Minor Courses

The following are approved elective courses for the UChicago College Minor: Inequality, Social Problems, and Change  for the 2022-23 academic year.  Please note electives change somewhat year to year. You may contact Professor Susan Lambert for more information on electives.  

Crown Family School faculty have an asterisk after their names. Search for Crown Family School courses in our Course Catalog.

COMMUNITIES AND CITIES      
Crown Family School SSAD 23412   Cultural Studies in Education Shanta' Robinson*
Crown Family School SSAD 21000    Race and American Public Schools  Eve L. Ewing
Crown Family School SSAD 21100 How Things Get Done in Cities and Why  
Crown Family School SSAD 28112 Community Organizing  
Sociology SOCI 20269 Policing the City  
Sociology SOCI 20503 Sociology of Race and Racism  
Sociology SOCI 20233 Race in Contemporary American Society Sharon Hicks-Bartlett
Sociology SOCI 20521 Sociology of Urban Planning: Cities, Territories, Environments  
Human Development CHDV 20305 Inequality in Urban Spaces Keels
Public Policy Studies PBPL 25704 Environmental Justice in Chicago  
Political Science PLSC 20817 Race, Social Movements and American Politics  
Political Science PLSC 26000 Race and Politics  
Law, Letters, and Society LLSO 29705 Democracy and Equality  
Religious Studies RLST 10102 Religion, Reason, and the State  
GLOBAL AND MIGRATION      
Crown Family School SSAD 26922 Structuring Refuge: U.S. Refugee Policy and Implementation Practice Jessica Darrow*
Crown Family School SSAD 21300 Global Mental Health Issues Zhiying Ma*
Crown Family School SSAD 21200 Policing, Citizenship, and Inequality in Comparative Perspective  
Crown Family School SSAD 25003 Immigration, Law and Society  
Crown Family School SSAD 25112 Contemporary Immigration Policy and Practice  
Public Policy Studies PBPL 28498 Women, Development and Politics Bautista
Public Policy Studies PBPL 27809 Violence in the Early Years  
Political Science PLSC 21820 Global Justice and the Ethics of Immigration  
MA Program in Social Sciences MAPSS 31509 Migration and Development  
Public Policy Studies PPHA 32760 Global Development and Social Welfare  
Clinical and Translational Science (Bio Sci) CCTS 21009 Justice, Solidarity, and Global Health  
POVERTY, FAMILY AND WORK      
Crown Family School SSAD 25005
SOSC/PBPL/
LLSO
Inequality at Work: The Changing Nature of Jobs and Propects for Improvement

 

Susan Lambert*
Crown Family School SSAD 25630
PBPL 25630
LLSO 25630
Poverty, Work and Family Policy Julia Henly* 
Crown Family School SSAD 20550 Food Insecurity and Food Policy in the U.S. Elaine Waxman
MA Program in Social Sciences MAPSS 31507 Work in the Informal and Gig Economy  
LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE      
Crown Family School SSAD 25003 Immigration, Law and Society Angela Garcia*
Crown Family School SSAD 25004 Punishment and Social Theory  
Crown Family School SSAD 27452 Smart Decarceration: A Grand Challenge for Social Work  
Public Policy Studies PBPL 25860 Crime, Justice, and Inequality in the American City  
Public Policy Studies PBPL 23300 Justice, Equity, and Opportunity: Shifting Approaches to Criminal Justice Reform  
Public Policy Studies PBPL 28501 Process and Policy in State and City Government  
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH      
Crown Family School SSAD 25732 Prejudice and Discrimination: Individual Cost and Response  Yoonsun Choi*
Crown Family School SSAD 22812 Examining Historical Trauma: Intergenerational Responses to the Holocaust Amelia Klein
Crown Family School  SSAD 21300 Global Mental Health Issues  
Religious Studies RLST 10102 Religion, Reason, and the State  
Human Development CHDV 23405 Cultural Diversity, Structural Barriers, and Multilingualism in Clinical and Healing Encounters  
Gender and Sexuality Studies GNSE 23132 Activist Survival Kits: Feminism, Race, and the Politics of Movement Health  
Clinical and Translational Science (Bio Sci) CCTS 21009 Justice, Solidarity, and Global Health  
Anthropology ANTH 22845

 

Xenophobia and the Politics of Belonging  Ch'ien