{"id":407,"date":"2021-09-24T16:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/social-justice-and-diversity\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T19:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T23:22:38","slug":"social-justice-and-diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/social-justice-and-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Justice &amp; Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Core Curriculum Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Components of the Core<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/faculty-directors\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty Directors<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/core-faculty-information\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Core Faculty Information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core-operating-manual\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Core Operating Manual<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/butleru-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/gmreese_butler_edu\/EV1kvXmTjwpNutwDzYDhdvIBE-9GG0ZRs8EXVYu2GVNN2g?e=VBZgTT\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Core Curriculum Worksheet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-social-justice-amp-diversity\">Social Justice &amp; Diversity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-social-justice-amp-diversity-requirement-of-the-core-curriculum-has-been-suspended-as-of-7-24-2025\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>The Social Justice &amp; Diversity requirement of the Core Curriculum has been suspended as of 7\/24\/2025<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-requirement-structure\">Requirement Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Butler University was founded on the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusivity. The Social Justice and Diversity requirement reaffirms these founding principles. Students must take one course in any part of the University that exposes them to critical scholarship on the root causes of marginalization and inequity and how to counter it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-larger-font-size\" id=\"h-student-learning-outcomes\">Student Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To recognize multiple and intersecting dimensions of identity and inequity through the study of critical scholarship on the historical, cultural, political, and\/or social experiences of marginalized communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To identify and explain the causes and impact of privilege, power, and oppression and cultivate tools for overcoming conflict and promoting equality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To recognize and critique local, national, or global conditions that enable, perpetuate and\/or challenge social injustice and inequity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-larger-font-size\" id=\"h-learning-outcome-used-for-assessment\">Learning Outcome used for Assessment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will become more aware of the presence and sources of injustices and will produce graduates better prepared to actively counter them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-exemptions\">Exemptions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No exemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sjd-policies-and-procedures\">SJD Policies and Procedures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the mission of the SJD requirement, SJD policies, and how to propose SJD courses, see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/butleru-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/gmreese_butler_edu\/EV_sBSQa5tVChGrrVxhHWykBgpvVmy1bHdLDiswSPFeHbw?e=97c7Sn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this document<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sjd-courses\">SJD Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following list of courses is not meant to be exhaustive.&nbsp; Further, not all classes are offered every semester.&nbsp; Students should discuss options with their academic advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-6885633c8bc0c-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-6885633c8bc0c_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-6885633c8bc0c-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tSJD Non-Core Courses (approved regardless of instructor)\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-6885633c8bc0c-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-6885633c8bc0c-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-6885633c8bc0c-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AN 302<\/strong> The Body and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AN 333<\/strong> Folklore, Culture, and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AN 364<\/strong> Native American Cultures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ART 317<\/strong> American Art &amp; Visual Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ART 319<\/strong> World History of Photography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ART 320<\/strong> Race, Gender, &amp; Sexuality in Contemporary Art (1960-present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BSHS 110<\/strong> Introduction to Healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CCM 354, 254<\/strong> Gender and Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CCM 420<\/strong> Queering Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CCM 468<\/strong> Women in Rock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CCM 470<\/strong> Sports, Media &amp; Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CCM 482<\/strong> Voices of Dissent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CLA 323<\/strong> Women in Antiquity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DA 166, 266<\/strong> Masterworks of Dance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ED 398 <\/strong>Multilingual Learners and Their Cultural Contexts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EI 325<\/strong> Social Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ENV 390<\/strong> Injustice of Food Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SO 349<\/strong> Social Movements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TH 323<\/strong> Revising Early American History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TH 423<\/strong> Revising American Theatre History 1919-present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PO 351<\/strong> Politics of Gender\/Sexuality in Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PO 354 <\/strong>Environmental Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PO 387 <\/strong>Agriculture and Food Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PO 330<\/strong> Humanitarianism: Politics, Policy &amp; 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