Social Awareness Courses
The Center for Service Learning keeps track of social awareness courses being offered across the university. These classes include content that provides context on a social issue, historical trend, or other aspect of society that might inform student service, advocacy, or other social change work.
This social awareness course list is consistently updated; however, if you think a course should be added, please complete our course petition form.
Students completing the Certificate in Service Learning are required to take one social awareness course.
Social Awareness Classes:
Course Number | Course Name | College/School |
|---|---|---|
| AAAS 104 | Introduction to African-American Studies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 106 | The Black Experience in the Americas | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 316 | Ministers and Magicians: Black Religions from Slavery to the Present | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 340 | Women in Contemporary African Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 351 | Africa's Human Geographies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 356 | African-American Theatre and Drama | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 420 | Intercultural Communication | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 553 | Geography of African Development | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AAAS 662 | Gender and Politics in Africa | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ABSC 150 | Community Leadership | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ABSC 151 | Community Leadership (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ABSC 310 | Building Healthy Communities | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ABSC 311 | Building Healthy Communities (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 100 | Introduction to American Studies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 101 | Introduction to American Studies (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 110 | American Identities | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 112 | American Identities (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 171 | Religion in American Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 177 | First Year Seminar in American Studies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 260 | Introduction to Latinx/Chicanx Studies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 290 | Religion in American Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 316 | Ministers and Magicians: Black Religions from Slavery to the Present | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 330 | American Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 510 | History of American Women--Colonial Times to 1870 | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| AMS 511 | History of American Women--1870 to Present | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 108 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 160 | Varieties of Human Experience | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 162 | Varieties of Human Experience (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 320 | Language in Culture and Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 321 | Language in Culture and Society (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 340 | Human Variation and Evolution | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 360 | Varieties of Human Experience | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ANTH 562 | Mexamerica | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| C&T 235 | Culture & Community in K-12 Schools | Education + Human Sciences |
| COMS 355 | Introduction to Rhetoric and Social Influence | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| COMS 440 | Communication and Gender | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| COMS 447 | Intercultural Communication | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| COMS 552 | The Rhetoric of Women's Rights | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| CRIM 300 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 370 | Incarceration Alternatives, Rehabilitation and Re-Entry | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 385 | Victim Rights and Advocacy in Criminal Justice | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 388 | Wrongful Convictions: Causes and Consequences | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 405 | Corruption in the Criminal Justice System | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 410 | Racial Justice and the Criminal Justice System | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 485 | Juvenile Behavior, Delinquency, Justice, Rehabilitation | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 486 | Child and Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Advocacy | Professional Studies |
| CRIM 487 | Drugs, Mental Health, and Homelessness in Criminal Justice | Professional Studies |
| EALC 142 | Ethics in Chinese Philosophy | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ECON 315 | Income Distribution and Inequality | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ELPS 250 | Education and Society | Education + Human Sciences |
| ENGL 306 | Global Environmental Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ENGL 337 | Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ENGL 338 | Introduction to African-American Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ENGL 340 | Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ENGL 341 | American Literature of Social Justice | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ENGL 574 | African American Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| EVRN 306 | Global Environmental Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| EVRN 336 | Ethics, Ideas, and Nature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| FMS 314 | History of African-American Images in Film | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| FMS 316 | Latin American Cinema | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| FMS 410 | US Diversity in Visual Culture | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| GEOG 351 | Africa's Human Geographies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| GEOG 553 | Geography of African Development | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| GIST 306 | Global Environmental Literature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 109 | The Black Experience in the Americas | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 316 | Ministers and Magicians: Black Religions from Slavery to the Present | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 319 | History, Women, and Diversity in the U.S. | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 336 | Ethics, Ideas, and Nature | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 352 | American Indians Since 1865 | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 353 | Indigenous Peoples of North America | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 383 | United States in the 1960s | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 530 | History of American Women--Colonial Times to 1870 | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HIST 531 | History of American Women--1870 to Present | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| HSES 373 | Clinical Exercise Physiology | Education + Human Sciences |
| HUM 350 | American Indians Since 1865 | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| ISP 350 | American Indians Since 1865 | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| JMC 534 | Diversity in Media | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| JWSH 336 | Jewish American Literature and Culture | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| LA&S 292 | Topic and Problems On: The Constitution and the Campus Leader | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| LAC 562 | Mexamerica | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| LING 320 | Language in Culture and Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| LING 321 | Language in Culture and Society (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| LING 447 | North American Indian Languages | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PHIL 381 | Feminism and Philosophy | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 312 | Latinx Politics in the U.S. | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 390 | Introduction to Public Administration | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 391 | Introduction to Public Administration (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 400 | Contemporary Feminist Political Theory | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 517 | Policing the Womb | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 630 | Politics of Identity | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| POLS 662 | Gender and Politics in Africa | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PSYC 350 | Psychological Disorders | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PSYC 351 | Psychological Disorders (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PSYC 360 | Social Psychology | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PSYC 361 | Social Psychology (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 305 | Introduction to Project Management | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 330 | Introduction to Public Administration | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 331 | Introduction to Public Administration (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 333 | Hard Choices in Public Administration | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 401 | Administration of Justice | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 402 | Liberal Arts + Sciences | |
| PUAD 403 | Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 408 | Collaboration in Public Administration | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 432 | Conducting the People's Business Ethically | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| PUAD 494 | Topics in Public Administration | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| REL 171 | Religion in American Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| REL 330 | Native American Religions | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 104 | Elements of Sociology | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 105 | Elements of Sociology (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 150 | Self and Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 160 | Social Problems and American Values | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 161 | Social Problems and American Values (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 220 | Sociology of Families | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 304 | Principles of Sociology | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 306 | Principles of Social Problems | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 308 | Principles of Family Sociology | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 321 | Wealth, Power, and Inequality | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 330 | American Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 335 | American Society (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 342 | Sociology of Immigration | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 343 | American Racial and Ethnic Relations | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 405 | Sociology or Aging and Life | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 450 | Gender and Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SOC 436 | Ethnicity in the United States | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| SPED 635 | Introduction to Teaching Learners with Low-Incidence Disabilities in Inclusive Settings | Education + Human Sciences |
| SW 220 | Introduction to Social Work/Welfare | Social Welfare |
| SW 555 | Diversity, Equity, and inclusion in Social Welfare | Social Welfare |
| THR 327 | African-American Theatre and Drama | Arts (Part of CLAS) |
| UBPL 200 | Sustainability and Society | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UBPL 201 | Sustainability and Society (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UBPL 300 | Planning the Sustainable City | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UBPL 410 | Housing Policy and Planning | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UBPL 420 | Sustainable Land Use Policy | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UBPL 425 | Environmental Planning Techniques | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UBPL 450 | Transportation Policy and Planning | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| UNIV 492 | Special Projects in the Community | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 101 | Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 102 | Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Honors) | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 319 | History, Women, and Diversity in the U.S. | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 327 | Perspectives in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 331 | Sex and Gender in New Media | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 333 | Politics of Physical Appearance | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 351 | When We Lead: Minorities and the Legislative Process | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 381 | Feminism and Philosophy | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 440 | Communication and Gender | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 510 | History of American Women--Colonial Times to 1870 | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 511 | History of American Women--1870 to Present | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 552 | The Rhetoric of Women's Rights | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 562 | Gender and Politics | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 563 | Gender, Sexuality, and the Law | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 600 | Feminist Contemporary Political Theory | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 630 | Politics of Identity | Liberal Arts + Sciences |
| WGSS 662 | Gender and Politics in Africa | Liberal Arts + Sciences |