Electives
All SJS students are required to take at least two courses from the theory and method electives category and two courses from the substantive electives category. One elective can be a practicum placement in the community.
Course names taken from the UVic Academic Calendar. Where there's a discrepancy, the Acadmic Calendar is considered the authority.
Theory and method electives
At least two courses from:
- ANTH 311 - Introduction to Engaged and Practicing Anthropology
- ANTH 336 - Contemporary Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
- ANTH 372 - Economic Underworlds and Globalization
- ANTH 402 - Feminist Theory and Method in Anthropology
- ED-D 539A - Leadership, Learning and Social Justice
- ES 301 -Political Ecology
- ES 404 - Deep Roots, Trajectories of Environmental Thought
- ES 407 - Mindfullness, Sustainability, and Social Change
- GMST 489 - I-Witness Field School
- GNDR 320 - Queer Desire
- GNDR 321 - The Medicalization of Sex
- GNDR 322 - Girl Power and Feminisms
- GNDR 325 - North American Asian Feminist Thought and Action
- GNDR 331 - Queering the Undead
- GNDR 332 - What's Race Got To Do With It?
- GNDR 334 - Bodies Out of Bounds
- GNDR 335 - Border Crossing, Migration and Gender
- GNDR 339 - Topics in Feminist Theories and Activism
- GNDR 341 - Indigenous Women's Autobiographies
- HLTH 300 - Determinants of Health and Population Health Promotion
- HLTH 360 - Health Literacy and System Navigation
- HLTH 402 - Health and Community Supportive Technologies
- HLTH 403 - Community Development and Capacity Building
- HSTR 385C - History of Sexuality
- IED 372 - Indigenous Epistemology
- IGOV 400 - Indigenous Research Methods
- POLI 305 - Democracy and Diversity
- POLI 306 - Introduction to Marxism
- POLI 328 - Gender and International Relations
- POLI 367 - The Politics if Race
- POLI 413 - Feminist Political Thought
- POLI 433 - The Politics of Colonialism
- SJS 391 - Special Topics in Social Justice Studies:Method and Theory
- SOCI 355 - The Corporation, Capitalism, and Globalization
- SOCI 436 - Issues in Sociology and Social Justice (formally SOCI 450)
- SOCI 450 - Sociology and Social Justice
- SOCI 481 - Feminist Theory/Feminist Theorizing
The following 200-level courses may count as theory and method electives for the diploma program. Students must request permission from the director of SJS. Note that 200-level courses do not count towards the minor or general degree programs.
- PHIL 232 - Moral Problems of Contemporary Society
- PHIL 236 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
- PHIL 239 - Philosophy and Feminism
Substantive electives
At least two courses from:
- AEGI 472 - Healthy Ageing
- ANTH 308 - Legality and Social Justice in Global Perspective
- ANTH 311 - Introduction to Engaged and Practicing Anthropology
- ANTH 312 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 336 - Contemporary Aboriginal People of Canada
- ANTH 393 - Selected Problems in Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology (if offered as Ethnography of Food)
- ANTH 405 - Advanced Economic Anthropology
- CYC 350 - Applying Law in Child Protection and Child and Youth Care Practice
- DSST 440 - Introduction to Disability Studies
- ED-D 538A - Critical Theories and Practices of Adult Education and Learning
- ED-D 538B - Cultural Leadership and Social Learning through the Arts
- ED-D 539B - Leadership, Education and Diversity
- ES 417 - Power, Difference and Environmental Politics
- GMST 353 - Literature and Film of the Holocaust and "Third Reich"
- GNDR 302 - Sex Work, Trafficking and Human Rights
- GNDR 304 - Imagining India from Empire to Bollywood
- GNDR 305 - Gender and International Human Rights
- GNDR 306 - Gender and International Development
- GNDR 323 - Women in Contemporary India
- GNDR 329 - Topics in Power, Identities and Difference
- GNDR 333 - Anti-Racist Feminisms and Democratic Futures
- GNDR 340 - Indigenous Cinema Decolonizing the Screen
- GNDR 341 - Indigenous Women's Autobiographies
- GNDR 343 - Indigenous Women Writing Resistance
- GNDR 344 - Queer Film
- HSTR 306 - Sex and Power in American History
- HSTR 309 - Race Riots in American Cities
- HSTR 310A - African-American History
- HSTR 327A - Gender and Sexuality in Canada to 1920
- HSTR 327B - Gender and Sexuality in Canada from 1920-present
- HSTR 328 - Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada
- HSTR 329A - Race, Racism and Ethnicity in Canada to 1900
- HSTR 329B - Race, Racism and Ethnicity in Canada since 1900
- IED 371 - The History of Indigenous Education in Canada
- INGH 452 - Traditional Healing in Indigenous Communities
- INGH 453 - Wise Practices in Indigenous Community Health
- ISP 420 - Topics in Intercultural Studies and Practice)formally IET 420)
- ISP 430 - Facilitating Intercultural (formally IET 430)
- IGOV 381 - Indigenous Leadership and Governance
- IGOV 383 - The Indigenous-State Relationship
- IGOV 384 - Special Issues in Indigenous Governance
- INTS 460 - Foundations in International and Global Health and Human Development
- LING 345 - Sign Language as Language
- LING 377 - Global Contexts of Language
- LING 398 - Language, Gender and Sexuality
- POLI 319 - Issues in Comparative Politics
- POLI 328 - Gender and International Relations
- POLI 335 - Gender and Politics
- POLI 344 - International Political Economy
- POLI 372 - Latin American Politics
- POLI 373 - African Politics
- POLI 375 - Gender Politics in China
- POLI 422 - Youth Politics
- POLI 434 - The Politics of Class
- POLI 436 - Politics of Human Rights in New Democracies
- SJS 392 - Special Topics in Social Justice Studies: Substantive Issues
- SOCI 316 - Social Movements
- SOCI 335 - Racialization and Ethnicity
- SOCI 382 - Sociology of Sexualities
- SOCI 388 - Sociology of Food and Eating
- SOCI 437 - Issues in Environmental Sociology and Climate Change
- SOCW 350A - Social Work, Social Justice and the Law
- SOCW 350B - Legal and Social Justice Skills for Social Workers (upon successful completion of SOCW 350A)
- SOCW 452 - Teaching and Learning for Social Change
The following 200-level courses may count as substantive electives for the diploma program. Students must request permission from the director of SJS. Note that 200-level courses do not count towards the minor or general degree programs.
- CYC 230 - Introduction to CYC Practice in Indigenous Contexts
- CYC 240 - Ethical Decision-Making in Child and Youth Care Practice
- CYC 250 - Law, Indigenous People and TRC Calls to Action
- GNDR 202 - Globalization and Resistance
- GNDR 203 - Indigenous Women in Canada
Practicum elective
One elective can be a practicum placement in the community.
- SJS 400B - Practicing Social Justice in the Field: The application of social justice theories to field-based practice acquired through placement with an organization, community group or service.