The Justice and Society (JAS) major offered through the Justice and Peace Studies (JPS) Program helps students develop a robust framework to effectively advance justice, peace, and ecological sustainability. As with the JPS minor, the JAS curriculum corresponds to the four interdisciplinary stages of the Pastoral Circle1:
- Experience: Students are encouraged to take at least 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.” Whether or not a student identifies as a person of faith, the JAS major will empower her/him to dynamically pursue justice and peace in the world.
1 Courses do not need to be taken in order of the Pastoral Circle steps.
Specific Requirements for Admission to the Justice and Society Major
Three credits in SOC or ANT course with a grade of "C" or better.
B.A., Major in Justice and Society Requirements: 40 Credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Course | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology: Human and Cultural Diversity | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology: Culture, Ecology 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 312 | Research Design for the Social Sciences | 3 |
| SOC/ANT 314 | Statistics for the Social Sciences | 4 |
| SOC 316 | Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, and Engagement | 3 |
| SOC/ANT 499 | Senior Capstone: Applying the Social Sciences | 3 |
| Justice and Peace Studies | ||
| JPS/THL 365 | Be a Liberation Whatever: Cortina Principles in Practice (one-credit seminar taken three times) 1 | 3 |
| JPS 499 | Justice, Culture, Society, and Vocational Discernment | 3 |
| JPS/THL 565 | Catholic Social Teaching | 3 |
| Peace Studies | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| An Introduction to Conflict Resolution | ||
| Christian Ethics Of War And Peace | ||
| Ecological Sustainability | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| A History of (Un)natural Disasters | ||
| History of Environmental Inequalities | ||
| Global Environmental History | ||
| Philosophical Ethics: Energy and Environment | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environment & Society: Sociological Perspectives | ||
| Sustainability Across the Rural Americas | ||
| Sustainable Practice: The Examined Life | ||
| The Human Induced Climate Crisis:Origins and Solutions | ||
| Divine Providence, Catholic Social Teaching, & the Problem of Climate Change | ||
| God is Green | ||
| Cultural and Social Studies Electives | 6 | |
| Six elective credits in ANT, CJ, HAP, JPS, SWK, or SOC. | ||
| Total Credits | 40 | |