The Justice and Society (JAS) major provides students with a robust framework of justice and peace. As with the Justice and Peace Studies minor, the JAS curriculum corresponds to the four interdisciplinary stages of the Pastoral Circle1:
- Experience: Students take one Academic Service-Learning course to thoughtfully interact with persons and communities;
- Social Analysis: Students take courses in the Cultural and Social Studies to understand societal systems, structures and policies;
- Ethical Reflection: Students take courses in Justice and Peace Studies/Theology to make moral judgments about social conditions;
- Vocational Discernment: Students take JPS 499: Senior Seminar to discern actions and careers that can achieve justice and peace.
The Justice and Society major is part of Creighton’s Catholic, Jesuit commitment to “educate the whole person of solidarity for the real world” and help students become “men and women for and with others” who appreciate the need for “faith that does justice.”
1 Courses do not need to be taken in order of the Pastoral Circle steps.
B.A., Major in Justice and Society Requirements: 40 Credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Anthropology: Human and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology: Culture, Energy and Sustainability | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology: Social and Cultural Determinants of Health | ||
| Introduction to Sociology: Self and Society | ||
| Sociology/Anthropology | ||
| SOC/ANT 301 | Social and Cultural Theory | 3 |
| SOC/ANT 312 | Research Design for the Social Sciences | 3 |
| SOC/ANT 314 | Statistics for the Social Sciences | 4 |
| SOC 316 | Qualitative Methods In The Social Sciences | 3 |
| SOC/ANT 499 | Senior Capstone: Applying the Social Sciences | 3 |
| Justice and Peace Studies | ||
| JPS/THL 365 | Faith And Moral Development (one-credit seminar taken three times) 1 | 3 |
| JPS 499 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| JPS/THL 565 | Catholic Social Teaching | 3 |
| JPS/THL 588 | Christian Ethics Of War And Peace | 3 |
| Service Learning | ||
| Select one course that has received Academic Service-Learning Designation (Attribute Type "SERV"). Possible courses include: | 3 | |
| Dominican Republic in Context | ||
| Public Health & Social Justice in Haiti | ||
| Poverty in America | ||
| Philosophical Ethics: Cortina Community | ||
| Ecclesiology in Global Context | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select six additional elective credits in SOC and/or ANT chosen in consultation with the JAS Director. | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 40 | |
