, plus related expenses.
- Work with an AC faculty member on a year-long project relating to a social justice issue of your choosing in the history of AC and/or North Texas
- Paid internship, plus related expenses.
Finish in Four*
with the skills to launch your career
Social change
is brought about through open and honest conversations in communities. Completing your studies in social justice will strengthen your communication, critical thinking, quantitative and collaboration skills. Upon graduation you will:
- Confidently and effectively communicate the importance of social justice to your personal development and career goals.
- Identify the ways the theory and practice of social justice are different but also inseparable.
- Through research and study, be able to apply the definition of social justice to contemporary/historical issues and incidences of social injustice.
Explore our Graduate Outcomes to learn more about what our graduates are doing today.
Meet our Faculty
Dr. Nathan Bigelow
Dr. Lisa M. Brown
Dr. Mari Elise Ewing
Dr. Felix Harcourt
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Popular Courses
- Human Rights and Social Justice
- The Quest for Civil Rights, 1945 to Present
- Environmental Psychology
- Environmental Justice
- Law and Morality
- Health Care Law
- Ethical Theory