Social Justice Studies

Students in the SJS program engage in their learning process as a whole human who brings with them their own community histories, identity, and consciousness.

• Reflect on their community history and their position they have been placed in American society and global systems of inequalities.
• Imagine what a just world will look like.
• Develop their vision and blueprint of actions for change.
• Act on their growing awareness to help shape society into what they collectively imagine.

Career Outlook

Social Justice Studies encourages students to challenge these structures of oppression through the study and application of political organizing. Through hands-on engagement with the art and mechanics of various forms of political organizing, from consciousness building to direct action, students learn how the histories of social movements inform their place in current struggles for justice.

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Program	Type	Total Units
Social Justice Studies for Transfer	AA-T	60 Units

Social Justice Studies urges students to challenge structures of oppression through the study and application of political organizing. Majoring in Social Justice Studies is a great preparation for upper-division level studies in Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Labor Studies, and Resistance Studies. Through hands-on engagement with the art and mechanics of various forms of political organizing, from consciousness building to direct action, students who major in Social Justice Studies can seek career in community organizing, journalism, law, labor organizing, NPOs, public policies, and lobbyin, among other fields.