2020-2021 Catalog

Major Requirements

The major in Critical Theory and Social Justice requires eleven courses (44 units).

COURSEWORK

Students must complete the six required courses listed below.

Required Courses

CTSJ 100Introduction to Critical Theory

4 units

CTSJ 102Justice Bootcamp

4 units

CTSJ 300Research Methods and Critical Inquiry

4 units

CTSJ 390CTSJ Junior Seminar: Interventions

4 units

CTSJ 398Social Justice Practicum

4 units

CTSJ 490Senior Seminar in Critical Theory - Social Justice

4 units

Additional Electives

Students must complete five additional CTSJ electives: one course at the 100-level, one course at the 200-level, and at least two courses at the 300-level. Two of these electives must be methods courses selected from the list below.

CTSJ 104The New Queer Politics of the Middle East

4 units

CTSJ 108Climate, Refugees and Global Reactionary Authoritarianism

4 units

CTSJ 202The Promise and Failure of Postmodern Politics: Foucault in the Iranian Revolution

4 units

CTSJ 215/WRD 215Language and Power

4 units

CTSJ 285Foucault

4 units

CTSJ 310Qualitative Interview Methods

4 units

CTSJ 340Critical Ethnography

4 units

CTSJ 357Law and Empire

4 units

CTSJ 360Feminist Methodologies

4 units

CTSJ 384Bataille

4 units